VIJAYAWADA: Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has reiterated the YSRC government’s commitment to decentralise governance and set up three capitals.
“Making decentralisation a policy, we created 13 more districts in addition to the existing 13. We are going to decentralise the capitals as this is the right of the three regions and responsibility of the state government,” he said after hoisting the National Flag at the 77th Independence Day celebrations at the Indira Gandhi Municipal Stadium on Tuesday.
The Chief Minister has asserted that he ensured social justice for the people in the state besides working for the empowerment of the weaker sections and implementing welfare schemes with transparency.
After hoisting the National Flag and taking the salute, Jagan Mohan Reddy said the government has been striving to usher in Grama Swaraj visualised by Mahatma Gandhi. It changed the face of agriculture, industry, and services.
“Andhra Pradesh brought in major changes in the rural administrative system through 15,000 village and ward secretariats, digital libraries, RBKs, and the volunteer system, to extend quick civic services to the people,” he claimed.
He said the changes have helped reverse the decades-old corrupt administrative system. “A sum of Rs2,31,000 crore has been transferred by the government through DBT mode to the beneficiaries in the last 50 months.”
The CM said the government has been waging a war on untouchability. “Opposition to the introduction of English medium in schools, allotment of house sites, and construction of houses for the poor is also a form of untouchability,” he asserted.
“The war will continue till justice is done,” he declared. "Implementation of a slew of welfare schemes as part of Navaratnalu meant social justice can be a reality,” he said and listed out the changes brought in AP in six sectors after the YSRC came to power."
Jagan Mohan Reddy stated, “Educational sector is being revolutionised with the implementation of Amma Vodi, Nadu-Nedu, Vidya deevena, Vasathi Deevena and Videshi Vidya Deevena, distribution of bi-lingual textbooks, TOEFL training for students of Class 3, digitisation of classrooms from Class 6 and plans to introduce IB-standard curriculum and AI in higher education.”
“These changes will help our students become globally competitive. The health sector is upbeat with 17 new medical colleges coming up, recruitment of 53,126 new staff including specialist doctors, availability of 104 and 108 ambulances in all mandals, strengthening of preventive healthcare with 10,032 village health clinics serving the rural people, and 3,255 procedures being brought under the YSR Aarogyasri.”
The Chief Minister said that AP is the only state which has enacted a law to reserve 50 per cent of the nominated posts and contracts to SCs, STs, BCs, and minorities for rendering social justice to the weaker sections.
On the industrial front also, the state is marching ahead and it stood first in the ease of doing business (EoDB), attracting Rs13,42,000 crore in investments in the global investors meet in Visakhapatnam, he said.
Some 127 heavy industries were established in AP in the last four years with a total investment of Rs67,196 crore and providing employment to 84, 607 persons, he claimed.
The Chief Minister gave away police medals to several IPS and other police officials for their meritorious services.
