Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Monday, directed the officials to promote transparency, accountability, and efficiency in tax collection without giving scope for legal disputes. He held a review meeting on revenue earning departments including Excise, Revenue, Municipal Administration, Mines, and Forest departments at his camp office.

The Chief Minister emphasized on resolving complaints and objections raised by the taxpayers on a priority basis to have a smooth flow of taxes. He instructed the officials to use state-of-the-art technology to restrict tax evasion and the use of fake bills. In this regard, the authorities informed him that the Data Analytics Center is being strengthened.

The Chief Minister said that strict measures should be taken to prevent corruption in Sub-Registrar offices and told them to focus more on all the government offices where there is a possibility of corruption, along with the sub-registrar’s office, MRO, MDO, RDO, and Collector’s offices.

He directed the officials on the display of the toll-free number of ACB 14400 prominently in every government office and hospital. Asserting that corruption can be eradicated only through strong measures, the Chief Minister instructed the authorities to keep action taken reports of the calls attended through the toll-free number.

Further, he asked the officials to display the list of services available in the registration offices at the village secretariats along with the benefits of registration services to make people come forward to avail the services.

The officials informed the chief minister that registrations are being done in secretariats of 51 villages so far, while arrangements are being made to extend these services to another 650 villages soon and moving ahead to start them in all 2000 village /ward secretariats by October 2, 2022.

The AP government is all set to launch digital learning in its schools from the pre-primary level to the high school plus level in the new education system. Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, during a review on the education department, told the officials to equip all classrooms in the state with digital equipment for learning.

He said that students can obtain more knowledge through interactive displays, and smart teaching facilities, and inspected the equipment of various companies regarding the digital displays that are to be set up in government schools across the State. He ordered the officers to ensure that the projectors and interactive TVs are of good quality. He advised installing smart TVs from PP-1 to Class-2 and projectors from Class-3 onwards and ordered to complete the installation process in all the schools that were refurbished under Nadu-Nedu Phase-1.

Reviewing the distribution of tabs for students, the Chief Minister directed the officials to ensure that all the tabs are of good quality and said that they will be distributed to Class-8 students after Byju’s loads the content. Asserting that many reforms were brought in the education sector, he emphasized that supervision should be there at every level. He ordered immediate filling of the vacant posts including DEO and MEO in the Education Department besides focusing on filling up the posts in SCERT, DIET Senior Lecturers, and DIET Lecturers.

In the second phase of Nadu-Nedu works in schools, the chief minister directed the officials to expedite the works and told them to take appropriate measures like installing CC cameras for safety, as valuable equipment is being installed in schools. Also, he asked the officials to upload the data related to achieving Sustainable Development Goals in the Education Sector and formulate SOPs. He instructed the officials to make use of the Toilet Maintenance Fund and School Maintenance Fund effectively.

AP Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, on Tuesday, credited Rs 137 crore into the accounts of 3,39,096 beneficiaries who were left out from receiving the benefits of welfare schemes and also provided fresh pension, arogyasri, and ration cards to 3.10 lakh families.

Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister said that his government is truly committed to the welfare of the poor. He said that the government brought this initiative to provide welfare schemes for those who are eligible and have not availed the benefits, twice every year.

The intention is to extend the welfare schemes to every eligible person in the State, he said, adding that the situation has changed since the inception of the YSRCP Government, and the benefits of the schemes are being delivered right at the doorstep of the beneficiaries.

The Chief Minister said that 2,99,085 new beneficiaries were added to YSR Pension Kanuka, while 7051 are getting Ration Cards and 3035 are being provided with Arogyasri Cards. With the fresh issue of cards, an additional expenditure of Rs 935 crore shall be borne by the State government, he said adding that the government is implementing every scheme with utmost responsibility in a transparent way without any discrimination.

The Chief Minister stated that the previous government had tried to minimise the number of beneficiaries by providing welfare schemes only to a select few people through ‘Janmabhoomi Committees’ and did its best to exclude as many people as possible.

Terming his government as the people’s government, he said that only eligibility is being taken as the criteria and extending the benefits in a transparent way irrespective of the caste, religion, or political affiliation of the beneficiary duly following the welfare calendar. He urged people to notice the difference between the two governments.

Chief Minister and YSR Congress president, Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy had named at least 50 MLAs as non-performing or poor performing legislators. He said he would not hesitate to refuse tickets to them in the next election, if they failed to change their approach towards the party and the people.

The chief minister expressed his anger at the MLAs who did not take the Gadapa Gadapa ku mana prabhutvam programme of the party. He said several MLAs were either not visiting the people nor doing it without meeting the people.

Jagan Mohan Reddy said winning the next 2024 election was important to him as he had been spending huge amounts of government money on the people. He claimed that no government had spent so much money so far on the people and asserted that this government should win the next election too.

He told them that he had been working hard to implement the party’s 2019 election manifesto despite the Covid pandemic. “When I am working so hard, why are you not working,” he asked them.

He also told them that the MLA’s proximity with the people is important to win the election. “If you have goodwill with me alone, it doesn’t help you win the next election. So have goodwill with the people,” Jagan Mohan Reddy told them.

The chief minister also announced the release of orders giving Rs 2 crore to each MLA to spend in their constituency. He said that the government would also issue orders giving Rs 20 lakh to each of the village and ward secretariats for the developmental works.

Jagan told the MLAs to utilise these funds, do good for the people and win their confidence to win the next election.

He also gave them 8 months to improve their performance or else he would bring new faces wherever the sitting MLAs fail!

The three political parties in Andhra Pradesh have come together on one issue for the first time. There is no difference of opinion among them. Perhaps AP is the only state where the parties having representation in the Assembly have unanimity.

The occasion is the Presidential election. The ruling YSR Congress Party, Opposition Telugu Desam Party and the junior partner, Jana Sena have come to an understanding in this election. All the three parties are voting for a single candidate in the Presidential election.

The ruling YSR Congress had extended its support to the BJP-sponsored NDA candidate, Droupadi Murmu, in the presidential election. The party has 151 MLAs, 22 Lok Sabha members and 9 Rajya Sabha members. The party claimed that its support is because of the candidate who represents the Scheduled Tribes.

A little later, the opposition TDP too had extended its support to the NDA candidate claiming that it had supported K R Narayanan (SC), A P J Adbul Kalam (Minorities) and Ram Nath Kovind (SC) in the past in the presidential elections. The TDP too would back Droupadi Murmu (ST) in the present election.

The Jana Sena, which has one MLA in the Assembly, neither announced its support nor declined. The MLA is, for all practical purposes, identified as the Jana Sena member in the Assembly. However, the party has had no contact with its lone MLA Rapaka Vara Prasada Rao, since his election. He has been working with the ruling party from the day one and thus he toed the line of the ruling YSR Congress.

Thus, the three parties have common understanding, not on issues concerning the state or its people, but in the presidential election!

Opposition TDP leaders have their own oratory style, which takes them close to the people and makes people believe whatever they speak. Though not on par with Telangana chief minister KCR, the oratory skills of the TDP leaders draw better attention.

Former minister Devineni Umamaheswara Rao is one such leader who can spin words at ease. He hurls power packed words at the rivals which give energy to the cadre and are taken well by the people.

His statement on Sunday was one like that with rhythm. He said that thousands of people along the Godavari river have become homeless and were spending sleepless nights because of the flash floods.

On the contrary, he said chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy was sleeping in his Tadepalli palace and was sleeping happily. “When people have no homes and no sleep, how can a chief minister sleep happily in his home,” the former minister asked.

He drew parallel between Jagan Mohan Reddy and his predecessor and TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu during calamities like floods and cyclones hit the state. He said Chandrababu Naidu had visited the areas where disasters struck and guided the officials on the relief and rehabilitation work while Jagan Mohan Reddy sleeps in his house.

He wondered why Jagan Mohan Reddy was not giving confidence to the people by standing with them in the hour of crisis as Chandrababu Naidu did in the past. He felt that the chief minister, as head of the state, should stay with the people in their difficulties and regretted that Jagan Mohan Reddy was not bothered about the crisis in which people are caught.

The TDP leader and former minister wanted the chief minister to step out of his Tadepalli palace at least now and help the people. He also asked the chief minister to visit the flood-hit areas on foot and see the damage caused to them because of the flash floods to the Godavari river.

With the flood situation in the state continuing to remain grim, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy held a review meeting with his officials on the Govadari floods and relief measures here on Saturday.

He directed the officials to be vigilant and ensure that there should be no loss of life.

On Saturday, water levels at the the Dhavaleswaram barrage near Rajamahendravaram, continued to rise. With 175 barrage gates opened up, as many as 23.94 cusecs of flood waters have been released into the sea. Authorities expect an additional 25 lakh cusecs of inflows into the barrage.

During the meeting, the chief minister inquired about water inflows to the Godavari, evacuation of people, and other relief measures taking place and cautioned them to stay on high alert.

The state government is relying on SDRF and NDRF kept on standby mode, for handling emergency situations. Along with setting up adequate number of relief camps, the chief minister is emphasizing on providing quality services.

On Friday too, Reddy had a video conference with officials after conducting an aerial survey in the flood-hit districts of the state.

Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy held a video conference on the Godavari floods relief measures with the concerned officials after conducting an aerial survey in the flood-hit districts on Friday.

Reviewing the flood situation, the Chief Minister directed the authorities to appoint a senior official for each flood-affected district to monitor the situation along with relief measures and cautioned them to stay on high alert for the next 24 hours as the water inflows are likely to increase. Also, he instructed all the secretaries to consider requests of the district authorities and provide them on a war-footing.

The Chief Minister asked the officials to focus on evacuating people from inundated villages, and those adjacent to the banks of Godavari and shift them to relief camps. He told the officials to be prepared with materials like sandbags to put near ridges and flood walls. He directed to provide assistance to the families of the flood victims at the rate of Rs 2,000 each along with essential items of 25 kg rice, one kg dal, potatoes, onions, palm oil and milk in the next 48 hours.

He instructed authorities to use helicopters in emergency services and asserted to take adequate measures for addressing sanitation and drinking water issues. The Chief Minister asked them to take all necessary precautionary measures to prevent damage and ensure that all types of medications, including injections for snakebites, are available at PHCs, Area Hospitals, and District Hospitals, along with generators to meet emergency services without any interruption. He ordered that due priority be accorded to avoid disruptions in the communication system by supplying diesel to cell phone towers for uninterrupted service. He stressed that quality services have to be provided at the relief camps for the flood victims.

Later, Chief Secretary Sameer Sharma appointed special officers for all five flood-affected districts. Karthikeya Misra for Alluri Seetharama Raju District, Arun Kumar for East Godavari District, Muralidhar Reddy for Dr. BR Ambedkar Konaseema district, Praveen Kumar for West Godavari district, and Katamaneni Bhaskar for Eluru district.

AP chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy became an auto driver for a couple of hours in Visakhapatnam as he disbursed Rs 261.52 crore for 2.61 lakh auto drivers under Vahana Mithra scheme.

Wearing a khakhi shirt like an auto driver, Jagan Mohan Reddy spent some time with the auto drivers. He also sat in an auto driven by a woman driver.

Later, addressing the gathering, the Chief Minister said that the amount of Rs 10,000 is for the recurring expenses like insurance, fitness certificate, and maintenance of the vehicle, which was promised during the 3,648 km padayatra.

He stated that the scheme was also provided during the Covid crisis, to stand by them in tough times. He urged the drivers to get insurance and fitness certificates for their vehicles, as passengers will also experience safe travel.

Recalling the three-year governance, the Chief Minister stated that over Rs 1000 crores was spent towards Vahana Mitra, benefiting lakhs of drivers and those who are left out can still apply at village/ward secretariats. He said that his government is moving ahead prioritizing both welfare and development and stated that almost Rs 1.62 lakh crore was directly credited into the beneficiaries’ accounts in a transparent manner without any corruption or discrimination.

He asked people to notice the difference between the previous and present government, where the current government is delivering welfare schemes, while the previous one only focused on ‘looting and sharing’ instead of serving the poor.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan alerted District Collectors to be vigilant as IMD predicts heavy rain in the next two days during a video conference meeting on Tuesday.

As a precautionary measure, the chief minister has released Rs 2 crore each to four districts – Eluru, Alluri Seetharama Raju, East Godavari, and Dr Ambedkar Konaseema – which are prone to floods and heavy rainfall. He also directed other collectors to feel free and send any requests to Chief Secretary and CMO, who are available round the clock.

Abnormally high water discharges of as much as 13 lakh cusecs have been recorded in early July in the Godavari, which is very alarming. Since Maharastra expected to receive more rainfall, it is expected that water levels in the Godavari will rise further.

The chief minister directed the district authorities to ensure that flood relief centres are adequately stocked. “Food, blankets, and clean toilets should be maintained and monitored. People leaving the camps should receive Rs 2,000 per family or Rs 1,000 per person, whichever is reasonable” said the Chief Minister.

“Two NDRF teams have been deployed in Kunavaram and Chittoor while four SDRF teams in other districts,” CM said.

He directed the collectors to set up control rooms in the district and ensure that it was operational and monitored round the clock. Further, the line department should be prepared with alternatives, and SOP followed, the chief minister said.

The Chief Minister also asked the collectors to send daily reports of losses and damage in the districts.