Andhra Pradesh launches scheme named after Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

Key Points

• 1The Andhra Pradesh government launched the 'Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Vidyarthi Mitra Kits' scheme.
• 2The scheme provides school kits to over 35 lakh students free of cost.
• 3The government spent Rs 953 crore to procure the kits.
• 4The kits include uniforms, shoes, belts, socks, school bags, textbooks, notebooks, workbooks, and Oxford dictionaries.
• 5Each kit is valued at approximately Rs 2,279, with a total budget of Rs 953.71 crore.
• 6The earlier scheme, Jagananna Vidya Kanuka, featured images of politicians.