Vijayawada: The state cabinet meeting held on Thursday gave the green light to various plans and projects aimed at fashioning Amaravati as the Best Capital City. The weekly meeting discussed 21 agenda items. Information minister Kolusu Parthasarathy explained the decisions at a press briefing later in the day.
“The government has decided to develop Capital Amaravati on international standards. As part of this, funds have been sanctioned for AP by the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank. Also, HUDCO would provide a loan of Rs 11,000 crore and German finance firm KFW Rs 1000 crore,” he said.
The cabinet has approved a proposal of the commissioner and APCRDA to raise Rs 5,000 crore now out of a total Rs 16,000 crore for Amaravati development.
It granted permission to CRDA to undertake 45 engineering works worth Rs 33,137.98 crore for construction of quarters for IAS officers, gazetted officers and class IV employees, and for flood mitigation works, roads and infrastructure.
On paddy procurement, the minister said payment is being made to farmers within six to seven hours of the paddy procurement. Chief minister Chandrababu has directed officials to examine the possibilities of paying the money immediately after the grain is procured from the farmers.
The cabinet noted that 44,195 projects with Rs 11,400.80 crore worth of works have not been started under Jal Jeevan Mission. Hence, it approved the cancellation of their tenders and a decision for re-calling fresh tenders. Permission has been given for 33,717 projects that are in various stages.
Nod was given for the sanctioning of 14 posts in the AP Real Estate Appellate Tribunal. The cabinet noted that 48,899 applications were received for mapping/ slitting of joint land parcels for sub-division. Approval has been given for the subdivision of these parcels within the stipulated time and without paying the fee of Rs 550.
The cabinet has approved a proposal to transfer 50.21 acres of government land to Registrar of the Acharya NG Ranga agricultural University in Tammiganipalle of Shantipuram mandal of Chittoor district free of cost.
It approved a proposal to transfer five acres of land in B Tandrapadu village, rural mandal, Kurnool district, to the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) on payment of a market price of Rs 61,23,516 per acre.
The cabinet has approved the orders for exemption of user charges, rescheduling of loans and sanction of new loans up to Rs 50,000 to farmers in the flood-affected Vizianagaram, ASR, Kakinada, Eluru, West Godavari, Krishna, Guntur, Bapatla, Palnadu and NTR districts.
Nod was given for the proposal to create a supernumerary post in AP to continue the service of executive engineer, marketing, GV Ramesh Kumar, who was transferred to Telangana state under the state bifurcation act.
The cabinet agreed for approval of the tender process towards completion of the essential balance works of Package 6A of the left main canal of the Polavaram.
Nod was given for administrative approval to spend Rs 480.22 crore for the Handreeniva Sujala Sravanti Phase 2, CC lining works from the available savings funds of Rs 1929 crore.
The cabinet agreed to a proposal for formation of a joint venture with NTPC through the Renewable Energy Development Corporation (NREDCAP) for the development of clean energy projects.
Approval was given to a proposal to implement the mid-day meal scheme in 475 government junior colleges from December 2024, for the present and next financial years.
The cabinet gave its nod for purchase and supply of textbooks, professional textbooks, competitive examination material, record books and notebooks under the Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Vidyarthi Mitra initiative, from the academic year 2025-26 to the first and second-year students of government junior colleges, as well as Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas, AP Model Schools, residential educational institutions and high school Plus educational institutions in the state at an estimated cost of Rs 32.45 crore.
The cabinet has approved a proposal to continue the 679 supernumerary posts of deputy tahsildar (re-survey) created for a period of two years. By another decision, it agreed to allot another 10 acres of land to AIIMS Mangalagiri.
