Jan 2020

ANDHRA PRADESH Andhra Pradesh government to borrow Rs 5,000 crore from HUDCO to buy land for poor Cash-starved Andhra Pradesh government will borrow Rs 5,000 crore from public sector HUDCO to purchase over 12,000 acres of land, to be distributed to the landless poor across the state. The state government has announced it will distribute house sites and housing … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH Andhra Pradesh government releases Rs 19.73 crore for construction of Millennium Tower   The Andhra Pradesh government released Rs 19.73 crore for construction of Millennium Tower-B at Madhurawada on the outskirts of Visakhapatnam as speculation is rife that the state secretariat is expected to be moved there soon.   Millennium Tower-A has already … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH UN project to help Hyderabad, Andhra pradesh get rid of piling plastic waste The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will be initiating a massive plastic waste management project in the two Telugu states. The project is part of an all-India initiative, covering 50 cities. The goal is to break the ‘house to landfill’ model of plastic … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH Bill to set up SC, ST panels tabled State minister for tribal welfare Pamula Pushpa Sreevani tabled the Andhra Pradesh State Commission for Schedule Tribes Bill  that allows setting up of separate commissions for STs. Meanwhile, pandemonium prevailed in the assembly on the second day of the three-day special session as TDP members continued to protest. Strongly defending … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH Andhra govt extends period of ‘preventive detention act’ for over 3 months   Andhra Pradesh government issued an order, empowering the collectors and district magistrates and the commissioners of police in the state to exercise powers of detention under the National Security Act,1980 for up to three months. The “powers of detention” are already in existence … Read more

Budget Highlights   Expenditure: The government proposes to spend Rs 30,42,230 crore in 2020-21, which is 12.7% higher than the revised estimate of 2019-20.   Receipts: The receipts (other than net borrowings) are expected to increase by 16.3% to Rs 22,45,893 crore, owing to higher estimated revenue from disinvestments.   GDP growth: The government has … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH Andhra Pradesh government plans 10,000 MW solar project The state government is planning to set up a mega solar power project with an installed capacity of 10,000 MW in order to meet the increasing demand for power and to supply free, uninterrupted power to the agricultural sector.   The energy secretary noted that … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH AP likely to get an ‘innovation hub’   Andhra Pradesh, in all likelihood, will get an ‘innovation hub’ under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS). After Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasised the need of developing an inter-ministerial NM-ICPS during the Indian Science Congress at Tirupati in January 2017, the Union cabinet approved … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH Andhra govt extends period of ‘preventive detention act’ for over 3 months Andhra Pradesh government issued an order, empowering the collectors and district magistrates and the commissioners of police in the state to exercise powers of detention under the National Security Act,1980 for up to three months. The National Security Act,1980 (No.65 of 1980)-Extension of period … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH Chhattisgarh may follow Uddanam patients’ model The Chhattisgarh government is likely to adopt AP’s schemes for kidney patients in its Supebeda region. A team from Chhattisgarh recently visited Uddanam in Srikakulam district where nearly 13,000 patients from 177 villages are benefitting from the state government’s support system. Supebeda has a population of 1,200 and 300 people suffer … Read more