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New Indian Express
08-07-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Andhra Pradesh to review welfare schemes in aspirational regions under Viksit Bharat vision
VIJAYAWADA: Chairman of the Andhra Pradesh 20-Point Programme Implementation Committee, Lanka Dinakar, announced on Monday that a detailed review of Central and State welfare schemes in aspirational districts and blocks will be undertaken shortly. Addressing the media at the Secretariat, Dinakar said the review aligns with the Viksit Bharat – Swarna Andhra@2047 vision, aimed at fast-tracking development in the backward regions. He proposed that Sathya Sai, Prakasam, and Annamayya districts be added to the aspirational district list due to their socio-economic challenges. Currently, AP has three aspirational districts—Alluri Sitarama Raju, Parvathipuram Manyam, and Kadapa—and 15 aspirational blocks. He credited the progress made since 2014 to the 'double engine government' led by CM N Chandrababu Naidu and PM Narendra Modi. 'Extreme poverty has dropped from 16.2% in 2011-12 to 2.3% in 2022-23,' he said, attributing this to effective welfare delivery and DBT transfers totalling Rs 45 lakh crore to 55 crore Jan Dhan accounts. Dinakar emphasised the '3Cs' approach, 'Convergence, Collaboration, and Competition', as key to measurable development. He said the State would ensure the timely release of matching grants for central schemes.
The Hindu
23-06-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
Focus is on skill development and job creation, says Dinakar
Andhra Pradesh government is ramping up skill development initiatives in coordination with industries, MSMEs, and Society for Employment Generation and Enterprise Development in Andhra Pradesh (SEEDAP) to generate large-scale employment across the State. 20-Point Programme Chairperson Lanka Dinakar, MSME Chairperson Siva Sankara Rao Tammireddy, and SEEDAP Chairperson Deepak Reddy Gunapati addressed the media at the Secretariat on Monday, after review meeting. Mr. Dinakar highlighted that the coalition government had attracted investments worth around ₹9.3 lakh crore in its first year and was working with the goal of creating 20 lakh jobs in five years. Emphasising the need for synergy among departments, he said coordination gaps in the past had hindered job creation, which would now be addressed through collaborative efforts. He noted that Andhra Pradesh had over 8 lakh MSMEs. He also observed that the MSMEs have been contributing 30% to India's GDP. Mr. Siva Sankara Rao stressed the importance of revamping MSMEs and setting up MSME parks, particularly in backward districts like Alluri Sitharama Raju and Parvathipuram Manyam, to provide skill-based jobs to local youth. Mr. Deepak Reddy announced plans to train 60,000 youth this year through SEEDAP's expanding network of training centres and promote entrepreneurship at the grassroots level, aligned with the 'Swarnandhra 2047' vision.
Time of India
23-06-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Andhra Pradesh govt aiming to create 20 lakh jobs: 20-Point Programme chairman
Live Events (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel The state is taking major steps to create employment for 20 lakh youth, Andhra Pradesh Twenty Point Programme chairman Lanka Dinakar said on said the NDA coalition government has attracted Rs 9.30 lakh crore in investments in one year, with a focus on promoting Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and accelerating industrial development in Andhra Pradesh."The government aims to employ 20 lakh youth in five years by strengthening MSMEs and fast-tracking industrial growth," Dinakar said in a press noted that MSMEs currently contribute 30 per cent to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), with over eight lakh units operating in the state, which will drive the Swarna Andhra (Golden Andhra) 2047 between MSMEs, the Society for Employment Generation and Enterprise Development in Andhra Pradesh (SEEDAP), and the Industries Department is being strengthened to provide skill training and establish industrial units in backward districts, Dinakar chairman G Deepak Reddy, in a press release, said that 16,000 youth are being trained every quarter, with plans to scale this up to 60,000 annually and increase the number of training centres from 103 to 250 by added that 40 rural business units have been identified, with plans to increase this to 300 in six months and bring 10 central schemes to Andhra Pradesh.
The Hindu
30-05-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Need to align schemes with NITI Aayog's SDGs, says Lanka Dinakar
In view of the proposal to reform and rename the 20-Point Programme Implementation, its Andhra Pradesh chairperson Lanka Dinakar conducted a review meeting with the officials of the State Planning Department at the Secretariat on Friday. Mr. Dinakar emphasised the need to align the schemes and project information with the NITI Aayog's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of Viksit Bharat and Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu's Swarna Andhra mission. He asked the officials to ensure seamless integration of data across websites and dashboards, and work in tune with the Chief Minister's development priorities. Joint Secretary Anant Shankar said preparation of the district and mandal-level Swarna Andhra vision documents had been completed. He said the Assembly constituency-level plans were in progress. the vision plans for key sectors — agriculture and allied, industries and infrastructure, and services — were underway, he added. APSDPS Executive Director A. Venkateswara Rao said 30 lakh poor households had been identified through survey, including 58,000 Bangaru Kutumbalu. Similarly, 53,000 Margadarsulu were also identified, he said.
Hans India
25-05-2025
- Business
- Hans India
Concrete steps emphasised towards building ‘Vikasit Anakapalli district'
Anakapalli: Anakapalli district could not achieve the targets set by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as Jal Jeevan Mission was carried out during 2019-24 without long-term water resources, pointed out chairman of the Twenty Points Programme Implementation Lanka Dinakar. At a review meeting held in Anakapalli district on the progress made in implementation of centrally sponsored schemes, projects and issues related to infrastructure in the presence of District Collector Vijaya Krishnan, Assembly Speaker Ch Ayyannapatrudu, Urban Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation chairman Peela Govind, among others, Lanka Dinakar said despite the statistics indicating that the previous government started 2,282 works between 2019-24 with an estimate of Rs 893.11 crore, 1085 works worth Rs.690.95 crore were completed and 784 works are in progress. However, he raised doubts about the quality of the works completed. 'The activities carried out in alignment with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of 'Vikasita Bharat 2047' and Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu's vision of 'Swarnandhra 2047' will be carried out by the officials here with an aim of overcoming the current challenges in the district and transforming it as 'VikasitAnakapalle district',' he stated. Speaking about the TIDCO houses, the officials informed that of the 6,184 houses allotted, a total of 3,688 houses have been completed, while loans have been sanctioned to 1,784 beneficiaries. Further, they added that 2,146 beneficiary families are residing in the total houses completed so far and Rs.38.27 crore will be required to complete the rest of the 2,496 houses. For tourism development in the district, Lanka Dinakar mentioned that there are Buddhist houses and stupas in Bojjanna Konda that can attract Buddhist monks from all over the world. 'There are famous Hindu temples and beaches that attract international and national tourists, and reservoirs that attract local tourists. There is a good scope to increase tourist footfall, especially by way of promoting the Etikoppaka toys. Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned these dolls and our state's statue made in Etikoppaka in Delhi on the occasion of Republic Day have to be brought to the limelight,' the chairman of the Twenty Points Programme Implementation emphasised. The meeting focused on the material component of the Employment Guarantee Scheme, the irregularities that occurred during 2019-24, the current implementation, implementation of centrally sponsored schemes, development of the tourism sector, work towards creating an Anakapalli brand image for the production of organic jaggery to be used as an alternative to sugar, etc.,
