August 2021

ANDHRA PRADESH Andhra Pradesh targets setting up 33GW hydro power storage plant The Andhra Pradesh energy department is planning to set up pumped hydro storage power projects in various districts with a total capacity of 33.24 gigawatt. The government has identified 1.45 lakh acres in Kadapa, Kurnool, Anantapur districts for these proposed renewable energy parks. These will … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH Andhra Pradesh govt to link Aarogyasri cards with Aadhaar The state government will link Aarogyasri cards with Aadhaar cards to keep tabs on the health condition of every citizen. Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy told the officials to start feeding the health data of every person and make it available from village clinics … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH Andhra Pradesh: Tobacco crop size hiked to 130 million kg for 2021-2022 The tobacco board has fixed crop size for Andhra Pradesh at 130 million kg for the 2021-22 crop season. The decision was taken at the special board meeting held in virtual mode on Monday. The reasonably decent prices offered by traders for the stock during the current … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH Andhra Pradesh: In 3 years, over 63 lakh tonnes rice ferried to other states As much as 63.5 lakh tonnes of rice have been dispatched from Andhra Pradesh to other rice deficit states by the Food Corporation of India (FCI) in the last three years. Surplus stocks of wheat and rice from various states are moved to deficit states … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH Andhra Pradesh: Property cards in 100 villages by August 15 The state government is gearing up to issue property cards in 100 villages by August 15 and 1,000 villages by October 2. The cards will be issued to land and property owners after resurvey in the area. The cabinet sub-committee headed by PR minister Peddireddy … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH Palnadu emerges as pulse capital of Andhra Pradesh The perennially drought-hit Palnadu region of Guntur district has emerged as capital for production of pulses in the state. The presence of over 50 dal (pulse) mills is helping a large number of local farmers to switch to pulse cultivation as it is giving them decent profits. … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH Andhra Pradesh: SPVs set up to raise funds for water grids   To resolve the drinking water crisis in drought-hit regions, the state government has constituted separate special purpose vehicle (SPVs) take up water grid projects. The government has designed the SPVs in such a way that they could pool required money from financial institutions and government … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH AP CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy wants land survey completed by June 2023 Chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has made it clear that comprehensive land survey should be completed by 2023 as per schedule. The CM reviewed the progress of the land survey programme taken up under under YSR-Jagananna Saswatha Bhu Hakku-Bhu Raksha with the officials. … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH KRMB team inspects Rayalaseema scheme site in Andhra Pradesh A team of officials from Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) inspected Rayalaseema Lift Irrigation Scheme (RLIS) site in Andhra Pradesh’s Kurnool district. Raipure said the panel had gone through the presentations made by AP irrigation officials. Kurnool chief engineer Muralidhar Reddy said they had explained to … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH Andhra Pradesh sees drop in skill training for youth   Surprisingly, there is alarming drop in the skill training centers and the number of youth trained in Andhra Pradesh over the years under the central government-sponsored Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDUGKY). While 15,882 youth have received skill training in 2019-20, the number had … Read more