El Nino: Naidu Directs Officials To Ensure Price Rise Burden Does Not Fall On Public
After examining the finance report for July 2026, he suggested that every government department should use the resources efficiently to reach its highest goals. He directed the officials to prepare district, constituency, mandal-wise contingency plans on water availability
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu directed the officials to draw an action plan to achieve 15 per cent growth rate, despite the El Nino effect. He told the officials to ensure that the burden of price rise does not fall on the public.
After examining the finance report for July 2026, he suggested that every government department should use the resources efficiently to reach its highest goals. He directed the officials to prepare district, constituency, mandal-wise contingency plans on water availability.
According to the finance report, in the second trimester, 10.7 growth rate was registered, 9.9 per cent of actual growth rate which is better than the national average recorded for the last two years. Over 13.5 per cent growth rate was recorded in the agriculture sector, 10.6 per cent in the industrial, 9.9 per cent in the services sector.
The GST collections improved by 21 per cent to Rs 13,282 crore, due to effective alignment with technology and normal exports grew up to Rs 16,322 crore. The STPI exports improved by 32.2 pc, commercial vehicles registration to 51.6 pc, investments in mega projects grounding works by 75.4 per cent, according to the report.
