Chapter 1-General Overview

 Andhra Pradesh ranks as the 8th largest State in the country.( 1,62,970 Sq Km)

 State has the 2nd longest coastline in the country with a length of 974 km.

 In terms of population, Andhra Pradesh is the tenth largest state in the Country accounting for 4.10% of
the total population of the country, as per 2011 Census.

 Rate of growth of population and decline is even more prominent at 9.21% during 2001-11, lower than the
All-India's growth rate of 17.70 %

 The density of population for Andhra Pradesh as per 2011Census is 304 persons per square km, as against
382 persons per square km at all India level in 2011

 The sex ratio in the state was 997 in 2011and is higher than all India figure of 943.

 The literacy rate of the State is 67.35 % in 2011(All India 72.98%)

 The %age of urban population to the total population in the State is 29.47 % in 2011
Chapter 2-MACRO ECONOMIC AGGREGATES

 Amidst fears of Global economic slowdown ,Experts believe that India'saspiration to become a $5
trillion economy by 2024 depends on strengthening markets by promoting probusiness policies to
provide equal opportunities, enable fair competition and ease of doing business.

 The State Government, committed to the welfare of all sections of the people also intends to achieve
steady economic development propelled by growth in all sectors.

 In order to achieve this, the government is committed to give special thrust to focus on education,
health, skill development and employment generation besides continuous focuson agriculture and a
strongvalue chain.

State Economy
 The State Domestic Product (SDP) commonly known as State Income is one of the important
indicators to measure the economic development of the state.

 ‚State Domestic Product‛ is defined as the aggregate of the economic value of all goods and services
produced within thegeographical boundaries of the state, counted without duplication during a
specified period of time, usually a year.

 State income and Per Capita Income (PCI) play a vital role in formulation of policies for planned
economic development of the state

Estimates of GSDP at Constant (2011-12) and Current Prices

GSDP of Andhra Pradesh and GDP of All India :

Amount in Lakh Crores(LC)

AP 2019-20 2018-19 India 2019-20 2018-19
Current Prices 8.62 LC 9.72 LC 203.84 LC 189.71 LC
% Growth 8.80% 12.73% 7.50% 11%

Constant Prices 6.21 LC 6.72 LC 139.81 LC 146.83 LC

% Growth 4.45% 8.16% 6.1% 5%

Broad sector wise GSDP estimates at Constant (2011-12) Pricesare as follows:

Broad Sector 2018-19 2019-20

Agriculture & Allied 171,625 186,393
Growth Rate 3.84 % 8.6%
Industry 146,334 154,627
Growth Rate 0.01% 5.67%
Services 240,828 262,772
Growth Rate 6.59% 9.11%
GSDP 621,301 672,018
Growth Rate 4.45% 8.16%
Broad sector wise GSDP estimates at Curren Prices are as follows:

Broad Sector 2018-19 2019-20

Agriculture & Allied 279,584 320,218
Growth Rate 6.54% 16.03%
Industry 178,858 191,857
Growth Rate 5.70% 7.27%
Services 329,765 367,747
Growth Rate 11.04% 11.52%
GSDP 862,957 972,782
Growth Rate 8.80% 12.73%
PCI 151,173 169,519
Growth Rate 8.23% 12.14%

 The growth achievement of 8.16% achieved by the state during the year 2019-20, assumes significance
especially in the context of global economic slowdown and other fallouts which perhaps have
affected the national economy and its attendant impact on the State as well

 The overall economic growth of the state is essentially driven by the Services sector which has
contributed the highest GVA growth of 9.11% in 2019-20 followed by the Agriculture and Allied sector
with 8.60% growth and Industry sector with a growth rate of 5.67%.

 The GSDP at Current Prices for the year 2019-20 which indicates the size of the state economy, is
estimated to go up by Rs. 1.10 lakhCr. as compared to last year.

 An growth of 12.73% at current prices in 2019-20 in comparison toAll India'sgrowthrate of 7.5 %.

Agriculture broadsector:
 Agriculture sector comprises of
 Agriculture,
 Horticulture,
 Livestock,
 Fishing & Aquaculture sectors.
 Forestry & Logging
Constant Prices
Agriculture broadsector 2018-19 2019-20
Agriculture 26,458 Lakh 31,474 Lakh
Growth Rate 18.96%
Horticulture 43,438 Lakh 48,506 Lakh
Growth Rate 11.67%
Live Stock 50,918 Lakh 53,223 Lakh
Growth Rate 4.53%
Fisheries 48,226 Lakh 50,660 Lakh
Growth Rate 5.05%
Forest 2,584 2,531
Growth Rate
171,624 Lakh 186,394 Lakh
  Due to favourable seasonal conditions, 'Agriculture' sector achieved higher growth rate .Rainfall
during current year increased from 635 mm in 2018-19 to 814.6 mm 2019-20

 Paddy, Maize andGround nut crops have shown increase in production in the current year.

 Among the non-food crops, Cotton and Tobacco are estimated to register an increase.

 Among Horticulture crops, Bananas Chillies, Mango andTomato are expected to register an increase
in production as compared to last year.

Industry Sector
Industry Sector comprises
 Manufacturing,
 Construction,
 Mining and Quarrying,
 Electricity, Gas, Water Supply, Remediation & Other Utility Services sectors

Mining & Quarrying and Electricity, Gas, Water Supply, Remediation & Other Utility Services sectors have
registered impressive growth rates of 9.6% and 9.7% respectively.

Services Sector

 For the year 2019-20 at Constant (2011-12) prices for Services Sector project an expected addition of
about Rs. 22,000 Cr. to the state economy.

 Trade, Hotels & Restaurants, Transport by other means & Storage, Real Estate & Professional Services,
Public Administration and Other Services registered a growth rate of 6.27%, 5.94%, 6.67%, 18.97%
and16.64% respectively.

PerCapita Income:
The Per Capita Income of Andhra Pradesh at current prices increased to Rs.1,69,519 from Rs.1,51,173 in 2018-
19 registering a growth of 12.14 percent. All India per capita income for 2019-20 stands at Rs.1,34,432.
Chapter 3- PUBLIC FINANCE

 At the time of the State's bifurcation, the Union Government acknowledged that fiscal, economic and
social conditions of residuary State of Andhra Pradesh will be adversely affected.

 In order to rectify these conditions,the former Prime Minister gave assurances toprovide assistance to
the State in Rajaya Sabha. Provisions have also been made in the Andhra Pradesh Re-organisation Act
2014 for assistance/incentives and development of the State. But Government of India did not fulfill
the same and not extendedtheir assistance and assurances in full.

 The State finances have been under stress well on account of various factors such as
 Shrinking of revenue base,

 Bludgeoning expenses and due to various factors such as increase in the establishment costs,
interest payments,

 Welfare commitments and

 Loss of capital city as a major commercial hub.

 This fiscal stress is the result of expenditure commitments rising faster, lesser than promised and
anticipated flow of funds from Government of India.

State's Revenue

State's Own Tax Revenue

State's Own Non Tax Revenue

Central Transfers

State's Expenditure
Debts and Interest payments

Revenue and Fiscal Deficits

In the FY 2018-19, Andhra Pradesh faced a Revenue Deficit of Rs.13,899 Crores and a Fiscal Deficit of
Rs.35,441 Crores and
in 2019-20 RE the Revenue Deficit is Rs.26,549 crores and Fiscal Deficit is Rs.40,396 crores
Chapter 4- PRICES, WAGES AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

 Various economic, social or political factors result in fluctuations in prices which therefore do not
remain constant and tend to change over a period of time.

 Both demand pull inflation and supply side concerns push the prices up

 Prices of food items are affected by

 Increase in population

 Mismatch in demand and supply

 Shortfall in production owing to adverse weather conditions and seasonality,

 Changing food habits

 Increased transportation costs,

 Supply chain constraints like lack of storage facilities, and

 Artificial shortage created by hoarding etc.

 It is imperative for the Governments to have periodic check on the movement of prices of essential
commodities since change in price level is likely to have an impact on the patternof consumption.

 The Directorate of Economics and Statistics reports the prices of essential commodities periodically.
Monitoring of prices of six essential commodities [Rice, Redgramdal, Groundnut Oil, Red Chillies
Dry ,Onions, Tamarind (Without Seed]from selected centres across the State on daily basis is being
done for tracking the changes.

Consumer Price Index– an economic barometer

 Price Index is a statistical tool for measuring the relativechange in price level with reference to time,
geographical location and other characteristics. It is also consideredas a barometer of
economicactivity.

 Consumer Price Index is used as a device for measuring changes in the level of retail prices of goods
and services consumed by different population segments.

 Industrial workers and Agricultural Labour, Rural Labour from the main population groups are
usually covered by these indices.

 The Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has
revised the base year of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) from 2010 to 2012 with effect from2015

Consumer Price Indices for Industrial Workers

The Consumer Price Indices for Industrial Workers (CPIIW) are being constructed and compiled with the
base 2001=100. The data is being collected from seven centres selected fromAndhra Pradesh under Central
and State Series based on Industrial workforce.
Consumer Price Index Numbers forAgricultural Labour
The Consumer Price Index Numbers for Agricultural Labour (CPI-AL) with 1986-87 as base year are being
compiled by the Labour Bureau, Simla.

Consumer Price Indices for Rural, Urban andCombined

 Since the Consumer Price Index (CPI) Numbers reflect the fluctuation in retail prices pertaining to
these specified segments such as Industrial workers, Agricultural Labourers and Rural Labourers only
and do not encompass all segments of the population, these numbers do not capture the holistic
picture of price behaviour in the country.

 Thus, in order to reflect the changes in price levels of various goods and services consumed by
respective population groups in Rural and Urban areas, a new series of CPI for the entire Urban
population, i.e., CPI (Urban), and CPI for the entire Rural population, i.e. CPI (Rural) are compiled.

WholesalePrice Index

 Wholesale Price Index (2011-12=100) serves as an important determinant in formulation of trade,

fiscal and other economic policies by the Government. It is also used by Banks, Industry and
Business circles.

 It is released on monthly basis by the Office of the Economic Adviser, Ministry of Commerce &
Industries

 It covers 697 commodities as classified below

 117are from'PrimaryArticles'group,
 564from'ManufacturedProducts'groupand
 16 from'Fuel andPower'group.

Wages
Agricultural Labour and Artisans in the Rural areas areconsidered to be the weakest segment of Rural
LabourForce in the Un-organised Sector. To analyse the Wages for this group, theWages data is being
collected from44 selected centers spread over the State covering 16 occupations.

Public Distribution System(PDS)

 Andhra Pradesh has been implementing the electronic modules in PDS, such as linkage of Aadhaar
with ration card data, e n d - to–endcomputerization of the PDS ,allotment of commodities under e-
PDS and eweighing devices for distribution of commodities

 Portability was also provided to draw their commodities from any of the e-PoS enabled FP Shops.

 Due to these reforms, the state has ensured better delivery of essential commodities to the entitled
households as per the scales indicated under the National Food Security Act, 2013.

Door Delivery of Essential Commodities

The state government has recruited village / ward volunteers for every 50 household clusters to ensure
speedy and efficient delivery of all Government services at the doorstep of citizens in all villages and
municipalities.
RationCards
In Andhra Pradesh, at present 29,784 Fair Price Shops are functioning and on an average there is one FP Shop
for every 1417 persons /495 cards/familiesin the state.

Integrated Child Development Services(ICDS) Scheme andMid-DayMeal Scheme

Supplimentary Nutrition Programma (S.N.P.) :

Sabla :

Mid-DayMeal Scheme :

Ricefortification in MDM andAnganwadi centers

To avoid Micronutrient deficiencies and to improve the essential vitamins and minerals required for healthy
growth, government ordered to introduce the fortification of food grains on pilot basis inWest Godavari and
Krishna districts for distribution in the Government projects like Mid-Day Meal and AWCs with the support
of TATA Trusts from July, 2018. Extension of supply of fortification rice toall the districts is under
examination.

SubsidyRice Schemes

Antyodaya Anna Yojana distribution of rice at subsidized rates@Rs.1/- per kg to BelowPoverty Line families
families is being allotted every month under National Food SecurityAct, 2013

Annapurna scheme for distribution on free of cost @ 10 kgs per family per month.

Supply of Rice to Welfare Hostels under Supply ChainManagement

Releasing of rice per month at Rs.1/- per kg@15 kg per student per month upto 10th class (ie., 500 grams per
head per day) and 18 kg per student per month to 10+2 students (i.e., 600 grams per headperday).

Minimum Support Price (MSP) operations for paddy

 Decentralized Procurement (DCP) has been taken upin the State w.e.f. 1stOctober, [Link] this
o Paddy is procured directly from the farmers at farm gate

o Payment is made to the bank accounts of farmers through electronic fund transfer and thus
ensured MSP to the farmers and

o Avoid exploitation of farmers by the Millers / Traders and

o To acquire self-sufficiency in procuring rice for Targeted Public Distribution System(TPDS)

and OtherWelfare Schemes (OWS),

 The entire procurement operations right from receipt of paddy till deliver of CMR in the buffer
godowns is monitored on real time basis through online Procurement Software.

Price Monitoring

 Prices of EssentialCommodities including vegetables are monitored daily, analysed and report
submitted to the Govt.
  A status note on prices is also being submitted during every cabinet meeting.

 Whenever abnormal increase of prices noticed, such commodities are procured directly from the
farmers / producers and distributed to the consumers at affordable rates with subsidy to contain the
price rise.

Release of LPG Connections

The Government has launched the Deepam Scheme with a view to remove drudgery due to conventional
cooking, to reduce depending on forest for firewood and to improve health of BPL women. The scheme was
launched in July, 1999 in rural and February-2000 in Urban areas.

Tribal LPG Package

With a view to provide LPG to the tribals located at hilly and remote areas, for easy carrying and with lesser
price, Govt. have decided to distributeTribal LPG package with 5kg LPG cylinder with gas and stove etc. on
free of cost.

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Chapter 5- AGRICULTURE AND ALLIED ACTIVITIES

 Agriculture growth throughout global history has been the progenitor of broad-based economic
growth and development.

 Agriculture remained as the primary source of livelihood for about 60 per cent of India's population

 The agriculture sector in India is expected to generate better momentum in the next few years due to
increased investments in agricultural infrastructure such as irrigation facilities, warehousing and cold
storage and the country is planning to double the farm income by 2022. In sync with the national
agenda, Andhra Pradesh is also aiming towards doubling the farmer's income.

Some of the key issues affecting agricultural productivity at the national and State level

 Decreasing size of agricultural land holdings,

 Continued dependence on the monsoon,

 Inadequate access to irrigation,

 Imbalanced use of soil nutrients resulting in loss of fertility of soil,

 Uneven access to modern technology,

 Lack of access to formal agricultural credit,

 Limited procurement of food grains by government agencies, and

 Failure to provide remunerative prices to farmers

In recent years, the focus has shifted from production to processing, packaging and marketing through a
strengthened supply chain.

Agricultural transformation – focused approach

 To provide agricultural extension services to farmers and

 To transfer the latest technical knowledge to the farming community

 Government is determined to focus on Productivity enhancement,

 Mitigating the impact of droughts through water conservation and micro-irrigation;

 Post-harvest management to reduce wastage and to strengthen the processing, value addition capacity
and supply chain.
Land Holdings
 The average size of land holdings in the state marginally declined to 0.94 hectares during 2015-16 from
1.06 hectares in 2010-11

 The number of holdings is increased from 76.21 lakh in 2010-11 to 85.24 lakh in 2015-16.

Trends in Area and Production of food grains and paddy

 Key agriculture parameters of area and production of food grains and paddy crops for the years 2017-
18 and 2018-19 broadly reflect a decelerating trend.

 While shortfall in area of nearly 1.83 lakh hectares under food grains in 2018-19 resulted in a massive
decline of 17.66 lakh tonnes of production

 The 10.56% decline in production under Food grains in 2018-19 was essentially due to a decline in
Area under Major millets and Pulses.

Cropping Intensity and area irrigated

The cropping intensity, the ratio of gross cropped area to net cropped area, has marginally decreased to 1.24
in 2018-19 from1.26 in the previous year.

Key Strategies To Make Agriculture Profitable

1. Extending financial assistance of Rs. 13500/- per farmer family per year (including Rs.6000/- fro PM-
KISAN) under [Link] Rythu Bharosa-PMKISAN as an investment support to the farmers

2. The tenant farmers/ landless cultivators are given Crop Cultivator Rights Cards (CCRCs) to avail
all facilities like Crop Insurance, Interest FreeLoans, other Govt. benefits without effecting the rights of
the owner of the land

3. Extending Interest free crop loans to all the farmers (Vaddileni Runalu).

4. Free ‚Crop Insurance to all farmers of notified crops‛ to reduce financial burden on the farmers.

5. Providing Exgratia to the farmer families including tenant farmers in the event of death by
Suicides(Agrarian Reasons) /Accidents@Rs.7lakhs

6. Established a policy making & advisory body ‚Andhra Pradesh State Agriculture Mission‛ to deliver
quality and timely services to the farming community

7. Organization of [Link] Polambadi (Farmer Field Schools) to empower the farmers to take
economical viable decisions by adopting eco-friendly practices like Integrated Crop Management and
Organic farming

8. [Link] Agri Testing Labs are being established to test the Agri inputs like Seed, Fertilizer
&Pesticides to ensure the availability of quality agricultural inputs to the Farmers.
 9. Establishment of YSR Rythu Bharosa Kendralu (Village Input shops) in every Village Secretariat :to
supply the quality inputs like seeds, fertilizer & pesticides to farmers at right price & right time and
to disseminate best practices and latest production technologies

10. Promotion of Millets to improve nutritional status among public.

11. Distribution of Soil Health cards and application of appropriate fertilizers based on soil test results.

12. Correction of Micro nutrient deficiencies in major crops based on soil test results on and through
distribution of micronutrients to the farmers.

13. Supply of certified seed on subsidy.

14. Distribution of farm implements on subsidy

15. Popularization of Uberization of farm machinery.

16. e-Crop booking to register actual cultivator of crops and to create farmer's database for further
implementation of different schemes.

17. Promotion of intercropping, poly cropping and mixed cropping.

18. Promotion of integrated farming systems.

19. Encouraging Organic farming / Zero Budget Natural Farming.

20. Adoption of Soil & Water conservation measures, drought proof measures in case of contingency.

21. Pest control by monitoring pest forecast and adopting appropriate control measures.

22. Promotion of Green Manure crops on a Mission mode.

23. Periodical crop advisories to the farmers through IT applications.

YSR Rythu Bharosa-PM-KISAN :

 YSR Rythu Bharosa scheme is one of the prestigious Government Flagship schemes and also a key
promise among the 9 promises of the Navaratnalu designed for farmers welfare providing financial
assistance to farmers and making farming as a remunerative profession.

 Under the scheme, financial assistance is being provided to land owning farmer families @Rs. 13,500/-
per year per family including Rs. 6000/- from the GOI under PM KISAN
  Financial assistance is also being provided to SC, ST, BC, Minority category and Landless tenant
farmers @of Rs. 13,500/- per year per family from the state budget.

 The benefit of Rs. 13,500/- will be extended to the eligible land owner farmers in 3 installments:
 1st instalment @ Rs. 7500/- in the month of May (including Rs. 2000/- from PM-KISAN),
 2nd instalment @ Rs. 4000/- during October (including Rs. 2000/- from PM-KISAN)and
 3rd Instalment @Rs. 2000/- during January month (Exclusively of PM-KISAN scheme).

 During 2019-20, an amount of Rs.8750 crores was allocated in the Budget Estimates (Rs. 5510 Crores
State share and Rs. 3240 Crores Central share).46.69 lakh farmer families including 1.58 lakh landless
tenant SC, ST, BC and Minority farmer families were provided with a benefit

 Social Audit has also taken place for the scheme duly displaying YSR RB beneficiary lists in all the
villages including list of farmers who were rejected, with due reasons.

Farmer Suicides

 The financial Assistance of Rs. 7 Lakhs is being released directly to the family members of the
deceased farmer for rehabilitation.

 During 2019-20, the Government has provided Rs. 1 Cr each to the District Collectors as Corpus fund
for providing immediate assistance to the family members of the suicide victim families.

Agricultural Credit
The Annual Credit Plan proposed for the year 2020-21 is Rs.1,46,302 crores towards Agriculture Credit and
Rs.31,302 crores up from Rs. 1,15,000 crore last year.

Special focus on tenant farmers:

 The State Government has made a special focus on enabling tenant farmers to access institutional
credit to safeguard them from the clutches of private money lenders.

 State government has brought ‚Andhra Pradesh Crop Cultivators Right Act 2019‛ to provide all
facilities including banking, insurance and other Govt. benefits to tenant farmers without effecting the
rights of the owner of the land

 The‚Andhra Pradesh Land Licensed Cultivators Act,2019 provides loan and other benefit eligibility
cards to land licensed cultivators (tenant farmers).

 Andhra Pradesh is a pioneer in supporting the tenant farmer finance and highest tenant farmer
financing is being done by the Nationalised Banks in the state.

 On analysis of sociological profile of tenant farmers, it is observed that most of them belongs to
weaker sections ie., SC, ST, BC, and minorities who are in dire need of bank finance

 Sensitization and awareness is being created among the farming Community on the CCRC.( Crop
Cultivator Rights Cards (CCRC)

YSR Sunna Vaddi Panta Runalu – Interest Free Crop Loans to farmers
The Government has announced Interest free crop loans to all the farmers up to Rs.1.00 lakh and Pavala
Vaddi for crop loans of Rs.1.00 lakh if repaid in time (maximum period of one year).

Free Crop Insurance Scheme:

 The State Government has launched ‚Free Crop Insurance‛ under Navaratnalu scheme

 The total farmer's share of premium is being paid by the State Government on behalf of farmers

 Nearly 1/3rd of the total notified area was not covered under crop insurance during Kharif 2019.
Hence it is necessary to modify the existing procedure to be more farmers friendly so as to cover each
and every acre of notified crop under Crop Insurance.

PM FASAL BIMA YOJANA

Restructured Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme

DrYSR Polambadi

 Indiscriminate use of chemical pesticides and fungicides to control pests and diseases leads to increase
of cost of cultivation and poor-quality returns.

 To reduce cost of cultivation and increase the productivity duly empowering the farmers to take
economical decisions by adopting practices of Integrated Crop Management organic farming in a
scientific manner ,government has been implementing a programme called Polambadi.

 The size of Polambadi is10Ha area with 30f armers.

 The main principles of Polambadi include:

 Grow a healthy crop,

 Conserve natural enemies,

 Conduct regular (Weekly) field observations and

 Make farmers understand ecology as expert in their own field.

Soil Testing (Soil Health Card Scheme)

The objectives of the scheme include

 Evaluation of the fertility status and nutrient deficiency,

 Promote soil test based fertilizer usage,

 Adopt balanced and integrated use of fertilizers and thereby reduce cost of cultivation and improve
soil health.
Integrated Nutrient Management Scheme:
The objectives of the scheme are to create awareness on nutrient deficiency in crops, soil health, reduce usage
of Nitrogen &Phosphorous fertilizer applications and emphasize the importance of Integrated Nutrient
Management based on soil test recommendations for sustainability of agriculture production

Seed Village Programme

 The Seed Village scheme ensures supply of quality certified seed of notified varieties to the farmers in
time at their places at affordable prices besides ensuring quick multiplication of new seed varieties in
a shorter time in that mandal /district based on the crop situation.

 Funding pattern of 60% (Central) to 40% (State).

Community Managed Seed System(CMSS)

 Community Managed Seed Systems (CMSS) is seed production owned by farmers of Farmer
Producers Organisations (FPO) established at cluster level integrating Seed Village Program and seed
subsidies

 This decentralised production and distribution of seeds ensureS timely supply of quality seeds at
affordable prices thereby achieve local self-sufficiency in seeds

Mobile Seed Processing Units :

Fertilizers- Nutrient Based Subsidy Policy

 Fixed rate of subsidy (in Rs. per Kg basis) is announced on nutrients namely Nitrogen (N), Phosphate
(P), Potash (K) and Sulphur (S) by the Government on annual basis

 The fertilizer companies will decide MRPs based on the prices of the raw-materials in the international
market and cost of production of finished goods, based on demand and supply

Pesticides:

 Farmers are also sensitized by the government by promoting the activities like

 Integrated Pest Management practices,

 Organization of Polambadi programmes,

 Usage of bio pesticides,

 Change in cropping pattern,

 Zero Budget Natural Farming etc.

 Though the overall pesticide consumption has been showing definite decline during the recent past,
The increase in consumption of chemical pesticides was attributed due to increase in net sown area
over the previous year.
Drought Proofing measures

Andhra Pradesh Drought Mitigation Project (APDMP):

 The Programme Development Objective (PDO) is to strengthen the adaptive capacity and productivity
of Agriculture in the rainfed areas of five districts in southern AP

 The three major components of the project are:

 Climate resilient production systems,

 Drought proofing and

 Issues relating to ground water management are addressed

 The Climate resilient production systems aims to increase the resilience of crop and livestock
production systems to climate change (drought).

Navadhanya (Poly Cropping)

 Navadhanya/Poly cropping scheme is a traditional multi-crop system in dry land areas for climate
resilience

 It is one of the strategies for drought mitigation

 In case of stress periods, an insurance package with multiple cropping in a single field, ensures
assuredcrop returns with two or more crops

 Navadhanya kits were distributed

Custom Hiring Centers (CHC)

To provide all machines on custom hiring basis for timely operations during labour shortage,high labour cost
situations

Farmer Producers Organisation (FPO)

Farmer Producer Organisation(FPO) is built on the basis of social capital communities, participation in water
and soil conservation activities, management of common property rangelands for livestock, supply of seeds,
fertilizer and machinery hiring, seed multiplications, market linkages, networking, financial and
technicaladvices etc.

National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA)

 Under this mission, Rainfed Area Development (RAD) component is being taken up in convergence
with other schemes to promote Integrated farming system and to provide value added
developmental activities to the rainfed farmers to improve their economic status, despite failure of
crop due to insufficient rains ordrought.
  The financial pattern for implementation of RAD program is shared at 60:40 between Central and State
Government.

Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) –Other Interventions

 PMKSY is implemented for undertaking water conservation works, drought proofing measures ,
ground water recharge.,watershed interventions undertaken through MGNREGS and IWMP

 The objective of the scheme is to provide assured irrigation to each and every cultivable land to
increase the productivity through convergence of funds earmarked by various Ministries involved in
Water resources development and thereby improve the farmers' income.

Farm Mechanization

Mechanization includes introduction of better equipment for each farming operation

 To improve efficiency by saving on time and labour,

 To improve productivity,

 To minimize wastage and reduce labour costs for each operation.

Rashtriya Krishi Vikasa Yojana (RKVYRAFTAAR)– AGoI Initiative

 Rashtriya Krishi VikasYojana (RKVY) is one of the flagship programme of GOI with Central and State
fund sharing of 60:40.

 The scheme is renamed as RKVY - RAFTAAR (Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana – Remunerative
Approaches for Agriculture and Allied Sector Rejuvenation) from 2018-19 onwards and will be
terminated by 2019-20.

 Govt. of India allocated an amount of Rs. 334.73 Crores (Centre. + State share ) for implementation of
RKVY-RAFTAAR during 2019-20,

National Food Security Mission

The Aim, Objectives &Outcome of the scheme are

 Increasing production of rice, wheat, pulses, cereals, Cotton, Sugarcane and Oilseeds through area
expansion, Restoring soil fertility and productivity enhancement in a sustainable manner ;

 There by Enhancing farm level economy (i.e. farm profits) to restore confidence amongst the farmers.

Funding Pattern is 60:40 % sharing between [Link]. respectively.

Sub Mission on Agricultural Extension (Agriculture Technology ManagementAgency-ATMA)

 ATMA is a district level autonomous Institution having membership of all key stakeholders involved
in agricultural activities
  It has the flexibility to receive funds directly.

 It has the key responsibility of disseminating all technology activities at the district level.

Objectives of the programme

 To develop an efficient, effective, demand driven, and financially sustainable public extension system

 Increase the Quality and Type of Technologies being disseminated by the Extension System.

 Reforming Public Sector Extension.

 Promoting private sector to effectively complement, supplement and wherever possible to substitute
public extension.

 Mainstreaming Gender Concerns in Extension.

 Capacity Building/ Skill up-gradation of farmers and extension functionaries.

 Strengthen Research-Extension-Farmer (R-E-F) Linkages

Benefits of the programme

 Well Integrated technology development and transfer system Decentralized decision-making.

 Financially sustainable extension system.

 Bottom-up Planning.

 Increased Use of Information Technology.

 Emphasis on In-Service Training.

 Developing New Public-Private Partnerships.

 Strengthening Key Institutions.

Strategic Research and Extension Plan

 The SREP contains detailed analysis of all the information on existing farming systems in the district
and research – extension gaps required to be filled-up.

 The SREP is prepared through participatory methodologies such as Participatory Rural Appraisal
(PRA) involving all the stakeholders and farmers.

Externally Aided Projects

1. Andhra Pradesh Integrated Irrigation and Agriculture Transformation Project (APII & ATP)

 The project has proposed four key pillars;

  Improving irrigated agriculture efficiency at farm level

 Promoting adaptive sustainable and resilient Agriculture practices

 Supporting climate-friendly market and agribusiness promotion

 Project management and capacity building

 Total project to be completed in a span of six years, Agriculture component is nearly Rs. 340 Crores
assisted by World Bank.

2. Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

The objective to increase irrigated area and the local productivity and strengthen institutional and marketing
capacities by rehabilitating existing irrigation systems and supporting integrate farming systems, thereby
contributing towards improvement of livelihoods of farmers and other rural communities and development
of value chain in the state.

Under Agriculture Component of the project, the following activities are being taken up:
1. Promote Farmer Producer Organizations

2. Strengthening of Extension Service of Dept of Agriculture

3. Establishment of AMTCs

Zero-Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) Programme

 Ina bid to overcome the food crisis, conventional food production system has ironically become the
cause of the environmental crisis during past several decades

 Andhra Pradesh being one of the major agriculture hubs in India, has an important role to play in
securing the livelihoods of farmers while producing safe and healthy food to its citizens.

 Zero-Budget Natural Farming(ZBNF) is about farming in harmony with nature

 ZBNF practices are built on four core principles, which are called the four wheels of ZBNF:

 Beejamrutham: Microbial seed coating through cow urine and dung-based formulations

 Jeevamrutham: An 'inoculum' of cow dung, cow urine and other ingredients applied on the
field to enhance soil microbiome.

 Mulching: The process of covering complete field with live crops or crop residues.

 Waaphasa: Fast build-up of soil humus through ZBNF leading to soil aeration and water
vapour Harnessing

 The ingredients used in preparing the inputs are locally available and locally prepared by farmers.
Benefits of ZBNF
Zero-Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF), as a regenerative agriculture addressing the core reasons of farmers'
distress which is characterized by

 High-cost chemical farming that has resulted in losses and high debts for farmers

 Soil degradation

 Biodiversity loss and water scarcity

ZBNF provides substantial economic benefits to farmers such as

 Reduced Cost of cultivation

 Interest Savings

 Higher Yields,

 Inter cropValue and Fairer Returns.

 Further, Health benefits and ecological benefits are immense and are additional.

In addition to economic benefits, ZBNF provides several benefits to the ecosystem

 It makes agriculture more climate resilient

 Producing food, safe and nutritious food that is free of chemicals

 Increase in Employment thereby reducing the migration of youth from villages and creating reverse
migration to villages

 Improved Soil Health and Water Security,

 Regeneration of Coastal Ecosystem

 Conservation and enhancement of Biodiversity

 Tackling problems of global warming and Climate Change

Also these benefits tend to grow incrementally and perpetually

Unique Features of APZBNF

 Government has instituted the Rythu Sadhikara Samstha (RySS), a State-owned, non-profit
organization to Introduce ZBNFpractices toall farmers in the state.

 In just two years, almost 150,000 acres of agricultural land has been brought under the ZBNF model
ofagriculture.

 The major innovation in the programme is the farmer-to-farmer knowledge dissemination. The
trainers are the best practicing ZBNF farmers, called Community Resource Persons (CRPs).
  Women are at the front end of the programme leading to the entire community's transformation in the
village organizing mega training events delivered by Padma Shri Dr Subash Palekar.

 Crop cutting experiments from 2016 and 2017indicate that ZBNF farmers in AP have witnessed a
sharp decline in input costs, and an improvementin yields.

The vision of the government is to scale up ZBNF to reach out to all 60 lakhs farmers by 2024 and cover the
entire 80 lakhs hectares by 2027.

Drought Proofing Strategy–A breakthrough In APZBNF

 APZBNF has embarked on a plan to cover the agriculture land for 365 days in a year with a green
cover

 Increase in soil porosity is enabling plants to survive droughts, by using the water vapour as a means
of Irrigation was an observation in these experiments

Engagement with International Organizations

1. FAO:

2. CIRAD: French Agency for Agriculture Development,

3. Global Alliance for Future of Food

4. ICRAF

5. SIFF : Sustainable India Finance Facility established by UNEP

National and Global Recognition for APZBNF

1. Paris Peace Forum: AP ZBNF has been selected as one of the top10projects

2. World Future Council selected AP ZBNF as one of the top 30 most promising policies in agro ecology

3. Global Alliance for the Future of Food selected AP ZBNF as one of the21'Beacons of Hope'

4. NITI Aayog and Union Ministry of Agriculture has commended the APZBNF.

5. Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Rajasthan States have visited AP and to learn about AP ZBNFmodel

6. Indonesian Ministerial delegation has visited AP to learn about ZBNF

COOPERATIVES

 Cooperatives have traditionally been promoted and organized in a democratic and structural frame
work forachieving social and economic betterment of people.
  The main objective of the Primary Agricultural Cooperative Credit Societies(PACS) is to provide
credit services to its member farmers at village level

 The PACSs are actively participating in non-credit business such as distribution of Agricultural inputs
(Fertilizers, Pesticides, Cattle feed and Seeds) Paddy Procurement, Maize etc.,

INTEGRATED COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS (ICDP)

 Integrated Cooperative Development Project (ICDP) is being implemented by the Department as a

Centrally Assisted State Plan with the financial assistance of National Cooperative Development
Corporation (NCDC)

 Core objective of improving infrastructure facilities of societies and to provide Margin Money
assistance to societies including the functional societies like Fisheries, Dairies and Handloom

APMARKFED

AP MARKFED is an apex organization for the Cooperative Marketing Societies (CMS) in the state for
supplying agricultural inputs, cattle feed, fertilizers, gypsum, provisions and other requirement to private run
institutions and Government hostels

HORTICULTURE
Over the years, there has been a structural shift in the cropping pattern in the state and horticulture sector is
growing at a faster pace than agriculture towards making Andhra Pradesh a major horticulture hub.

In the state, the area under Horticulture crops is 17 Lakh Hectares with a production of 305 Lakh MTs

 The returns from Horticulture per unit of land are higher as compared to Agriculture

 Horticulture, as a climate resilient alternative involves less risk, assures higher income to farmers

 This sector has more potential as food habits are changing and people are becoming more health
conscious.

 Horticulture sector turned out to be an essential component for food and nutritional security in the
state.

 Export potential

 Irrigation requirements can be met through Micro Irrigation(State stood 3rd in implementation of
Micro-Irrigation at national level)

 Andhra Pradesh is the largest producer of Fruits& Spices in the Country.

The agrarian state of Andhra Pradesh is heading towards a value addition platform from the conventional
production approach.
Programmes implemented for holistic development of Horticulture

Pradhana Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY)

 PMKSY- APMIP is the unique and first comprehensive project being implemented in a big way in
Andhra Pradesh.

 It was launched with an objective of enhancing the crop productivity by improving the water use
efficiency through Micro Irrigation systems for the benefit of the farmers.

 In view of deficit Rainfall, Rain shadow regions, unpredictable rains and considerabledepletion of
ground water farmers opted for Drip Irrigation

 To achieve the concept of 'Per Drop More Crop',Micro irrigation is to be taken

 Funding pattern of 60(Central):40(State).

Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH)

It was launched to promote holistic growth of Horticulture sector through an area based regionally
differentiated strategies.

National Food Security Mission (NFSM) Oil palm

 Andhra Pradesh ranks 1st in cultivation of Oil palm with 1.61 lakh Ha. out of the total area of 2.70 lakh
Ha cultivated in India.

 Government of India has launched National Mission on Oil Seeds & Oil Palm (NMOOP)with an
objective to intensify efforts for area expansion under Oil palm to enhance palm Oil production in the
Country with quality planting materials, irrigation and proper management. Under this programme,
financial assistance will be provided to the farmers for establishment of new Oil palm gardens, bore
wells, electric motors, drip irrigation, inter crops and also farm mechanization equipment.

HIGHLIGHTS &INITIATIVES

 Andhra Pradesh stands 1st in productivity of Chillies, Cocoa, Lime, Oil Palm, Papaya and Tomato, 2nd
in Cashew, Mango, Turmeric and Sweet Orange in India.

 The State stood 2nd in implementation of Micro-Irrigation at national level in area coverage

 Andhra Pradesh is emerging as a largest producer of Cocoa and the quantity of beans is comparable
with best quality Beans of Ghana

 Andhra Pradesh is emerged as fruit bowl of South India.

 Andhra Pradesh is the largest producer of Spices in India.

 To reduce post-harvest losses and to improve quality -40% financial assistance for establishment of
post-harvest infrastructure like Integrated Pack Houses, Cold Storages, Ripening Chambers
  It is proposed to provide75%subsidy on post-harvest infrastructure for Farmer Producer
Organizations

 Department has planned for excavation of individual farm ponds on 50% subsidy and community
farm ponds on 100% subsidy to store water during rainy season to irrigate crop during water stress
periods.

 Government of Andhra Pradesh has taken steps for establishment of

 Centre of Excellence for Vegetables & Floriculture at Kuppam,-To disseminate latest

technologies to the Horticulture farmers

 Regional Research Station on Floriculture (ICAR Institution, GOI) at Kadiyam,

 Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (CPCRI) (ICAR Institution,) at Samarlakota,

 Indian Institute of Plantation Management (IIPM) at Vijayawada.

Animal Husbandry

 The Animal Husbandry from a humble beginning of backyard poultry, has grown into a dynamic
industry.

 Livestock sector plays an important role in the state economy and is an important sub-sector of
Agriculture

 Livestock have been an integral component of India's agricultural and rural economy since times
immemorial and is essential part of the socio economic structure of rural farmers

 Livestock sector apart from contributing to the state economy in general and to agricultural economy
inparticular, also provides employment generation opportunities, asset creation, coping mechanism
against crop failure and social and financial security

Benefits of Animal Husbandry

 Animals provide nutrient rich food products

 Supplying energy for crop production in terms of draught power and

 Dung as organic manure domestic fuel, and

 Derive their own energy requirements from crop by-products and residues.

 Hides and skin as a regular source of cash income for rural households

 The progress in the sector is inclusive,demand driven and pro poor as it results in balanced
development of the rural economy

 Livestock provides stability to family income especially in the arid and semi-arid regions
  The rate of investment from Livestock sector is comparatively very high

Milk,Meat and Egg– the key growthdrivers

 Andhra Pradesh has some of the richest livestock resources in the country and is one of the most
advanced states in Livestock sector

 Milk is the single largest commodity contributing highest economy to the State

 The key objectives of the Government include building the health of the Nation by increasing the
availability & quality of animal origin foods like Milk,Meat and Eggs to the human population
through scientific breeding, feeding and health management of livestock & poultry.

 The State stands

 1st in Egg Production (2036.94 Crores),

 4th in Meat production (8.03 Lakh MTs) and

 4th in Milk production (150.44 Lakh MTs) in the country during 2018-19.

 Though there is reduction in the total Live Stock Population, the production and availability of
nutritious food and supplemental income to farmers has increased due to perceptible increase in
Crossbred Cattle and Graded Murrah Buffalo as per the LivestockCensus, 2019.

Activities implemented in AH Sector Animal Husbandry Assistants – Village Secretariat

Government has introduced Village Secretariats to take the administration, all services and
input supplies to the door step of citizens under Navaratnalu program. As part of this, one post of Animal
Husbandry Assistant (AHA) was also created in Village Secretariat to provide certain identified AH services
for livestock farmers which includes First Aid, Deworming, Vaccinations etc., to animals

StateDevelopmentSchemes
YSR Pasu NashtapariharaPadhakam

 Under this scheme, compensation will be paid in event of death of cattle

 Rs.30,000/- per head for Improved & indigenous breed and

 Rs.15,000/- per head for Non-Descript breed

 In case of Sheep / Goat, the compensation of Rs.6,000/- per Sheep/Goat (6 months and above
age) will be paid in the event of death of 3 and above Sheep/Goat at a time,

 The farmers will be compensated only for 5 animals per family per annum.

 The scheme will be implemented with an initial Corpus fund of Rs.100 Crs (Rs.50 Crs for
Cattle/Buffaloes and Rs.50 Crs for Sheep/Goat).

Strengthening Dairy Co-operatives

By providing a support price of Rs.4/- per litre to farmers who wish to supply milk to the Dairy Co-operative
Societies.
Livestock BreedingActivities

 Artificial Inseminations (AI) facility

 Fertility camps were organized for treating infertility animals

 Under the Govt. of India's scheme, National Kamadhenu Breeding Centre has been set up in
the State for Southern Region with the financial outlay of Rs.36.12 crore for the objective of
conservation and development of Indigenous Bovine breeds.

 Production of High Genetic Merit Crossbred Jersey bulls through Progeny Testing‛ under Rashtriya
Gokul Mission which is implemented through NDDB with the project period of 5 years from 2019-20
to 2024-25.

 Supply of Sexed Semen/Embryo/ IVF / ET lab, are being taken up.

Feed and Fodder Development Activities

 High yielding fodder seed will be supplied to the farmers on subsidy basis to take up large scale
fodder production in the state to meet the fodder requirement

 Storage facilities for fodder in Fodder Banks are also proposed to be created in strategic locations to
create sense of security among livestock farmers in scarcity periods.

 Livestock Related Activities are promoted under MGNREGS in convergence with Rural Development

Management/ Healthcare activities

 Under Kseerasagar programme, pregnant and lactating animal care is being undertaken to reduce
inter calving period in milch animals and to increase the life time milk production from the animals

 Mobile Veterinary Services (Sanchara Pasu Seva Kendram) are being organized

Calf rearing programme(Sunandini)

It is designed to develop replacement breeding stock within the State to reduce dependency on animal
induction and to reduce the age at first conception in female cattle

Vaccine production / Disease Diagnosis&Control

This will reduce disease outbreaks in animals through vaccination programmes, timely diagnosis, disease
surveillance etc.

Strengthening of Hospitals&Dispensaries
The activities include
 Data base and networking of all theVeterinary Institutions to monitor the schemes and
 Capacity Building –Training of farmers/Field staff.

Support to Dairy/Sheep/Poultry sector for Infrastructure development

 Milk processing units
 Support to Farmer Producer Organization
  Market Outlets are proposed to be established in uncovered areas involving APDDCF or private
dairies to promote local marketing of milk and milk products

Small Ruminant Development:

The main activities implemented under the scheme are :

 Breeding Rams production

 Jeevamithra to train the Small Ruminant rearers in latest sheep Husbandry practices

 Sheep Shelters

 Interest subsidy for setting up of new Big farms,

 Feeding support to pregnant ewes,

 Establishment of Meat Market Outlets/ Meat Processing Unit/ Mobile Sheep

 Health Care Units on PPP basis and

 Support for NCDC Loans.

Poultry Development

The Poultry Development Policy aims to support poultry farmers through

 Providing Interest Subsidy to Poultry farms on loans taken from banks availed for capital
investment as well as working capital(by bearing the interest over and above 7% interest charged by
the banks)

 concessional power tariff

 Providing infrastructure facilities for establishment of Ultra- Modern Laboratory for Disease
Diagnosis in PPP mode;

 Extending support to small vendors by bearing 25% of the unit cost for livelihood activities under
entrepreneurship development & employment generation program of GoI
 Establish Hatchery units in the state on PPP mode to make the chicks available to the beneficiaries;

 Setting up Cold storage facilities / Egg powder / Chicken breast processing units

 Establishment of modern slaughter house

 Export facilities (PPPmode)

Manakodi Programme

 The aim of this programme is to give Protein supplementation to the rural women through Eggs &
meat availability

 Under this programme, Low Input Technology Birds-Dual Purpose for both Eggs & Chicken
production are supplied on 75% subsidy and Night Shelter on 100% subsidy.
NATIONAL LIVE STOCK MISSION(NLM)

The National Livestock Mission(NLM) is a Centrally Assisted scheme with focus on three submissions,

1) 'Live Stock Development', to enhance productivity and augmenting the farmers income,

2) Skill development, Technology transfer & extension, to enhance capacity building of farmers and staff to
ensure promoting skills and transfer of latest technologies and

3) Fodder& Feed development to produce and distribution of high yielding fodder seed to farmers

LivestockMelas
With a view to create awareness on ongoing best practices on Central and State Government schemes,
Livestock melas are planned to be a good platform to large number of farmers, entrepreneurs, stakeholders,
scientists, veterinarians and industrialists at a time.

National Mission on Bovine Productivity (NMBP)

 A new scheme‚NationalMission on Bovine Productivity‛ has been initiated by Government of India

under Rashtriya Gokul Mission to improve productivity and enhance milk production, there by
making dairying more remunerative to the farmers

 The components of the scheme are:

I. Pashu Sanjivni- Animal Wellness Programme encompassing provision of Animal Health

cards ('NakulSwasthya Patra') along with UID identification and National Data Base is created

II. Advanced breeding Technology-To improve availability of disease free high genetic merit
female bovines,advanced breeding technologies like with Assisted Reproductive Technique-
IVF/MOET and sex sorted semen

III. Creation of ‚E- Pashudhan Haat‛-Nakul Prajnan Bajar:It is an e-market portal for connecting
breeders and farmers

IV. National Bovine Genomic Centre for Indigenous Breeds (NBGC-IB).

NationWide Artificial Insemination Program (NAIP)

100 Villages from each District are selected where Artificial Insemination will be provided to Cows and
Buffaloes on free of cost at the doorstep of farmers with elite frozen semen

AP Centre for Advanced Research on Livestock (APCARL)

 Its mission is to find solutions to the problems of Livestock in the fields of Health and Production and
transfer the latest technologies to end users and the goal is to improve animal health and productivity
for the benefit of farmers.

 The main objectives are to

 Conserve indigenous germ plasm,
  To study introduction of genes for better production, reproduction, disease resistance and
adoption,

 To develop feed and fodder resources to mitigate drought and cyclones,

 To improve animal reproduction through new technologies,

 To study disease monitoring, surveillance and mapping,

 To develop cost- effective vaccines and disease diagnostic tools and

 To create adequate trained personnel in the country in the specialized areas of Veterinary
Sciences such as nano-biology.

Fisheries
 Andhra Pradesh has favourable agro-climatic conditions for the growth of fisheries &aquaculture

 The State is contributing about 24% of National fish production and

 Major exporter of Shrimp in India with share of 36% in total value of sea food exports

 The Sector is providing employment to nearly 14.5 lakhs.

 The main aim of the department is to sustain the fish production through optimum utilisation of
available water resources, promoting welfare of fishermen and to address the critical gaps in the
infrastructure for value chain.

Governemnt Schemes

1. ‚[Link] Bharosa‛ for welfare and development of Fishers,

o It is unique kind of scheme in the country providing relief to marine fishermen families
during fishing ban period, by enhancing the relief from Rs.4000/ to Rs.10,000/-. Fish ban
imposed with an objective of conserving the fisherywealth and to sustain the fish production
from marine waters.

o The Government enhanced HSD oil subsidy to Rs.9.00 per liter to all registered mechanised
fishing boats

o The Government enhanced the financial benefit to deceased fishermen (while fishing) family to
Rs.10.00 lakhs from Rs.5.00 Lakhs 20 marine fishermen were benefited.

o The budgetsanctioned is Rs.10000 lakhs.

2. Supply of Sea safety and Navigational equipment like GPS units, echo sounders andVHF sets for
better safety of the coastal fishers at the sea

3. Deep Sea Fishing Vessels provided @50% Subsidy to marine fishers with maximum limit 10 Lakhs

4. 75% subsidy on upgardation of existing outdated motarised boats with maximum limit 0.9Lakhs
 5. 75% sunsidy on fibre boats with maximum limit 3.75 Lakhs

6. To utilise the long coast line of 974 Kms, construction of fishing jetties and fish landing enters are
planned. An amount of Rs.100.00 Crores was allocated during 2019-20.

7. Power tariff concession was provided to aquaculture @Rs 1.5 per unit

8. Village Fisheries Assistants were recruited and positioned at Village Secretariats to render better
extension services tothe fisheries sector.

9. Rythu Bharosa Kendras at Village level – To promote innovative and advanced technologies
in fisheries sector and also to supply certified and quality inputs through aqua inputs shops to
aqua farmers
10. Government is paying compensation in advance on behalf of ONGC to affected fishers of East
Godavari District for loss of their livelihood due to laying of pipeline by ONGC

11. Vessel Monitoring system: To develop software applications for tracking the movement of fishing
vessels in the Sea to ensure the safety of fishermen by providing Satellite based communication
system

Strategies
The important strategies for realising the goals are:

1. Development of marine infrastructure through construction of Fish Landing centres (Jetties and
Harbours),

2. Promotion of deep sea fisheries, open sea cage culture

3. Promotion of Seaweed culture

4. Promotion of open sea cage culture, Cageculture in suitable reservoirs.

5. Supply of nets, boats and other inputs on subsidy basis

6. Promotion of alternative species for brackish water aquaculture,

7. Establishment of aquatic quarantine facility for [Link] for production and supply of SPF
broodstock to hatcheries to supply quality seed,

8. Aquazonation for area expansion,

9. Organic aqua farming,

10. Promotion of value added products and cold chain facilities.

11. Promotion of innovative technologies like nursery management and grow out pond management,
innovative technologies like RAS and Bio-floc technologies.

12. Stocking advanced fish seed fingerlings in all potential landwater bodies.

13. Promotion of better management practices ,capacity building and skilling activities.
Blue Revolution:

 Integrated Development and Management of Fisheries is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme in which all
the subsectors of fisheries- Inland, marine, Aquaculture and welfare are covered.

 TheGoI assistance is 24% to General and 36% to SC/ ST beneficiaries of the unit/ project cost.

 GoI has given tentative indication of Rs.29 Crores during 2019-20.

 Under RKVY 2019-20, Rs. 21 crores was sanctioned for fisheries sector in the state.

Organization of Fishermen Cooperative Societies:

 The Fisheries Cooperative Societies are formed for the promotion of self-help and mutual assistance of
the members,to empower fishermen to manage aqua resources
 There is a need to infuse professionalism and good governance so that these Cooperatives can develop
on their intrinsic strengths.

Forest
 Andhra Pradesh located strategically in the central region of the Indian sub-continent

 Its varied topography ranging from the hills of Eastern Ghats and Nallamallas to the shores of Bay of
Bengal supports varied ecotypes, which in turn support a rich diversity of flora& fauna.

 While the benefits from dense forests are numerous, the tangible benefits like
 Timber, Bamboo,
 Fuel wood,
 Fodder,
 Non-Timber Forest Products etc.
 Tourism

 Forests has been recognized as critical for a living environment due to Intangible benefits like
 Maintenance of ecological balance,
 Conservation of soil and moisture,
 Regulating the water flow,
 Sequestering carbon-dioxide from the atmosphere etc., are not quantified but are of great
significance.

 The core objective of forest sector development strategy is to enhance green cover by integrating it
with livelihood opportunities.

 As per Indian State Forest Report 2019 Andhra Pradesh state forest cover area of 37392.24 Sq. Kms,
which amounts to 22.94% of the total geographical area

State Forest Development Agency (SFDA)

 SFDA is a society registered as a federation of FDAs in the State.

  Various Plantation activities, SMC works, Awareness Camps for Capacity Building are being executed
by FDAs through the Vana Samrakshna Smithies.

 Centrally Sponsored Schemes being implemented through FDAs are

o National Afforestation Programme (NAP),(60:40 funding pattern)

o National Mission for a Green India (GIM) &

o National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB) Schemes

Eco-Tourism/Vana Vihari

 Government has started Eco-tourism initiatives by taking up of new community based Eco-Tourism
Centres and strengthening the existing Eco-tourism centres with the Forest Department by involving
local tribes in implementation and management and duly empowering their economicstatus

 For the financial year 2019-20, an amount of Rs.2000 lakh is proposed for Eco-Tourism to develop
Cottages, nature Camps, nature trails, watch towers, interpretation Centers, Boating etc., across the
State.
 A.P. Forest Development Corporation Ltd. has developed Rajeev EcoPark at Idupulapaya of YSR
Kadapa district.

 [Link] Reddy Smruthi Vanam project also developed in 2019-20

Nagaravanams(City Forests)

 Nagaravanams (City Forests) are proposed for providing wholesome living environment and
contributing to Smart, Clean, Green and Healthy cities to Urbanites.

 22 Nagaravanams are proposed. So far, (9) Nagaravanams are completed and works are under
progress in the remaining.

 In addition to the Nagaravanams, a total of (10) Temple Eco-parks are proposed to encourage the
pilgrims to visit the temples throughout the year by designing different theme parks to highlight the
historical significance of the temple and it will be completed by the end of the financial year.

 For the financial year 2019-20, an amount of Rs.3000 lakh is proposed for establishment of new
Nagaravanams in the rest of urban areas across the State out of which the GoAP has released an
amount of Rs.1000 lakhs

Forest Revenue

 The income accrued from forestry sector in the State was Rs.15.82 crore in 2019- 20.

 Forests are looked upon as ‚Green Capital‛and are no more valued as raw material resources for
theindustries. Industrial requirements are met from other sources like imported pulp, agricultural
wastage and plantations raised by farmer with buy-back arrangements.
Social Forestry

 State Government has launched a massive people's movement involving public and farmers in a big
way toincrease tree cover outside reserve forests to improve environment and to provide gainful
employment tothousands of unemployed youth.

 Distribution of seedlings to the public, raising community land plantations/ avenue/shelterbelt

plantations and raising institutional plantations etc. have been done under Social Forestry
programme.

Vanamahostavam
During 2019-20 a tentative target is set to plant approximately 25 crore plants by all stake holders.

Afforestation
The Government envisages to improve Green cover outside Reserve Forest by planting ‚One- Plant by One-
Citizen‛ and by involving Grama Volunteers to distribute and plant seedling

WILDLIFE
 The State of Andhra Pradesh is located in East Central Peninsular India.

 It has three important geographical zones i.e., the Coastal Plains, the Eastern Ghats and the Deccan
Plateau.

 It has three important rivers Godavari, Krishna and Pennar which drain into the Bay of Bengal

 The State is endowed with varied Eco-systems, habitats, and rich heritage of Biodiversity and is a store
house of unique flora and fauna.

 There are

 1 Tiger Reserve - Nagarjuna sagar Srisailam Tiger Reserve (NSTR)

 1 Elephant Reserve (Koundinya Sanctuary and Rayala Elephant ) (Anatapuramu Circle),

 1 Biosphere Reserve (Seshachalam) ,

 3 NationalParks and

 13Wildlife Sanctuaries in the State

 It harbours some of the rare and endangered flora like

 Pterocarpussantalinus(Red Sanders),
 Cycasbeddomi,
 Shoreatambaggi a ,
 Syziziumalternifolium,
 Terminaliapallida etc.

 It has fauna like

 Tiger,
  Gaur (Indian Bison),
 Great Indian Bustard,
 Lesser Florican,
 Jerdon's Courser,
 Golden Gecko,
 Other avifauna like Flamingo, Pelican etc

 It has the Second Largest Mangrove eco-system in the country (Godavari and Krishna Estuaries.)

Ex-SITUCONSERVATION

 Wildlife management involves conservation of wildlife outside its natural habitat in places like Zoo
Park, Deer Park and Rescue Centers.

 The purpose of this type of conservation is to breed wild animals to build up their population.

 Apart from conservation breeding, ex-situ conservation is also helpful in education, research and
recreation.

Zoological Parks in Andhra Pradesh

The two Zoological parks in the state namely

 Indira Gandhi Zoological Park at Visakhapatnam and

 Sri Venkateswara Zoological Park at Tirupati

A Society called Zoo Authority of Andhra Pradesh (ZAAP) has been formed and registered for effective
monitoring of the managementof the [Link] revenue obtained from the Zoo Parks is ploughed back for the
management of zoos under the supervision of the society.

Deer Parks
There are 2 deer parks in the state i.e.,
 Kandaleru Deer Park at Kandaleru Dam, Nellore district

 Chittoor RF Deer Park at Chittoor district

another 2 Deer Parks are functioning under the control of private organizations

Protection of Migratory Birds

Important wetlands like Kolleru Lake, Pulicat Lake, Nelapattu tank are notified as Wildlife Sanctuaries.
Component under CAMPA as special area Development designed for conserving these Bird congregation
areas.

Conservation of SeaTurtle Along the Coasts

MAN–ANIMALCONFLICT- Strategies to tackle Man-Animal Conflict

 In Andhra Pradesh State a herd around 32 elephants in and around and Ramakuppam Mandal of
Chittoor District are very frequently coming out of forest in search of fodder and water sometimes
causing damage to the agriculture crops of the farmers adjoining the forest areas.
  In addition to elephants other wild lifeanimals like sloth bear, black buck and wild boar are also
causing damage to the crops and sloth bear attacks an humans.

 Government have taken all possible measures in mitigating Man – Animal (Elephant) Conflict, such as
 Payment of compensation for Crop damage, Human Death, Human injury etc.
 In addition to regular precautionary steps and post mitigative measures

Vigilance

FOREST FIRE PREVENTION & MANAGEMENT SCHEME(CSS)(erstwhile called as Intensification of

Forest Management Scheme)

The main objectives of the scheme are:

a. To minimise forest fire incidences and assist in restoring productivity of forests.

b. To institutionalise the partnership with forest fringe communities for forest protection.

c. To contribute to the larger goal of maintaining environmental stability.

d. To prepare fire danger rating system and devise forest fire forecasting system.

e. To encourage the States/UTs for optimal use of modern technology (such as Remote sensing, GPS
and GI s ) i n planning, developing and operationalizing Fire Prevention and Management System.

f. To develop knowledge on impacts and dynamics of forest fire.

The Government of India approved the Fire Prevention and Management scheme for the year 2019-20 with
funding pattern on 60:40 basis

Red SandersProtection Scheme

Proposals for Red sander protection prepared with financial outlay of Rs.110 crore during the year 2019-20

GIS
 Fire Monitoring - Daily fire alerts are communicated to the field in fire season.

 The Remote sensing data has been procured for identification of Vegetation cover changes.

 Geo referencing of Village maps / Forest block maps for the Digitization of land records.

 Trainings to the Field officers/DEOs on usage of GPS/GIS technology

 ROFR rejectedclaim analysis

 Refinement of Water Harvesting Structure maps by integrating piezometer data of wells.

 Monitoring of plantations using high resolution satellites.

Management Information System(MIS)

The list of IT modules under Management Information System(MIS)in Andhra Pradesh Forest Department
are as follows:

 Implementation of online tree felling and transit permission (EODB).

 Geotagging of all plantations

 Maintenance of Forest Fire Management and sending fire alerts toFieldOfficers.

 Development and maintenance of A.P. Forest DepartmentWebsite.

 DevelopmentandmaintenanceofMISmodules.,

Research&Development

 In the State, two forest Research Divisions are existing at Tirupati and Rajahmundry which are unique
and having advanced laboratory facilities.

 The main objectives of these wings are basic research, tissue culture, Clones, botanical gardens,
,standardization of protocols of biofertilizers and bio-pesticides and compost. Creation of seed orchids
of verities tree species and medicinal plants.

ForestConservationAct:1980-CompensatoryAfforestation
Forest Conservation Act, 1980 deals with diversion of forest lands for non-forest purposes so that only
minimum and only essential projects are taken up on forest lands.

Compensatory Affoestation Fund Management & Planning Authority(CAMPA)

 GOI, Ministry of Environment & Forest has constituted an authority known as CAMPA for
conservation,protection, regeneration & management of existing natural forests and wildlife and its
habitat including environmental services, research, training and capacity building.

 The Annual Plan is being prepared every year for implementing [Link] Scheme .

 The two main components were taken up under A.P. State CAMPA.

1. Compensatory Afforestation (CA): Plantation works are taken up in CA lands taken in lieu of
forest areas diverted.

2. Net Present Value (NPV): Under this Core forestry activity of

 Natural Forest Management;

 Forest protection through base camps, check posts andStrike forces;

 Forest FireManagement;

 Biodiversity Conservation;

 Research & development;

  Capacity Building of frontline forest staff,

 Information Technology and communication for monitoring the activities,

 Infrastructure development

 During 2019-20, an amount of Rs 88 Crores has been spent out of the released amount of Rs 323 crores.
15829Ha completed has been afforested

 Internal audit of accounts is done on quarterly basis

 Information on plantations raised, forest offences, activities under all components, details of base
camps, and check posts are updated in the A.P. Forest Department MIS in the A.P. Forest
departmentwebsite.

Andhra Pradesh State Biodiversity Board

 The State Biodiversity Board is was constituted under Biodiversity Act, 2002.

 It was mandated towards conserving and restoring Biodiversity and Ecosystems to deliver benefits
essential for all sectors of society in a sustainable manner and to achieve zero loss of biodiversity by
the year 2030.

 The main objectives of the A.P. State Biodiversity Board are

1. Conservation of Biological Diversity

2. Sustainable utilization of the Biological resources and

3. Fair and equitable sharing of biological resourcesamongall stake holders.

Achievements

 Biodiversity Management Committees( BMCs) at all levels were constituted in thestate.

 District level Tradable Bio-resources (TBR's) wereidentified and prepared documents for 13 districts.

 Identified locations for constitution of Biodiversity Hotspots / Heritage Sites.

 AwarenessProgrammes/ Workshops were conducted to various stakeholders for outreaching of

philosophy of Biodiversity conservation and activated allied sectors (Redsanders, Landraces, Native
breeds, Medicinal plant resources etc) for the protection and Conservation of Genetic material .

 Promoted applied BiodiversityResearch activities for the ecological & economic benefit in the state
andalso encouraged scientific institutions / universities / concerned bodies to research onthe
threatenedspecies of the state.

Andhra Pradesh Forest Development Corporation

Objectives of the Corporation:

  To raise large scale plantations to meet the demands of forest-based industries with species such as
Eucalyptus, Bamboo,Tropical pines,Coffee,Cashew,Casuarina etc.

 To generate gainful employment to the landless poor, particularly in remote and agency areas.

 To undertake consultancy services to the industries in afforestation (Provided consultancy to NTPC,

HPCL etc)

OtherActivities

 Acting as agent to the Govt. in carrying out the exportof RedSanderswood.

 Acting as agent to [Link] Beedi leaf Trade.

Sericulture

 Sericulture is an agro-based activity. The major activities of Sericulture comprise cultivation of

Mulberry as food plant to feed the silkworms which spin silk cocoons. These cocoons are reeled for
unwinding the silk filament by processing and weaving to value added products such as silk fabric
and garments.

 Govt recognized Sericulture among one of themost appropriate avenues for socioeconomic
development of a largely agrarian economy of India due to its

 high employment potential,

 low capital requirement and

 Remunerative income at frequent [Link] assures an average income of

Rs.1,25,000/- per acre /annum.

 Andhra Pradesh is the Second largest producer of silk in India next to Karnataka

 Mulberry silk is most popular variety derived from Multivoltine and Bivoltine varieties of
[Link] farmers in the state are rearing both varieties of Silkworms based on the climatic
conditions prevailing around the year.

 The goals of the State are

1. To place Andhra Pradesh as one of the leading States in Raw silk production

2. To promote Sericulture as an alternative and viable option to meet tagrarian crisis

STRATEGIES

Some of the important strategies for encouraging sericulture in the state include

 Cluster approach,
  Promotion of Bivoltine Cocoon Production to increase net income of the farmers,

 Chawkie concept promotion through supply of 100% Young Chawkieworms to farmers instead of
Silkworm Eggs ,

 Encouraging Usage of Organic fertilizers in Mulberry cultivation toreduce the cost of production
forproduction of quality BV cocoons,

 100% Coverage of Mulberry Gardens with Drip irrigation system.,

 creating demand for the Cocoons through establishment of Multi-end Reeling Units (MERUs) and
Automatic Reeling Machines (ARMs) under Private sector,

 Integration of Reeling and twisting activities to increase profit margin to the entrepreneurs and

 Iimplementation of e-marketing in cocoon transactions at Government CocoonMarkets in the State

SignificantAchievements During 2019-20

 Rs.1005 lakhs received from Central Silk Board,Bengaluru under SILK SAMAGRA towards
implementation of various growth sector schemes for the benefit of farmers during 2019-20.

 Under State Development Schemes 2019-20 sanctions were obtained for Rs. 6258 lakhs towards
implementation of developmental schemes for Sericulture farmers, reelersandweavers during 2019-20.

 MahatmaGandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme(MGNREGS)is implemented for

Sericulture works

 Special efforts for running Govt Cocoon markets duringlockdown period of covid-19 pandemic as
cocoons are perishable product

Schemes being Implemented

Different schemes including State Development Schemes, Centrally Sponsored Schemes like

 SILK SAMAGRA,

 RastriyaKrishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) and

 convergence schemes like Mahatma Gandhi National RuralEmployment are implemented.

Innovates of SericulturePractises

 Installation of TurboVentilators & Cooling systems in the Rearing Sheds for maintenance of required
temperature and humidity during Silkworm Rearings forproduction of quality cocoons.

 Supply of 100% Chawkie worms to ensure increase qualitative and quantitative cocoon production
.
 Tree Mulberry Plantation to overcome drought / less irrigatedconditions.

E-Governance Initiatives
  Benefits to farmers / silk reelers / weavers are transferred through online banking system as per the
DBT

 Electronic display boards are installed at Govt. Cocoons Markets for the display of daily cocoon rates
of A.P., Karnataka and Tamilnadu.

 e-marketing of Cocoon transactions in all Govt. CocoonMarkets is being done.

Research And Development

 Andhra Pradesh State Sericulture Research and Development Institute (APSSRDI), Hindupur was
established in 1995 with the primary objective of evolving new races, suitable for prevailing climatic
conditions of the state and capable of producing International GradeCocoons/ Silk.

 A new project namely‚Identification of DNA markers‛for baculovirus resistance inSilkworm was

presented toDBT,New Delhi for financial sanction.

 Six new Silk Worm hybrid races were developed by the Institute and submitted for National Silk
Worm Race Authorisation.

 Bivoltine hybrids with disease resistance races are under field trials.

 In addition, certain eco-friendly disinfectants such as Seri-Gold, Seri-Clean, Seri- Plus, Shakthi and
Abhya etc., are released in the field for increase in Cocoon production

AGRICULTURALMARKETING
 Marketing is a key link in the supply chain.

 Markets functioning effectively are essential for driving up the growth in the agriculture sector and for
generating employment and economic prosperity in rural areas

 Effective marketing infrastructure is essential for cost effective marketing to minimize post-harvest
losses.

National Agriculture Market (e-NAM)

 e- NAM is an electronic common platform promoted by Government of India to integrate all primary
markets across the country for online participation in agricultural trade for assuring true price to the
produce of the farmers

 The objective is to link local farmer to National trade, free the farmer from the clutches of middlemen
and offer the best price.

Achievements

 e-NAM is implemented in 22 Markets in the State. and Assaying Labs are established in these 22
markets
  The Major traded commodities in e-NAM markets are Dry Chillies, Cotton, Turmeric, Lemon, Tomato,
Jaggery, Castor seed, Ajwain and Fruits& Vegetables

 Incentives to traders: Exemption of Market Fee@ Rs 0.25 % to the traders whoundertakes trading in
e-NAMmarkets.

 Infrastructure : Deployed sufficient manpower, provided computers and internet connection in

allAPMCstohandleday today e-NAMoperations.

 1st Place in the country : In terms of the total value of trade done one-NAM, GunturMarketYard
stands at 1st position in the country

Initiatives taken under e-NAM

 Assaying Labs for authenticity of assaying results

 e-NAM Integrated Weighing Machines-which will transferweighing data directly to the e-NAM
platform, removing possibility of manual error or manipulation.

 Price Display Boards for information dissemination.

 CCTV cameras installed in markets

 Dedicated Farmer Training Centers (FTC)- with audio-video equipment is placed in all eNAM
markets.

 State wide Single Trade License which is valid to participate in trade across state

 Bio-Digesters: to convert the biological waste into useful compost provided by GOI

 Primary Processing Centers (PPC)

Schemes
Procurement of Cotton under MSP Operations

 Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) is the procuring agency for Cotton.

 TCS developed software for online payment to the farmers for the procurement of Cotton. The
farmers identification is done on Aadhar based landverification with certificate of cultivation from the
Agriculture/Horticulture departments.

Market Intervention Schemefor Onions:

 The Government procured onions from various farmers @ Rs 50/ kg and supplied to consumers
through Rythu Bazars @ Rs25/kg/family in view of the hike in onion prices.

 However, in view ofdecrease in onion prices, the Government has requestedthe central Government
to lift the ban on onion export.
Online Licence Management System (OLMS):

 The Grant of Trader Licences is done on-line to participate in trading in any of the AMCs across the
State.
 For this purpose, a software OLMS has been developed by e-Pragati, and Trader Licences are being
issued throughOLMS.

e-Transport Permit:

 The Government has also introduced e-permit from 1st Jan 2020 by which all traders must issue
online permits for transporting theagricultural produce.

 This system removes the loopholes of manual permits and brings greater transparency and
accountability in the market fee collection.
 As on March- 2020, it has generated market fee of Rs 75.12 crores.

Tomato:

 During the current year, due to fall of Tomato prices the Agricultural Marketing Department has
procured 7 MTs directly from farmers and supplied to Rythu Bazars

 Due to intervention of Marketing Department in procuring the Tomatoes directly from the farmers,
they have got remunerativeprices and traders offered better price to the farmers andpurchased
tomatoes at remunerative prices.

 Marketing Department intervention clearly helped farmers to restrainthem from distress sale.

Price Support Scheme

 Government have established a fund of Rs.3000 crores under Price Stabilization Fund (PSF) for
Agriculture crops to support market intervention of Agriculture & Horticulture crops for 5 years from
2019-2020 to 2023-2024.

 The Government have implemented Price Subvention Scheme for Bengalgram and procured other
Agricultural commodities underMSP
Chapter 6-Industries

 Despite being predominantly agrarian, the government is keen to undertake structural reforms in the
state to accelerate industrialization by creating a good ecosystem for investments.

 Manufacturing sector, as an employment provider remains the high focus area in the state

 To make MSMEs a central part in the global value chain and becoming the flag bearer of Brand
Andhra Pradesh.

District Industries Centres:

 District Industries Centres were established to serve as nodal agencies in the district to assist
entrepreneurs for establishment of Industries

 These centres provide all required approvals / clearances for setting up Industries under a Single
Window.

 The District Industries Centres are implementing agencies of MSMED Act

Industrial Development Policy 2015-2020

 The State Industrial Development Policy (IDP) 2015-2020, which is ended by March 2020, encompasses
various Incentives/Concessions to new industries set up in the State.

 The Government is striving towards creationof quality infrastructure coupled with congenial
industrial environment in the State to make AndhraPradesh an attractive destination for both foreign
and domestic investors.

 As a part of facilitation through e-Governance, sanctions of industrial incentives are processed

through online submission of applications.

 Special emphasis is given for establishment and enhancing production capacities of Micro, Small &
Medium Enterprises with huge employment potential.

 A new Industrial policy is under preparation, and will be announced by Government shortly.

Single Window Policy

 Andhra Pradesh is one State in India to take up the initiative in bringing A.P. Single Window
Clearances system under e-Biz project of National e-Governance plan of Government of India

 This provides efficient, convenient, transparent and integrated electronic services to investors and
industrialists covering 40 Services(State and Center) covering18 Departments.

 Special emphasis is given for establishment and enhancing production capacities of MSMEs with huge
employment potential
  The Single Desk Policy aims to create a conducive ecosystem to provide all clearances required to
setup industry within 21 working days.

 The main focus for attracting investments is the strategy of ‚Ease of doing Business‛.

Micro, Small& Medium Enterprises

1. MSMEs Sector has emerged as a highly vibrant and dynamic sector over the last five decades.

2. MSMEs contribute to

 8% of the Country's GDP,

 45% of the manufacturing output and

 40% of exports MSMEs

 Provide the largest share of employment after agriculture

 socio-economic development of the country

3. Hence,Andhra Pradesh has identified development of MSMEs as a catalyst for job creation and
balanced regional development.

4. Government of Andhra Pradesh has introduced the MSME policy 2015-20 to provide a holistic
framework for sustainable development of MSMEs in the State and to make them globally competitive

5. MSME policy 2015-20 offers

o Incentives,

o Infrastructure development,

o Technology upgradation,

o Skill development and

o Marketing support,

o Administrative reforms and

o Rehabilitation of sick industries in the State

6. Government of India has introduced Udyog Aadhaar Memorandum (UAM) in place of Entrepreneur
Memorandum. UAM registration is on-line and user friendly and is filed on self declaration basis
without t supporting documents

7. MSME sector is envisaged to play a dominant role in structurally transforming nearly 1.5 million
people to manufacturing sector by the year 2029 in AP
 8. GoAP intends to establish one MSME cluster in each for 175 assembly constituencies in the
[Link] clusters are planned around generating employment in low skill –labour intensive
manufacturing sectors.

Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme

 The Prime Minister Employment Generation Programme(PMEGP) is a Central Sector Scheme funded
by the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

 The scheme is implemented by KVIC in association with KVIBs and State Governments through
District Industries Centres

 The objective of the PMEGP is to generate employment opportunities in rural and urban areas
through self employment ventures and to increase wage earning capacity

 To avail subsidy ,Beneficiary's contribution is

o 10% of project cost for general categories and

o 5% for Special Categories (including SC/ ST / OBC /Minorities / Women, Ex-servicemen,

Physically handicapped, NER Hill and Border area etc.)

 Rate of subsidy
o For general categories is 15% in urban, 25%in rural areas.

o For special categories, it is 25% in urban and 35% in rural areas

 It is 'one-time assistance' Normal rate of interest shall be charged.

 Re-payment schedule ranges between 3 to 7years.

 The persons should possess at least VIII standard pass educational qualification for setting up projects
costing above Rs.10.00 lakh in manufacturing sector and above Rs.5.00 lakh in Business/ Service
sector.

 The maximum cost of the project admissible under manufacturing is Rs.25.00 / Rs.10.00 lakh under
Service sector

 The scheme envisages 16.2% reservation for SCs, 6.6% for STs, 27% for OBCs, 5% for Minorities 1% for
Ex- Servicemen, 3% for physically handicapped and 30% for Women (overall).

Dr.Y.S.R Navodayam Scheme

 The MSME sector which contributes immensely for the economic development and employment
creation, need lot of credit support from the Financial Institutions and also timely help in times of
stress.

 RBI has decided to permit a One-Time Restructuring (OTR) of existing loans to MSMEs classified as
standard' without a downgrade in the asset classification.

 The State government has decided to support and monitor theimplementation of OTR of MSME loans
scheme under an umbrella program‚Dr Y.S.R Navodayam‛
  The government provide support by reimbursing 50% (not exceeding Two Lakhs) of the auditor's fee
for preparation of Techno Economic Viability (TEV) report for the cases restructured by the banks
under OTR.

Skill Development

1. Development of skills as per industrial requirement is required to provide employment to local people

2. Central and State Governments are implementing programmes to identify skill requirement and train
people in required skills.

3. Government of A.P has enacted ‚The Andhra Pradesh Employment of Local Candidates in the
Industries /Factories Act, 2019‛ .Under this Act, it is mandatory for existing and upcoming industries
to provide 75% of jobs in their industry to local [Link] to provide training to local eligible
candidates where qualified/ suitable candidates are not available in the local area

4. The District Level Nodal agency under chairmanship of District Collector shall assess the availability
of skilled man power in industry / factory

5. In the event of shortage of man power, a training and skill up-gradation loan shall be prepared by
the nodal agency in consultation with the industry so that sufficient skilled local man power is made
available to the Industry/ Factory at the time of recruitment.

MSME Cluster Development Programme

 Government of India has adopted the cluster development approach as a key strategy for enhancing
the productivity and competitiveness aswell as capacity building of Micro and Small Enterprises
(MSEs) and their collectives in the country.

 Clustering of units also enables providers of various services to them, including banksand credit
agencies, to provide their services more economically, thus reducing costs and improving the
availabilityof services for these enterprises.

 Go AP intends to establish one MSME cluster in each for 175 assembly constituencies in the
[Link] clusters are planned around generating employment in low skill –labour intensive
manufacturing sectors

Objectives

1. To support the sustainability and growth of MSEs by addressing common issues such as
improvement of technology, skills and quality, market access, access to capital etc;

2. To build capacity of MSEs for common supportive action through formation of self-help groups,
associations, etc.;

3. To create/ upgrade infrastructural facilities in the new/ existing industrial areas / clusters of MSEs;

4. To set up common facility centres (for testing, training centre, raw material depot, effluent treatment,
complementing production processes, etc)and
 5. Promotion of green & sustainable manufacturing technology for the clusters so as to enable units
switch to sustainable and green production processes and products

Industrial Infrastructure Scheme for MSME Clusters

 Clusters / Industrial locations were identified fordevelopment based on the diagnostic study .Priority
was given to clusters having small industry concentration for physical infrastructures.

 The Scheme is implemented on a public-private-partnership initiativei.e. user driven with the support
of the Government.

The salient features of the Scheme are –

(a) Physical Infrastructure,

(b) Common facilities for fuel/gas supply system, ETP & Solid waste disposal,

(c) Information and Communication Technology Infrastructure,

(d) R & D Infrastructure,

(e) Quality Certification and Benchmarking Center,

(f) Common Facilities Center,

(g) Information dispersal /International Marketing infrastructure and

(h) Small Industry Cluster Development Programme.

Industrial Infrastructure Development Fund (IIDF)

 The State Government has provided financial assistance as a grant to the new industrial enterprises
for the development of Infrastructure facilities up to the doorstep of the proposed Industrial
Enterprises

 Infrastructure like roads, power and water will be provided at doorstep of the industry for standalone
enterprises/industries by contributing 50% of the cost of infrastructure from IIDF with a ceiling of
Rs.1.00 crore, subject to the conditions

Chennai Bangalore IndustrialCorridor (CBIC)

 The CBIC proposes to address the infrastructure bottlenecks through a holistic approach

 Accordingly, high impact/ market driven nodes are proposed to be developed, at strategic locations
within the corridor to provide transparent and investment friendly facility regimes.

 These regions are proposed to be self-sustained nodes with

 World-class infrastructure,
  Road and rail connectivity,

 Reliable power,

 Quality social infrastructure, and

 Provide a globally competitive environment conducive for setting up businesses.

 CBIC Region covers parts of three States, referred as CBIC states, (viz. Tamil Nadu,Karnataka,
Andhra Pradesh).

 CBIC Region comprises of a combined population of about 47.5 Million(3.7% of total population of the
country).

Current Status

 Agreement (SHA) executed between NICDIT&APIIC.

 APIIC is the Nodal Authority, appointed by GoAP andresponsible forprocurementof land. Land is to
be handover to SPV for development of IndustrialTownship

 Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (DMICDC) is the Project Development
and Knowledge Partner tothe proposed node. Process of obtaining Environmental Clearance was
takenup byDMICDC.

 Krishnapatnam, Nellore District has been selected for Development under Phase-I by DPIIT along
with two nodes each in Tamilnadu and Karnataka states.

Visakhapatnam Chennai Industrial Corridor Development Program(VCICDP)

1. Visakhapatnam–Chennai Industrial Corridor (VCIC), is a key part of the East Coast Economic
Corridor (ECEC) ,India's first coastal corridor which will run from Kolkata (in West Bengal) to Kanya
kumari (in Tamil Nadu).

2. 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.

3. The nearly 800-kilometer corridor links India with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
(ASEAN) and East Asian economies that form the bedrock of global manufacturing economy

4. VCIC Development Program supports Government of India (GOI)'s strategy

 To develop industrial corridors of international standards for expanding its manufacturing
and services sectors and

 Creating modern urban centers connected by state-of-the-art infrastructure.

 Supports India's port-led industrialization strategy(Sagar Mala initiative )

 Achieve accelerated development and regional industry agglomeration in the focus state

5. GOI has selected the Asian Development Bank (ADB) as the lead partner for developing the ECEC,
 6. It has Influential area of about 1,10,000 sq. km, (3.5% of India's area). It is estimated that the
 VCIC attracts about Rs.1,00,000 Crores additional investments and

 Generates additional employment to the tune of 110 Lakh persons.

 Contributes to 5% of national GDP and has potential to increase GDP in the Corridor by 6
times.

7. The VCIC is proposed as a node centric development platform with four nodes:
 Vishakhapatnam Node

 Machilipatnam Node

 Donakonda Node

 Yerpedu – Srikalahasti Node.

Two Nodes, i.e., Visakhapatnam Node and Yerpedu-Srikalahasthi Node were prioritized for making
initial investments.

8. Funding details
Amount(USD Million)
Source Policy loan Project loan Total
ADB 125(100%) 500(70%) 625
AP Govt 0 215(30%) 215
Total 125 715 840

Policy Based Loan : Supports the Government in policy, institutional, and governance reforms to
promoteAccelerated industrial development

Project Loan: Supports investments in physical infrastructure

Socio Economic Impact of the Project

The program intends to improve
 Skill development;

 Employability of women and

 Provide better connectivity to health services,

 Higher levels of education,

 Economic opportunities, and

 Social infrastructural facilities for women.

This will encourage financial and socio-economic empowerment, and inclusion in the mainstream
development process.

Periodic Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) action plan are being prepared to ensure the
participation of women and socially excluded groups in the program, and adequate resources and
implementation mechanism is being provided under the programfor effective implementation.
The expected impacts of VCIC on Socio Economic Developmentof [Link] 2035
 Manufacturing Sector Output in VCIC jurisdiction increased to INR4.20Trillion (2015 Base
LineRs.1.10Trillion)
 Labour Productivity of Key Industries in VCIC jurisdiction increased to Rs.2.60Millions per employee
(2015 Base Line Rs.2.30Millions per employee)
 Share of women employed in Manufacturing Sector in VCIC jurisdiction increased to 33% (2015Base
Line28%)
 24-Hour Power Supply made available to 100% of Manufacturing Industries inVCIC
 Capacity development t h rough S kill Development Trainings to at least 25,000 women andothers

Industrial Infrastructure

 The state government is contemplating to have a plan for infrastructure creation including
 Integrated development of port-based infrastructure

 Leveraging the state's 974-km-long coastline, part of East Coast which faces progressive
south eastern nations and industries that help the state emerge as a logistics andcargo hub.

 The AP government is developing the new ports—through the public private partnership (PPP) route
—modernize existing minor ports and set up port based industries along the coastal corridor.

 The state is also working on building a strong inland waterway system that is linked to ports through
national highways.

SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE(SEZ)

 The Special Economic Zones (SEZs) Policy was announced in April 2000 under Export & Import Policy
to make SEZs an engine for economic growth supported by quality infrastructure complemented by
an attractive fiscal package, both at the Centre and the State level,with the minimum possible
regulations.

 It is designated as duty free enclave and to be treated as foreign territory for trade operations and
duties and tariffs.

 Important objectives of the SEZ Act are:

 Generation of additional economic activity,

 Promotion of exports of goods and services,

 Promotion of investment from domestic and foreign sources,

 Creation of employment opportunities and

 Development of infrastructure facilities.

 Government intends to exploit the SEZ concept for impacting the state's socioeconomic fabric through
enhanced job opportunities and industrial development.

 APIIC has already taken the lead in developing SEZs across various districts in AndhraPradesh.
MegaFoodParks

 Ministry of Food Processing Industries, GOI sanctioned a Mega Food Park at Mallavalli, Krishna
District with an estimated cost of Rs. 125 Cr. and the projected Investment is Rs.400 Cr and released 2
instalments of grant of Rs. 33.47 crores till date

 All the infrastructure works at Central Processing Centre(CPC) and Primary Processing Centre are
nearing completion and going to be operational very shortly

Electronic Manufacturing Cluster(EMC)

Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, [Link] India sanctioned for establishing Electronic
Manufacturing Cluster (EMC) at Erpedu Mandal, Chittoor District in 500 acres, with an estimated cost of Rs.
340 Crores

PharmaClusters
In the wake of COVID -19, APIIC as a proactive measureto make Pharma Hub, APIIC desired to establish
Pharma Clusters at Oravakal-Kurnool Dist, Rambili-Visakhapatnam Dist, Nellore Dist and Kopparthy-
Kadapa Dist and accordingly submitted the proposals for approval to Ministry of Pharmaceuticals, GoI

Annual Survey of Industries

 The Annual Survey of Industries is the principal source of Industrial Statistics in the State.

 The ASI conducted once in a year to collect the data from the Organized Manufacturing units

The main objectives of Annual Survey of Industries are :

 Estimation of the contribution of manufacturing Industries as a whole and of each type of Industry to
the State Income.

 Systematic study of the structure of the Industry as a whole and each type of Industry.

 Analysis of various factors influencing Industries in the State.

 Provision of comprehensive, factual and systematic basis for formulation of Policy.

AP Gas Infrastructure Corporation

APGIC was incorporated on 2nd September, 2009 underthe provisions of Companies Act as a State Govt
Company
The Objectives of the corporation are: Exploration and Production (E&P)activities particularly in KG Basin
and to Make Andhra Pradesh a gas based economy.

Action Plan

o Develop State Wide Gas Grid /Pipe line network

o Develop City Gas Distribution Network

 o Acquiring Gas Blocks along with National/International players

o Explore possibilities for ‚farming – in‛ opportunities

o Develop Petroleum Export Zone

o Infrastructure development forE&P Industry

AP Gas Distribution Corporation(APGDC)

 APGIC incorporated AP Gas Distribution Corporation Ltd, (APGDC) in the year 2011 as a Joint
Venture Company with an objective to meet the immediate requirement of gas for the power plants
and other industries in Andhra Pradesh through implementing City Gas Distribution projects, CNG
Stationa and to develop a Regional Gas grid and establish of a fast track FSRU based LNG re
gasification Terminal at Kakinada.

 GAIL Gas Ltd and APGIC are shareholders of APGDC in the ratio of 50% each

 APGIC is also planning to undertake Trading &Marketing of Gas.

Benefits of APGIC&APGDC

 Govt can directly generate revenue of aboutRs.1000 Crore per year in the form of VAT/GST

 Availability of LNG will boost Power Sector in the state and will also boost industrial development.

 This Project will generate employment (direct / indirect) upto the tune of 1000

 Usage of gas will reduce pollution, improve environment and reduce greenhouse emissions.

Mines and Geology

 Minerals are one of the main sources of revenue to Andhra Pradesh and is also a major contributor for
the economic growth of the State

 Andhra Pradesh is well known globally for variety of rocks & minerals and called Ratna Garbha.

 State Mineral policy is in tune with the National Mineral Policy to translate the State's mineral
potential into reality with eco-friendly and sustainable mining leading to overall development of the
mining sector

 The State Mineral and Mining sector contributed Rs. 2072 Crore Mineral Revenue during 2019-20

Mining Surveillance System (MSS) for Minor Minerals

 Mining Surveillance System on minor minerals will be launched during this financial year

 This will help to identify encroachments and mining outside the lease areas, thereby curb illegal
mining activity, which causes revenue loss to the state government as well as significant
environmental impact on the mining areas.
  CCTV cameras were installed at check posts for live monitoring of Mineral Transportation.

Star Rating for Minor Minerals

 The purpose of this system is to enable the state government to institutionalize a statutory mechanism
for ensuring sustainable mining which addresses the concerns on environment & socio-economic
issues in mining sector.

 Star rating system for Major minerals implemented by Ministry of Mines, GOI.

 A similar system is being implemented in the state for Leases of minor minerals.

Initiatives taken to augment revenues/Curb illegal mining

1. Increase in Seignorage fee for Minor Minerals and Revision of Dead Rents for Minor Minerals to
discourage blocking of mineral bearing areas.

2. Enhancement of Application Fees and Introduction of Security deposit to avoid blocking of huge
extents by the applicants.

3. Lease Area Restrictions introduced with an upper limit of 50 Ha. (100 Ha. for industries with captive
leases) to avoid creation of monopoly

4. Use of Technology for monitoring of the leases

o Geo Referencing of the leases – Mines Surveillance System (MSS) has been implemented for
all major minerals leases-To control illegal mining

o CCTV Cameras were installed at check-posts for live monitoring of Mineral Transportation.

o Implementation of Drone surveys for 3DMine Mapping to monitor mines production

o APMotorVehicleTrackingServices (APMVTS) is an integrated vehicle tracking system for all

mineral carrying vehicles across the state of AP.

5. To expedite grant of new leases, NOCs orders issued by Tahsildars area-wise to DMG, rather than
individual applications.

6. Filing of all applications and all payments related to application fee, royalty/ Seignorage fee etc have
been made online.

7. All the orders related lease grant order, order on appeals etc have been sent through SMS and Email
based updates

8. Golden Master Database for all existing lease in the state has been prepared and put it on Department
website

9. Automated e -permit sys tem has been implemented enabling issue of permits without intervention
of the department officers for Ease of Doing Business.
 10. New Departmental Website launched, providing up-to-date details of revenue, lease area details,
permits, court cases etc. to bring in transparency and improve Ease of Doing Business.

11. Mobile application for randomized inspection of mines and quarries has been developed to keep
Watch on extraction of minerals

12. AP Mineral Dealer Rule, 2017 has been promulgated to keep surveillance on procurement of mineral
by the mineral processing unit.

13. All Mineral Dealer Licenses have been computerized end-to end and linked to e-permit system

14. ·Orders were issued not allowing transfer of leases for minor minerals in the State except in cases of
acquisitions to prevent loss of income to the state.

15. For private buildings and apartments, a Green fee of Rs 3/ Sq. feet is being collected by local bodies
while approving the building plan and will be remitted to Mining Department account.

16. Single Desk System for Grant of Leases is under development. Post implementation end to end
processing of lease application will be done online with specific timeline at every stage

Social welfare measures: District Mineral Foundation Trusts (DMFT) have been established in all the 13
districts of the State to implement various developmental and welfare projects/ programmes in mining
affected areas.

New Sand Policy Formulation

 New Sand Policy 2019 was launched on 05.09.2019

 Rs. 380 Crores of revenue has been realized from the sale of sand during 2019-20. In Financial Year
2020-21, a target of Rs.750 Crores is fixed tentatively as against the expected sale quantity of 2 Crore
Metric Tons of Sand

 Reserve stock of 70 lakh tons of sand will be maintained to meet the demand during monsoon season.

 Door delivery of Sand along with GPS surveillance has been started to ensure deliveries promptly.

 Imposed stringent punishment with imprisonment up to 2 years and a fine of Rs.2 lakhs for illegal
stocking /hoarding / black marketing/resale of sand.

 Created a dedicated and specialized Department called ‚Special Enforcement Bureau‛ to curb all
kinds of illegal activities relating to liquor and sand committed policies

 The Department officers are appointed for all districts for monitoring of sand activities at District
level3

Incentives to M-sand industry:

Provided subsidy on interest at the rate of 3% per annum (Pavalavaddi scheme) on upgrading the existing
stone crusher units to MSand units to discourage usage of River sand within a period of 6 months

Commerce & Export Promotion

India International Trade Fair (IITF)
  The Department for Industries, Commerce and Export Promotion promotes Trade both national and
international by participating in fairs conducted by IndiaTrade Promotion Organization (ITPO) and
other agencies every year.

 AP State is participating in IITF every year during the month of November at New Delhi. During this
event, the products particularly of MSME Sector, SelfHelp Group(SHG), Artisans are exposed to
domestic and international market.

 During Nov-19,Andhra Pradesh was awarded Bronze Medal for display of products and programmes
of state among all the States in India

Trade Infrastructure for Export Scheme(TIES)

The objective of the scheme is to enhance export competitiveness

 By bridging gaps in export infrastructure,

 Creating focused export infrastructure,

 First mile and last mile connectivity for export oriented projects and

 Addressing quality and certification measures including SPS/TBT compliance.

The Exports (Products) from the state for the FY:2019-20(upto Sept) have recorded Rs.49221.62Cr.
The Major exports from the State are

 Drugs & Pharmaceuticals,

 Marine, Agriculture and Agro based products,

 Handicrafts,

 Engineering products
Chapter 7-ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE

 Countries like China, South Korea, Japan and other developed countries have experienced impressive
economic growth on a sustained basis. This became possible with planned investments in physical
infrastructure such as irrigation projects, dams, roads, bridges, ports, airports and other logistics
relating to connectivity and communications.

 The multiplier effect of infrastructure on growth has become evident in various instances.
 The state government is committed to transform itself into a strategic and value enhancing facilitator.

Irrigation

 Andhra Pradesh is a land of many rivers and lakes and it is popularly referred as the ‚Riverine State‛.

 There are 40 major, medium and minor rivers in the state, of which Godavari, Krishna, Pennar,
Vamsadhara and Nagavali are prominent in peninsular India.

Projects under Jalyagnam

 Polvaram to be completed by 2021

 Poola Subbaiah Veligonda Project Phase 1 by 2021 and Phase 2 by 2023

Hydrology Projects
Hydrology Project Phase-I(HP-I)
HP-I was taken up with World Bank financial assistance for measurement, validation, storage and
dissemination of Hydrological, Hydro Meteorological and water quality data and to establish computerized
data base network.

Hydrology Project Phase-II(HP-II)

 The World Bank has approved the Hydrology Project Phase – II in A.P in 2006

 The project development objective is to extend and promote the sustained and effective use of the
Hydrological Information System (HIS) by all potential users concerned with the water resources,
planning and management, both public and private

Hydrology Project – III (National Hydrology Project)

 NHP is a Central sector scheme with 100% grant to the State/Central Implementing agencies for a
period of 8 years from [Link] cost-80 Crores

 Under this Water Information Management System(WIMS) was implemented to validate storage
and dissemination of Hydrological, Hydro Meteorological data and to strengthen the capacity of
water resources management institutions WIMS is under development by CWC and to be completed
by March-2020

CADA Projects
Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP)
 Government of India launched the Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme (AIBP) in the year 1996-
97 to provide Central Assistance to major/medium irrigation projects in the country,

 With the objective to accelerate implementation of such projects which were beyond resource
capability of the States or in advanced stage of completion.

 After launch of PMKSY in 2015-16, AIBP became a part of PMKSY.

 Out of 99 priority projects across country 8 projects are covered in AP under PMKSY-AIBP

Command Area Development and Water Management (CAD&WM) Programme

 The CADWM works are proposed for 7 projects in PMKSY in Andhra Pradesh State

 The total approved cost of the 7 projects is Rs.971.42 crores

Repair, Renovation and Restoration (HKKP-RRR)

In Prakasam District,100 Water Bodies are sanctioned under Repair, Renovation and Restoration (HKKP-
RRR). The MoWR has released grant of Rs.270 lakhs towards 1st instalment for 2018-19.

AP Integrated Irrigation & Agriculture Transformation Project (APIIATP)

 The Objective of the Project is to enhance agricultural productivity, profitability and resilience to
climate variability in 1000 selected tanks in 12 districts (except Guntur district)

 The Project duration is seven years (2018-25)

 Financed through World Bank- International Bank of Reconstruction and Development (IBRD. Project
Cost is Rs.1600 crores. World Bank Share is (70%). Govt. of AP Share -30%

 Under this Project 2 lakh farmer family are benefited.

 Productivity in the ayacut area is proposed to be increased by 20% - 25% and household income to
increase up to 20%.

Minor Irrigation
 Minor Irrigation deals with investigation and execution of Minor Irrigation Sources of ayacut up to
5000 acres.

 Minor Irrigation plays an important role in the providing irrigation facilities particularly in drought
prone areas and areas outside command of Major and Medium projects drinking water to villages
during summer season.

 Around 57% of total registered ayacut is not being irrigated

  The department is working to restore the existing M.I sources to original standards wherever
necessary, stabilizing the irrigation potential created, controlling the wastage of water through water
conservation plans and better water management plans and bridging the gap ayacut.

Restoration of Minor Irrigation -Navrathanalu

The following activities are proposed under Restoration of Minor Irrigation Sources
 Restoring the existing Minor Irrigation Tanks by taking up de-silting of tanks, arresting the leakages
from bund, Breach restoration, Repairs and Reconstruction of weirs & sluices
 Restoring irrigation channels, filed channels, canal structures to original standards and improve water
use efficiency by lining of canals up to field channels.
 Repairs & Renovation to water harvesting structures, Construction of water harvesting structures and
identification of cascades and improvements

Andhra Pradesh State Irrigation Development Corporation (APSIDC)

 The APSIDC has been established for implementation of Lift Irrigation Schemes to provide irrigation
facility to upland areas of small and marginal farmers and other weaker sections of the society

 With the funds provided by government under various programs either directly or through District
administration and handing over the same to beneficiaries/agencies for operation and maintenance.
 All Lift Irrigation Schemes up to 10,000 acres have to be with APSIDC.

 During 2019-20,Rs 216.50 Crores was allocated under RIDF

National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)

 National Agricultural Bank for Rural Development (NABARD) is assisting the state government in
construction of new Minor Irrigation Schemes and Repairs/ Improvements of Minor Irrigation Sources
under Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF).

 Financing the schemes started in 1995-96 and are being continued under different tranches from RIDF-
I to XXI.

AP Irrigation and Livelihood Improvement Project (APILIP-II) with JICA assistance

 APILIP - II is taken up with project cost of Rs.2000 crores (JICA share: Rs.1700 crores & Govt. of AP :
Rs.300 crores).
 It is intended for stabilization of 1,65,000 Ha ayacut and for bridging the gap ayacut of 40,000 Ha.
Benefitiing 2,70,000 farmer households.
 The Project is covering 13 districts of Andhra Pradesh. Project duration is 7 years (2018 to 2025).
Component wise break up involves
o Modernization of Irrigation Projects -900 Crores

o Participatory Irrigation Management (PIM)

o Infrastructure strengthening in Agriculture, Horticulture, Fisheries, Agri business and

Marketing support services -550 Crores
 o Institution Development and Project Management

 Strengthening Value chain process for 4 crops Mango , Tomato, Chilli and Coconut taken on pilot
basis in four Districts i.e. Chittoor, Krishna, Guntur and East Godavari

 Two Agriculture Mechanization and Technology Centres (AMTC) are being supported at Maruteru
in West Godavari District and Naira in Srikakulam District for supporting the Mechanization.

 Fishery production is supported in all Medium Irrigation Projects and potential MI tanks.

Water conservation activities under Neeru-Chettu/ Neeru Pragathi

Neeru Chettu programme assists in improving the storage capacities of the Minor Irrigation Tanks and
improving the ground water table of surrounding areas. The programme is implemented across all the 13
District

Ground Water
 Groundwater has been occupying a dominant place in state agriculture and accounts for 41 percent of
the gross irrigated area in the state with about 18 lakhs agriculture bore wells

 The Ground Water department is involved in technical assessment of groundwater resources

periodically, monitoring ground water regime on real time basis as to facilitate conservation,
management and utilization of the groundwater.

 Despite series of rainfall deficits(Curreny year 7% deficit rainfall) the groundwater levels are
relatively sustained in the state, due to better water conservation and management practices

 It is generally observed that more the recharge more will be the availability as well as utilization

Monitoring of Ground Water Levels and quality:

Department is monitoring ground water levels and water quality from a network of observation under Real
Time Water Level Monitoring System in all basins and covering all hydrogeological environments in the
State.

Andhra Pradesh Water Resources Information and Management System (APWRIMS)

 The State Government is committed to improve the economic status of the farmers by providing the
right amount of water at the right time to entire two crore acres of cultivable land in Andhra Pradesh
by using innovative technologies.

 Towards this goal as a technological intervention, the government entered in to a MoU with NRSC, an
ISRO unit, to develop a full-fledged Andhra Pradesh Water Resources Information and Management
system by integrating the Geo-Spatial layers, Satellite data, Hydrology models and also to develop a
Geo-Portal.
  This is a one stop solution for all water related issues and Decision support system for the Stake
holders.

Command Area Development

 The Department takes up studies under four major project commands viz.,
 Nagarjunasagar Right Canal Command,

 Nagarjunasagar Left Canal Command,

 Srisailaram Right Branch Canal Command,

 Tungabhadra Project Complex Command area .

To Study the impact of excessive irrigation, delineate areas already water logged and prone to water logging,
recommend conjunctive use of both surface and ground water and suggest other suitable remedial measures
to improve productivity.

 Monitoring of Groundwater levels are being carried out six times in a year through 759 Command
area observation wells to know the impact of canal releases on groundwater regime.

 The changes in chemical quality of groundwater is being monitored twice in a year and

 Detailed hydrogeological and geophysical surveys are being carried out to recommend sites for
construction of irrigation wells.

 The Department is also working out different conjunctive use strategies in these four commands

Power

 Power sector is a critical infrastructure element required for the smooth functioning of the state
economy.

 An efficient, resilient and financially robust power sector is essential for growth and poverty
reduction.

 The availability of reliable, quality and affordable power helps in the rapid Agriculture and
Industrial development and the overall economy of the state.

 Power sector is one sector that has recorded significant performance in terms of generation,
transmission and distribution.

 Andhra Pradesh 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),GoI& EESL (Energy Efficiency Services
Limited),GoI, many EE&EC activities are being implemented in the state to ensure optimal utilization
 of available resources and realize the huge scope of energy saving potential in all sectors to the tune of
around 15,000MU per annum.
 Solar and Wind power will be the focus areas.

 Various challenges have been faced by the power sector since bifurcation of the state and efforts are
being put in to bring major turnaround with apt policy reforms, considerably reducing the AT&C and
T&D losses and providing quality power.

 The installed capacity in the Andhra Pradesh state is around 20,206 MW

Support of Power Sector to Agricultural Sector

 Government is committed to the welfare of farmers by way of free power of 9 hours per day to all
agriculture consumers (only during day time).

 The Budgetary subsidy (electricity) provided for agriculture by AP Government for FY 2018-19 is Rs
25,000 Crores.

 Govt is providing concessional tariff@Rs 1.5 per unit for Aquaculture farmers

 Govt is also providing free power to SC/ST domestic consumers upto 200 Units per month

Restructured-Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme (R-APDRP)

Restructured-Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme (R-APDRP) is a flagship programme
of Government of India which aims at achieving actual demonstrable performance in sustained loss
reduction. It has two parts – Part-A and Part-B.

Part-A -I– IT Implementation

This includes projects for establishment of baseline data and IT applications for Energy accounting/auditing
& IT based consumer service centre.
An amount of Rs.200crores was sanctioned to cover 75 towns in Andhra Pradesh state with more than 30,000
population

Part-A – II - (SCADA/DMS)
The Supervisory Control and Data acquisition / Distribution Management System (SCADA/DMS) will
provide real-time monitoring & control, loss minimization and load balancing .
The eligibility criteria are urban areas – towns and cities with population of more than 4,00,000& annual input
energy of the order of 350 MU .Under this project 4 towns are covered Visakhapatnam town in APEPDCL
and 3 town’s viz., Vijayawada, Guntur and Nellore in APSPDCL. An amount of Rs.48.94Crs was sanctioned
in above 4 Towns The SCADA project in APSPDCL has been completed in Feb, 2019.

Part-B: Distribution System Strengthening and SCADA/DMS enabling Components:

This includes regular distribution strengthening projects in the two DISCOMs such as Renovation,
modernization and strengthening of substations, Transformers, Load Bifurcation, feeder
separation,replacement of electromagnetic energy meters with tamper proof electronic meters etc. In addition,
in certain high-load density rural areas with significant loads, works of separation of agricultural feeders
from domestic and industrial ones, and of High Voltage Distribution System (11kV) are also taken up.
Rs.216. crores was sanctioned for 42 towns with more than 30,000 population and Aggregate Technical &
Commercial (AT&C) losses of more than 15%, for distribution System Strengthening

Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS):

  The Government of India has launched ‚Integrated Power Development Scheme‛ (IPDS) with the
components as

 Strengthening of sub-transmission and distribution networks

 Metering of distribution/feeders/consumers in the urban area.

 The existing R-APDRP scheme would get subsumed in the IPDS scheme as a separate component.

 The scope of work under IPDS scheme would be eligible for funding provided as it is not covered
under any GoI programmes like R-APDRP/ RGGVY/NEF etc.,

 The projects for which any other grant/subsidy from Government of India has already been received
shall not be eligible under this scheme. Distribution Reforms Committee (DRC) should ensure that
there is no duplication of works while recommending the projects to the Nodal Agency.

 An amount of Rs.690.46Crs has been sanctioned under IPDS Scheme.

 The IT applications pertaining to ERP and customer care services, Smart meters can also be included
in the scope of works under IPDS scheme provided they are not covered under R-APDRP.

Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY)

 Govt. of India has launched Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) for the rural areas.
in Dec, 2015.

 It will cover works relating to

o Seperation of agriculture and non agriculture feeders.

o Strengthening of sub-transmission & distribution systems infrastructure in rural areas

o metering of distribution transformers, feeders &consumers and rural electrification

component.

 Out of the total Project Cost, 60% grant from GoI and 10% from APDISCOMs contribution & 30% loan
from Financial Institutions/Banks. In addition to that the maximum grant by GoI including additional
grant on achievement of prescribed milestones is 75%.

 Rural Electrification Corporation Limited (REC) shall be the Nodal Agency for operationalization and
implementation of the scheme under the overall guidance of MoP.

 DDUGJY projects to a tune of Rs.593.46 crores were sanctioned, in addition to the Rs.328.64 crores
sanctioned earlier for RE portion. Totally Rs.922.10 crores is sanctioned under DDUGJY.

Andhra Pradesh Rural High Voltage Distribution System Project

 The High Voltage Distribution System (HVDS) aims at reduction of losses through replacement of the
low voltage network with high voltage network and
  Also Installation of large number of smaller capacity Distribution Transformers in place of higher
capacity Distribution Transformers for supply to agricultural consumers. This system is best suited to
meet the scattered low-density loads observed in rural areas in India.

 Based on a sample studies, the system loss reduction due to adoption of HVDS system is expected to
be around 10%.

Energy Efficiency Activities:

1. Unnat Jyothi by Affordable LEDs for All (Ujala)
 Two LED bulbs of 7W/9W capacity are distributed at nominal price of Rs.10/- each to the
households as a replacement of 60W capacity incandescent lamps (ICLs).

 Around 2.20 Crs LED bulbs have been distributed so far out of target of 2.32 crores bulbs to
ensure 100% coverage of all households

 The energy savings through each LED bulb is 77.33 units per annum. Annual Energy Saving of
around 1700 MUand Monetary saving of Rs.1020 crore per annum

 AP stood as front runner in the country in LED Street lighting

2. Installation of LED Street lights in all Municipalities:

 All the ordinary street lights were replaced with LED street lights in all 110 Municipalities of
the state and

 Centralized Control & Monitoring System (CCMS) for analyzing the energy savings in
municipalities on real-time basis apart from centralized control of all the street lights from a
single window is also completed.

3. Agriculture Demand Side Management (DSM)

 It aimed for replacement old and obsolete pumps with new energy efficient pumps

 A pilot project was taken up in Rajanagaram Mandal of East Godavari.

 The new pump sets are yielding about 30% reduction in Energy Consumption and an
increased water discharge of 15%

 Considering the success achieved in the pilot project, replacement of One lakh conventional
pump sets with EE pumpsets is taken up

4. Distribution of Energy Efficient Ceiling Fans

 The energy efficient fan is of 50W(5 Star), while an ordinary fan is of 75W resulting in 33%
energy savings.

 So far, about 3.23 lakh fans have been distributed resulting in annual energy savings of 20MU.

 It is further targeted to distribute 21 lakhs EE Fans in the state.

 5. Distribution of LED Tube lights:
 LED tube lights of 20W distributed to interested consumers @Rs 220 against Market price of Rs
500

 Each LED tube light is expected to save 62% of Energy

 Distribution of energy efficient LED tube lights was launched in Vijayawada as a first of its
kind in the entire country.

 1.49 lakh till date and it is targeted to distribute One crore LED tube lights.

6. Energy Efficiency measures in Govt. Buildings:

 Implementation of energy efficiency measures in all the state Government Buildings by
replacing old/obsolete equipment with Energy Efficient Equipment / Appliances of 5 Star
rating has been initiated with support of BEE. Iis expected to result in around 30% reduction
in electricity bills with reduced energy consumption

 Implementation of energy efficiency measures in48 model schools & hostels buildings is
completed with support of BEE,GOI .The project has been implemented with an investment of
Rs.1.22 crores which is expected to result in 7.40 Lakhs units and Rs.1.24 crores of monetary
savings per annum

 EESL has completed installation energy efficient equipments in all the district court
buildings of the state with Rs.6.86 crores investment to result in expected annual energy
savings of 2.2 MU and monetary savings of Rs.2.27 crores.

 Replacement of old/inefficient lights in Corporate offices/Offices/Substations of APTRANSCO

& APDISCOMs& Power utilities with Energy Efficient Equipment’s is also going to be taken
up

 APSEEDCO has entered into tripartite agreement with EESL,GOI and Tribal welfare dept
for Implementation of energy efficiency measures in and around 750 schools & hostels
buildings under Tribal Welfare [Link] is estimated to result in monetary saving of Rs 7
Crores annually

 Energy Efficiency measures are being implemented in Rural Water Supply and Sanitation
department through replacement of old conventional pump sets with Energy Efficient pump
sets across the state

7. Energy efficiency measures in Commercial Buildings:

GoAP has mandated compliance of Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC), issued by the BEE
for promoting energy efficiency in the non-residential building sector having plot area of more than 1000
sq mtrs or construction area of more than 2000 sq. mtrs

8. Campaign through SHG women and Student Community on Energy efficiency

o All the women members in the existing Self-Help Groups (SHGs) are proposed to be involved in
energy efficiency & conservation movement in order to take up the energy conservation to the
grassroots level.
 o AP State Energy Conservation Mission (APSECM) in association with Education department
would establish Energy Clubs in schools and colleges across the state and conduct several
awareness programmes with the support of AP State Skill Development Corporation (APSSDC).

Renewable Energy
 Government has given top priority for promotion of the RE power projects to meet the growing
energy needs and to have energy security. Energy power projects particularly in Wind and Solar
power sector in line with policies of GOI

 The cumulative Renewable Energy capacity installed in state is 8193MW

 Solar Power 3522MW
 Wind Power 4080MW
 Small Hydro Power Projects 102MW
 Bio-Mass,Bagasee,Municipal and Industrial waste power proects 490MW

Solar Power
Sloar Power pumpsets provided for irrigation purpose
Grid connected solar roof top systems with capacity of 120 MW have been installed

AP Green Energy Corporation Ltd

 The state is incurring more than 10,000 crores to meet the Agriculture subsidy,Lift Irrigation power
charges and agriculture subsidy every year

 State Govt has established Green Energy Corporation to develop 10,000MW capacity sloar power
projects to provide free power to agriculture sector on sustainable basis

APGENCO
APGENCO will make every effort to achieve the generation targets set by APERC for the year 2020-21 and
planning to commission 1600 MW in this financial year.

Polavaram Hydro Electric Project (12X80MW)

 This Project as a part of Polavaram Multi-Purpose Project is proposed across river Godavari at
Anguluru village in Devipatnam Mandal of East Godavari district to utilize the monsoon flows for
Hydel power generation. With the utilization of the surplus flows, power generation is possible to an
extent of 960MW (12X80MW).

 Government has given concurrence to APGENCO for development of Polavaram Hydro Electric
Project.

 The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) MOP, has accorded Techno Economic Concurrence tp thois
Project.

 Administrative sanction accorded for implementation of Polavaram Hydro Electric Project at an

estimated project cost of Rs.4956.39 Crore

Roads and Buildings

Roads
  Roads are one of the basic modes of transportation system and also a priority sector of Infrastructure.

 Systematic development of roads is one of the important pre-requisites for development and
acceleration of growth in the economy.
 Among the different modes of domestic transportation systems, road transport carries more than 80
percent of the Goods and Passenger traffic.

 The network of roads facilitates

o connectivity
o speedy movement of goods and services and ensures higher growth prospects, ,
o social integrity and wellbeing of the society.

 The productivity and efficiency of road transport is directly linked to the availability and quality of
road network. In view of the high potential in agricultural activity, there has been huge increase in
road network.

 The total R&B road network (excluding NH roads) in the state as on March 2020 was 46212 KMs
 Four Categories of roads namely
o National Highways
o State Highways
o District Roads
o Rural Roads

National Cyclone Risk Mitigation (NCRMP)

The project is taken up in 9 Coastal Districts with the objective to provide necessary infrastructure by
construction of New Roads/Bridges or improvements of the existing damaged roads to the habitations and
cyclone shelters to facilitate evacuation of people and transportation of relief material quickly and
uninterruptedly during Cyclones or Heavy / Flash floods.

NABARD Works, RIDF & RIAD

The State Government has taken up 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).
Since inception of NABARD funding to rural area infrastructure, nearly 9300 km of rural roads have been
brought to riding surface with BT and connected to nearby towns for 4077 Crs

Rural Development Fund (RDF)

Under this scheme, works relating to improvement of connectivity of rural areas, transportation of
agricultural produce to nearby market yards, improving non BT road to BT standard and construction of
bridge are taken up.

LWE Works

Centrally Sponsored scheme Road Connectivity project for Left Wing Extremism covering four districts-
Srikakulam, Vizianagram Visakhapatnam & East Godavari

Centrally Sponsored Schemes

The Central Govt Sanctions works under CRF, Economic importance and Inter State connectivity and allocate
the funds in 50:50 ratio i.e.
 o 50% of cess on High Speed Diesel for rural roads
o Balance 50% of cess on High Speed Diesel and entire cess of petrol is distributed for development and
maintenance of roads

National Highways
 There are 36 National Highways in the state covering a length of 6860 km .In addition, the government
in-principle have declared NHs for a length of 381.00 km

 Out of 6860 km NHs in the state, a total length of 2268Km are under the control of NHAI and 462 km
with MoRT&HPIU, Machilipatnam.

 The density of National Highways is 13.72 km per lakh population (2011) as against all India average
of 10.89 km

 In terms of area coverage, a length of 41.46 km is available for every 1,000 Sq. km in the State as
against all India average of 40.00 km/1,000 [Link].

Road Safety Implementation Programme (MoRT&H)

 Operational Road Safety Engineering Audits
 Road Safety Audit:
 Road Safety EPC Engineering Procurement & Construction Mode Works
 Road Safety Amenities and resting places for drivers:

Andhra Pradesh Road Development Corporation

The Road Development Corporation was established in the year 1998 to develop and maintain roads and
other allied and incidental activities in the State

A.P. Road Sector Project

 The project was approved by the Government of India and World Bank for widening , strengthening
and maintaining certain important and high traffic roads with an objective to ensure smooth travel
and to reduce transport cost.

 The cost of project is Rs.2245 Cr.

 The major components of the Project are
 Up-gradation and improvement component

 Road Management System (RMS) for optimum utilization of funds towards road
improvement and maintenance by using RDBMS and HDM-4 software

 Institutional strengthening component

 Road Safety Component- Under this component, Renigunta- Kadapa Road was taken up
multi sector approach(Engineering,Transport,Police, Certain Black spots improvements and
finalization of Road safety policy taken up under this component

Road Over/Under Bridges

 These are contructed in busy level crossings(Train vechicular units > 1LAKH)
 Cost sharing with railways 50:50 basis
Transport
 R oad Transport plays a prominent role in the economic development of the State.

 The transport department plays a key role in granting licenses to drivers, registration of motor
vehicles, issue of transport permits, levy and collection of motor vehicle tax, enforcement of vehicle
violations, and acts as nodal agency for road safety and motor vehicles pollution control.

Revenue
The department is fourth highest revenue earning department. The revenue comes in the shape of taxes on
motor vehicles and fee collected to attend various transactions filed by vehicle owners /drivers.. An amount of
Rs.3181 crores was realized as against the target of Rs.4000 crores

Reasons for Low Revenue

 Industry slow down

 Exemption of Tax-Govt has recently exempted Life tax for all passenger auto-rickshaws,Tractors,3
wheeled Goods Carrige

 Exemption of Registration Fee and Motor Vehicles Tax in respect of Electric Vehicles

Enforcement
Active enforcement enables better compliance of registration, licensing and taxation by operators.
During the current year the enforcement wing is focusing on road safety related violations such as Drunken
Driving, Over speed, driving without helmet, 6) Not having valid driving license, Not wearing seat belt etc

Road Safety
1) Every Year, around 1.50 lakh persons are dying in road accidents in India. AP stands at 7th position
(after UP, Tamilnadu, Maharastra, Karnataka, Rajasthan, and MP), with 8,000fatalities (5.4% share).

2) Inadequate Road Safety will impact on Gross State Domestic Product. It is estimated that the cost of
Road accidents and fatalities is 3% of GSDP.

3) Andhra Pradesh Road Safety Policy was declared in the year 2015 with a targeted annual reduction of
15% in road accident fatalities.

4) District Road Safety Committee constituted in every district under the chairmanship of District
Collector
5) The Supreme Court Committee on Road Safety had been reviewing the road safety situation in the
country on quarterly basis and is issuing directions on various aspects of road safety.

6) Road Safety Fund has been constituted based on direction of the Committee on Road [Link]
act as a regular source of funding Road Safety initiatives by allocating a percentage share of
enforcement revenue collected by the enforcement [Link] is a revolving fund to be replinshed
at regular intervals .The Govt has released a budget of Rs 50 Crore during current year for this Fund

7) A comprehensive Road Safety Audit conducted by the Transport Department along with officials of
Police, NHAI and Civil Engineering wings of the local engineering colleges revealed lot of
inadequacies in road engineering on the National Highways. Similar Road Safety Audit needs to be
 conducted on all the national and state highways (app. 20,000 kms) in the State by engaging a Audit
Consultant

8) Road Safety Enforcement needs to be improved with introduction of latest technology by way of
Speed Cameras, Speed Guns, Breath Analyzers, Interceptor Vehicle and Towing Cranes. Allocation of
funds for Road Safety Fund will help improve enforcement.

Projects of Transport Department:

1) Institute of Driver Training & Research A driving training institute is being constructed near Darsi,
Prakasam district under the Govt of India Scheme.
2) Automation of Driving test tracks at District head quarters
3) Automated Vehicle Inspection & Certification(I & C )Centre at Vishakhapatnam inplace of manual
verification

Computerisation in the department:

 Transport department in A.P. is one of the departments which had pioneered computerization of
transactions much before the Government of India took initiative through NIC to develop a Pan -
Indian software Vahan & Sarathi.
 The Transport department started CFST (Citizen Friendly Services of Transport department) in 2000
.
 In 2016, the department has taken initiative to make Citizen services online apart from doing
Business Process Re-Engineering in a big way.
 The department has launched a new cloud based online web application. Details are given below
o Online web Application enables the citizen to avail the RTA services through web application
from anywhere at any time. All 85 RTA services are made online

o Online Vechile registration was launched in 2016

o This online application facilitates integrations of databases of Adhar e- KYC, VAHAN, Payment
gateways (SBI MOPS, payU), SMS /e-mail gate way, CCTNS of police dept and
Financiers/Bodybuilders etc,.These are instrumental in achieving Zero touch points between
citizen and department

o Digital Payments of all taxes and fee is being facilitated through CFMS utilising e-payment
gateways-SBI MOPS, Pay-U

o Transport dept has also tied up with common service centers and e-seva centers to reach out to
citizens in remote places of state

YSR VAHANA MITHRA SCHEME

To provide financial assistance of Rs 10,000 per annum to self owned Auto/Taxi/cab drivers to meet expenses
towards insurance, fitness certificate etc

Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation

 Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation is the largest State Road Transport undertaking in
the country.

 The Corporation was started in 1958. The needs of transport have increased, forcing implementation
of nationalization and increase in fleet strength year after year to meet the needs of traveling public
  APSRTC has 4 Zones, 12 Regions and 128 Depots with a total fleet strength of 12027 buses and 53263
employees on rolls as on March, 2019.

 By virtue of the people friendly policies adopted and practiced by the Corporation ever since its
inception the Organization has become an in-separable part in the lives of the citizens of the State.

 Though Corporation has been adopting different strategies and cost control measures, the losses are
piling up due increase in HSD oil prices, personal cost and material cost and no fares are revised since
October-2015

 The corporation has realized RS 205 crores of commercial Revenue during the year 2019-20 and
incurred losses of 994 Crores

 Operations are streamlined in scientific manner to eliminate redundant opeartions

RTC Merger into Government

Fulfilling long pending demand, Govt merged RTC into State [Link] Government has setup new
public Transport Department

Product Achievements:
 The Corporation has introduced trend setting improvements in the quality of travel in rural urban and
ghat road passengers by providing newly designed coaches like Telugu Velugu, Ultra Telugu velugu
& Ultra Deluxe, Vennela AC Sleeper, Amaravati, Indra, ‚Saptagiri Express‛ etc

 Corporation has introduced sleeper cum seater services (Night rider) during the year 2018-19.

 JNNURM Buses were also introduced for urban passengers in major cities like Vijayawada,
Visakhapatnam and Tirupathi.

 The Corporation has introduced On-line ticket booking system for the convenience of passengers

Special Achievements:
APSRTC has bagged Ashok Leyland ‚India Bus‛ Awards for best employee welfare initiatives in APSRTC,
highest performance in Vehicle Productivity, ASRTU Award for highest KMPL in City Operations etc.

Airports and Non Metro Airports

 Civil aviation plays a major role for economic development of the State. Apart from serving as hub for
the air passengers, Airports are acknowledged as triggers of employment generation, tourism and
industrial development in the region. Ancillary sectors benefitting from airports include the
hospitality, tourism, road transportation services etc.

 In Air Transport, every US$ 100 expenditure produces benefits worth US$ 325 for the local economy
and every 100 additional jobs result in 610 new jobs created in the local economy (Source:
International Civil Aviation Organization).
Andhra Pradesh Civil Aviation Policy, 2015
 Government has brought out Andhra Pradesh Civil Aviation Policy, 2015.

 As per the said Policy the Government will encourage private participation in airport development,
regional/national airline operations and other aviation infrastructure through various initiatives which
include provision of fiscal incentives, facilitation of gap in financing through Viability Gap Funding
Scheme on a case to case basis.

 Government has decided to develop new green field airports in the State and also to upgrade existing
airstrips into low cost airports for better air connectivity and economic growth of the State.

 The State currently handles 1.7% of the total passenger traffic in India and stands at No.2 in terms of
number of operational airports in the country.

Andhra Pradesh Airports Development Corporation (APADCL)

 Andhra Pradesh Airports Development Corporation Limited (formerly Bhogapuram International

Airport Corporation Limited -BIACL) is a SPV formed under Companies Act 2013 and is 100% owned
by GoAP.

 APADCL is nodal agency for facilitation and improvement of airport infrastructure

 APADCL is the project proponent for developing the three Greenfield Airports at
o Bhogapuram (Vizianagaram District) near Visakhapatnam (PPP basis)
o Dagadarthi (Nellore District) (PPP basis)
o No-frills Airport at Orvakallu (Kurnool District).

 APADCIL in collobration with AP Tourism authority developing Waterdome at Prakasam

barrage,Vijayawda

 The Government of AP intends to develop ‚AIRPORT CITIES‛ in the state to create self sustained
avaiation infrastructure

Operational Airports
Currently there are 6 operational Airports in Andhra Pradesh which connect with major cities.
Domestic Airports:
 Rajahmundry,
 Kadapa,
 Puttaparthi (Pvt)
International Airports:
 Vishakhapatnam,
 Vijayawada and
 Tirupati.

Upgradation of existing Airports in Andhra Pradesh

Vijayawada Airport: Additional land has been provided to AAI for expansion of the existing airport. Airport
has been accorded International status as per the provisions of the AP Reorganization Act, 2014. Runway
for the airport is expanded to handle larger aircraft of code 4E such as Airbus A320 and Boeing B737. A new
passenger terminal building along with additional parking bays were constructed.
Tirupati Airport: The Airport has been granted International Airport status from Ministry of Civil Aviation
and has all the support functions for the operations in place. International flights yet to commence.
Rajahmundry Airport: The Airport has been upgraded to allow for night landing of aircraft. New parking
bays have been commissioned

Vizag Airport: The Airport is civil enclave belonging to Indian Navy and operated by AAI
New International cargo facility established to facilitate cargo movements. New parking bays have been
commissioned
Kadapa Airport:
The Airport has been selected as RCS airport under Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik UDAN
Under the scheme, 80% of the Viability Gap Funding (VGF) will be borne by GOI and the rest 20% VGF has to
be borne by the respective State Governments.
Night landing facilities are being implemented in Kadapa airport, slated to be completed It is proposed to
develop an Aerospace and Defense related museum in Kadapa on the similar lines to the existing museum
at Palam Airport at New Delhi.

Sea Ports
 Andhra Pradesh has 974 KMs long coast line with a major Port at Visakhapatnam under Government
of India control and 14 notified ports under State Government. Of which 5 are functional ports. Non-
Major Port at Ramayapatnam is under consideration by Government as notified Port.

 A.P. State Reorganization Act is proposed to Developed a Major Port at Dugarajapatnam, Nellore

Non-Major Ports in operation

o Kakinada Anchorage Port and Kakinada Deep Water Port
o Gangavaram Port near Visakhapatnam(PPP Mode)-Green field Deep water port
o Krishnapatnam Port near Nellore (PPP Mode)
o Rawa Port in East Godavari District -It facilitates to transport Crude Oil from Yanam to Chennai /
Visakapatnam / Haldia by Sea

Other Non- Major Ports under Development

o Machilipatnam Port –PPP Model
o Bhavanapadu Port Srikakulam district
o Kakinada SEZ Port - To facilitate transportation of refinery products and to handle all special
Economic Zone Cargo.
o Ramayapatnam, Prakasam District- The Government established an umbrella organization called
‚Andhra Pradesh Maritime Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (APMIDCL)‛ for
establishment of Ramayapatnam Port and development of other allied Maritime Infrastructure in
the State.
Other Ports
o Narsapur Port - There is no commercial activity in the Port asNo Port land is available at the Port.
o Meghavaram Port (Captive Port) Srikakulam District-Used for imports of Coal, fly ash for the
Thermal plants
o Nakkapalli Port (Captive Port) in Visakhapatnam District- Used for Export of Alumina.
o Proposed to develop Nizampatnam(Guntur) and Vodarevu( Prakasam )Ports [ PPP Mode-BOOT]
Tourism
 Tourism in India has grown by leaps and bounds over the years, with each region of India
contributing something to its splendor and exuberance.

 The ‘Incredible India’ campaign which showcases the best that India has to offer to tourists, now
commands worldwide attention.

 Andhra Pradesh has the distinction of being a leading tourism destination in India and is presently,
the third most visited State in terms of domestic tourism

 The Govt of AP has accorded priority to Tourism and has recognised its potential as growth engine
that can aid overall economic development .

 In order to develop the Andhra Pradesh as one of the most preferred tourist destinations for both
international and domestic tourists, the Govt. adopted mission based approach and prepared AP
Tourism Policy. Under this policy all steps will be taken to nurture and sustain the rich culture,
heritage and environment of the state.

AP Tourism Authority(APTA)
 APTA is emphasizing the promotion of tourism with a view to harness its multiplier effect on
 Employment
 Economic growth in environmentally sustainable manner
 Poverty allevation

 For first time ,incentives such as investment subsidy ,sales tax, road tax concessions are proposed

 Adopted Hub and Spoke model for comprehensive development of tourism .

 The State is divide into 5 Tourism hubs for concentrated growth in tourism sector
o Visakapatnam Hub

o Rajahmundry hub

o Amravathi Hub

o Tirupati Hub

o Anantapuram Hub

 Also development of tourism circuits with following themes

o Buddhism Tourism Circuit

o Temple Tourism Circuit

o Rural Tourism Circuit

 o Coastal Tourism Circuit

o Araku Eco Tourism Circuit

AP Tourism Development Corporation(APTDC)

 The AP Tourism Development Corporation is fully owned A. P. Government undertaking providing
services to the tourists visiting
 To develop Andhra Pradesh as a major Tourist destination in India the APTDC requires extensive
support from the Govt. to expand its activities and also to create innovative tourism products

Operations of APTDC
APTDC operates a chain of Hotels/Resorts and Restaurants at various destinations of the State to provide
hassle free facilities to the tourists visiting the State.

Tours.
APTDC has established Transport Units at Visakhapatnam & Tirupathi, introduced Tourist Coaches and
operating local and interstate tour packages from both destinations.

Water Fleet:
APTDC established a biggest water fleet and operates river Cruises, speed boats, house boats, ferries etc.

Sound & Light /Laser Shows created at Chandragiri, Belum Caves, Ettipotala, Borra Caves etc.

Rope way at Srisailam.

The Corporation has recently ventured into new tourism related fields like heritage ,Pilgrimage ,Eco-Tourism
Bhavani Island Tourism Development Corporation(BITDC)
 Bhavani Island is large river island near Vijayawada in Krishna river
 The Island is unique gift of nature and is most appropriate to be developed as major tourist
destination
 Accordinlgy SPV BITDC formed

Information Technology and Communications

 The Government firmly believes that technology sector forms the backbone of the economy, and will
continue to provide the thrust required to generate large investments and employment while also
ensuring the delivery of citizen centric ‚good governance‛.

 The Government is committed for making the state as a suitable destination for IT Services, Electronic
Manufacturing /Assembling. To achieve this, Government has formed three societies’ viz.
o Electronic & IT agency
o e-Government authority(e-pragathi)
o Innovation society.

 The State has set itself a vision to deliver ‚good governance‛, and to ensure more transparent and
effective delivery of services to citizens, the ITE&C Dept. created
  Good Governance, motivational and career orientation program called ‚Yuva Prasthanam‛ for
younger generations

Infrastructure
 International Institue of Digital Technologies(IIDT),Tirupati, a world class institute on digital
technologies has been made operational

 The Govt has initiated development of infrastructure like Industrial parks(Concept Cities) in
Visakapatnam, Anantapur and Chitoor districts to attract global players under IT and ESDM sector

Andhra Pradesh Information Technology Academy(APITA )

 Andhra Pradesh Information Technology Academy (APITA) has been established with an objective
 To support capacity building initiatives of IT&C dept

 Offer courses in IT, Electronics and communications in collaboration with industry

 Bridging the rural urban divide in producing readily employable graduates

 Offer consultancy in capacity building programmes

 Collaborate with Industry, Educational and Research Institutions for the promotion and
development of e-governance

 To create a set of policies relating to promotion of Electronics and Information Technology.

 The academic activities of the Society have been planned to run in the name of ‚Amaravati
Knowledge Centers.

e-Pragati Authority
 e-Pragati Authority is responsible for digital transformation of services by adopting Government
Process Re-engineering (GPR) Standards from across the globe resulting in reduction in operational
expenses, ease of business, and instance delivery of services.

 As a part of mandate, e-Pragati Authority has established e-Pragati Academy which conducts Digital
Transformation programs for Senior Officers to sensitize them with various advantages of Digital
Transformation
Initiatives
1. My App portal-This portal is single point access for all e-services provide by government to the
citizens, businesses and government for sustained development

2. Certificate Less Governance System(CLGS)-It is built for designing, developing and creating various
digital certificates for all government departments It comes with QR code mechanism to verify
authenticity of issued documents. CLGS framework also provides Digi locker to store, retrieve and
share citizen documents

3. License Management System(LMS)- It is portal that manages the entire ecosystem of Liceneses
through their life cycle
 4. App Store -It is portal that manages the entire ecosystem of Applications through their life cycle

5. Core dashboard for uniform data collection to avoid noise and irregularities from the datasets. It
shows clear and effective view of particular department /scheme in near real time.

6. e-Highway- It allows hosting and sharing of the interdepartmental data through secured and
authorized channel with concerned stakeholders. It ensures the authenticity and accuracy of the data

7. Data Analytics- For interpretation and development of insightful reports from data. To prepare
specific customizable reports for execution staff and periodic report for citizen to monitor the progress
of government work

8. Localization -e-pragathi pledged to make every single ICT content available in AP government to
deliver in dual(Telugu and English)

AP Innovation Society

 The government envisages to develop AP as a destination for innovation of global repute and with
focus to enhance the quality of life of its citizens through high quality education and health care,
increased productivity in agricultural and allied activities, creation of employment by promoting
innovative products and above all Good Governance.

 The State envisages to transform itself into Innovation driven society

Initiatives
 Organisation of Investor Summit under name ARISE

AP State Wide Area Network (APSWAN)

 For reliable and efficient communications, Govt has been implementing APSWAN connecting the
State head quarter to all District Head Quarters with corresponding Mandal Head Quarters.

 GoAP proposed to upgrade existing APSWAN to AP software defined network (APSDWAN)

 Video Conference Facility at all District Head Quarters and Mandal Head Quarters.

 AP Secretariat Campus Area Network(APSCAN)- It is state of art technology project of [Link] is one
of the large campus area network,which connect more than 5000 nodes on network of data

AP State Data Center(APSDC)

Ap state Data Center was built under NeGP Scheme to cater for IT needs of all depts of State Government .

E-Procurement
 It generated considerable benefits and offers lessons to other countires interested in public
procurement reform

 The key objectives of this innovation are

 o Transparency in tender procurement
o Accountability and responsiveness on part of public sector
o Cost and time Savings
o Standardization of procurement process
o Demand aggregation
 This implementation has set national trend for e-procurement in India

E-Auction System
The State has been implementing konugolu portal for providing e-auction services to all Govt depts.

E-Governance
It is a tool to provide integrated services to its citizens through free flow of information and to usher in an era
of Good Governance

Mee-Seva
 Mee-Seva – a good governance initiative that facilitates a single portal for the entire range of G2C
and G2B services through more than 10,543 kiosks. It is aimed towards improved efficiency,
transparency, and accountability for the government.

 The target is to ensure that Mee-Seva becomes the entry and exit point for the citizen to approach the
government for any service.

 It delivers more than 20 crore transactions every year s making it the country’s biggest one stop e-
governance shop

 Besides this, project also delivers a big range of B2C services like Bill Payments etc

 Mee-Seva centers are now also providing Business Correspondent Services for various banks and
achieving financial inclusion for the citizens. This is significant because of the large scale Aadhaar
based DBT roll out in the country

 Aadhar enrolment centres: The Government have initiated for setting up of Permanent Enrolment
Centre’s (PEC) in Mee Seva centers at each Mandal headquarters across the state.

Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyaan (PMGDISHA)

 Digital literacy is a key component of the Government of India’s vision of building an empowered
society as envisaged under ‚Digital India‛ initiative

 ‚Digital Literacy is the ability of individuals and communities to understand and use digital
technologies for meaningful actions within life situations.‛

 Spinoff effects of digital literacy would address a number of socio-economic issues.

 ‘Digital Literacy’ would bring the benefits of ICT to daily lives in the major thrust areas of Healthcare,
Livelihood generation and Education.

PMGDISHA in Urban Areas of Andhra Pradesh:

  The State Designated Agency Meeseva has taken an initiative to extend the Digital Literacy program
to Urban Areas for making the Urban Citizens as Digital Literates by converting the Urban Meeseva –
CSCs as the PMGDISHA Training Centers.

 Priority would be given to Non-Smartphone users, college drop-outs, participants of the adult literacy
mission, digitally illiterate school students provided facility of Computer/ICT Training is not available
in their schools.

Digital Gram Pratinidhi(DGP):

 Digital Gram Pratinidhi, is an advanced and next generation technological solution, where the core
services which earns income to government are taken to door steps of service consumers

 The objectives are to establish the rural connectivity of all G2C, B2C services through the DGP and to
carry out all mee-seva services at door steps of consumer in rural areas

 Provide employment opportunity in the form of Digital Gram Pratinidhi who takes the services to
consumers.
 Services Offered through DGP are for utility Services (Electricity, Traffic Challans, other bills,etc),
Certificate Services(G2C), Government Schemes, Health and Agricultural are under Pipeline.

AP TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LIMITED(APTS)

 APTS is nodal agency for implementation of AP Cyber Security Policy

 It envisages systematic and coordinated effort in securing the

o critical govt infrastructure
o Capacity building
o Forensics and Promotions

SAPNET

 The Govt of AP as part of its objective to harness the potential established a satellite based
communication network to be utilised in
o Distance Education
o Tele Medicine
o Agriculture Extension
o E governance
 SAPNET is operating two electronic visual media channels MANA TV,AP Prime TV
 Govt development activities and programs have been live telecasted through MANA TV
 Recruitment of District level SAPNET officials for creating of awareness on Government schemes to
the general public and capturing success stories of beneficiaries of YSR Raitu Bharosa, YSR Pensions,
YSR Asara, Amma vadi etc

AP Space Application Center

APSAC is an autonomous scientific organization under ITE & C Department registered under AP societies
Registration Act, 2001 and is a nodal agency for remote sensing, GIS and GPS applications in Andhra
Pradesh.
APSAC implemented certain projects with line departments some of these projects are listed below
1) Forecasting Agriculture output using Space, Agro- Meteorology and Land-based: (FASAL)
  The main objective is the pre-harvest forecast of acreage and production of major crops at
State/district level in both Kharif and Rabi seasons
 It helps the State for policy making and advance estimate of various agricultural commodities
which significantly contributes to production.

2) Space Technology utilization for Food Security,Agriculture Assessment and Monitoring

Programmes(SUFLAM)
The SFULAM project is coordinated by Space Application Center(SAC),Ahmedabad and carried out
by APSAC

3) Soil Fertility Mapping at Village Level in aspirational districts of AP

4) Agricultural Drought Monitoring

5) Evaluation of IWMP/PMKSY Batch-2 Watersheds-The main objective is to evaluate the impact of
watershed programmes implemented in the watershed based on the Remote Sensing and GIS
techniques

6) Andhra Pradesh Mineral Administration System

This project has been sponsored by Dept of Mines &Geology with the objectivesof
o Real time vehicle tracking monitoring system
o Mining leases information system
o Use of modern tools/technologies to enable field officers to establish better control on mining
activities and its transportation
o Preparation of District -wise Mining Information Reports for Andhra Pradesh

7) Urban green cover mapping in 16 ULBs

8) Identification of Potential Sites for Aquaculture Development in Coastal District using Remote
Sensing and GIS techniques.
9) Space based Information Support for Decentralised planning at Panchayathi Level

10) Site Suitability Sites for Establishment Electronics &IT hubs in AP

APSAC inputs to ‘NAVARATHNAALU’

A.P. Space Applications Centre (APSAC), as a nodal agency for Geo-spatial activities, provides possible
inputs to ‘NAVARATHNAALU’
 To identify new bore well locations in potential groundwater prospect zones. Site suitability of free
Bore wells by geophysical surveys in ground water prospect zones

 Geo tagging of the existing cold storage and food processing locations and finding the gap areas
under YSR Rythu Bharosa
 Geo-tagging of liquor shops, Zonation of Liquor shop near School, Religious structure and
Highways. Prioritize the places for stage wise ban of liquor

 Geo tagging all the existing educational institutions (Primary/ Secondary/ Higher/ Technical) and
Geo tagged to all the Govt. hostel list of eligible students for fee reimbursement.

 To create a GIS database at a single source for planning and effective implementation of YSR
Arogyasri for free of cost for people living below the poverty line.
 To map a list of mothers of school going children of below poverty line to encourage their studies
under Amma Vodi

 To map a Population of BC, SC, ST Women above 45 years, to map a location of Govt. and Pvt. Banks
and to map BC, SC, ST Corporation office locations under YSR Asara

 YSR Housing for Poor: To map existing slums in urban areas, to map wastelands/ vacant lands and
identify suitable lands for construction of pucca houses to provide these inputs to Housing
department.
Chapter 8-SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
Demographic profile of Andhra Pradesh

 Building effective social infrastructure is imperative for substancial progress in human development .

 Efforts are being made at the National and State levels to bring in improvement in social sector
parameters like education, healthcare, nutrition, water supply, housing, social security and others that
results in a healthy ambience and happy living.

 For addressing the needs and priorities of the poor, disadvantaged and vulnerable groups there
should be holistic strategy that is aligned with the government's overall development agenda taking
into consideration the human development approach and the emerging priorities with respect to
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

 The state with 67.35% literacy and with 60% female literacy is below the National average literacy
level . Quality education through improved learning outcomes is the need of the hour.

 In terms of health parameters, Andhra Pradesh despite showing decent economic progress, lags
behind its southern counterparts. Reduction of IMR and MMR remain critical. Efforts are to be taken
to compete with advanced states.

 Issues relating to drinking water and sanitation are to be addressed on priority.

 Inclusive growth is to be achieved through implementation of schemes and sub plans.

 Andhra Pradesh is committed to harness the strength of the Self- Help Groups and to generate
employment, create awareness, improve water-use efficiency and inculcate cleanliness among citizens.

School Education

 Directive principle of state policy underlines the need to provide free and compulsory education for
all children in the age group 6 to 14 years. Also as per Article 21A Education has become a
fundamental right. So Universalization of Elementary Education done accordingly

 The Government is committed to achieve 100% literacy by 2020 and several schemes have been
initiated for bringing out both quantitative and qualitative improvement.

 The government provides schooling facility to school aged population of 72.74 lakh children(Aadhaar
linked enrolment)

Universal Access in School Education

The norms for establishing schooling facilities laid down to achieve universal access in school education are:
 Primary level schools should be within 1 km. walkable distance;
 Elementary level schools should be within 3 kms. walkable distance
 Secondary level schools should be within a radius of5kms. walkable distance
On these parameters, Andhra Pradesh has achieved 99%access at elementary level and 91.5% at secondary
level.

Enrolment

 Steps are being taken up for ensuring 100% access in Education.

 Strengthening existing schools, introducing of English Medium Education from 2020-21,
 Implementing the Jagananna Ammavodi, Student Kit, Naadu - Nedu and other types of educational
facilities in small and un-served habitations are some of the strategies implemented for
Universalization of Elementary Education

Dropouts

 It has been observed that there is a problem of retention of enrolled children

 During 2019-20, the Annual Average Dropout Rates are (i) 0% at I-V classes (Primary
Level), (ii)0%at I-VIII (Elementary Level) and (iii) 3.82% at I-X (Secondary Level).

 Necessary measures have been taken to retain children into schools i.e.,
o Jagananna Amma Vodi,
o Supply of Quality Mid-Day Meal with new Menu,
o Nadu-Nedu,
o Student Kit,
o Introducing of English Medium Education in Government Schools etc.

Teachers and Teacher Pupil Ratio

 A teacher is a person who helps to acquire knowledge, competence or virtue, skills, attitudes and
values among children at all stages of Education.

 It is essential to maintain an optimum teacher-pupil ratio to achieve the goal of universal enrolment,
retention and improve the Education of children.

 Sustained efforts are being made by the Government for massive recruitment of teachers ,
Rationalized deployment of teachers to maintain a reasonable Teacher-Pupil Ratio.

 Teacher-Pupil Ratio are as follows

o Primary-26(One Teacher for 26 Children)
o Upper Primary-22 (One Teacher for 22 Children)
o High school-25(One Teacher for 25 Children)

E-HAZAR

 The e-Hazar Project (Aadhaar enabled Bio-Metric Attendance System (AEBAS)) is being
implemented in a phased manner in all High Schools, Upper Primary Schools, Teacher Training
Institutes.
 The biometric attendance of students and teachers is captured real time with Aadhaar authentication
and is monitored through Dashboards provided in CORE dashboard to curb allegations of misuse of
funds allocated for mid-day meal and allegations of false entries in account books

 The challenges in the system are

  biometrics of 9.7 lakh students are not mapped with Aadhaar,
 nearly 5% schools are located in weak network areas and facing difficulty to ensure Aadhaar
authentication. Hence, offline student attendance is being taken up with onetime Aadhaar
Authentication.

 With UIDAI support, third party is being engaged for mapping biometrics. Different products other
than fingerprint and iris will be tried and tested to further improve efficiency of attendance

Mid-day Meal Scheme

 Mid-Day Meal scheme is implemented in the state for the children of classes I to X and extended to
Special Training Centres (NCLP) and Model Schools are also being covered from2013–14.

 The objective of the scheme is to

 Avoid classroom hunger,

 Increase school enrolment,school attendance,

 Reduce gender gap,

 Fostering social equality,

 Address malnutrition,

 Promoting Women empowerment.

 Under this programme, 36.88 lakh children are covered in the state during 2019-20,

Monitoring of Mid-Day Meal:

Daily attendance and meals served are captured and uploaded through SMS and Mobile Application which
are linked to CM core dash board and also to GoI portal i.e. Automated Monitoring System.

Progress under Mid-DayMeal

 In addition to revision of menu, the Government providing Peanut-Jaggery Chikki as additional

nutritious food for three days per week .

 The State Government have enhanced the monthly honorarium of cook cum helpers working from
Rs.1000/-to Rs.3000/- per month.

 To streamline the supply of eggs, tendering system has been decentralized up to divisional level and
procurement shall be in reverse tendering process.

Jagananna Ammavodi

 The Government of AP has launched a unique and innovative scheme ‚Jagananna Ammavodi ‚ as a
part of NAVARATNALU to ensure that poverty of the parents does not come in the way of educating
their children
  Under which financial assistance of Rs.15,000/- per annum is being released to each
mother/recognized guardian of BPL families who are sending their children to schools or colleges
from Class I to XII in all recognised Government, Private Aided and Private Unaided schools or
Junior Colleges including Residential schools or Colleges from Academic year 2019-20.

 Social audit of the data will be carried out

Introduction of English Medium – A game changing transformation

 Bharat Ratna Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar compared English to the milk of the lioness, and said that
those who drink it become strong. Time has proved his words prophetic as knowing English has
become vital today.

 English has become a global language. It is a livelihoods language. It is the language of computers,
language of business across the world, language of science and technology, top language of the
internet and the language that the globe speaks. To equip our students for 21st century, proficiency in
English is essential.

 As the study by the University of Oxford reveals that the ability to pick up new languages go down
drastically with age, so early introduction of English language helps to build a better capacity to
handle the language.

 Since government had not addressed this issue in the past, the private sector had started exploiting the
parental aspirations and the state had to witness an unprecedented mushrooming of private
institutions in the state.

 In order to ensure a level playing ground and to provide quality English medium education at free of
cost in the state, Government have issued orders for converting all classes from I to VI from the
academic year 2020-21 and gradually increase each further class from the next consequent academic
years.

Curricular reforms
  English as a medium of instruction has to go hand in hand with curricular reforms since curriculum is
a runway for attaining goals of education. Accordingly,Govt. of Andhra Pradesh has decided to
change the curriculum in all subjects for Classes 1 to 6 during the academic year 2020-21.

 Curriculum is being redesigned in tune with the best practices across the globe .To achieve this,
government has set up two committees' i.e. Curriculum Development Committee and Curriculum
Advisory Committee

Teacher trainings

 Online assessment of the current English proficiency levels of the teachers was done .Accordingly
intensive and extensive trainings to the teachers have been planned to be taken up in 3 phases, i.e
training to Key Resource Group, State Resource Group and District Resource Group.

 Training are provided through schools where virtual and digital class rooms are available.

 Specially designed Self Learning App teachers to ensure training of teachers at their own place, also
ensured constant monitoring and assessment of teachers

 During Covid 19 lockdown a series of trainings with live online interactive webinars are being
conducting to enrich and equip the school teachers knowledge on updated key teaching & learning
aspects.

 Knowledge of renowned eminent and expert resource persons from across the country have been
utilized for the said purpose.

 The Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Restructuring and Reorganization of Teacher Education was
initiated in 1987 pursuant to the formulation of the National Policy on Education (NPE, 1986).

 It emphasized the significance and need for a decentralized system for the professional preparation of
teachers and it was in this context,
 the District Institutes of Teacher Education (DIETs),
 Colleges of Teacher Education (CTEs), and
 Institutes of Advanced Studies in Education (IASEs)were established.

Bridge Courses

 In order to equip the children for a smooth transition from Telugu medium to English medium, a
series of bridge courses are planned.
 The children going to join the schools at Class I, II and III during next academic year will be imparted
a week school readiness and bridge course before taking up regular academic work.

English labs

 In order to enable both the teachers and students to pick up proficiency at a faster rate and also to
enable them to fall back upon for further support and reference, English labs are being planned.

 Under Nadu-Nedu, one dedicated room in each school is being developed to locate the English
language labs.
Telugu as compulsory subject :

 The Government is also aware of the need to protect and promote the interests of Telugu language
and hence committed to implement the policy of teaching Telugu as a compulsory subject in all
management schools, both government and private, in the State.
 An IAS officer of the rank of Joint Secretary is appointed as Special Officer to oversee the entire
project.

Mana Badi:Naadu-Nedu

 The Govt of AP desires to improve enrolment rate,learning outcomes and decrease dropout rate in all
schools by taking up various measerues including upgradation of School Infrastructure

 The Govt has planned to strengthen the infrastructure and transform the existing infrastructure of the
schools in a mission mode and in a phased manner over a period of three years from 2019-20 to reach
national standards by involving parents who are key stakeholders

 The priority of facilities to be taken up under Mana Badi Naadu-Nedu(9 Components) are

o Providing toilets with running water,

o Electrification with fans and tube lights,

o Drinking water supply,

o Furniture for students and staff,

o Painting to school

o Major and minor repairs,

o Greenchalk boards,

o English labs and

o Compound walls

 The project shall cover all schools (around 44,500) run by School Education Dept,Panchayat Raj and
Rural Development Dept,Municipal Admin Dept,Social Welfare Dept,BC welfare Dept,Tribal Welfare
Dept,Juvenile Welfare Dept and Fisheries Dept

 The program will be implemented through a software called School Transformation Monitoring
Software (STMS) developed by TCS.

 The Government has allocated an amount of Rs.300 Crores in 2019- 2020 for this scheme

District Institute of Education and Training

 In Andhra Pradesh, 13 Teacher Training institutes have been upgraded into District Institute of
Education and Training (DIET)
  Under capacity building component, orientation classes to teacher educators were conducted in both
govt. and private colleges

 Virtual Classrooms have been started in 4 DIETs.

 In-service teacher trainings were conducted based on the components found out from the needs
identification survey.

 The trainings were conducted mainly for quality improvement in content, process of teaching
learning, re-orientation and strengthening of teachers' professionalism.

Critical interventions for happiness and emotional wellbeing

 Ananda Lahari Abhyasana (ALA) programme is being implemented in primary schools in A.P. by
adapting Multi Grade and Multi Level (MGML) pedagogy associated with technology and good
activity – oriented learning infrastructure in collaboration with RishiValleyandTIDE learning
solutions.

 For the socialand emotional wellbeing of the students and to attain true happiness with good
behaviour, Ananda Vedika (Happiness Curriculum) Programme i s being implemented in 45000
schools in A.P in collobration with Several NGOs
Everyday, Andhra Vedika programme will be conducted for 30 minutes in each school before the
instructional hours begin.

 ‚Prerana‛ programme has been implemented in Paderu Division in Visakhapatnam in collaboration

with Shikshana foundation and Vibha Solutions

InnovativeProgrammes and Schemes

Digital and Virtual Class Rooms

 With an objective to improve the teaching-learning experience in the classroom and enhance student
engagement in the classroom, the Digital Class Room (DCR) Project is being implemented in
Government managed schools in Andhra Pradesh State.
 DCR equipment is provided to 5000 schools.
 Digital classrooms are also established by refurbishing the old systems from previous projects and are
brought into use.
 Virtual Class Room is an initiative focused on 4000 high schools including 500 municipal schools of
the state

Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan(SSA)

 The Union Budget, 2018-19 has proposed this scheme

 The Integrated Scheme on School Education (Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan) envisages the 'school' as a
continuum from pre-school, primary, upper primary, secondary to Senior Secondary levels. That is to
treat school education holistically without segmentation from pre nursery to Class 12
  The vision of the Scheme is to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education from pre-school to
senior secondary stage in accordance with the SDG for education.

 It subsumes the three schemes of

 Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA),
 Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) and
 Teacher Education (TE).

 Funding ratio-60:40

Objectives:
The major objectives of the scheme are provision of
 Quality education and

 Enhancing learning outcomes of students;

 Bridging social and gender gaps in school education;

 Ensuring equity and inclusion at all levels of school education;

 Ensuring minimum standards in schooling provisions and

 Promoting vocationalisation of education;

 To provide building and infrastructure facility and other amenities

 To provide free education to all children up to the age of 14 years as stipulated in RTE act 2009.

Quality Initiatives

Language Festivals:
SIEMAT has conducted the Language Festivals for primary and upper primary students at mandal level
to create learning interest in Indian languages like English, Sanskrit, Hindi, Urdu, Tribal, Kannada, Tamil,
Oriya and Telugu languages

Mother Tongue based Multi Lingual Education in Tribal areas

The APSSA has initiated this project from this academic year for classes 1st, 2nd & 3rd of all subjects in the
needy tribal languages of Savara in Srikakulam & Vizianagaram, Konda, Kuvi & Adivasi Oriya in
Visakhapatnam, Koya in East Godavari &West Godavari, Sugali/ Lambada in Kurnool,Ananthapuram,
Prakasam & Guntur.

Libraries
Strengthening of Libraries :
As per the Samagra Shiksha library guidelines, the state has constituted state level committee to procure
library books. Tthe state has given work orders to the NBT, Publication division, CILL, and NCERT to supply
the books to all the elementary schools and all secondary and [Link] Schools

Rastriya Aviskar Abhiyan (RAA)

The programme is being implemented in schools for developing scientific temper among students

Learning Enhancement Programme (LEP) Remedial Teaching

  The LEP which consists of 5 components.

 Samagra shiksha has been distributing remediation material and also providing learning enhancement
activities like Gnana Dhara activities for slowlearners.

 SCERT is extended support for preparation and conduct of summative test items and exams.

 Also conducted Post NAS activities based on the NAS findings to those studying class I to VIII and
comprehensive learning enhancement programme on English.

School Partnership Programme : (Twinning of Schools) :

 The PAB has approved to implement twinning programme in Primary and Upper Primary schools
with the budget of Rs. 113.78 lakhs.

 The purpose is to link schools located in rural/Tribal areas with Private, Aided or Government Schools
in urban or semi-urban areas for interaction and exchange of experiences between teacher and
Students.

Ganitha Mitra programme (I to V Class):

Ananda Lahari Abhyasana (ALA) (1 to 5th Class):

School Improvement Programme:

Preparation of TLM manual- for enhancing the learning outcomes among students

Holistic Curriculum: The objective of the programme is to build children as‚Happy, fulfilled resilient and
responsible students who are future ready‛.

Rupanthar :

 Sri. Aurobindo Society with has taken an initiative to start a pan India program, called ZIIEI (Zero
investment innovation for education initiatives)
 To transform education with a goal to create an ecosystem of education stakeholders by conducting
one day training programme for teachers in phased manner to meet the objectives of RTE, Beti Bachao
- Beti Padhao, Swasth Bharat, SwachhaBharatandDigital India

Out of school children:

 The children identified were directly admitted into KGBVs, residential schools and other government
schools as per their age appropriate classes;
 Some children were identified for special training under Madarsas.
 100 children are identified for special training in Vedapathasala in Visakhapatnam district.

Urban Residential Hostels and Schools :

  14existing Urban Residential Hostels(URHs) were approved with an additional intake capacity of 50
per hostel.
 Children of various deprived categories such as orphans, semiorphans, CWAP, beggars, street
children, rag pickers, children of broken families, children of HIV effected, children of sex workers
have been provided hostel facility.

 One new URH for ‚Budaga Jangalu‛ a nomadic group has been approved by the MHRD

 One new URS was sanctioned for specific tribe namely ‚Challa Yanadi‛ for Nellore district where
high dropout rate and lowliteracywere recorded

Minority Education

Up gradation of Urdu Primary Schools and Madarsa schools:

 There are1062 Urdu primary schools, 330 Urdu upper primary schools and 109 Urdu high schools in
the state.
 In the state, 210 Madarsas are functioning

 The formal education along with spiritual education is given in these Madarsas.

 The AP Samagra Shiksha is giving support to the Madarsa and Maktab to give formal education and
quality in teaching by providing three Vidya Volunteers to teach the formal subjects i.e., English,
Mathematics and Environmental Sciences under modernization of Madarsas.

 Every year, the MHRD is releasing the funds to Madarsas under OSC intervention.

 As per theGovt. of India recommendations, the APSSA has constituted a Draft Committee under the
Chairmanship of Prof. Mohd Akhtar Siddiqui, Former NCTE Chairman for establishing Madarsa
Board in AndhraPradesh.

Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya

 Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) scheme is launched in August 2005, for setting up
residential schools at upper primary level for girls belonging predominantly to the SC, ST, OBC and
minority communities.

 The scheme is being implemented in Educationally Backward Blocks (EBBs) of the country where
 The female rural literacy is below the national average and
 Gender gap in literacy is above the national average and
 For minorities in the towns/cities having minority concentration

 The scheme provides for a minimum reservation of 75% of the seats for girls belonging to SC, ST,
OBC & minorities and priority for the remaining 25% is accorded to girls from families below poverty
line.
 352 KGBVs are functioning in the 13 districts of the state,Some of them were upgraded to
intermediate level with all the residential facilities

 To provide nutritional food to the girl child, the diet chargeswere enhanced fromRs.1000/- to Rs.1400/-
per inmate in 2019-20 and toiletry kits are providing with a cost of Rs.125/- per each girl and Rs. 35/-
towards sanitary napkins to the adolescent girls in KGBVs.
Equity

 Each school to organize the self defense training of girls in the schools to equip them with self-skills,
 Student Motivation programmes are organized in the areas of gender awareness, menstrual health
and hygiene, child marriages, child abuse, nutrition, child trafficking, career guidance etc

Secondary Education – key schemes

 The important sub schemes of the Samagra Shiksha programme under secondary education include

o Vocational Education is implemented in schools to enhance the employability of persons in

classes 9th to 12th (youth) and to maintain their competitiveness through provisions of multi-
entry - multi-exit learning opportunities

o Establishment of girls hostels in Educationally Backward Blocks (EBBs) and

o ICT initiatives.

 Quality improvement is one of the main thrust areas of RMSA as it is committed to universalize
quality education at secondary and higher secondary stages

 To facilitate the quality education, a delightful learning environment is one of the factors.

State Councils for Educational Research and Training (SCERT)

 State Institutes of Education (SIEs) were established in mid-60s for qualitative improvement of
elementary education in an Equitable and inclusive manner.

 The institute operates under the Department of School Education of the State.
 To provide academic support to the school education in areas of growing importance like science
education, educational technology, English language teaching, etc. and specific areas of concern like
examination reform, evaluation, educational and vocational guidance, etc.
 Major roles and core functions of the SCERT include:
 Appointment of Academic Authority u/s 29 of the RTE Act,
 to undertake policy research and to advise state governments on policy formulations
relating to school education and elementary teacher education, curriculum and material
development and training and relatedactivities
 developing learning outcomes
 Responsible for setting up and updating the benchmarks for quality educational outcomes

SCERT for Inter- Disciplinary Coordination

Should act as the nodal agency in the state and establish proper coordination and collaboration with various
statutory bodies like Board of Textbooks, Board of Secondary Education and Boardof Elementary Education.

Institutes of Advanced Studies in Education (IASE)&College of Teacher Education (CTE):

 With a view to improve the quality of Teacher Education and provide effective teacher support
services, the GoI has initiated several reforms in Teacher Education since VIII Five-Year Plan.
  One of the major interventions in this regard is up-gradation of Secondary Teacher Education
Institutions i.e. [Link]. Colleges into Colleges of Teacher Educations (CTEs) and Institutes of Advance
Studies inEducation (IASEs).

 The functions of CTE and IASEs are pre-service training, in-service training, monitoring and
networking, convergence, research etc.

Collegiate Education

 Higher Education sector focuses on providing quality education to transform the state into a
knowledge hub.
 Access to meaningful learning and particularly to students hailing from marginalized sections of the
society is the mission statement.

Employability Enhancement – Jawaharlal Knowledge Centres (JKCs)

 Training is quinte essential in unleashing human potential.

 Jawahar Knowledge Centre (JKCs) extend placement support to final year degree students and also
passed oriental out students by inviting companies like Infosys, Wipro, Tech Mahindra,
Genpact, ICICI, etc., for conducting campus drives at colleges.

 Andhra Pradesh State Skill Development Centre (APSSDC) established 50 training centres in
government degree colleges and provided laptops and tabs as part of employable skill enhancement.

 Both JKC and APSSDC conduct mega Job Fairs for the final year students of the Government degree
colleges.

Rastriya Uchchitar Siksha Abhiyan(RUSA)

 Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS), providing
funding to eligible state higher educational institutions.

 The funding to states would be made based on critical appraisal of state higher education plans, to
address issues of equity, quality,access and excellence in higher education .

 Fund Allocation-60:40

 Under RUSA Phase - II (Plan period 2018-20 & beyond) scheme, the following works have been taken
up:
 Construction of new Model degree colleges in two places viz., Araku (W) of Viskhapatnam
district and Pendlimarri of Kadapa district @Rs.12 Crores each.

 Upgradation of existing Degree Colleges to Model Degree Colleges in three places

@Rs.4Crores each.

 Infrastructure grants to 35 Degree colleges in the state@Rs.2Crores

 Enhancing quality and excellence in 6 autonomous institution @ Rs 5 Crores each

Quality enhancement, Capacity Building for Faculty

  The Collegiate Education department mandated all colleges to get accredited by the NAAC.

 The department extends necessary support to colleges in the process of accreditation such as training
to Internal Quality Assurance Cell(IQAC) in the preparation of Self Study Report (SSR) to NAAC.

 To improve communication skills, 72 EnglishLanguage Labs (ELL) were established in government

degree colleges.

 Autonomous Colleges have the flexibility to frame their curriculum & devise methods of evaluation
in consultation with affiliating universities.

NIRF Ranking

 During 2018-19, 4 colleges viz.,

 Andhra Loyola College (A), Vijayawada-Rank 35,
 Silver Jubilee Govt. College (A), Kurnool-Rank 66,
 Dr.V S Krishna College (A) , Visakhapatnam-Rank 111 and
 SRR & CVR Govt. College (A), Vijayawada- Rank (151-200 Band)

 For making colleges into Centres of Excellence a new scheme was proposed under NIRF Scheme and
about Rs.40.62 crores were sanctioned.

Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Pratibha Puraskars

The Government has instituted Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Pratibha Puraskars for students of higher education
in recognition to their merit. The student is given a medal, Rs. 20,000/- cash award, merit certificate and an
electronic tab. A
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Academic & Administrative Audit

 Academic Audit is conducted for functional efficiency of the colleges and to promote accountability
among the teaching staff.

 Academic and Administrative Audit(AAA) can be done internally and externally.

 Internally it will be done by the IQAC of the institutions, while externally it can be done by academic
advisors of colleges.

 AAA understand the existing system and assess the strengths and weaknesses and suggest the
methods for continuous improvement and for overcoming the weaknesses.

New Initiatives in Collegiate education

Choice Based Credit System (CBCS)

Andhra Pradesh is one of the few states in the entire country that implemented Choice Based Credit System
(CBCS) for under graduate courses in all universities in the state.

Virual Class Rooms:

Virtual classrooms were established in Govt degree colleges.
Digital Classrooms:

 Each RUSA college is provided with 3 digital classrooms, each one to be utilised for Arts, Commerce
and Science sections respectively.
 Each digital classroom is provided with , LED interactive screen, LED projector, laptop, server and
accessories are supplied and installed in 56 RUSA colleges.

 The digital classrooms are being utilized to conduct Massive Open On-line Courses (MOOCs), Study
Webs of Active-Learning for Young Aspiring Minds (SWAYAM) by the faculty and students.

Learning Management System:

 Learning Management System (LMS) is an ANYWHERE ANYTIME LEARNING. For the first time,
such learner autonomy for conceptual knowledge has been introduced

 LMS is a digital version of content that the student can access and can work at his own pace anytime
and anywhere, even on his/her mobile or personal computer.

 To promote active learning in students leading to effective transfer of knowledge and skills to
students in and outside the classroom.

 It help students become familiar with basics and obtain a command over the subject thereby
improving employment opportunities .

 The direct beneficiaries are over one lakh students of government and private polytechnics across the
state and indirect beneficiaries are subject teachers, heads of sections and principals.

Andhra Pradesh Student Academic Management System

 The Student Academic Management System (SAMS) application offers online features like e-
admission, college management services and student services.

 A common admission process has been devised for all government and private aided degree colleges
through this portal like mapping of courses, seats, university-wise fee structure along with
Infrastructure Quality Index.

 Once the portal is ready, it will be of great use for NAAC accreditation,NIRF rankings and other
rankings including other global rankings.

Women Empowerment Cell

 Women Empowerment Cells(WEC) were established in all Govt. degree colleges and aided degree
colleges to protect and empower women students in social, economic and political terms as women
empowerment is the core part of any development strategy.

 The principals and WEC coordinators monitor the functioning of WEC activities in colleges

 Internal Complaints Committees (ICC) were constituted in the to prevent sexual crimes against
children and women by spreading awareness as well as by taking actionby the department.
Anti Ragging Cell

 Anti Ragging Committees are established in all government and private aided degree colleges with
senior staff members, students and parents to prevent ragging in colleges.
 A Toll-free number is provided to help students against ragging.

Extracurricular Activities & Govt. Programmes

 Under Vanam Manam, saplings were planted against the fixed target of 130000.(Each district target is
10000 for the Year 2019-20)

 Swachh Bharat Activities conducted in and around the college.

 Indian RedCross Society Activities.

 Red Ribbon Club (RRC) through APSACS -Conducting awareness programmes on HIV
Aids,blood donations and other realated programmes . Oth

Technical Education(Poly Technic Education)

 The prime objective of the department is to increase and enhance skilled technical manpower
through polytechnic education to cater to the needs of the industry and thereby achieve sustainable
development goals.

 The government also lays emphasis on improving the ranking at all India level by enhancing the
quality of education in the polytechnics

Mission

REPEATED -REFER VISUALISNG FUTURE OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION

Institutional Infrastructure Development:

1) Construction of Permanent Buildings under RIDF and StatePlan

2) Skill Development Activities related Infrastructure

o 41 Skill Development Centers in 13 districts of Andhra Pradesh have been established on

self-sustainable basis.

o 70 CISCO academies were established

o Technical Skill Development Institutes (TSDIs) in collaboration with SIEMENS are

established in government polytechnics

3) Information Technology & Related Infrastructure:

 High Speed Internet Connectivity is established

  Virtual class rooms are provided in 84 Govt. Polytechnics.

 500 Digital Class rooms are established and facilitated

 uninterrupted access to Learning Management System (LMS) and access to other online
courses like SWAYAM MOOCS.

 Biometric attendance system is arranged

 The admissions into polytechnics are performed by web counselling.

 All the 84 Government Polytechnics are equipped with institutional websites

 Online Grievance Redressal System has been incorporated at the institutional level.

Modernisation and Accreditation

 The Government of Andhra Pradesh have sanctioned Rs. 50 Crore for modernization of labs in
government polytechnics each year

 The Government have sanctioned Rs.2 Crore for getting Natioanl Board of Accredidation(NBA) for
Government Polytechnics for the year 2019-20.

Curriculum Development and Apprenticeship Training

 Revising Curriculum as per Industry needs to keep pace with changing face of Industry.

 As per the revised Curriculum,

 Industrial Training for 6 months is made mandatory.
 Thrust for group work and project work is emphasized.
 Training is provided to engineering graduates and diploma holders in collaboration with
BOAT, MHRD

 The department is conducting walk in interviews to engineers and diploma holders and number of
industries are participating for selection of apprentices.

New Proposals

 Schools of Specializations are being planned to be set up strategically and in consonance with the
specialized industrial belts such as

o School of Automobile Engineering in Ananthapur district:

o School of Electronics and Communications in Nellore district:

o School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering in Krishna district:

o School of Mechanical Engineering, Visakhapatnam district:

o School of Civil Engineering, Guntur district:

 o School of Computer Engineering in Chittoor district:

 These schools are proposed to be established either on a Public Private Partnership (PPP)
mode with Industry sponsorship / Expression of Interest.

 It is also planned to introduce Vocational Education courses such as Diploma in Vacation Courses in
selected polytechnics.

Visualizing Future Polytechnic Education

1. Digitalization of library

2. Continuous updation of curriculum

3. Faculty training in tune with curriculum revision

4. Strengthening Industry Institute Interaction with apprenticeship, industrial seminars,

industrialTraining ,and industry exposure visits.

5. Modernization of laboratories in tune with industry needs and curriculum revision.

6. Attain accreditation status from NBA in a phased manner for government

7. Provide world class polytechnic education in the stateby 2022.

8. Reduce the mismatch between the demand and supply of skilledman-power.

9. Prepare students for identified vocations with an emphasis on development of attitudes, knowledge,
and skills for entrepreneurship andself-employment.

10. Provide opportunities to fulfil the needs of women,ruraland tribal students.

11. Emphasis will be laid on promoting Online classes by State Board of Technical Education
andTraining (SBTET).

12. One Polytechnic in each District will developed as Centre of Excellence Polytechnic in future.

13. Nadu-Nedu Up gradation of existing infrastructure facilities in building of Government Polytechnics r

Family Welfare

 Ensuring access to health facilities one of the top agenda for the state.

 Government provides key health services such as maternal health care, child health care and family
welfare services through the Family Welfare department.

 Over the years, there has been a significant improvement in various health parameters.
  The estimated Crude Birth rate, Crude Death rate and Infant Mortality Rates in the state stand at 16,6.7
and 29 respectively as compared to20, 6.2and 32 forAll India

 The male and female expected life at birth for the combined state of Andhra Pradesh state are 68.4 and
71.1 respectively as against the All India figures of 68.8 and 71.1

 Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR), defined as the proportion of maternal deaths per 1 lakh live births
reported, stands at 74 for Andhra Pradesh welcomingly much lower than All-India's 122

[Link] Health Care Services

 In Andhra Pradesh, Maternal Health Care Services are being provided to the pregnant and
lactatingwomen by implementing various schemes(both Central and State) like

 Janani Surksha Yojana,

 Janani Shisu Suraksha Karyakram,

 Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Mathrutva Abhiyan (PMSMA) Programme,

 Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana,

 24- hours Mother & Child Health Centre,

 Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric and Neonatal Care (CEMONC) centres,

 LaQshya and

 Issue of Mother and Child Health Cards.

 Under the scheme Janani Suraksha Yojana, incentives are being paid to the pregnant women at the
time of delivery to encourage institutional deliveries at Public Health Institutes.

 under the scheme Janani Shisu Suraksha Karyakram, initiated under NRHM without any user
charges and any out of pocket expenditures.

 Yet another intervention to provide quality ANC and also detection, referral, treatment & follow up of
high risk pregnancies and women having complications, GoI has been implementing Pradhan Mantri
Surakshit Mathrutva Abhiyan (PMSMA) Programme under which at least one antenatal check up
will be provided to the pregnantwoman by a doctor / gynaecologist during the 2nd & 3rd trimester of
pregnancy on the 9th day of every month to ensure that noHigh Risk pregnancy goes undetected.

 As astep tofurther encourage early registration of pregnancyand receiving at least one antenatal
check-up, the GOI scheme Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) is being implemented
in the state. Underthis scheme, cash incentive of Rs.5000/- will be paid to the pregnant woman and
lactating mothers for 1st live birth in three instalments at Rs.1000 /- for early registration of pregnancy,
Rs.2000 /- for receiving at least one antenatal check-up and Rs.2000 /- for registration of child birth and
first cycle of vaccination.

 To provide round the clock normal delivery services for rural mothers, 24-hours Mother & Child
Health Centre is being run.
  In order to achieve the reduction of MaternalMortality Rate (MMR) and InfantMortality Rate
(IMR), the GOI has identified certain First Referral Units as CEMONC centres. At present 90
CEMONC centres are functioning as Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric and Neonatal
Carecentres.

 It is estimated that approximately 46% of maternal deaths, over 40% of stillbirths, 40% of neonatal
deathstake place on the day of the delivery.

 The GoI's LaQshya program aims to improve the quality of care in labour room & maternity OT to
reduce maternal & infant mortality rate and to provide respectful maternal care to pregnant women
attending public health facilities. It will be assessed through NQAS (National Quality Assurance
Standards).

 Mother and Child Health Cards are issued to every registered pregnant woman to have on-hand
record of health services being provided. Birth certificates are also included in this card.

[Link] HealthCare Services

 Government is taking all possible steps for prevention of Neonatal & Infant Deaths in the state with
specialized care services for the lowbirth/ premature/ high risk newborns in all Government
institutions.

 The services provided are Injection Vitamin K1 for all new born within 24 Hrs after birth, 100%
implementation of Kangaru Mother Care, implementation of Antenatal Corticosteroids for all
suspected premature deliveries,

 Ensuring Child Death Reviews (CDR) to identify and address all the gaps in child health services

 And established a State Infant Life Line at Visakhapatnam to analyze cause wise infant deaths to help
take preventive measures

 Special efforts are being taken to bring in children of vulnerable groups for immunization coverage
through – Mission Indradhanush and Intensified Mission Indradhanush.

 In order to address the problem of Diarrhea in children age group 10 to 16 years, Rota Virus Vaccine is
being administered to (children below 1 yr.)

 Similarly, to prevent Diphtheria in adolescent age group 10-16 years and to protect against maternal
and neonatal tetanus & diphtheria during prenatal care, thegovernment has introduced Td vaccine in
RI schedule in the year of 2019.

 With enoromous efforts during last two decades Polio has been brought under control. To continue
the Polio Free status as a part of end game strategy against Polio, the state has switched to
bOPV(bivalent Oral Polio Vaccine), given in a 2 dose schedule at 6th& 14thweek after birth

 Further, in order to eliminate Measles & control of Rubella from the country by 2020, , MR
vaccination was given to all the children from 9th month to 15 years in the state.

 To screen children for 4Ds (Birth Defects, Deficiencies, childhood diseases disability and development
delays) and providing treatment with early intervention, 16 DEIC (District Early Intervention
Centres) are established
Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram (RKSK):

 GoI launched the Rashtriya Kishore Swasthya Karyakram (RKSK) to strengthen the adolescent
component of the RMNCH+A strategy, which is one of the critical area.

 Under Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram [Link] children will be screened for health
problems under the program vitamin-A supplementation, bi-annual deworming and referral services
to higher medical institutions for better treatment

 Expanded scope of the programme includes nutrition, sexual & reproductive health, injuries and
violence (including gender based violence), Non-Communicable Diseases, mental health and
substance misuse.

 Under the programme, schemes like weekly Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation and Adolescent
Friendly Health Clinics are being implemented for adolescent girls and boys enrolled in government/
government aided / municipal schools from 6th to 12th classes and
adolescent girls who are not in school

III. Family Welfare Services

 In order to control population explosion and to decrease the Total Fertility Rate, Family Planning
related schemes/interventions are implemented

 Government is providing family planning incentives as compensation towards wage loss.

 An amount of Rs.600/- is paid to Tubectomy Acceptors belonging to BPL, SC, and ST families
and Rs.250/- to other Tubectomy Acceptors.

 Similarly, Rs.1100/- is paid to the Male Sterilization(Vasectomy) Acceptors belonging to all

categories.

 Under the 'Family Planning Indemnity Scheme', sterilization operations are conducted to indemnify
all the beneficiaries of sterilization and health facilities

 Rs.2.00 lakhs is given, in case of death due to sterilization operation within 7 days from the
date of discharge from the hospital,

 Rs. 50,000 for such occurrence between 8 to 30 days

 Rs.30,000 for sterilization operation failure (payable once)

 maximum of Rs.25,000 as expenses for treatment of medical complication due to sterilization

operation ( within 60 days of operation

 Indemnity coverage of Rs.2 lakhs to the service providers on legal issues arising out of the
surgery.

IV. Preconception and Prenatal DiagnosticTechniques(PC&PNDT)Act:

  ThePC&PNDT (Prohibition of Sex Selection)Act 1994 and Rules 1996 are implemented in the state to
prevent the female feticides and to improve the female sex ratio.

 Multi Member Appropriate Authority and Advisory Committees were constituted at State, District
and Sub District Level and regular meetings were being conducted by these committees to review the
implementation ofPC&PNDTAct in the state.

V. Revised National TB Control Programme -REPEATED –REFER HEALTH SECTION

[Link] health services

 Accredited Social Health Activists(ASHA) are giving services as link works between community and
health system.

 Andhra Pradesh has 42752 ASHAs (39552 in ruralarea & 3200 in urban area). They are involved in all
Govt schemes.

 Their knowledge is updated from time to time by conducting orientation programme on the relevant
subjects.

Village Health Nutrition Day(VHND)

 It is a common platform for allowing the people to access the services of health and ICDS.

 It is organized every month on fixed day, fixed time and fixed places (Anganwadi Centre)

 To provide essential and comprehensive health & nutrition services to pregnantwomen, lactating
mothers, children(0-5 yrs) and adolescent girls.

Urban Slum Health Services scheme

 It was started in2000 with an objective to provide preventive, promotive and curative services to the
people living in slum areas to address healthcare needs of urban population,

 Urban Primary Health Centres (UPHCs) in have been establshed under National Urban Health
Mission. Each urban health centre cover s 15,000 to 20000population in slum area.

 TheUrban Primary Health Care is catered around the principles of equity, inclusive,
responsiveness, efficiency and effectiveness

 The Government has upgraded all the existing 243 UPHCs to State-of the – Art Electronic Urban
Primary Health Centres (e-UPHCs) with facilities like 41 in-house lab tests including ECG, free drugs
and Teleconsultations

Reproductive Child Health(RCH) Portal

 To track every mother and child in receiving the health services fromtime to time, the name based
online record is being maintained under Reproductive Child Health (RCH) Portal, which is a
centralized web based application.
  All ANMsare provided with Tablet PC's so that ANMs can easily identify the services due to the
pregnant mothers & infants.

 The beneficiaries also are alerted with SMS in receiving health services due from time to time.

District Level Quality Assurance Committee

It reviews the Maternal and Infant deaths every month and sends a detailed report about the corrective
measures to be taken

Free Clinical Laboratory Services

Under the scheme Free Clinical Laboratory Services, Government has provided free essential laboratory
investigations to all the patients utilizing public health facilities.

Thalli Bidda Express

 The Government has introduced the Thalli Bidda Express service under JSSK in order to encourage
deliveries at the government hospitals which are safe and most of themwould be normal deliveries.

 The scheme provides safe and hygienic transportation to post-natal women with children through
dedicated vehicles.

Mobile Medical Units

 292 Mobile Medical Units are placed in all districts to provide once-a-month fixed day service (Fixed
Day Health Services)at the rural habitations

 Each mobile health vehicle is equipped with medical and basic laboratory equipment. To provide
pregnancy monitoring, treat infant, child and chronic ailments, etc.

 Feeder Ambulance facility is made available to transport pregnant women from hard
to reach areas up to the point where 108 ambulance services are available.

[Link] Aarogyasri Health Care Trust

Health Schemes/ Services

The Health schemes implemented by the trust include:

 Dr. YSR Aarogyasri for the Below Poverty Line families,

 Employees Health Scheme for the employees, pensioners and their dependents,

 Working Journalists Health Scheme for the accredited journalists

 Aarogya Raksha Scheme,

 Amrutha Health Scheme for the orphans and destitute identified by the government,

 AayushmanBharath –PMJA,and

 Implementation of Maternal Procedures under Dr YSRAarogyasri

[Link] (BPL Families)

 [Link] Aarogyasri Scheme is a `flagship scheme' of all health initiatives of the state government
introduced with an aim to achieve Universal Health Coverage in the state
.
 Under Dr. YSR Aarogyasri scheme, the BPL population of the state holding the white ration card /
BPL card are eligible for the [Link] with an annual income up to Rs.5 lakhs are eligible.

 No premium is collected fromthe beneficiaries. Govt. will bear the entire expenditure

 It is implement through [Link] Aarogyasri Health Care Trust

 The objective of the scheme is to provide end to end cashless health care services to the BPL families in
Empanelled Network Hospitals

 In order to further reduce the Maternal Mortality Rate from74 to 50 per one lakh live births, the
Government of A.P has included the obstetric procedures viz., Normal Delivery and Caesarean
Section under [Link] Aarogyasri scheme

Employees Health Scheme

 The scheme was introduced for the benefit of 16.99 Lakh state government employees, pensioners and
their dependents on a premium contribution of 50:50 between State Government and
Employees/Pensioners.

 Rs.2.00 lakhs is the limit per episode of illness with no limitation on number of episodes.

Aarogya Raksha Scheme scheme

 The Government with an objective of providing ‚Universal Health Coverage‛ initiated the Aarogya
Raksha Scheme scheme for Above Poverty Line Families (APL) with a premium collection of
Rs.1200/- per family member per year.

 The financial coverage is Rs 2.00 lakhs per year per individual.

 Similarly this scheme is to be implemented to cover the orphans and destitute in old age homes

Aayushman Bharath (PMJAY) - A grant-in-aid programme

 Aayushman Bharat is a national heath scheme introduced by the GOI in the year 2018 to
provide financial protection up to Rs.5 lakhs per family per annum for the vulnerable 50 crore
population .An MoU was made between State & National Health Authorities for implementation
of Aayushman Bharat in A.P.

 The budget share between Centre and State is 60:40

Services
104 SevaKendram- Helpdesk (Helpline):

 An integrated and dedicated helpline called ‚104 Seva Kendram‛ (Health Information Help Line)
which functions round the clock (24x7) for 365 days.
 To provide health advice ,counselling services, and information pertaining to the schemes being
implemented through inbound call services. Trust monitors the scheme and resolves the grievances by
obtaining direct feedback of the beneficiaries through outbound calls.

Cochlear Implantation Programme

The scheme has been designed to provide cashless services to the needy hearing impaired deaf and dumb
children up to the age of 5 years with package amount of Rs.6.5 lakhs per beneficiary towards Cochlear
Implantation Surgeryand Audio Verbal Therapy for one year.

Dialysis treatment for the patients suffering from Chronic Kidney Disease
The Trust is providing cashless dialysis treatment to the patients suffering from chronic kidney disease in
identified network hospitals of both government and private

Disciplinary committee
The disciplinary committee of the trust initiates various kinds of disciplinary actions against the erring
hospitals based on the complaints forwarded by the field staff, inspecting teams, patients and any other
means of sources. The Trust has a stringent online grievance redressal system.

Action plan for effective implementation of the scheme

 To increase awareness by giving wide publicity through the health camps , publish news articles on
the success rate of the scheme etc

 To design and deploy online modules for transparent and effective implementation of the scheme.

 To strengthen the staff (technical and nontechnical)

 To appoint the expertise to conduct research and data analysis.

 To workout the newproposals to increase the accessibility of treatment to the patients in rural areas.

 Social audit and Regular medical audit to find out theunethical and fraudulent cases

 To conduct regular inspection of network hospitals by the District Coordinators

 Regular review meetings to obtain inputs andfeedback for revision of the policies.

 Expansion of scheme in other states(Hyderabad,Chennai,Bangalore)

 Issue of Smart Health Cards

Andhra Pradesh VaidyaVidhana Parishad(APVVP)

  Andhra Pradesh Vaidya Vidhana Parishad (APVVP) is an autonomous organization funded by Govt.
of Andhra Pradesh, to manage exclusively secondary level hospitals. i.e Community Health Centres
(CHC),Area Hospitals ( Sub District Hospitals (SDH)) and District Hospitals .

 APVVP Hospitals provide outpatient services, inpatient services (including emergency & surgical),
diagnostic services and laboratory services.

 Drugs are provided to all hospitals by the central drug stores as per the requirements specified by
APVVP.

 These hospitals along with the Primary Health Centres (PHCs) andTeaching Hospitals (Tertiary
Hospitals) acts as a platform for implementation of various national health programmes like Malaria,
TB, Leprosy, HIVs and Family Welfareprogrammes.

Important health centres and services

 The New Born Stabilization Units (NBSUs) are used to stabilize the new born babies.

 Special Care New Born Units: These units provide special medical care and treatment to the low
birth weight new born babies and premature babies

 To provide care to the sick and malnourished children, Nutritional Rehabilitation Centres(NRCs) are
established. At present 9NRCs are functioning in APVVP Hospitals.

 Under the Vaidya Pariksha scheme, patients availed free laboratory services, Free Tele-radiology
services and Free CT-Scan services in PPP mode

 Under the National Free Dialysis services scheme, dialysis centers are established in all 13 districts in
APVVP hospitals in PPP mode.

 Tele-Ophthalmology Services programme aims in providing high quality eye care to affected
population. 115 e-Eye centers have been established. This service is delivered in a hub and spoke
model .The beneficiary visits the nearest e-Eye clinic to get their eyes checked.

 In order to provide immediate emergency medical care to accident victims, 4Trauma Care Centers
are functioning and establishment of two more Trauma care centres is under process

Health
Health department implements various central and state public health schemes relating to control/
eradication of Vector Borne deseases, TB, Blindness, Leprosy etc

National Vector Borne Diseases Control Program (NVBDCP)

 It has broad objective of prevention of deaths and reduction of morbidity due to Vector Borne
Diseases such as Malaria, Japanese Encephalitis, suspected viral Encephalitis, Dengue, Chikungunya,
Filaria

 The major strategies include.

  Early diagnosis and complete treatment for MalariaandotherVector Borne Diseases.
 Integrated Vector Control measures through conduction of insecticidal spray
operations,(IRS), promoting personal Protection measures and source reduction methods

 Capacity Building and inter-sectoral co-ordinationwith line departments, i.e., Education,

RWS, Panchayath raj, Municipal Administration and UrbanDevelopment.

National TB Control Programme

 The revised National TB Control Programme targets elimination of TB by 2025.

 The main objectives of the programme are

 To restrict incidence for all types of TB cases to 217 per lakh population,

 To achieve 90% success rate for all new and 85% for re-treatment cases,

 To significantly improve the successful outcomes of reatment of Drug Resistant TB,

 To achieve decreased morbidity andmortality of HIV associatedTB,

 To decrease catastrophic cost and to implement universal Drug SusceptibleTesting toall

private/public.

 The action plan envisages:

 To implement National Strategic Plan 2017-25.

 Strengthen rapid diagnosis by increase molecular diagnostic test (RTPCR) upto sub district
level (CHCs and PHCs).

 Treatment regimen changed to Daily Fixed Dose Combinations to prevent relapse and increase
treatment adherence,

 Implementing Nutritional support to all TB patients, financial incentive of Rs.500/- per month
for each notified TB patient during anti-TB treatment

 To implement Latent TB infection diagnosis and management (contacts of TB patients) 5-18 yrs
age group.

 To implement new drug resistant TB management (2019) which includes newAnti TB drugs

National Programme for Control of Blindness

 It aims to reduce the prevalence of blindness from present1.0% to 0.3%.

 The strategies under the programme are to

 Provide high quality of eye care to the effected population,

 Expand coverage eye care services to the underserved areas,

 Reduce the backlog of blindness and

  Develop institutional capacity for eye care services.

 The scheme covers

 Free Cataract Surgeries both in government and NGO sector,

 Refractive errors detection,

 School eye screening, distribution of free spectacles,

 Eye ball collection through Eye Banks and Eye Donation Centers and

 Early detection of other eye diseases viz., Glaucoma and Diabetic retinopathy.

Dr. YSR KantiVelugu

 The Government of Andhra Pradesh initiated a unique special innovative programme ‚[Link] Kanti
Velugu‛ - Mass Eye Screening to provide comprehensive Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Eye care
services to the population at free of cost, to be implemented in 6 phases over a period of 3 years (2019-
2022)on a mission mode

 The programme has been launched on 10.10.2019 on the occasion of World Sight Day

Situation Assessment:

 Vision is the most important and essential component of life of humans to lead a quality and
productive life in the community.

 Eye problems are common in general population. It is estimated that among the general population,
approximately around 40% of population have vision problems that needeye care.

 80%of the blindness can be addressed with a pair of glasses or cataract surgery.

The Objectives:

 Toreduce the avoidable blindness from1%to 0.3%

 Providing appropriate interventions i.e Spectacles distribution, Cataract surgeries, Diabetic

Retinopathy, Glaucoma, Childhood blindness etc.

 Strengthening of Govt institutions

 Training of Ophthalmic surgeonsin IOL, Phacoetc.

 Establishment of Regional Institute of Ophthalmology in the State.

Mode of implementation:

 The programme is being implemented in 6 phases.

 Target population is 1Crore in each phase.

  Phase – I Primary Basic eye screening of school children

 Phase – II Secondary Eye Screening and prescription of School Children

 Phase lll Community Eye Screening-One mandal per Assembly Constituency in the State is to be
selected for conducting Community Eye Screening for 60 years and above population.

National Leprosy Eradication Programme(NLEP)

 Under National Leprosy Eradication Programme (NLEP), it is to ensure that all Government Health
Institutions diagnose leprosy cases, treat and motivate the patients for complete treatment.

 For the protection of the in-sensitive sole of the foot, MCR footwear is being provided twice in a year.

 For the deform foot, hand and disability of eyes, RCS (Re- Constructive Surgeries) are being
performed with the support of NGOs and Government Institutions.

 The Department is also pursuing for the provision of disability pension, AAY cards and housing
facility for the leprosy patients.

 For early identification of leprosy suspects, ASHAs are imparted with the knowledge of symptoms of
leprosy cases and after identification of the cases, ASHAs are being paid incentives for identification
andfor regular monitoring of completion of treatment.

As per the instructions of Government of India, three pronged approach is being implemented in the State as
follows:
1. Leprosy Case Detection Campaign for highendemicdistricts:
Leprosy Case Detection Campaign (LCDC) is a unique initiative of its kind under NLEP and will be
implemented in selected high endemic districts annually.

2. Focused Leprosy Campaign for hotspots:

The village/ urban area where even a single grade II disabled case detected must be considered as
hot spot, as reporting of even single grade II disabled case indicates that cases are being
detectedvery late and there can be several hidden cases in the community.

3. Case Detection in Hard to reach areas:

Non–Communicable Diseases:

 Non communicable diseases are major cause for morbidity and mortality in India and about 37% of
people are vulnerable to NCDs.

 Most often 30+ agegroup people both men and women are suffering from NCDs in India.

 To improve the health status of individuals and address the health problems and decrease the
Out of pocket expenditure , GOI is implementing various programmes under NCDs.

National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, CVDs and Stroke (NPCDCS)
13 districts of the state are implementing NPCDCS

 13 District NCD Clinics functioning in the District Hospitals

  12 Cardiac Care Units functioning in the District Hospitals (Except Chittoor hospital is under PPP

 Population Based Screening is going on in all PHCs

National Tobacco Control Programme(NTCP)

13 districts in the state are implementing NTCP
Operational Aspects:
1. Create awareness of harmful effect of tobacco by conducting sensitization to students in colleges
and schools.
2. Implementation of COTPA2003

A.P State AIDS Control Society (APSACS)

 Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that eventually causes Acquired

Immunodeficiency Syndrome(AIDS), a global public health problem as more than 35 million people
are living with HIV/AIDS worldwide.

 The HIV epidemic has been one of the most challenging modern public health problems for India.

 Provisional estimates put the number of people living with HIV in India at 25 lakhs and 3 lakhs in
Andhra Pradesh.

 Various prevention activities are being taken up and these include:Provision of Basic Services which
include free HIV/AIDS counselling, testing services and also prevention of mother to child
transmission of HIV/AIDS ,Integrated Counselling and Testing Centres have been established in all
Government and Private Hospitals

 In addition to preventive measures, few Targeted Interventions (TIs) through NGO’S and
Community Based Organisations to provide condom promotion, behavioural change communication
and treatment services for sexually transmitted infections to 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 to their life style.

BloodTransfusion Services(BTS)

 These are provided through establishment and supporting Blood storage centers, where blood is
tested for HIV and other infectious diseases and safe blood is ensured to be made available to all the
needy population who require blood / blood components.

 AP Blood Cell APP was started for improving theVoluntary Blood Donations.

 Blood safety division of Andhra Pradesh State AIDS Control Society has developed an android and
webbased application for donor registration.

Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Diseases(STD) and Reproductive Tract Infection(RTI) services

 These are provided through Anti-Retroviral Treatment Centers (ART ) in Designated Government
Hospitals and provide free ART medicines to all eligible HIV patients

 ART services are widely decentralized by establishing ART Centres.

  ARTpatients have received ART pensions through YSR Pension Kanuka.

President's Emergence Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFARIndia)

 It is a program supported through CDC & USAID with their partners is focusing on the key
population of
o Female SexWorkers (FSW),
o Men who have Sex with Men (MSM),
o Transgendered individuals and
o People who inject drugs.

 The program is being implemented in East Godavari, Krishna and Guntur districts.

 PEPFAR India also provides technical assistance for service delivery improvement including capacity
building quality improvement and system strengthening.

Women Development And Child Welfare

 The Constitution of India, under Article 15(3), allows for positive discrimination in favor of [Link]
addition, the directive principles of State Policy 39(a) also emphases that the state shall ensure that
citizens, men and women equally, have the right to an adequate means of livelihood.

 The Constitution of India also allows special provisions to be made by the State in favour of women
and children for securing just and humane conditions of work that renounce practices derogatory to
the dignity of women.

 Promoting social and economic empowerment of women through

 cross-cutting policies and programmes,
 mainstreaming gender concerns,
 creating awareness about their rights and
 facilitating institutional andlegislative support for enabling them realize their human rights
and develop to their full potential are some of the key areas that demand attention.

 Women now participate in all activities such as education, politics, media, art and culture, service
sectors, science and technology etc.

 All efforts are being made for the development and welfare of children whose overall development is
recognized as the ideal way for fostering national human resources.

 Andhra Pradesh state, as a state with highest labour force participation rate, is committed to focus on
the empowering women and use their capabilities for the state building process in a more effective
way ensuring them of proper health, nutrition and hygienic ambience.

 The state is also committed to improve child health care and nutritional intake for becoming better
citizens by promoting social, emotional, cognitive and aesthetic development of the child.

Integrated Child Development Services(ICDS) Scheme

  Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS) is a centrally sponsored scheme designed with an objective
to provide a protective environment for overall development of children.

 The scheme stands one of the world's largest and most unique programmes for early childhood
development.

 The scheme has strengthened the prevention of child rights violation, enhanced the infrastructure for
protection of services and provided financial support for implementation of the Juvenile Justice (Care
and Protection)Act, 2015.

 Andhra Pradesh is implementing 257 ICDS projects (200 Rural, 33 Urban & 24 Tribal) with 48,770
Main AWCs and 6,837 Mini AWCs (total55607AWC) in13districts.

Objectives of the ICDS Scheme

 Six (6) services are being offered by the government to the targeted beneficiaries i.e., 0-6 years
children, pregnantand lactating mothers, adolescent girls to achieve the objectives.

o Early Childhood Care and Education/ Pre-School Education To Lay foundations for proper
psychological, physical and social development of the child

o Supplementary Nutrition- Improve the nutritional and health status

o Nutrition and HealthEducation- Enhance the capability of the mother to look after the normal
health and nutritional needs of the child
o Immunization,- Reduce the incidence of mortality, morbidity

o Health Check-ups and

o Referral Services

 Achieve effective co-ordination among various departments for policy formulation and
implementation

Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE)

 Pre-School Education aims at ensuring holistic development of the children and provide learning
environment which is conducive for promotion of social, emotional, cognitive and aesthetic
development of the child.

 For strengthening pre-school activities ,

 AWCs merged into pre-schools.
 adopt new teaching techniques for Pre-School
 capacity building of AWWs

 It resulted in encouraging outcomes ,Urban slum dwellers and working parents are sending their
children to AWCs to get quality pre-school education and there has been a noticeable increase in the
pre-school attendance

Supplementary NutritionProgramme
  Supplementary Nutrition Programme (SNP) is one of the prime services rendered under ICDS
 The department as per GoI norms, is providing nutrition to the children in the age group of 7 months
to 6 years and pregnant and lactating women.

The implementation details of different schemes are as follows:

 YSR Amrutha Hastham (One Full Meal) scheme

 Spot feeding of pregnant and lactating women at AWC with one full meal with egg and 200 ml of milk
for 25 days in a month @ a cost of Rs.22.50/-per woman is provided. Of this, GoI share is 50% and
GoAP share is 50% +additional cost of [Link] this scheme, 6.8 Lakh Pregnant and Lactating
Women were covered.

 Care is being taken to ensure that Calcium and Iron & Folic Acid (IFA) tablet at AWC to address low
birth weight &anaemia.

 Under the Mid-day Meal scheme, nutrtitonal food is provided at AWC to the children in the age
group of 3-6 years at a cost of Rs 8/- per child shared 50:50 by GoI and State. Under this scheme, 8.7
Lakh childrenwere covered.

 Under the Balamrutham scheme, Take Home Ration of 2.5 Kg Balamrutham, weaning food (fortified
with micronutrients) per month per child, 8 eggs per month (2 per week) is supplied to children
between 7 months to 3 years.

Balasanjeevani (Special Nutrition Programme)

 Special Nutrition Programme is being implemented for

 Pregnant, LactatingWomen and Children below 6 years belonging to the SC and ST
 All anaemic pregnant and lactating women and
 All SUW/SAM/MAM children to improve their nutrition status.

 Under this scheme, Special Nutrition Kit worth Rs. 400 is being provided to Pregnant and Lactating
mothers.100 Ml of milk and extra eggs are being provided to children aged 6 months to 72 months.

YSR Sampurna Poshana (Pilot project in 77 scheduled mandals)

 The state government has approved to provide additional nutrition supplementation (irrespective of
nutritional status) to all children (6 months to 6 years), pregnant & lactating mothers enrolled in 77
Scheduled and Tribal Sub Plan mandals spread over 7 Integrated Tribal Development Agency
(ITDA's)

 Under this scheme, Govt provides the following:

 Take Home Ration to Children (6-36 months) for 30 days

 Feeding the Children (36 – 72 months) at AWC daily with hot cooked meal, egg, 5 lts milk
for 20 days /month

 Feeding of pregnant women and lactating mothers at AWC daily with one hot cooked meal,
and weekly supplying THR consisting millet, protein, ironandenergybased nutrition etc.

Poshan Abhiyaan
  POSHAN Abhiyaan is a Government of India's nutrition related scheme introduced with a vision of
'Mission-25 by 22' to reduce the country's stunting to 25% from 38.4% by 2022. POSHAN Abhiyaan
strives to reduce the level of stunting, under-nutrition, anaemia and lowbirth weight babies.

 The goal is to improve nutritional status of children 0-6 years, adolescent girls, pregnant women and
lactating mothers in a time bound manner by adopting synergizedefforts with all line departments in
a result-oriented approach.

 The implementation strategy would be based on intense monitoring and convergence action plan right
upto the grassroots level.

 Project monitoring is being done through the ICDSCASApp.

 TheMission is being guided by the NITI Ayog and is closely monitored by establishing a Technical
Unit SPMU (State Project ManagementUnit) at state level and constituting Hi-Power Committees at
different levels foroptimal oversight

 The program is being implemented across the state.

 Considering the high prevalence of malnutrition among women, adolescent girls and children in
tribal populations of Andhra Pradesh, ‚community Nutrition Hub‛ have been taken up in 5 Tribal
districts i.e., Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Vishakhapatnam, East Godavari,West Godavari

 Andhra Pradesh state has successfully organized two nutrition awareness campaigns in 2019-20 (i.e.,
POSHAN Maah and POSHAN Pakhwada)

 The indicators and targets under the scheme are:

 Prevent and reduce stunting in children below six years ofageby6%@2%perannum.
 Prevent and reduce under-nutrition (underweight prevalence) in children below six years
of age by 6%@2%perannum.
 Reduce the prevalence of anaemiaamongwomen and adolescentgirls by9%@3%per annum.
 Reduction of low birth weight by 6% @ 2% per annum

The components of POSHAN Abhiyaan are

 ICT-RTM/ICDS- CAS,

 Incremental Learning Approach,

 Community mobilization and behaviour change communication (BCC),

 Innovation,

 Incentives,

 Jan AndolanandConvergence (CAP)

ICT-RTM/Common Application Software

  It is an application developed to improve service delivery and monitoring mechanism. The Common
Application Software (CAS) through automation of registers will improve the efficiency of service
delivery and strengthens real time monitoring and guidance by supervisors to AWWs to ensure
timely delivery of services.

 CAS generates block, district and state level Dashboards on various indicators for effective planning
and implementation of activities

 Under this, smart phones with internet connectivity for AWWs have been procured and imparted 12-
day training to AWWs.

 4 types of weighing machines (Infanto meter, Stadiometer, Adult Weighing scale and Salter weighing
scale) has been procured and distributed.

 Partial Help desks have been set up at block and district level

Incremental Learning Approach

 Throughthis approach, frontlineworkers and district and block level functionary capacities and skills
will be strengthened incrementally on 4 thematic areas. The modules under Incremental Learning
Approach (ILA) are based on the life cycle approach.

 The knowledge and skills acquired through monthly training will contribute significantly towards the
POSHAN Abhiyaan targets

 Formed SRG (State level Resource Group), DRG (District level Resource Group) and BRGs (Block level
Resource Group) across the state.

Community Mobilization and Behaviour Change Communication(BCC)

 The community based events are aimed at capitalizingon important activities and disseminate
essential message related to care during pregnancy, earlyregistration, MIYCF (Maternal, Infant and
Young child feeding practices) and counsel pregnant and lactating women on appropriate nutrition
and health behaviours.

 It also serves as platform to disseminate Govt schemes which can benefit pregnant women and
lactating women.

 State has fixed dates for organizing community based events. Events are being organized on regular
basis at AWC with active involvement of line departments in celebrating events.

Innovation

 Prevalence of malnutrition in tribal belt is much higher compared to non-tribal populations of the
state, for various reasons, people in these tribal communities currently lack the consumption of
diverse diet and nutritionally balanced food.

 Considering the high prevalence of malnutrition in tribal populations of Andhra Pradesh and also
considering the successful model of ‚Community Nutrition Hub‛ piloted by Piramal Swasthya in
 Araku tribal mandal of Andhra Pradesh, it is planned to establish 10 Community Nutrition Hubs in
selected mandals

Community Health and Nutrition hubs

 These hubs are to intensively cater to the health and nutrition needs of tribal populations.

 The beneficiaries targeted are pregnant women, lactating women, children below 5 years, Anganwadi
centers and habitations centers located within 20 kmradius of the nutrition hub.

Activities:

 Handholding support to the Anganwadi Centres located in those areas to mobilize beneficiaries for
the Centre (to increase coverage of ICDS [Link] in identifying and closely following up
SAM/MAM/SUW children).

 Support to grow Anganwadi backyard gardens both for educating beneficiaries and utilizing the
produce in the preparation of hot-cooked meals.
 Enhance counseling skills of AWW for identifying and tracking undernourished women and
children.

Jan Andolan

 The mission will focus on converting the agenda of improving nutrition into a people's mandate
through involvement of general population, PRI, SHGs.

 Strategies for Jan Andolan includes a series of IEC campaigns and mass events atAWCs, schools,
collegesandpublic places.

 As part of Jana Chaitanyam (Jan Andolan), the state has celebrated September - 2019 as ‚National
Nutrition Month‛ to create awareness about nutrition among the beneficiaries under POSHAN
Abhiyaan. For this, the state has been felicitated with National LevelAwards.

 State has prepared media roll out action plan to ensure a sustained focus on behavior change
communication on nutrition

Convergence Nutrition Action Plan

Research shows that the malnutrition can be effectively handled through a coordinated effort .Towards this
direction, a block, district and state level convergent action plans will be developed to promote coordinated
cross- sectoral efforts to address malnutrition.

CIVILWorks-Construction of AWC Buildings

 Efforts are being made to provide good and healthy accommodation by constructing Anganwadi
Buildings, for effective implementation of preschool activities and also to enable women & children to
access nutrition services in all AWCs.

 98% of AWCs were provided Infrastructure facilities like toilets, electricityanddrinkingwater .

Institutions for Women

 Service Homes provide services for rehabilitation of socially & economically deprived categories of
women in the age group of 18-35 years. 3 Service Homes one each at West Godavari, Nellore and
Ananthapuram districts are functioning in the state.

 State Homes are meant for women discharged from correctional institutions and women who are
unable to protect themselves. In the state, 2 State Homes are functioning at Srikakulam and
Rajahmundry.

 The inmates of Children Homes who passed 10th class and in the age group of 15-20 years are
admitted into these homes to pursue higher studies.

 Working Women's Hostel's areproviding security to the middle class working women who are
residing far away to their families.

 UjjawalaHomes are established for the women rescued from trafficking.

 Swadhar Greh for Women in Distress are established for rehabilitation of women in difficult
circumstances. 23 Swadhar Grehs are functioning in the state.

 Domestic Violence Cell was established for women who are facing domestic violence.

Prohibition of Child MarriageAct,2006

 40% of child marriages in the world take place in India only.

 India is in 11th position among 68 nations, where child marriages are reported.

 AP has the highest prevalence among Southern States as per NFHS– IV.

DishaAct

 In order to effectively Control the sexual offences against women, the Government has introduced The
Andhra Pradesh Disha Bill

 Disha Act is a landmark legislation that will help create a safe society for women and children in
Andhra Pradesh by providing speedy justice.

 This act for the first time in the country provides for completion of investigation within 7 days and
trial within 14 days in cases of heinous offences of rape where substantial conclusive evidence is
available.

 The Act provides death sentence for offences of rape and gang rape

 TheAP Disha Act prescribes life imprisionment for sexual offences against children

Juvenile Welfare, CorrectionalServices &Welfare of Street Children

  The Juvenile Welfare department endeavors to undertake necessary steps for effective implementation
of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015

 To provide care, protection, development and rehabilitation of 'Children in need of care & protection'
(orphans, victims of exploitations, abuse, run-aways etc.) and 'Children in conflict with law (children
who have been alleged to have committed offences) upto the age of 18 years.

 Dept also deals with theProbation of offendersAct, 1958. . First offenders are placed on probation
instead of committing to the jails.

Statutory Bodies

 Government constituted Juvenile Justice Boards (JJB) in all the 13 districts in the state to deal with the
cases of children in conflict with law.

 These boards consists of two social worker members headed by the lady Magistrates as
PrincipalMagistrates.

 Further, Child Welfare Committees(CWC) were constituted in all the 13 districts in the state to deal
with the cases of children in need of care and protection. These committees consists of a Chairperson
and four members.

Institutional Services, Registration, Inspection Of Child Care Institutions

 To provide social safety net to the children in need of care and protection and children in conflict with
law, State government is running different type of child care institutions (CCI)

 As mandatorily required under JJ Act, department has initiated the process of registration of all the
child care institutions in the state

 Government has constituted State Level & District Level Inspection Committees to carry out
inspections of all the CCIs in the state.

 Training programs were organized for the stakeholders in convergence with the Police Dept at
district-level.

 A refresher training program was conducted for all the CWCs, JJBs & DCPOs in the state on JJ Act &
POCSO Act in July-2019 with the support of UNICEF.

Welfare of Differently Abled, Transgender &

Senior Citizens

 The department is working towards implementation of Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016
and National Trust Act, 1999 and monitoring of Government of India grant-in-aid projects of NGOs.
  The Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 deals with both prevention and promotional aspects like
early identification and detection, education, employment and vocational training, creation of barrier-
free environment, rehabilitation and development of persons with disabilities.

 As per the census 2011, the total number of people with disabilities in the State of Andhra Pradesh is
11.04 Lakhs
 2.03 Lakh are visually handicapped,
 2.90 Lakh hearing handicapped,
 3.13 Lakh orthopedically handicapped,
 1.02 Lakh mentally handicapped and
 1.96 Lakh multiple Differently Abled.

 As per the census 2011, the population of senior citizens in the state is 33.75 lakhs out of which 16.08
Lakhmaleand17.67 Lakh are female.

 A number of schemes are being implemented for the empowerment and rehabilitation of persons with
disabilities to enhance their quality of life and enable them to lead their lives with dignity.

Pensions and Education related activities

 Pensions are being sanctioned to 6,18,908 differently abled persons and 26,51,283 senior citizens in this
state every month through the Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Department.

 18 pre-matric and 2 post-matric hostels are working.

 Out of 6residential schools, 3 for hearing impaired and 3 for visually impaired

 One Residential Junior College for hearing impaired at Bapatla, Guntur District is working with
sanctioned strength of 50.

 There are (4) Homes functioning in the state of which 3 for blind at East Godavari, Anantapuram,
Chittoor and one for aged and differently abled at Krishna District

Andhra Pradesh Differently Abled and Senior Citizens Assistance Corporation

(APDASAC)
The APDASAC has taken up programmes to the differently abled for their rehabilitations. The different
schemes implemented are as follows:

 Pre-matric Scholarships: Government have sanctioned the pre-matric scholarships to

differently abled students studying classes I to X whose parents' income is less than
Rs.1,00,000/- per annum and allocated Rs.36.18 lakhs for the year 2019-20.

 Jagananna Vidhya Deevena / Vasathi Deevena: Government provides reimbursement of fee

for the differently abled students .Govt. allocated an amountof Rs.45 lakhs for the year 2019-20

 Towards Social Security, subsidy of Rs.1.00 lakh was sanctioned to differently abled persons
under economic rehabilitation scheme and an amount of Rs.1000 lakhs has been allocated to
cover 1000 beneficiaries during 2019-20.
  Incentive Award for marriages between differently abled and normal persons has been
enhanced from Rs.1,00,000 to Rs.1,50,000 . An amount of Rs.3026.00 lakhs has been allocated to
cover 3026 beneficiaries for the year 2019-20.

 50% Petrol /Diesel subsidy was sanctioned to the differently abled persons who are having
motorized own vehicle for self-transportation and income upto Rs.1,00,000/- per annum

 Under the scheme o f modern ization / c apa ci t y augmentation, Government of India

sanctioned Braille Press to Guntur District and released Rs.128 lakhs to APDASCAC.

 Under the Rehabilitation and Supply of Prosthetic Aids scheme, the corporation supplies
tricycles, wheel chairs, crutches, walking sticks, tri pods (Hand sticks), artificial limbs three
wheeler motorized vehicle and hearing aids etc., to (PwDs).

 creating awareness among parents for early detection and stipulation and treatment of various
disabilities.

 facilities to impart training in various technical & non-technical trades, organizing

employment generation production units with assured market for products

 The department in close collaboration with departments of Rural Development, Medical &
Health, NIMH, NGOs has evolved a scientific computer aided disability assessment strategy.
This software is called as SADAREM (Software for Assessment of Disabled for Access,
Rehabilitation & Empowerment). Government issued orders that the appointment time for
PWDs (persons with Disabilities) shall be given at Mee – Seva counters as per digital roaster.

 Government has launched a special recruitment drive for filling up of the backlog vacancies
reserved for the differently abled.

 The Government of India has enacted Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act ,
2007. Tribunals have been constituted in all the sub divisions of the state of Andhra Pradesh.
Appellate Tribunals were also constituted in all 13 districts to ensure the Senior Citizens to live with
dignity and that their needs for maintenance, welfare, medical care and protection are taken care of.

 Government issued orders permitting APDASCAC to extend the facility of supply of aids and
appliances/assistive devices to senior citizens also on par with differently abled.

Government of India Schemes

 The Government of India has been releasing Grant in aid to the projects working under

 Deendayal Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme (DDRS),

 Integrated Programme for Older Persons (IPOP)

 Prevention of Alcoholism and Substance (Drugs) Abuse Schemes.

 The Government of India sanctioned Disability Rehabilitation Centres to 4 districts i.e East
Godavari, West Godavari ,Vizianagaram and Nellore districts.
  An amount of Rs. 4.92 croreswasreceivedfromGoI for implementation of National Action Plan
forDrug Demand Reduction and Rs.75 lakhs released for NationalAction Plan for Senior Citizens.

Backward Classes Welfare

 Population belonging to Backward Classes pursuing traditional activities such as cattle and sheep
rearing, toddy tapping, , fishing,weaving, etc under 139 communities listed are divided into five
Groups viz., Group A, B, C, D and E.

 Government is implementing various welfare schemes,educational and economic development

programmes for the welfare of these Backward Classes.

 1/3rd of the fundsfrom plan outlays shall be earmarked for the BackwardClasses.

 The Government is committed to incur an expenditure of Rs.75000 crores in the next 5 years' @Rs.
15,000 Cr., per year under BC SubPlan.

Pre-Matric Hostels

 Hostels provide free boarding and lodging facilities tos tudents belonging to the Backward Classes
and enabling them to pursue their pre-matric studies.

 Atpresent, there are 761 Govt. B.C. hostels, (584 hostels for boys and 177 hostels for girls)

 All these hostels have a combination of 76% of seats for Backward Classes, 10% of seats for Scheduled
Castes, 5%of seats for Scheduled Tribes, 3% of seats for Minorities and 6% of seats for other castes for
encouraging social integration.

 The boarders are provided with note books, four pairs of dresses diet charges ,cosmetic charges, hair
cutting charges etc

 During 2019-20 an amount of Rs. 228.18 Cr spent

College Hostels for Boys and Girls(Post-Metric)

 In order to promote education of BC boys and girls at the post matric level, Government have issued
orders for establishment of college hostels @ one for each Assembly Constituency and boys.

 During 2019-20, 182 Boys College Hostels and 181 Girls College Hostels are functioning

 Admissions into the college hostels for boys and girls is made as per the following rule of reservation
@ 69% to BCs, 15% to SCs, 6% to STs and 10% to Minorities.

 The boarders are provided with diet charges ,cosmetic charges, hair cutting charges etc

 During 2019-20 an amount of Rs. 88.90 Cr incurred

Jagananna Vasathi Deevena (MTF) FOR BCs, EBCs and Kapus

  Government formulated two new schemes viz. (i) ‚Jagananna Vidya Deevena (RTF)‛, and
(ii)‚Jagananna Vasathi Deevena (MTF)‛ implemented for all the students belonging to SC,ST, BC, EBC
(other than Kapu), Kapu, Minority and Differently Abled categories who are pursuing the Post Metric
Courses from ITI to Ph.D(except Intermediate).

 Under Jagananna Vasathi Deevena, Amount shall be credited into bank account of mother/Guardian
of eligible student in two Installments in July and December.
 For ITI students Rs.10,000/- per year and

 For Polytechnic Students Rs.15,000/- per year

 For Other Courses Rs.20,000/- per year.

 Jagananna Vasathi Deevena covers all the eligible children in a family.

 The mapping of the mother to the student and also certification of Genuineness of account details
shall be done by the Welfare and Education Assistant.

 The flow of funds under both these schemes shall be routed through the corresponding Corporations
of the concerned Welfare Department.

 An amount of Rs.516.79 Crorewas provided under Jagananna Vasathi Deevena (MTF) in the budgetfor
the year 2019-20 for BCstudents.
 An amount of Rs.160.74 Crorewas provided underJagananna Vasathi Deevena (MTF) in the budget for
the year 2019-20 for EBCstudents.
 An amount of Rs.395.86 Crorewas provided underJagananna Vasathi Deevena (MTF) in the budgetfor
the year 2019-20 for Kapustudents.

Jagananna Vidya Deevena (RTF) FOR BCs,EBCs and Kapus

 The scheme envisages provision of complete fee reimbursement to every eligible student and the
amount shall be credited into the active account of the mother of the eligible student.

 All eligible students having family income up to Rs.2.50 Lakh per annum are sanctioned
Reimbursement of Tuition fee on saturationbasis.

 An amount of Rs.864.76 Crore is provided under JaganannaVidya Deevena (RTF)‛in the budget for
the year 2019-20, for BC
 An amount of Rs.558.83 Crore is provided under JaganannaVidya Deevena (RTF)‛in the budget for
the year 2019-20 for EBC
 ·An amount of Rs.667.23 Crore is provided under JaganannaVidya Deevena (RTF)‛in the budget for
the year 2019-20 for Kapu

Videsi Vidhyadharana to BC and EBC Students:

 The scheme Videshi Vidyadarana is being implemented in the state for sanction of Financial
Assistance to BC andEBCstudents for pursuingHigher studies in abroad.

 The students, whose family income is less than Rs.6.00 lakh per annum from all sources are
[Link] Maximum age under the scheme is 35 years
  Financial Assistance of @Rs.15.00 lakh will be sanctioned for each BC student and Rs. 10.00 lakh for
each EBCstudent for pursuing higher studies in Post Graduatecourses in foreign Universities and also
eligible for Travel Grant and Visa Fees.

 Government have issued orders tosanction 1000 BC and 750 EBC students all put together
1750students every year under thescheme.

 During 2019-20 an expenditureof Rs. 56.16 Cr incurred

AP Study Circles for BC

 There are 13 BC Study Circles functioning in the State toprovide free coaching facilities to eligible
BCunemployed graduates and Post graduates, who are appearing for various competitive
examinations of Stateand Central Government

 In total 750 candidates were selectedtraining during the year 2018-19.

 All these Study Circleshave an admission pattern of 66% to Backward Classes,20% to Scheduled
Castes and 14% to Scheduled Tribes for the purpose of Social Integration.

YSRVidyonnathi (BCandEBC):

 Government have introduced the Vidyonnathi Scheme to impart coaching in reputed Pvt. Institutions
for providing FinancialAssistance to the candidates for UPSC Civil ServiceExamination
 Under the scheme:
 Students will be paid stipend Rs. 12,000/- per month for 9months.
 Institutional fee is paid to the institution Rs.1,30,000/-
 During 2019-20 anexpenditureof Rs. 9.17 Cr

Pelli Kanuka :

 ‚YSR Kalyana Kanuka‛is an incentive offered to the eligible BelowPoverty line girls at the time of
their marriage with a view to alleviate financial difficulties to celebrate marriages in the families of
BackwardClasses in the State.

 Govt. enhanced the marriage incentive from Rs.35,000 to Rs.50,000 to BC Brides and Inter Caste
Marriage incentive has been enhanced from Rs.50,000 to Rs.75,000, orders were issued

 The incentive will be paid inTwo installments,20% before marriage and the rest 80% immediately
after the marriage.

 Budget Allocated for 2019-20 : 300 Cr

A.P. Backward Classes Cooperative Finance Corporation Ltd.

 The A.P. Backward Classes Cooperative FinanceCorporation Ltd., was established in 1974 for
Economic upliftment of Backward Classes in the State.

 The primary objectives of the Corporation are to undertake the tasks of

  Economic up-liftment of the members of theBackward Classes and

 To provide financial assistance for creation of incomegenerating assets.

 Under the‚Jagananna Ammavodi‛scheme for the year 2019-20 @ Rs.15,000/- per beneficiary for the
benefit of students who are in belowpoverty-line.

 Under the ‚YSRVahan Mithra‛scheme, which aims to improve the qualityof life of the Self owned
taxi, Auto and maxi cab drivers in the state, financial assistance of Rs.10,000/- per annum per
beneficiary.

 The Government has announced a new scheme YSR Matsyakara Bharosa to the benefit of the
fishermen. Under this scheme, the Government has increased financial assistance from Rs.4,000/- to
Rs.10000/- for mechanized, motorized and nonmotorized fishing nets during fishing banned period.
 Under the 'Y.S.R. Nethanna Nestham' scheme Rs. 24,000 is provided perannumto every BPLweaver
family who owns a Handloom so as to modernize their equipment and in-turn compete with the
power looms sector.

Andhra Pradesh State Economically Backward Classes Welfare and Development Corporation

 The Economically Backward Classes Welfare and Development Corporation was established in the
Year 2017-18

 Under the Jagananna Amma Vodi scheme, 401755 EBC persons are benefitted during 2019-20 with an
expenditure of Rs. 605.34 Cr.

 Under the YSR VahanMithra scheme, 13230 EBC beneficiaries got benefitted during 2019-20 with an
expenditure of Rs. 13.23 Cr

A.P Most Backward Classes Welfare and Development Corporation

 Government issued the orders for implementation of Economic Support Schemes to the Most
Backward Classes(MBC ) with funding tie-up from National Backward Classes Finance Development
Corporation (NBCFDC) and Non-bank linked schemes to lift up the low hanging fruits.

 Maximum unit cost Rs.30, 000/- with 90% Subsidy from MBC Corporation and 10% Loan from
NBCFDC .The beneficiary can also opt for smaller units at a unit cost of Rs.10,000/- and Rs.20,000/-

 An amount of Rs.60 Cr. was allocated in 2019-20 Budget for Financial Assistance schemes to the
Welfare and Development of Most Backward Classes.

Co-operative Corporations for Artisan Communities:

11 Cooperative corporations have been established for the welfare of artisan communities

Scheme Pattern
 50% of the unit cost is released as Subsidy, and the remaining 50%is provided as Bank loan.

 The income limit is Rs. 81,000/- for rural and Rs.1,03,000/- for urban areas.
  Maximum unit cost is Rs.2,00,000/- for individual units and Rs.30,00,000/- for group units with
maximum15members.

 Units can be selected from ISB sector (Industries, Services, Business) or from artisan occupational
schemes.

 The Financial Assistance scheme is implemented through OBMMS. (Common platform for all
economic support schemes of all Corporations).

 Government has provided Rs. 173.75 [Link] Economic support schemes in the budget of 2019-20

State Kapu Welfare and DevelopmentCorporation

 Government with an aim to promote the Welfare and Development of the Kapu, Balija, Telaga and
Ontari Communities have established the ‚Andhra Pradesh State Kapu Welfare and Development
Corporation Ltd.

 The objective is

 To build a vibrant Organization to serve marginalized AP State Kapu Community members

for their overall development.

 To develop kapu community economically and socially which in turn make them to come
nearer to happiness index.

Beneficiaries :

 Government has released an amount of Rs.571.77 crores towards Jagananna Ammavodi scheme for
the year 2019-20.

 Government released an amount of Rs.27.11crores towards financial assistance to auto/taxi drivers

under YSR Vahana Mitra scheme for the year 2019-20.
 Govt., sanctioned an amount of Rs.342 crores towards Financial assistance to women belonging to
Kapu Community (Kapu, Telaga, Balija and Ontari subcastes) in the age group of 45 years to 60 years
under YSR Kapu Nestham scheme for the year 2019-20.

 Under the Skill development scheme, financial assistance for Skill Development programs in various
areas of expertise leading to their placements .During 2019-20 released an amount of Rs.13.69 Cr.
towards financial assistance to under skill developmentscheme

 Under the Self Employment scheme, financial assistance up to Rs.2,00,000/- will be sanctioned to the
selected beneficiaries for setting up new businesses or expanding/ diversifying the existing businesses.
50% subject to maximum of Rs.100000/- will be provided as subsidy. An amount of Rs.58.54 Cr.
Released towards financial assistance to under SelfEmploymentschemefor the year 2019-20.

 Under the Videshi Vidya Deevena scheme, financial assistance of Rs.10,00,000/- shall be granted to
the selected students for tuition and living expenses. An amount of Rs.29.45 Cr released under
Videshi Vidya Deevenaschemefor the year 2019-20.
  The Vidyonnathi scheme aims at encouraging economically weak kapu youth to join the UPSC Civil
services, Banking and other allied services. An amount of Rs.4.34 Cr. released towards financial
assistance under thischemefor the year 2019-20

Welfare of AryaVysyas:

 Government of Andhra Pradesh established A.P. AryaVysya Corporation.

 An amount of Rs.2.50 Cr .wasallocatedinthe 2019-20 Budget.

Implementation ofAssurances.

 Establishment of A.P. State BC Commission on permanentbasis with Sri Justice A. Sankara Narayana,
former High Court as Chairperson

 Providing Rs.75,000 Cr. over a period of 5 years @Rs.15,000 Cr. per annum for the Welfare of BCs.

 Providing 50% Reservation to BC, SC, ST andMinorities in Nominated Posts for their Political
Upliftment .50% Reservation is apportioned among different communities as follows:BCandMinorities
–29%;SC–15%;ST–6%
 Providing 50% Reservation to Women in NominatedPosts for their Political Upliftment Women
cutting across all Communities including OCs, as a measure of horizontal Reservation.

 Providing 50% Reservation to BC, SC, ST andMinorities in Nominated Works Contracts and Service
Contracts for their EconomicUpliftment

 Providing 50% Reservation to Women in Nominated Works Contracts and Service Contracts for their
EconomicUpliftment.50% Reservation

 Providing financial assistance of Rs.10,000 per annum to NayeeBrahmins,RajakasandTailors Rs.300

Cr. has also been provided in the Budget 2019-20.

SocialWelfare
 The Scheduled Castes Population in the state has increased from 74.28 lakhs in 2001 to 84.69 lakh in
2011, registering a growth of 14.01 percent.

 As per the 2011 Census, Scheduled Castes population forms 17.08 percent of the total population of
Andhra Pradesh and 79.98% of the Scheduled Caste People live in rural areas.

 Sex Ratio among the Scheduled Castes is 1007, which is higher than the state average of 996.

 The literacy rate among SCs is 64.47, lower than the State's Literacy rate of 67.41.

 SC population ranges f rom 7.68% in Visakhapatnam district to 23.19% in Prakasam district.

 In order to improve literacy rate and reduce dropout rate among SCs, Government has taken up
different Educational programmes and has formulated two schemes namely Jagananna Vidya
Deevena (RTF) and Jagananna Vasathi Deevena(MTF) under Navarathnalu scheme

EducationalProgrammes
  759 Pre-matric hostels are functioning in the state and recently 3 more hostels are re-established which
were closed earlier.

 38 integrated hostel welfare .The students studying from Class III to X will be admitted into these
hostels in the ratio – SC: 70%, Christian converts from SCs :12%, ST:5%, BC:9% and others: 4%.

 17 Ananda Nilayams (8 boys and 9 girls) are functioning 50%of the seats in AnandaNilayams are
filled with orphan students and the remaining 50% with children whose parents are engaged in
unclean occupations. The inmates of these Ananda Nilayams are provided all facilities on par with the
boarders in Social Welfare hostels.

Important schemes:

Best Available Schools Scheme

Under this, preference is given to the children belonging to the families of agricultural labourers, Jogins,
bonded labourers and orphans. During 2019-20, Rs. 17.58 Crs was allocated

Dr.B.R. Ambedkar Overseas Vidyanidhi

Under this Scheme, financial assistance isprovided tothe eligibleSC students for pursuing higher education
abroad. The selected SC students are sanctioned grant of Rs.15.00 lakhs in installments. During 2019-20,
Rs.10.17 Crs was allocated

Under Protection of Civil Rights (PCR) Act, 1955 and Prevention of Atrocities (POA) Act, 1989, the
following schemesare being implemented:

 Government sanctioned 13 Special sessionscourts in all districts of AP.

 Government sanctioned 13 SpecialMobile Courtsin all the districts for dealing with offences
underPCR Act, 1955 . The Mobile Courts are headed by First ClassJudicial Magistrate

 Scheme of Relief and Rehabilitation to the victims of Atrocities State Government

 Rehabilitation of Bonded Labour is a centrally sponsored scheme with funding pattern of 50:50
between the state fund and the center. The A.P. Scheduled Caste Cooperative Finance Corporation is
rehabilitating the identified bonded labourers with the help of District SC Co-operative Service
Societies.

 Economic Support Schemes with a unit cost of Rs.20,000/- per family for rehabilitation of Jogins of
which Rs. 10,000/- is subsidy has been implemented by the District SC Societies

 Under the Incentive awardfor inter – caste married couples scheme, Government has been
encouraging inter-caste marriages for social integration and social reform with an objective of
eradication of caste system in the society. The incentive award for inter-caste married couples is Rs.
75,000/-. The incentive award can be sanctioned to the couple where one of the spouses belongs to
Scheduled Castes. During 2019-20, Rs. 100 Lakhs was released by Government, for sanction of
incentives to the inter -caste married couples.

 Under the Free Power to SC Households scheme, Government have enhanced free power under
‚JagjeevanJyothi‛ scheme, from 100 units to 200 units to the eligible SC households. An amount of
Rs.212.11 Crores is allocated in B.E 2019-20 for free powerscheme.
  Ambedkar Smruthi Vanam Project is designedwith 125 feet statue, memorial hall, Buddhist
Dhyanakendram, meditation hall, library, open air theatre, park & convention hall at CRDA region
with an initial estimated cost of Rs.97.69 Crs and land of 20.00 acres was allocated the APIIC
executing the project.

 The SC Sub Plan & TSP Act 2013 to ensure accelerateddevelopment of SC's & ST's with emphasis on
achieving equality in the next ten years focusing on economic, educational and human development
along with ensuring the security and social dignity .

 During 2019-20, an amount of Rs. 15,000Crs is allocated out of which Rs. 11,205 Crs was incurred
under Scheduled Castes Sub Plan.

Andhra Pradesh Scheduled Castes [Link] Corporation Limited

 The main objective of AP Schedule Castes CooperativeFinance Corporation limited is to provide

financial assistance for creation of incomegenerating assets to the poor belonging to Scheduled Castes
households for socialandeconomicdevelopment.

 The Corporation mainly take up economic assistance programme in the fields of agriculture, animal
husbandry, marketing, supply and storage of agriculture products, small scale industry, cottage
industry, trade business or any other activity

 All these schemes areimplemented with loan tie-up from the banks.

Implementation of Schemes under Special CentralAssistance (SCA) to SCSP

 Government of India is providing funds under SCA for taking up schemes for the benefit of Scheduled
Castes.
 An amount of Rs 60.50 Cr was released by GoI under SCA to SCSP for the year 2019-20.

Implementation of new Schemes under Navaratnalu during 2019-20:

Government of Andhra Pradesh is implementingvarious Economic Development Schemes for the
welfare of Scheduled Castes from the inception ofthe Corporation. Now, Government is implementing new
schemes under NAVARATNALU for the welfare of scheduled Caste families.
The new schemes implemented during the year 2019-20 are as follows.

Jagananna AmmaVodi-SC
Government has released Rs.1302.35 Crs toAPSCCFC Ltd., towards AMMA VODI Programme

YSRVahanaMitra
The Government has released an amount ofRs.54.48 Crs towards YSR VAHANA MITRA

Tribal Welfare
 The Tribal Welfare Department is committed for theoverall socio-economic development of scheduled
tribes in the state through formulation of policies andprograms and duly implementing the
constitutionalsafeguards.

 The tribal population of Andhra Pradesh according to 2011Census is 27.39 lakhs which constitutes
5.53% of the total population of the state. There are 34 ST communities living in the state.
  Majority of the tribal population found in the above 5 districts. Vizianagaram, Vishakapatnam, East
Godavari and West Godavari districts

 The ST literacy rate is 48.83% (Female 39.40, Male 58.37).

Important Goals

 Government accorded high priority for development of tribals. Major focus is on education, health,
skill development and Infrastrucuture
 Implementation of NAVARATNALU on priority basis.

 To ensure quality residential education for STs,Govt Started and maintaining Ashram Schools,
Hostels and Residential Schools .In the year 2018-19, Rs.10 crores was allocated.

 Scholarships are also being extended for supporting in education.

 Bank Linked Subsidy loans are being sanctioned through Tribes Coopeartive Finance Corporation
Ltd(TRICOR) as Economic Support Scheme.

 Livelihoods projects in agriculture, horticulture, coffee, dairy and fisheries and skill development
activities are also being implemented.

 Creation of social infrastructure including road connectivityandsupply of drinkingwater,

electrification and digital connectivity in tribal areas.

 Minor ForestProduce(MFP) is procured through Girijan Coopeartive Cooperation(GCC) by extending

minimum support price.

 Public Distribution System in remote & interior tribal areas is being undertaken by GCC.

 Social securityassistance, inter & intra caste marriage incentives and freepower are extendedtoSTs.

 An amount of Rs. 640 Cr is provided in budget for 2019-20.

Best Available Scheme

 Bright ST students are admitted in selected, reputed private recognized schools (known as Best
Available Schools (BAS)).

 Under this scheme,Pre-matric scholarship of Rs.30,000/- per annum per student is paid. Income limit
ceiling is Rs.2lakhs per annum.

Pre-Matric Scholarships (New Scheme) for 5th to8th ST Day Scholars

 This is a scheme to reduce dropout rate in upper primary sections(classes 5th to 8th )among ST day
scholar students studying in Govt. school or in a school run by local bodies or any school aided by the
Government

 An incentive of Rs.1500/-per annum is provided to day scholar girl & Rs.1000/- per annum to day
scholar boy.
  Ceiling of incomelimit is Rs.2 lakhs per annum.

Pre-Matric YSR Vidya Jyothi for 9th& 10th classes (underGrant–in-AidfromGovernmentof India):

 This scheme meant for ST students of IX & X classes (Hostellers & Day Scholars) studying in Govt.
schools,schools managed by local bodies ( Zilla Parishad, municipalities)are eligible under this
scheme.

 Scholarship released per annum per student is Rs. 4,500/- for hosteller and Rs.2,250/- for day scholars.

 During 2019-20, an amount of Rs. 12.03 Crs is proposedfor the benefit .Income ceiling limit under this
scheme is Rs.2.00 lakhs.

 The eligible candidates can register their details in‚Jnana Bhumiweb portal‛ to get sanction.

Post–Matric Scholarships
There are (2) components under this scheme called as Jagananna Vidya Deevena RTF (Tuition Fee) &
Jagananna Vasathi Deevena MTF (Maintenance Charges). RTF is paid directly to the colleges (as fixed by the
University/Boards).

MTF is given directly to the student's bank account on monthly basis.

New Initiatives of Medical & Health Department

 During 2019-2020, all 158 PHCs in tribal areas are converted as 24×7 PHCs.

 First of its kind, 122 feeder ambulances (108 bikes) sanctioned and 40 Mukyamantri
GiriAarogyaKendramulu started in remote sub-centers.

 School Health Programme (Aadivasi Aarogyam) has been implemented in Educational institutions in
collobration with pvt parties for providing health services toall the students.

Infrastructure

 Providing connectivity to unconnected habitations by forming all weather roads for giving access to
services like health, education, daily needs etc.

 Building infrastructure to educational institutions in hilly, remote and agency areas on par with
developed areas.

 Construction of health infrastructure anganwadi centres,GP buildings, health centres,

 Constructing youth training centres for imparting skill development and

 Girijan Bhawans to celebrate community functions and ceremonies for tribal population.

 Giri Seva Kendra for services like banking, issue of certificates in agency and remote tribal areas.

Economic Support Schemes

  Under this scheme, the selected ST beneficiaries areprovided financial assistance of 60% of the unit
cost or Rs.1.00 lakh whichever is less, in which the PVTGs and other vulnerable groups are given 90%
subsidy of the unit cost or Rs.1 lakh whichever is less.

 An amount of Rs.60 Crs under economicsupport schemes.

Comprehensive Coffee Project

 In order to promote the coffee and improve the incomeof tribal coffee growers, a comprehensive coffee
projectis being implemented in Visakhapatnam Tribal area in convergence withTRICOR,Coffee
board,MGNREGs with a financial outlay of Rs. 526 Crores for the period of 10 years.

 The major components of the project are

 Expansion of new coffee in 1 lakh acres,
 Rejuvenation / consolidation of existing coffee in 45000 acres,
 Qualityimprovement though promoting wet processing, organic certification&
marketingsupport for rawcoffee.

 During 2019-20, Government has allocated Rs. 34.46 Crores for the project.

Skill Development

 During 2019-20, an amount of Rs.3.33 crore issued under skill development programme for providing
training to ST candidates

 The TRICOR is imparting training programmes to 7500 ST unemployed youth in Embedded and
Mechanics Skill Development Training Program @Rs.11,000/- for a period of (3) months and
distributed the Embeded andMechanics Tools Kit to the trainees,

 ST students were trained in English Language skills and Communications Skills training in Schools
under TribalWelfare Department and

 Conducted Awareness training program on Menstrual Hygiene andAwareness on BadTouch to ST

Girls atAshram Schools running byTribalWelfareDepartment

 MoU is entered with Village ReconstructionmOrganization(VRO) an empanelled training partner of

APSSDC for implementation of skill developmenttraining.

New Initiatives and Achievements:

 During 2019-2020, all 158 PHCs in tribal areas are converted as 24×7 PHCs.

 First of its kind, 122 feeder ambulances (108 bike ambulances) sanctioned and

 40 Mukyamantri Giri Aarogya Kendramulu started in remote sub-centers.

 School Health Programme(AadivasiAarogyam) has been implemented in Educational institutions in

collaboration with PVT partners ,for providinghealth services toall the students.

Alluri Seetharama Raju Museum:

Foundation was laidforAlluri Seetharama Rajumuseumin seven acres of land in Visakhapatnam with Rs.48 cr.
Some galleries are exclusively for 3D digital art based on tribal themes. Approved

Tribal Freedom Fighters Museum:

Government of India released Rs. 7.5 Crs . Concept plan is approved by MoTA.

Tribal Sub Plan: The total budget under STC (earlierTSP) for the financial year 2019-20 is Rs.4988.52 Crores.
Out of this, Rs. 3726.65 was incurred.

Navaratnalu
Reimbursement of Electricity Charges to ST Household's:
Under ‚JAGJEEVAN JYOTHI SCHEME‛, government extended free power from 125 units to 200 units
permonth to SC/ ST colonies/Thandas consumers

YSR Pelli Kanuka:

 The aim of the scheme is to provide financial assistanceto tribal girls at the time of their marriage with
a view to alleviate financial difficulties to celebrate marriage in the families of Scheduled Tribes in the
state.
 The financial assistance is enhanced from Rs. 50,000/- to Rs. 1,00,000/- (One Lakh) w.e.f. 02.04.2020 and
from Rs.75,000/- to Rs.1.20 lakh for ST Inter-caste Marriages

Synopsis of activities in the implementation of ROFRAct,2006

 Under the Act, the Tribes and Other Traditional ForestDwellers (OTFDs) who are dwelling in the
forest land for years, and eking out their livelihood from the forest produce prior to 13-12-2005, are
eligible for forest rights onthe forest [Link] to a maximum extent of 10 acres per family.

 The claimants can make their claims for Forest Rights on the forest land in the Grama Sabha;

Implementation of Recognition of Forest Rights(ROFR)Act,2006

 Special training programmes were conducted for thefield functionaries and the inter district field
visits to theST farmers under ROFR, to facilitate them to interact with their counterparts in the other
districts on the issues of methods of cultivation, land development, rising of crops /
plantationandrelatedissues.

 The newly established Resource Center in the office of State Project Monitoring Unit-ROFR, acted as a
knowledge hub to the field functionaries of ROFR programme, particularly in the matter of geo
mapping for identification of claimant's lands.

AP Schedule Area Land Transfer Regulation(LTR)

The Tribal Advisory Council (TAC), in APapproved the Draft Amendments in Area Land Transfer
Regulations and submitted to the Government for amending the AP Scheduled Area Land Transfer
Regulations as part of theimplementation of recommendations of KRRC to strengthen the tribal protective
Land Transfer Regulations.
PESA Act 1996,Act 1998&Rules2011
The Tribal Welfare Department has initiated process to examine all the state subject laws which are in conflict
with the provisions of PESA enactments and to take steps for bringing amendments to the state subject laws
in consonance with the provisions ofPESAActs.

Girijan Cooperative Corporation (GCC):

 During the financial year 2019-20, GCC hasprocured minor forest produce &agricultural produce and
coffee and domestic requirements through GCC owned DR Depots (Fair Price Shops)

 GCC has pumped in Rs.36944.46 lakhs into tribal economy through its core activities and fixed an
annua target of Rs.50468.25 lakhs for the current financial year 2019-20.

GCC OtherActivities
Product range is being increased to attract various consumer segments. New Products such as cashew nut
and roasted cashew, multi–grain biscuits, pepper, arrow root powder etc. under the brand name ‚Girijan‛
have been introduced into the consumer market.
For the year 2019-20, Rs.285.00 lakhs hasbeenrecovered fromthe tribal farmers

Minorities Welfare

 As a secular country, the Government's endeavour hasalways been to ensure progress to all
population, including the Minorities.

 Several schemes and policies have been put in place to ensure up-liftment of minorities through socio
economic development , educational advancement and enhancing employment opportunities of
minorities under the aegis of the Minorities Finance Corporation.

 The minority population is mostly urban-based.

 A large segment of the minority population is below poverty line. The share ofMinorities in different
economic support schemes has also been very low.

JaganannaVidyaDeevana(MTF&RTF)

 Government is providing scholarships bothMTF and RTF to the Post Matric students covering
Intermediate, Graduation, Post-graduation, [Link], Ph.D & Diploma Courses like Polytechnic,
Nursing etc., Professional courses like MBBS, [Link], MBA, MCA etc., on saturation basis.

 During the year 2019-20 an amount of Rs.150 Crores was allocated towards MTF towards RTF Rs.220
Crores was allotted

YSR Shadika thofa(DULHANSCHEME)

 The Government of A.P. has introduced a new scheme YSR Shaadi ka Thofa.

 Financial assistance of Rs.100,000/- will be given to eligible poor minority girls on the eve of marriage

 During Financial Year 2019-20 an amount of Rs.100 Crores allotted

Overseas Education Scheme for Minorities

 Overseas Educational Scholarships Scheme has been introduced in the year 2016-17 for the Minorities
for pursuing their higher studies abroad and an amount of Rs.10 Lakhs is being sanctioned for each
student.

 The Financial Assistance has been enhanced from Rs. 10.00 Lakhs to 15.00 Lakhs.

 During the year 2019-20 anamount of Rs.20Crores was allocated

.
MinoritiesWelfare Hostels

 There are 6 Pre Matric Minorities hostels and 10 PostMatric hostels functioning in the state aiming
educational and social development of the poorest of the poor minority students.
 During the financial year 2019-20, an amount of Rs.1.92 crores have been released to the 7 districts for
maintenance of minorities welfare hostels.

Residential Schools

 There are 6 residential schools in the state aimingtowards educational and social development in
minoritystudents with residential amenity.
 During the year an amount of Rs.1.88 Crores have been released to A.P. Residential Schools in the
state.

Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram(PMJVK)

 TheMulti-Sectoral Development Programme, a CentrallySponsored Scheme restructured as ‚Pradhan

Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK)‛ will be implemented during the remaining period of 14th
Finance Commission i.e. upto 2019-20.

 The PMJVK will continue to support the projects sanctioned under erstwhile Multi-Sectoral
Development Programme (MsDP). The PMJVK will continue to be implemented in Minority
concentared areas

 MSDP funds have been released to 4 districts viz., Ananthapuramu, Guntur, Kurnool and YSR
districts for implementation of the scheme.

AP State Christian Finance Corporation Ltd

 Government of Andhra Pradesh has been implementing welfare schemes for the Christian Minorities.

 Many initiatives such as

 Christian Bhavan,

 Grant in aid to churches and church run institutions,

 Pilgrimage to Holy Land of Jerusalem,

 Financial assistance to self employment schemes,

  Scholarships, trainings, coaching programmes for unemployed Christians,

 Training for Christian Minority Law Graduates,

 Pelli Kanuka were introduced.

 During the FY 2019-20, Government allotted a budget of Rs.54.36 Crores for implementation of
APSCMFC schemes.

Subsidy for Bank Linked Income Generated Scheme

 Under the scheme a maximum subsidy of Rs.1.00 Lakh is provided to the beneficiaries applied
through Online Beneficiary Monitoring and Management System (OBMMS) portal on par with
other welfare corporations.
 The identification of beneficiary is done by the Mandal Level Selection Committee

 During the FY 2019-20, an amount of Rs.1616.00 lakhs is allotted in the budget for providing
subsidized loans to eligible [Link] establishing Micro/Small/Medium industries as well as for
purchase of taxi-cars and autos

Pilgrimage to HolyLand of Jerusalem

 Under this scheme, an amount of Rs.60,000/- is providedas financial assistance to the candidates
whose annual income is below Rs.3 Lakhs and Rs.30,000/- financial assistance for the candidates
whose annual income is above Rs.3Lakhs for visiting Holy Land of Jerusalem and other Biblical
places. The additional amount for the programme shall be borne by beneficiaries.

 The Selection Committee constituted by the Government shall select the beneficiaries.

Centre For Educational Development of Minorities (CEDM)

 The Centre For Educational Development of Minorities (CEDM) was established to uplift the down
trodden minority communities educationally and economically by providing free coaching in various
competitive examinations, trainings and skill development programmes.

 An amount of Rs.1000 Lakh has been allocated for the year 2019-20

AP State Ha jCommittee

 The state Haj Committee is the intermediate body constituted by the State Govt. to assist Central Haj
Committee in respect of the pilgrimage for Muslims for Haj & matters connected.

 The A.P. State Haj Committee provides assistance to Haj pilgrims in all matters including issue of
pilgrim passports and foreign exchange and also their return journey matters.

 Every year the AP State Haj Committee deputes Govt. Employees as the Khadim-Ul- Hujjaj (Haj
Volunteers) to assist Haj Pilgrims in Makkah Mukarramah and Madina Munawwarah.
  In accordance with the assurance in NAVARATNALU the Government is providing financial
assistance of Rs. 60,000/- will be provided if income is Rs.3 Lakhs per annum, and Rs.30,000/- will be
provided if the income is above 3 Lakhs per annum to the Haj Pilgrims

AndhraPradesh State WAQF Board

 The Government of Andhra Pradesh has sanctioned an amount of Rs.1150 Lakhs in 2019-20 for
construction, repairs and maintenance to Mosques, Dargahs, Muslim Burial Grounds etc.,

 Arrangements of Iftar during the HolyMonth of Ramzan at District Level in (13) districts of A.P.

 An amount of Rs.3333Lakhs have got released towards honorarium of Rs.5,000/- per monthto Imam
andRs.3,000/- permonthto Mouzan.

AP State Urdu Academy

1) Education Facilities are being provided to Minorities in Urdu

2) VocationalTraining in Urdu Computer Education: TheAP State Urdu Academy is running (36)
Computer Training Centres & (36) Urdu Libraries in all 13 districts to improve the socio economic
conditions of the minorities

3) Providing Infrastructural Facilities to Urdu MediumSchools: Under this, financial assistance of Rs

50,000/- to each Urdu medium schools.

4) Grant in Aid for construction of Urdu-Ghar-Cum-Shadikhanas:

A.P. Noorbasha / Doodekula MuslimsCooperative Societies Federation Ltd(APNDF)

During the FY 2019-20 Government allotted a budget of Rs.20 Crores for implementation of APNDF Schemes.

Survey Commissioner of WAQFs

The Survey Commissioner Office has been established on bifurcation

Youth Services
 TheDepartment ofYouth Services was established in theyear 1972 with a view to channelise the
energies of youth towards constructive activities and to keep away them from unsocial activities.

 Different initiatives have been taken up by the department keeping in view the changing aspirations
and needs of youth for their advancementandempowerment.

YouthEmpowermentProgrammes
To encourage youth to participate in culturalprogrammes and to provide them a platform to exhibittheir
talents, Divisional Level Youth Festivals were conducted State Level Youth Festival was held at
Visakhapatnam

Disaster Management and First Aid Training Programmes

  To create awareness among the youth about disasters and natural calamities and to prepare them in
advance to face such situation and to ensure their participation in the disaster mitigation plans,

 Disaster Management and First Aid Training Programmes have been taken up in coordination with
Indian Red Cross Society in all the districts. During the training, subjects like disaster management,
first-aid,health hygiene and sanitation, climate changeetc.,were covered.

Inter-District Youth Exchange Programmes

To familiarize youth with the environment, family life,social customs etc., of the people living in different
partsof the state, Inter-District Youth Exchange Programmes have been taken-up. About 100 youth from each
district were sent to other districts in two batches @ 50 per batch.

Integration camps were conducted in the inviting active youth from all over the 13 districts @ 25 per
district and also inviting experienced speakers and social workers to inspire the youth

Yuva Sabhas were conducted in West Godavari, EastGodavariandChittoor districts.

Observance of National / International ImportantDays

 The department has been making arrangements for observing National and International importance
days everymonth @ 2 -3 days in all the districts of the state by organising suitable programmes
involving youth

 The important days include [Link] Jayanti, World Earth Day, Anti-Terrorism Day,World
No Tobacco Day, World Blood Donor Day,International Day of Yoga, ,WorldConsumerRightsDay etc

AwarenessProgrammes
Awareness programmes on Personality Development & Career Counselling, Women Empowerment, Self-
Defence Techniques to Women, COVID 19 etc., were conducted in coordination with line departments like
Sports, NehruYuva Kendra, Education, NSS etc., to create awareness on the subject and make them sensible
towards society and participate in communitywelfareprogrammes.

Self DefenceTraining for WomenYouth

The programme is aimed at educating girls and women, through self-defence training programmes to
protect/defend themselves from unsocial elements, besides providing them awareness and advocacy to
build confidence and self-sustainability.
It is proposed to cover 12500 girls andwomen members all over the state during year 2019-20.

Housing
 Andhra Pradesh State Housing Corporation (APHCL) hasbeen the pioneer in implementation of
Weaker Section Housing Programme along with adequate amenities.

 APHCL acts as a Techno Financing Agency in shelterdelivery in rural and urban areas by
encouragingconstruction of houses through self- help and mutualhelp basis. It also encourages
community participation in the construction of houses.

DepartmentalActivities:
  A.P State Housing Corporation (APSHCL) has been identified as nodal agency to implement both
central and state sponsored housing schemes in the state.
 From 2014, a total 22.33 lakh houses were taken up and so far, 8.23 lakh houses completed up to 31-03-
2020.

Main Schemes being implemented areas follows:

YSR Rural Housing scheme

 Under this scheme, government of AP sanctions houses in rural areas with a unit cost of Rs.1.50 lakh
per house with state share of Rs. 1,19,550/- as subsidy and MGNREGS share of Rs.30,450/-.

 In case of SC/STs, governmentsanctions unit cost of Rs.2.00 lakh per house withstate share of Rs.
1,69,550/- as subsidy andMGNREGS shareofRs.30,450/-.

PMAY –YSR (Gramin)

Under PMAY –YSR (Gramin), with a unit cost of Rs.2.00 lakh per house, the government is
paying an additional amount of
 Rs.50,000/- for SCs in all areas and

 Rs. 1,00,000/- to all STs in PVTGs,

 Rs. 75,000/- to Yanadis and STs in scheduled & TSP Mandals and

 Rs.50, 000/- to STs in non-scheduledmandals.

PMAY (Urban) scheme

Under the PMAY (Urban) scheme, government hassanctioned houses with a unit cost of Rs.3.50 lakh
In ULBs andRs. 2.50 lakh inUDAs.

YSR Special Housing

Under YSR Special Housing the following norms are followed:
o HudHud : Rs. 4.00 Lakh per house (GoAP50%+Donors50%)

o Titli : Rs. 2.50 Lakh per house (GoAP subsidy Rs. 2.50 Lakh)

In case of Houses Prior to 2014-15: An amount of Rs.1.00 Lakhs per house to SCs, Rs.1.05 lakh per
house to STs both in rural and urban areas and for others Rs. 0.70 lakhs per house in rural and Rs. 0.80
lakh per house in urban areas. In addition, an amount of Rs. 25,000/- is being paid for early completion.

Road map for Navaratnalu flagship programme:

 Housing is the priority of the government and is committed to construct 25.00 lakh houses in 4 years
as a part of ‚Navaratnalu‛ [14 lakh in Rural areas includingUDAs and 11 lakhin Urban areas ULBs]
with an estimated total project cost of Rs.61,000 crores ‘.As a part of this, it is proposed to take up 15.00
Lakh houses during the financial year 2020-21.

 To construct houses to all the houseless poor irrespectiveof caste, religion etc.
  It is also proposed to distribute house site pattas on the name of women to 25 Lakhbeneficiaries(The
Revenue department & Land acquisition department have already taken steps for acquiring land) The
Housing activity will be taken up soon after issue of pattas to the beneficiaries

 To facilitate to provide loans @ ‚Pavala Interest‛through the banks and other financial agencies,

 Further, it is also planning to procure and supply buildingmaterials viz., cement, steel, , sand etc at the
lowest possible prices so as to reduce the financial burden on the beneficiaries..

Public Health & Municipal Engineering

UrbanWater Supply and Sanitation

 Water Supply Improvement Schemes are being taken upin Urban Local Bodies from time to time to
improve per capita water supply on par with national standards.

 The operation and maintenance of Water Supply & Sewerage Schemes is being attended by the
respective Municipalities and Municipal Corporations.

Water Supply
The State Government is giving top priority to provide protected drinking water to all urban local bodies by
strengthening existing infrastructure.

Sewerage Sector
Government has taken decision to provide Under Ground Drainage(UGD )facilities andTreatment plants in
all 1 lakh+ towns on priority basis duly acknowledging the directions of the National Green Tribunal.

StormWater Drains
Government is taking necessary steps to provide storm water drains in ULBs to avoid inundation and fly
nuisance.

HUDCO
Under HUDCO scheme,Water Supply Project at a cost of Rs.585.05 Cr in Nellore is completed and
commissioned. Sewerage project at a cost of Rs.577.76 Crs has been completed and put into utilisation.

OneTime Special Financial Assistance

Under One Time Special Financial Assistance, Storm Water drainage scheme in Vijayawada at a cost of
Rs.461.04 Crs is60%completed and Sewerage Schemein Guntur at a cost of Rs.923.84 Crs is 60% completed
and both projects are scheduled to be completed by Mar- 2020.

AMRUT

 Under AMRUT-Phase-I, water supply projects costing Rs.788 crores were taken up in 25 towns which
are in progress with 90%of work completed and are scheduled to be completed byMar-2020.

 Under AMRUT-Phase-II, water supply projects have been taken up in 27 towns at a cost of Rs.2000
crores and about 60% of work completed.

 Sewerage and Septage Projects have been taken up in 25 towns at a cost of Rs.794 crores and about
60% of the work completed.
  Strom water drainage projects have been taken up in 7 towns at a cost of Rs.350 crores and 40% of the
project works are completed.

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank(AIIB)

In Phase-I, the projects were proposed in 21 ULBs withcost of Rs.2250 crores and in Phase-II, projects are
proposed in 29 ULBs with cost of Rs.2685.58 crores. The Projects are divided into 18 packages in which 5 are
source related packages and 13 are distribution related packages.13 packages covering distribution have been
tendered and works are entrusted to agencies. In source packages, 2 package works are grounded and
retenders for 3 packages the Government have accorded sanction forRs. 5352.60 crores.

RuralWater Supply

 Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Department is the nodal agency in the State for providing drinking
water and sanitation facilities in rural areas.

 The drinking water facilities are being provided by various types of schemes such as
 NRDWP/JJM.
 NABARD
 YSR Sujala Pathakam
 The objectives are to provide every rural person with adequate safe water for drinking, cooking and
other basic needs on sustainable basis within their household premises by 2024

 Under YSR Sujala Pathakam, 2779 habitations (QA & Stressed) are programmed to cover through 49
water purification plants through hub & spoke modelduring 2020-21 costing Rs. 225.00 crores

Action Plan(2020-24)

 Earlier, most of the PWS schemes are provided with ground water source (borewells).The ground
water levelhas gone very deep even beyond 1000 feet inmany areas particularly in the drought
affected districts of Rayalaseema.

 Government of India has taken a decisionto provide sustainable surface/sub surface sources only for
all drinking water supply schemes to avoid further depletion ofgroundwater.

 Currently, 58 % of habitations are covered with 55 LPCD, 1% (126) habitations are quality affected and
remaining 41% of habitations are under the category of partially covered (0-55 LPCD).

 Out of 95.66 Lakh rural households, about 31.85 Lakh households are having house connections.

Drinking Water Project Proposals (WATERGRID)

 Government is planning to provide bulk water supplymains and deliver water to rural, urban
(Municipalities &Corporations) and Industrial demand through sustainable surface/groundwater
sources.

 The projects are envisaged to provide 100% house service connections to make designed level of water
supply available at the consumer's doorstep

 The funding is planned through banks, external assistance, annuity mode etc.
Vision
The vision of the Government is to cover 100%habitations by 2022 and to provide 100% household
connectionsby 2024.

MunicipalAdministration

Urban Sanitation – Door to Door GarbageCollection

 The main aim is garbage free roads, free flowing of sidedrains, controlling the insanitary conditions
created by stray animals and mosquitoes has been achieved.

 There are 120 Urban Local Bodies i.e. , 16 Municipal Corporations, 77Municipalities and 27
Nagarpanchayats in the State.

 As per 2011 census, urban population of the state is 140.06 lakhs.

 The total garbage generation in the state in 120 ULBs is 2.02 LakhMTs and waste lifted is 1.99 Lakh
MTs per month, lifting 99% of garbage [Link] to door garbage collection 96%,segregation of
waste at sources covering 63% households

Establishment of Waste Processing Facilities under SWM

 The Swachha Andhra Corporation setup as State Mission Directorate for Swachh Bharat/Swachh
Andhra Programme, is exclusively established to deal with sanitation and solid waste management
matters.

 To improve the sanitationconditions and to arrest open defecation, the SwachhaAndhra Corporation
has sanctioned individual household toilets on saturationmodein 110 [Link] the 110 ULBs in the
state have been declared as ODF.

 The Swachh Andhra Corporation, has initiated action for setting up of Waste toEnergyPlants
underPPPmode, [Link] 2Waste to Energy Plants to be established at
Visakhapatnam & Guntur in the state

 In addition to this, Waste to Compost Plants are under operation

 In view of Waste processing facility, Bulk Waste Generators to be used for onsite processing of waste

Solid Waste Management

 The Government of Andhra Pradesh has issued the SolidWaste Management Policy in 2018, in terms
of Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016.

 To manage dry waste, Material Recovery Facilities are established in 72 ULBs.

 Under Extended Producer Responsibility, PlasticWaste Collection Centers are established in 5 ULBs.

 To process non- recyclable plastic waste, 25 ULBs have so far tied up with nearby cement plants
Theplastic waste is also being used in construction of roads in the ULBs

 Comprehensive DPRs are being prepared to initiateprocess for treatment of legacy waste.
  In 50 ULBs, CCTVcameras were installed at dumpsite.

Online Waste Management System (OWMS)using ICT&IOT Devices

 Technology enabled objective of tracking of Gate to Gate solid waste collection across all the cities

 Online Waste ManagementSystem (OWMS) has been developed for managing Sanitation and Solid
Waste Management Activities on real time basis such as attendance of the PH workers, service
coverage, punctuality of the transport vehicles, conversion of black spots into green spots, feedback
from the public and redressal of their grievances.

OWMS-I

 It is an integrated software, does data analytics and generates dashboards, alerts and MIS reports for
realtime monitoring and course correction.
 Payments to the service providers is authorised through a performance score card which is generated
based on the actual field performance of the service providers. The KPIs identified for performance
evaluation are service coverage efficiency, transportation efficiency, weighment of segregated waste,
dust and litter free roads, employee attendance.

Under OWMS-II, IoT (RFID Tags, RFID Scanners, ElectronicWeighing Scale, and GPS vehicle trackers) are
used forreal time monitoring of field services in all the 110 ULBs.
 For effective monitoring of OWMS, an Integrated Command and Control Centre is set up in the
Secretariat

 Foreffective monitoring of Sanitation Vehicles Transportation, 746 GPS Trackers were fixed for
effectivemonitoring of vehicle transportation.

 Attendance for PHWorkers is obtained through Facial Recognition System (FRS) in the ULBs.

 Under Monitoring ServiceCoverage through IOT devices, RFID tags are fixed to the houses,

 For segregated garbage weighment, digital weighing scales are supplied to ULBs.

 Sanitation teams of PH workers is daily monitored through photos/videos and tracked live 24x7 at
the Command & Communication Centre established in MA&UD Dept @ Velagapudi.

Black Spot Monitoring and Management App

 First time in the country,It has been designed and developed to monitor garbage vulnerable points
and other sanitation issues in two levels.

 Priority Black Spots: Covers main roads and commercial areas with floating population and sensitive
zones including hospitals, educational institutions etc.

 Normal Black Spots: Low visibility areas andinternal roads,openplots in thewards etc.

Conversion of Black Spots into Green Spots:

Database of all black spots in all 110 ULBs is being monitored 24x7 to convert into green spots. If a black spot
being clearedoffregularlyby sanitation staff and after a period of 7 days, the said black spot will be converted
as green spot.
Creating Clean & Green ULBs
By constant Garbage Vulnerable points monitoring and sustained cleanliness in the communities for the
benefit of the citizens of theULBs.

e-Governments – Implementation of e-MunicipalERP Modules

 Government have issued orders for customization and implementation of e-Municipal ERP Modules
across all the Urban Local Bodies in the state.

 This system helps Urban Local Bodies in automating end-to-end business processes thereby
improving accountability and transparency

 The e-Municipal ERP system covered with 21 modules like Property Tax, Vacant Land Tax, Water
Charges, Public Grievances & Redressal, Advertisement Tax, Trade License, EstateManagement,
NonTax Revenue, Inventory Management, Financial Management, Citizen Portal, Mobile APP,
Dash Boards, SewerageManagement, Marriage Registration etc

 Government have issued administrative sanction for an amount of Rs.16.40 Crores towards
implementation of integrated e- MunicipalERPSolutions across allULBsin the state.

Digital Door Numbering

Digital Door Number (DDN) plates with unique QuickResponse code (QR code) is being provided for all
thehouseholds of110ULBsin the state torationalize the existing house numbers for better governance
andservice delivery. Unique Scientific Street basedaddressing system that adheres to international guidelines.
Government have issued guidelines for DigitalDoorNumberingin all theULBs.

Other Reforms
 Developed ULB websites to every Urban LocalBody in the state to keep the information about the
municipal services delivered, tenders, financial information, council and municipal staff details Digital
India initiatives etc as a part of urban reforms

 Launched Nagaraseva application as for Public Grievance and Redressal System(PGR). It can be
 Used to register citizen complaint/grievances and end to endgrievance management tracking
system.

 User can report issues from their phone and can takepicture of the problem and briefly
explain about the issue.

 The application automatically captures the exact location of the issue and routes it to the
concerned municipal official for early resolution.

 The user can also knowthe property tax and water charge due for his assessment using the
application.

14th FinanceCommission Grants

 The 14th FC has recommended grants to ULBs in two types

 Basic Grant [80%]for Rs.2908.64 Crores and
  Performance Grant[20%] for Rs.727.16 Crores
(total forRs.3635.80 Crores)

 From2016- 17 onwards for the release of Performance Grant by the Government of India, the ULB has
to fulfil the certain conditions. They are
 Making available data on local bodies receipt and expenditure through audited accounts,
 Improvement in own revenues; and
 Measure and publish Service Level Benchmarks (SLB) for basic services.

 As per the guidelines, ULBs have to propose and execute the works in the basic services namely, water
supply, sanitation management, sewerage management, solid waste management, community assets
maintenance ,maintenance of municipal school buildings, roads, burial and cremation grounds, street
lighting & ULB share under AMRUT scheme.

 An amount of Rs.1313 Crores was released by the GoI in the F.Y.2019-20

 For providing basic infrastructure facilities Urban Local Bodies in the State, an amount of Rs.1864
lakhs State Finance Commission (SFC) Grant released to 110 ULB’s during 2019-20.

The Scheduled Castes Component (SCC)

SCSP Scheme intends to fill the infrastructural gaps in Scheduled Castes localities in the Urban
Local bodies in the state such as laying of roads, construction of drains, providing drinking water supply
pipelines, construction of community halls, providing street lighting facilities etc.
During 2019-20, an amount of Rs.25062.00 lakhs has been provided to take up developmental works under
Scheduled Castes Component(SCC).

This Scheduled Tribes Component (STC)

Similar to SCC Component
During 2019-20, an amount of Rs.2440 lakhs has been provided to take up developmental works under STC

Education in Municipal Schools

Introduction of English Medium in all theMunicipal Schools except 10th class inAP
The Government introduced English Medium inMunicipal Schools in the year 2016 duly exempting 10th
class from the conversion to English Medium during the first year. Howeve, in 2017, it was also extended to
10th [Link] the Government, permitted to continue parallelTeluguMedium Sections as per need, as
some students were finding difficult to immediately switch over.

Engagement of Part Time Academic Instructors

Government issued instructions to all the MCsconcerned to engage Part Time Academic Instructors on need
and shortage basis.

AmmaVadi
Amma Vadi is an important and significant programmeunder Navaratnalu.

Nadu-Nedu
A prestigious program of the Government of Andhra Pradesh which seeks to transform government schools
into vibrant and competitive [Link] program is set to turn a new leaf over education sector and
willprovide opportunities to weaker sections and underprivileged.
Transformation of Municipal Schools (TOMS)
An all-inclusive Reform Project in Municipal Schools approved

WardSecretariatSystem

WardVolunteers
Government have issued orders for positioning ofWard Volunteers in all the Urban Local Body (ULB) areas in
the state to ensure leak proof implementation of Government Programmes/Schemes.

Ward Secretariats&WardSecretaries
 Government have issued orders for constitution of WardSecretariats in all the Urban Local Bodies in
the State of Andhra Pradesh. Ward Secretariats in all the 110 ULBs have been established

 Further, in each Secretariat, IT infrastructure viz., desktops, printers, scanners, UPS and IRIS scanners
etc have been provided.

 Orientation training ,Functional Training followed by practical training to all Ward Secretaries was
imparted.

Mission for Elimination of Poverty in Municipal Areas(MEPMA)

 The Government has established a separateorganization‚Mission for Elimination of Poverty in

Municipal Areas(MEPMA)‛with an objective to promote, strengthen and nurture self-sustainable
institutions of the poor.

 The main objective is to enable the urban poor particularly the poorest of the poor to come out of
poverty and vulnerability in a sustainable manner and improve their quality of life in urban areas
through their self-managed andself-reliant institutions.

 MEPMAhas been designated as a State Level Nodal Agency (SLNA) for implementing National Urban
Livelihoods Mission (NULM) activities in the state.

National Urban Livelihood Mission (NULM):

 Government of India has restructured the SJSRY scheme as NULM and is being implemented with
effect from01-04-2014 in 32 eligible towns / cities and now it is extended to all 110 ULBs in the State.

 The mission is aimed at reducing poverty and vulnerability of urban poor households by enabling
them to access gainful selfemployment and skilled wage employment opportunities

 The mission aims at providing shelter equipped with essential services to the urban homeless in a
phased manner.

Social Mobilization and InstitutionDevelopment(SM&ID)

[Link] AASARA

 The main objective is to organize poorwomen into SHGs by covering all families living in slums and
enable them to become self-reliant as a part of implementation of ‚Nava Ratnalu‛.
  Government of Andhra Pradesh has decided to reimburse bank loan out standings of SHGs in four
installments.

[Link] Vaddileni Runalu (VLR)

The Government with a view to encourage better repayment culture and to reduce interest burden on the
rural and urban poor on SHG bank loans decided to continue the interest subvention programme as Dr YSR
VaddileniRunalu. Estimated amount during the year 2019-2020 is Rs. 648.83 Cr.

Self-Employment Program (SEP) & BankLinkage

This programme focuses on providing assistance to individual urban poor beneficiaries for setting up gainful
self-employment ventures and micro enterprises with an upper limit of Rs 2.00 Lakh cost per unit.

Livelihoods / IncomeGenerationActivities:

 Preparation of Family Business Plans (FBP) by 18 Lakh SHGmembers.

 Lakh members undergone Entrepreneurship DevelopmentProgram(EDP)

 Trainings, 12.30 Lakh members assisted in establishmentof Livelihood Units.

 Web based monitoring with geotagging of units, which is 1st of its kind in the country, 375 Micro
Enterprise Community Consultant(MECC) have been positioned for enhancing marketing and
technical skills of small entrepreneurs.

 9 MEPMA Marts have been Established on pilot basis.

Employment through Skill Training andPlacement(EST&P)

The main objective of the programme is providing an asset to the urban poor in the form of skills for
sustainable livelihood.

Support to Urban Street Vendors (SUSV)

Strengthening and sustainability of livelihoods of StreetVendors (SVs) has been proposed to be implemented
in all ULBs in the state as a part of the National Policy on urban street vendors. 1,21,120 street vendors
identified, ID cards issued to 94,[Link] Vending Committees were formed in all ULBs. Street Vending
plans are prepared and implementing in Greater Vishakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC), Eluru
andTadipathri.

Shelters for Urban Homeless (SUH)

The main objective of SUH is‚Providing 24/7 all whether Shelter to Urban Homeless with all amenities‛. So
far 82 SUHs have been functioning covering over 3800 homeless,

Social Security
Under this programme
 49.34 Lakhwere covered underPradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana(PMJJBY),

 9.60lakh covered under Social Security Pensions,

 2.60 lakhscovered under Abhayahastham and

 46,591 covered under YSRPelli Kanuka

Health&Nutrition (H&N)

 MEPMA is implementing different health initiatives for creation of awareness to the urban poor on
prevention of communicable and non- communicable diseases, water, sanitation and hygiene.

 To create health awareness,MEPMA has formed and strengthened 10,368 Mahila Aarogya Samithi
(MAS) with 1.00 lakh members to act as bridge between urban poor and health providers, line
departments and NGOs for optimum utilisation of services to reduceOut of Pocket Expenditure.

 MEPMA in convergence withWomen Development and Child Welfare department supporting Nagar
Poshana Kendras for providing hot cooked meal to the anemic and malnourished pregnant women,
lactating mothers and 0-6 year children who are not covered by AWCs and collaborated with line
departments to reduce MMR, IMR, malnutrition, and anemia.

 Promoting kitchen and terrace gardens around for low cost locally available nutritious food to the
urban poor.

 Awareness on Menstrual Hygiene Breast and Cervical Cancer (MHBCC) was created to all SHG
women.

Rural Development Department

 The Rural Development Department has three major wings namely Watershed Development
Programmes, Self Help Groups and related programmes andMahatma Gandhi National
RuralEmploymentGuarantee Scheme.

 In the state, 50% lands are degraded and nearly 30% people are poor (below poverty line).

 With proper planning, scientific approach and efficient management, it is possible to increase the
productivity of degraded lands, reduce poverty by creating huge employment opportunities for the
poor. It is firmly believed that the development of degraded lands is an important input requiredfor
eradication ofpoverty.

 Towards this direction, Rural Development department is implementingWatersheds Development

Programmes (DPAP, DDP, IWDP, IWMP), Comprehensive LandDevelopment Programmes (Indira
Prabha & Jala Siri under RIDF XIII, XV,&XVII) and Wage Employment Programmes (MGNREGS-AP).
All the 3 programmes are being implemented and monitored through the software solution RAGAS
(Rashtra Grameena Abhivridhi Samacharam)in transparency and accountabilitymode.

Watershed Development Programmes

 Watershed programmes are being implemented in the State for over two decades.

 These programmes are concentrated in rain-fed areas which have undulating terrain, very poor
groundwater profile. and are prone for degradation of soil (soil erosion).

 Watershed Development Programmes are being implemented under centrally sponsored DPAP, DDP
and IWDP schemes to combat recurring drought conditions in the state.
  The main objective is to encourage Integrated Natural Resources Management with participation of
the local community. Main components of Watershed Development Programmes

 Soil and moisture conservation,

 water harvesting,

 Ground water recharge,

 Improvement of vegetation and bio-mass,

 Waste land development etc.,

 The programme envisages demarking 500-hectare area as a micro watershed. The watershed so
delineated is treated for conservation of soil and moisture by following ridge to valley approach.

 A series of structures like sunken pits, rock fill dams, percolation tanks, check dams, farm ponds,
earthenbunding vegetative barriers, plantations etc., are constructed to reduce the velocity of water,
allow percolation, control soil erosion and improve vegetative cover on the land to augment
productivity.

PMKSY–Watersheds (erstwhileIWMP)

 PMKSY-Watersheds (erstwhile IWMP) aims to restore the ecological balance by harnessing,

conserving and developing degraded natural resources such as soil, vegetative cover and water and
create sustainablelivelihoods for assetless.

 These watersheds are being implemented by Rural Development through State Level Nodal Agency
(SLNA) in the state.

 The present funding pattern of Central and State share is 60:40

 An amount of Rs 127 Crores under IWMP and Rs 13 crores under convergence with MGNREGS has
been spent upto 31stMarch, 2020.

Impact of PMKSY-Watersheds during 2019-20

 Because of water harvesting and plantationworks, so far an additional ayacut of 41,802 Ha has been
brought under irrigation, benefiting 52,489 farmers.

 Community interested activities have been taken up, such as solar street lights, cattle troughs,
drinkingwater purifying plants (ROPlant), etc.,

 Under Production Systems Improvement (PSI) component - agriculture & livestock activities taken
up

 Livelihood component activities of dairy, small ruminants, agriculture, petty and skilled businesses
etc.,

 Rs.22.52Crores has been spent for Institution & Capacity Building activities, 3851 trainings were
conducted covering 1000 primary & secondary level stakeholders.
Navaratnalu

 Providing free borewells to eligible farmers instead of Jalasiri Programme is covered under the YSR
Rythu Bharosa scheme.

 Government has issued orders for procurement of 200 rigs @ one rig for each Assembly Constituency
and additional one rig for Parliamentary Constituency for drilling of bore-wells at free of cost to needy
eligible farmers with an aim to irrigate every acre of arable land under‚YSRRythu Bharosa‛scheme.

Rythu Bharosa

 As per the priorities of the Government under ‚NAVARATNALU‛,the Government has issued orders
for procurement of 200 rigs @ one Rig for each Assembly Constituency and additional one Rig for
Parliamentary Constituency for drilling of bore wells at free of cost to needy eligible farmers with an
aim to irrigate every acre of arable land under‚YSRRythu Bharosa‛scheme.

 TheGovernmenthas decided toprovide Borewells to the needy and eligible farmers at free of cost
under ‚YSR Rythu Bharosa‛ programme of ``NAVARATNALU‛.

 The Governmenthave plan to drill@25,000 Nos. of Borewells each FinancialYear i.e., from 2020-21 to
2023-24.

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme

 The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) was notified on
September, 2005.

 The Act 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 resulting in creation of
productive assets of prescribed quality and durability.

 The livelihood resource base of the poor is strengthened, proactively ensuring social inclusion and
also strengthening Panchayat Raj Institutions

 MGNREGS is implemented in all 13districts of the State.

 All the works executed can be categorised into four, namely

 Public works relating to Natural Resources Management,

 Individual assets for vulnerable sections,

 Common infrastructure for NRLM compliant self-help groups and

 Rural Infrastructure.

 The scheme is a centrally sponsored scheme with 90% central and 10 % state shares.

 The central Government releases the amount for 100% of the wage payments, 75% of the material
payment and 6% administrative expenditure. The State Government releases amount for 25% of the
material payments, unemployment allowance and MGNREGS-AP State Council expenditure.
Performance during 2019-20 (upto 31st October 2019):

 Andhra Pradesh occupies 5th place in the country by generating 20.08 Crores person days(Target 20
Crores person days by GOI)

 Wage expenditure incurred is Rs. 4084.86 Crs.

 65.12 lakh wage seekers belonging to 40.46Lakh households of various communities were provided

 An average employment of 49.63 days per household and 5.8 Lakh households were provided with
100 days employment

Key decisions taken during 2019-20

 Strengthening of Village Secretariat System by taking up of construction of village secretariat

buildings in all GramPanchayats.

 Taking up construction of side drains with cover slab to all existing CC roads in all Gram Panchayats
to provide healthy environment and sanitation.

 Under Naadu-Nedu, compound walls are being constructed to change the face of schools.

 Completion of all incomplete Anganwadi centres buidlings.

 MissionWater Conservation (MWC) and Jal Shakti Abhiyan (JSA) programmes are taken up in a
mission mode to improve the ground water table by taking up NRM activities in a scientific way
using GIS planning.

 Village Haats are constructed, which are trading venue or open markets for local producer and buyer
to make better farmer consumer market linkages and to assist in integration of village Haats with e-
NAM portal so as to improve transparency intradingandbetter price discovery.

Jal Shakti Abhiyan

 Jal Shakti Abhiyan (JSA) is planned to be carried out in two phases. Phase I was carried out for all
states. Phase II for States/UTswith retreating monsoon the campaign carried out between 2nd October
and 30th November, 2019.
 Under this campaign, 68 mandals of 9 districts were covered in the state.

 The activities (5 Categories )promoted under this campaign are

 Water conservation and rainwater harvesting,

 Renovation of traditional water bodies/tanks,

 Reuse, bore well recharge structures,

 Watershed development and

 Intensive afforestation.
Plantation Programmes under MGNREGS

 The Department is promoting Horticulture, AvenuePlantations & other Plantation Programmes under
MGNREGS,as ameans of providing &creating productive assets for the poor wage seekers so that
there is a sustainable source of income.

 The main object of the implementation of the plantation programmes under MGNREGS is to improve
livelihoods to the small & medium farmers&SC, ST rural poor.

 Horticulture fruit crops like mango, cashew, sweetorange, guava, sapota, coconut, pomegranate,
tamarind, seethaphal, oil palm etc are being distributed through this programme to the eligible
families having land of 0.5 to5.0Acres.

 The cost of pitting, planting, cost of plants, fertilizer and watering charges are being paid from
MGNREGS funds.

 Maintenance is given for 3 years @ 100 days per year as wage component.

 During the year 2019-20, horticultural plantation has been taken up in 64,084 Acres with an
expenditure of Rs.102 Crs.

 Avenue plantation is taken up with 400 plants per 1 Km both sides of the roads with spacing of 5 Mtrs
between the plants. Duration of the project is 3 years.

 For the maintenance of avenue plantation, beneficiaries are identified from SHGs & tagged with 200
plants for each SHG.

Institutional Plantation

 Under Institutional Plantation, plantation is taken up in available vacant /unutilized lands in schools,
colleges and other government institutions.

 The objective of this plantation is to develop tree planting consciousness among children, increase the
greenery and to get income to the institutions.

 Duration of the project is 5 years.

 Pitting, cost of plant material, transportation, maintenance etc. are provided from MGNREGS funds.

Block Plantation in Community Lands

 Under 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 under green
village concept and to create green cover in vacant land to arrest soil degradation and to protect the
environment.

 Cost of pitting, plant material, fertiliser cost & watering charges are being met from MGNREGS funds.

 1,52,927 plants were planted in 950 Acres community blocks under block plantation during 2019-20
with an expenditure of Rs.1.54 Crores
Permanent tree assets on the bunds of land

 To create permanent tree assets on the bunds of land holding of SC/STs and SF/MF category
beneficiary farmers without disturbing the regular agricultural corps to provide supplementary
income to the farmers.

 Teak plants and red sanders are being planted on the field bunds of the farmers.

 Costs of pitting, plant material are being given from MGNREGS funds.
 79,600 plants were planted with 569 farmers in the year 2019-20 with an expenditureofRs.0.4 Crs

Special provisions to Persons with Disabilities

 In order to provide employment to the Person with Disabilities (PwDs) under MGNREGS-AP, a
special strategy was evolved to cover the disable people.

 As per the operation guidelines, the households with PwDs as members shall be entitled to wage
employment for a period of 150 days per year.

 The labour families with PwDS having 40% and more disability are identified in the villages through
campaignmodeby involving Civil SocietyOrganizations, VELUGUandNREGS.

 So far, a total of 10,447 Shrama Shakti groups are worked in 661 mandals of 13 districts. 30 percent
concession in work shallbeapplicable totheworkers with disability.

Special Strategy– ITDAs (TribalRegion) MGNREGS Strategy in Tribal Areas

 The Project Officer's, ITDA's were designated as Additional District Programme Coordinators to
enable them to oversee the implementation of the scheme in tribal areas.

 Separate DCCs are established under the control of PO - ITDA for implementation of works like check
dams, roads, GP buildings & mandal buildings in ITDA areas.

 Horticulture is given importance and plantations like coffee, mango, rubber and cashewwere
predominantly takenupin ITDA areas along with land development activities.

 Provision of 150 days employment is being given for RoFR (Forest RightAct) beneficiaries.

Special Strategy - Chenchu Primitive Tribal Group

Out of 33 tribal groups, 8 groups are recognized as Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG). The
MGNREGS Chenchu Special Project has been implemented to address the cases of extreme poverty, hunger &
starvation and to arrest distress migration amongChenchus.

Convergence with otherDepartments

The Government has been implementing various convergence initiatives under MGNREG scheme with the
active participation of about 24 line departments, resulting in creation of durable assets which sustain the
livelihood base of the rural poor.

Panchayat RajEngineering Department

Rural infrastructure activities are being taken up with MGNREGS in convergence with Panchayat Raj
Engineering Department as an implementing agency in the state of Andhra Pradesh.
Tribal WelfareEngineering Department
In tribal areas, the rural infrastructure activities are being taken up in convergence with TribalWelfare
Engineering Department as implementing agency.
During 2019-20, anamountof Rs. 119.89 crores have been spent for laying BTandWBMroads.

Convergence with IWMP

The works related to soil moisture conservation and water harvesting structures are being executed in IWMP
areas following ridge to valley concept in a scientific manner with clear convergence by segregation of works
in both the schemes and to avoid duplication.

Animal Husbandry initiatives

For fodder security and creation of livelihood security at GP level, MGNREGA in convergence with Animal
Husbandry

Sericulture
Mulberry bush plantation and silk worm rearing sheds are being taken up in convergence with Sericulture
Department.
810 mulberry bush plantation, 365 silk worm rearing sheds were completed with an expenditureofRs. 13.24
crores in 2019-20.

Fisheries Department
Excavation of fish breeding ponds and fish drying yards are being taken up in the fishermen villages to
provide additional income to the fishermen community in convergence with Fisheries department.
42 fish dryingplatforms, 785 fish ponds completed and taken up laying of approach roads to fish ponds with
an expenditure of Rs.64.11 crores.

Forest Department
Government with an aim to improve the forest coverage, a massive plantation programme was taken up
throughVanam- Manam program in institutions by utilisation ofMGNREGS funds in convergence with
Forest and School Education departments.
The required plantmaterial wasraised in nurseries with the support of MGNREGS by the Forest Department.

Panchayat Raj Department

 In order to promote better sanitation in rural areas, the Panchayat Raj& Rural Development have
joined hands to promote Solid Waste Management units in Gram Panchayats.

 Under this project, the solid wealthprocessing units (shed) are constructed with MGNREGS funds and
the expenditure towards Green Ambassadors is met from Gram Panchayat.

 During 2019-20, 120 solidwaste management works were completed with an expenditureofRs 10.17
crores.

School Education Department

MGNREGS in convergence with School Education Department has taken up compound walls to the
schools. 8323works of compound wall constructed with an expenditure of 115.10 Cr. in2019-20.

Housing Department
In convergence with the Housing Department, as a part of Rural Housing Scheme, the expenditure incurred
by the beneficiary towards unskilled labour charges for 90 mandays & IHHL are met from MGNREGS funds.
23,34,678 beneficiaries are covered under 90 days housing and 24,757 beneficiaries covered under IHHLs
during 2019-20 with an expenditure of Rs. 28.77 crores

RWS&SDepartment
It is planned to execute the work of CC open drainage system with cover slab irrespective of population of the
GP through RWS & S department with a financial sharing patternof 70:30(MONREGS:Convergence fund).

Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty (SERP)

 The Women empowerment and poverty eradication programme in Andhra Pradesh intends to ensure
that disadvantaged communities shall be
o Empowered to overcome all social, economic, cultural and psychological barriers through self-
managed organizations.
o Proving opportunities,
o Providing mechanism for social security andworking for equity.

 Various programmes implemented through Society forElimination of Rural Poverty (SERP) in the
rural areas has achieved significant poverty reduction and social capital creation through a holistic
approach

Institution Building:
Community Based Organisations (CBOs) have built up enormous financial capital base through savings
corpus. Besides this, the human capital aspect of the SHG members has been built over the years and is
continuously in the process of being strengthened through various programs and initiatives.

YSR Pension Kanuka - Social Safety Net for Poor and Vulnerable:

 Government has announced "Navarathnalu" comprising of various welfare and developmental

programmes for all segments of the society

 As part of the Navarathnalu, enhancement of pension amount and reduction in the age criteria for
old age pension is a major welfare measure to ameliorate the hardships of the poor andvulnerable
sections of the society particularly the old and infirm, widows, and persons with disability to secure a
dignified life.

 The Government has enhanced the social securitypensions amount for Old Age Persons, Widow,
Toddy Tappers, Weavers, Single women, Fishermen, ART (PLHIV) Persons, Traditional Cobblers to
Rs.2250/- per month, Disabled persons to Rs.3,000/- per month, and also for people affected with
Chronic Kidney Disease whoare undergoing dialysis toRs.10,000/- per month.

 The Government has extended financial assistance in the form of pensions to people suffering with
chronic diseases like Thalassemia , Sickle cell diseases Paralysis, Chronic Kidney disease patients,
Leprosy , Kidney/Liver/Heart Transplant etc The pension amount is Ranging from Rs.3,000 to
Rs.10,000 per month will be utilized for their medicine supplements.

 Under pensions scheme, 58.82 lakh pensioners are benefitted every month and leading dignified life in
the society.

 The Government has restructured the delivery systems by introducing 'Pension's at door delivery
system' is first of its kind in India, which has been commenced from 1st February,2020 in the state
  During 2019-20, an amount of Rs.15,635 crores has been allotted for pensions and it will increased to
Rs.18,000 crores during 2020-21 financial year.

YSR ‚0‛ Vaddi :

 The Government of Andhra Pradesh with a view to encourage better repayment culture and to
reduce interest burden on the rural and urban poor on SHG bank loans decided to continue the
interest subvention programme as YSR ‚0‛ Vaddi.

 SHGs which availed bank loans, outstanding up to Rs.3 lakhs are eligible forYSR‚0‛Vaddi for the
FY2019-20.

YSR AASARA :

 Believing that sustainable and inclusive governance can only be achieved through women led
development, the State government introduced 'YSR Aasara', a flag ship program
under‚Navaratnalu‛which is aimed to achieve t his objective of women empowerment.

 This measure will improve and reinforce the women empowerment efforts and strengthen the
economic development of poor SHG women in both rural and urban areas

Stree Nidhi:

 Stree Nidhi Credit Cooperative FederationLimited operates in rural and urban areas with an objective
of providing livelihood loans to poor SHG women in transparent and easily accessible manner
through SHG federations.

 Stree Nidhi, in addition to the loan services, also provides deposit services for resource mobilization,
loan insurance, works as Business Correspondent to all banks.

 Also works as a channelizing agency for financing livelihood activities under SC/Tribal Sub Plans,
IWMP, NRLM etc., and is emerging as a gate way for transferring funds to the target group under
different programmes.

 Stree Nidhi plans for extending LH loans to SHG women up to Rs.1 lakh, preference will be given to
OBC, SC, ST and minority community to support their professions.

 Extending the facility of credit to the tenant farmers through FPOs for farm machinery, small
ruminants etc schemes and also extending loans to establish small village entrepreneurs like kirana,
general stores, hotel, cloth shop, medical shop, tailoring etc.
 Repayment period is 24 to 48 equated monthly [Link] is applicable for the loans repaid in
time. Noprocessing fee and loans insured.

Credit Disbursement:

 The Annual Credit Plan (ACP) projected for 2019-20 is Rs.1,780 Crores and achieved Rs.1804.56 Crores
(108%) to 1,12,768 SHG

 The Credit Plan for FY 2020-2021 is Rs.2000 Crores to 5lakhs SHG Women.

YSR Bima - Insurance for Unorganized sector workers:

  Bima programme has been launched with an objective of providing social security cover for
unorganized sector workers.

 The programme offers relief to nominees in case of death of the scheme beneficiaries to an extent of
 Rs. 2,00,000 in case of natural death,

 Rs. 5 lakhs for accidental deaths or total disability and

 Rs.2,50,000 for total disability.

 An amount of Rs.960 crores disbursed to nominees during 2019-20 have been reported.

YSR Pelli Kanuka:

 This scheme is being implemented by SERP for ensuring socio – economic security for the brides and
promotes compulsory registration of marriages.

 The SocialWelfare, TribalWelfare, BCWelfare, DisabledWelfare, MinorityWelfare Departments and AP

BOCWWB Marriage Incentive Schemes are integrated under YSR Pelli Kanuka.

 Marriage certificate is being issued under AP Compulsory Registration of Marriages Act ,2002.

 During the FY 2019-2020 , Incentive of an amount of Rs. 302.55 Cr paid

Andhra Pradesh Rural Inclusive Growth Project (APRIGP)

 APRIGP is a new generation multi-sectoral 5-year project, supported by the World Bank and
implemented by Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty (SERP), which started in June 2015.

 The project development objective is to enable selected poor households to enhance agricultural
incomes and secure increased access to human development services and social entitlements.

 Enhancement of income of 2,50,000 poor producers is targeted in the selected mandals and adopt
appropriate health, nutrition and sanitation behaviors for improved humandevelopment.

Rural Value Chains:

 The main objective of Rural Value Chain is mobilization of 2, 50,000 small and marginal farmers into
Farmer Producer Groups (FPGs) and Producer Organizations (registered under APMACS Act).

 Activities include reduction in cost of cultivation through organic agriculture practices, collective
input procurement, farm mechanization, productivity enhancement through improved production
practices, accessing markets for premium prices and value addition.

 A total of 2,99,658 households organized into producer organizations, out of which 88% of the
producers benefiting are SC/ST or small/marginal farmer households and 19%arewomen

Rural Retail Chain:

  APRIGP through Rural Retail Chainstrategy aims to establish a platform to market SHGmade
products and other FMCGproducts to increase the access to quality goods at reasonable prices in
villages.

 While strengthening the livelihoods of rural kirana stores, RRC sub-component envisages to increase
income of retailers and entrepreneurs by at least 50%.

Human Development:

 Human Developmentcomponent aims to strengthen the poor and vulnerablesections to enable them
to access health and nutritionservices provided by the government agencies.

 One of the flagship interventions under this component is the development of Village WASH Plans
for the creation of Open Defecation Free (ODF) villages.

 It gets operationalized through convergence between line departments Under this component ,
convergence activities are being undertaken by the Department of HMFW for improving the health
care services in the rural areas and by the Department of WDCW for improving the nutritional status
of childrenandwomenin

Critical gaps identified during implementation

 Lowcoverage of Backyard Poultry.

 Strengthening capacity of Health Sub committee members to ensure all the women and target group
receive NHD (Nutritional Health Day) services.
 Usage of sanitary latrines by all the community members.

Remedial measures adopted to address the gap

 Measures were taken to improve the coverage of BackYardPoultry.

 Health Sub committee trainings to be conducted every month.

 Ensuring of usage of individual sanitary latrines

 Capacity building trainings

One Stop Shops:

 One Stop Shops (OSS) envisages to provide financial and citizen services through kiosk model.

 To facilitate these services at village level, it has been decided to establish OSS in 700 locations of the
selected 161 remote and backward mandals

 OSS is owned byVO and managed byVLE who is a SHGwomen.

 The services offered at OSS centre are

 Financial services with Stree Nidhi as a Business correspondent to banks,

 Providing citizen services by establishing 'Mee-Seva' portal at One Stop Shop,

  Disability certification (SADAREM) for the disabled and grievance redressal mechanism to
address their complaints.

 During 2010-21, it is proposed to cover all the benefeciaries in the Gram Panchayats

Mission Support, ICT and Partnerships :

 This component will support the missions recently launched by the government to ensure real time
analytics, open data systems and feedback based policy development at the state level.

 It will also create an enabling ecosystem for innovation and transformation in delivering good quality
services

Unnathi (PoP) SCC (Earlier SCSP) & STC (Earlier TSP):

 The mission of Unnathi is to enable every poor family in rural Andhra Pradesh to come out of poverty
and improve the quality of life through provision of various livelihood opportunities with various
fund sources like SC, ST sub plan funds of State Government as well as funds from GOI.

 During the year 2019-20, needs of 25 lakh SC, ST families based on local situations and possibility of
sustainability over selected livelihood source is assessed and planned to extend financial assistance to
approximately 1,05,000 beneficiaries.

 An amount of 43 Cr and Rs. 11 Cr availableunder SC, ST sub plan shall be released to VOs as
revolving grant and loans to create livelihoods of their choice.

 Presently, it is planned to release Rs. 343 Cr from loan repayment amount.

Sanjivini Generic Medical stores:

 SERP through Sanjivini Generic Medical Stores aims to provide quality branded generic medicines at
affordable prices toall.

 304 GenericMedical stores are established across 13 districts of Andhra Pradesh in rural, urban and
tribal areas.

National Rural Livelihood Mission:

 The aim is to reduce poverty of the poor households by providing gainful self- employment and
skilled wage employment opportunities.

 Building strong grassroots institutions of the poor with GoI and State share of 60:40 ratio.

 Total funds for FY 2019-20 is Rs. 295.46 crores.

NRLM- Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme:

 Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP) i s a sub project of NRLM implemented with an
objective to promote entrepreneurship among rural poor by setting up village enterprises.

 A totalbudget of Rs. 45.96 Cr. is allocated for 4 years.

  Stree Nidhi is the lending agency for enterprise development.

 Various types of enterprises established under pettybusiness, manufacturing, food products, services
are established

NRLM- Mahila Kisan Sashakthikaran Pariyojana

 This scheme is being implemented to enhance rudimentary animal rearing families' income through
grounding of sheep units and breeding ram units.

 Zilla Samakhya is the implementing agency.

 Atotalamountof Rs. 16.23 crores have been released in 3 major sheep growers' districts of Srikakulam,
Krishna and Nellore for the FY 2019-20.
CHAPTER 9-POVERTY, EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT

With focus on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs), most of the countries started giving
higher priority to poverty alleviation programmes

Concept and measurement of poverty

 In a larger context, poverty is a state where a person is unable to maintain a minimum socially
accepted level of standard of living.

 Poverty is regarded as the root cause for

 Low levels of health and educational outcomes,
 Poor access to clean water and sanitation,
 Inadequate physical security,
 Lack of voice, and
 Insufficient capacity and opportunity for mobility.

 The definition and measurement of poverty has undergone change over the decades and continued to
evolve in a wider [Link] committees and expert groups have studied the poverty
measurement methodologies in the past and the recent expert group under the Chairmanship of Prof.
Suresh D. Tendulkar recommended using poverty lines which are substantially higher than earlier
ones.

Poverty Ratio AP All India

Rural 10.96% 25.70%
Urban 5.81% 13.70%
Over all 9.20% 21.92%

 However, there has been widespread criticism that government grossly underestimated the number of
poor in the country through a choice of unrealistic poverty lines.

Andhra Pradesh – hub of innovative poverty alleviation programmes

 Andhra Pradesh enjoys the legacy for introducing and implementing innovative poverty alleviation
programmes.

 Apart from general economic policies, targeted poverty alleviation programmes such as

 Subsidies
  Pensions- to ensure at least minimum income to the poor.

 Providing housing and other infrastructure

 Health insurance

 women's empowerment,

 Increasing budgetary allocations

 Improving delivery systems and effective monitoring of programs

Employment andUnemployment Data

 The National Sample Survey (NSS) on the employment and unemployment are primary sources of
data for various indicators of labour [Link] are used for planning, policy formulation, decision
support

 Nine such comprehensive surveys on employment and unemployment were conducted so far by
NSSO, the latest being the one conducted during NSS68th round(July 2011-June 2012).

 The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation constituted a Standing Committee

onLabour Force Statistics (SCLFS) for labour force data updation at more frequent intervals

Labour Force

 Labour force means ‚economically active population‛, refers to the population which supplies or
seeks to supply labour for production and, therefore includes both employed and unemployed
persons.

 The Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR) is defined as the number of persons in the labour force
per1000persons.
LFPR= (No. of employed persons +No. of unemployed persons)/Total population x1000

 The PLFS Survey reveals that nearly 60% of the AP State's population (15 years and above) is in labour
force.

All All All

Rural AP India Urban AP India Rural+Urban AP India
Male 59.1% 51.7% Male 54.3% 53.0% Male 57.5% 52.1%
Female 38.1% 17.5% Female 22.8% 14.2% Female 33.0% 16.5%
Overall 48.4% 35.0% Overall 38.3% 33.9% Overall 45.0% 34.7%

 The LFPR is better in rural areas as compared to urban areas

 LFPR is substantially low for females as compared to males both in Rural and Urban areas, the
situation in rural areas looks better with a relatively higher female labour force participation as
compared to urban areas. overall (Rural+ Urban) male participation in this age group is double that of
female participation

 The possible reasons for low labour participation of females in urban areas could be that
  Non-availability of suitable work due to higher levels of education,

 Lack of flexibility in work timings and proximity of workplace to their households

 Job market offers relatively fewer opportunities for females as compared to males

 Women Safety

 The poor show of overall Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR) in AP was primarily due to a drastic
drop in the LFPR for females

 Though there is increased enrolment in higher education ,a rise in unemployment among educated
youth shows that the job market could not accommodate the fit educated youth

Unemployment Rate:

 Persons are considered unemployed, if he/she was not working, but was available for work for a
relatively longer period.

 Unemployment Rate, is defined as the percentage of unemployed persons in the labour force. This
gives the unutilised portion of the labour force.
Unemployment Rate= [Link] unemployed persons x100
(No. of Employed persons + No. of Unemployed persons)

All All All

Rural AP India Urban AP India Rural+Urban AP India
Male 4.5% 5.8% Male 5.4% 7.1% Male 4.8% 6.2%
Female 2.3% 3.8% Female 9.1% 10.8% Female 4.0% 5.7%
Overall 3.6% 5.3% Overall 6.6% 7.8% Overall 4.5% 6.1%

 Unemployment is highest in people aged between 15-29 years and as age advances, the problem
appears to cease. This could be attributed to
 An inclination among the young adults towards education.

 Unemployed spending time in wait of their desired job, commensurate with the
educational qualifications and pay expectations

 The relatively lower levels of unemployment among females in rural areas could be that they have
opted for employment of their choice to augment their family income

Employment and Training

 The Department of Employment and Training trains the unskilled into skilled trainees so as to meet
the demand of the Industry.

 Once the Trainees come out from the Institute, the Employment wing will provide employment
assistance
  Several schemes, both of the State and Union government are being implemented for various training
programmes for students of ITIs and Polytechnics andtraining of apprentices in the industry by
utilizing the facilities available therein.

Important schemes
Craftsmen Training Scheme
 It was introduced to ensure a steady flow of skilled workers in various vocational trades to meet the
manpower requirements by systematic training of workers to raise the industrial production
quantitatively and qualitatively workers and also to reduce unemployment among the educated youth
by providing them employable training

 The admitted trainees will be imparted technical training in various trades as per the Director General
of Training (DGT), New Delhi with 80% of practical training and 20% theory.

ApprenticeshipTraining Scheme.

 The Apprentices Act, 1961 was enacted with the objective of regulating the program of on the job
training of apprentices in the industry .Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship is the
administrative ministry responsible for implementation of the Act.

 Government of India has approved 'National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme' (NAPS) with a
target to provide apprenticeship training to 50 lakh youth by 2020.

 Under the scheme, Government of India will share 25% of prescribed stipend subject to a maximum
of Rs. 1500 per month per apprentice with the employers.

Industrial Training Institue(ITI)

 Government is planning to upgrade one existing ITI fromthe state as model ITI with total cost of
Rs.10 crore sharing the funds in the ratio 70:30 by the central and state respectively. Govt . ITI , New
Gajuwaka, has been selected under the scheme for upgradation into model ITI.

 Under PublicPrivatePartnership(PPP)Scheme, 31 ITIs covered from all the 13 districts is funded

with Rs. 2.50 crore each towards construction of Buildings, procurement of Machinery and
Equipment and other infrastructural facilities.

 There are two Residential ITIs (RITIs) existing exclusively for SCs in the state{ Macherla, Kadapa} and
Government proposed to establish new Govt. RITIs for SCs in the State[Areas haing >40% of SC
population],

 In case of Tribal Component, there are 5 Residential I T I s at Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram,

Srikakulam and West Godavari Districts exclusively for ST [Link] has proposed for
establishment of two new Model RITI for STs , one at Achutapuram, Vi s a k hapatnam D i s t . and a
nother one a t Rampachodavarm, EastGodavari District.

Skill Development in 47 Districts affected in Left Wing Extremism (LWE)

 To create Skill Development Infrastructure in 47 districts closer to the people of LWE affected
Districts, a Centrally Sponsored Scheme ‚Skill Development in 47 Districts affected in Left Wing
Extremism (LWE)‛ is being implemented.
  The funding pattern of Central and State Share is 75: 25.

 The objective of the scheme is to establish one ITI in each District and to run demand driven
vocational training courses to meet the skilled manpower requirements of Industry and to provide
youth opportunities of decent livelihood.

 Govt has issued orders to establish one new ITI at Pendurthy, Visakhapatnam District with an
estimated cost of Rs.7.35 crores.

Multi Sectoral Development Programme (MSDP).

 This Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) launched in the year 2008 – 09 in Minority Concentrations
Districts (MCDs)

 The programme aims at improving the socio-economic conditions of minorities and providing basic
amenities to them for improving the quality of life of the people and reducing imbalances in the
identified minority concentration areas.

 Four Govt. ITIs for Minorities have been sanctioned under this scheme in the State; respectively at
Narasaraopet, Guntur Dist. Rayachoti, Kadapa Dist. And Adoni, Kurnool with 100% central share and
at Chagalamarri, Kurnool with a funding pattern of 60: 40 share (central and State).

Skills Strengthening for Industrial Value Enhancement (STRIVE)

 Under this the new centrally sponsored scheme (STRIVE) introduced by the Government of India in
the year 2018-19, the relevance and efficiency of skills provided thru ITI s and apprenticeship will be
improved.
 The STRIVE is a Five-year project implemented by Ministry of Skill Development and
Entrepreneurship through State Governments, ITI s, Centrally funded Institutes (CFIs)and Industry
Clusters(ICs).

 The STRIVE project consists of 4 components

 Improved Performance of ITI s,

 Increased capacities of state governments to support ITI s and ApprenticeshipTraining

 Improved Teaching and learning and

 Improved and broadened Apprenticeship Training.

 In order to encourage the performance, the selected Govt. ITI s will receive performance based grants
of Rs. 1.5 crore to 2.5 crore under this Project,

 In the state, 15Govt. ITI s are selected by DGT for STRIVE project.

Employment Registration
The Employment Wing provides the status of employment registrations as per the total Live Register (LR) in
the 13 District Employment Exchanges

Transforming Employment Exchanges into Career Centers

  Under this Centrally Sponsored Scheme ,the GoI aims to transform Employment Exchanges into
Career Centers with the objective
 assessment of demand of skills in labour markets,

 Guidance to youth on job opportunities,

 connecting youth and other job seekers with jobs through job fairs employers

 GoI sanctioned 7 Model Career Centers (MCC) for A.P

'Interlinking Employment Exchanges'

Govt., of India has released an amount of Rs. 152 lakhs under the 'Interlinking Employment Exchanges'
scheme towards I.T. Infrastructure, Minor refurnishing and also for conducting JobMelas at District level.

Andhra Pradesh State Skill Development Corporation (APSSDC)

 APSSDC, constituted as a not-for-profit company, is a Public–Private Partnership (PPP)Corporation to

promote Skill-development & Entrepreneurship.

 The Corporation acts as a Single Umbrella for all the skill development initiatives in the State.

 The key activities of the APSSDC are

 Enhancing the employability skills of students to make them job ready,

 Offer placement linked, industry relevant skill development courses to unemployed youth

 Link up Job seekers with employers through job fairs etc.

 The key targets of the government under skill development are to provide training and Placing a
Million Youth in Jobs by March2024.

Key Initiatives of APSSDC:

APSSDC is adopting a multipronged approach to provide necessary skill sets to the targeted population.

A)Students (Academic Training Programs)

NaipunyaVikasam:

 The Naipunya Vikasam program is designed with an objective to create future-ready students by
introducing a blend of 21st Century Skills of Computer Skills & Technology, Computational
Thinking, Functional English, Life Skills and Soft Skills to provide students to get their first exposure
to technology.

 It provides experiential learning environment using latest technology to kindle their innovative
spirit, to instill the can-do attitude.
  It's a unique program developed and implemented by APSSDC in association with Tribal and
SocialWelfare dept

 Team has organized various workshop, demo and live examples with students

 As per need of schools, dedicated two trainers has been deployed at each school, District
Coordinators are also deployed to monitor and coordination the project . State level, Project
Management Unit (PMU) has also been setup to monitor andimplementthe program.

Employability Skill Centers (ESCs):

 Employability Skill Centres (ESCs) is a unique concept designed by APSSDC with a focus to enhance
the employability skills of Under Graduate & Post GraduateStudents while they peruse their
regular academics.

 ESCs are set up in association with recognized & reputed colleges in the state

 Each ESC has been equipped with high end equipment like Tabs, Laptops, Large Scale Display, Audio
Systems, Printer, Solar UPS, and Internet Connection. Trainingdelivery is blended in model (Offline
and Online)

 ESCs are being implementing in convergence model with Commissionerate of Collegiate

Education,AP State Council of Higher Education, Universities,Colleges (UG&PG), Students and
Unemployed youth.

 Through ESCs, students gain the skills which are mostlysought by the employers in a more pragmatic
approach, enhance their digital and financial literacy, interacted with experts in different areas which
enhanced theirsubject knowledge, Opportunities to attend company specific training for
differentMNC's.

Engineering College Programs:

 In order to improve employability skills and make them Industry 4.0 ready, certification courses in
InformationTechnology offered by Global Companies such as Google, Amazon, Udacity, Coursera,
Dassault Systems etc. are being delivered.

 'CM's Skill Excellence Centers' have been established in Engineering Colleges in Andhra Pradesh,
and are equipped with high end infrastructure , Trainings are delivered in these centers through a
blended model approach i.e., Online and Offline learning.

 These centers deliver courses which are primarily in high demand in the market like Augmented
Reality / Virtual Reality, Drones, Robotics, Machine Learning, Cyber Security, Data Analytics, Cloud
Computing, Data Sciences, Progressive Web Apps, 3D Printing.

SIEMENS Training Centers:

 APSSDC-Siemens' project is to train large number of unemployed youth for employability and to
create industry relevant technically skilled workforce.
  It follows a hub and spoke model. Expensive state-of-art laboratories have been kept in the hub i.e.
Centre of excellence (COE), which will also function as centre of higher learning and research, while
the commonly required trade labs have been spread into spokes

 Each cluster (One COE + Five t-SDIs) will have an annual capacity to train 20,000. Thus, the total
capacity of the project isRs.1.00 lakh.

 Trainings through SIEMENS training centers by setting up 6 Centre of Excellence (COE's) and 34
Technical Skill Development Institute (TSDI) in 40 identified engineering and polytechnic colleges
across the State.

 Train the Engineering /Polytechnic/ ITI candidates (present and passed-out) with industry-relevant
courses in the colleges itself.

 This is a hybrid model with Master Trainers provides face-to-face training to College Faculty &
APSSDC Mentors and support the students in Handson exercises.

 This program offers more than 125 Industry Certification Courses in Manufacturing, Electrical &
Electronicsdomains,Automation,&Agricultural sectors.

Dassault Systems:

 APSSDC in collaboration with Dassault Systems, a global leading 3D Experience company, will set up
a best-inclass virtual learning centre (3D-Experience Centre) to train students in Design,
Manufacturing and Analysis in the domains of Aerospace, Automotive and Ship- Building domain
thereby creating industry relevant technically skilled workforce.

 It follows a hub and spoke model. 3D-Experience Center (Hub)shall connect to/support node training
centres in Engineering Colleges/Polytechnics across the state. Nodel (Spoke) centres will be setup in
identified Engineering and Polytechnic colleges

 Exposure to best-in-class software/hardware and Industry Practices.

 Also provides ready tools/platform for R&D and new product development and Dassault Systems will
organize 2 job fairs per year.

B) Placement linked unemployed Youth Training Programs

Youth Training Centers for TribalYouth(YTCs):

 Employmen tOriented SkillTraining Programme is one of the programs under YouthTraining Center
(YTCs)for Sustainable livelihood generation for unemployed tribal youth

 APSSDC has joined hands with Andhra Pradesh Scheduled Tribes Cooperative Finance Corporation
Limited (TRICOR) as well as various private partners for implementation of placement-oriented Skill
Training program.

 Program is being implemented across the 23 YTCs located in various districts of Andhra Pradesh with
100% residential model.
  Basic Training involves soft skills, personality development, communication skills, attitude
development, basic computer literacy etc. Training in various high demand and need based modules
is being given toTribal youth.

 Entrepreneurship development programs have empowered women for establishing house and small
enterprises.

Skill training programfor SC,Minority/BC:

 APSSDC has taken initiative for implementing Skill Development Training programs for the eligible
unemployed youth belonging to Minority & Scheduled Caste across the State to enable them to take
up skill training and to provide placement linked/selfemployment opportunities.

 The objective is to generate means of better livelihood for marginalized youth by bringing them into
the mainstream and enable them to avail opportunities in the growing market.

 Trainings arebeing imparted in accordance with National Occupational Standards (NOS) with
standardized assessment and certification process for 22 sectors covering more than 75 job roles

 Industry relevant and customized trainings are arranged as per current economic trends and market
potential with ensured market linkages.

Skill Training Initiatives under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR):

 CSR permits companies to engage activities pertaining to socialwelfare enlisted under Companies
Act, 2013.
 Companies like GAIL, PFC & HPCL came forward and have been providing their support in training
and establishment of training centres in Andhra Pradesh.

 APSSDC-GAIL Skill Centre, Surampalem, East Godavari: To train 2000 youth in hydrocarbon sector
School and college dropouts are the target beneficiaries.

 HPCL - Skill Development Institute, Visakhapatnam: The objective is to impart skills to youth of AP
with focus on 10% Tribal youth and enhance their Employability opportunities. HPCL has provided
the infrastructure and APSSDC has empaneled Training partners to undertake the training activities.
Leading brands Kemppi (Welding), Jaquar (Plumbing), Schneide (Electrical) partner with SDI for
setting up laboratories.

 SDI-Visakhapatnam participated in World Youth Skills DayPrograms organizedbyAPSSDC.

Mantri Kaushal Pradhan Vikas Yojana 2.0 (PMKVY) Scheme

 PMKVY is the flagship scheme of the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE).

 The objective of this Skill Certification Scheme is to enable a large number of Indian youth to take up
industry-relevant skill training to help them in securing a better livelihood.

 Individuals with prior learning experience or skills will also be assessed and certified under
Recognition of PriorLearning (RPL).
  Grant based model where the training and assessment cost would be directly reimbursed to training
providers and assessment bodies

 Skill training would be based on industry led standards aligned to National Skill Qualification
Framework (NSQF).

 The PMKVY 2.0 Scheme shall be implemented by the Centre along with the States.

 It shall have two components-

o Centrally Sponsored Centrally Managed (CSCM):75% of the PMKVY 2.0 funds shall be
available to MSDE for skilling through National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC)

o Centrally Sponsored State Managed (CSSM):25% of the funds of PMKVY 2.0 shall be
allocated to the States.

 Candidates who are dropped out from schools & colleges, education completed and unemployed
candidates are mainly targeted under this program.

Skill Training Programs for Traditional Fisherman Communities - National Fisheries

Development Board(NFDB):

 NFDB and APSSDC joined hands for promoting the welfare of traditional fishermen by enabling skill
development programs for the youth of the traditional fishermen in the State of Andhra Pradesh.
APSSDC is the Project Implementing and Monitoring Agency for this project.

 The placement linked skill development program aims to address the employment challenge of
fisherman youth in four districts of Andhra Pradesh.

C) Post SkillingActivities /Jobfacilitations:

JobMelas
APSSDC is conducting regular Job Melas by galvanizing industry requirement with in District/ State/Outside
and in the process handhold respective HR teams in sourcing the right personnel.

Naipunyaratham

 AP Govt. has collaborated with HP-World on Wheel[global initiative to create opportunities in under-
served communities and empower people everywhere.] and conceptualized 'SkillsonWheels‛for
covering 13 Districts of the state.
 Each 20-seat, IT-enabled HP WoW digital inclusion and learning lab will be equipped- with HP
computing and printing equipment, HP office Jet and Software suitesande-learning tools.
 Key functions of Naipunyratham are
 Digital literacy to the financially incapable youths of rural or sub-urban villages;
 Awareness generation on Digital literacy,Water, Sanitation & Hygiene, Innovations in Science,
Technology, Women&Child - Health&Nutrition etc;and
 Improve the employabilityof the youths who are from rural or sub-urban villages by skilling
themwith computer skills.
Entrepreneurship Development Program
This program aims to improve entrepreneurial ecosystem in the state by developing Trainer- Motivator
support system, networking with National and International bodies to stimulate required entrepreneurial
skills and develop managerial capacities among unemployed youth, women, minorities, SCs and STs,
artisans, students and Micro and Small Enterprise Clusters.

Several initiatives initiated to build a strong entrepreneurial ecosystem such as

1. Entrepreneurship Awareness Camps (EAC):

Generating awareness and seeding entrepreneurial career as alternative career among students and
aspiring youth.

2. Training of Trainers of Entrepreneurship Development (ToT ED):

This program aims to create a pool of ED trainers and make them to act as resource persons for
promotion of Entrepreneurship

3. Entrepreneurship & Skill Development Programs (ESDP):

To impart skills in chosen vocation for selfemployment / wage employment. Target group is women
and unemployed youth and duration of the training is for10days.

4. Technology Demonstration Programs:

Identification of modern technology available locally and getting the commerciality to it, Marketing
and forming the supply chain of low investment technologies.

5. International Labour Organization (ILO):

APSSDC has collaborated with ILO for strengthening Livelihoods & MicroEnterprises, and globally
proven capacity building initiatives have been adopted for prolific results

Industry Connect

 APSSDC is working closely with the various industries such as KIA Motors, Ashok Leyland,Asian
paints, Apollo Tyres etc. to understand their manpower requirements and assist them by providing
with the training and recruitment avenues .Eg-Provided pre employment training to 2000
unemployed youth to facilitate jobs in KIAMotors.

 Trainings are underway in collaboration with Industries like CARE Institute in Health Care
Sector,BMRGroup inFood processing sector, Indian TelephoneIndustry in Telecom sector, UN Women
in Domestic workers, etc.,

 Trainings are being imparted in various key sector on par with International Standards in
collaboration with International partners from Singapore, Germany, UK, Switzerland, Australia,
Dubai etc.,

 APSSDC is in process to set up sector specific skill development centers in coordination with Club
Mahindra Holidays, TVS & Sons, TVS Motors and JohnsonControls –Hitachi.

 APSSDC aims to train 6 Lakh candidates in FY 2019-20.

Society for Employment Generation and Enterprise Development in AP(SEEDAP)

The different schemes implemented under SEEDAP includes the following:
Deen Dayaal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDUGKY) :

 The scheme aims to impart skill development trainings to poor rural youth and provide them with
jobs in organized sectors
 The features of the Schemeare:
 Mandatory assured placement to 70% of the trained candidates.

 Focus on rural youth from poor families in the age group of 15to 35years.

 Social inclusion of candidates through mandatory coverage of socially disadvantaged groups,

[Link]–45.2% ST – 18.9%, Minorities – 11% and Women– 33%.

Sagarmala:
Under this Program Skill Development Trainings are conducted to unemployed youth belonging to coastal
districts in Port & Maritime Sector for enhancement of their livelihoods on par with DDUGKY norms with
100% funding from Government of India. The courses offered are Heavy Truck Drivers, Aqua Culture
Technician, Food & Beverage,Asst. Surveyors etc.

Skill Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for LivelihoodPromotion(SANKALP):

 SANKALP aims to incentivize the state initiatives to cocreate local best practices that build bottom-up
solution for continuous and sustainable skills development.
 The activities include
 Institutional Strengthening at State and District levels for Planning, Delivering and Monitoring
of Skill Development programmes,
 Improved quality and Market relevance of Skill Development Programmes and
 Improved access and completion of Skill Training for women and other Disadvantagedgroups.

Andhra Yuva Sakthi

Under this initiative, SEEDAP organizes skilling programs with a focus to address the needs of Primary
Sector i.e. Horticulture, Dairy & Animal Husbandry, Food Processing, Aqua Culture and Organic Farming
etc. to improve economic conditions of the rural families involved.

Direct Placements:
Direct placement drives are conducted regularly to connect potential employers with eligible candidates aged
between 18-35 years.
Chapter 10-Sustainable DevelopmentGoals

Background

 Following the completion of Millennium DevelopmentGoals (MDGs) in the year 2015, the UN has
adopted Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs), as an extension and for achieving the unfulfilled
agenda under MDGs.
 India has become a signatory to the UN -SDGs, which comprises 17 Goals and 169 Targetsto to be
achieved by 2030.
 Union Government along with all states working to achieve SDGs by 2030 under the overall
guidance of NITI Aayog.
 Some of the targets, relating to the Goals from12 to 17are not in the exclusive domain of the state.

Andhra Pradesh SDG Framework

 The state government is keen to implement SDGs in a prioritized manner, followed a logical process
of adopting SDGs – including goal setting, target prioritization, indicator selection, and developing a
monitoring system.

 Andhra Pradesh hasadopted all 17 goals and 121 targets relevant to the development agenda and
complies with local challenges, capacities and availableresources.212 indicators have been identified to
monitor the progress largely covered under the National Indicator Framework (NIF).

SDG-aligned Outcome Budget and monitoring platform

 Andhra Pradeshis one of the first states to set up a monitoring systemto track the progress of
achieving SDG. Periodic monitoring enables the Government to review its strategies and put extra
focus wherever required

 A mapping exercise was conducted where the government schemes and strategies were mapped to
the corresponding SDG goal, targets and equivalent indicators, because achievement of SDG targets
depends principally on the successful implementation of government schemes and programmes.

Achieving Sustainable Development Goals

  The government has initiated a comprehensive programme of action for sustainable and inclusive
growth and development through an integrated strategy encompassing growth, development, equity,
welfare, and good governance.

 The State Government with a definite vision to achieve the set goals has introduced flagship
programmes under 'Navaratnalu' as a social development measure with cross cutting nine themes
covering agriculture, health, education, housing, welfareandother sectors.

 All the themes of Navaratnalu are aligned with the SDGs and the GoI schemes have also been
aligned to the different themes of Navaratnalu making the programme to be in sync with the national
priorities.

 Ensuring its commitment for effective implementation and achieving successful outcomes of
Navaratnalu, adequate budget allocation has beenmade through appropriate schemes in the financial
year 2019- 20. The budgetary support will continue in coming years also.

Flagship Programmes – Pathway to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

 The flagship programmes under Navaratnalu will complement with the Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs).

 Some of such key programmes are –

 ‚RythuBharosa‛ for Farmers' welfare;

 ‚AmmaVodi‛and ‚VidyaDeevana‛ towards actualizing Education-for-All;

 Health for All through ‚Aarogyasri‛;

 Housing for all through ‚PedalandarikiiIllu‛ with focus on House-sites;

 Enhanced social protection under ‚PensionlaPempu‛;

 Empowerment of women through ‚Asara‛;

 Outreach to marginalised communities through ‚Cheyutha‛;

 Improving irrigation cover through‚Jalayagnam‛.

Mapping SDGs with NAVARATNALU- Goal wise key State initiatives:

Goal 1 : End Poverty in All its forms everywhere

To fight against poverty, the state has adopted key strategies for providing social protection, opportunities
for gainful employment, livelihoods and provision of basic amenities to achieve the goal.

Social protection

 These schemes play a crucial role in ensuring access to economic resources and mitigate risk exposure
for households.

 The AP state with a focus on this goal has enhanced the Social Security monthly pension amount
under YSR Pension Kanuka.
  Old Age Persons, Widows, Toddy Tappers, Weavers, Single women, Fishermen, ART
(PLHIV) Persons and Traditional Cobblers pensions have been enhanced to Rs.2250/-;

 Disabled persons pensionto Rs.3,000/- and

 Rs.10,000/- to Chronic Kidney Disease patients who are undergoing Dialysis

 Government has also reduced the pension eligibility age from 65 years to 60 years.

 The YSR Pension Kanuka scheme, which covers more than 58 lakh people, is one of the most
important social security schemes run by the state government.

 From INR 4312 crore in 2017-18, the allocation for the scheme for 2019-20 has been
increasedby265%toINR 15,747 crore.

Job Creation under MGREGA

 It is one of the important components of the inclusive growth strategy which aims to enhance
livelihood security in rural areas by providing at least 100 days of wage employment in a financial
year.
 In 2018-19, on an average a person in AP was provided wage employment for 58 days where as it is
51 days at all India level. Still there is a gap between objective of the scheme and reality.

 AP is one of the five most provided wage employment states in India.

Pedalandariki Illu (Housing for all):

In order to achieve the goal of housing for all by 2024, the government is planning to construct 25 lakh Pucca
houses to all eligible families in 4years as a part of ‚Navaratnalu‛.and decided totake up construction of 15
Lakh houses during 2020-21.

Goal 2 : End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote Sustainable agriculture
Though Significant progress has been made in improving food and nutrition security. The absolute levels of
stunted and underweight childrenremain high The percentage of children suffering from stunting is still very
high at 39%. To address this, a number of schemesare beingimplemented.

Mid-DayMeal:
The main focus of the scheme is to enhance enrolment, improve retention and attendance of children studying
in Government schools and simultaneously improve nutritional levels among them. Mid-day meal scheme
with a new menu is introduced under JaganannaGorumuddalu scheme.

Revamped Public Distribution System:

Government launched this program in Srikakulam on pilot basis to supply rice in packed form under PDS at
the doorsteps of the eligible households through village/ward volunteers to ensure good quality and quantity
and to arrest diversion of [Link] scheme will be extended to all districts from April, 2020.

YSR RythuBharosa-PM Kisan:

Government is extending financial assistance of Rs. 13500/- per farmer family per year (including Rs.6000/-
from PM-KISAN) as an investment support to the farmers . The financial assistance is extended to the
landless tenant farmers also
Sustainable Agriculture (ZBNF):
 Government has instituted the Rythu Sadhikara Samstha (RySS), a State-owned, non-profit
organization to Introduce ZBNFpractices toall farmers in the state.
 ZBNF could help AP and India make significantprogress towards almost a quarter of the 169 SDG
targets.

Goal 3 : Ensure Healthy Lives and Promote Well-Being for all at AllAges
 The focus areas under the goal are
 Maternal and Child health,
 Reducing communicable and non communicable diseases,
 Universal access to medicines and vaccines, and
 Minimizing substance addiction,
 Minimizing roadtraffic injuries and deaths, and
 Minimizing pollution related illnesses.

 AP has made significant strides in improving various health indicators.

 TheInfant Mortality Rate has declined to 29, below the national average.

 The MMR, at 74, is much better than the all-India figure of 122.

 Out of the total reported deliveries, 99% are institutional and around 94% of the children
aged 1-5 years are covered under full Immunization.

 Government is committed to provide end to end cashless health care services to reduce Out- of Pocket
expenses through YSR Arogyasri to 1.44crore BPL families in Empaneled Network Hospitals with a
limit of Rs. 5 Lakhs per family per annum.

 TheGovt. will provide financial assistance @ Rs.225/- per day subject to a maximum of Rs. 5000/- per
[Link] the patients who undergo surgeries under Dr. YSR Arogya Sri for the post-op recovery
period

 Government plans to implement the Nadu-Nedu programme in the health sector in a phased manner
to improve the infrastructure in Sub Centres, PHCs and Area Hospitals by spending about Rs. 12,000
crore to Rs. 13,000 crore on infrastructure, equipment, diagnostics in the next three years to achieve
the goal and maintain the national-level standards in government hospitals on par with corporate
hospitals.

 During 2019-20, Andhra Pradesh has allocated 5.5% of its expenditure on health, which is higher than
the average expenditure by other states (4.5%).

 Through the health initiatives implemented by theState, the key women and child well being related
indicators like Infant Mortality Rate, Maternal Mortality Ratio and Anemia among Womenshall show
significant improvement.

Ban on Liquor

 In order to improve health and hygienic conditions, Prohibition of Liquor will be implemented in (3)
phases and availability of liquor confined to 5-star hotels. Reduced the number of liquor shops from
4,380 to 2934.
 The Govt. have taken over the retail trade and entrusted to the Andhra Pradesh State Beverages
Corporation Ltd.
  Increased the rates of liquor abnormally and also imposed time restrictions to keep the poor people
away fromthe consumption of liquor. As a result, the consumption of liquor & Beer has come
downdrastically.

Goal 4 : Ensure Inclusive and Equitable Quality Education and Promote Lifelong Learning Opportunities
for All

 The literacy rate in Andhra Pradesh is 67.35% which is below the All India literacy rate of 72.98%.

 Government has planned to improve the infrastructure and quality of education in public schools as it
leads to goodlearning [Link] doing so, the government envisages that public schools will be
given preference over private schoolsby students and parents.

Jagnanna AmmaVodi:
In order to ensure that poverty of the parents should not be a barrier foreducating their children, the
Government has launched a unique and innovative scheme‚Jagananna Ammavodi‛ providing
financialassistance of Rs.15,000/- per annum to each BPLmother of children studying Class I to XII

Mana Badi Naadu- Nedu:

To strengthen the infrastructure and transform the existing infrastructure of the schools in the mission mode
in a phased manner over a period of three years from 2019-20. Rs 1500 crores has beenallocated in 2019-20.

English as medium of Instruction:

Government have decided to provide quality English medium education at free of cost from the academic
year 2020-21 for classes I toVI and gradually increasing each further class from the next academic years.

"Jagananna Vidya Deevena _

To support the poor students, Government also introduced full fee reimbursement to all eligible students
studying ITI, Polytechnic and Degree & above level course in Govt/Aided/Private colleges

'JaganannaVasathi Deevena".
T oprovide food and hostel expenses to every eligible student @Rs. 10,000/- to ITI students, Rs. 15,000/-to
polytechnic students, Rs. 20,000 for other Degree and above courses per year

Goal 5 : Achieve Gender Equality and Empower all Women and Girls

 Goal 5 aims to eliminate discrimination against women and girls everywhere, as it is not only a basic
human right, but is also crucial to accelerating sustainable development.
 Sustainable and inclusive governance can only be achieved through women led development
 The literacy rate amongwomen in Andhra Pradesh is less at 60%compared to national rate of 65%.

YSR Aasara :
The State government introduced 'YSR Aasara', a Flag ship program under ‚Navaratnalu‛ aimed to achieve
the objective of Women [Link] this,Government proposed to reimburse the entire
outstanding Bank Loan of Rs.27,168 crores of DWCRA/SHG as on 11th April 2019, in four installments

YSR Cheyutha:
Government has proposed to provide financial assistance of Rs 75,000 to BC, SC, ST&Minoritywomenin the
agegroupbetween 45 to 60 years in a Phased manner, from 2020-21onwards, through respective Corporations.

YSR Kalyan Kanuka :

In order to assist the brides belonging to SC, ST, BC, Kapu and Minority communities, the Government
intends to provide a wedding gift of Rs. 50,000 for BC brides and Rs 1,00,000 for brides belonging to SC, ST
&Minority communities.

50% Reservations to Women in Nominated posts & in Contract works:

To ensure equal participation and representation of women in the policy making bodies of the State, and as a
measure to ensure social justice and also conforms to the principles of equality of opportunities, the
government enacted 'The Andhra Pradesh (50 Percent Reservatio to Women in Works Contracts and Services
Contracts given on Nomination) Act, 2019.

DISHA Act

 In order to effectively Control the sexual offences against women, the Government has introduced
The Andhra Pradesh Disha Bill
 The Act provides death sentence for offences of rape and gang rape and expediting verdict intrails of
such cases within 21 days
 TheAP Disha Act prescribes life imprisionment for sexual offences against children

Goal 6 :Ensure Availability& sustainable management of Water & Sanitation for All
73% of the State's population has access to improvedwater [Link] state is aiming to universalize
households' access to stipulated quantity of safe water by 2024.

Jalayagnam Programme

 Agriculture being a key priority to the state, the government of Andhra Pradesh proposes to give
renewed focus to irrigation for revival of agriculture.
 Out of 54 Jalayagnam Irrigation Projects, 14 Projects are completed and Phase-I is complete. The other
Jalayagnam Projects are also prioritized based on their progress
 The Irrigation Projects taken up under Jalayagnam Programme to be completed on priority for
providing irrigation to cultivable lands, drinking water and industrialwater.

Water Grid

 Through Water Grid, government is planning to provide water supply to Rural, Urban (Municipalities
& Corporations) and Industrial demand through sustainable surface/ground water sources.
 The projects are envisaged to provide 100% house service connections with bulkwater supply at the
consumer's doorstep at convenient timings
 The drinking water projects are being planned in a phased manner and it is programmed to complete
by 2024.

Solid waste management front

 The total garbage generation in 110 ULBs is 2.01 lakh MTs andWaste lifted is 99% of garbage
generated.
 Out of total36.54 lakh households, door to door garbage collection is covering 98%of households.
Goal 7 : EnsureAccess toAffordable,Reliable, SustainableandModern Energy

 100% of the state population has access to electricity,Andhra Pradesh is the third state in the country
toachieve this milestone.
 Transmission losses in the statestand at 3.02% during 2019-20, which is better than the national
average of 22%.

Access to affordable energy

To ensure access to affordable energy, the government provides 9 hours of free electricity to agriculture along
with electrification of free bore wells for SC and ST communities and free power upto 200 units per month to
SC/ST domestic consumers under JagjeevanJyothi Scheme.

Energy conservation and efficiency measures

The State is promoting energy conservation and efficiency measures in a big way. Under these schemes, 2.32
crores LED bulbs, 3.23 lakh energyefficient fans and 1.48 lakh energy efficient tube lights have been
distributed to the households.

Goal8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Considering the economic position of agricultural in terms of sectoral share growth rate and employment
government has taken several farmer welfare initiatives for improving the agriculture GVA and make
agriculture as profitable.

 YSR Rythu Bharosa-PM Kisan

 YSR interest free loans,

 Free Crop Insurance coverage

 Tenant farmers

 Drilling of free bore wells

 YSR Rythu Bharosa Kendras,

 VillageKnowledge Centers

 Guaranteed support price to the produce,

 9 Hours freepower

 Established a policy making & advisory body ‚Andhra Pradesh State Agriculture Mission‛ to
overcome the challenges in delivering quality and timely services to the farming community

Goal 9 : Build Resilient Infrastructure, Promote Inclusive and Sustainable Industrialization and
Foster Innovation

Industrial Development
  Post State Reorganization, the share of Industry Sector in the state economy has reduced from 25.5 %
in 2014-15 to 21.81 % in 2019-20 (AE).

 The state government is taking all measures to arrest and reverse this declining share of industry in
the economy through investment in development of industrial infrastructure.

 The government is working on a new industry policy to enable entrepreneurs to set up and run their
businesses inAndhraPradesh in hassle freemanner.

 The government is developing the Vizag Chennai Industrial Corridor (VCIC) and the Chennai
Bangalore Industrial Corridor (CBIC) which are expected to drive economic development across the
coastal areas and South eastern districts respectively.

 Industrial development will provide the much needed revenue buoyancy to the government which
enables to narrow the revenuedeficit.

MSMEs

 MSMEs share 40% of the total output in manufacturing. MSMEs are an important driver not only in
terms of output but also in terms of employment.
 The government has decided to support and monitor the implementation of One Time Restructuring(
OTR )of MSME loans scheme under an umbrella program ‚Dr Y.S.R Navodayam‛

Skill University

 State Government proposed to establish one Skill University & 25World class multi-skill centers one
each in 25 Parliamentary constituencies as YSR Multi Skill Development Centres (MSDC) in two
phases to design courses as per demand and ensure 75% placements.

 Skills University gives technical input, certification and prepare curriculum.

 MSDCs impart training and show employment to trained candidate.

 The department is conducting Industry Skill Gap analysis to identify skills required by Industries,
availability of manpower as required by industries and imparting training skills which is useful in
providing employment to local people.

Goal10 : Reduced Inequalities

 SC and ST communities are the historically disadvantaged social groups in the state; their upliftment
will drastically bring down inequality.

 The government allocates resources for SC and ST communities under special component with
schemes for scholarships, basic infrastructure in SC/ST habitations, financial incentives to SC/ST
entrepreneurs, skill development programmes for ST youth etc

 Government has allocated Rs.14,088 crores for the welfare of SCs, STs, BCs and Minorities during
2019-20 which is 157% more as compared to Rs.5479 crores during 2018-19.
  100% fee reimbursement to SC, ST, BC, Minorities, Kapu, EBC, and Differently Abled students, along
with a maintenance support of Rs 20,000 per year to each student under Jagananna Vidya Deevena.
Anamount of Rs 4,962 crore has been allocated for theschemein 2019-20.

 The government is focusing on empowering women through Self Help Groups(SHGs) through its
several initiatives like interest free loans, reimbursement of the outstanding loan underYSR
Aasaraand YSR Cheyuthaschemes.

 Government has passed several landmark legislations for economic/ political upliftment and
empowerment of the disadvantaged sections of the society –

 Providing 50% Reservation to BC, SC, ST and Minorities in Nominated Posts,

 50% Reservation to Women in Nominated Posts,
 50% Reservation to BC, SC, ST andMinorities in Nominated Works Contracts and Service
Contracts and
 50% Reservation to Women in Nominated Works Contracts and Service Contracts

Goal 11 : Sustainable Cities and Communities

 Providing basic amenities to all households is the topmost priority of the state government.
 56% of the households have drinking water connections and

 98%of households are covered with door to door solid waste collection facility.

 All the urban households have toilet facility within their premises.

 The proportion of sewage waste treated remains low at 26%.

 The state has 38%, highest proportion of slum population in the country.

 Urbanization is expected to increase from 35% to over 50%by 2035.

 The government is maing efforts to reduce the rural urban divide through
 Stimulating local economic development, by developing small and medium enterprises and
industrial areas

 Enhancing basic services like Housing for all , piped drinking water supply, and road
connectivity

 Also emphasis on reduction of poverty and unemployment in rural areas.

 Andhra Pradesh is undertaking a Critical Infrastructure Investment Plan (CIIP) in Urban Local
Bodies (ULBs) to ensure that basic infrastructure like Water, Sewerage, Storm Water Drainage, Roads,
Burial Grounds, Green Spaces, is provided across all110ULBs.

Goal 12 : Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

 The goal envisages implementation of Sustainable Consumption and Production patterns taking into
account the development and capabilities of developing countries.
  Sustainable consumption and production is about promoting resource and energy efficiency,
sustainable infrastructure, and providing access to basic services, green and decent jobs and a better
quality of life for all.
 To make agricultural processes more resource efficient, Andhra Pradesh has made intitaives like
Micro irrigation, ZBNF,Water conservation measures etc .
 To reduce post-harvest losses and to improve quality government has proposed 40% financial
assistance for establishment of post-harvest infrastructure like ,Cold Storages, RipeningChambers etc.
Government is committed for establishing Cold Storage/Go-downs/Food Processing Units on need
basis in every Assembly Constituency.

Sustainable Tourism :
The state has taken proactive measures to promote eco-tourism, which has huge potential to facilitate job
creation and growth. 10Temple Eco-parks are proposed to be established by the endof the financial year.

Urban Waste Management :

The extension of waste treatment is a measure of responsible production patterns. Garbage lifting in urban
areas has improved to almost100%in the state. Nearly all urban households are coveredby door todoor waste
collection.

LED Street Lights :

To reduce unnecessary power consumption, the state plans tosaturateprovision of LED street lights. AP has
initiated world's largest Rural LED Programme by installation of 30 lakhs LED street lights in
all existing Gram Panchayats in 13 districts.

Goal 13 : Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

 The goal envisages strengthening of resilience and adoptive capacity to climate-related hazards and
naturaldisasters and integrate climate change measures into national policies, strategies and planning.

 This goal is of particular relevance to Andhra Pradesh, which is prone to natural disasters such as
droughts, cyclones, storms,and floods.

 Disaster resilience: A comprehensive system with mapping, early warning, monitoring, and
dissemination has been put in place to minimize the risk of disasters.

 To combat the disasters, Govt has established Natural Calamities Relief Fund with Rs. 4,000 crores.

Goal 14: Life below water:

The goal envisages conservation and osustainable use of the oceans, seas and marine resources and by 2025
to significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds.

Goal 15 : Life on Land

The goal envisages protection, restoration and promotion of sustainable use of terrestrial
ecosystems,Sustainable manage forests and combat dissertation.

Goal 16 : Peace, Justice and Strong Institution

  The government is committed to revamp the governance system in an unprecedented manner
through:
 Freedom from corruption;
 Empowerment of the people through their participation in project monitoring;
 Transparency in Procurement and Contract Management and Service delivery;
 Responsive governance with a commitment to IntensiveMonitoring of Implementation and
Results
 Effective FinancialManagement.
 Government have launched path breaking institutional mechanisms to strengthen local [Link]
Pradesh is the first state in the country to devolve functionaries to the local bodiesona state-wide scale
throughVillageandWard Secretariats, which embody the implementation of Article 40 and Article 243
of the Constitution, which will ensure transparency and active participation of the local people in
monitoring the last mile delivery.

Peace:
Without Equity there isnoJustice, without justice there is no peace. Without peace there are no effective
functional Institutions.

Justice :
 The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly has recently passed the Andhra Pradesh Disha Bill, 2019
(now, Andhra Pradesh Criminal Law (Amendment) Act 2019).

 The Bill provides for awarding death sentence for offences of rape and gang rape and expediting
verdict in trials of such cases within 21 days.

 The Bill prescribes life imprisonment for sexual offences against children

 The Bill also provides for establishment of Exclusive Special Courts for trial of such offences. A
budget outlay of Rs.25.74 Crores is sanctioned for establishment of Exclusive Special Courts in line
with the courts established underPOCSOAct.

Goal 17: Partnerships for the goals

The goals aims to strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for
sustainable development. It also seeks to improve domestic capacity for tax and other revenue collection

Performanceof AP in SDG India Index,2019

 NITI Aayog introduced a single measurable index, SDG India Index to measure India and its States'
progress towards the SDGs for 2030 to estimate that would serve as an advocacy tool and trigger
action at the State level.
 The SDGIndia Index is intended to provide a holistic view on the social, economic and environmental
status of the country and its States and UTs.

 NITI Aayog has constructed the SDG India Index spanning across 13 out of 17 SDGs (leaving out goals
12,13,14&17).

 In December,2019 NITI Aayog released the second edition of the SDGs India Index 2.0. It was
constructed using 100 indicators across 54 SDG [Link] is a considerable improvement over SDG
India Index 1.0, which had used 62indicators across 39targets
  Andhra Pradesh has emerged as one of the top three performing States in the country in achieving
SDG for 2019[4th rank in 2018]. Tamil Nadu and Telangana stood third in the SDG index along with
Andhra Pradesh, while Kerala andHimachal Pradesh retained their [Link]'s composite score
on a global scale has also improved from 57 in2018 to 60in 2019.

 Criteria adopted for categorization of States in the report

 States with a score of 100 were termed Achievers-No State attained this
 Those with 65-99 were Front Runners;
 50-64 were Performers
 states with score between 0 and 49 were termed Aspirants.

 APs performance has been above the India level in respectof theoverall score and also in respectof all
goals, except theSDGsof 4,5and11.

Best performing areas of AndhraPradesh

 Apart fromimproving its composite score from 64 in 2018 to 67 in 2019, the State also stood as a top
performer in 'peace justice and stronginstitutions' (Goal 16) '

 Also Top performer in clean water and sanitation' (Goal 6). The improvement in the last one year is
significant

 The State stood second in pursuance of Goal 3 (good health and well-being) [2018-6TH Place]. Kerala
stood top .

 The State retained its secondplace in performance pertaining to Goal 8 (decent work and
economic,growth)

 AP also bagged second place in the performance pertaining to Goal 13 (climate action) Karnataka
bagged top spot.

 The State stood second in the pursuance of Goal 14 (life below water - marine ecosystems) among
the nine coastal States of the country, while the top spot went to Karnataka

 The State secured third place in Goal 1 (no poverty). Tamil Nadu and Tripura bagged the first two
places .In the last one year, there has been a marked improvement in providing jobs under
MGNREGS in the State.

 The State secured sixth place in Goal 7(affordable and clean energy)

 State secured Ninth place in Goal 9( industry, innovationandinfrastructure) Compared 20th place in
2018

 The report highlighted that highest reduction in the use of nitrogen fertilizers was in Andhra Pradesh
(10.92 kg/ha).

Areas where APs performance requires improvement:

Despite decent performance under several goals, the report also indicated some of the areas where the AP
state needs improvement. These include:
 The goals relating to zero hunger,
  Quality education,
 Gender inequality and

 Urban slums.
With the efforts of the government and the focused approach now being adopted, the relative standings
under these goals are also expected to show improvement in the years to come.

CHAPTER 11-VILLAGE AND WARD SECRETARIATS AND VOLUNTEER SYSTEM

Concept and Relevance of De-centralization

 In an era of globalisation, decentralisation is the principal countervailing trend which can ensure that
the growth process is pro-poor, pro-women, pro-nature and projobs.

 Gandhiji pleaded for decentralization as an essential precondition for the relation of true democracy
to enable each individual to participate in the decision making and implementation process.

 The function of Government in a socialist state is threefold: administration, ensuring citizen welfare
and facilitating economic development.

 De-centralization of Government in the context of a country or state refers to the concept of giving
equal importance to all regions which means, decentralization of administration,welfare and
development.

 Its goal is to introduce more participatory forms of governance by giving citizens, or their
representatives, more influence in the formulation and implementation of policies and plans.

 Decentralization while helping to introduce locally and regionally diverse solutions, promote growth
by bringing the poor into the main stream of development.

Transformation , now a reality - Strengthening Grass Roots level Governance

 The government has identified the need to strengthen governance at the grass roots through effective
decentralization of funds, functions and functionaries.

 Accordingly, the government has rolled out Village Secretariat, Village Volunteer, Ward Secretariat
and Ward Volunteer Schemes to bring administration to the doorsteps of the household – both at
theVillage aswell as at the ward level and to make the villages self-sufficient by meeting the basic
needs of the people and to assure that the benefits of scheme reach poorest of the poor

 This scheme is expected to make a great change in our villages which are backward even after 73 years
of achieving independence.

Village/WardSecretariat System

 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments have been enacted with main objective of making
Panchayats and Urban Local Bodies as Institutes of self-governance
  Article 243G ,243 Wof Constitution of India vests powers in the State Legislatures to
endowPanchayats and Urban Local Bodies with such powers and authority to function as institutions
of self-government.

 AP Government enacted AP Panchayat Raj Act [Link] Act provides for (i) the creation of three tier
system of PRIs - gram panchayat at the village level, Mandal Parishad at the intermediate level and
Zilla Panchayat at the district level, with required powers and functions Urban Local Bodies.

 Government has also devolved the functions under the Twelfth Schedule to the Constitution to the
Urban Local Bodies except Fire Services during the year 2001.

 Due to lack of infrastructure and manpower at Gram Panchayat/ ward level, the intended objectives
to establish a more meaningful local government could not be achieved.

 Therfore, government decided to revamp delivery systems in the State with an aim to improve living
standards of the people through the concept of NAVARATHNALU as core theme of governance.

 The government of Andhra Pradesh has introduced the Village/Ward Secretariat system on 2nd
October 2019 for strengthening service delivery at grassroots level and ensuring transparent,
accountable and corruption free services to citizens. Village/Ward Secretary Systemis first of its kind in
the decentralised grassroots governance in the country.

 15004 Village and Ward Secretariats have been established across the State. A Village Secretariat
was established for every 2000 population and a Ward Secretariat for every 4000 population
.
 In order to equip the Village/Ward Secretariat with efficient functionaries, Each Village/Ward
Secretariatwas provided with 11/10 Departmental functionaries. The functionaries positioned in
Village Secretariats extend their services for effective implementation of NAVARATHNALU

 The Village Secretariat also serves as common service centre through which the people can directly
access about 544 Services relating to 28 departments including ration cards, pension cards, aroygrasri
cards, etc. resulting in efficient delivery of public services to the needy people

 The Government has equipped all secretariats with necessary infrastructure facilities to transform
the Gram Panchayats intoVibrant Institutions of LocalGovernance.

 To ensure corruption free and transparent services and make the functionaries accountable to the
people, 1902 Call Centre has been established to receive feedback fromthe citizens.

 The Village Secretariats with the help of Village Volunteers are expected to ensure transparent and
corruption free delivery of citizen services and help in redressing the public grievances within 72
hours throughSpandanaProgram.

Functions of Village/WardSecretaries:
TheVillage Secretariat shall function as…

1. An effective mechanism to deliver services at door step.

2. A strong & workable channel for implementation of NAVARATHNALU

3. A mechanism for transparency and accountability in delivery of government services to citizens.

 4. A unit of convergence amongdepartments for providing services at village level.

5. Shall assist in preparation of Gram Panchayat/WardDevelopment plans on the subjects delegated to

them from time to time

6. Shall prepare Integrated Annual Plans using the PRA (Participatory Rural/ urban Appraisal)
techniques, duly capturing the felt needs & aspirations of the people

7. Shall cross check and verify the sector wise needs/ beneficiaries/ problems ofthe households identified
by the Village/ Ward Volunteers and shall take appropriate remedial Steps.

8. The functional assistants shall participate in GramSabhas/ Ward Sabha meetings to enable
convergence of their functioning at Gram Panchayat/Wardlevel

Village /WardVolunteer System

 The 'Village/Ward Volunteer System' will ensure corruption free and leak proof delivery of
government services and ‚NAVARATNALU‛, the flagship program of government at the door step of
all eligible households irrespective of their caste, creed, religion, gender, and political affiliation.

 The objective of positioning Village Volunteers is to ensure timely, transparent andcorruption free
services at all levels of administration.

 The Village Volunteer identifies the problems being faced by the villagers in their respective area and
bring them to the notice of Gram Panchayat and then resolves them

 2,61,919 Gram / Ward Volunteers are assisting Secretariats in effective deliverance of services
pertaining to their respective jurisdiction atVillage /Ward level. In Rural areas, 1,95,084 Clusters for
every 50 HHs and 70,888 Clusters in Urban Areas for every50–100HHs have been formed.

Village Volunteers - Roles and Responsibilities

 The Village/Ward Volunteers act as a bridge between the local/state government and citizen and
ensures timely and transparent services under various welfare and development schemes
implementedbyGovernment.

 TheseVolunteers will facilitate people in accessing benefits under different government programs

 Volunteers will help in getting qualitative and timely feedback on the implementation of
GovernmentPrograms

 Inculcate a spirit of social service among the people with special reference to youth .

 32 Services have been identified for delivery through Village/Ward Volunteers which includes -
distribution of Social Security Pensions, distribution of PDS commodities every month, distribution of
benefits under NAVARATNALU viz., Fees reimbursement, Amma Vodi, YSR Housing, YSR Asara,
BC Welfare, Youth Empowerment, Arogyasri,YSRRythu Bharosa etc.,

 After adequate training, theVolunteers have attended to the preparation of Household profiles for
their units and identifying the eligible beneficiaries through 'Navasakam' surveywork. Android
SmartMobile phones havebeensupplied toallVillageVolunteers in the state
YSR Navasakam
 Government has started 'AP YSR Navasakam Scheme, 2019' which is a revolutionary step for
implementation of government welfare schemes.

 Under this scheme, Village/ Ward Volunteer have conducted door-to-door survey for identification
and selection of beneficiaries under various welfare schemes in transparent manner following social
audit process.

 The selected beneficiary will be issued new scheme beneficiary cards for every welfare projects that
are covered under YSR Navasakam and benefits will be extended only to the card holders.

 Government issued the following four types of cards:

 Rice Card,
 YSRArogyaSree Card,
 YSR PensionKanuka Cardand
 Jagananna Vidya Deevena (RTF) & Jagananna Vidya Vasathi DeevenaCard.

 Survey has also been conducted for identification of eligible beneficiaries for other welfare schemes
namely Jagananna Amma Vodi, YSR Kapu Nestham, Financial assistance to Rajakas, Nayee Brahmins
and Tailors, YSR Sunna Vaddi, YSR Nethanna Nestham, YSR Matsyakara Bharosa and Financial
assistance to Imams, Mauzams, Church Pastors and Archakas and services are accordingly provided
to the eligible.

Corruption free service delivery at the doorsteps

The establishment of Village/Ward Secretariats is expected to revolutionize the systems and help ensure an
accountable, transparent and corruption-free governance through a seamless service delivery.