Dr.Y.S.Rajashekara Reddy

2009-11-21T01:00:00.001-08:00

YSR Amar Rahe!!

2009-09-16T08:09:00.000-07:00

A Tribute!

2009-09-05T06:17:00.000-07:00

Prajashekara Reddy!

2009-09-04T14:07:00.001-07:00

No more tears left... Except blood!

2009-09-04T12:31:00.000-07:00

100 days--Review

2009-08-29T03:21:00.001-07:00

No Luking back! No back steps!

2009-08-29T03:17:00.000-07:00

09/08/09.Bhadrachalam tour. 3.3 lakhs acres of land didstributed to the poor

2009-08-09T22:02:00.001-07:00

Meet with Jalagam Cadre

2009-08-09T22:00:00.000-07:00

Bike Ride!!

2009-07-23T05:19:00.000-07:00

In New Delhi

2009-07-18T04:25:00.001-07:00

Vishaka Paryatana

2009-07-13T02:01:00.000-07:00

B'day celebrations in Goa!

2009-07-11T08:10:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday!!

2009-07-08T18:18:00.001-07:00

July 5---East Godavari tour!!

2009-07-07T01:43:00.000-07:00

Mineral water for every Village!!

2009-06-27T09:13:00.001-07:00

Positive Signs!!

2009-06-21T05:49:00.001-07:00

NTV Story board

2009-06-20T13:12:00.001-07:00

Focus on Development!

2009-06-20T13:03:00.000-07:00

Tirupathi Venkanna---Kadapa Rajanna

2009-06-19T06:27:00.003-07:00

The Ironman of Andhra Pradesh

2009-06-13T01:02:00.000-07:00

I learnt in my history classes that Sardar Patel's strong leadesrhip was the main reason in Unifying all the princely states to form the Indian Union..

Now, lets forget about politics...am talking about leadership.

If a strong leader like YSR wasnt in the CM chair...the state would have split into 2.

Hez the real champion of United Andhra Pradesh.

If Sardar Patel is the Ironman of India......YSR is the Ironman of AndhraPradesh

The Tiger roars!!!

2009-06-11T14:49:00.000-07:00

Second Innings!!!

2009-06-03T14:26:00.000-07:00

Hyderabad, June 3 : Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy Wednesday assumed office as chief minister of Andhra Pradesh for the second consecutive term.

YSR, as he is popularly known, reached the state secretariat, and formally took charge in the chief minister's office by signing a file.

Thirteen days after he took oath as the chief minister, the 60-year-old leader reached his office to a rousing reception by his cabinet colleagues, chief secretary Ramakanth Reddy and the secretariat employees.
Hindu, Christian and Muslim priests blessed the chief minister in his office and prayed for his good health and success.

Though YSR took oath at a public function May 20, he had been attending to his official work from his camp office in Begumpet.

A week after taking the oath, he along with his family members visited Israel on a five-day pilgrimage to Christian holy places and offered thanksgiving prayers for his Congress party's victory in the April elections.

YSR became the first Congress chief minister in three decades to retain power.

The Congress party won 156 seats in 294-member assembly and also bagged 33 out of the 42 Lok Sabha seats in the state.

In Pulivendula

2009-05-24T03:34:00.003-07:00

Pulivendula Peddayna Ku Joharlu!!!

2009-05-23T00:56:00.000-07:00

All about Credibility!

2009-05-21T23:44:00.003-07:00

A Tribute--The architect of Modern India! Late Shri Rajiv Gandhi

2009-05-20T23:26:00.003-07:00

"The Congress, as the party which won freedom and built up independent India through non-violence, must continue to work for the larger acceptance of non-violence within the country and in the international community.

The work of improving the quality of life of our people, of safeguarding Indian unity and communal harmony and of strengthening peace and cooperation the world over will keep the Congress busy for years.

This is our agenda for the next century"

Rajiv Gandhi

The Coronation!!

2009-05-20T22:53:00.003-07:00

Elected as CLP leader!

2009-05-19T16:54:00.003-07:00

Jai Ho YSR!!

2009-05-17T08:22:00.001-07:00

In Kadapa n Hyd!

2009-05-14T16:03:00.001-07:00

First CM in the office for 5 Years!! A New Record!!

2009-05-13T16:02:00.000-07:00

Rythu Bandhava--Rajashekara!

2009-05-12T18:57:00.000-07:00

Fruit cultivation back with a bang in Anantapur

B. Chandrashekhar

Orchards flourish in Anantapur district courtesy National Horticulture Mission

ANANTAPUR: Drought conditions in four out of five previous years till 2004-05 in Anantapur district have not only resulted in failure of conventional crops like groundnut. The severe stress on groundwater table during the period also had a wilting effect on horticulture. As a result, the area under horticulture had been shrinking perennially.

Even the most enterprising of the farmers were finding it difficult to sustain horticulture. The sector not only overcame such a bleak scenario but has comeback strongly to its flourishing phase once again during the last four years, thanks to the launch of National Horticulture Mission (NHM) in 2005-06.

Area expansion, rejuvenation of old orchards, integrated pest and nutrient management, vermin-compost units, organic farming and protected cultivation have been taken up under NHM. Coupled with the impetus of micro irrigation project and the initiative of the Horticulture Department, the NHM has been able to catapult Anantapur into an emerging fruit bowl of Andhra Pradesh.

The NHM has increased the area covered under major horticulture crops, productivity and production considerably. A total of 32,279 hectares with major and non-traditional horticulture crops was covered under NHM in four years and its intervention has also increased the productivity of major fruit crops ranging from 12 to 20 per cent, enabling the farmers get additional income.

Coverage of major fruit crops like mango, sweet orange, sapota, pomegranate, guava, banana and papaya has increased by an extent of 26,847 hectares and production by 97,349 metric tonnes during the last four years. The area covered under the crops and production was 51,906 hectares and 6,70,166 metric tonnes, respectively till 2004-05. It has increased to 78,753 hectares and 7,67,515 metric tonnes by the end of 2008-09.

The total area covered under horticulture in the district now stands at 83,937 hectares including the coverage of non-traditional horticulture crops and fruits, flowers and grapes in 5,184 hectares. Assistant Director of Horticulture Y. Vidyashankar says it has become possible only due to the high receptivity of farmers. “There’s a tremendous potential to develop horticulture in another 33,000 hectare in the next three years”, he adds.

One of the major achievements of the NHM has been preservation of pomegranate orchards which was hit by bacteria.

Unable to protect the pomegranate crop, farmers had uprooted orchards in about 400 hectares prior to the launch of NHM. “We were about to uproot our seven-acre orchard due to heavy losses caused by bacteria, but the horticulture officials have given our orchard a new lease of life by helping us resuscitate it”, says Balakrishna, a farmer of Thimmampeta in Garladinne mandal, with gratitude.

“We have taken up new plantation in another four acres and we have earned Rs. 22 lakh from pomegranate production in our 11-acre land”, the farmer said with a sense of pride. Such instances of success are innumerable in the district now thanks to the NHM.

Financial assistance under NHM and APMIP and have enabled the farmers of Anantapur spread the deliciousness of quality fruit produce in the country and abroad.

http://www.hindu.com/2009/05/13/stories/2009051356770600.htm

Kadapa tour!!

2009-05-10T20:32:00.001-07:00

Anam Yagam!

2009-05-10T03:17:00.001-07:00

Kadapa tour--Day3

2009-05-10T01:41:00.001-07:00

Kadapa tour!

2009-05-09T05:31:00.003-07:00

Kurnool and kadapa tour

2009-05-07T22:12:00.001-07:00

Back in Action!!

2009-05-07T01:08:00.001-07:00

The Eternal bond of Friendship!!

2009-05-06T00:14:00.003-07:00

April27,2009--CM sir in Newdelhi

2009-04-27T16:31:00.001-07:00

April 26,2009---CMsir in Newdelhi

2009-04-27T16:29:00.001-07:00

April24,2009

2009-04-27T16:20:00.001-07:00

April 23,2009,Thursday

2009-04-24T03:12:00.003-07:00

Jaitrayatra Final day,April 21,2009---Kurnool dist

2009-04-22T09:18:00.001-07:00

Yellow journalism!!

2009-04-21T03:34:00.003-07:00

Jaitrayatra Day27,April 20,2009---Whirlwind tour in Anantapur

2009-04-21T01:35:00.000-07:00

Jaitrayatra Day26,April,19,2009--Whirlwind tour in Chittor and Kadapa

2009-04-20T06:17:00.001-07:00

Jaitrayatra Day25,April 18 2009, Guntur and WestGodavari

2009-04-19T04:10:00.001-07:00

Jaitryayatra Day24,April 17,2009---Whirlwind tour in Prakasam and Guntur dists

2009-04-19T03:58:00.003-07:00

Jaitrayatra Day23,April 16,2009--Kurnool,Nellore,Krishna and Chittor

2009-04-17T03:00:00.003-07:00

Jaitrayatra Day22, April15,2009--Whirlwind tour in Nellore and Prakasam dists

2009-04-16T09:54:00.001-07:00

The Godfather!

2009-04-15T02:59:00.003-07:00

Simhapuri Scan

2009-04-15T02:16:00.000-07:00

1)Atmakur--Anam RamaNarayana Reddy

2)Kavali--Katam Reddy Vishnuvardhan Reddy

3)Kovur--Polam reddy Srinivasula Reddy

4)Udayagiri--Mekapati Chandrashekar reddy

5)Venkatagiri--Nedurumalli Rajyalakshmi

6)Sarvepalli--Adala Prabhakar Reddy

7)Gudur(Sc)--Panabaka Krishnaiah

8)Sullurpeta(Sc)--V.Saraswathi

9)Nellore Rural--Anam Vivekananda Reddy

10)Nellore City--P.Anilkumar Yadav

Nellore Loksabha--Mekapati Rajamohan reddy

Tirupathi Loksabha---Chintha Mohan

A stronghold of Congress(I)....The situation seems very positive for the congress with strong local leadership.

Jaitrayatra Day21--April 14,2009--Krishna dt

2009-04-15T00:21:00.000-07:00

Constituencies Covered:

9)Vijayawada-Central

Jaitraytra Day20,April 13,2009---Whirlwind tour in WestGodavari

2009-04-14T09:17:00.000-07:00

Constituencies Covered:

8)Dendulur

Jaitrayatra Day19,April 12,2009-- EastGodavari

2009-04-14T09:13:00.000-07:00

Constituencies Covered:

7)Dawalaeshwaram

Jaitryatra Day18,April 11,2009..Whirlwind tour in KarimNagar and Nizamabad dists

2009-04-14T09:01:00.000-07:00

Constituencies Covered:

1)Election Rally along with Rahul Gandhi in GodavariKhani(Ramagundam Assembly seg)

2)Election Rally along with Rahul Gandhiin Birkoor(Banswada Assembly seg)

3)Siricilla

4)Banswada

5)Bodhan

6)Nizamabad

Jaitryatra Day17,April 10,2009--Whirlwind tour in Mahaboobnagar,Khammam,Krishna and RangaReddy districts

2009-04-14T08:53:00.000-07:00

JaitraYatra Day 16--April,09,2009. Whirlwind tour in Srikakulam District

2009-04-14T08:41:00.000-07:00

JaitraYatra Day 15--April,08,2009

2009-04-09T00:16:00.001-07:00

Constituencies Covered:

1)Public Rallies at Anakapalli and Vishakapatnam along with Rahul Gandhi

6)Nellimarla

JaitryaYatra Day14--April-07-09

2009-04-08T01:08:00.001-07:00

Constituencies Covered:
1)Public Rally at KarimNagar along with Smt.Sonia Gandhi
2)Public rally at Bhuvanagiri along with Smt.Sonia Gandhi
3)Public Rally at VijayaNagaram along with Smt.Sonia Gandhi
4)Vizag West
5)Gajuwaka

Jaitrayatra Day13--06/04/09

2009-04-07T07:53:00.000-07:00

Constituencies Covered:

6)Palakurthy

Jaitrayatra Day12--05/04/09

2009-04-06T02:00:00.000-07:00

Constituencies Covered:

6)Parakala

Jaitrayatra Day11--04/04/09

2009-04-06T01:04:00.001-07:00

Constituencies Covered:

Jaitrayatra Day10--03/04/09

2009-04-03T16:32:00.000-07:00

Constituencies Covered:

1)Achampet

2)Kollapur

3)Gadwal

4)Narayanpet

5)MahaboobNagar

Jaitrayatra Day9--02/04/09 Nomination in Pulivendula

2009-04-02T19:09:00.000-07:00

Constituencies covered:

1)Pulivendula

2)NagarKurnool

3)Jadcherla

4)ShadNagar

Jaitrayatra 8--01/04/09

2009-04-01T16:29:00.000-07:00

Constituencies Covered:

Jaitrayatra Day 7--31/03/09

2009-03-31T18:00:00.001-07:00

Constituencies Covered:

1)Adilabad

2)Bodh

3)Khanapur

4)Nirmal

Jaitrayatra Day6--30/03/09

2009-03-30T18:06:00.001-07:00

Constituencies Covered:

1)Maheshwaram

2)Kukatpally

3)Serlingampally

4)Uppal

5)Malkajgiri

6)Amberpet

Naalo oopiri Vunnannallu---Vundavu meeku Kanneellu

2009-03-29T20:13:00.000-07:00

Arogya sree pai Rajakeeyam chese chetha naa kodulkni cheppulatho tharimi tharimi kottandiii......... Ballot tho Budhi cheppandii

Jaitrayatra Day5--29/03/09

2009-03-29T18:47:00.003-07:00

Constituencies Covered:

1)Secunderabad

2)Cantonment

3)SanathNagar

4)Khairatabad

5)Musheerabad

Jaitrayatra Day4---28/03/09

2009-03-29T07:02:00.003-07:00

Constituencies Covered:

1)Makthal

2)Wanaparthy

3)Kalwakurthy

4)Nalgonda

Jaitrayatra--Day 3--27/03/09

2009-03-27T16:29:00.000-07:00

Constituencies covered:

1)L.B.Nagar

2)Jubilee hills

3)Khairatabad

Jaitrayatra--Day 2---26/03/09

2009-03-27T06:49:00.001-07:00

Constituencies Covered:

1)Sangareddy

2)Zaheerabad

3)Andhole

4)Narsapur

5)Gajwel

Jaithrayatra--Day 1--25/03/09

2009-03-27T06:43:00.001-07:00

Constituencies covered:

1)Chevella

2)Parigi

3)Vikarabad

4)Kodangal

5)Tandur

On the Prowl!!

2009-03-21T15:13:00.000-07:00

Mission Kadapa!!

2009-03-18T00:17:00.000-07:00

Pulivendula-- Dr.Y.S.Rajashekar Reddy
Mydakuru--Dr.D.L.Ravindra Reddy
Jammalamadugu--C.Adinarayana Reddy
Proddatur--N.VaradaRajula Reddy
Kamalapuram--G.Veerashiva Reddy

Rajampet-Akepati Amarnath Reddy

Rayachoti--Gadikota Srikanth Reddy

Kadapa--Ahmedullah

Railway Kodur(Sc)--K.Srinivasulu

Badvel(Sc)--Kamalamma

Kadapa Loksabha--Y.S.Jaganmohan Reddy

Rajampet Loksabha--K.SaiPratap

CM Y.S.Rajashekar Reddy will be in Kadapa jus for one day to file his nomination.

It's upto Y.S.Jagan to ensure the victory of the congress party in the district.

That shows the confidence YSR has in Y.S.Jagan's leadership.

SVS Reddy---Maganti Babu---Mudragada Swap!!

2009-03-07T12:24:00.001-08:00

Losing Horses atuu---Winning horses itu!!

Larger than life image!

2009-03-06T10:06:00.000-08:00

When I have been speaking to various people from various parts of the state,I was quite amazed by the confidence and faith they have in their beloved leader.
"maa constituency lo 2-3 groups vunnayi...dissidence ekkuva. But,YSR chuskuntaru ley"
"maa constituency candidate financially kastha weak. But YSR chuskuntaru ley"
"maa constituency MLA meedha lot of anti-incumbency.But YSR image gelispistundhi ley"

What if something goes wrong???

"Chance ye ledhu brother,YSR sketch vesthey success guarantee"

Jagan kosam Janam!!

2009-03-03T20:34:00.001-08:00

Congress leaders root for Jagan Special Correspondent

Massive rally taken out urging him to contest Kadapa Lok Sabha seat

Opposition accused of tarnishing Jagan’s image by levelling baseless allegations
‘Party will sweep 2 Lok Sabha seats and all 10 Assembly constituencies in the district’

Intense campaign: Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy addressing a meeting in Kadapa on Tuesday.

KADAPA: Congress leaders, activists and sympathisers took out massive rallies from various parts of Kadapa and converged on the municipal stadium here for Congress party’s ‘Vijaya Sankalpa Yatra’ on Tuesday demanding that YSR Foundation chairman Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy join active politics and contest from Kadapa Parliamentary constituency.

All the Congress MPs, MLCs and MLAs in Kadapa district who participated in the meeting urged Jagan to contest from Kadapa parliamentary constituency and asserted that Congress would regain power and win from both Lok Sabha constituencies and all 10 Assembly constituencies in the district. The leaders flayed the grand alliance and Praja Rajyam leaders and accused them of trying to prevent Mr. Jaganmohan Reddy’s entry into politics by levelling baseless charges against him. Mr. Jaganmohan Reddy, who furthered industrialisation and took up social service activities, should contest from Kadapa Parliamentary constituency, the speakers said.

MP’s plea to cadre

Kadapa MP Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy, who is representing Kadapa Lok Sabha constituency, asserted that Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy will contest for Assembly and his son Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy will contest for Parliament. The MP called upon partymen to strive with discipline for boosting Congress prospects but not indulge in violence.

Rajampet MP A. Sai Prathap asserted that Mr. Jaganmohan Reddy would contest from Kadapa LS segment and win with an overwhelming majority. Flaying the grand alliance, he said welfare schemes being implemented by the YSR government were lauded by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Chief Ministers of several States.

Kadapa Mayor P. Ravindranath Reddy accused Opposition parties of levelling baseless charges to cause mental anguish to Mr. Jaganmohan Reddy with a bid to prevent him from contesting from Kadapa.

He maintained that Congress would win 265 Assembly seats in the State as the party has patronage of 78 per cent of voters as per surveys. All other ruling parties in the past had not more than 40 per cent votes, he said.

Unprecedented growth

No party bothered about Kadapa district, as it was the native of Dr. Rajasekhara Reddy, Proddatur MLA N. Varadarajulu Reddy said. YSR developed the State in an unprecedented manner. People like Jaganmohan Reddy should not stay away from politics, but join it and cleanse the ‘murky’ political scenario, Mydukur MLA D.L. Ravindra Reddy asserted. People would not believe Mr. Naidu’s promises as they did not forget that he scrapped the Rs. 2 a kg. rice scheme, he said.

ZP chairperson D. Jyothi Reddy, MLAs Mohd. Ahmedullah, C. Adinarayana Reddy, G. Veerasiva Reddy, K. Prabhavathamma, N. Varadarajulu Reddy, D.C. Govinda Reddy, G. Venkateswara Prasad, G. Mohan Reddy, MLCs Shaik Hussain and B. Chengalrayulu, DCCB president K. Brahmananda Reddy, PCC members T. Sivasankar, M. Ramprasad Reddy, former MLAs V. Sivaramakrishna Rao, K. Madanmohan Reddy and M. Narayana Reddy, DCC president K. Suresh Babu, Mahila Congress president A. Prabhavathi and other leaders spoke.

Source:http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/04/stories/2009030451050300.htm

Fear!

2009-02-26T18:05:00.001-08:00

Ee sms campaigning and spreading prejudices endhuko??
Direct gaa janaallo chepthe Chepputho kodtharu ani bhayama???

Why this hue and cry???

2009-02-22T18:05:00.000-08:00

Asalu aayana inka active politcs lokey raledhu...Hez minding his business.
Oppositions parties + "Those 2" newspapers ki endhuku antha bhayam???
These people are degrading to lower levels day by day which is making the people feel sick...
Delhi ki anthaa katta kattukoni vellaru "Sakshi" meedha edavdaaniki...Did they ever paid so much attention towards the woes of the people during these 5 years?? Though the government is functioning effectively,a few problems still persist. Did they ever showed so much dedication towards those?? Never!! All these years, media motham valla hands lo vundhii....After the launch of "Sakshi" there's no scope for Vernacular media.
Asalu veellalo kastapadi pani chese quality vundhaa?? They want to come to power just by fooling people and by spreading false propaganda through media.YSR kudaa opposition leader gaa vunnaru... He came to power fighting for the people,doing the padayatra.
Asalu veellalo magnifying glass petti vethikinaa we cant find that determination and commitment. Vellaku telsindhi okkatey...Mudslinging and making baseless allegations on YS family.
Power is not eternal. Power is not the ultimate goal in politics. The ultimate objective of politics is the upliftment of the down-trodden and welfare of the people.
God knows when these people realise it!

Rajiv Udyogasri

2009-02-18T12:21:00.001-08:00

THE real benchmark of success of a government programme is the level of satisfaction it gives to beneficiaries. A case in point is Rajiv Udyogasri, a programme implemented by the administration of Medak, one of the most backward districts in Andhra Pradesh’s Telangana region. The programme is implemented in the district by the Indira Kranti Patham (IKP), a wing of the District Rural Development Agency. It has changed the living conditions of many rural youth, both male and female. Those who mustered the courage to leave their native villages and dream big were trained in industrial skills for two months and offered positions by organisations in the private sector.

Pandari, a 25-year-old polio victim, had not received proper school education. But today, he has secured a job in Hyderabad with a monthly salary of Rs.5,500 thanks to the IKP.

“A cab picks me up from my room near Osmania University and drops me back after work. I never imagined a life like this before I approached the IKP,” says Pandari, who hands over a major part of his salary to his mother, who depends on the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme to earn a living.

Sujatha, in her early 20s, is a faculty member in the IKP training centre run in Toopran. Her father is a rickshaw puller and her mother a factory labourer. “I learnt communication skills and now impart training to those coming from rural areas in search of jobs. This gives me great satisfaction as I am doing more than what I had expected from myself,” she says.

Imran Sultana, an employee with the IKP at Sangareddy, visits nearby villages once a week to identify college drop-outs and train them for jobs. A Telugu medium student, Imran is fluent in English, and aims to become a World Bank employee. There are many more like Pandari, Sujatha and Imran.

Under the scheme, training is imparted for two months in areas such as construction, retail service, hotel management, computers, security, textiles, call centres, and Tally accounting. After the training, placements are arranged by IKP officials.

Ants and Partners, a Bangalore-based private training institute, has joined hands with the IKP in this endeavour. Around 10,000 youth were accommodated in different organisations in Hyderabad and in rural centres in the last one year.

A. Hameed, district coordinator, Employment Generation and Marketing Mission (EGMM), says: “We are confident of accommodating around 25,000 trained youth by next March. We are even extending financial support in the first month to those migrating to Hyderabad for placement as they have to meet personal expenses until they get their salaries.”

Once candidates register themselves with IKP, their qualifications and age are taken into consideration before they are absorbed into the training best suited for them.

This has changed the social and economic status of many a rural youth. The money they earn now supplements the family income. Some of them invest wisely, in land, for instance.

“Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy has directed other districts to emulate Medak’s example,” says IKP project director Srinivas Baba.

R. Avadhani for Frontline

Here's the link : http://www.frontlineonnet.com/stories/20090227260412200.htm

CNN-IBN-CSDN Survey!

2009-02-18T12:14:00.001-08:00

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/aiadmk-ahead-in-tn-cong-leads-in-andhra/85643-37-p2.html

Up for the battle!!

2009-02-14T05:32:00.000-08:00

Rajiv Arogyasree

2009-02-08T04:57:00.001-08:00

Details of Rajiv Arogyasri Health Insurance Scheme

Aim:

This is an innovative scheme implemented for the first time in the country. The aim is to ensure health care of the poor, through insurance. The scheme also aims at providing health care to 90 percent of the state population, ultimately.

Scope:

All the poor, having white ration cards are eligible for benefit under the scheme.

Allocation of Funds:

This is a state government scheme. Under it, hospital bills of the insured persons would be paid by the insurance companies. The premium for the insurance policy would be paid by the government.

If people are to contribute, the details:

People need not have to pay anything under the scheme.

Eligibility:

All those having white ration cards are eligible for help under the scheme.

Free medical and surgical aid to children with congenital heart problems:

The state government has also taken up a massive scheme of helping children of the poor, who were born with congenital heart problems to undergo medical of surgical treatment. The entire expenditure incurred for the treatment in expensive corporate hospitals is borne by the government.

Rajiv Yuvashakti

2009-02-08T04:51:00.000-08:00

The Congress government launched a new scheme by name Rajiv Yuva Shakthi to provide wage employment and self employment to one lakh youth during 2004-05 with an outlay of Rs.321 crore. It also prepared an action plan for providing employment to 1.5 lakh youth with an outlay of Rs.624 crore during 2005-06.

Loans at 25paise interest

2009-02-07T07:53:00.000-08:00

INTEREST SUBSIDY

The Government of Andhra Pradesh introduced Pavalavaddi Scheme (Interest Subsidy) during the year 2004-05 with an objective to provide interest subsidy on the Bank loans taken by the Self Help Groups in Andhra Pradesh to reduce the financial burden on them. The Scheme is applicable to all loans extended by banks on or after 01.07.2004, under SHG Bank Linkage Programme

Need of the Scheme :

1 Self Help movement of women with thrift as entry point has grown as a mass movement in Andhra Pradesh. There are about 6.99 lakh women Self Help Groups covering nearly 89 lakh rural poor women in AP. The Government adopted mocro credit as a tool to attain the economic empowerment of women and facilitated SHG bank linkage programme in a big way since 1998-99 onwards in the State. The SHG women have taken up various income generating activities by availing themselves of the facility under the SHG - Bank Linkage programme and created a path for their economic empowerment. The Nationalized banks, Regional Rural Banks & Co-operative Banks are coming forward to issue loan to Self Help Gropus.

2. The Banks are giving loans under SHG Bank Linkage programme with different rates of interest ranging from 8% to 12%. The groups are facing difficulty in paying such rates of interest.

3. The reduce the financial burden on the Self Help Groups. The Government of Andhra Pradesh introduced the "Pavala Vaddi" scheme (Interes Subsidy) during the year 2004-05 with an objective to provide interest subsidy on the loans taken by Self Help Groups under this scheme.>

Process :

1. The DRDA will obtain the details of SHG repayment for the purpose of interest subsidy twice a year trhough the Mandal Samakhyas.

2. DRDA will calculate the Pavala Vaddi to be given to each SHG basing on the bank statement. The DRDA will give the Pavala Vaddi Cheques to the Mandal Samakhya along with the statement of particulars accruing to each SHG.

3. The Mandal Samakhya in turn will distribute the cheques to the SHGs through the Village Organisations inthe Presence of non officials.

Rajiv Gruha Kalpa

2009-02-07T07:24:00.000-08:00

For low-income urban population, government has launched an innovative housing scheme, Rajiv Grihakalpa, with civil infrastructure and free land being provided by government. The government will provide Rs.30,000 towards the cost of land development charges. The beneficiaries should contribute 10 per cent of the remaining Rs.70,000. The rest of the amount would be arranged in the form of loans from banks.

2Rs/kg-Rice

2009-02-07T03:03:00.001-08:00

Distribution Of House pattas

2009-02-07T02:55:00.001-08:00

Chief Minister Y.S.Rajasekhar Reddy had made the poor man’s dream of owning a house a reality

Indira Prabha

2009-02-04T20:35:00.000-08:00

To facilitate immediate and effective cultivation 3.23 lakhs of acres assigned to the poor, the State government has launched Indira Prabha scheme. The beneficiaries will get financial assistance from Indira Prabha to make their land cultivable.

Jala Yagnam

2009-02-04T20:30:00.001-08:00

While there is abundant water of about 2745 TMC available for the state, only about 1700 M.W. of water is under utilization in the state, thus giving way to huge quantum of water to go waste into the ocean. About 4000 TMC has been going out waste following heavy rains and floods. To utilize as much of water as possible by construction of river projects and bring millions of acres of lands under cultivation in Krishna-Godavari basin. The State Government has initiated a series of 26 important irrigation projects and 4 major projects under Jayalagnam programme at huge expenditure of rs.46,000 crore, which are envisaged to bring Ten Million acres of lands under cultivation, including stabilization of 3.5 million acres of existing

ayacut apart from providing drinking water to 12 million people in towns and villages across the irrigation canals and generating 2700 M.W. of Power.It is planned to complete eight of these projects within 2 years, thus bringing 16.58 lakh acres aunder cultivation.These are Vamsadhara Stage-2 Phase-1, Tatipudi Lift. Pushkaram Lift, Telugu Ganga, Somasila, Chokkarao Lift Irrigation Project (Godavari Lift), Alisagar Lift, Gupta Lift. It is programmed to complete 18 projects within 5 years and provide irrigated water to a fresh ayacut of 5 million acres. Projects like Sripadasagar (Yellampalli), Chokkarao Project Stage-2 (Godavari Lift), Rajiv Sagar Lift (Dummugudem), Link Canal from Nagarjuna Sagar Project to its Reservoir, and Indira Sagar (Polavaram) are considered to be milestones in the history of State Irrigation. State Government is determined to complete modernization of Pulivendula Branch Canal and Muylavaram Projects as well as Lendi Project with 2 years. Linking of Godavari and Krishna by constructing Indira Sagar Project and Rajiv Sagar project across River Godavari would become a landmark achievement in the entire country, thus paving way to new era in water utility. By inaugurating the Janjhavati irrigation (Rubber Dam) project in Vizianagaram district, first of its kind tobe built with Austrian Technology, during the last week of December 2005, the State Government proved that it is a performing government, giving priority to farmer’s welfare. The State Government has sanctionedexecution of 110 lift irrigation schemes to create an additional ayacut of 1.62 lakh acres. During 2004-05,60 LI schemes were commissioned creating a potential of 43000 acres, besides revival of 160 LI schemes with an ayacut of 80000 acres. Rs.5200 crore MasterPlan of huge number of minor irrigation schemes is being implemented for creating an additional ayacut of 1.5 million acres, and stabilization of the existing ayacut of 5 lakh acres. The budgetary allocation to Irrigation was raised from Rs.1840 crore in 2003-04 to Rs.10,400 (40% of the State’s own revenue) for irrigation sector during 2005-06. An amount of Rs.1200 crore is being spent by the state government under A.P. Micro Irrigation Project to properly utilize the water resources without any wastage. Under the Drought Prone Are Programme, construction of 3540 watersheads was taken up in 11 districts. In Anantapur district where the drought conditions prevail in long spells of time, 772 watersheds are built to bring 3.31 lakhhs under cultivation.

May14, 2004

2009-02-04T17:03:00.000-08:00

YS Rajashekara Reddy believes in hardwork and it pays.Congress(I)came to power with a resounding victory.He was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh on 14th May 2004.
And the very first signature as Chief Minsiter was on the file that waivers an amount of Rs.1300 crores,the power-bill arrears of poor farmers.

Praja Prasthanam

2009-02-04T16:33:00.000-08:00

Praja Prasthanam---The historic 68 day, 1600 Kms Padayatra in rhe scorching Summer of April-May 2003, covering 11 districts,for the purpose of consoling people who were facing extreme difficulties, and try to bring out the inefficiency of the Government and making it turn its attention to the problems. The then, Chief Minister, Mr.Chandrababu Naidu infamously commented "Farmers are committing suicides just for the Rs.1 lakh benefit they get from the govt. if they die." That explains the situation prevailed in the state during taht time.