2017-18 SOCIO-ECONOMIC SURVEY - AP

Friday, September 28, 2018 6:09 PM

INTRO - GENERAL REVIEW

• The State, as per its Vision agenda, is targeting a compound annual growth rate of 12% till 2029 and a high level of HDI of 0.90
by 2029 through structural & social transformation.
• The State Government has developed a comprehensive strategy for achieving sustainable and inclusive double digit economic
growth to make the state of Andhra Pradesh amongst the three best states in India by 2022 and a developed state by 2029 on
key social and economic indicators
• Growth performance is most impressive with the average growth during the last three years as 11%. Yet, fruits of growth and
development are not fully percolating down to the last mile. Recognizing this, the state government has initiated steps
a. Focus on multidimensional issues - to focus on access and quality to health and education besides income as criteria for
observing the wellbeing of people. step up public expenditure and reduce out of pocket expenditure on these two
important determinants of Human development
i. government is keen to rollout the ‘Municipal school model’, which in the recent past has shown improvement in
strength as well as standards.
ii. conversion of Hostels to Residential Schools also yielded good results.
iii. to improve nutrition-intake, the government is committed to increase in diet charges
iv. The government is moving with saturation approach for primary education enrolment, infrastructure and learning
outcomes as a foundation for lifelong learning.
□ 2358 digital classrooms are proposed to be set up in 2017-18. Virtual classroom and internet connectivity is
provided to 3500 schools
b. Happiness and Global benchmarking - Andhra Pradesh moved in sync with the Nation for a total transformation towards
“Prosperity with Happiness” of our society
▪ AP state has arrived at benchmarks for the 17 SDG goals and related indicators for national/global comparison. To
achieve these goals, the government has evolved a holistic monitoring strategy encompassing five themes: GVA,
SDG, Samaaja Vikaasam, Kutumba Vikaasam and Key Performance Indicators (KPI)
Government of Andhra Pradesh envisions becoming a happy and globally competitive society placing people’s happiness
and well-being at the forefront of state's efforts
▪ In Happiness Index, AP stood at 74th rank (equivalent) while India’s rank is 122. The levels of happiness across 13
districts have been studied in a sample survey done
c. Adressing sectoral concerns
d. Welfare – focus on lowest decile - Greater inclusiveness and lower GINI is the motto of the government.
▪ About Rs. 60,000 crore is spent on welfare. social and financial inclusion is yet to show marked improvements.
▪ Greater inclusiveness and lower GINI requires nurturing social entrepreneurs
▪ The commitment of the government in assuring Rs. 10,000 per family per month will substantially improve the
living standards.
Sectoral concerns
• Government has achieved a significant success in the Primary sector.
□ Features
▪ low base in the previous years to some extent have contributed to this growth.
▪ At the core of the vision of the government is making agriculture sustainable and profitable and ensuring that the
state is made drought-free
▪ Promoting diversification into horticulture and livestock for sustained income and drought resilience and is
proactively promoting agriculture produce processing and value addition for better returns to farmer are our
focus
▪ focusing on improvement in production of milk, meat and egg under livestock sector to ensure earnings of
Rs.10,000 income per month to every household.
□ Growth in Fisheries sector has been very good in the recent past.
▪ The sector contributes 6.4% to GSDP, provides employment to about 14.5 lakh people, and contributed Rs.17000
Crores from sea food export during 2016-17.

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 Crores from sea food export during 2016-17.
▪ AP Ranks 1st in total fish and shrimp production by producing more than 70% of cultured shrimp in the country.
▪ AP State envisions to become ‘Aquaculture hub’ by investing in processing capacity and export
▪ expansion is reaching saturation in fisheries sector and pollution issues need to be tacked effectively.
▪ Separate zone for saline lands, conversion of delta to hatcheries in WG dist., deep sea fishing are to be
encouraged by providing few deep sea fishing vessels in the Tamil Nadu model.
□ Milk is another important growth engine in the primary sector. Silage is to be used as a regular feed to cattle, not just as
a drought mechanism
It is essential to conduct a detailed study on the issues and the problems in primary sector so that further growth can be
explored and farming community is benefited.
• Government is keen to improve the industry sector.
□ Consists of Mining & Quarrying, Manufacturing (Organised & Un-Organised), Electricity, Gas & Water Supply and
Construction.
□ Industrial sector registered a growth rate of 8.49%
□ All the sub sectors of Industry sector have posted encouraging growth performance of more than 8.3%
□ Near saturation in Primary sector to be compensated by manufacturing sector.
□ Stagnant growth in industries is a concern
□ low skill labour intensive industries and MSMEs is the focus
• Service sector as a major GVA contributor and employment provider in organized sector requires additional focus
□ Services sector, with its consistently surging share in the State GVA, continued to be the engine for pushing the overall
growth.
□ registered a growth rate of 9.11%
COMPONENTS -
□ Construction sector is expected to pick up and especially in the light of huge public investments of Rs. 2000 crore
▪ increased demand for cement, steel is set to create more jobs.
□ Urban housing is yet another key area with walk to work with plug and play being set up.
□ Real estate sector is yet to fully pickup with the adverse impact of GST and demonetization slowly fading away
□ IT is a promising sector with exports and job creation.
□ Tourism has an abundant scope for adding more GVA and more jobs and identification of tourist places is to be done.
Five star hotels in Tirupati and Visakhapatnam would boost the prospects. Government is willing to allot land at
concessional rates to attract investors
Geographic, Demographic and Socio-Economic profile
• States ranks
○ 1st in shrimp cultivation -70% of india's cultured shrimp produced in AP
○ 1st position in productivity for Chillies, coconut, Cocoa, Lime, Oil Palm, Papaya and Tomato,
○ 1st in area and production of fruits and spices
○ 1st in country in sheep population
○ 2nd in Cashew, Mango and Sweet Orange
○ 2nd in Micro Irrigation area coverage.
○ 2nd in Egg production
○ 2nd longest coastline - 974km
○ 2nd in silk production next only to Karnataka.
○ 3rd in country in poultry population
○ 8th Largest in area - Geographical area of 1,62,970 sq km
○ 9th largest forest cover area - 36,909 Sq. Kms which accounts to 23% of the total geographical area
○ 10th largest state in the Country, in terms of population - 4.10% of the total population of the country.
• Decadal population growth rate
Decade Rate of growth of population
1961-71 18.88%
1981-91 21.13%

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 2001-2011 9.21% (All-India’s growth rate of 17.70%)
• Density of population for Andhra Pradesh is 304 persons per square kilometer, as against 382 persons per square kilometer at
all India level in 2011.
• Sex ratio in the state was 997 in 2011, higher than all India figure of 943 in 2011
• literacy rate of the State is 67.35% in 2011, lower than the all India literacy rate at 72.98%
• Percentage of urban population to the total population is 29.47% in 2011, lower than all India average of 31.16%
○ Urbanisation has been regarded as an important component for growth realization
State Economy
• Under Vision 2029, Andhra Pradesh state envisions achievement of 12% Compound Annual Growth Rate till 2029
• Growth achievement of Andhra Pradesh in the recent past has been a success story. Reasons -
a. Periodic updation of data and shifting base year to a more recent year are being undertaken regularly so as to capture
the structural and sectoral shifts
{In ‘Income originating approach’, SDP is estimated wherein income generated by the factors of production
physically located within the geographical boundaries of the state are aggregated.
‘GSDP’ is the sum of GVAs at basic prices net of product taxes and product subsidies)
• Real GSDP at constant (2011- 12) Prices for the year 2017-18 is estimated at Rs. 6,07,388 crores as against Rs.5,46,104 crores
for 2016-17 (FRE) => 11.22% growth, as against the growth rate of GDP of India at 6.6%
• GVA at Constant (2011-12) Basic Prices for the year 2017-18 is estimated at Rs. 5,48,439 crores as against Rs. 4,92,374 crores
of 2016-17(FRE), registered a growth rate of 11.39%, compared to the India growth rate of 6.4%
○ The sectors that registered an impressive double digit growth in the year 2017-18 are Agriculture(12.30%), Horticulture,
Livestock, Fishing and Aquaculture(30%), Electricity, Transport, Communications, Real Estate
• Sectoral Contribution of GVA -
Component Sector
Agriculture 34.37%
Industry 22%
Service 43.55%
Public Finance
Revenue components Amount (in Cr rupees)
Own Tax sources 52,700 (42%)
• Sales Tax accounted for 62%
• Rs.1,000 crores GST Compensation due to loss of Sales Tax
Own Non Tax sources 5,300 (4%)
Central Transfer 66,830 (54%)
• 53% is Finance commission devolution
• 43% is Plan assistance and EAP (>doubled in one year)
• 4% is Non plan grant
Total 1,25,000

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• Total Expenditure by the State excluding ways and means advance was Rs.1.5L cr, out of which revenue expenditure was
Rs.1.27L cr (5/6th of expenditure). Capital outlay accounts for capital works like irrigation, roads and infrastructure
• Total Debt by the State is Rs.2.25L cr. {25,00 0cr is FY18's debt = exp (1.5Lcr)- revenue(1.25Lcr)}

The Debt outstanding as percentage of GSDP is 28.40% in FY 201718 (RE).

• Revenue deficits and Fiscal deficits were brought down to Rs.4k cr and Rs.27k cr for the year 2017-18 resp
• Per capita incomes have also shown substantial jump from Rs. 1L in 2015-16 to Rs.1.4L in 2017-18.
○ Thus, every year, on an average, nearly Rs. 12,000 are being added to the per capita, while the average annual increase
of State Per Capita during three years before state re-organization was around Rs. 6500 only
growth of 14.87%

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 ○ growth of 14.87%
○ Lack of big cities in the state is resulting in less PCI as States with higher urban population and major cities have higher
PCIs. Asset formation not promising and it is time, the credit plans to move from routine renewals to productive assets.
Inflation
• new base 2001=100
• Data is collected in all from seven centres selected from Andhra Pradesh under central and state series based on Industrial
workforce. The Centres are: 1.Visakhapatnam 2.Guntur 3.Vijayawada 4.Vijayanagaram-Chittivalasa 5.Kakinada-
Rajahmundry 6.Jaggaiahpet and 7.Tirupati – Renigunta
• CPI for Industrial Workers A.P - 1.23%; India - 2.12% ( April to Oct ’2017 ) -------------- base 2001=100
• CPI for Agriculture Workers A.P - 1.57%; India - 1.49% ------------ Base:1986-87 =100
• CPI rural, urban and overall -- base: 2012 = 100
Public Distribution
• 29,462 Fair Price (FP) shops are functioning in the State as on 31.12.2017,
• There is one shop for every 1,376 persons in Andhra Pradesh vis- à-vis the Government of India’s norm of one shop for every
2,000 persons.

AP Govt moves
97% F.P. Shops(28,689) are functioning through ePoS Devices-cum-Electronic Weighing Machines.
○ Andhra Pradesh is the first State in the country to implement FP Shops Automation under the Scheme “End-to- End
Computerization of TPDS Operations”.

1. The State Government is implementing GPS/GPRSbased vehicle tracking system to monitor the movement of essential
commodities from MLS Points to FP Shops (Stage II movement) to prevent diversion of essential commodities
2. To leverage of technology to the benefit of BPL cardholders, government has introduced F.P. shops portability system.
○ Ration cardholder can draw essential commodities from any ePoS enabled F.P. shop within district
3. Kaizala Application of Microsoft is being used in Civil Supplies department and A.P. State Civil Supplies Corporation Limited by
forming different groups of officials including F.P. Shop Dealers for the monitoring of day-to-day activities.
4. Cashless Aadhaar Enabled Payment System is being implemented in 28,689 FP shops.
5. Market Intervention Scheme Whenever there is abnormal hike in prices
6. Government of India has allotted 11,421 MTs of Redgram (Tur) @ Rs.66/-per kg to the Tribal Families in agency areas @ (one)
1 kg per family at the rate of Rs.40/- per kg since November 2016. Onions were distributed through 95 Rythu Bazars in all 13
districts at the rate of Rs.22/- per kg.
7. Chandranna Christmas Kanuka 2017 / Sankranthi Kanuka 2018
○ Six commodities viz., Redgram Dal (½ Kg), Palm Oil (½ Litre), Chana Dal (½ Kg), Jaggery (½ Kg), Wheat Atta (1Kg), Ghee
(100 ml) were allotted for distribution to the 1.39 crore BPL families in a carry bag at free of cost as festival special gift
pack on the eve of Christmas / Sankranthi festivals through ePoS devices in a backed form in the presence of
Janmabhoomi Committee members
8. In the year 1999, the State Government introduced “DEEPAM SCHEME” for providing LPG connections to poor women by
bearing the cost of refundable deposit by the State Government on behalf of the beneficiary.
Total 54.40 lakh Deepam LPG connections were released from July, 1999 to Dec. 2017

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 ○ Total 54.40 lakh Deepam LPG connections were released from July, 1999 to Dec. 2017
AP has attained saturation in LPG connections and on 8th June, 2017, Government of Andhra Pradesh declared the State as
“Smoke free State”
Agriculture & Allied Sector
“Everything else can wait but not Agriculture” Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
• This sector, supporting about 60% of the population, is consistently maintaining an ascending trend during the last three
years. growth rate of 17.76% in 2017-18 at Constant (2011-12) Prices
Sub sector Growth rate
Agriculture 12.3%
Horticulture 17.16%
Fisheries 30.84%
Marine fish (0.49%), Inland fish (21.24%) and prawns/ Shrimps (40.24%)
Forest and logging sector (after series of weak growth rates) 1.97%
• despite a deficit rainfall of -13.4% during 2017-18, agriculture sector remarkably bounced back from negative territory after
three successive years to post a highly encouraging growth rate of 12.30%.
• 'Horticulture’ sub sector was recognized by the government as an essential component for food and nutritional security
• Agrarian state of Andhra Pradesh is heading towards a value addition platform from the conventional production approach

○ Net area sown is 60.77 lakh hectares.

○ forest land is 36.88 lakh hectares
○ Remaining 2.26% is under miscellaneous tree crops and groves that are not included in the net area sown
• Out of the 60lakh Ha. Net sown area,
○ 40.72 Lakh. Ha is under Food Grains cultivation (2017-18). Production of Food Grains (2017-18) 157.59 Lakh. Tons
○ 35.82 lakh hectares is The gross area irrigated in 2016-17
○ 27.19 lakh hectares is the net area irrigated in 2016-17.
• There is an expansion of Area under Paddy and Major millets cultivation
• Soils major
○ Loamy to clayey skeletal deep Reddish brown soils - 20%
○ Clayey to gravelly clayey moderately deep dark brown soils - 18%
○ Shallow gravelly Red soils - 10%
• 42% of soils in Andhra Pradesh are potentially deficient in Zinc(Zn), 22% in Iron(Fe), 20-24% in Sulphur.
○ During 2017-18 the Govt. has increased the subsidy from 50% to 100% duly relaxing the 2Ha. limit per farmer and
87,250 M.tons of micronutrients distributed through Aadhar enabled biometric system based on soil test results on
production of Soil Health Card..

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• Land holdings -
○ The average size of land holdings in the state has declined to 1.06 hectares during 2010-11
○ The number of holdings has increased to 76.21 lakh in 2010-11
• The cropping intensity is the ratio of gross cropped area to net cropped area and is one of the indicators of assessing efficiency
of agriculture sector. Punjab and Haryana with cropping intensities respectively at 1.91 at 1.81 stand as National benchmarks.
○ It has not undergone much change in the recent past. The cropping intensity for the year 2016-17 has marginally
improved to 1.25 from 1.24 last year.
This to be further stepped up to 1.50 by ensuring adequate irrigation and changing cropping pattern.
• The Government has got clear vision to increase the food grain productivity from 2641Kgs/Ha. to 4409 Kgs/Ha. marching
towards achieving Sustainable Development Goals 2029
Key strategies
a. Modernization of market yards and Rythu Bazaar
b. Linking mandis to e-NAM
c. Involvement of marginal and small farmers in crop diversifi cation and food security
d. Promoting poly crop system in the rain fed areas of the state
e. Increasing cropping intensity through seasonal discipline especially in Godavari Delta areas where the farmers can take
three crops in a year (Paddy – Paddy - Pulse)
f. Promotion of Integrated Crop Management through INM, IPM, effi cient water management
g. Promotion of Green Manure crops on a Mission mode
h. Involvement of ANGRAU and other National and International Institutes.
i. Periodical crop advisories to the farmers at dist level
j. Drought mitigation through Rain guns
k. Farm Mechanization –cost effective farming practices with special emphasis to promote CHCs.
• Under extension programme, it is targeted to cover one million farmers in next three years under Farmer Producer
Organisations for Agriculture & Allied sectors in order to establish forward and backward linkages and to promote the
products of Andhra Pradesh to global standards.
Agriculture projects
1. Polam Pilusthondi
○ Emphasis
▪ Distribution of Soil health cards to Correction of Micro nutrient deficiency
(2nd cycle of soil health card scheme i.e from 2017-18 and 2018-19 is under progress)
▪ Encouraging the Organic farming / Natural Farming/ Zero budget natural farming
(2 lakh Farmers are practicing ZBNF in AP)
▪ Soil & Water conservation measures ( Dead furrows, Recharging of Bore wells, Recharge of Ground Water, Farm
ponds, rainguns etc)
▪ Issue of Certifi cate of Cultivation to Tenant farmers for obtaining Institutional Credit
▪ Remedial measures to Pest and Disease Attack
▪ Drought Mitigation
○ to be conducted for two days in a week by the Agricultural Department i.e, on Tuesday and Wednesday along with
scientists of the Agricultural, Horticultural and Veterinary universities with the consent of the people representatives.
Each day two villages will be covered and the programme will be organised for a period of eight months

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 ○ Each day two villages will be covered and the programme will be organised for a period of eight months
○ the programme was organized in 57,415 villages covering 16.03 lakh farmers during 2017-18 (upto December 2017)
○ posters, pamphlets and village specifi c materials have been prepared
○ Training programmes are being imparted to the farmers/Farm women/RMGs on the latest production technologies
○ District specifi c topics for trainings shall be selected as per the location specific/crop specific situations
○ Monthly workshops are being held regularly at identifi ed research stations of ANGRAU in all districts on fi rst Saturday.
2. Chandranna Rythu Kshetralu
○ Special program to enhance the productivity of crops by promoting best agronomic and farm management practices
and reducing cost of cultivation
○ On farm demonstrations of 10 Ha. each cluster at field level with a subsidy of Rs.5000/- per Ha.
○ During 2017-18, 3307 CRKs were organized in all the 13 districts
3. Multi-Purpose Extension System
○ The Government introduced Multi-Purpose Extension System in place of Adarsha Rythus for every 1000 Ha. of cultivable
area
○ 4017 Multi-Purpose Extension Offi cers (MPEOs) are working and Performance of MPEOs is being assessed on monthly
basis
○ Latest technical information on various schemes, objectives, guide lines, subsidy pattern and suggestions to the farmers
related to the concerned season/ month are being published in the Telugu Monthly magazine ‘Padi Pantalu’.
4. During 2017-18 the Govt. has increased the micronutrient subsidy from 50% to 100% duly relaxing the 2Ha. limit per farmer
and 87,250 M.tons of micronutrients distributed through Aadhar enabled biometric system based on soil test results on
production of Soil Health Card
5. e-Agriculture app
○ The Department has been doing crop booking using e-Agriculture tab based android application since rabi 2015
○ software was integrated with CM Dash board to show the real time dynamic crop coverage area of the state
○ 100% farmer data base is created and validated with Aadhar number.
○ Crop photos are captured as and when sowings are done on the field and geo tagged.
○ e-crop data is used for procurement of Chillies, Cotton, Paddy.
6. D-Krishi
○ user friendly mobile based DBT solution offered to farmers
○ Farmer or any one member of the farmer’s family is the main beneficiary
○ land records, Aadhar and family database (Ration card) are integrated and Based on the data, the associated eligible
seed quantity shall be calculated by the system.
○ Farmer wise seed distribution is also recorded
○ Based on the experience gained in Anathapuramu and Guntur districts during 2016-17, the department is planning to
use all subsidized seed distribution through the Android application. This Application has received CSI Nihilent Best e-
Governance Award during the year 2017-18
7. Tenant farmers
i. To facilitate financing to the land licensed cultivators (tenant farmers) AP has enacted “Andhra Pradesh land licensed
cultivators Act No 18 of 2011’’ to provide loan and other benefits-eligibility cards to land licensed cultivators (tenant
farmers).
ii. Loan Eligibility Card Portal
○ The portal is used to monitor the status online of the LEC cards issued by Revenue Department to Tenant Farmers.
○ These LEC cards are useful to obtain crop loans from bank
iii. Certificate of Cultivation:
▪ A Software is being used for issue of Certificate of Cultivation(CoC) to tenant farmers / authenticating farmer who
is raising the crop for availing department’s subsidies.
▪ The banks have to extend the finance to “Certificate of Cultivator” (tenant farmers) up to Rs.1.00 lakh on
hypothecation of crop & without insisting on collateral security
▪ Certificates of cultivation are being issued to the Non-loanee farmers who are not having LEC cards for increasing
the Non-Loanee enrollment
▪ Govt is maintaining the online data base of the Tenant farmers issued with Certificate of Cultivators on AP-
AGRISNET portal

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 AGRISNET portal
iv. MPEO are visiting door to door of the farmers to sensitize them on the scheme benefits and also identify the Non-
loanee/Tenant farmers
8. Input distribution 2017-18
○ The consumption of chemical pesticides and Fertilizers showed a reduction from kharif 2016 to kharif 2017
▪ The awareness created by the government on integrated pest management practices among the farming
community through Chandranna Rythu Kshetralu, Polambadi, Polam pilusthondi, usage of bio-pesticides, change
in cropping pattern, Zero Budget Natural Farming etc has contributed to the reduction.
○ 2.10 lakh Navodhaya kits were distributed in co-ordination with the seed supplying nodal agencies like APSSDC, OILFED,
MARKFED and NGOs.
○ Under contingency plan, seeds were distributed in four districts (Kadapa, Kurnool, Ananthapuramu and Chittoor)
○ The government is implementing (Nutrient Based Subsidy) NBS Policy for P&K fertilizers. Government has announced a
fixed rate of subsidy on nutrients namely Nitrogen (N), Phosphate (P), Potash (K) and Sulphur (S).
9. Drought proofing
○ Two thirds of the area cultivated in the state is rain-fed
○ Drought proofing technologies like automatic Weather Stations, Piezo meters, Soil Moisture meters etc are being used
extensively. Greater emphasis is given to ground water recharge through Farm Ponds (Panta Sanjeevini) and Neeru-
Chettu, Geo mapping of all water resource bodies
○ Rain guns are being used under prolonged drought conditions for enhancing productivity. During 2016-17, an extent of
6.37 lakh acres benefitting 1.47 lakh farmers has been covered in 8 districts with Rain guns and Sprinklers saving
produce worth of Rs 560 Cr.
10. Farm Mechanization and Custom Hiring Centres
○ Agronomically designed tools and equipment for reducing drudgery, enhancing safety and comfort and to suit the needs
of women workers have been recognized to help better adoption of technologies in agriculture
○ Subsidy is increased from 50% to 70% to SC and ST farmers on farm mechanisation components except tractors and
combined harvesters
○ Mee-seva, online application system was introduced to help farmers to avail the equipment on time and also more
transparent manner
○ 2258 Custom hiring centers are being established at village for the Paddy, Maize, Groundnut crops. Harvesting, package
and other high cost machinery is made available to small and marginal farmers
○ Capacity building trainings were also being conducted to train rural unemployed youth on the machinery to mitigate
shortage of skilled workers to work on the machines
11. Crop Insurance
a. Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) - GOI announced a crop insurance policy namely “PMFBY” in place of NAIS
& MNAIS from Kharif 2016 season onwards
▪ It incorporates the best features of all previous schemes, removing, all previous shortcomings/ weaknesses
▪ Premium subsidy will be paid by the Central and State Governments on equal proportion (50:50).
▪ Cover for inundation apart from Hail storm and Postharvest crop damage.
▪ Action plan to cover 50% of the area under Crop Insurance
AP - in Kharif 2017, Paddy crop is covered under “Village Insurance Unit” in 12 districts, Red gram in Ananthapuramu
district and other 18 crops covered under Mandal Insurance Unit
During Rabi 2017-18, Paddy crop is covered under “Village Insurance Unit” in 5 Districts, 10 crops covered under
Mandal Insurance Unit
b. Restructured Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme (RWBCIS) - in Kharif 2017, Groundnut crop is covered in 4 Districts
of Rayalaseema region
▪ Structure of farmer’s premium under RWBCIS will be at par with the proposed PMFBY i.e., 2% for Kharif crops &
1.5% for Rabi Crops. (in case of Horticulture/Commercial crops, farmers share is upto 5% only)
▪ As the proposed crops under RWBCIS are limited in the selected districts, one cluster is formed under this scheme.
▪ In Rabi-2017-18, Mango, Banana, Cashewnut, Acid lime and Tomato crops are covered in insurance coverage
facility in selected districts
c. Unified Package Insurance Scheme (UPIS) - Apart from PMFBY & WBCIS, GOI has also announced “Unified Package
Insurance Scheme (UPIS) on pilot basis during 2017-18

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 Insurance Scheme (UPIS) on pilot basis during 2017-18
▪ Srikakulam district is selected to implement UPIS during 2016-17 on pilot basis.
▪ The pilot scheme includes seven sections viz., 1. Crop Insurance (PMFBY/WBCIS), 2. Personal Accident Insurance
(PMSBY), 3. Life Insurance (PMJJBY) 4.Building & Contents Insurance (fi re and allied perils), 5.Agriculture Pump
Sets Insurance, 6.Student Safety Insurance, 7. Agriculture Tractor Insurance
▪ Out of these seven sections Crop Insurance (PMFBY / WBCIS) is compulsory. However, farmer can choose at least
two sections from remaining six to avail applicable premium subsidy
○ 18.65 lakh Loanee and 68,440 of Non-Loanee farmers were enrolled under PMFBY & WBCIS during Kharif, 2017 season
○ Certificates of cultivation are being issued to the Non-loanee farmers who are not having LEC cards for increasing the
Non-Loanee enrollment. MPEO are visiting door to door of the farmers to sensitize them on the scheme benefits and
also identify the Non-loanee/Tenant farmers
12. Agricultural Credit
a. The Annual Credit Plan for the year 2017-18 was Rs.87k cr. towards Agriculture Credit
b. Loans to tenant farmers - (explained above)
c. Rythu Sri (Vaddi-leni Runalu and Pavala Vaddi Scheme) on Crop Loans
▪ Crop loans to all the farmers Interest free for loans up to Rs.1.00 lakh and Pavala Vaddi for crop loans from Rs.1.00
lakh to Rs.3.00 lakhs if repaid in time (maximum period of one year)
(During 2016-17, an amount of Rs.249.48 Crores was settled under Vaddileni Runalu and Rs.5.43 crores was
settled under Pavala Vaddi)
d. Rythu Sadhikara Samstha (Agricultural Debt Redemption Scheme)
▪ Government of AP is implementing the Agriculture Debt Redemption scheme with an outlay of Rs.24000 Crores.
▪ At present 3 installments of Debt Redemption is being released for the farmer families who are entitled for Debt
Redemption of more than Rs.50,000/-.
▪ Rs.10000 per Acre and for Horticulture Debt Redemption
▪ Rythu Sadhikara Samstha has processed around 9 Lakh Grievances
▪ The Tenant farmers are given priority. The individual tenant farmers as well as the members of Rythu Mithra
Group and Joint Liability groups are also considered for Debt Redemption
13. Rashtriya Krishi Vikasa Yojana
○ A GoI flagship programme of Government of India with Central and State sharing 60:40
14. NFSM
○ The National Food Security Mission (NFSM) is under implementation in the State Govt.
○ Maize and Commercial Crops (Cotton, Jute and Sugarcane) is part of NFSM from 2014-15.
○ 5 districts are identified for implementation of NFSM Rice, 7 districts for Coarse cereals, 6 districts for cotton, 2 for
Mesta and 11 for sugarcane during 2017-18.
15. Extension Reforms
○ Under extension programme, it is targeted to cover one million farmers in next three years under Farmer Producer
Organisations for Agriculture & Allied sectors in order to establish forward and backward linkages and to promote the
products of Andhra Pradesh to global standards.
○ Agriculture Technology Management Agency (ATMA)
▪ ATMA is a support scheme covering the entire state of Andhra Pradesh with 60:40 central and state share.
▪ ATMA is a district level autonomous institution, supported by a Governing Board (GB) and a Management
Committee (MC) and having membership of all key stakeholders involved in agricultural activities
▪ A State Agricultural Management and Extension Training Institute (SAMETI) has also been established in the
project states
○ Strategic Research and Extension Plan (SREP)
▪ One of the first tasks of ATMA is facilitation of the preparation of Strategic Research and Extension Plan (SREP) of
the district through participatory methodologies involving all the stakeholders and farmers.
▪ It becomes the basis for development of work plans at blocks/ district level.
▪ All the ATMA districts have developed their respective of Strategic Research and Extension Plans. AP has already
initiated the revisiting of the SREPs.
○ State Extension Work Plan (SEWP):
▪ District Action Plans developed under ATMA scheme should be processed consistent with Article 243 ZD of the
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▪ The consolidated State Extension Work Plan for the year 2017-18 was developed at state level with an outlay of
Rs.4520.80 Lakhs.
▪ The districts organize the need-based activities LIKE TRAINING, WORKSHOPS, DEMOs
Externally Aided Projects
1. Andhra Pradesh Integrated Irrigation And Agriculture Transformation Project (APII & ATP)
○ It is funded by World Bank implemented over a period of 6 years
○ It provides benefits to 2 lakh farming families covering 1.47 lakh Ha. of Agriculture land in 1,211 tank command areas
○ The total estimated project cost is Rs. 1,600 Cr
2. Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
○ JICA is implementing comprehensive convergence livelihood improvement project to train the rural youth and farmers
on overall maintenance and operation of all types of farm machinery.
○ The project will also promote 20 FPOs (Farmers Producer Organizations) and 921 Village Farmer Federations in the
project area
3. AP Drought Mitigation Project
○ drought mitigation project in Rayalaseema & Prakasam Districts of AP.
4. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is aiding by sharing new and innovative technology in soil analysis and soil health
management.
Co-operative movement
• Co-operative movement has completed over 100 years of service to farmers and other weaker sections of the society.
PACS • A Primary Agricultural Credit Society (PACS) is a basic unit and smallest co-operative credit institutions in India. It
works on the grassroots level (gram panchayat and village level)
• There are more than 92,000 PACSs in india. AP has over 2050 PACS
DCCB • A district central bank for each District in every state of India known with a name as a respective District Central
Cooperative Bank.
• • The members and their elected directors, who represent a multitude of professional cooperative bodies like Milk
Unions, Urban cooperatives, Rural cooperatives, agricultural and non agricultural cooperatives and various others,
in turn would elect the bank's President.
• It has been widely observed all over the country that the local politicians who hold the sway over the
cooperatives get elected the president post of the DCCB
• There are more than 360 DCCBs in india. AP has over 13 DCCBs

• Rural credit co-operative structure is a three-tier structure currently with the

○ AP State Cooperative Bank at the APEX level with
▪ 13 District Cooperative Central banks (DCCBs) at the district level and with
□ 406 branches located in district headquarters and small towns and semi urban areas and
 2051 Primary Agricultural Credit Co-operatives at the village level.
1. Kisan Credit Cards have been issued to 15.57 lakh farmer members of the PACS. The PACS are also actively participating in
distribution of Agricultural inputs and also doing other non-credit business.
2. Computerization of Primary Agricultural Credit Society (PACS)
Out of the 2050 PACS under 13 DCCBs, 63 PACSs are ceded Societies and remaining 1988 PACS to be considered for

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 ○ Out of the 2050 PACS under 13 DCCBs, 63 PACSs are ceded Societies and remaining 1988 PACS to be considered for
computerization as they are directly affiliated to DCCBs.
○ A three tier governance structure - National Level Implementation & Monitoring Committee, Technical Sub-Committee,
State & District Level Implementation & Monitoring Committees is proposed for smooth implementation of project.
3. Integrated Cooperative Development Project (ICDP)
○ a centrally assisted scheme implemented with the financial assistance of National Cooperative Development
corporation (NCDC)
○ ICDP Scheme under Phase-I was implemented in all districts in the State and approval is given for 3 Districts i.e. Chittoor,
Kurnool and East Godavari under phase-II
4. A.P. MARKFED
○ an apex organization for the Co-operative Marketing Societies (CMS) in the state for supplying agricultural inputs, cattle
feed, fertilizers, gypsum, provisions and other requirements to private run institutions and government hostels
○ MARKFED offers its services through PACS at the primary level and DCMS in the district level
5. AP State Co-operative Union (APSCU)
○ APSCU is an Apex Cooperative institution in the field of Cooperative Education and Training through four Co-operative
training centres located at Vijayawada, Rajahmundry, Ananthapuramu district and Y.S.R. Kadapa district on awareness
building and propagation of Cooperative Principles and Cooperative Movement.
○ The Andhra Pradesh State Cooperative Rural Irrigation Corporation Ltd., undertakes drilling of in-well bores, surface
bores, lift Irrigation schemes and construction of check dams etc. in Agricultural sector.
▪ APSCRIC is the “Nodal Agency” for construction of Farm ponds in Horticulture fields.
6. Rural electric supply cooperative societies purchase electricity in bulk from the nearest DISCOM and distribute it to domestic,
industrial and agricultural consumers in their area of operation.
○ 3 RESCOs are working at Kuppam (Chittoor), Kasimkota (Visakhapatnam) and Cheepurupalli (Vizianagaram).
7. Joint Farming Cooperatives work in a three-tier structure ie.,
○ State Level- Andhra Pradesh State Cooperative Joint Farming Societies Federation Ltd
▪ District Level-13 District Federations of Cooperative Joint Farming Societies and
□ Primary Level- 1,452 CJFS and membership of 1,35,334
Horticulture
• Intro
○ Agrarian state of Andhra Pradesh is heading towards a value addition platform from the conventional production
approach
○ Efforts are being made to make Andhra Pradesh maintain its supremacy in the production of Oilpalm, Papaya, Citrus and
Chillies, Mango and Tomato.
○ The government is implementing strategies to make Rayalaseema as a Horticulture hub
○ Wide range of agro-climatic conditions of Andhra Pradesh are conducive for growing a large variety of Horticultural
crops, including, root and tuber crops, ornamental crops, plantation crops like coconut, cashew and cocoa etc.
○ Oil palm the only tree species that is 100% under contract farming with tie up of processing plants for extraction of oil
and income from the tree is all round the year
○ Best quality coconut, ball copra, is produced in Andhra Pradesh.
○ AP is emerging as the land of cocoa
• Horticulture – the key growth driver in primary sector
• Why horticulture
a. The returns from Horticulture per unit of land are higher as compared to Agriculture.
b. Horticulture, as a climate resilient alternative involving less risk, assures higher income to farmers.
c. ‘Horticulture’ sector has been recognized as an essential component for food and nutritional security in the State.
d. increasing per capita income of middle class is leading to change in food habits and people becoming more health
conscious.
• Potential of Andhra Pradesh
○ 1st position in productivity for Chillies, Cocoa, Lime, Oil Palm, coconut, Papaya and Tomato,
○ 2nd in Cashew, Mango and Sweet Orange
○ 1st in area and production of fruits and spices
○ 2nd in Micro Irrigation area coverage, which is crucial for horticulture
• Anatapuramu > kadapa > guntur > chitoor dists show the highest horticulture GVA (the drought dists are leading :)

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 • Anatapuramu > kadapa > guntur > chitoor dists show the highest horticulture GVA (the drought dists are leading :)
• Govt Programmes
a. Pradhana Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana(PMKSY)- Micro Irrigation Project (APMIP)
▪ For the 1st time in India a special purpose vehicle (APMIP) was launched during 2003 by the Govt. of Andhra
Pradesh with institutional framework from State level to the District level for planning, Implementation and
monitoring of Micro Irrigation.
=> as on 2016, 20 lakh acres was under Micro irrigation in all the 13 Districts in the State, benefiting 6.25 lakh
farmers. A.P ranks 2nd in Micro Irrigation in area coverage
b. Govt mandated that All plantations & orchard crops shall have farm ponds as a protective Irrigation during dry spells.
c. Promotion of FPO-PPP business models for value chain development - 1 million farmers were organised into 1000 FPOs
▪ Farmer Producers Organization (FPOs) are now venturing into diversification of Coconut by products like
nutritious and healthy drink, organic foods industrial and cosmetic products

d. 2nd Round table meet for identification of new partners has been organized on 30-06-2017 and 27 New Companies
have participated. As a result of this 5 New Projects are under processing
Animal Husbandry
• Livestock are a natural capital, which can be easily reproduced to act as a living bank with offspring as interest and the best
insurance against the vagaries of nature due to drought, famine and other natural calamities. This is the sector where the
poor contribute to growth directly instead of getting benefit from growth generated elsewhere.
• Livestock have been an integral component of India’s agricultural and rural economy since times immemorial, supplying
energy for crop production in terms of draught power and organic manure
• The rate of return on investment from Livestock sector is comparatively very high and Most of the animal farming activities
are performed by women.
• AP has some of the richest livestock resources in the country and is one of the most advanced states in Livestock sector. The
State Government identified Livestock Sector as the most promising sector and Milk, Meat and Egg are the key Growth
Engines. Milk is the single largest commodity contributing highest economy to the State.
• The State stands 2nd in Egg production, 4th in Meat production and 5th in Milk production during 2016-17
• Andhra Pradesh takes pride in the country in having famous and world renowned Livestock breeds like Ongole and Punganur
in cattle, Godavari Buffaloes, Nellore in sheep and Aseel in poultry
• Census 2012, 49.38% households in the state are engaged in Livestock / Livestock related rearing activities. AP ranks 1st in
country in sheep population
• The contribution of livestock sector to the GSDP of the State is 10.46% as per Advanced Estimates of 2017-18.
○ The GVA from Livestock Sector surpassed that of Agriculture for the first time during 2015-16.
• Govt steps - To mitigate the effects of the vagaries of monsoon, govt rightly focused on livestock sector to ensure that every
household has a monthly income not less than Rs.10,000.
○ AP government is providing fodder to livestock at the doorsteps of the farmers below poverty line (BPL) with 50%
subsidy ensuring fodder security under Kutumba Vikasam.
○ Initiatives of Cattle & Buffaloe Breed Development
i. New Artificial Insemination Centres (Coverage of Additional breeding stock through NGO)
ii. Promotion of indigenous breeds
iii. Interest Subsidy for new Dairy farms / expansion of existing Dairy farms.
iv. Sexed Semen/Sexed semen Lab/ ET lab in selected pockets involving AP livestock Development Agency (APLDA).
v. Performance based incentives to Gopal Mithras towards calf births.
vi. Every year, 2400 fertility camps are being organized at Gopalamitra Centers for treating infertility animals and
bringing them to conception under supervision of Technical guidance of local Veterinarian
○ Feed and fodder Development Programme:
i. Under Kutumba Vikasam (Fifteen Point) Programme fodder & feed & other inputs will be supplied to farmers at
village level on subsidy through VLRPs i.e Gopala Mithras / Pasumithra / Jeevamithra
ii. Promotion of Silage with the objective of making nutritious green fodder available to the livestock throughout the
year. subsidy pattern will be followed and the beneficiary contribution @ Rs.2/- per kg of silage
iii. Hydroponics to enable the farmers to produce green fodder where there is constraint for land
iv. Azolla, an algae will be promoted as an alternative to replace oiled cakes to some extent to reduce cost of
production
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 v. Total Mixed Ration scheme enables farmers to get access to the complete ration to the animals, particularly to
those farmers who do not own land
vi. Oorura Pasugraasa Kshetralu (OPGK) is a new scheme aimed to promote the availability of green fodder in
villages throughout the year
vii. Convergence of fodder production with MNREGA to promote the Ooroora Pasugrasa Kshetralu. Govt also
provides matching funds of material component over and above the 40% material cost involved under MGNREGS..
viii. Improved fodder seed will be supplied 75% subsidy to the farmers
ix. Storage facilities for fodder will be created in strategic locations to supply fodder to livestock farmers during
critical situations in convergence of MNREGA/RIDF with Rural Development Department
x. feed and fodder of different categories to the farmers / Goshalas will be provided on subsidy basis
○ Livestock Development Programmes / Health Care
i. Pregnant and Lactating Animal Care (Ksheera saagar) - to reduce inter calving period in milch animals and to
increase the life time milk production
ii. Animal Hostel scheme aims to create basic infrastructure facilities needed for integrated dairy activity with biogas
production, vermi compost, value addition to milk etc., implemented in convergence mode with RD department
involving SHGs/ unemployed youth/ Dairies/ NGOs
iii. Suphalam program aims is to get one calf once in 15-18 months from milch animals through fertility Management
of infertile animals
iv. Organization of Janmabhoomi – Mavooru programme - Animal Health Camps are conducted in all the GPs / Wards
v. Mobile Veterinary Services (NTR Sanchara Pashu Vydya Sevalu)
vi. Mass vaccinations in campaign mode. A report has been submitted to OIE for recognizing AP as FMD FREE ZONE
vii. Zoonosis day is celebrated in a big way to bring awareness on the spread of diseases from animals to humans and
vice-versa
○ Infrastructure support to Dairy/Sheep/ Poultry Sector
▪ milk processing units/equipment, Farmer Producer Organisation(FPO), Jeevamithra, sheep shelters, interest
subsidy for setting up of new sheep / goat farms, support to small vendors and hatchery (Rural Backyard Poultry),
Subsidized Power Tariff
○ SC/STs
▪ Government of AP entered into an MoU with the voluntary organization ‘Watershed Support Services and
Activities Network (WASSAN) for “strengthening of Back Yard Poultry & Nutritional Security to Tribal Areas” in 5
Tribal Districts viz. Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, East Godavari and West Godavari
• Best Practices implemented to achieve Double Digit Growth in Livestock Sector
○ Fodder Security Policy, Poultry development Policy and Small Ruminant (Sheep and Goat) development Policy (fi rst
time in the country),
○ Sex Sorted semen
○ IVF / Embryo Transfer Technolgy
○ Pasumithra / Gopalamithra services at Farmers doorstep
○ RIDS (Revamped Input Delivery System) implementation
• GOI schemes
○ Govt. of India has sanctioned National Kamadhenu Breeding Centre to the State of Andhra Pradesh for Southern Region
with the fi nancial outlay of 36.12 crore
○ Progeny Testing Programme is being implemented in Chittoor district with 107 PT centers for “Production of High
Genetic Merit Crossbred Jersey bulls through Progeny Testing” under National Dairy Plan-I
○ National Co-operative Development Corporation has sanctioned Financial Assistance of Rs.35.74 crores under
Integrated Small Ruminants Development (ISRD) to be implemented in Prakasam and Chittoor districts
○ Poultry Development Policy (2015-2020) will support poultry farmers through sanction of interest subsidy on working
capital and also offer incentives to the entrepreneurs
○ Integrated Livestock Management is a part of Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan (SCSP) and Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP) for promotion
and welfare of livestock owned by STs in Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, East Godavari & West Godavari and
SCs in all districts
○ A new scheme “National Mission on Bovine Productivity” has been initiated by Government of India. Components of the
Scheme
▪ Pashu Sanjivni - an Animal Wellness Programme encompassing Animal Health cards (‘Nakul Swasthya Patra’)
along with UID identifi cation
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high genetic merit female bovines
▪ “E- Pashudhan Haat”- Nakul Prajnan Bajar: an e-market portal for bovine germplasm for connecting breeders and
farmers
▪ National Bovine Genomic Centre for Indigenous Breeds (NBGC-IB)
Fisheries
• The sector is consistently increasing contribution to the state economy.
• facts
○ AP ranks 1st in total fish and shrimp production and contributes more than 70% of cultured shrimp and 21% fish
produced in the country. AP is the largest shrimp exporter in the country.
○ land within a distance of 2km from high tide line (HTL) of seas, rivers, creeks, and back waters comes under the purview
of Coastal Aquaculture Authority (CAA).
○ Every year, fishing in the marine waters is banned from April 15th to June 14th (61 days). During ban period, the crew
members of the mechanized and motorized fi shing boats are provided relief @Rs.4000/- to each crew member by
Direct Cash Transfer. 77,500 such fishermen in AP
○ AP has more than 2300 fishermen cooperative societies with 2.6 Lakh members
• Govt measures
○ The Department has also supplied Biometric ID cards to all coastal fishermen of above 18 years age group with the
technical support of ECIL, Hyderabad for ensuring coastal security.
○ Disease surveillance was taken up in the identifi ed 181 Aqua clusters in 9 coastal districts
○ Desilting and de-weeding of the 56 identified drains and creeks for free flow of fresh water to the aquaculture ponds
○ 1.58 lakh fishermen are covered under Chandranna Bima scheme, Rs.5.00 Lakhs insurance facility to each unorganized
sector employee with a nominal premium.
○ The Government has given great importance to cooperative societies in fisheries sector to empower fishermen to
manage water resources. tanks are given on nominal lease to these cooperative societies
○ The state disseminates cyclone warnings through voice message with the support of M/s Reliance Foundation to all
coastal fishers.
○ The Department with the support of INCOIS is also communicating Potential Fishery Zone Information through voice
messages and Digital Display Boards in the coastal Districts.
○ AP govt exempted HSD oil of Sales Tax for usage in mechanized and motorized fishing crafts
○ Motor Engines are supplied to traditional fi shing craft under the scheme of Motorization of Traditional Crafts
○ Promoting deep sea fishing particularly Tuna fishery and gill nets are providing on 50% subsidy on the unit cost
○ Sea Safety and Navigational equipment like Life Jackets, G.P.S., Echo sounder are provided on 75% subsidy
○ Marine infrastructure facilities like fishing harbours, fish landing centers, dry platforms are provided to Marine
Fishermen community for promoting hygienic handling of fish and shrimp and to reduce post-harvest fishery losses.
○ Various training programmes, awareness camps, exhibitions are being conducted regularly with technical support of
State Institute of Fisheries Technology (SIFT)
○ Additional support via budgetary allocation is provided for SCs and STs
○ Several projects, thru RKVY, were sanctioned for fisheries sector in even hinterland areas like sunkesula in kurnool
○ Several Infrastructure projects under RIDF are underway
○ Under MNREGA, fish ponds and fish drying platforms were constructed
• The sector registered double digit growth rate on year to year basis from 201213 to 2016-17 because of the entrepreneurship
skills of farmers, implementation of better management practices, proactive and timely involvment of government
• The state government has initiated plans to make Andhra Pradesh the ‘Aqua Hub’ of the World and formulated A.P. Fisheries
Policy, 2015
• Vision envisages to:
○ Promote “Blue Revolution” through a multipronged approach and introduction of alternate specie
○ allotment of marine areas and large reservoirs for cage culture through fi shermen cooperatives/private participation or
by consortium
○ Establish SPF Brood Stock Multiplication centres and aquatic quarantine centres
○ reduction of cost of production of fi sh/shrimp in areas of power, feed
○ To establish and manage more fi shing harbours and fi sh landing centres at all feasible coastal village
○ Build better skills for women for more productive role in fi sheries sector through Matsya Mithra Groups/
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• As per the forest records, the state ranks 9th in India having forest cover area of 23.04%.
○ Moderate Dense Forest > Open Forest > Scrub Forest > Non-Forest tree cover > Very Dense Forest > Water Bodies
• Forest dept is constructing various types of water harvesting structures such as Check dams, Contour Trenches Rocks fall
dams, percolation tanks etc. in forest areas under RIDF projects and other schemes, for soil and moisture conservation with
the financial assistance of NABARD
• The Departmental Extraction of Timber, Fuel and Pulp Wood, Faggot Wood, Long Bamboo and Bamboo Industrial Cuts (BIC)
from natural forests as well as plantations was introduced from the year 1976-77, after disbanding the previously existing
contractor system.
• At present there is a moratorium on extraction of timber from natural forests except for bamboo from overlapping bamboo
forests.
• Forest products in the state include Red sander, Timber, Bamboo, Firewood & Charcoal etc
• Forest Development Agencies (FDA) have been sanctioned by Government of India for implementing Centrally Sponsored
schemes with a funding pattern of 60:40 between Centre and state.
○ Ex: National Afforestation Programme (NAP), National Mission for a Green India (GIM) & National Medicinal Plantation
Board (NMPB)
• A P Disaster Recovery Project (APDRP) is the world bank externally aided project with the objective to restore and improve
rural connectivity
• Social Forestry Programme
○ The State Government has launched a massive people’s movement involving public and farmers in a big way to increase
tree cover outside reserve forests to improve environment and to provide gainful employment to thousands of
unemployed youth
○ Public distribution of seedlings, raising community land plantations/ avenue/ shelterbelt plantations; and raising of
institutional plantations have been done under Social Forestry programme.
• Vanam-Manam
○ The Government has launched “Vanam-Manam” on 01.07.2017 with Vana-mahostavam in Konda-veedu Forest Block at
Obulanaidu Palem village of Guntur District.
○ two components viz
▪ “Vanamahotsava”, a tree plantation programme - 23.43 crore seedlings are planted as against the target of 25.00
crore seedlings under “Vanam-Manam” during 2017 monsoon
□ The Vanam–Manam Campaign has started on the 1st Saturday of July, 2017 and it is continued for 127
days. The campaign ended with “Karthika Vana Samaaradhana” 4th to 11th Nov 2017 at Nagara-vanam
Perecherla, Guntur.
□ The APMCs have taken-up massive tree plantations under vanam manam
▪ “Prakruthi Pilusthondi”, a programme for creating awareness and ensuring participation of various stakeholders,
was held from 01.07.2017 to 04.11.2017 in 19 Saturdays with 13,717 events - green runs, cycle rallies, trekking,
visits to natural forest areas, debates, group discussions, elocutions, seminars, essay writing, quiz - 10.29 lakh
students / public participated and 1 cr seedlings were planted
• Soil and Moisture Conservation works are being taken up under Neeru Pragathi Udyamam ie., Staggered Contour Trenches,
Mini Percolation Tanks, Check Dams , Rock Fill Dams, De-silting Percolation Tanks and Check Dams, Water Absorption
Trenches and Peripheral Trenches
• Govt is raising few species for public distribution and planting in public lands - Teak, Red Sanders, Bamboo, Amla, Seethaphal,
Casuarina, Eucalyptus seedlings
• Mahathma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme Neeru-Chettu has been running with more than 99% closer
to the target
Wildlife Conservation
• The National Wildlife Action Plan has identifi ed ‘Conservation Awareness and Education’ as one among the 13 important
strategies to be adopted for implementation of wildlife conservation programme.
• AP has 13 wildlife Sanctuaries and 3 National Park covering 22.5% of the State’s Forest area and 4.5% of the State’s
Geographical area.
○ 1 Tiger Reserve (Koundinya Sanctuary @chittor - the only WLS / ER in AP with a population of Asian elephants, which
migrated after 200 years from neighbouring regions.)
○ 1 Elephant Reserve (Rayala Elephant Reserve, @chittor),
1 Biosphere Reserve (Seshachalam @chittor and Kadapa)

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○ 3 National Parks and 13 Wildlife Sanctuaries
• The 2 zoological parks in the state Indira Gandhi Zoological Park, Visakhapatnam and Sri Venkateswara Zoological Park,
Tirupati are rated among the best zoos of the country
• There are 2 deer parks in the state ie., Kandaleru Deer Park at Kandaleru Dam, Nellore district with an area of 25 ha. and
Chittoor RF Deer Park at Chittoor district with an area of 3.25 ha.
○ Kottapakonda Deer Park in Guntur district is under development.
○ Another 2 deer parks are functioning under the control of private organisations in east godavari
i. Kakinada by Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals
ii. Jegurupadu by GVK Power Plant
• For the Protection of Wildlife outside Protected Areas, the state govt is contemplating to revive the anti-poaching squads, one
each for the region of north coastal Andhra, South coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema
• Hunting of endangered marine fauna like Sea turtles, Dolphins, Whale sharks and ray & shark fi sh which are listed in Schedule
I of Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 is increasing in recent times along the Andhra Pradesh coast.
○ A special scheme for conserving endangered marine fauna and to conduct studies for declaring Marine protected areas
is an urgent need.
• East Godavari Riverine Estuarine Ecosystem (EGREE) Foundation
○ an initiative of the GoI-UNDP-GEF-GoAP.
○ a cross sectoral institutional mechanism established to achieve the goal of “Mainstreaming Coastal and Marine
Biodiversity Conservation into Production Sectors” operations in “East Godavari Riverine Estuarine Ecosystem”
○ Main aims of the EGREE Foundation are to mainstream biodiversity conservation into the production sectors of EGREE
through:
i. Cross-sectoral planning in the EGREE
ii. Enhanced capacity of sector institutions for implementing sectoral plans,
iii. Improved community livelihoods and sustainable natural resource use
• To protect Sea Turtles from predators all along the coast line of AP, a rapid survey was conducted along the coast to identify
potential nesting sites and NGOs & local communities are involved in protection of nests by In-situ and Ex-situ methods.
○ Govt is also engaging 94 turtle protection and conservation workers in all the 9 coastal district
• Steps are taken to ensure prompt compensation for crop loss, cattle kills and for human death in cases of Man-Animal
Conflicts. The recent one is the immediate special compensation packages given in chittor to mitigate the migratory Elephant
problems
○ Elephant proof trench is excavated and solar pulsating current fence are also being put in place to prevent elephants to
enter into the agricultural fi elds and habitations
• Community Based Eco-Tourism (CBET)
○ CBET is the Responsible tourism in natural areas that conserves the environment and improves the well-being of local
people
○ 6 CBET circles are functioning in the state in Rajaumundry (2), Visakhapatnam (1) and Tirupathi (3)
Apart from CBETs, 4 Eco-Tourism Centres are developed in kurnool (3) and rajamundry (1) with jungle camps and safaris
Kurnool = Bairluty, Thummalabyalu, Pachherla
• Govt is Intensifying Forest Management Scheme by practicing the prevention and control of fire, survey and maintenance of
boundaries, preparation of working plans, development of infrastructure and protection of forests and wildlife.
• Information Technology (Geomatics) The list of IT projects completed under GIS and MIS are as follows:
○ GIS - Vegetation cover analysis for 2015 is completed. Fire monitoring & alert system for current year.
○ MIS -
▪ Integration of plantation, Nursery and Red sanders offence cases details with CM Core Dash board
▪ Implementation of online tree felling permission (EODB).
▪ Geo tagging of all plantations ( Since 2010)
▪ Digitization of forest protection offence cases and Nursery raising and utilization.
▪ Decision support system for working plan inventory
▪ Development of financial module- CAMPA
▪ Decision support system to estimate the growing stock in TOF and for Red Sanders.
▪ Development of Vanam-Manam web application
▪ Development of disciplinary case web application
• There are 6 Forest Research & Development centres in AP under the control of 2 Research Divisions located at Tirupathi and
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 Rajahmundry to attend to forestry problems in their respective jurisdiction and take up activities mainly to establish
experimental plots, improved Nursery Technology, Seed collection, Vermi Compost/Organic Compost production and Tree
breeding programs
• The Andhra Pradesh State Biodiversity Board has formed Expert Committees to give suggestions on various issues where in
decisions are to be taken by the committee.
○ So far, 4000 Biodiversity Management Committees (BMCs) have been constituted at various levels. So far, 75 people’s
biodiversity registers (PBRs) have been prepared and 39 PBRs under preparation.
• Andhra Pradesh Forest Development Corporation, Guntur
○ Objectives -
▪ To raise large scale plantations to meet the demands of forest-based industries with species such as Eucalyptus,
Bamboo, Tropical pines, Coffee, Cashew, Casuarina
▪ To generate gainful employment to the landless poor, particularly in remote and agency areas
▪ To provide consultancy services in afforestation to the industries
○ Plantations - Eucalyptus (Clonal) constitutes 60% of all plantations in the state
▪ Eucalyptus (Clonal) > Cashew > Coffee > Bamboo > Teak
○ A.P. Forest Development Corporation Ltd. has developed Rajeev Eco Park at Idupulapaya of YSR Kadapa district.
Sericulture
• It is a sustainable farm- based economic enterprise positively favouring the rural poor in the unorganized sector because of its
relatively low requirement of fi xed capital, and higher returns at frequent intervals on the investment
• Andhra Pradesh stands second in the country in silk production next only to Karnataka.
• It is predominantly located in rayalaseema region and not coastal region
• State has also got strong industrial base besides traditional Silk handloom pockets like Dharmavaram, Peddapuram, Uppada,
Venkatagiri etc., which are nationally renowned silk handloom weaving centers
• The Government is striving to achieve higher productivity through focus on
○ Bivoltine cocoon production,
○ area expansion of Mulberry cultivation,
○ strengthening extension efforts through training and publicity
○ Convergence approach for maximizing results - Linking with NABARD, RKVY, ATMA, MG-NREGS, APMIP
• There were several Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) under XII plan for development of sericulture, specially for Capacity
building and R&D.
• Centre has also made special allocations under SCSP and TSP to improve financial status of SC/ST sericulture farmers.
• 13 Clusters have been established in 8 potential districts of the State with the coordination of CSB and State dept. officials for
technical guidance to the farmers.
• Digital display boards are established in the Government cocoon markets and Introduction of e-Marketing process is under
progress
• Govt Established silk exchanges in Proddutur of YSR District and Hindupur of Anantapuramu district for dupion and raw silk
trading
• R&D - Six new Silk worm hybrid races were developed and submitted for National Silk Worm Race Authorisation.
• Govt is undertaking E-governance initiatives Up loading the farmers / reelers data in the CSB web site, e-marketing for
Cocoon transactions in the Government Cocoon Markets, Cocoon rates are made available through SMS
Agricultural Marketing
• The State has 191 Agricultural Market Committees managing 324 market yards with 991 Godowns. The Market Committees
levy and collect market fee at the rate of 1% Ad-Valorem on sale and purchase of notified agricultural produce payable by
buyers. Market fee is the only source of income for Market Committee
• Rythubandhu pathakam - loans were distributed to farmers
• Rythubazars - There are 96 Rythu Bazars are functioning in the state. 56 New Rythu Bazars are sanctioned during the year
2017-18 and wil be open by march 2018 (total = 150)
• e-NAM: Government of India have sanctioned National Agricultural Market (NAM) project in 22 markets
○ Major traded commodities in e-NAM markets are Groundnut, Maize, Sunflower, Red Chillies, Turmeric, Cotton, Jaggery,
tomatoes, Lemon, Fruits & Vegetables etc.,
○ e-NAM was fully implemented in Duggirala Market Yard with online payments to farmers
• Market Intervention activities are taken up by way of direct procurement of Agricultural Produce from the farmers during
sudden fall of prices and arranging sales in Rythu Bazars
• MIS / Price Support Scheme for Red Chillies, Onion, Tomato

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• 47 new godowns are sanctioned in 13 Districts

INDUSTRIES
General stuff
• AP ranked No.1 in 2016 in Ease of Doing Business by DIPP and World Ban
• During the last two decades, Indian manufacturing has expanded steadily and grown almost at the same pace as India’s
overall economy. Yet the share of manufacturing in the Indian economy has remained unchanged
• The Industrial policy (201520) put in place to create a good ecosystem for investments is paying dividends.
• Adequate attention is being given to different segments like food processing, textiles, electronics hardware, automobiles;
aerospace, defence and tourism which are creating opportunities for entrepreneurs and generating employment.
• As part of the low skill and labour intensive focus, the state government is devising strategies to develop opportunities in
agro-processing, garments, leather, furniture,
○ Enocurage private investment in target sectors,
○ Develop cost-effective infrastructure and logistics,
○ Regulatory and policy support to anchor large units.
• The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) is a yardstick for measuring industrial growth. It includes the relative change of physical
production in the field of Industry during specific period as compared to the previous period (IIP is estimated monthly)
○ main objective is to estimate the contribution of Industrial sector to the Gross State Domestic Product
• The Annual Survey of Industries is the principal source of Industrial Statistics in the State. It provides Industrial statistical
information to assess and evaluate the changes in the growth, composition and structure of organized manufacturing sector
(The ASI conducted once in a year)
• State Level Public Enterprises -
○ There are 39 State Level Public Enterprises (SLPEs) functioning in the state.
○ capital employed by all the state level public enterprises was Rs.31936.38 crore
○ Top five SLPEs constitute nearly 85 % of the capital employed, turnover and profits of all the SLPEs
▪ A.P.GENCO, APSHCL, APSPDCL, APSFC and APMDC
Govt measures
1. The Govt. undertook Business Process Reengineering (BPR) exercise of incentive administration process to improve the
quality of services provided to investors. Time taken to process claims is reduced from to 120 to 40 days and to submit
documents is reduced from 26 to 7 days
2. District Industries Centres provide all required approvals/ clearances for setting up Industries under a Single Window. They
are the implementing agencies of MSMED Act. All the MSME claims are now sanctioned at district level as compared to claims
of Micro enterprises only earlier.
3. Industrial Investment Promotion Policy 2015-20 with various Incentives/Concessions to new industries set up in the State
thru e-Governance
○ Special emphasis is given for establishment and enhancing production capacities of MSMEs
4. Single Window Act
○ AP is the first State in India to take up the initiative in bringing A.P. Single Window Clearances system under e-Biz project
of NeGP of Government of India - integrated electronic services to investors and industrialists covering 40 services, of
which 13 are Central Services, 21 are State Common Services and 6 State specific services
○ It aims to provide all clearances required to setup industry within 21 working days
5. Large and mega projects
○ In 2017-18 (upto Dec 2017), 40 Large and Mega industrial projects are established providng employment to 11,762
persons
○ Several industries have been accorded mega industry status as per the newly formed sector specific definitions
▪ Textile - capital investment of > Rs.125 crore or providing employment to 2000 people
▪ BioTechnology - capital investment of > Rs.50 crore or creating local employment for 200 people
6. MSMEs
○ MSMEs contribute to approximately 8% of the Country’s GDP, 45% of the manufacturing output and 40% of exports.
MSMEs provide the largest share of employment after agriculture
○ Post bifurcation, the MSME profile of the state has changed significantly towards capital intensive industry. The
government has identified competitive MSMEs as a central theme for developing the MSME sector and to make MSMEs
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 the flag bearer of Brand Andhra Pradesh.
a. Government of Andhra Pradesh has introduced the MSME policy 2015-20 to provide a holistic frame work for
sustainable development of MSMEs
▪ Fiscal benefits are provided under the categories of (a) Micro and Small Enterprises (b) Medium Enterprises (c)
Service Sector Enterprises (d) Swachh Andhra Initiatives (e) MSME Parks (f) Marketing assistance (g) Awards &
Recognitions (h) Sick Units Revival
b. APMSE Facilitation Council, a quasijudicial body, was costituted as mandated by the MSME act 2006
c. PMEGP is a Central Sector Scheme funded by the Ministry of MSME. The scheme is implemented by KVIC in association
with KVIBs and State Governments through District Industries Centres
d. MSME Parks Planned in 175 Constituencies
e. Government of India has adopted MSME Cluster Development Programm for enhancing the productivity and
competitiveness as well as capacity building of MSMEs
During 2017-18 (upto Dec 2017) 5920 MSMEs were established, providing employment to 59,103 persons
○ More than 5 times more employment than large and mega projects in just half the investment
7. Sector specific incentive policies
○ Automobile & Automobile Components Policy 20152020
○ Textile & Apparel Policy 2015-2020.
○ Biotechnology Policy 2015-2020
○ MSME Policy 2015-2020
○ Aerospace & Defence Manufacturing Policy 2015-2020
○ AP Electronics Policy 2015-2020
○ AP Retail Trade Policy
○ AP Information Technology Policy
8. Industrial Infrastructure Scheme is implemented on a Public Private-Partnership initiative i.e. user driven with the support of
the Government.
9. Partnership Summit
a. 2nd Partership summit in Visakhapatnam in January 2017 - 665 MoUs were signed with an investment of Rs. 1,054,594
crore and an employment potential of 2,234,096.
b. 3rd Partnership Summit vizag, 2018 -- MoUs.. 737 MoUs. investment Rs.4.39 Lakh Cr. Employment 11 Lakhs
10. Government through its conciliation machinery has been making efforts to settle disputes amicably and promote industrial
peace for congenial work environment. There are no strikes and lockouts registered in 2017 (upto Dec.2017).
11. Vizag Chennai Industrial Corridor (VCIC) is a key part of the planned East Economic Corridor and India’s first coastal corridor.
○ As a part of EEC, the 800-kilometer 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 corridor traverses nine districts of the state of Andhra Pradesh
○ Importance
▪ The strategically located ports allow development of multiple international gateways to Southeast and East Asia
▪ It has Influential area of about 1,10,000 sq. km, (3.5% of India’s area).
▪ Apart from govt's investment, VCIC attracts about Rs.1,00,000 Crores additional investments and generates
additional employment to the tune of 1.1 crore persons, contributing to 5% of national GDP and has potential to
increase GDP in the Corridor by 6 times
○ four nodes: (i) Vishakhapatnam Node, (ii) Kakinada Node, (iii) Gannavaram –Kankipadu Node (Amaravathi Region Node)
and (iv) Yerpedu – Srikalahasti Node. (the first two under phase 1)
○ ADB has been sanctioning policy based loans and project based loans
12. Chennai Bangalore Industrial Corridor (CBIC) - one of the mega infrastructure projects of Government of India
○ to increase the share of manufacturing sector in the GDP and to create smart sustainable cities which will have world-
class infrastructure, convenient public transport, power management and an effi cient water and waste management
system with support of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
○ For each node, Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) was set up as a joint venture between the GoI and the concerned State
Government. 60-65% of the infrastructure projects are proposed to be implemented on PPP basis and rest relating to
trunk infrastructure on assistance from Government. GoAP shall contribute the land required for the project as its
equity
Impact on AP
a. Conceptual Master Plan for CBIC proposes 3 potential Industrial nodes in AP – (1) Krishnapatnam in Nellore District, (2)
Kalikiri in Chittoor District and (3) Hindupur in Ananthapuramu District.

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 Conceptual Master Plan for CBIC proposes 3 potential Industrial nodes in AP – (1) Krishnapatnam in Nellore District, (2)
Kalikiri in Chittoor District and (3) Hindupur in Ananthapuramu District.
▪ In Andhra Pradesh, Krishna Patnam Node has been selected for development in Phase–I. Krishna Patnam
Industrial Node (KPTIN) is a planned area located in south of Krishnapatnam port as industrial development of
around 12,000 ha.
b. 2 out of the 26 priority projects identified for debottlenecking in the CBIC region pertain to AP state (Roads sector)
▪ 4 Laning of NH-18A from Chittoor to Renigunta and SH-61 (now NH-71) from Renigunta to Naidupeta
▪ 4 Laning of NH-4 from Karnataka/ AP border to AP/Tamilnadu border via Chittoor
c. 2 out of 11 Additional Projects-A under CBIC are concerned to A.P State
▪ Chittoor Drinking Water Supply (Implementing Agency is INCAP)
▪ 6 Lane access road to Krishnapatnam (Implementing Agency is GoAP/Private).
d. 2 out of 8 Additional Projects-B under CBIC are concerned to A.P State
▪ Sewage Recycle and Industrial Wastewater Recycle in Andhra Pradesh (Implementing Agency is APIIC)
▪ Power Plant/ Transmission project in Andhra Pradesh (Implementing Agency is GoAP/Private)
13. Industrial Infrastructure
○ Ambitious plan for extensive enhancement of port-based infrastructure, using the state’s 974-km-long coastline.
▪ developing the new ports through PPP,
▪ modernizing existing minor ports,
▪ setting up port-based industries along the coastal corridor
▪ building strong inland waterway system that is linked to ports through national highways.
○ As per SEZ policy 2000, SEZs are designated as duty free enclave and to be treated as foreign territory for trade
operations and duties and tariffs.
▪ Objectives of the SEZ Act • Generation of additional economic activity • Promotion of exports of goods and
services; • Promotion of investment from domestic and foreign sources; • Creation of employment opportunities;
• Development of infrastructure facilities
▪ APIIC has already taken the lead in developing SEZs across various districts in Andhra Pradesh. Out of 19
operational SEZs, 5 were Multi Product SEZs, 4 Pharmaceuticals SEZs, 3 IT/ITES SEZs, 2 Textile, 2 Leather, 1
Building Products, 1 Port based SEZ and 1 Food Processing SEZ
○ New Initiatives
i. Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Govt. of India sanctioned Mallavalli Mega Food Park in Mallavalli, Krishna
District
ii. Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Govt. of India sanctioned for establishing Vikruthamala
Electronic Manufacturing Cluster (EMC) at Vikruthamala, Chittor District
iii. To make Andhra Pradesh a gas based economy, Andhra Pradesh Gas Infrastructure Corporation (P) Ltd (APGIC), a
joint venture of APIIC and APGENCO with equity participation at 51:49 respectively was formed.
Under the New Exploration Licensing Policy (NELP) VIII, APGIC has won four blocks in KG Basin - three
Shallow Water Blocks and one Deep Water Block
iv. Andhra Pradesh Gas Distribution Corporation Limited (APGDC) is a joint Venture of APGIC and GAIL, formed with
an objective of developing Natural Gas supply/distribution network in the entire state
v. Godavari Gas Pvt. Ltd., a Joint Venture Company of APGDC and HPCL, was formed to establish City Gas
Distribution Network in East and West Godavari Districts
Mines and Geology
• Revenue from minerals form the major contributor for the economic growth of the State
• Andhra Pradesh is well known globally for variety of rocks & minerals and called Ratna Garbha
• AP has 381 mining leases for major minerals, 1806 granite quarry leases, 1033 quarry leases for industrial minerals and 4067
Quarry leases for other Minor Minerals for construction
Agni-Gundala, Bondala-Mottu in Guntur district Copper, Zinc, Silver and other base metals
Guntur and Prakasam districts Alkaline and ultra-basic rock formations enriched in Nepheline
Syenite
Thummalapalli, YSR district Uranium deposits - GoI already started exploitation of the
resources through UCIL
Bellary Reserve Forest and surrounding areas in Dharwar Super Group Meta sediments contain rich deposits of
Anantapuramu District Iron Ore
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Black Pearl in Prakasam (Black Galaxy Granite in Ongole) Granite varieties
Srikakulam Blue in Srikakulam
Vizianagaram Green in Vizianagaram
Moon White in Visakhapatnam
Yellow Granite in East Godavari
Silver Pearl in Guntur
Kuppam Green English Teak in Chittoor,
Pista Green in YSR Dist,
Chilli Red in Anantapur
Chocolate Brown in Kurnool.
Srikakulam and Vizianagaram Titanium
Chigurugunta and Bisanatham, Chittoor Gold blocks
• To control illegal mining, AP has 9 Vigilance offices in the districts and 5 Regional Mobile Squads stationed at 5 Regional Dy.
Directors of Mines & Geology, two integrated check posts and observation check posts
• 2% amount on royalty is monthly deposited into “The National Mineral Exploration Trust (NMET)”
• Policy initiatives
○ Enhanced the application fee and security deposits to avoid blocking of huge extents
○ promote and incentivize M-sand production
○ Govt made the prospecting licenses and quarry leases as non-transferable
○ To avoid monopoly, government has imposed area restriction for leases
○ Govt Proposed to repeal cess on Mineral Bearing Lands (MBL) as DMF is being levied on all minerals enacted and District
Minerals Foundation are set up in all 13 districts of the State (30% on Royalty/Seig.fee)
○ Punitive measures have been taken to control illegal Mining
○ Government announced “New Sand Policy-2016” to make sand available to the public without charging any fee
○ Government announced Manufactured Sand Policy-2016 for promotion of manufactured sand as alternative to the river
sand in construction activity
○ Implemented E-fi lling of mineral concession applications through Mee Seva
○ Mines Surveillance System has been developed for geo-referencing of major minerals leases for satellite based
monitoring.
○ Implement drone / laser surveys for 3D Mine Mapping in the mines
○ Using website, SMS and email based updates for dissemination of data to the public and lease holders
○ State pursued with Central Geological Agencies for exploration of Diamond, Gold, Base Metals, Rare Earths, Beach Sand
minerals, Volcanic Ash, Granites
○ Govt is encouraging pvt enterprises to set up Titanium Slag & downstream industry at Vizianagaram & Srikakulam
districts.
○ Govt initiated establishment of Low Grade Iron Ore beneficiation Plant at Ongole (Prakasam District), large scale mining
of Galaxy Granite (Prakasam District) and cement plants at Krishna, Guntur, Kurnool, and Anantapur & YSR Districts
○ Government through APMDC intends to enter into Oil and Natural Gas exploration
• Future Activities
○ Satellite based monitoring system for minor minerals
○ Geo-fencing of leases for Satellite based monitoring of Major Mineral leases
○ Mobile application for Randomized Selection of mines for inspection
○ cancellation of non-working Mines: • Andhra Pradesh has 2000 non-working leases out of 7200 leases
○ Promotion of ceramic industry in the State
○ Single desk system for all regulatory approvals for grant of leases
○ Details of the leases to be made available to public for increasing transparency
○ GPS-based Vehicle Monitoring & Tracking System To curb illegal transportation of minerals and prevent loss of revenue
○ Proposal for levy of Green fee of Rs 3/ Sq. ft on buildings and apartments and will be remitted to Mining Department
account.
GIS – based large industrial land bank

ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE
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Irrigation
• AP is known as “Riverine State”. There are 40 major, medium and minor rivers in the state, of which Godavari, Krishna,
Pennar, Vamsadhara and Nagavali are prominent rivers
○ Out of 40 rivers 15 rivers are interstate rivers viz., 1.Bahuda River (AP & Orissa), 2.Mahendra Tanaya River (AP & Orissa),
3.Poondi Minor Drainages(AP & Orissa), 4. Vamsadhara River (AP & Orissa ), 5.Nagavali River (AP & Orissa ), 6.Godavari
(AP, Maharashtra, Orissa, Karnataka, Chattisgarh & Madhya Pradesh), 7. Krishna (AP,Maharashtra & Karnataka), 8.
Pennar River (AP & Karnataka), 9.Araniar River (AP & Tamilnadu), 10.Kortaliar River (AP& Tamilnadu), 11. Palar River
(AP, Karnataka & Tamilnadu), 12.Ponniar River (AP, Karnataka & Tamilnadu), 13.Budameru (AP, Telangana), 4.Errakalava
(AP, Telangana), 15.Tammileru (AP ,Telangana).
○ The Bahudha, Vamsadhara, Nagavali, Pennar, Palar, Ponniar river waters are covered by the agreements among basin
states.
• The objective is to make the State drought proof and to provide water security to all by establishing smart water grid.
○ Interlinking of rivers, completion of priority projects, restoration of water bodies, tank cascades development, micro
irrigation works are being taken up on priority and mission mode for sustainable development and optimum utilization
of water resource in the state
• So far 103.91 lakh acres of irrigation potential has been created up to October 2017
○ Completion of present 57 projects (28 Major +18 Medium + 4 Flood Banks + 7 Modernisation), will create 48.433 lakh
acres of new ayacut Irrigation Potential besides stabilization of 24.196 lakh acres.
• The entire share of 512 TMC of dependable water out of 811 TMC in the State of A.P in Krishna basin is fully harnessed.
• In the A.P Reorganization Act, 2014 under Section 89, KWDT-II is mandated to make project specific allocation in Krishna basin
for both successor states of A.P and Telangana and determine operation protocol for project wise releases in the event of
deficit flows.
• The apportionment of waters of river Godavari between two successor states is yet to be finalized
• Sir Arthur Cotton completely changed the face of many districts by helping build the Prakasam Barrage, the Dowleswaram
Barrage (Dhavaleshvaram Dam) and the Kurnool Cuddappah Canal (K. C. Canal), which help irrigate lakhs of acres till date.
• 7 ongoing projects on priority basis in the drought prone Rayalaseema and Prakasam districts and backward districts of
Srikakulam and Vizianagaram are:
i. BRR Vamsadhara Project (Stage II- Phase II): the lifeline for the Srikakulam district
▪ Stage I and Phase-I of Stage-II are completed
▪ Phase-II of Stage-II are going on but the process of filling the Hiramandalam reservoir was started by Aug 15 2018
□ 11,000+ acres land acquisition; 7200 families from 19 villages rehabilitated
□ Grievance meeting Every Saturday
□ State government planned to connect Vamsadhara with Nagavali by the end of December 2018
 works related to stage 2 of phase 2 of Vamsadhara-Nagavali interlinking has commenced.
 second such interlinking of rivers in the State after krishna-Godavari interlinking
▪ The Project is intended to create an Irrigation Potential of 45,000 Acres and stabilizing the existing ayacut of
2,10,510 Acres
ii. Sardar Gowthu Latchanna Thotapalli Project
▪ The Project is completed and new ayacut of 1 lakh Ac. is created and 64,000 Ac. ayacut is stabilized
iii. Polavaram
The project has been on cards for almost 75 years but The dam could not be taken up for construction during the 20th
century on techno economical grounds. The proposed dam site at Polavaram is located where the river emerges from
the last range of the Eastern Ghats into plains covered with deep alluvial sandy strata. At Polavaram, the river width is
about 1500 m.
The Polavaram project is a major multi-purpose irrigation project being constructed on the Godavari River, and spread
across three states – Andhra, Odisha and Chhattisgarh. A dam is currently under construction in West Godavari and East
Godavari districts of Andhra.

The project will lift water from the Godavari River near Tadipudi village in West Godavari District and pump it through
the Main Canal into the 20 TMC capacity Jalleru reservoir, and then supply water to West Godavari and Krishna Districts

>> The project reservoir has live storage 75.2 TMCs at canal’s full supply level of 41.15 metres (135 ft) MSL and gross
storage of 194 TMCs thereby enabling irrigation of 23,20,000 acres

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▪ Polavaram will is the biggest dam dedicated to nation after Sadar Sarovar dam on Narmada river
▪ Why important?
1) The Godavari is one of the most flooded rivers in South India, and nearly 3000 TMCs of water flows into the
ocean as wastage every year. But water levels in other major rivers Krishna and Penna are reducing year by
year, which has become a serious concern
80 TMCs of Godavari water can be diverted every year to the Krishna River. The Godavari water travels for
174 KM in the Polavarm Right canal with the help of gravity and then meets River Krishna at ‘Pavithra
Sangamam’ near Vijayawada
The river linking benefits a whopping 14 lakh acres in Krishna delta region
2) The Krishna river water meant for the state of Andhra Pradesh is currently being shared by Rayalaseema
and Krishna Delta regions. But with 80 TMCs of Godavari water being diverted for Krishna Delta region, the
entire Krishna river water meant for AP will be utilised for Rayalaseema region.
3) The Polavaram Left Main Canal, running about 175 km, is designed to divert 24 TMC of Godavari water to
four districts - East Godavari, Vizag, Srikakulam & Vizianagaram of Northern Andhra districts- for
 Industrial, drinking water needs of Visakhapatnam
 Water from Left Main canal is diverted to Yeleru reservoir which has a capacity of 24 TMCs, utilised
for East Godavari and Vizag districts.
 Government is exploring options to build reservoirs and to divert some of the water to Srikakulam and
Vizianagaram districts.
4) 960 Mega Watt power generation
i. Polavaram Irrigation Project - reservoir spreads into parts of Chhattisgarh and Odisha States also

□ Bauer – L&T Joint Venture company is entrusted with the work of execution of Diaphragm wall work
□ 2018 - new contract for the project spillway, spill channel and stilling basin concrete work with Navayuga
Engineering.
□ The work on Right main canal is almost completed. The right bank canal of Polavaram project was extended
to south of Krishna River to serve irrigation needs in old Guntur district
□ 65% of work on left main canal is completed
□ Total cost of the Project (2010–-11 price level) is Rs. 16,010.45 Cr.
 Total expenditure till date is nearly Rs 14k Cr ( Rs 13,798 crore as in july 2018)
 By oct 2018, The State government had spent Rs 9,877 crore after declaring Polavaram as a national
project. The Centre so far reimbursed Rs 6,700 crore and is yet to release Rs 3,150 crore more
□ Funding
 NABARD loans under Long Term Irrigation Fund (LTIF) under the PMKSY
◊ 2016 - 17: Rs. 2,981.54 cr
◊ 2017-18: Rs. 979.36 cr
 In its 2018 budget, Andhra Pradesh allocated Rs. 9000 Cr. to the project.
In January 2018, it was reported that the project cost had escalated to Rs. 58,319 crore
 In June 2018, the Central Government approved Rs. 1,400 crore through Extra Budgetary Resources
raised by NABARD outside the LTIF
 In June 2018, The Water Ministry sanctioned Rs. 417.44 crore as grant-in-aid under the AIBP under
PMKSY
ii. Pattiseema life project
□ Pattisema Project is a prestigious project that has linked two mighty rivers Krishna and Godavari.
□ The MEIL completed the execution of the project within the scheduled time of one year. Limca Book of
Records acknowledged that this is the fastest completed Project in india
□ The first pump was made functional in 173 days on September 18, 2015 and water was released.
□ Significant ayacut under Krishna delta has been brought under cultivation by utilising the Godavari water.
Krishna Delta received water from Pattiseema in the beginning of July 2017
□ The government estimated that the farmers in Krishna Delta were able to reap benefits to an extent of Rs
24,000 crore due to Pattiseema water.
iv. Poola subbaiah Veligonda Project
○ Poola Subbaiah Veligonda Project comprises of Nallamala Sagar Reservoir. The total discharge is to be drawn from
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○ Three irrigation canals i.e., Teegaleru Canal, Gottipadia Canal and Eastern Canal take off from the Nallamalasagar
reservoir to irrigate 4.4L acres, which includes independent reservoirs like Gundla-brahmeswaram Reservoir,
Rallavagu Reservoir and to provide drinking water facilities to 30 Mandals of Prakasam, Nellore and Kadapa
Districts
○ The Reservoir work is completed. The work on canals is also nearing completion
v. Gundlakamma Project
○ The project is partially completed and an ayacut of 60,000 Ac. is already created
○ located in Prakasam district in Andhra Pradesh, India across the Gundlakamma River.
○ It supplies drinking water to the nearby Ongole city
vi. Galeru Nagari Sujala Sravanthi Project or GNSS project
○ An irrigation project in Kadapa and Chitoor districts of Andhra Pradesh
○ 40 TMC surplus flood waters of river Krishna from Srisailam Reservoir through Srisailam Right Bank Canal (SRBC)
system up to Gorakallu Reservoir
○ From gorakallu reservoir, water is supplied to Gandikota Reservoir through Owk Tunnel.
○ This project doesn't have any assured water allocation and the Rayalaseema region people are strongly
demanding the government to allocate assured water to the project.
vii. Handri-Neeva Sujala Sravanthi project - HNSS / Handri Neeva Canal
□ longest water canal project in Rayalaseema.
□ to provide irrigation facilities and reliable drinking water supply, by drawing flood waters from the Srisailam
reservoir.
□ All the pumps and motors are commissioned, and work is completed in main canal in HNSS Phase-1.
□ This canal links the Handri River, Penna River, Chitravathi River, Papagni River, Mandavya River, Bahuda
River, Cheyyeru River, Gargeya River, Vedavati River, Palar River and many other rivers across Kurnool,
Ananthapur, Kadapa and Chittoor districts
□ Phase-I: 1. Krishnagiri Reservoir (Kurnool District), 2.Pathikonda Reservoir (Kurnool District) and 3. Jeedipalli
Reservoir (Anantapuramu District).
□ Phase-II: 1. Gollapalli Reservoir (Anantapuramu Dist) , 2. Cherlopalli Reservoir (Anantapuramu Dist), 3.
Marala Reservoir (Anantapuramu Dist), 4. Srinivasapuram Reservoir (Kadapa Dist) , 5. and Adivipalli
Reservoir (Chittoor Dist).
□ The project was conceived by Sir Arthur Cotton.
○ Muchumarri Lift Irrigation Scheme (MLIS) is part of the Handri Neeva Sujala Sravanthi (HNSS) Phase-I, package II
□ To utilise 40 TMC of flood water by lifting it from the foreshore of Srisailam reservoir
□ Hon’ble Chief Minister Inaugurated 4 Pumps out of 12 on 08-09-2017
□ Telangana government has taken strong objection to this project
 no specific allocations from the assured waters was made to the Muchumarri project and The project
has been taken up to utilise only flood waters. Water to Muchumarri should be released only after
water level in the Srisailam reservoir reached 885 FRL (Full Reservoir Level)
• Modernization of Godavari, Krishna and Pennar deltas Nagarjuna Sagar Canal System and Yeleru canal system are under
progress to improve the water use effi ciency of the existing canal system.
i. Purushottapatnam Lift Scheme
○ This scheme facilitates inter linking of Godavari river to Yeleru river.
○ This Scheme is contemplated for lifting of Godavari Water into Polavaram Left Main Canal through stage-1 lift and
to Yeleru Reservoir from left main canal on similar lines of Pattiseema Lift Irrigation Scheme.
○ Helps in meeting the irrigation, drinking water and industrial needs of Visakhapatnam district.
ii. Chintalapudi Lift Irrigation Scheme
○ This Scheme is intended to supply irrigation facilities to West Godavari and Krishna districts
iii. Uttarandhra Sujala sravanthi Project
○ Babu Jagjivan Ram Uttarandhra Sujala Sravanth to lift 63.2 TMC of surplus waters of the river Godavari to provide
irrigation facilities, water for drinking and industrial needs of Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram and Srikakulam,
iv. Widening of HNSS main canal upto Jeedipalli reservoir is taken up
v. Community Lift cum Drip Irrigation Systems - With a view to increase the irrigated area in rain – fed areas in Ananthapur
district, Govt. has sanctioned on 05-09-2017 Drip Irrigation schemes on Mid Penner, PABR and Jeedipalli Reservoirs
• COMMAND AREA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY - CADA project
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○ The project is under examination with Government of India.
○ The Rs. 2000 crores project proposal consists of modernization of 2 Major Irrigation and 18 Medium Irrigation
projects, restoration of 445 Minor Irrigation tanks and Agri business component.
□ Proposed JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) share is Rs. 1700 Crores and Govt. of A.P share is
Rs. 300 Crores.
○ It is estimated that about 4,00,000 Acres of aycut will be stabilized under this project. The project duration is from
2017-18 to 2023-24.
ii. 345 Minor irrigation tanks were covered under Repairs, Renovation and Restoration (RRR-II) of minor tanks in 5
Districts viz., Ananthapuram, Kadapa, Chittoor, Kurnool and Srikakulam
iii. Under RRR-III, projects in anatapur, prakasham and nellore are proposed
• Andhra Pradesh Integrated Irrigation and Agriculture Transformation Project (Phase-II) funded by World Bank
○ The Rs.1600 crores project proposes to modernize 1200 Minor Irrigation Tanks to stabilize an ayacut of around 3 lakh
acres. The project duration is from 2017-18 to 2022-23.
• Priority is accorded to 8 projects out of the 99 under Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP)
○ Maddigadda project is completed
○ Gundlakamma, Thotapally, Musurumilli, Pushkara, Yerrakaluva, and Tadipudi are nearing completion
○ Tarakarama Thirtha Sagaram is programmed to be completed by July – 2019.
• Minor Irrigation deals with investigation and execution of Irrigation Sources of ayacut up to 5000 Ac.
○ Minor Irrigation plays an important role in the development of agriculture and livelihoods particularly in drought prone
areas and areas outside command of Major and Medium projects
○ As per 5th Minor Irrigation Census 2013-14, there were 10.54 lakh minor irrigation sources in Andhra Pradesh
• World bank assisted projects - Andhra Pradesh Water Sector Improvement Project [APWSIP], National Hydrology Project
[Phase.III], Andhra Pradesh Integrated Irrigation and Agriculture Transformation Project [APIIATP]
○ Other deadlines
○ Mallemadugu, Balaji, Venugopala Sagar reservoirs, Somasila, Swarnamukhi, Erram Chinnapoli Reddy Korisapadu lift
irrigation schemes will be completed by the end of December 2017
○ Mahendratanaya reservoir will be completed by January 2018. By January 2019, water will be provided to western parts
in Kurnool district. Chintalapudi lift irrigation scheme will be completed by February end and HNSS main canal first
phase and Mid Pennar South Canal renovation works by March end.
○ Galeru Nagari Sujala Sravanti phase-2 water will be given to Kadapa by March end. The Veligonda head regulator and
Veligonda tunnel first phase will be completed by January 15 and by the end of May the second phase of tunnel will be
constructed.
Ground Water
○ Government has set a goal to keep the ground water levels between 3 to 8 meters below ground level. If the water levels are
above 3 meters, the crop yields/Productivity/ Production can decrease and soil characteristics will also deteriorate.
○ Based on the groundwater level data collected from piezometers, in May, 2017 [pre-monsoon] 62% of the State area is
having groundwater level more than 8 metres; 30% of the State area is having groundwater levels between 3-8 metres
and 8% of the area is having groundwater levels less than 3 metres
○ government is working towards sustainable ground and surface water management through programmes like Neeru Chettu,
Neeru–Pragathi, Panta Sanjeevini (farm pond), Panta Raksha (Rainguns), borewells under the NTR Jala Siri Programme.

Measures
1. Estimation - The state has been divided into 748 watersheds (Groundwater Basins or Assessment Units) for estimation of
groundwater resources. The last estimation was done for the base year 2012-13. watershed zones and corresponding mandals
are labelled as Over Exploited, Critical, Semi-critical and safe
2. Govt is investigating for selection of optimal sites for bore wells, artificial recharge structures, implementation of APWALTA
and hydrological clearances etc. Special focus on digging borewells and tubewells under Tribal Sub-plan
3. Govt is monitoring ground water levels and water quality from a network of 2986 observation wells which includes 1260
piezometers. Digital Water Level Recorders in these 1260 Piezometers are functioning for real time monitoring of the ground
water levels
=> In the water year 2017-18, (up to Jan.2018) the State has received 14% deficit rainfall. Yet, after utilization of groundwater
for agriculture and other needs, there was a net rise of 4.5m in ground water level from May 2017 water level
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○ Rayalaseema region received 6% excess against the normal rainfall upto January-18
○ Coastal Andhra region received 18% deficit rainfall upto Jan-18
4. Conjunctive use of water is used to describe the practice of storing surface water in a groundwater basin in wet years and
withdrawing it from the basin in dry years.
○ the groundwater is under “SAFE” category in four major project commands - Nagarjunasagar Right Canal Command,
Nagarjunasagar Left Canal Command, Srisailam Right Branch Canal Command, Tungabhadra Project Complex Command
area
○ NTR Jala Siri-II Project (implementation of Conjunctive use) aims to utilize the dynamically rechargeable groundwater
resources in command areas and create an additional ayacut of about 6.0 lakh acres in the state.
○ This programme is intended for small and marginal farmers in the state
5. Geo tagging of all 15.09 lakh Agriculture Bore Wells along with bore well photograph and certain information about the bore
wells.
POWER
• An efficient, resilient and fi nancially robust power sector is essential for growth and poverty reduction
• AP is the leading state in the country in promotion of Energy Efficiency and Energy Conservation (EE&EC) for the long-term
sustainability of power sector. In co-ordination with BEE (Bureau of Energy Efficiency) & EESL (Energy Efficiency Services
Limited), many EE&EC activities are being implemented in the state
• From 22.5 million units of power defi cit in June 2014, the state was becoming surplus power state and able to provide Quality
power supply to all domestic consumers on a 24X7 basis. AP has an installed power capacity of 18.4GW
• Solar, Wind and hydel power will be the focus areas.
○ 400 MW capacity Solar Power Plant at Thalari-cheruvu, Ananthapuramu - Ultra Mega Solar Park
○ Polavaram Hydro Electric Project (12X80MW), as a part of Polavaram Multi-Purpose Project, is proposed across river
Godavari at Anguluru village in East Godavari, to utilize the monsoon flows for Hydel power generation
○ Government has mandated that state discoms to purchase all wind power produced by the wind power developers
○ As the wind industry has been going through a difficult phase due to paucity of grid transmission facilities.
MEASURES
1. Restructured-Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme (R-APDRP) is a fl agship programme of Government
of India
○ Part-A -I: establishing of baseline data and IT applications for energy accounting/auditing & IT based consumer service
centers in 75 towns in the state with more than 30,000 populations
○ Part-A -II: Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition/ Distribution Management System (SCADA/DMS) covers urban
areas – towns and cities with population of more than 4,00,000
○ Part–B: Distribution System Strengthening
2. Govt. of India has launched Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) for the rural areas.
i. separation of agriculture and non-agriculture feeders
ii. strengthening and augmentation of sub-transmission & distribution (ST&D) infrastructure in rural areas, including
metering and feeders
○ Out of the total Project Cost, 60% is grant from GoI and 10% from APDISCOMs contribution & 30% loan from financial
institutions/banks. An additional grant on achievement of prescribed milestones is 75% project cost by GOI
○ REC shall be the Nodal Agency for operationalization and implementation of the scheme
3. The Government of India have launched the new “Integrated Power Development Scheme” (IPDS) with the components as
i. Strengthening of sub-transmission and distribution networks in the urban area,
ii. Metering of distribution/ feeders/consumers in the urban area
iii. IT enablement of distribution sector and strengthening of distribution network (The existing R-APDRP scheme is
subsumed in the IPDS scheme as a separate component)
○ The projects for which any other grant/subsidy from Government of India has already been received/proposed to
be received shall not be eligible under this scheme
4. Unnat Jyothi by Affordable LEDs for All (Ujala)
○ Two LED bulbs of 9W capacity are distributed at nominal price of Rs.10/- each to the households.
○ the energy savings through each LED bulb is 73.7 units per annum. Monetary saving is Rs.887.3 crore in AP
○ in SC& ST households, the GoAP has distributed 2 additional LED Bulbs at subsidized price of Rs.10/- for all SC/ST
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○ A pilot project for replacement of old and obsolete pumps with new energy effi cient pumps was taken up in Raja-
nagaram Mandal of East Godavari
6. Distribution of Energy Efficient Ceiling Fans (50W)
○ The program was launched by EESL initially in AP in 2016, later across the country. Under this, 5 star rated Fans are
distributed to the interested consumers of different categories for direct payment @Rs.1100/- or through monthly EMIs
(Rs.53/- per month) for two Years through Electricity Bills
7. Distribution of energy efficient LED tube lights was launched in Vijayawada in 2017 as a first of its kind in the entire country
8. Bringing energy efficiency into public infrastructure
i. Govt building
ii. Seven Major Temples
iii. Govt has successfully completed implementing the EE&EC measures in 25 model schools/hostels
iv. Led street lighting project in Gram Panchayats
v. All the ordinary street lights were replaced with LED Street lights in all 110 Municipalities of the state
vi. new housing colonies under Indiramma housing programme
9. GOAP has mandated compliance of Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC), issued by the BEE for promoting energy
efficiency in the building sector.
10. PAT Scheme (Perform Achieve & Trade) is an innovative, market-based trading scheme announced in 2008 under its National
Mission on Enhanced Energy Efficiency (NMEEE) in National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC)
i. PAT Cycle-I covered 8 sectors
ii. PAT cycle - II is under implementation
11. SHGs and Women are proposed to be involved in energy efficiency & conservation movement in order to take up the energy
conservation to the grassroots level
Awards.
• World Bank has ranked the Sunrise State of AP as No. 1 in the area of “Energy Efficiency Implementation Readiness”.
• AP has once again got the acknowledgements and appreciation from none other than Indo-US Ministerial
• Won “Best energy efficiency project award for year 2016” from ISGF (Indian smart grid forum)
• Won Award for energy efficiency from CBIP (Central Board of Irrigation Power) during 2016
Roads and Building
• AP is well connected state but not enough
• The total R&B Road network in the state as on 30.04.2017 was 47,002 Km of roads (excluding NH roads) comprising
15,406 Kms of State Highways, 25,620 Kms of Major district roads and 5,976 Kms of rural roads
• There are 32 National Highways in the state covering a length of 6401.39 Km of which 33% is fourlane and above and
38% is two-lane, 16% is two-lane with paved shoulders and 9% is Single lanes(as on 25th January 2018).
• AP has a national highway length of 39.90 Kms for every 1,000 Sq. Kms as against national average of 30.50 km
• The density of National Highways is 12.96 Kms per lakh population (2011) in AP as against national average of 8.30 km
• infrastructure development in rural areas through financial assistance of NABARD with the funds provided under RIDF (Rural
Infrastructure and Development Fund) & RIAD (Remote and Interior Area Development)
• Central sponsored scheme "Road connectivity project for left wing extremism” covering four districts i.e., Srikakulam,
Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam & East Godavar
• Disaster Management
• National Cyclone Risk Mitigation (NCRMP) project is taken up in 9 coastal districts to provide necessary infrastructure
either by new construction or by repairs or improvements to the existing damaged roads to the habitations and cyclone
shelters to facilitate evacuation or for transport of relief material in quick and uninterruptedly.
• A.P.Disaster Recovery Project (APDRP) is taken up in 4 Coastal Districts (Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Vishakhapatnam and
East Godavari) of Andhra Pradesh affected by HUDHUD cyclone.
○ Procurement Plan was approved from the World Bank for 26 works for an amount of Rs.360.90 Crores.
• Transferring Panchayat Raj roads to Roads & Buildings Department and conversion of non BT roads to BT roads in a phased
manner under Rural Roads Plan
• Road Over/Under Bridges (ROBs/RUBs) railway safety works are constructed at busy level crossings. RoBs are also sanctioned
on National Highways under Sethu Bharatham
• A.P. Road Sector Project was approved by the Government of India and World Bank for widening and strengthening and
maintaining certain important and high traffic roads
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iii. Institutional Strengthening, Road Safety & PPP Facilitation
○ Under this component, Renigunta- Rayalacheruvu Road of 140 Km length was identified as Demo Corridor for
improving Road safety with the objective of implementation of Road accident mitigation activities through multi
sector approach.
○ Even during the implementation stage 40% reduction in accidents is reported in the demo corridor
• More info - road transportation
○ The Govt. decided to notify all the Government and private Trauma care facilities as trauma care centres and to
publicise the facilities to the benefi t of the road users through sinages at appropriate places.
○ Ministry of Road Transport and Highways sanctioned an amount of Rs.58.64 crores under Nirbhaya fund for installation
of IOT device and related software in public Transport Vehicles (60:40)
○ An amount of Rs. 16.34 crores was sanctioned by GOI to setup an Institute for Driver Training and Research (IDTR} at
Venkatachalam-palli village, Prakasam district with the collaboration of M/s Maruti Suzuki
○ e-Pragati project of Government of Andhra Pradesh to make the citizen services transparent and responsive, the
department proposed to make all the 83 services available to citizens online
○ Integration of the driver license numbers and non-transport vehicles' chassis number and engine number with “Vahan”
and "saradhi" portals are complete
○ APSTRC - has 4 zones, 12 regions and 128 depots with a total fleet strength of 11,649 buses and 55049 employees on
rolls as on October, 2017. It transports about 70 lakh passengers daily. It achieved 99.20% fl eet utilization upto
October, 2017. it bagged National Awards for 1. Highest Tyre Performance, 2. Fuel efficiency and 3 Productivity 4. Best
Branding, Marketing and Communications.
Airways and Airports
• Government has brought out Andhra Pradesh Civil Aviation Policy, 2015 to provide reliable and seamless air connectivity to
regional, national and international destinations by 2022. GoAP has decided to develop new green fi eld airports in the State
and also to upgrade existing airstrips into low cost airports
• GoAP has formed a SPV viz., Bhogapuram International Airport Corporation Ltd., (BIACL), a 100% owned Corporation set up in
2015, to develop the following 4 new greenfield airports and upgrade existing airstrips into low cost airports in the State. It
was later renamed as Andhra Pradesh Airports Development Corporation Ltd. (APADCL)
○ Green field airports at Bhogapuram (Vizianagaram), Oravakallu (Kurnool), Dagadarthi (SPSR Nellore), kuppam(chittor)
○ develop/upgrade the existing airstrips into low cost airports at Donakonda (Prakasam); Nagarjunasagar (Guntur)
○ Examine the feasibility of making Puttaparthi Airport operational under RCS-UDAN
• As per the Thirteenth Schedule of the Andhra Pradesh Re-organisation Act, 2014, the GoI shall, within six months from the
appointed day, examine the feasibility of expanding the existing Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada and Tirupathi airports to
international standards
• At present there are six operational airports in the State, at Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada, Rajahmundry, Tirupathi and Kadapa,
which are under operational control of Airports Authority of India, and one airport at Puttaparthi being managed by Sri Satya
Sai Central Trust. AAI is also expected to take up expansion of Tirupati, Rajahmundry and Kadapa airports
i. Visakhapatnam Airport is a civil enclave belonging to Indian Navy and operated by AAI. Vishakhapatnam serves flights to
Far East and Middle East (one stop) with cargo facility
○ Growth in Passenger Traffic in Vizag Air Port 33%
ii. Vijayawada Airport is the second largest Airport in Andhra Pradesh in terms of air passenger traffic. Vijayawada has
been accorded International status from the Ministry of Civil Aviation in June 2017.
○ The first flight between Vijayawada and Singapore shall commence from December 4 2018
○ (APADCL), chosen IndiGo Airlines as the operator of the bi-weekly flights, with viability gap funding (VGF) support
from the State government
iii. Tirupathi Airport is the third largest Airport in Andhra Pradesh in terms of passenger traffic
○ Indigo has started twice daily flight with effect from 7th January 2018 between Hyderabad/Tirupathi, Bangalore
&Chennai
○ The airport has been granted international airport status from Ministry of Civil Aviation
iv. Rajahmundry Airport has shown a rapid progress in 2018
○ As per the MoU signed between the AAI and GoAP, the State Government has acquired and handed over the
required land to AAI free of cost for expansion of Rajahmundry airport, besides providing free electricity and
water for a period of 5 years, and provide security for the airport
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v. Kadapa airport - MoCA has declared Kadapa Airport as RCS airport in AP. (70 airports selected)
○ support/concessions such as VGF (80% by Central Government and 20% by State Govts), levy of excise duty by
Central Govt., at 2% on ATF, reduction of VAT(SGST) on ATF at RCS airports, etc., under RCS scheme.
Sea ports
• Andhra Pradesh has 974 Kms long coast line
• 2 major Ports under Government of India control - Vishakapatnam;
Duggarajapatnam Port in Nellore District in under development by Government of India.
○ Important towns like Gudur are at a distance of 40 km and it is 23 kms north of Sriharikota islands (ISRO)
• 4 captive ports
• 5 Major notified ports under state govt control
i. Krishnapatnam Port, Nellore is a privately built and owned all weather, deep water port
ii. Gangavaram Port, Vishakapatnam is India's deepest port.
iii. Kakinada Anchorage Port , EG
iv. Kakinada Deep Water Port, EG
v. Rawa Port, EG - Operational Captive Port
• 9 Non-Major Ports under the state govt control - (1) Machilipatnam, (2) Bhavanapadu (3) Narsapur (4) Ramayapatnam (5)
Kakinada SEZ (6) Meghavaram Port (7) Nakkapalli Port (8) Nizampatnam, (9) Vodarevu are under development process.
• Ports under development
○ Machilipatnam Port in Krishna District under PPP Model. Navayuga Engineering Company Limited bagged the project to
develop port on Build-Own-Operate-Transfer basis on a 50-year basis.
○ Bhavanapadu Port, located in Srikakulam district, was a defunct fishing harbor with no commercial activity.
○ Narsapur Port in West Godavari
○ Ramayapatnam port in Prakasam district
○ 3 captive ports
○ Government declared the Kakinada SEZ Port in East Godavari District as minor Port to facilitate transportation of
refinery products and handle SEZ cargo
○ Government declared Meghavaram port in Srikakulam district as minor port for imports of coal, fly ash for the
thermal plants
○ Government declared Nakkapalli port in Visakhapatnam district as a minor port for export of Alumina
○ Vodarevu port in Prakasham district and Nizampatnam port in Guntur district
○ following allegations of corruption, the Vodarevu and Nizampatnam Industrial Corridor Project (Vanpic) was
cancelled.
○ GoAP planned to revive the project. 5,000 acres of government and private lands in Vadarevu village are acquired
and handed over to Vadarevu and Nizampatnam Port and Industrial Corridor by the state government in 2008.
□ in July 2017, the lands are attached by the ED in the alleged quid pro quo and prevention of money
laundering cases, preventing all land transactions.
○ Centre announced readines to construct a port at Vadarevu near Chirala in Prakasam district, if the state can
allocate 3,000 acres of land. Visakhapatnam cannot be extended further as there is no land available and to meet
the increasing demand of traffic, a new port should be constructed nearby
○ Union minister inaugurated a 24 MTPA Iron ore handling complex, the largest in india.
Tourism
• AP is the 3rd most visited State in terms of domestic tourism - 15 crore tourists visisted AP in 2015, which is 13.3% of the total
domestic tourist market
• The State is a microcosm within itself – offering unmatched tourism potential to investors and tourists
• As part of its Tourism Mission strategy, the State offers nine major Tourism themes, which include Beach & Water based, Eco-
tourism, Buddhist, Religious, Heritage, Spiritual and Medical.
○ Divine destinations like Tirupathi, Srisailam, Srikalahasthi, Kadapa Darga, Mahanandi, Simhachalam, Annavaram,
Vijayawada and other places are being integrated in religious tourism circuits
○ World class coastal and eco-tourism circuits are being developed
○ The government is committed to develop Heritage spots in Kurnool, Prakasam, Rajamundry, Tirupathi, Vijayawada,
Visakhapatnam and other important places
• The “Haritha Hotel Chain” with 42 hotels located in important tourist centers
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 • APTDC has focused development in and around the three primary destinations of Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam and Tirupathi.
In addition, development is also centered in the 3 secondary destinations like Kakinada, Kurnool and Nellore.
• Andhra Pradesh is encouraging community based Ecotourism in association with Forest department, under their Community
Forest Management program. It offers jungle walks, forest retreats, wild life tourism, bird watching and trekking
• Akhanda Godavari project through a special purpose vehicle that was launched to develop tourism in the twin Godavari
Godavari districts
• Projects were sanctioned by the Union Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of Development and Ministry of Shipping
○ Swadesh Darshan Scheme
i. Development of Kakinada Hope Island Konaseema as world class costal & Eco Tourism circuit under
ii. Development of Buddhist Circuit: Shalihundam-Thotlakonda- Bavikonda- Bojjanakonda- Amravati- Anupu
iii. Development of coastal tourism circuit in Nellore under Swadesh Darshan Scheme
i. PRASAD Scheme (Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spirituality Augmentation Drive)
i. Development of Srisailam Temple Town in Kurnool District
ii. Development of Amaravati town, Guntur District as a Tourist destination
ii. HRIDAY (Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana) Scheme.
i. Upgradation of approach roads to heritage sites and development of heritage walk at Amaravati.
ii. Development of “Heritage Park at Amaravathi unde
iii. Development of Passenger Jetty at Bhavani Island under Sagaramala Scheme (one of the largest river islands in India -
133 acres)
• New proposals - GoAP has proposed to GOI for development of
○ Rajamahendravaram Heritage, Eco & Nature Tourism circuit (Akhanda Godavari Project) and Rayalaseema Heritage
Tourist circuit under Swadesh Darshan Scheme
○ Development of Temple Town Tirupathi under PRASAD Scheme
Information Technology and Communications
• To transform AP into a suitable destination for IT Services, Electronic Manufacturing /Assembling, government has formed
three societies viz., e-Government authority, Electronic & IT agency, and Innovation society
• ITE&C Department has identified three cities namely Vishakhapatnam, Amaravati, and Tirupati as major technology hubs
• GoAP have been creating world class IT Infrastructure of international standards suitable to the requirements of the IT
industry:
○ Plug & Play Office Space for IT companies to commence operations in Vizag, Amaravati, Tirupati and Anantapuramu
○ Mangalagiri IT Park (guntur) is developed and expansion in under progress; Kapulauppada IT Park (vizag), Amaravati IT
park are under development
○ Electronic Manufacturing Clusters (EMC)
○ Andhra Pradesh is actively involved in setting up of IT SEZs in the state.
▪ The state has 2 SEZ dedicated to IT - Kakinada IT SEZ
▪ Govt is looking to set up additional 4 SEZs in Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam(Gambheeram), Chittoor, and
Anantapuramu
○ Government has developed 4 Incubation centers at Visakhapatnam, Kakinada, Tirupati and Anantapuramu which are
operated by organizations such as NASSCOM
• Initiatives in collaboration with Government of India post 2014:
○ NIELIT (National Institute of Electronics and IT) has been sanctioned with two centres in Tirupati and Srikakulam
○ SAMEER (Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering and Research) - GOI has sanctioned the R&D Centre on
Environmental Effects in Vishakhapatnam (Gambheeram)
• Skill development
○ Skill development trainings were conducted to 15,000 ITIs/ Polytechnic students
○ International Institute of Digital Technologies (IIDT), Tirupati offers two post graduate courses in Cyber Security and
Business Analytics.
○ 13 Academic Collaborations were made with prominent technology players from the IT industry including IBM, Oracle,
SAP, Infosys, ISB, Autodesk, Microsoft to impart relevant technology skills to the youth of the state.
• APIS
○ The vision of AP Innovation Society is to create a world class technology start-up ecosystem by fostering
entrepreneurship and a culture of innovation
○ APIS is a first-of-its-kind organization in india, with a mandate to create policies to promote innovation agenda in the
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○ APIS has started faculty mentoring modules to develop support system to student innovators and incubators at various
educational institutions. 13 Atal Tinkering Labs have been setup in various schools across the state
○ iBootup Bootcamp Training sessions were conducted in 5 Engineering colleges in collaboration with iBHubs, where
college students get hands-on training on IoT technologies
○ 2017 - APIS in partnership with Indian Innovators Association organized India International Innovation Fair 2017 in
Vizag which witnessed 1500 participants from 50 Countries showcasing 500 Innovations
○ APIS also setup Drone Assembly & Reverse Engineering Centre, a State-Owned Drone Corporation that manufactures a
wide range of drones for multi-purpose usage like agriculture, GIS,
○ NASSCOM in association with APIS setup ‘10,000 Startup Warehouse’ in the Sunrise Towers, Vizag to create a world
class technology startup ecosystem
○ Govin Capital of Singapore is collaborating with APIS and started a pilot incubator facility in Sunrise Towers, Vizag
○ APIS partnered WITH the University of Texas to set up Technology Business Accelerator in Tirupati.
○ APIS forged a partnership with prestigious the Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), one of world’s largest Angel Investors Network
to start TiE Amaravati Chapter, creating access to a pool of Venture Capitalists
• e-Procurement System is being used in the State as the only platform for all procurements above the value of Rs.10 Lakhs by
all user departments and PSUs etc. of Andhra Pradesh
○ the successful implementation of this initiative by the state of Andhra Pradesh has motivated the Govt of India and
several other state Governments have to embark on e-Procurement initiatives
○ Yet it shall be improved - users continuously be trained, content reliability be enhanced, and product choices br
broadened
• Government has implemented AP-SWAN connecting the State Capital to all District Head Quarters (DHQs) with 34 Mbps
bandwidth and connecting all DHQs with corresponding MHQs with 4 Mbps under AP Broad Band Network.
• Post AP Reorganisation, Andhra Pradesh Secretariat Campus Area Network (APSCAN) is connecting all the line blocks,
provides Internet, Intranet, eMail
• e-Pragati
○ e-pragati Authority has been pioneering and leading agency in changing the entire approach of government of AP
operations, making government agencies more responsible, accountable, citizen centric and proactive by being
adequately equipped and facilitated with ICT tools such as online government service delivery platform, Data Analytic,
Internet of things (IoT), Machine Learning and Block chain
○ The year 2016-17 has been declared as an “Year of e-Pragati” and as a part of this drive, around 24 unique in nature IT
projects across all departments have been identified and planned to be implemented and rolled out, these projects will
cater to more than 200 plus Citizen Centric services
○ e-Pragati Authority and ISB, Hyderabad convened “Digital Transformation in Public Governance” training program of 6
months in which 96 high ranking offi cials from various government department participated
○ The CM core dashboard will enable a single view for Hon’ble Chief Minister and Common citizen to track the progress
of various government scheme across all 33 departments
○ e-Pragati Authority has identifi ed more 130+ websites for Telugu Transformation
• Mee-Seva currently has 403 high impact services and the project has already completed 8.5 crore transactions and most of
the government departments are now on board.
• MeeKosam is the proposed integrated Public Grievance Redressal System, in which all the grievance petitions received at the
CMO/Secy./HoDs/ District Collectorates, District level and Mandal level Offices would be registered, tracked and redressed on
a common platform, linked to the Aadhaar No. of the petitioner to ensure proper accountability
○ More than 1 cr grievances are registered from 02.03.15 to 31.12.17. 80% resolved
• Andhra Pradesh Information Technology Academy has industry collaborations to offer various academic / training programs
○ Several engineering and degree colleges are registered with APITA to provide training for students in soft skills, software
technologies, animation, aptitude, etc
Andhra Pradesh as a leader in adoption of disruptive technologies such as block chain, Internet of Things(IoT), Data analytics,
machine learnings, cyber security
Miscellaneous
• AP has 10,489 Post offices, 2,376 Telephone exchanges, 7167 scheduled bank offices,

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• AP, with 67% literacy with 60 % female literacy is much below the National average literacy.
• State aims to achieve the Human Development Index from current level of 0.66 to 0.9 by 2029
• Demographic details - 2011 Population Census:
○ tenth largest state in the Country in pop - 4.10% of the total population of the country
○ The population of Andhra Pradesh is more than doubled in the last half century 1961-2011 (4.96cr)
○ Pop growth rate was 9.21 percent during 2001-11
○ East Godavari is the most populous district in the state whereas Vizianagaram accounts for the lowest population
○ The density of population for Andhra Pradesh is 304 persons per square kilometer, as against 382 persons per square
kilometer at all India level in 2011. Krishna district has the highest density and Prakasam districts have the lowest
population density
• Sex Ratio has shown a declining trend in the State till 1991 and made progress since then
○ AP - 997 in 2011. higher than all India fi gures of 943 in 2011
○ Visakhapatnam, East Godavari, West Godavari and Guntur have registered a sex ratio of more than 1000 in 2011.
School education
• School Information and Management System, a single portal for all information & services, was established and made fully
functional. It received Manthan Special Mention Award under the learning & Education category among nearly 300 entries
from 7 SAARC countries. In 2016-17, it has also received the Silver medal of SKOCH Award.
• Primary level schools, Elementary level schools, Secondary level schools should be within 1 km, 3 km and a radius of 5 kms
walkable distance of all habitations respectively
○ AP has achieved 99% access at elementary level and 91.5% at secondary level
• 69.61 Lakh students in school out of which 50.99% are in I-V classes, 30.17% are in VI-VIII and 18.84% are in IX-X
• Annual average dropout rate till class VIII was 0% and 3.30% at IX-X (Secondary Level).
○ Badi Pilustondi Programm
• 2017-18 Pupil - Teacher ratio in primary, upper primary and secondary schools are 23, 19 and 28 respectively
• Mid Day Meal Scheme is implemented in the State for
▪ Govt primary, upper primary and secondary school children (classes I to X)
▪ extended to Special Training Centres (NCLP) since 2010.
▪ Model Schools since 2013 – 14.
○ Plugging leakages
▪ MDM scheme is monitored daily through SMS and mobile application and the same is linked to CM core dash
board and also to GoI portal ie. Automated Monitoring System.
▪ To avoid supply of underweight bags food grains are supplying through E-PoS system
○ Out of the total 45,333 schools in the state, 98.5% are having LPG connections, the remaining 1.5% schools are using fire
wood and solar as fuel.
• Innovative Programmes and schemes
○ School Health Programmes are conducting every Thursday in all districts of the state and distributing iron, folic and de-
worming tablets for the students from PHCs
○ Digital Class Rooms are provided in several schools.
▪ For the DCRs online and offline digital content in all subjects as per the School Education Text Books from Class I
to X is being provided both in Telugu medium and English medium.
▪ 30% budget is to be mobilized through donor support especially Non Resident Telugu community.
○ Virtual classrooms project is a project in which An expert teacher will teach rural students from the district
headquarters and clarity the doubts of the students.
▪ Andhra Pradesh Cyber Limited sanctioned Rs 4.5 lakh to each school to start virtual classes. An expert teacher will
teach students from the district headquarters
▪ The government is appointing a coordinator for each district to train the teachers to take the virtual classrooms
○ e-Hazar project is being implemented in a phased manner in all schools and School Education administrative offices to
capture the biometric attendance of students and teachers
○ Government introduced physical literacy in schools ensuring provision of 6 hours per week for classes 1st to 10th. Yoga,
Music, Dance (Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi) are introduced in Schools as part of the Physical literacy.
▪ Pilot project is introduced in 50 Schools at Visakhapatnam
○ The Government has introduced a new scheme called ‘Badikosta’ to provide bicycles to IX Class girl students of
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○ Partnership with NGOs like Isha Foundation, J-PAL and Pratham is taken up in the schools of Chittoor, Ananthapur,
Kurnool and Vizianagaram Districts for improving learning levels among low performing schools
▪ Pratham - Teaching at Right Level (TaRl) programme in anatapuramu
▪ Isha Foundation is implementing Happy classroom, Magic English and remediation programme for improving
learning outcomes among slow learners in 3000 schools in Chittoor district
○ From 2018-19 onwards parallel English medium sections will be started in all primary schools
○ Andhra Pradesh is at 2nd position in Swacha Vidyalaya Puraskar (SVP) Awards 2016-17 as the state schools have gained
21 National awards out of the 172 awards all india
○ Badi Runam Thirchukundam (BRT) (Persons showing gratitude to schools where they once studied): Rallies at
Block/Mandal and District levels for inviting Community participation and Involvement in School Development are
showing results
○ Mana Vooru Mana Badi (Amma Vodi) (Enrollment Drive of 5+ Age Children): to identify school age 5+ age children and
enroll them in the schools with the help of local Anganwadis
○ “Badi pilustondi” programme is the clarion call of Government of Andhra Pradesh to create awareness among people
that education is the right of every child and for enrolment of school age children in the schools
○ AP SSA issuing awards to selected journalists under ‘Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Best Educational news features
Awards’ for print and electronic media.
○ Dial Your SPD: Dial your State Project Director is a platform in which the children studying in the KGBVs, Staff, Parents
and the alumni shared their views and brought the issues and challenges directly to the notice of SPD by phone.
○ Government schools are receiving good support from the alumni towards school development with the ‘Postcard
campaign’ started by Central and state governments and SPD AP SSA for support from school alumni
○ AP's ‘Kasturi’ bi-monthly India’s first Girl child’s magazine not only bringing out the innate abilities of students but also
improving academic, health, general knowledge among them.
○ Microsoft dropout prediction - machine technology is being used for Dropout analysis and prediction; and for taking
corrective measures.
○ A new App ‘Veekshanam’ was developed for effective monitoring of school functioning and implementation of SSA
activities
○ SAMS: Student Academic Monitoring Software (SAMS) is used to monitor academic issues like regular updating of
registers and records. Started on pilot basis in 3 districts viz., Viziangaram, Prakasam and Kurnool
• Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan - 60:40 - is implemented to provide access to Quality Secondary Education for
children in the age group of 14 to 18 years
○ All Secondary Schools are provided with annual grants to schools to meet school maintenance expenditures
○ Infrastructure strengthening facilities were sanctioned to secondary schools
○ Under Girls Hostel Scheme, out of 163 Hostels 131 Hostels are completed and handed over to Principals.
○ Vocational Education Scheme is implemented through development of specialized knowledge and saleable skills
○ In-Service Teacher training is a major input for improving teacher capacities and pedagogical knowledge
○ Model Schools -
▪ With the obj of having one good quality Secondary School in every Educationally Backward Blocks(EBB)
▪ Model Schools will have classes from VI to XII, each class having two sections of 40 students each with state
syllabus and English Medium of instruction

▪ Total sanctioned model schools in 3 phases - 341 model schools in the 346 EBBs
○ Martial Arts Training is provided to the girl students of class VIII and IX studying in Government, Zilla Parishad and
Government aided private schools through professional trainers
• District Institute Of Education & Training (Diet) - to give orientation to teachers on innovations in teaching and learning at the
school level. Telugu and Tamil medium available (tamil in chittor0
• Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan - 60:40 - is an effort for universalization of elementary education by bridging social, regional and
gender gaps with the active participation of the community in the management of schools
○ 352 Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBV) are providing quality education with boarding facilities at elementary
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out girls.
○ Andhra Pradesh is the 1st state in the country to introduce 500 digital class rooms in all 352 KGBVs
• Other achievements
○ 255 Madarsas supported with 631 vidya volunteers @ Rs.7,000/- per month.
○ Implementing Student Academic Monitoring System (SAMS) in Vizianagaram, Prakasam, Kurnool districts.
○ In order to provide therapy, educational and similar facilities to Children with Special Needs, 226 Bhavitha centres are
established and the activities are carried out in non-Bhavitha centres in 446 Mandals at MRC/ School points
Intermediate Education
• 1012 Junior Lecturers were trained in ‘INSPIRE Training Programme for Teachers’ (Heart fulness training) at Kolakaluru on
academic activities in June 2017
• 364 principals were trained by Lead India 2020 Foundation on academic and institutional activities at Vijayawada
• A separate Vocational Education wing in the Commissionerate of Intermediate Education facilitates short term vocational
courses for unemployed youth
• Construction of hostels and additional class rooms under SC and ST sub plans
Collegiate Education
• AP is one of the very few States in India that implemented Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) for UG Courses in all
Universities in the State
• Jawahar Knowledge Centers (JKCs) are set up to train students in industry needed skills, soft skills and computer oriented
skills at a nominal fee of Rs.500/-
• GoAP entered MoU with TISS-Higher Education to train 30,000 students from 100 GDCs in several modules
• GoAP mandated all colleges under its administrative control to get accredited by the NAAC
• Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS), providing funding to eligible state higher
educational institutions
○ Creation of Universities by way of upgradation of existing Autonomous College
○ Construction of New Model Degree colleges
○ Infrastructure grants to Govt Degree colleges and assistance to colleges with NAAC ‘A’ grade
▪ Virtual Classrooms and digital classrooms were established in RUSA funded Colleges.
▪ Several college campuses have been made Wi-fi enabled
• To improve the English communication skills, 72 English Language Labs (ELL) were established in Government Degree Colleges
• MANA TV is ICT based learning resource for students in remote and rural areas. This is two-way audio and one way video tool
where students can learn from subject experts
• 312 Pratibha awards for the students of Higher Education in recognition to their merit, were given to the students of Degree
colleges on 15th October 2017 at Vijayawada on Abdul Kalam’s Birthday. Each awardee is given Merit Certificate, Medal, Cash
prize of Rs.20,000/- and Electronic Tab.
• District Resource Centers (DRC) were established in select colleges of all districts in the state to optimize utilization of
resources by pooling and sharing among all the Government Colleges in the district.
• The Degree Colleges are graded based on Key Performance Indicators like NAAC accreditation, Infrastructure facilities, Focus
on Research, Faculty Training programmes, Results & Placements and the grades are posted on CM dashboard
• Women Empowerment Cells and Anti Ragging Committees were established in all Govt. Degree Colleges and Aided Degree
Colleges
• The Government has taken up the forestation drive under the rubric “Vänam Manam”. In all Government & Private Aided
Degree Colleges in the state
• Government focuses on Swachha Andhra Pradesh Mission with particular stress on achieving complete Open Defecation Free
by 31st Mar’2018.
• Establishment of 5 National level institutions viz; IIT Tirupati, IISER Tirupati, IIM Visakhapatnam, NIT Tadepalligudem, IIIT
Kurnool.
• Technical Education
○ AP has 341 polytechnic colleges, more than half of which are available in the form of II Shift in Engineering Colleges
○ 41 Skill Development Centers have been established in Polytechnics across the State. Technical courses that supplement
regular Diploma Courses are offered
○ Govt proposed to set up 4 Vocational Education & Training Institutions in Government Polytechnics at Anantapur,
Tirupati, Guntur and Visakhapatnam
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○ India will have youth in the age group of 18 – 25 years @ 54 % of the population by 2029. It is against this backdrop that
mission mode projects like ‘Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana’ (PMKVY) etc., are initiated to bridge the gap between
Industry needs and output from the Educational Institutions
▪ PMKVY is implemented through AICTE approved Technical Institutes and Polytechnics which are willing to run
Skill Development Program using existing infrastructure
○ Curriculum Revision (C 16) - Industrial Training for six months during the final year
○ A bi- annual ‘Journal of Polytechnics of Andhra Pradesh’ – JPAP launched
○ Under AICTE-UKIERI Collaboration, (3) AP Polytechnics worked jointly with UK colleges
Health and Family Welfare
• The estimated Crude Birth rate, Crude Death rate and Infant Mortality Rates for the year, 2016 in the state are 16.4, 6.8 and
34 respectively while it is 20.4, 6.4 and 34 for All India . AP has lower birth rate but higher death rate relative to all-India.

• Trauma Care Centre aims to provide immediate emergency Medical Care to accident victims. At present 6 Trauma Care
Centres are functioning in APVVP Hospitals located in Andhra Pradesh
• Maternal health
○ In AP, Maternal Health Care Services are being provided to pregnant woman thru ASHA workers, Blood Bank and Blood
Storage Centres, 24-hours Mother & Child Health Centre, Village Health and Nutrition Day Centres, Janani Sishu
Suraksha Karyakram under NHRM, Janani Suraksha Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA) and
PMSSY
○ “Talli Bidda” ambulance service has introduced for drop back services.
○ Mother and Child Health Cards provided for every registered pregnant woman
○ Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual Health (ARSH): Govt established 409 Adolescent Friendly Health Clinics, that
provide promotive, preventive, curative and referral services
• Child Health Care Services
○ Govt established Special New Born Care Units (SNCUs), New Born Care Corners (NBCCs), Newborn Stabilization Units
(NBSUs) and Nutrition Rehabilitation Centres in APVVP hospitals to reduce IMR
○ A full Immunization (Children below 1 yr.) Coverage 91.12% - consistently in the past 3 yrs and complete immunization
(Children of 2 to 5 Yrs) 75.65% was the achieved so far. Special efforts to bring in children of vulnerable groups for
immunization coverage are in place and ongoing through Mission Indradhanush and Intensified Mission Indradhanush
○ Rashtriya Bala Swasthya Karyakram is broadly aimed at screening children for 4ds (defects at birth, childhood diseases
defections and development delays) and providing treatment with early intervention. 16 DEIC (District Early
Intervention Centres) are also established
• World Population Day is celebrated every year on 11th July
• Family planning
○ Govt provides a compensation towards wage loss an amount of Rs.600/- to Tubectomy acceptors belonging to BPL, SC
and ST families; Rs.250/- to other Tubectomy acceptors and Rs.1100/- to the Male Sterilization (Vasectomy) acceptors
○ Medical Termination of Pregnancy Services are provded to all eligible couples for termination of unwanted pregnancies.
○ Family Planning Insurance Scheme - Govt provides an insurnace in case of death of an acceptor due to sterilization or for
sterilization failure or for medical complication due to sterilization operatio.
• Urban Slum Health Services
○ 193 Urban Health centres functioning in the state through NGOs with State government funds To provide preventive,
promotive and curative services to people living in urban slum areas
○ All the National Programmes are being implemented in e-UPHCs and All the services given to the patients are being
captured through online real time software and in reflected in CMs CORE dash board
○ Tele-consultations services are available at e-UPHCs for Ops
• Tribal Health Services
○ Chandranna Sanchara Chikitsa services in tribal areas
○ 108 services, special ambulances, feeder ambulances on PPP mode in tribal areas
○ All the vacancies in the tribal areas were filled
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○ Diagnostic tests available in PHC’s, CHC’s and AH’s on outsourcing basis in addition to the tests done in house.
○ The functioning and availability of the services in the tribal areasar integrated to the CORE.
• State's Special Initiatives
i. Emergency Health Transportation Scheme - 433 ambulances with trained technical staff are available through 108 - toll-
free telephone numbers
ii. Health Information Helpline for comprehensive management of issues related to pregnant women and infants
iii. N.T.R. Vaidya Pariksha- to provide free essential laboratory services to all the patients visiting public Health Facilities
thru in house or outsourced basis
iv. Free Tele Radiology Services to all the patients prescribed by a doctor in all the CHCs, Area and District Hospitals
▪ AP is the second state in country to get Tele-Radiology interfaced till CHC level
v. The Government have established 18 Free Dialysis centers in the state
vi. Thalli Bidda Express - To ensure provision of drop back service to every pregnant woman from hospital till home thru a
dedicated fleet of 279 vehicles
vii. NTR Baby Kits - to reduce infections of the Mother and Baby and to motivate pregnant woman for their safety delivery
in Government Hospitals only.
viii. Aarogya Raksha Scheme for the uncovered above poverty line population
▪ To avail all services of Dr NTR Vaidya Seva by paying Rs.1200/- per member per year
ix. Dr.NTR Vaidya Seva’ scheme counts to be one of the pioneers in terms of achieving equity and providing accountable
and evidence-based good-quality health-care services in a unique PPP model
▪ Providing access to BPL families to quality tertiary medical care both by strengthening the Public Hospital
infrastructure as well as through purchase of quality private medical services
▪ State Government set up an independent Trust “Dr.NTR Vaidya Seva Trust”, which, in consultation with the
specialists in the field of healthcare, runs the Dr.NTR Vaidya Seva Scheme
○ The trust is also the Implementing Agency for the Employees Health Scheme under the supervision of
Government for providing health coverage to all regular State Government employees, service pensioners,
family pensioners
▪ Giving The choice of hospital for treatment to the patient.
▪ Working Journalists Health Scheme:
Providing health services to the accredited Print and Electronic Media Journalists and accredited freelance
journalists and their dependent family members in the empanelled Network hospitals
▪ "104 seva kendram" provides services of two types
1) Inbound services - health advice, medical advice, health information, counseling, blood bank information,
complaint registry, employees health scheme
2) out bound services- monitoring and evaluation of mother and child health services, feedback of Dr. NTR
Vaidya Seva.
• Andhra Pradesh Vaidya Vidhana Parishad (APVVP) is an autonomous organization funded by the Government that deals
exclusively with the middle level hospitals of bed strength ranging from 30 to 350.
○ The Community Health Centres (CHC) with 30-50 beds provide maternity and child health care services
○ The Area Hospitals (AH) provide services with 100 beds and four clinical specialities like OBG, Pediatrics, GM and GS
○ The District Hospitals (DH) provide service with a bed strength ranging from 200-350 and ten clinical specialties
• Health
○ The National Vector Borne Diseases Control Programme(NVBDCP) deals with Malaria, Japanese Encephalitis, suspected
viral encephalitis, Dengue, Chikungunya, Filaria with the support of state government
○ National TB Control Programme (RNTCP).
○ National Program for Control of Blindness
○ National Leprosy Eradication Programme(NLEP) 2017-18
▪ to ensure that all Government Health Institutions are diagnosing leprosy cases, treatment and motivating the
patients for complete treatment
▪ MCR footwear is being provided twice in a year for protection of foot.
▪ During 2017-18, Leprosy Case Detection Campaign (LCDC) was conducted from 13.11.2017 to 26.11.2017 in 5
districts viz., Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, SPSR Nellore, Ananthapuramu and Kurnool
○ Integrated Disease Surveillance Project (IDSP) is a decentralized, district-based surveillance programme intended to
detect early warning signals of impending outbreaks and help initiate an effective response in a timely manner.
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▪ National Tobacco Control Programme is implementing in 10 districts except Visakhapatnam and Kurnool
▪ National Oral Health Programme to reduce morbidity form oral diseases by strengthening oral health services at
sub district and districts hospitals
▪ National Programme for Health Care of Elderly implemented in all distrcits
▪ National Programme for Prevention and Control of Fluorosis(NPPCF) is being implemented in Guntur, Prakasam
and Nellore
▪ National programme for prevention and control of cancer, diabetes, CVDS and stroke programme (NPCDCS)
▪ Chronic Kidney Diseases screening - 15 Special mobile medical teams conducted screening for Kidney diseases in
114 villages in Uddanam area of Srikakulam.
▪ Now one cardiac Care Unit is functioning in each district in the State
○ The following services are integrated to CORE Dashboard on real time
▪ NTR Vaidya Pariksha (Free Diagnostics):
▪ Chandranna Sanchara Chikitsa: “Primary Medical Care on wheels” is provided on fixed days to 12000 identifi ed
villages every month, which are beyond 5 km from the location of existing health facilities
▪ Health ATMs installed at remote places where docs are not available - providing medicines to the patients
prescribed by doctor
▪ Maintaining high scientific and technical standards for safe environment in the hospitals to ensure quality care
▪ 102 call centre: Call centre exclusively for advice on mother and child services
▪ e-Aushadhi logging: Inventory for all drugs & surgicals and their supply chain management through electronic
mode
▪ Blood Bank Online and Blood Bank app for online information
▪ 115 primary vision centers are made operational with required equipment treating minor eye problems
▪ 32 secondary vision centres (Surgical Centres) are performing IOL surgeries
▪ Expanded Dental Care services with 52 facilities (4 centres in each dist)
▪ TB Care thru 99 DOTs
▪ Dr. NTR Vaidya seva provides cashless treatment in the empanelled network hospitals for a total of 1044
procedures to the BPL families
○ New initiatives in 2017
▪ upgrading all the existing UHCs into e-UPHCs and named as Mukhyamantri Aarogya Kendram.
▪ 450 dedicated teams with 900 doctors, paramedics and vehicles to cover all Govt schools, Govt residential
schools, Anganwadi schools and up to 18 yrs students in Govt Junior Colleges
▪ Swasthya Vidya Vahini: Health education for positive living and a healthy Andhra Pradesh
▪ Advanced life support ambulances (mini ICU on wheels):
▪ 20-25% population suffering with sleep related disorders can be diagnosed through the Sleep labs (MoU with
AIIMS)
• Aids Control Society
○ the number of people living with HIV in India at 25 lakhs and 3 lakhs in Andhra Pradesh
○ Strategic Information Management Unit is responsible for Monitoring, Evaluation & Surveillance of HIV/AIDS related
activities in the state
○ 1534 (1357 Govt. & 177 Pvt.) Integrated Counselling and Testing Centres in AP for free HIV/AIDS counselling, testing
services and also prevention of mother to child transmission
○ 40 ART Centers in Government Hospitals providing free ART medicines to all eligible PLHIV in the state.
○ Nearly 30,000 ART Patients have received ART Pensions through NTR BHAROSA
○ Targeted Interventions(TIs are implemented through NGOs and CBOs - Community Based Organisations
▪ Female Sex Workers (FSW), Men Having Sex with Men (MSM), Transgender, Intravenous Drug Users (IDU),
Migrants and Truckers who are highly vulnerable for HIV/AIDS due their life style
○ PEPFAR (President’s Emergence Plan for AIDS Relief) programs are being implemented in East Godavari, Krishna and
Guntur districts
▪ PEPFAR is a United States governmental initiative to address the global HIV/AIDS epidemic. It provides technical
assistance in India to maximize the quality, coverage, and impact of the national HIV/AIDS response
○ AP Blood Cell APP was started for improving the Voluntary Blood Donations.
• Women Development and Child Welfare
○ State is running 46 Homes for Children and 21 Institutions for women to cater to the needs of children and women.
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200. Vocational trainings and reintegrating them with their family or transferring to other homes
○ Twelve Swadhar Shelter Homes are working in 8 districts to care for women in diffi cult circumstances and aim at
covering primary needs of 360 inmates
○ Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS) is a centrally sponsored scheme with an objective to provide a protective
environment for overall development of children
▪ State Child Protection Society (SCPS) and State Adoption Resource Agency (SARA) have been functioning at State
level
▪ Near about 10,000 Child Protection Committees have been formed in the state. They work to Rescue child labour,
prevent child marriages, register sexual assaults, provide care for Children in Need of Care and Protection,
provide sponsorships to special children (HIV Infected/Affected, Physically / Mentally Challenged and others)
○ Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS)
▪ A.P. State is the only State who have developed and launched an activity-based Pre-School Curriculum to promote
holistic development uniformly in children throughout the state
▪ Organizations like Andhra Mahila Sabha, College of Home Science, KEK Ltd., SODHANA, Pratham, Azimii Premji
Foundation and World Vision are being involved actively to strengthen Pre-School activities
▪ Hot meal with snack was introduced along with 4 eggs in a week
▪ Balamrutham is the weaning food introduced under ICDS to provide improved supplementary nutrition to
children between 6 months to 3 years
▪ The Government introduced “Anna Amrutha Hastam” (AAH) programme which involves spot feeding of “one full
meal” for Pregnant and Lactating Women to address
▪ Gorumuddalu - Special care and supervised feeding for under severely underweight (SUW) severe acute
malnourished (SAM) and moderate acute malnourished (MAM),
□ “Giri Gorumuddalu” for all children in the Tribal Areas
▪ SABLA (Rajiv Gandhi scheme for empowerment of Adolescent Girls) scheme is being implementing as pilot project
in 4 Districts
□ Take Home Ration of 3 Kgs rice, 1 kg dal and ½ litre oil are provided to adolescent school girls of 11-14 years
and all the girls in the age group of 15-18 years.
○ 40% of child marriages in the world takes place in India only.
▪ Bangaru Talli scheme supports the family of a girl from her birth till her graduation. All the BPL white card holders
are eligible for the scheme
▪ 1, 62,613 benefi ciaries have been covered by Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty (SERP) and Mission for
Elimination of Poverty in Municipal Areas (MEPMA),
▪ The Government of Andhra Pradesh have implemented the New Insurance Scheme - Girl Child Protection Scheme
(GCPS) - for Protection of Girl Child in collaboration with LIC.
○ Juvenile Welfare, Correctional Services and Welfare of Street Children
▪ There are 757 “Children in need of Care and protection” (children who have been alleged to have committed
offences) up to the age of 18 years, staying in 32 homes and 12 open shelters as on 01-11-2017.
▪ There are 4 observation homes functioning for reception & rehabilitation of ‘children in need of care & protection’
▪ GOI is providing grant in aid to the NGOs for establishing and maintaining Open Shelters for these children in the
ratio of 60:30:10
• Welfare of Differently Abled & Senior Citizens
○ Disabilities Act, 1996 and National Trust Act, 1999 are the two governing acts that mandate accessible and progressive
lives for the PwD
▪ The PwD Act, 1996 deals with both prevention and promotional aspects of rehabilitation of education,
employment and vocational training, creation of barrier-free environment, provision of rehabilitation service for
persons with disabilities.
○ The Government of India sanctioned 7 District Disability Rehabilitation Centres and four(4) Homes for the disabled (East
Godavari, Anantapur, Chittoor and Krishna)
○ Pensions are sanctioned every month to 5.22 lakh Differently Abled persons and 19.54 lakh Senior Citizens
○ Study circle was established exclusively for Persons with Disabilities at Vijayawada
○ 3 Old age homes are established on PPP mode at Visakhapatnam, Guntur and Ananthapuram
• Backward Classes Welfare
○ Hostels are providing free boarding and lodging to students belonging to backward classes
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○ Residential Schools for the children of Fishermen @ one in each District of Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam,
West Godavari, Guntur and Prakasam District
○ Post Matric Scholarships and Reimbursement of Tuition fee scheme to eligible BC students who pursue higher educatio
○ NTR Videsi Vidyadharana
○ There are 13 BC Study Circles functioning in the State to provide free coaching facilities to eligible BC unemployed
graduates and post graduates, who are appearing for various competitive examinations of State and Central
Government like Civil Services, Group-I and Group-II
○ NTR Unnatha Vidyadarana Scheme for imparting coaching in reputed Pvt. Institutions for providing financial assistance
to the candidates through the prescribed process for (UPSC Civil Service Examination Prelims-cum-Mains and interview).
○ A.P Backward Classes Cooperative Finance Corporation Ltd. is implementing the schemes of (i) Subsidy scheme in rural
areas (Margin Money) and (ii). Subsidy in urban areas (BC Abhyudaya Yojana).
○ BC Abhyudaya Yojana
○ Construction of dhobi ghats is being implemented through A.P. Washermen Co-operative Societies Federation with
100% subsidy
• Social Welfare - SCs population forms 17.08% of the total population of AP and 79.98% of the SCs live in rural areas.
○ In AP, Sex Ratio among the Scheduled Castes is 1007, which is higher than the state average of 996. The literacy rate
among SCs was 64.47, lower than the State’s Literacy rate of 67.41. SC population ranges from 7.68% in Visakhapatnam
district to 23.19% in Prakasam district.
○ 50% of Ananda nilayams are filled with orphan students and the remaining 50% with children whose parents are
engaged in unclean occupations
○ Dr.B.R.Ambedkar Overseas Vidyanidhi - financial assistance is provided to the eligible SC students for pursuing higher
education
○ Govt is implementing the scheme for giving coaching to SC students for eligibility test such as TOEFL/IELTS and
GRE/GMAT
○ scholarships for students belonging to SCs studying class V to X
○ Government sanctioned 13 Special Mobile Courts in all the districts of A.P. The Special Mobile Courts were constituted
for dealing with offences under PCR Act, 1955
○ Rehabilitation of bonded labour and Jogins
○ incentive award for inter-caste married couples increased from Rs. 10,000/- to 50,000/- to the couples where one of
the spouses belongs to Scheduled Caste
○ NTR Vidyonnathi - 700 SC candidates were selected through an entrance exam conducted by the JNTU, Kakinada during
the year 2017-18 and they have been allotted to five reputed institutions in the Country.
○ 110th Birth Anniversary Celebrations of Dr. Babu Jagjeevan Ram, Government launched “Jagjeevan Jyothi” scheme
extending the benefi t of free power upto 75 units in respect of SC&ST Households
○ financial assistance with 100% Grant to vulnerable groups like Cobblers, Safai Karamcharies (sanitation workers),
Manual scavengers (Fresh cases), Jogins, Bonded Laborers / Atrocity Victims
○ Chandranna Cheyutha • To encourage skill development for SC youth by providing employability linked certified training
programs
○ National Scheduled Caste & Finance Development Corporation & National Safai Karamcharis & Finance Development
Corporation are working to enable easy access to credit for educated un-employed poor youth belonging to SCs at
cheaper rate of interest for self employment units and enhance entrepreneurial capabilities
• Tribal Welfare
○ States
▪ There are 34 ST communities living in the State.
▪ The tribal population of Andhra Pradesh constitute about 5.53% of the total population of the State
▪ The scheduled areas extend over 8.82% of total area of the State with 5,318 villages spread in Srikakulam,
Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, East Godavari and West Godavari districts. These districts house 39% of ST
population
○ 80 residential schools were functioning in non-scheduled areas with a strength of 10028 from class 3rd to 6th
○ Govt is converting more Tribal welfare hostels into Ashram schools in Scheduled area
▪ 98,271 students have been enrolled so far in Ashram schools and Gurukuls in SAs
○ Agricultural projects in tribal areas
▪ Promoting potato cultivation in Paderu, vizag and Seethampeta, Srikakulam
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▪ Comprehensive coffee project is being implemented in ITDA, Paderu. MGNREGS is taking part in implementation
of the project under convergence. The total project cost is provided as subsidy from Coffee Board and Subsidy
from TSP
○ 4 Tribal students scaled Mount Everest successfully during May 2017
○ ATAL Tinkering Labs, “Spell-Bee” in all Gurukulam schools, Skill Development training program, Vocational cources from
9th class through RMSA
○ Foundation stone for Alluri Seetha Ramaraju Museum was laid in seven acres land in Visakhapatnam on 09.10.2017
▪ Expert group was constituted for collection and finalization of artifacts for 3 or 4 galleries exclusively for 3D digital
art based on tribal themes. Proposed date of completion is 31.10.2019.
○ Girijan Cooperative Corporation (GCC) Ltd has procured in Rs.247 Cr into tribal economy through its core activities and
fixed an annual target of Rs.317 Cr for the current financial year 2017-18. sale of “Girijan” brand products
▪ Looking at an increasing demand for Araku valley coffee, Another variant “Araku Valley Instant Coffee” will be
launched into the market shortly
▪ Organic Certification for 15 MFP items has been obtained for the year 2017-18. Sale of organic products has been
taken up
▪ 15 Petrol & HSD bunks have been opened in tribal areas of Paderu agency
○ Andhra Pradesh is the fi rst state to enact AP SCSP and TSP Act, 2013 to provide legal backing for allocation, expenditure
and monitoring of Tribal Sub Plan
○ Giriputrika Kalyana Padhakam - to extend the financial assistance of Rs. 50,000/- to tribal girls at the time of their
marriage
○ Very recently the AP High Court passes a ruling holding that AP Excise authorities cannot exercise their power to grant
liquor shop or a bar license in the Scheduled Areas without a specific resolution of the Gram Sabha under AP PESA Rules
• Minorities Welfare - Dulhan Scheme, Minorities Welfare Hostels, Residential Schools for minorities,
○ The Multi Sectoral Development Program funds have been released to 4 Districts viz., Ananthapuramu, Guntur, Kurnool
and YSR district
○ Andhra Pradesh State Minorities Finance Corporation (APSMFC) encourages the socio economic development of weaker
sections of Minorities viz., Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and Parsis, thru educational development and skill
upgradation
○ Minority Law Graduate Scheme for the benefit of Law Graduates to undergo Training in Administration of Justice under
Public Prosecutor for 3 years
○ Scholarships for pre-metric, post-metric, Merit-cum-Means and overseas education
○ Government has been in the forefront in implementing Welfare Schemes for the Christian Minorities thru AP State
Christian Minorities Finance Corporation
○ Centre for Educational Development of Minorities (CEDM) is located in Kurnool, Guntur and Visakhapatnam. It is
implementing three major state government sponsored projects.
▪ improving classroom performance of minority school children
▪ improving participation and performance of minority candidates in competitive entrance examinations
▪ Chamak Scheme: Free coaching to minorities for job oriented competitive examinations
○ A new scheme “NTR Vidyonnathi” is introduced in the year 2017-18 for Minorities for providing professional guidance
for Civil Service Examinations for sponsoring the meritorious students to reputed private institutes to extend the benefit
for 300 students yearly.
○ The A.P. Urdu Academy has instituted
▪ annual National Award of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad comprises of a Cash Prize of Rs.1.25 lakh and Makhdoom
Award with Cash Prize of Rs.1.00 lakh
▪ 36 Computer Training Centres and Urdu Libraries
▪ Constructing Urdu Ghar cum Shadikhanas
○ Multi Sectoral Development Programme (MSDP) was conceived as a special initiative of the follow up action on the
Sachar Committee recommendations. The projects to be taken up under MSDP would be related to the provision of
better infrastructure for education, skill development, health, sanitation, pucca housing, roads, drinking water for
Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists and Zoroastrians
• Youth Services
○ Divisional level youth festivals in all the divisions and district headquarters of the State were conducted
○ Disaster Management and First Aid Training Programmes have been conducted in coordination with Indian Red Cross
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○ Inter-District Youth Exchange Programmes
○ Formation/Rejuvenation of Youth Associations/ Youth Clubs in every nook and corner of the district
○ Govt proposed to set up Youth empowement centres in all the District Head Quarters
○ Pre-recruitment training programmes are organised for enrolling more number of youth of Andhra Pradesh in Indian
Army, Air force and allied forces
○ Govt is sponsoring Mount Everest Expeditions
○ In collaboration with ‘Girls-in-Tech Foundation’, govt organised two day Hackthon on Smart City at Visakhapatnam
○ 128 ‘future stars’ awards in District and State level to recognize the excellence of Young Inventors and Innovators and
Entrepreneurs
○ Organising Youth Parliament/Assembly at District and State Levels;
○ A.P. Contingent was sent to visit Punjab under “Ek Bharath Shresht Bharat”.
• Housing
○ Andhra Pradesh State Housing Corporation has been the pioneer in implementation of Weaker Section Housing
Programme along with adequate amenities
○ The State Government intends that no Urban Poor Person in the State of Andhra Pradesh should be left without a pucca
house and every eligible person should own a house by 2022
○ Rural housing - NTR Rural Housing Program @ 2.00 Lakh houses each for the years 2017-18 & 2018-19
○ NTR Special Housing (HUD HUD) 201617: 9,170 houses were sanctioned for HUD HUD cyclone victims
○ PMAY NTR Nagara Affordable Housing - to construct and handed over 5 lakh dwelling units by March 2019
• Water supply
○ The main objective of the govt is to ensure that by 2022, every rural person is supplied 70 LPCD safe water within their
household premises or at a horizontal or vertical distance not more than 50 meters from their household
○ AP govt has a separate dept for Rural Water Supply and Sanitation
▪ Various State and Central Government programmes such as NRDWP, Finance Commission, Swachh Bharat Mission
and other external agencies provide the funds
▪ Funds are also being tapped in the form of loans from NABARD, World Bank etc.
○ Govt has decided to cover all problematic habitations with safe drinking water through community treatment plants by
Hub & Spoke model (clusters) under NTR Sujala Sravanthi scheme
• Municipal Administration
○ Garbage free roads, free flowing of side drains, controlling the insanitary conditions created by stray animals and
mosquitoes has been achieved.
○ AP has 110 Urban Local Bodies i.e., 14 Municipal Corporations, 71 Municipalities and 25 Nagara panchayaths
▪ 97.44% urban households are covered by door to door garbage collection
○ Swachha Andhra Corporation is exclusively established to deal with sanitation and solid waste management matters
○ All the 110 ULBs in the state have been declared as ODF
▪ Swachha Andhra Corporation was established after launching of Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) and taking up the
activities in ULBs with a target to achieve 100% by Oct 2019
○ First time in the country Black Spot Monitoring and Management App. has been designed and developed to monitor
garbage vulnerable points and other sanitation issues in two levels;
▪ Priority Black Spots – Covers main roads, Commercial areas, hospitals, educational institutions etc. with floating
population
▪ Normal Black Spots: Low visibility areas and internal roads, open plots in the wards etc
Database of all Black spots in all 110 ULBs is being monitored 24x7 to convert into green spots.
○ Developed Real Time Monitoring System (RTMS) for managing Sanitation and Solid Waste Management activities on
real time basis
○ Smart Andhra Pradesh Foundation (SAPF) has played a pivotal role in building partnerships with various corporates,
Non- profits and motivated individuals for furtherance of the goals of the Smart Village Smart Ward Programme (SVSW).
▪ Several NRIs have contributed fi nancial and material resources to their villages and communities under the SVSW
programme
○ Waste to energy projects were awarded by Energy department and swachh andhra corporation to various agencies.
▪ One ULB named Chirala is doing MSWM project on its own
○ 14th FC has recommended grants to ULBs in two types i.e., 1) Basic Grant for Rs.2908.64 Crores 2) Performance Grant
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○ Mission for Elimination of Poverty in Municipal Areas (MEPMA) through
▪ National Urban Livelihood Mission (NULM), Self Employment Programme, 47 City Livelihood Centres,
▪ Shelter for Urban Homeless, Scheme of Support to Urban Street Vendors,
▪ SHGs Bank Linkage, Vaddi Leni Runalu to urban poor, Sthree Nidhi SHG soft loans, Chandranna Bhima, SHG EDP
(Entrepreneur Development Programme) training,
▪ Generic Medical Stores and Pradhanamantri Janaaushadi Kendras,
▪ MEPMA Bazaars at District level and Dwakra Bazars at ULB level to encourage marketing of SHG products
□ once in a month @ all corporations and once in quarter at all Municipalities with > 1 lakh population.
○ Amaravati is destined to become the Happy City on the globe and first greenfield Smart city
innovative and equitable Land Pooling Scheme has become a case study across the globe - 33,556 acres have been
pooled from 27,315 volunteering farmers.
i. Amaravati Government Complex, in an area of 1375 acres would essentially be the hub of State Administration
and Governance with the Legislative Assembly, Council, High Court, Raj Bhawan, Secretariat, HOD buildings and
government housing.
□ a very big complex known as Justice City is under construction where the High Court and subordinate courts
and even some tribunals would be accommodated
□ AGC master plan has been developed with world’s best sustainable planning principles like micro climatic
conditioning, blue green interface, eco-friendly non-motorised transportation, green energy, energy saving
district cooling systems
ii. global economic hub
iii. Top-notch universities VIT, SRM, Amrita have started their academic sessions
iv. To promote Amaravati as ‘a preferred destination’ for Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions (MICE) in
Asia Pacific region, to be developed through PPP with an estimated investment of INR 1220 Cr
v. The master development of the Start Up Area by Singapore Consortium is going to start
Rural Development
RD programs are implemented and monitored through software solution RAGAS (Rashtra Grameena Abhivridhi Samacharam).
• Comprehensive Land Development Programmes (Indira Prabha & NTR Jala Siri under RIDF)
○ development of degraded lands is an important input required for eradication of poverty.
○ Solid waste Management works: Solid waste management in rural areas includes collection and segregation of solid
waste, provision for conversion of biodegradable solid waste into vermi compost and land fill arrangements to non-
degradable solid waste.
○ Liquid waste management includes construction of pucca drains or underground pipeline and to take up low cost
preliminary treatment for reuse the same for agricultural purpose.
○ NTR Jala Siri focuses on Optimum use of available ground water resources by adopting water intensive irrigation
techniques like drip / sprinkler
▪ The programme is taken up in all districts except Anantapuramu.
▪ The government has taken up the solar powered selective bore well programme for eligible and needy small and
marginal farmers.
• Watershed Development Programmes
○ Watershed programmes are concentrated only in rain-fed areas which have undulating terrain and are prone for
degradation of soil. These areas are generally characterized by very poor groundwater profile.
○ Watershed development programmes are being implemented under Centrally Sponsored Scheme - Watershed
Development Component of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (Previously IWMP)
○ 4 IWMP Projects from Khammam District, Telangana transferred to Andhra Pradesh
○ Neeru – Chettu - to improve water table and green cover
▪ Water harvesting structures like Check Dams, percolation tanks, Mini percolation tanks
▪ Under Soil Moisture Conservation
Drought proofing activities under flagship programs of ‘Neeru – Chettu’ and ‘Neeru – Pragathi’
○ ‘Panta Sanjeevani’ program (Construction of farm ponds) - During the year 2017-18, 9 lakh farm ponds, which can
augment 6 TMC of water, are being taken up
▪ A farm pond is a dug-out pond constructed in or near the farm, wherein rainwater is collected in the pond and
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▪ A farm pond can percolate water to a tune of 5 times of volume of farm pond
• Wage Employment Programmes
○ MGNREGS provides a legal Guarantee of 100 days of wage employment in a financial year to every rural household
whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work
○ For transformation of villages a plan namely ‘Chaturmukha Vyuham’ is implemented through MGNREGS
i. Integrated Natural Resources Management - afforestation, fisheries, sericulture, water harvest structures
ii. Individual - assets for vulnerable sections - soak pits, composts, horticulture plantations, NTR housing, LIFE
training
iii. Institutional - Common infrastructure for NRLM compliant SHGs - play fields, toilers in anganwadis, roof water
harvesting, approach roads
iv. Rural Infrastructure - anganwadi centres, GP buildings, CC roads with drains, SWM, underground drainage, burial
grounds
○ As on nov 2017, AP occupies 2nd place in the country in generating of person days (17.17Cr. as against the target of 20
crores) with an average wage rate of Rs. 141.4 per day per person
○ Wage rate enhanced from Rs. 194/- to Rs. 197/-.
○ Govt mandated Geo tagged and worksite boards for all works.
○ Neeru – Chettu & Neeru - Pragathi works on priority
○ Project LIFE aimed at skilling of wage seekers who have completed 100 days of wage employment.
○ Integration of NTR Rural Housing Programme with funds from PMAY-G and MGNREGS - 90-person days under
MGNREGS shall be provided for each new house
○ MGNREGS for tribals
▪ Provision of 150 days employment is being proving for RoFR (Forest Right Act) beneficiaries
▪ Out of 33 tribal groups, 8 groups are recognized as PVTG. Chenchus are also recognized as one among the 8
PVTGs. The MGNREGS Chenchu Special Project has been implementing to address the cases of extreme poverty,
hunger & starvation
○ “Plantation Programmes” under MGNREGS
▪ Horticulture plantations - Mango, Cashew, Sweet orange, Acid lime, Guava, Sapota & Coconut
▪ Avenue plantations - 400 plants per 1 KM both sides of the roads are grown. Each SHG is tagging with 400 plants
for maintenance of avenue plantation. Limited rights are being given to the SHGs. Target for the FY-2017-18 is
10,000 KMs and Achievement is 9854 KMs
▪ Homestead Plantation - Five types of fruit plants are distributed to each household free of cost to enhance the
nutritional intakes of the rural Poor
▪ Institutional Plantation - plantation of Fruit bearing & Shade plants in available vacant /unutilized lands in
schools, colleges and other Govt institutions to develop tree planting consciousness among children, increase the
greenery and generate income to the institutions
▪ Block plantation in community lands - Planting of shade, ornamental and fruit plants in vacant village common
lands, such as community land, burial grounds and endowment lands
▪ Bund Plantation - Teak plants and Red sanders are being planted on the field bunds of the farmers, specially
SC/STs and SF and MF, without disturbing the regular agricultural crops
▪ Greening of Barren Revenue hillocks in non IWMP areas by Self Help Groups for increasing green cover outside
the forest area.
○ Srama Shakti Sanghala (SSS) federations, formed at the village level, will ensure higher level of labour participation,
build confidence among the wage seekers and also empowers the SSS groups
▪ Separate groups (Vikalangula SSS) are formed with persons with disabilities
○ Rojgar Diwas is being organized on the 1st Saturday of every month in the Gram panchayats to create the awareness
among the wage seekers and general public about the MGNREGS Scheme
○ Seticulture - Mulberry Plantations & Tassar Host Plantations and silk work rearing sheds were being taken in the lands
of SC & ST and SF & MF under MGREGS in convergence with Sericulture Department
○ Excavation of fi sh breading ponds projects are being taken up in the fishermen villages under MGNREGS
• AP Mahila Sadhikara Samstha - Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty
○ AP has 92.24 Lakh members in 9.7 Lakh SHGs - 78% in rural areas and 22% in urban areas
○ Andhra Pradesh stands first in the country with regard to the SHG-bank linkages. 37% of SHG-bank linkages provided
across the country are from AP
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the old loan. Subsequently, the SHG members used to rely on alternative sources such as micro-credit.
▪ The banks, however, later switched to the cash credit limit (CCL) facility, under which members can get loans
from banks up to the sanctioned limit any number of times while paying the interest. CCL facility, which was
earlier available only for businesses, is now being extended to SHGs.
○ Chandranna Cheyutha - Investment Capital @ Rs.10,000 per member
○ Unnathi is a Strategy is to enable every poor family in the state comes out of poverty with increased and sustainable
livelihood opportunities with exisitng funds like SC, ST Sub plan funds from State Government and Other funds from GoI
funds etc.
○ Stree Nidhi Credit Cooperative Federation Limited, Andhra Pradesh operates in Rural areas as well as Urban areas with
an objective of providing low cost and timely credit to poor SHG women
○ GoAP is providing the SHGs engage in handloom and handicraft activities with retailing opportunities on Digital
platform like Flipkart, Snapdeal etc. under the brand name ‘Urban Village’
▪ Currently Krishna Zilla Samakhya and Visakhapatnam Zilla Samakhya are registered as sellers in various e-
commerce portals and the products are listed online for sale.
• Use of techonology in rural development Rashtriya Grameenabhivruddhi Samacharam - End to End IT Utilization in rural
development
○ NREGA has popularized ICT as a tool for empowerment amongst the rural masses
▪ Andhra Pradesh is the first state to introduce comprehensive transaction based IT software that provides end-to-
end IT solution under MGNREGS.
□ MGNREGS-AP software has been recognized as one of the best ICT solutions in the country and worldwide
and has won the awards
▪ GeoMNREGA - All the MGNREGA works will have to be geo-tagged at three stages i.e. Before the start of the
work, During the work and After completion of the work using NRSC’s Bhuvan mobile application
▪ DBT Project in NREGS-AP as Smart Card Project - is a pioneering initiative in Financial Inclusion and the only one of
its kind and scale in India
▪ in the agency area, where connectivity is a problem , the wage payments are being made in the Automated
Clearing House (ACH ) mode by the Department of Posts through their Core Banking accounts
▪ Department has provided the IRIS devices to all the districts for making of wage payments in the case of Biometric
authentication failures
▪ AP NGO Alliance (APNA) has been formed with 253 NGOs in 428 mandals to organize the rural poor to demand
their rights under the MGNREGA
○ Electronic Fund Management system (eFMS) avoids unnecessary parking of funds at mandal level. All payments are
made to the individual Bank/Post office accounts directly by the disbursing authority, thereby reducing delay
○ CORE (Chief Minister Office Real-time Executive) Dashboard has been developed to monitor pensions closely. Timely
and hassle-free delivery of services under NTR Bharosa at the door step of beneficiary is a reality now
○ Web based monitoring reports of the Vigilance Cells, established at the State and District levels, on the follow up action
on the Social audit reports are uploaded at www.socialaudit.ap.gov.in/,
○ Each district is having one QC team (quality control) and each team will be assigned online by TCS
• APRIGP - AP Rural Inclusive Growth Project (RIGP) - 3072 RIGP GPs in 150 RIGP mandals
○ FPOs - Value chain-based approach for FPOs
▪ Building & strengthening of Farmer Producer Organizations (FPO) have been taken up in order to harness higher
value chain-based returns in the primary sector.
▪ to establish a platform to market SHG-made products and other FMCG products to increase the access to quality
goods at reasonable prices in villages
▪ Rural Retail Chains sub-component strengthens the livelihoods of rural kirana stores by providing affordable,
good quality nutrition and hygiene products to consumers by linking both the SHG (home-made) products and
FMCG via the network of branded rural retail chain in 150 backward mandals across 13 districts
○ WASH (Water Sanitation Hygiene)
○ 150 Model Nutri-Gardens initiated at mandal level and 1.2 lakh families have set up Nutri-Gardens
○ 40 Nutri-Entrepreneurs will trained per mandal
○ Backyard Poultry
• Anna Sanjivini Project - “to provide quality braded generic medicines at affordable prices to all the people”.
• Startup Village Entrepreneurship Program (SVEP) is sub project of National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) implemented on
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• Chandranna bhima - to provide relief to the families of unorganized workers in case of death or disability of the un-organised
worker
○ LIC of India has sanctioned scholarship @ 1200 per child under Chandranna Bima
Poverty
• The very definition of poverty has undergone change over the decades and continued to evolve in a wider perspective. Several
committees and expert groups have studied the poverty measurement methodologies in the past. The recent expert group
under the Chairmanship of Prof. Suresh D. Tendulkar. As per the latest estimates of the Planning Commission released, for the
year 2011-12, the poverty ratios for rural and urban areas of united AP were 10.96% and 5.81% respectively and combined
ratio stands at 9.20%. All India figures - 25.70%, 13.70% for rural and urban areas and the combined was 21.92%.
• Andhra Pradesh enjoys the legacy for introducing and implementing innovative poverty alleviation programmes.
Employment
• 68th NSSO data 2011-12: unemployment ratio in rural AP and urban AP are 12 and 43 respectively. All india level figures are
17 and 34 resp
• Labour Force Participation rates for both rural and urban areas in Andhra Pradesh were higher compared with all India levels.
• But over the years, the LFPR of all persons of rural areas have shown a decline, while urban LFPR has shown improvement.
The trend is visible both in Andhra Pradesh (combined state) as well as India
• 94% of the workers in A.P. are in the unorganized sector
• creating quality non-agriculture work opportunities through skill development in rural areas and thereby Shifting workforce
from Agriculture to non-farm sector is the best way of enhancing income levels of the poor
• There are 79 Govt. ITIs are functioning in the state.
○ 19 ITIs are covered in the fold of Vocational Training Improvement Project- (VTIP), a world bank funded Centrally
Sponsored Scheme
○ Government ITI Gajuwaka, Visakhapatnam has been selected under a central govt scheme to upgrade one existing ITI
from each state as model ITI
• “Skill Development in 47 identified districts affected in LWE”, is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme that is implemented in
Visakhapatnam District from A. P. State
• Four Govt. ITIs for minorities have been sanctioned under Multi Sectoral Development Programme (MSDP) in adoni,
Chagalamarri of kurnool; Rayachoti of kadapa; Narasaraopet of Guntur dist
• APSSDC has joined hands with SIEMENS to establish SIEMENS training centers (COE &t-SDI) in 40 identified universities,
engineering and polytechnic colleges across the state to improve the skills of the students and make them industry read
○ Center of Excellence (COE), Siemens Technical Skill Development Institutes (t-SDI)
• Google Code Labs focus on faculty training on all Google products and programs in a hub and spoke model
• Skilling in Schools
○ ASPIRE (AP Schools Program for Innovation, Research and Excellence):
○ Centrally Sponsored Scheme for Vocationalization of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education
▪ DURING fy18, 126 schools are covered under this programme with 2 Vocational Trainers in each school
▪ Certified courses in 10 Trades up to Level IV of NSQF are also introduced.
• Deen Dayaal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDUGKY) is implemented in PPP mode with 70 Project Implementing
Agencies (PIAs)
• Pradhan Mantri Kaushal VikasYojana (PMKVY2.0) is the flagship scheme of the Ministry of Skill Development &
Entrepreneurship (MSDE) to enable a large number of Indian youth to take up industry-relevant training
○ PMKVY 2.0 - APSSDC fixed a target of 64,000 candidates to be trained in a period of 2016 –20
• AP is imparting Electronics System Design & Manufacturing (ESDM) traning through the GOI's "Skill Development in ESDM for
Digital India"
• APSSDC has planned to organize 4 Job fairs in each constituency and totally 700 Job fairs in the state during 2017-18
• APSSDC has started the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) programme in key sectors
• AP will establish AP Model Career Centre (Employment Exchange) by upgrading existing employment exchanges
• Udyogaratham - A mobile van was launched in Vijayawada and capital area, as a unique and easily accessible mode for
candidates to register for jobs and for employers to offer jobs, especially local jobs with MSME sector
• AP secured several awards from ASSOCHAM- Best State in Skill Development and Best Institute in Placement (A DDUGKY
Training Center in Guntur District), Best Skill Development Institute (SDI, Visakhapatnam), Largest capacity for training in
industrial manufacturing(SIEMENS labs), Best Innovative Training Program for Tribal Youth(ITDA, Rampachodavaram), etc
Real Time Governance
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• One of the major issues of governance in India is the ineffi ciency in delivery in public services in the face of rising expectations
from the public. India’s experience since the independence has shown that only expansion of opportunities both social and
economical and removal of poverty will result in good governance. However India has been in the backseat in many a
development indicators like illiteracy, infant and maternal mortality, per capita income, employment, infrastructure, etc.
• This brings us to the need of an integrated system where services are devised citizen-centric
○ Develop responsive solutions to citizens grievances
○ Deliver services to the citizens anytime and anywhere
○ Customize solutions for citizens ascertaining their needs
○ Reduce delays for processing times serving at citizen’s doorsteps
○ Increase transparency, accountability
○ Improve citizen satisfaction through responsive and efficient governance
• Real Time Governance of Govt. of Andhra Pradesh is an endeavour wherein government attempts to improve delivery of
services in a responsive manner by using technology in project monitoring and process re-engineering of welfare provisions so
that atleast 80% public satisfaction is achieved in all government programs
• Thematic areas of operation of RTG:
i. Grievance Management - motto of “People First” - through a 1100 Call Centre (24x7), called Parishakara Vedika
ii. Beneficiary Feedback -
iii. Data mining and analytics,
iv. Weather Forecasting and Early Warning System - to provide real time agro-advisories to farmers at village level
v. Innovation and Incubation - to promote Andhra Pradesh as a knowledge hub
vi. Social Media - to broadcast information to the public on important governmental activities and program
• RTGS attempts to do away with the culture of corruption in public service delivery. Citizens can lodge their complaints to 1100
• RTGS implements and monitors State Command and Communication Centre (SCCC) and 13 District Command and
Communication Centres (DCCC).
• Special technology and management tools employed in RTG - Business Analytics, Visualization Suite, advanced tools for
weather data analytics and emerging technologies like Drones, PTZ Cameras, Biometric augmented technology and virtual
reality, machine learning technology, Internet of Things (IoT), Call Centre, etc.
• e- Pragathi / CORE 2.0 is the improved version of the Dashboard that provides real time data to the Hon’ble CM that ranges
from Street Light information, Agriculture, Ground water, Rainfall, Health, Ration, Pensions and a host of other Departmental
data online
• e-Office is a step forward into an era of paperless administration with Regular backups and Disaster Recovery systems
• Andhra Pradesh pioneered the act of using IoT devices for the overall monitoring and in turn effi ciency levels – by
incorporating more than 1 million IoT Devices, which range from Street Light Censors, e-PoS Devices at FPS, Biometric
authentication devices for pensions, MNREGA wages, attendance at hospitals, schools and offices
• Government has implemented APSWAN connecting the State Capital to all District Head Quarters (DHQs)
• Andhra Pradesh Government established Andhra Pradesh Weather Forecasting and Early Warning Research Centre (AWARE)
under Real-Time Governance (RTG) with support of ISRO

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