Andhra pradesh after bifurcation
Andhra Pradesh state bifurcation into two separate states –Telangana and Andhra Pradesh – was done on 1st June, 2014 according to the AP Reorganisation Act, 2014. Hyderabad city which was the capital of the undivided Andhra Pradesh state went to Telangana in view of the geographic location. As per section 5(1) of the AP Reorganisation Act, 2014 both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh states will have Hyderabad as common capital for a period of ten years. After the expiry of this ten year period Hyderabad will be the state capital of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh will have a new capital as per section 5(2) of the above act. However, the AP Government wanted to speed up the process of construction of the new capital rather than taking advantage of the ten years period as specified in the Act.
Power surplus
Power situation was dire when N. Chandrababu Naidu took over as the CM. We started off with a power-deficit of 22 million units (MU) per day in June 2014. Within 100 days, the government had achieved the “zero- power cuts” milestone. And, now it is a power-surplus state. On the other hand, this is also a state with the largest solar park in the country. Therefore, even renewable energy capacity is increasing in the state. (What this basically means for a state is, if power/energy needs are met, agriculture fields can be provided with power, industries will be interested to invest, households will not have blackouts. This is a basic need that needs to be met by any state. And, AP Govt is focussing on that.)
Irrigation focus
The world over, the biggest problem today is water availability. With one master stroke called Pattiseema, Rayalaseema and Vizag regions are getting water for the last three years like never before. Ground water levels have increased too in these regions. Many other irrigation projects have been completed or will get completed in the coming months taking water to every district of AP. Polavaram and few other projects might get completed in the next couple of years.
Industry
Andhra Pradesh has gained so much since 2014 in this area. There was no cell phone manufacturing company before 2014… Today AP is leader. In the next couple of years, it will be far ahead than any other state in India. No big automobile company in AP before 2014, Today AP is big in Automobile industry and can give a serious fight to any state in attracting automobile companies. Sri City is the most happening SEZ in the country. Just google it and see. Vizag has become the Fintech valley of India. IT industry has established its roots in AP and will only become bigger and better.
Education
As part of division, AP got some prestigious institutes.. for most of these institutes, campuses are in developing stage.. you will be hearing/reading more and more about these institutes in the coming years. IIIT-Sri City and SPA-V already moved to their new campuses.
Top private universities like VIT, SRM, Amrita, Krea, Great Lakes, Centurion have come to AP and building very good campuses. Few more universities will be coming to AP soon. Govt is also spending money to develop campuses for new Govt universities Rayalaseema university, Krishna University, Simhapuri University and Ambedkar University.
Smart city project in andhra Pradesh
The four cities in Andhra Pradesh have identified 210 projects worth INR 8,814.18 crore (71 projects worth INR 1,986.08 crore in Kakinada, 39 projects worth INR 1,610.95 crore in Tirupati, 47 projects worth INR 1,777.29 crore in Visakhapatnam, 53 projects worth INR 3,439.86 crore in Greater Warangal which are at various stages of implementation.
Amaravati and Karimnagar are in the process of engagement of project management consultants (PMCs). The four cities in Andhra Pradesh and the two cities in Telangana were selected for development as Smart Cities under the smart cities mission.
The implementation of the smart cities mission is being done by a city-level special purpose vehicle (SPV) incorporated under the Companies Act, 2013 in which the state/UT and urban local body (ULB) will be the promoters having 50:50 equity shareholding. The ministry of housing and urban affairs regularly reviews the progress of the implementation of the mission. During reviews, all the states including Andhra Pradesh and Telangana are requested to speed up the process of implementation.
Skill development and employment : Vision 2029
Andhra Pradesh has embarked on a vision to become one of the top 3 states in India by 2022 and the best State by 2029. The State wants to continue on the journey to become one of the key globally preferred destinations by 2050. A key enabler of this vision will be transforming into a highly skilled and knowledge driven economy with speed, scale and quality.
An effective Skill Development system – which connects education to technical training, technical training to labor market entry and labor market entry to workplace and lifelong learning – can help countries sustain productivity growth and translate that growth in more and better jobs.6 An OECD Report on G20 Skills Strategy quotes ‘Skill Development enhances people’s capacities to work and their opportunities at work, offering more scope for creativity and satisfaction at work.
The future prosperity of any country depends ultimately on the number of persons in employment and how productive they are at work. Growth accounting analysis indicated that graduate skills accumulation contributed to roughly 20% of GDP growth in UK from 1982-2005. Econometric analysis also indicated that a 1% increase in the share of the workforce with a university degree raises the level of long-run productivity by 0.2-0.5%.
The vision for Skill Development of Andhra Pradesh takes into account the overall vision of the state as well as the vision of the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship. Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship is looking at ‘Skilling on a large Scale at Speed with high Standards and to promote a culture of innovation based entrepreneurship to ensure Sustainable Livelihoods for all citizens in the country’. Thus, the state of Andhra Pradesh’s vision to have a 2 crore skilled workforce would contribute in a significant way to the country’s target of skilling 40 crore people by 2022. A ‘skilling for all’ policy would be adopted in the state to achieve the ambitious target of skilling over 70% of the labour force or over 50% its working age population by 2029.
Welfare programmes
Pasupu Kumkuma Scheme
Andhra Pradesh govt. is going to provide Rs. 10,000 cash and one smartphone to women self help group (SHG) members under AP Pasupu Kumkuma Scheme 2019. This welfare scheme is for Women SHGs registered under Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas programme. Around 93 lakh women registered under DWCRA programme across the state would get benefited.
AP state govt. would spend Rs. 9400 crore for the new scheme. This is a major welfare step towards women empowerment in the state and is announced by CM at “Pasupu Kumkuma” meetings held at Amaravati, Kadapa and Visakhapatnam on 25 January 2019.
Aarogyasri
Aarogyasri (Rajiv Aarogyasri) was a flagship healthcare program of the Government of Andhra Pradesh before the AP Re-organisation in 2014. After split of state in to Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, Aarogyasri became flagship healthcare scheme of Govt of Telangana and is administered by Aarogyasri Health Care Trust. The new Government of Andhra Pradesh after the state split renamed the scheme in 2014 to Dr NTR Vaidya Seva and is administered by Dr NTR Vaidya Seva Trust. It covers those below the poverty line. The government issues an Aarogyasri card and the beneficiary can use it at government and private hospitals to obtain services free of cost.
Mana Biyyam
Mana Biyyam is a food welfare Programme by the Government of Andhra Pradesh where rice is supplied at 1 Rupee (about US $0.01618) per kilogram. It benefits some 2.25 crore (22.5 million) people. The government subsidy burden is Rs. 9,600,000,000 (about US $155.347 million) per year. The rice supplied is procured only from Andhra Pradesh at Rs.25.50 and sold at one rupee. The commodities along with rice are red gram, pamoleine oil, flour, wheat, salt, sugar, chilli powder, tamarind and turmeric powder (100 gm).The cost of the basket would be Rs 185 against the market price of Rs 292.
Rajiv Yuva Kiranalu
Rajiv Yuva Kiranalu is an employment and skill development programme launched by the Government of Andhra Pradesh. It aims to employ 15 lakh youth in the private sector by 2014. Rajiv Yuva Kiranalu (RYK) is an initiative by the Government of Andhra Pradesh with the idea of providing skills to the youth of Andhra Pradesh between the ages of 18 to 35. RYK was started with the aim of training the youth in the rural and urban areas thereby imparting skills to them and helping them in getting employment opportunities in the private sector. The major stakeholders of the program are the Government, Industry, training centres, unemployed youth and placement institution.
Development of backward districts in andhra Pradesh
While continuing the fight against taking back of Rs 350 crore deposited in the account of AP by the Centre under Special Development Package for seven backward districts, the State government on Saturday released the amount so as to continue the ongoing works in three North Coastal Andhra and four Rayalaseema districts.
As per the AP Reorganisation Act, the Centre has so far released Rs 1,050 crore for seven backward districts (Rs 50 crore for each district) for three financial years from 2014-15 to 2016-17. For 2017-18, the Centre deposited Rs 350 crore in the account of the State government, but later it withdrew the same citing that the State government failed to submit the Utilisation Certificates (UCs) for the funds released.
Despite the State government’s contention that it had submitted the UCs, the Centre is yet to release the amount for 2017-18. The issue was also raised by the TDP MPs in Parliament. Following the request from Collectors of the seven backward districts to release funds for the last fiscal to clear the pending bills and also make payments for the ongoing works, the State government released Rs 50 crore to each district.
Kadapa steel factory
In a significant move related to the proposed integrated steel plant in Kadapa district, the Andhra Pradesh Cabinet has resolved to set it up as a government-owned entity with private participation and to form a special purpose vehicle called Rayalaseema Steel Corporation (RSC).
Dugarajapatnam airport
Dugarajapatnam Port is a proposed seaport, located in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh, India. It will be controlled by the Union government, alongside Visakhapatnam Port in the state of Andhra Pradesh, which would cost nearly ₹8,000 crore (US$1.1 billion). The port is set up under India Companies Act 1956 with equity participation of Government of Andhra Pradesh.
Express ways and industrial corridors in andhra Pradesh
Amaravati–Anantapur Expressway
Amaravathi- Anantapur Expressway is a proposed greenfield expressway road in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is being built by the National Highways Authority of India under Phase–VII of National Highways Development Project.
Kadapa Feeder Road
Kadapa Feeder Expressway is a proposed greenfield expressway road in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is being built by the National Highways Authority of India under Phase–VII of National Highways Development Project.
Kurnool Feeder Road
Kurnool Feeder Expressway is a proposed greenfield expressway road in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is being built by the National Highways Authority of India under Phase–VII of National Highways Development Project.
The cost of project is expected to be ₹7,293 crore (equivalent to ₹75 billion or US$1.0 billion in 2017). It would cut travel time between Amaravathi and Kurnool by 70 minutes. The expressway will be 4-lane wide with service roads.It was proposed that this road will be designed for a speed of 120 kmph with straight alignments, avoiding habitations and locations of archaeological and religious importance.
NAM Expressway
The NAM Expressways is an expressway in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states. it starts at Narketpalli in Telangana on NH 65 and ends at Medarametla in Andhra Pradesh on NH 16. It Helps to reduce the distance from Hyderabad and Mumbai to Chennai. It has a total length of 215 kilometers.
Vizag –Chennai Industrial Corridor (VCIC)
Visakhapatnam–Chennai Industrial Corridor (VCIC), also Vizag–Chennai Industrial Corridor, is a key part of the East Coast Economic Corridor (ECEC), India’s first coastal corridor. VCIC is aligned with the Golden Quadrilateral and is poised to play a critical role in driving India’s Act East Policy and Make in India campaign. The nearly 800-kilometer corridor links India with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and East Asian economies that form the bedrock of global manufacturing economy. The corridor traverses nine districts of the state of Andhra Pradesh. VCIC intends to complement the ongoing efforts of the Government of Andhra Pradesh (GoAP) to enhance industrial growth and create high quality jobs.
Special Status and Special Assistance- Controversy
Following the bifurcation of the united state of A.P. the residual state lost a large part of its revenue due to Hyderabad remaining as the capital of Telangana. In a debate in the Rajya Sabha on the A.P. Reorganisation Act on February 20, 2014, then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had said that SCS would be “extended to the successor State of Andhra Pradesh for a period of five years.” This oral submission by the then PM has been the basis for A.P.’s claim to the status.
Protests Demanding Special Category Status for Andhra Pradesh was inspired by the 2017 pro-jallikattu protests in the neighboring state of Tamil Nadu. A Call to unite for peaceful protests on 26 Jan at various Locations all around the state was widely circulated on social media with RK Beach (Ramakrishna Mission Beach) in Vizag taking the Center stage.
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