YSRCP Government cancels land allocations of TDP Government

Amaravati: The state government has decided to cancel the GO issued by the previous government in which 498.93 acres of land at Jayantipuram village in Jaggaiahpet mandal was allocated to VBC Fertilizers.

A decision to this effect was taken by the cabinet which met here on Wednesday.

Later addressing media Information and Public Relations Minister Perni Venkatramiah (Nani) told that the government has found it as unethical on the part of the then CM N Chandrababu Naidu who allocated this land to his kin.

Hence the government cancelled the land allocation with immediate effect, he added.

The government taken a decision to cancel the TDP government GO which sanctioned 13.83 cents of land to Lulu company in Visakhapatnam to construct a shopping mall.

While the market value of the land was Rs 50 crore it was given at a very meagre cost of Rs 4 lakh, which is also unethical.

The state cabinet approved 'Mission Build Andhra Pradesh' and the integration with central government's NBCC.

The government to sell unused government lands and properties and use the money for welfare programs such as Navaratnalu, Nadu-Nedu, and for various infra structure facilities.

IAS officer Praveen Kumar has been appointed as the chair person for this mission.

The Cabinet approved to constitute a mission to cleanse all the canals in Krishna and Godavari rivers for which the Chief Minister will be the chairman, the chief secretary the vice-chairman and other officials would be its members.

Nani told that the government decided to increase salary of the sanitary workers in all hospitals from Rs 8,000 to Rs 16,000.

Jagannanna Ammavodi programme to provide Rs 15,000 every year to the mothers or guardians of children who are studying from Class I to Intermediate for which Rs 6,400 crore has been allocated.

He said even if the mothers do not have a white ration card or an Aadhaar card and are below the poverty line, their application for the card would be taken into consideration for providing the subsidy.

The amount would be deposited through online in the unencumbered bank account of the mothers as soon as the Chief Minister launches the programme in January.

Similarly, pregnant and lactating mothers and children from 6 months to six years would be provided nutritious food in 77 mandals of the state for Rs 305 crore has been allocated by the government including the Central subsidy for the purpose.

In reply to a question, the minister said that the scheme for providing a subsidy of Rs 15,000 to mothers was to reduce the illiteracy rate in the state which was 33%.

It was also noticed by the Chief Minister that dropout rate was high in the state and the scheme was also to cut the dropout rate.

Nani said that CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy was there to provide corruption-free governance and to that would take action whenever wrong-doing was found.

The Cabinet has approved for 'Connect to Andhra' and the state Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy to be the chairperson to it. This will enhance the number of programs under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).

It also accepted a proposal to take loans and issue bonds by the Discoms to come out of the financial problems.