Amaravati, April 15 (IANS) Ahead of the three-day special session of Parliament, beginning on Thursday, leaders of the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Andhra Pradesh met on Wednesday. Chief Minister and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national president N. Chandrababu Naidu, Deputy Chief Minister and Jana Sena president Pawan Kalyan, state BJP president PVN Madhav, and state TDP president Palla Srinivasa Rao attended the meeting held on Wednesday evening at the Chief Minister’s official …
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Amaravati, April 15 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday directed the officials to prepare an action plan for utilisation of Godavari waters once the Polavaram Project is completed.He emphasised that water from the right and left main canals should be efficiently distributed to reservoirs and tanks to meet irrigation and other needs.During a review meeting held at his officials with Water Resources department officials, the Chief Minister assessed the progress o…
Hyderabad, April 5 (IANS) The government of Telangana has urged the Centre to pass a Bill in the Parliament to restore five villages that were merged with Andhra Pradesh in 2014. Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao has written a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, urging him to table a bill during the current session of the Parliament to re-merge five villages with Telangana.The state minister, who comes from Khammam district, demanded that the five villages near Bhadrachalam be rest…
Amaravati, March 24 (IANS) All households in Andhra Pradesh will have access to safe drinking water by 2028 under the Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0. Officials from the Union Ministry of Jal Shakti and the Andhra Pradesh government formally signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) 2.0 in New Delhi today.Union Minister for Jal Sakti C.R. Paatil praised the efforts of Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu in extending the Jal Jeevan Mission by taking up the issue with Prime…
Amaravati, March 13 (IANS) The Centre and the Andhra Pradesh government together credited Rs 2,670 crore directly into the bank accounts of 46.85 lakh farmers in Andhra Pradesh on Friday under PM-Kisan – Annadata Sukheebhava schemes. Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu participated in the PM-Kisan – Annadata Sukheebhava’s third installment fund release programme held at Surampalli in Gannavaram constituency of Krishna district.He along with farmers, virtually watched Prime Minister Narendra Mo…
Amaravati, March 11 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday proposed the setting up of the Indian School of Agriculture on the lines of the Indian School of Business (ISB) to deal with all the issues related to the agricultural sector.The Chief Minister mooted the idea during his address to the two-day Collectors’ conference, which began here on Wednesday.He proposed setting up the Indian School of Agriculture as a deemed university to deal with all the issues of…
Amaravati, March 6 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Friday accused YSR Congress party of running away from its responsibility to attend the Legislative Assembly and said that status of opposition is given by people and not the government.Speaking on Appropriation Bill in the Legislative Assembly, he said the YSRCP is saying that they will come to Assembly only if they are given status of the main opposition.”Power and opposition status come only with people’s votes….
Amaravati, Feb 25 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu said on Wednesday that the Polavaram project would be completed and dedicated to the nation before the 2027 Godavari Pushkaram. He also reiterated that Godavari water from Polavaram will be supplied to Nallamala Sagar before that, Nallamala Sagar and the Veligonda projects will be completed by July this year.The Chief Minister was addressing a public meeting after laying the foundation stone for Veligonda Project feeder …
Amaravati, Feb 16 (IANS) Telangana Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao met Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu here on Monday and requested that five villages, which were merged with Andhra Pradesh in 2014, be restored to Telangana. Nageswara Rao told media persons after meeting the Chief Minister that Parliament has to pass legislation to return five villages to Telangana.He recalled that in 2014, the Centre had merged seven mandals from Telangana’s Khammam distr…
Amaravati, Feb 11 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Governor, Justice S. Abdul Nazeer (retd) said on Wednesday that the process to rebuild the state is firmly on track.Despite financial constraints, growth momentum is being restored through careful prioritisation and reform, he said.Addressing the joint sitting of the Assembly and the Council on the first day of the Budget session of the legislature, he said that in the last 21 months, the government completed foundational reforms, and proof of concept is v…