Vijayawada: The Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu told officials not to discriminate beneficiaries in the distribution of assets, based on their support for TDP. All citizens in a democracy are eligible and entitled to the benefits of government schemes, he said. “With the president’s arrival, our RTGS centre and AP Fiber has got nation-wide attention,” the CM said in a video conference with the district collectors on Friday.
“The RTGS centre is functioning well and keeping us updated about the progress of other government initiatives. By March, we should be able to declare the state as 100 per cent ODF. Also, we will continue to discuss and track the attendance and performance of our employees,” he said, referring to the number of days taken to dispose a file, by ministers, secretaries and officials. He spoke of the 17 sustainable goals of the government and Kutumba Vikasam, Samaja Vikasam. He said that the ecosystem which will be created must include machine learning, Artificial Intelligence and big data analytics.
The meeting then began with a detailed discussion on Janma Bhoomi, describing the roles of each department of the government including Planning, RTG and Communications. “The Mandal Level Team visits for grievance redressal must ensure that there must be no non-financial issues remaining,” said Sanjay Gupta, CEO, APSDPS. New ration cards will be given to around 2.24 lakh beneficiaries. Labour & employment scholarships will be given to 18 lakh people and tool kits to 19,500 people. All bank and non-bank linked schemes will be fully distributed to the 2.7 lakh beneficiaries across all minority corporations (SC, ST, BC, Kapu, Minorities, Christian, Brahmin and others). Post matric scholarships will be given to almost 10 lakh beneficiaries from the minority groups. Pensions will be given to 3.8 lakh beneficiaries across the state. The distribution of all these assets will take place during the Mega Grounding Mela, and cost the Government Rs 4,763 crore. These ten days will also be used to create awareness of the government schemes, and assess their performance in the state, the Chief Minister Mr Naidu said.
