Centre committed for development of AP: Purandeswari
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Centre committed for development of AP: Purandeswari

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: State BJP president and MP, Daggubati Purandeswari, has said the Centre is committed to support the development of Andhra Pradesh in all ways. The BJP leader recalled the words of chief minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu that AP was on ventilator, and said that the Centre’s help in the Union Budget was like a dose of oxygen to AP. Understanding the state’s requirement for a capital city, we are committed to providing special financial assistance through multilateral agencies.” Union minister of state for heavy industries, Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma, said the allocation of Rs 15,000 crore for capital city Amaravati in the Union Budget showed the commitment of the Centre for the development of AP. State BJP spokesperson Lanka Dinakar welcomed the Union Budget and the provision of Rs 15,000 crore for development of Amaravati. State BJP leader Sadineni Yamini Sarma opined that the Union Budget would help realise Viksit India and Viksit AP.

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Pawan Asks Several Union Ministers in Delhi to Fund AP
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Pawan Asks Several Union Ministers in Delhi to Fund AP

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister K. Pawan Kalyan met several Union ministers on day 2 of his visit to New Delhi on Tuesday, seeking funds to meet the development needs of AP, apart from resolving issues that have remained pending with the centre. The Deputy CM met Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and sought immediate release of Rs 250 …

‘We got funds, plans, we’ll have world-class capital in next three years’
1 month, 2 weeks ago

‘We got funds, plans, we’ll have world-class capital in next three years’

New Indian Express  

NRI-turned-politician Dr Pemmasani Chandrasekhar made it to the Union Cabinet after his successful political debut in the 2024 elections as the TDP MP from Guntur. A native of Guntur district, Dr Pemmasani is a doctor and entrepreneur who gained national attention by becoming the richest minister in the Union Cabinet. In an interview with Bandhavi Annam, Union Minister of State …

Centre okays AP’s proposal to interlink its rivers, involve Singapore
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Centre okays AP’s proposal to interlink its rivers, involve Singapore

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada:The centre has agreed to AP Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu's proposal on interlinking Godavari and Pennar rivers in Andhra Pradesh and reviving Singapore's partnership in construction of the capital city at Amaravati, besides completing Polavaram project at a fast pace. These developments follow the CM’s visit to the national capital on Friday evening and his meetings with union finance …

Andhra Pradesh budget 2024: Rs 29,909 crore allocated to education sector, focus on rural development
2 months ago

Andhra Pradesh budget 2024: Rs 29,909 crore allocated to education sector, focus on rural development

India TV News  

Andhra Pradesh Finance Minister Payyavula Keshav on Monday presented the state’s budget for the fiscal year 2024-25, totaling Rs 2,94,427.25 crore. Sectoral Allocations: Education : Rs 29,909 crore allocated for school education. Rural Development: Rs 16,739 crore allocated for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development, overseen by Deputy CM Pawan Kalyan. Agriculture and Rural Development: Significant emphasis on agricultural welfare, with …

Lokesh invites investors to make AP 1-trillion economy with 20 lakh new jobs
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Lokesh invites investors to make AP 1-trillion economy with 20 lakh new jobs

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Education, IT and electronics minister Nara Lokesh on Saturday invited investors into AP, so that the fastest-growing Andhra Pradesh could become a one-trillion economy within the next five years. “This will enable us to fulfil our goal of creating 20 lakh jobs in the state, as promised by the Telugu Desam-led NDA alliance government in its election manifesto,” Lokesh …

AP to Get Rs.80,000 Crore Central Funds for Various Projects, Says Union Minister Chandrasekhar
5 months, 1 week ago

AP to Get Rs.80,000 Crore Central Funds for Various Projects, Says Union Minister Chandrasekhar

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Central funds of around Rs.80,000 crore are coming to Andhra Pradesh in the form of various projects and more funds will be channelled to the state through central schemes. Addressing the media in Guntur on Sunday, Union minister of state for rural development, Pemmasani Chandrasekhar, said,”No one had expected that the Centre would give as high as Rs.15,000 crore …

Murugan Asserts Union Budget Will Ensure AP’s Development
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Murugan Asserts Union Budget Will Ensure AP’s Development

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Union information and broadcasting minister L. Murugan declared that 2024-25 the central budget will give a major fillip to development in Andhra Pradesh in terms of constructing the Amaravati capital city and completion the Polavaram irrigation project, apart from several developmental works. The union minister pointed out that the central budget has given top most priority to sectors like …

Letters to The Editor — July 26, 2024
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Letters to The Editor — July 26, 2024

The Hindu  

The Budget The Finance Minister may issue rebuttals, but the facts stare at your face. Bihar and Andhra Pradesh, coalition partners of the ruling BJP-led government have got the most allocations. While Bihar received almost ₹59,000 crore, Andhra Pradesh got ₹15,000 crore for developing its capital Amaravati. Kurien As a student in Madras Christian College in the 1970s, I remember …

Budget 2024: ₹15,000 crore financial package to develop Andhra Pradesh’s capital city Amaravati
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Budget 2024: ₹15,000 crore financial package to develop Andhra Pradesh’s capital city Amaravati

Hindustan Times  

Presenting her seventh consecutive Budget, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on July 23 announced a special financial support package of ₹15,000 crore for development of Andhra Pradesh’s new capital city during the financial year 2024-25. Presenting the Union Budget 2024-25, FM Nirmala Sitharaman announced a ₹ 15,000 crore financial package for development of Andhra Pradesh's new capital city Amaravati “Recognizing …

Union Budget evokes mixed response from Andhra’s political leaders, industry bodies
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Union Budget evokes mixed response from Andhra’s political leaders, industry bodies

The Hindu  

The Union Budget-2024, presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Lok Sabha on July 23, has evoked mixed response from political parties, trade unions and trade bodies. ‘No clarity on funds’ CPI State secretariat member K. Lokanadham said that the Union budget had ‘once again deceived A.P.’ by failing to give clarity on the amount of funds allocated to …

Purandeswari says huge mandate is for developing AP
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Purandeswari says huge mandate is for developing AP

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: BJP state president Daggubati Purandeswari on Wednesday said given the huge mandate that TD-JS-BJP alliance has received, it has the great responsibility of developing the state. Addressing a meeting of newly elected party MLAs and MPs, she described the victory of the three-party alliance as a great achievement. The state BJP president criticised the previous YSRC government for ignoring …

AP awaits Centre's nod for release of Rs 16,000 cr for Polavaram
10 months ago

AP awaits Centre's nod for release of Rs 16,000 cr for Polavaram

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: The Andhra Pradesh government is awaiting the Union Cabinet nod for fund release of nearly Rs16,000 crore from the Centre to resume the Polavaram irrigation project works, before issue of the EC notification for the general elections. Out of the total estimated cost of about Rs 31,000 crore for the project with the dam height set at 41.14 metres …

BJP High-command to Decide on Poll Alliances in AP: Purandeswari
10 months, 4 weeks ago

BJP High-command to Decide on Poll Alliances in AP: Purandeswari

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: State BJP president Daggubati Purandeswari has alleged that the AP government diverted funds allotted by the Centre for the development purposes and it failed on all fronts including in attracting investments. She was speaking at the Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya birth anniversary at the state BJP office here on Sunday. Reacting to the likely poll alliances in AP, Purandeswari …

AP Industry Leaders Laud Interim Budget's Sectoral Emphasis
11 months, 1 week ago

AP Industry Leaders Laud Interim Budget's Sectoral Emphasis

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: The Interim Union Budget has received accolades from prominent industry figures in Andhra Pradesh. V. Murali Krishna, vice chairman of CII Andhra Pradesh, praised the government's commitment to combat cervical cancer through vaccination programmes for young girls. He also commended the extension of health insurance coverage for ASHA and Anganwadi workers, highlighting its “contributions to a more comprehensive healthcare …

Union Interim Budget Proposes Rs 9,138 Crore for Railway Projects in AP for 2024-25 Fiscal
11 months, 1 week ago

Union Interim Budget Proposes Rs 9,138 Crore for Railway Projects in AP for 2024-25 Fiscal

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: The total budgetary allocation for Railways in Andhra Pradesh for the 2024-25 fiscal is `9,138 crore, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has said. He noted that the combined budget allocation for AP and Telangana regions during 2009-14 was only`886 crore, on average. South Central Railway general manager Arun Jain and other officials were present at the press meet at Rail …

2023 Gave Boost to AP in Investments, Industrial Sector
1 year ago

2023 Gave Boost to AP in Investments, Industrial Sector

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Year 2023 was a transformative period for Andhra Pradesh, with Chief Minister Y.S Jagan Mohan Reddy's “visionary initiatives reaping rich rewards,” government sources claimed on Wednesday. The year 2023 witnessed the emergence of several food processing and pharmaceutical units, hotels, resorts, industrial, solar and green energy ventures collectively worth Rs 37, 397crore across regions. The officials said year 2023 …

Only BJP capable of providing good governance: Purandeswari
1 year ago

Only BJP capable of providing good governance: Purandeswari

Deccan Chronicle  

Kakinada: Bharatiya Janata Party state president D. Purandeswari on Sunday asserted that only her party is capable of providing good governance and paving the way for all-round development of the state and the country. Speaking to reporters at Palakollu in West Godavari district after participating in a meeting with party cadres, Purandeswari underlined that the union government has released thousands …

BJP to provide all resources for developing AP: Purandeswari
1 year, 1 month ago

BJP to provide all resources for developing AP: Purandeswari

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: AP BJP president Daggubati Purandeswari on Wednesday assured that the Bharatiya Janata Party government at the centre will provide all resources for development of Andhra Pradesh. Visiting the under construction medical college in Paderu, she assured that BJP will build medical colleges, highways, tribal universities and tribal museums for development of the tribal communities. Purandeswari underlined that the central …

Andhra Pradesh BJP optimistic of allying with JS-TD for state assembly polls
1 year, 3 months ago

Andhra Pradesh BJP optimistic of allying with JS-TD for state assembly polls

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: The AP unit of Bharatiya Janata Party is highly hopeful of resolving the stalemate over its alliance with Jana Sena and Telugu Desam in the upcoming Assembly and Parliamentary polls in Andhra Pradesh. This will be the first meeting of the state executive after BJP’s national leadership announced Daggubati Purandeswari as president of the AP unit. Purandeswari is planning …

Top BJP leaders to finalise AP alliances: Purandeswari
1 year, 3 months ago

Top BJP leaders to finalise AP alliances: Purandeswari

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: BJP state president Daggubati Purandeswari on Tuesday reiterated that their party’s alliance with other parties in Andhra Pradesh will be decided by their top leadership, as theirs is a national party. Speaking to the media after the state BJP’s core committee meeting here, she maintained that Jana Sena chief Pawan Kalyan had only expressed his opinion on his party’s …

AP BJP president Purandeswari calls for state-wide stir on August 10
1 year, 5 months ago

AP BJP president Purandeswari calls for state-wide stir on August 10

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: BJP state president Daggubati Purandeswari on Tuesday called for a state-wide agitation on August 10 in support of demand by gram panchayat sarpanches for more funds. In this context, she called upon party workers to explain to people the welfare schemes and developmental works taken up in AP by the centre under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. …

AP gets Rs 10,460 crore from Centre as compensation towards revenue deficit
1 year, 7 months ago

AP gets Rs 10,460 crore from Centre as compensation towards revenue deficit

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy’s efforts towards getting additional funds from the Union Government yielded results as the Centre released Rs 460.87 crore as compensation towards revenue deficit. The YSR Congress, while recalling the failure of the Chandrababu-led TD government to get prompt release of funds from the Centre, are claiming that CM Jagan Mohan Reddy succeeded in …

Ministers assert AP is on development path
1 year, 10 months ago

Ministers assert AP is on development path

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Ministers Taneti Vanitha, Ambati Rambabu and Botsa Satyanarayana, apart from State Planning Board vice chairman Malladi Vishnu, have asserted that Chief Minister Y.S. Home minister Vanitha said the welfare schemes introduced by Jagan Mohan Reddy are benefiting all sections of the poor. Education minister Satyanarayana said the government's main aim is to uninterruptedly benefit the poor financially, despite the …

Opposition parties term Union Budget as pro-wealthy
1 year, 11 months ago

Opposition parties term Union Budget as pro-wealthy

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: The Opposition parties have expressed dissatisfaction over the “poor” allocations to AP in the 2023 Union Budget. Leaders of these parties termed the BJP-led Union Government’s budget as a budget of the “wealthy and elite classes” and that it “neglected” social welfare and development of several segments of the society. CPM state secretary Srinivas Rao said that the Centre …

Gadkari wishes AP to become rich state by availing its resources
2 years, 3 months ago

Gadkari wishes AP to become rich state by availing its resources

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari on Thursday wished Andhra Pradesh to become one of the richest states by availing its natural resources like water, power, transport and communication. He said he would positively consider proposals for road projects stretching a length of 2,003km at a cost of Rs 50,000 crore for AP. In Nagpur constituency, …

BJP to support Amaravati Maha Padayatra 2.0
2 years, 4 months ago

BJP to support Amaravati Maha Padayatra 2.0

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Bharatiya Janata Party has extended its support to Amaravati-Aravasavilli Maha Padayatra 2.0 seeking continuation of Amaravati as the only Capital of Andhra Pradesh. The support came at the launch of a book “Amaravati Vivadalu-Vastavalu” authored by journalist Kandula Ramesh in Vijayawada on Thursday. Telugu Desam chief Nara Chandrababu Naidu, BJP former state president Kanna Lakshminarayana, CPI state secretary Ramakrishna, …

Andhra Pradesh starts developmental works in capital Amaravati
2 years, 6 months ago

Andhra Pradesh starts developmental works in capital Amaravati

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: The Andhra Pradesh government started development works in Amaravati on Monday following the directions of AP High Court. The Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority commissioner Vivek Yadav launched the works by performing bhumi puja for Infrastructure development in Zone-4 of Amaravati. He said APCRDA would develop townships and sell plots through e-auction to raise money for development works …

Union minister hails AP efforts to check COVID
2 years, 6 months ago

Union minister hails AP efforts to check COVID

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Union Minister of State for Health, Bharati Pawar, hailed the efforts of the AP government in providing vaccines and taking other preventive steps during the Covid-19 pandemic. She toured Vijayawada and Guntur in the last two days and asked people whether the eligible persons were getting the benefits of the welfare schemes introduced by Prime Minister Modi. During the …

Union minister hails AP efforts to check Covid spread
2 years, 6 months ago

Union minister hails AP efforts to check Covid spread

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Union Minister of State for Health, Bharati Pawar, hailed the efforts of the AP government in providing vaccines and taking other preventive steps during the Covid19 pandemic. She toured Vijayawada and Guntur in the last two days and asked people whether the eligible persons were getting the benefits of the welfare schemes introduced by Prime Minister Modi. During the …

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