AP spent Rs 48,900 crore for SCs and STs, claims YSRC MP Suresh
1 year, 10 months ago

AP spent Rs 48,900 crore for SCs and STs, claims YSRC MP Suresh

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: The YSR Congress has said the state government led by Chief Minister Y.S. Party MP Nandigam Suresh said the YSRC government spent Rs 48,900 crore in the past three and half years while the previous TD government spent only Rs 33,625 crore for these segments in five years. Suresh said, “Chandrababu Naidu never worked for the development of SC and ST communities and diverted sub-plan funds during the TD’s five-year term. Sub-plan funds were diverted and used by Naidu for Polabadi, Chandranna Rythu Kshetralu, sanitary napkin kits, social security pensions, NTR Sujala Sravanthi, Chandranna Pelli Kanuka, NTR Udyonnati, Ma Inti Mahalakshmi, nutritional food for children, Anna Amrithastam etc, he said. The MP said Jana Sena chief Pawan Kalyan never worked for the development of BCs, SCs, STs and the minority communities.

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YSRC: USSEC allegations incorrect, thousands of crore saved with SECI deal
1 month ago

YSRC: USSEC allegations incorrect, thousands of crore saved with SECI deal

New Indian Express  

VIJAYAWADA: YS Jagan Mohan Reddy’s YSR Congress Party has strongly condemned the allegations of USSEC in its Indictment saying that they are incorrect. The Power Sale Agreement was signed between two government agencies SECI and Discoms after the approvals from the AP Electricity Regulatory Commission and the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission and there was no direct agreement with Adani group. …

TD allocated Rs 39,000 cr for BC welfare: Savita
1 month ago

TD allocated Rs 39,000 cr for BC welfare: Savita

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: BC welfare minister S. Savita highlighted that the TD-led NDA government allocated Rs 39,000 crore in the 2024-25 annual budget for BC welfare. Speaking on the occasion, Savita alleged that former Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy neglected the welfare of backward and downtrodden sections, destabilised the BC Welfare Corporation by diverting its funds, and cancelled subsidy loans …

Former CM Jagan Mohan Reddy flays TDP for not presenting annual budget
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Former CM Jagan Mohan Reddy flays TDP for not presenting annual budget

New Indian Express  

VIJAYAWADA: Former Chief Minister and YSRC President YS Jagan Mohan Reddy criticized the TDP coalition government for failing to introduce the annual budget even four months after assuming office and said that the delay was due to avoid public backlash over allocations to welfare schemes. During the meeting with ZPTC and other leaders from West Godavari and Eluru districts held …

Congress tries to establish a lasting legacy by presenting party's first Telangana Budget
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Congress tries to establish a lasting legacy by presenting party's first Telangana Budget

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: By focusing on farmers, women, SCs, STs, BCs and proposing to connect the urban and rural areas of the state with Metro in its first Budget after the formation of Telangana, the Congress government has tried to take the first step toward establishing a lasting legacy in the state, especially the capital, Hyderabad. The Budget also indicates the government’s …

TD, YSRC Raise AP Issues at all Party Meeting
5 months ago

TD, YSRC Raise AP Issues at all Party Meeting

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Telugu Desam MPs sought funds for Polavaram, Amaravati, Visakhapatnam steel plant, railway projects and raised other issues at the all-party meeting ahead of the Budget Session of Parliament in New Delhi on Sunday. MP Srikrishna Devarayalu said TD mentioned “the financial destruction of AP” during YSRC's five-year rule, at the all-party meeting and listed the debts the state incurred” …

Chandrababu Naidu launches distribution of enhanced social security pension of ₹4,000 per month in Andhra Pradesh
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Chandrababu Naidu launches distribution of enhanced social security pension of ₹4,000 per month in Andhra Pradesh

The Hindu  

PENUMAKA Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu launched the distribution of social security pensions amounting to ₹4,408 crore under NTR Bharosa Pension Scheme on July 1. Each beneficiary was given ₹7,000, including July month’s pension of ₹4,000 and the arrears of ₹1,000 each for April, May and June Mr. Naidu called it the beginning of a fresh chapter in welfare. The …

YSRCP govt. is playing with lives of people by not clearing ₹1500-crore Aarogyasri dues, says Naidu
7 months, 3 weeks ago

YSRCP govt. is playing with lives of people by not clearing ₹1500-crore Aarogyasri dues, says Naidu

The Hindu  

Telugu Desam Party national president N. Chandrababu Naidu has said that the YSRCP government has “mortgaged the people’s health by not clearing ₹1500 crore dues of the hospitals under the Aarogyasri scheme. Jagan Mohan Reddy and Finance Minister Buggana Rajendranath Reddy would come up with ‘cooked-up stories’ and circulate falsehood on the allegation. In the same vein, Mr. Naidu accused …

‘YSRC more financially disciplined than TDP,’ says Andhra CM Jagan Mohan Reddy
7 months, 3 weeks ago

‘YSRC more financially disciplined than TDP,’ says Andhra CM Jagan Mohan Reddy

New Indian Express  

VIJAYAWADA: Asserting that the YSRC has been financially more disciplined than the previous TDP government, Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Saturday gave a point-to-point rebuttal to the allegations levelled by the Opposition on various issues. Describing the TDP chief as a ‘habitual offender’ who cheats people time and again with his unimplementable promises, the Chief Minister said that …

YSRC govt failed to complete Polavaram project due to graft: Piyush Goyal
7 months, 4 weeks ago

YSRC govt failed to complete Polavaram project due to graft: Piyush Goyal

New Indian Express  

VIJAYAWADA : Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal on Thursday claimed that Andhra Pradesh has witnessed the YSRC’s vindictive and corrupt rule in the past five years. He noted that despite Central grants to the tune of Rs 15,000 crore being released for Polavaram project, the government failed to complete it due to corruption, thus betraying the farmers …

From Free Bus Travel to 33% Quota; Naidu’s Poll Sops to Women Voters
8 months ago

From Free Bus Travel to 33% Quota; Naidu’s Poll Sops to Women Voters

Deccan Chronicle  

TIRUPATI: Telugu Desam national president and former chief minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu has promised to provide free travel for women on state-run RTC buses across the state if his party-led alliance is voted back to power. Exuding confidence that the cash-rich but welfare-deficient YSRC regime will face a humiliating defeat, Naidu wondered how Jagan Mohan Reddy, who has "deceived his …

TDP-BJP-JSP must take advantage of anti-incumbency mood State: Naidu
8 months, 3 weeks ago

TDP-BJP-JSP must take advantage of anti-incumbency mood State: Naidu

The Hindu  

TDP national president N. Chandrababu Naidu asserted that the anti-YSRCP mood was quite strong and stressed the need for the TDP-BJP-JSP alliance in the State to take advantage of it. Further, Mr. Naidu alleged the non-payment of social security pensions at the doorsteps of the beneficiaries on April 1 was a conspiracy and that the underlying reason for it was …

Farmer welfare our priority: CM Jagan Mohan Reddy
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Farmer welfare our priority: CM Jagan Mohan Reddy

New Indian Express  

VIJAYAWADA : Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday disbursed Rs 1,294.34 crore under the YSR Rythu Bharosa-PM Kisan and YSR Sunna Vaddi Panta Runalu schemes. Of the total sum released, Rs 1,078.36 crore was extended to 53.58 lakh farmers under Rythu Bharosa and Rs 215.98 crore to 10,78,615 ryots towards interest subvention for timely repayment of interest on …

Telugu Desam Calls YSRCs Budget Numbers Game
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Telugu Desam Calls YSRCs Budget Numbers Game

Deccan Chronicle  

Tirupati: Telugu Desam’s senior leader and former minister Amarnath Reddy heavily criticised the state budget presented by the YSRC government, calling it a ‘scam’ and accusing it of financial mismanagement. Addressing reporters on Thursday, Reddy slammed finance minister Buggana Rajendranath Reddy’s budget as a ‘juggling act of numbers’, alleging that he increased the revenue deficit from ₹ 13,000 crore to …

AP observed fiscal discipline despite constraints: CM Jagan
10 months, 2 weeks ago

AP observed fiscal discipline despite constraints: CM Jagan

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has said the rate of AP’s debt increase was reduced to 12.13 per cent during his term from a high of 21.87 per cent during Chandrababu Naidu's tenure. The Chief Minister recalled, “We started the journey in 2019 with a debt of Rs 4.12 lakh crore and now it is about Rs 7 …

TD-Jana Sena Government Offers to Supply Power at Rs 1.50 Per Unit to Aqua Sector
11 months, 2 weeks ago

TD-Jana Sena Government Offers to Supply Power at Rs 1.50 Per Unit to Aqua Sector

Deccan Chronicle  

Kakinada: Telugu Desam chief Nara Chandrababu Naidu has promised the aqua farmers that the government of TD and Jana Sena would supply power at Rs 1.50 paise per unit to the aqua sector and restore its past glory. public meeting at Achanta in West Godavari district on Sunday, Naidu said, “Our coalition government would take action against the YSRC leaders …

YSRC cadres flood Rayadurgam echoing Jagan's development and welfare
1 year ago

YSRC cadres flood Rayadurgam echoing Jagan's development and welfare

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: YSR Congress supporters flooded the streets of Rayadurgam constituency on Tuesday, rallying behind key leaders during the mega Samajika Sadhikara bus yatra in Anantapur district. Addressing the large gathering, labour minister Gummanur Jayaram stated, “The Navaratna welfare schemes designed by the YSRC government to uplift the downtrodden have transformed the lives of the poor. The government credited more than …

No government guarantee given on Meil loan: FM Rajendranath
1 year ago

No government guarantee given on Meil loan: FM Rajendranath

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Finance minister Buggana Rajendranath has rejected the Telugu Desam's charge that a government guarantee has been given to contractors and the construction company Megha regarding payment of bills. “The complete liability of the Rs 2000 crore loan rested solely with Meil and the government had no involvement whatsoever in this loan.” On Aarogyasri funds allotment, he said there was …

All Chandrababu's Schemes Had Been Scams: Jagan
1 year, 1 month ago

All Chandrababu's Schemes Had Been Scams: Jagan

Deccan Chronicle  

ANANTAPUR: Chief Minister Y.S. “Each of his so-called welfare schemes was a scam that benefitted Naidu personally apart from a few of his family members and organisations during his three terms as chief minister,” Jagan Mohan Reddy charged. He was addressing a mammoth public meeting at Puttaparthi of Satya Sai district on Tuesday after releasing ₹2,204.77crore towards the second tranche …

Centre's clarification on AP loans acts as weapon' for YSRC to disprove TD charge
1 year, 4 months ago

Centre's clarification on AP loans acts as weapon' for YSRC to disprove TD charge

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: The ruling YSRC has started counter-attacks on the Opposition parties, including Telugu Desam, by firmly refuting allegations of “indiscriminate” borrowings by the state government over the last four years of its rule. She stated in Parliament that the previous TD government had taken loans of Rs 2,64,451 crore between 2014 and 2019, while the outstanding loans went up to …

Centre Not Giving Telangana Anything? Think Again, says Kishan Reddy
1 year, 6 months ago

Centre Not Giving Telangana Anything? Think Again, says Kishan Reddy

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Union minister G. Kishan Reddy on Saturday held a nearly three-hour-long presentation to debunk claims by the state government and BRS that the Centre had done little for Telangana. In his presentation, titled ‘Government of India Contribution Towards Development of Telangana’, Kishan Reddy said every sector in the state had received Central assistance in some form or the other, …

AP gets Rs 10,460 crore from Centre as compensation towards revenue deficit
1 year, 6 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 …

Three Capitals: Sajjala slams Opposition
1 year, 8 months ago

Three Capitals: Sajjala slams Opposition

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Adviser to the government on public affairs, Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy, has asked the opposition parties including the BJP to explain why they are opposing decentralisation and how to achieve the impossible – of procuring Rs 1 lakh crore for the establishment of the capital in Amaravati. He clarified that the Jagan Reddy government increased annuity and was developing Amaravati …

Andhra Pradesh Finance Minister tables budget of Rs 2.79 lakh crore for 2023-24
1 year, 9 months ago

Andhra Pradesh Finance Minister tables budget of Rs 2.79 lakh crore for 2023-24

Deccan Chronicle  

Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Finance Minister Buggana Rajendranath on Thursday tabled a Budget of Rs 2,79,279 crore for financial year 2023-24 in the Legislative Assembly here. Of the total budget, Rs 54,228 crore has been allocated for direct benefit schemes, which include YSR Pension Kanuka getting Rs 21,435 crore, YSR Rythu Bharosa, Jagananna Vidya Devena and Jagananna Vasati Devena. Besides DBT …

MoUs failed to materialise during TD government, alleges YSRC
1 year, 9 months ago

MoUs failed to materialise during TD government, alleges YSRC

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: YSR Congress state joint secretary Karumuri Venkata Reddy has refuted the allegations of opposition parties regarding investment proposals made at the Global Investors Summit-2023 in Vizag on March 3 and 4. Venkata Reddy claimed that in the five years of the Chandrababu Naidu government, the then TD government has organised huge shows in the name of several industrial policies, …

YSRC continues to hurl Jagan’s challenge to Naidu and Pawan
1 year, 9 months ago

YSRC continues to hurl Jagan’s challenge to Naidu and Pawan

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: YSR Congress president and Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy’s challenge to TD chief Chandrababu Naidu and Jana Sena leader Pawan Kalyan is raising the election heat in Andhra Pradesh, where Assembly polls are still a year away. YSRC’s ministers and legislators are echoing Jagan’s challenge to the Telugu Desam and Jana Sena to contest all the 175 Assembly …

MSMEs in AP up from 37,956 to 60,800 under Jagan: MP
1 year, 10 months ago

MSMEs in AP up from 37,956 to 60,800 under Jagan: MP

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: YSR Congress Rajya Sabha MP Alla Ayodhya Rami Reddy on Wednesday underlined that after Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy formed the YSRC government, micro, small and medium enterprises in AP have gone up from 37,956 to 60,800 units within mere three-and-a-half years. He said this is owing to government offering various subsidies through schemes, such as MSME Restart, YSR Jagananna …

YSRC government unable to pay salaries: GVL
1 year, 10 months ago

YSRC government unable to pay salaries: GVL

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: BJP MP G.V.L. Speaking to the media here on Sunday, Narsimha Rao claimed that the YSRC government had completely failed in its four-year tenure and that the government was now unable to pay salaries to employees and would face the consequences in the coming days. The MP further claimed that the Centre had been giving necessary funds to AP …

Some gain, some pain for Andhra Pradesh in 2023 Budget
1 year, 10 months ago

Some gain, some pain for Andhra Pradesh in 2023 Budget

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Andhra Pradesh failed to get several of its proposals included in the Union Budget 2023. Notably, however, the Central Budget earmarked Rs 47 crore for AP Central University, Rs 168 crore for the Petroleum University, Rs 683 crore for Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, Rs 37 crore for the Tribal Universities of AP and TS, Rs 6,835 crore for 22 AIIMS …

Adimulapu refutes reports on cut in SC, ST welfare funds
1 year, 10 months ago

Adimulapu refutes reports on cut in SC, ST welfare funds

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Municipal administration and urban development Adimulapu Suresh on Wednesday asserted that the YSRC government is committed to uplift of Dalits and STs and has thus extended the SC, ST sub-plan by another 10 years. Jagan Mohan Reddy has in fact spent additional 45.4 percent funds on SC welfare and 25 percent on ST welfare during past three-and-a-half years compared …

Telangana: Bandi woos SC voters with promise of resolving classification
1 year, 11 months ago

Telangana: Bandi woos SC voters with promise of resolving classification

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Telangana BJP president Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Thursday said that the BJP, once it came to power in Telangana, would resolve the long-pending issue of Scheduled Castes’ classification. Sanjay demanded that the BRS government and Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao return, along with interest, the central funds given to gram panchayats and diverted by the state government. He said, …

AP witnessing class war, not caste war, says Jagan
1 year, 11 months ago

AP witnessing class war, not caste war, says Jagan

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh has been witnessing a class war between the poor and the capitalists, and not a caste rivalry, Chief Minister Y.S. “There was no system of pressing a button to transfer money to the bank accounts of beneficiaries of welfare schemes until my government introduced it.” Jagan blamed Naidu for cheating the people by not fulfilling his promise …

CM Jagan disburses Rs 590 crore; 2.79 lakh persons to benefit
1 year, 11 months ago

CM Jagan disburses Rs 590 crore; 2.79 lakh persons to benefit

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has released Rs 590.91 crore to benefit 2,79,065 persons who had failed to get the financial incentive under Andhra Pradesh's several welfare schemes. Chairing a high-level meeting here on Tuesday, the chief minister said the government was committed to ensure that the benefits of the welfare schemes reached all eligible persons. “We are …

YSRC govt spent 3.21 lakh crore for BCs in three years, claims BC minister Krishna
2 years ago

YSRC govt spent 3.21 lakh crore for BCs in three years, claims BC minister Krishna

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: BC Welfare Minister Chelluboina Venugopala Krishna said on Friday that the YSR Congress government spent Rs 3.21 lakh crore for BC welfare in the past three years. The minister alleged that Naidu used BCs as vote banks, never worked for their welfare, and “he is responsible for the poor condition of the BCs” in the state. Krishna said the …

Only 15% of dedicated funds for SC/ST welfare used in six months in Karnataka — a steep decline from last year
2 years ago

Only 15% of dedicated funds for SC/ST welfare used in six months in Karnataka — a steep decline from last year

The Hindu  

The State government’s expenditure on the welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes this financial year has declined steeply over the previous year. Just about 15% of ₹29,165.81 crore allocated in this Budget has been spent in the first six months of the financial year, a steep decline compared with the corresponding period of 2021–22 when about 37% of the …

₹1,70,000 crore through DBT reached people through welfare schemes in AP: Buggana
2 years, 2 months ago

₹1,70,000 crore through DBT reached people through welfare schemes in AP: Buggana

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Finance Minister Buggana Rajendranath Reddy said on Sunday that AP took loans of Rs 1,71,176 crore, including the loans by public sector units, and every rupee spent by the state government is accounted for. Keeping in view the welfare of the people, the YSR Congress government has distributed Rs 1,70,000 crore through direct benefit transfer system to the poor …

YSRC government to provide welfare schemes twice per annum to eligible: CM Jagan
2 years, 5 months ago

YSRC government to provide welfare schemes twice per annum to eligible: CM Jagan

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Chief Minister Jagan Reddy on Tuesday credited Rs 137 crore into the accounts of 3,39,096 beneficiaries who had been left out of the welfare schemes. “We took this initiative to reach benefits of the welfare schemes to those who are eligible and have not yet availed the benefits, given twice every year,” he said. He said the previous government …

YSRC govt works for 1.5 crore poor families: Jagan
2 years, 5 months ago

YSRC govt works for 1.5 crore poor families: Jagan

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: Chief Minister Jagan Reddy said on Friday, “Ours is not a government like the previous TD dispensation that worked for four rich people. Our government will ensure the welfare of the 1.5 crore families in the state, individual to individual.” Addressing a large gathering under the banner of the YSR Vahana Mitra’s Rs 10,000 per beneficiary fund dispersal programme …

YSRC leaders flay Nadda for comments against Jagan rule
2 years, 6 months ago

YSRC leaders flay Nadda for comments against Jagan rule

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: The ruling YSR Congress is deeply embarrassed by the critical comments of BJP national president JP Nadda about AP’s debts and welfare schemes. Tourism minister RK Roja and others rejected the allegations of the BJP as “meaningless” and said that YSRC is ensuring both development and welfare in the state. BJP ruled 18 states but failed to give houses …

Rs 17,403 crore sanctioned for SC Sub-Plan in Andhra Pradesh
2 years, 7 months ago

Rs 17,403 crore sanctioned for SC Sub-Plan in Andhra Pradesh

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Social Welfare Minister Merugu Nagarjuna has advised officials to make good use of the Rs 17,403 crore SC Sub-Plan allotment, and avoid its misuse and diversions to other purposes. He said chief minister Jagan has directed officials to utilize funds for the development of the slum areas through this SC sub-plan. Minister Nagarjuna said the CM had sanctioned Rs …

Committed to implement welfare schemes despite financial constraints: Andhra Pradesh CM
2 years, 8 months ago

Committed to implement welfare schemes despite financial constraints: Andhra Pradesh CM

The Hindu  

Denying that Andhra Pradesh is slipping into ‘‘Sri Lanka-like financial crisis’‘ owing to the State government’s financial profligacy as alleged by Opposition Telugu Desam Party and a section of the media “acting as its mouthpiece”, Chief Minister Y.S. Addressing a public meeting here on Friday, after releasing the third tranche of the zero interest scheme amount of ₹1,261 crore to …

AP presents welfare budget with total outlay of Rs 2,56,256 crore
2 years, 9 months ago

AP presents welfare budget with total outlay of Rs 2,56,256 crore

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Finance Minister Buggana Rajendernath presented the annual budget for the financial year 2022-23 in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly on Friday with a total outlay of 2, 56,256 crore. School education sector got Rs 27,706.66 crore which was 12.52 per cent higher than that in the previous year. The Budget allocated Rs 18,518 crore for Scheduled Caste Sub Plan, while …

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