AP to Get Rs.80,000 Crore Central Funds for Various Projects, Says Union Minister Chandrasekhar
Deccan ChronicleVijayawada: 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 for construction of Amaravati capital. Chandrasekhar said, “For employment opportunities, the central government plans to spend Rs.2 lakh crore for 4.1 crore youths in the next five years. A sum of Rs.6000 for the first time and Rs.5000 per month is offered under internships to students.” As for industrial development, the minister said the Union government proposed to develop fully equipped industrial parks in 100 cities and is also working on the development of 12 national industrial corridors. He said that under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana 2.0 scheme, funds for the construction of homes for 2 crore rural and 1 crore urban poor alongside facilities for water supply, sewage treatment, solid waste management projects in another 100 major cities were proposed in the central budget.