Data-Driven Governance, Private Investments Key to Swarna Andhra Vision-2047: Naidu
Naidu said data had become a valuable resource and future governance would depend on how effectively governments collected, integrated and used information
TIRUPATI: Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has said the state is adopting data-driven governance and encouraging private investment as the twin pillars of the Swarna Andhra Vision-2047 to improve people's lives and accelerate economic growth.
Addressing the two-day workshop on 'Swarna Andhra-2047: Economic Intelligence for Governance' organised by the planning department here on Thursday, Naidu said governments should rely on data-based decision-making and use economic indicators such as GSDP and Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) while framing policies to improve the living standards of poor families.
Naidu said data had become a valuable resource and future governance would depend on how effectively governments collected, integrated and used information. He stressed the need to create a Data Lake to link information from all government departments, adding that the state had prepared an action plan to implement the Sanjeevani project through the digitisation of health records.
He said governments should combine efficient public service delivery with private investment to create wealth, making it a key pillar of the Swarna Andhra Vision-2047. Citing pension beneficiaries Tulasamma and Padmamma, he said welfare schemes and DWCRA loans had improved their families' living conditions, showing the impact of effective implementation.
The Chief Minister said he had studied economics but learned more from society and people's experiences.
Recalling Vision-2020, he said it had initially drawn criticism despite being the country's first long-term development vision, adding that former President APJ Abdul Kalam had supported the idea of a national vision document.
Naidu said he had long believed information technology could drive development and stressed the need to use technology while building indigenous systems. The P4 initiative, he noted, aims to reduce the gap between the rich and the poor by encouraging people to give back to society, while improving family living standards and promoting the joint family system.
During an interaction with the participants, the chief minister said policymakers should never become complacent. Those who are happy and satisfied prefer to maintain the status quo, he noted.
Naidu called for continuous innovation and collective efforts, urging people to think about what they could contribute to the nation rather than what the nation had given them.
He announced that a quantum computer would soon be available in Amaravati. The state is working towards developing the capability to manufacture quantum computers.
Chairman of the PM’s economic advisory council Prof S Mahendra Dev, NITI Aayog members Prof. K.V. Raju and R. Balasubramaniam, chief economic adviser to the central government V Anantha Nageswaran, secretary to the ministry of statistics and programme implementation Saurabh Garg, NCAER director Suresh Goyal, industries secretary Yuvaraj, senior state government officials, planning department officials and students of Economic Statistics were present.