* Agriculture dependent - 60% population
* Schemes:
* Waive off of electricity bill arrears 1300cr(2004-05)
* Pavala vaddi on crop loans 3% interest rate
* Waiver of stamp duty up to 3lac on crop loans for marginal farmers
* Free electricity for small farmers
* 11354cr loan waived off benefitting 63lac farmers & cash benefit scheme of 1633cr @ 5000rs per farmer
* Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) scheme 100% assistance of GoI for farmers
* Raithu Chaitanya Yatra change mindset, disseminate latest tech dev to farmer
* Crop loans - <1lac (No interest), 1 to 3lac(3% interest)
* BT cotton, seed price reduced by 40%
* Input Subsidy increased on all crops upto 67% for natural calamities
* For paddy increased to 10000 per hectare (Previous -6000)
* Reason for separate budget:
* Less focus on agriculture, horticulture, animal husbandry in prev budget
* Land holding per farmer in state decreased 1.08ha (current)
* 1.31cr farm families 143lac ha agriculture land 75lac ha irrigation facility
* 2nd largest coastline state, 23% Geographical area Forests (16.86 as per 2011)
* Best state award under National Food Security Mission in southern region for increasing production of rice and pulses 5.93% growth rate
* Accelerated Pulse Production Programme (A3P):
* SRI (System of Rice Intensification) Cultivation:
* Rastriya Krishi Vikas Yojana 100% central assistance
* National Project on management of Soil Health and Fertility - Bhuchetana
* Technical support from ICRISAT
* Average production from target crops should be increased by 25% in 5 years in selected districts
* Farm Mechanization 450cr +100cr(solar pumpsets)
* National Agriculture Insurance Scheme:
* Scheme was made compulsory for loanee farmers borrowed loans for notified crops
* Provides financial support if crop failure because of Drought, cyclone, pest&dis.
* Restore credit eligibility of farmer after crop failure for next season
* Rythu Sri Vaddi leni panta runalu
* Interest free crop loans from Rabi 2011-12
* Horticulture:
* Area under Horticulture crop is 25.56lac ha; production 273lac tons
* 1st in production of Spices and fruits; 3rd in production of flowers
* Andhra Pradesh Ranks 1st in production of Citrus, Papaya, Oil Palm and Tomato 2nd in the production of Mango, Cashew; 4th in the production of Banana
* Animal Husbandry:
* 1st in egg and broiler production; 1st in meat production
* 2nd in Milk production (father of white revolution Verghese Kurien Operation Flood)
* Fisheries:
* 1st in Shrimp(brackish water) and fresh water prawn production
* 2nd fresh water fish prod; 2nd total fish & prawn prod; 5th marine fish prod
* AP Agricultural Land (Conversion into non Agricultural purposes) Act, 2006 was exempted from aquatic farms from purview of act.
* Sericulture:
* 2nd largest producer of Mulberry and Tasar cocoons country
* 4 types of silk mulberry, tasar, eri, muga
* Forests:
* AP Forest Dev. Corp. took 82,380 ha of degraded reserve forest for raising Eucalyptus clonal and seed origin plantations over 57,088 ha
* Eco-tourism Dev in forest lands in PPP (Private Public Partnership) mode for developing infra and tourism amenities
* CoP 11 to CBD 1to19OCT in Hyderabad
* Interest Rebate Scheme 6% return for timely repayment of loan providing agriculture credit to farmers at affordable rates to farmers
* MARKFED(Marketing Federation Hyderabad HQ, 1957) Help farmers secure better price for their produce taking care of market needs and providing agri. Inputs
* Apex organization for Co-operative Marketing Societies(CMS)
* Sale of inputs fertilizers, seeds, pesticides, maintenance of godowns, procurement of agricultural commodities
* 2nd in Silk (Sericulture) production
* Rythu Bandhu Padakam Restore farmers from distressed sales
* Natural Calamity Fund 589cr
AP State Budget
* Introduction:
* Rajeev Deevena
* Pre-metric scholarship for 3lac eligible SC students 150 for day and 350 for hostellers per month per student from 2013 -14 FY
* Pilot Districts included in DBT scheme RR, Hyderabad, EG, Chittor, Anantapur
* Indiramma Amrutha Hastham
* Launched on 1st Jan 2013;
* Identified 27,906 AWC in 103 ICDS projects to improve nutritional status in mothers and new born babies
* World Telugu Conference held in Tirupathi during 27-29Dec 2012 4th
* Nine essential Food items in a packaged form from Ugadi of this year
* Mana Biyyam supply of rice for BPL families for Re1 per kg
* Maarpu Coordination action of health, ICDS and Rural dev. departments to reduce infant and maternal mortality and morbidity levels and to bring down malnutrition levels
* Mee Seva currently running 76 services. Expected to service 100 activities by 31mar12
* Oct 28 Nov1 Neelam Cyclone
* Laila 2010; Khai Muk 2008; Yemyin 2007
* Jal 2010 (Maharashtra)
Socio - Economic Survey of AP 2012-13
* Overview:
* Natural, Demographic and Social Features:
* Geographical Area 2,75,045sqkm
* 4th largest by area and 5th largest by population
* Total population 8.47cr (2011 census) 7% countrys 11.1% Growth Rate
* Rural Population 66.5%; Urban 33.5%
* 2nd longest coastline in the country with 974km (1st Gujarath)
* Forest area 63,814sqkm (23.2% of total GA)
* Sex Ratio 992(2011); Child Sex Ratio 943(961 2001 census)
* Literacy Rate 67.66% (Male 75.56%; Female 59.74%)
* Poverty 21.1% (Rural 22.8%; Urban 17.7%) for year 2009-10
* Unemployment Urban(31%); Rural(12%) for year 2009-10
* Gross State Domestic Product(GSDP):
* 11th five year plan 8.18%
* 12th five year plan (expected) rates 10%:
* Primary(6%); Secondary(10.5); Tertiary(11.5%)
* Public Distribution:
* Fair Price Shops 44778 (Urban 7393; rural 37385)
* 1 shop for every 1965 persons
* Weather based crop insurance schemes:
* Launched in Guntur district in 2009 for Red chilly crop
* Extended to other crops cotton, tomato, groundnut, sweet lime, oil palm, banana, cashew, mango etc
* Modified National Agriculture Insurance Scheme:
* MNAIS is launched in 2010-11 rabi in Prakasham, Nellore, Warangal
* Was continued in EG, WG, Krishna in Kharif
* Primary Agriculture Co-operative Societies (PACS):
* PACS is re-organized from 4465 to 2949 societies in State
* MSME:
* 2859 msme enterprises;
* 115 sez approved by GoI 76 notified 28 in operational
* Mines and Geology:
* Barytes and Limestone 1st
* AP tourism Kohinoor of India
* Rajiv Arogyasri Health Insurance Scheme:
* Implemented through Health Care Trust for 233lac poor families
* Each BPL is provided with health coverage upto 2lac
* Scheme introduced on 1APR2007
* Women Development and Child Welfare:
* 91,307 Anganwadi centres
* Andhra Pradesh Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan and Tribal Sub-Plan:
* Planning, Allocation and Utilization of Financial Resources Act; Jan 2013
* Accelerated dev. of SC, ST with emphasis of achieving equality in 10 years
* INDIRAMMA:
* Integrated Novel Development in Rural Areas and Model Municipal Areas (India)
* Programme ensures pensions for old people, widows, weavers and disabled persons
* Rural Development:
* SHGs 10,59,101
* Macro-economic aggregates:
* Sectoral composition of GSDP:
* Base year Agriculture(25.1); Industry(24.3); services(50.6)
* 2012-13 Agriculture(18.7); Industry(24); Services(57.7)
* Decadal Growth Rate 7.54 (National 7.75)
* Gross Fixed Capital Formation It reveals the potentiality of the investments in public as well as private sectors and gives net addition of assets created during the year
* GCF = GFCF + changes in Stock
* Public Finance:
* As per APFRBM act, 2005 state govt. shall maintain a revenue surplus in a financial year and ensure that fiscal deficit does not exceed 3% of GSDP
* Revenue Expenditure increases(15%) in 2011-12 because
* increase in the number of beneficiaries of scholarships and tuition fees to the SCs / STs / BCs apart from Power Subsidy and Rice Subsidy
* During 2012-13, tax revenue estimates are 62,572. An increase of 17.43%
* Non tax revenue grows at a rate of 10% for 2012-13 fiscal
* Revenue Surplus 1686cr; Fiscal deficit 21,219cr (2.46% of GSDP)
* Own tax revenue for 2012-13(RE) is as follows:
* Sales tax(2%); Stamps & Registration(8%); Taxes & motorcycles(6%); Excise(17%); Other taxes and Duties(67%)
* Total Outstanding debt 20.7% of GSDP (Limit 27.6% as per APFRBM act)
* Interest payment gone upto 10,561cr (9.15% more over previous year)
* Fiscal deficit 2.46% for 2012-13 (2.35% for previous year)
* Prices, Wages and Public Distribution:
* Essential commodities being monitored Rice, Redgram dal, groundnut oil, tamarind(without seed), red chillies(dry), onions
* Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPIIW) base year 2001(100) from 2006
* CPIIW increased by 10% for period Apr-Nov2012
* CPI Agriculture Labour (CPIAL) with base year 1986-87, increased by 7.57 for 2012dec
* CPI(Rural), CPI(Urban) base year 2010
* Public distribution:
* 44,778 Fair price shops (Ration shops) for dec2012
* Rationalization of FP shops:
* Rural 400-450BPL + 50 Pink cards
* Urban 500-550BPL + 250 Pink ration cards
* Municipal corp. 600-650 +250 pink cards
* Iris based ration cards for eligible farmers to avoid duplicate/ghost cards
* 5 districts identified by GoI in state on pilot basis for putting in place Adhar based service delivery system Rangareddy, Hyderabad, Chittor, Anantapur, EG
* Subsidy management in Kerosene, Pensions, Janani Suraksha Yojana, Scholarships, Financial inclusion, Kisan Credit Cards and MGNREGS wage disbursal through Adhaar
* Agriculture and Allied activities:
* Top priorities of state in Agriculture sector
* Improve farm incomes
* Sustainable growth in agriculture and allied activities
* Land Utilization:
* Total 275lac ha; Net Area Sown 116lac ha(40.58); Forests 62.3lac ha(22.65); Current fallow lands 8.26%; Non agri usage 10.19%; Barren 7.36%; remaining 10.96%
* Rainfall
* NE Monsoon - 269mm (20% more than normal rainfall)
* SW Monsoon 632mm (1.3% more than normal rainfall)
* Soil types
* Red soils (66%); Black soils (25%); Delta alluvial (5%); coastal & laterite (3%); saline & alkaline (1%)
* Area and Production -
* The area and production of food grains for year 2012-13 to show decline to the previous year
* Cropping intensity ration of GCA to NCA (1.23 for 2011-12)
* Rythu Mitra Farmer organisations for technical and monetary benefits in agriculture and allied activities
* AGRISNET
* Agricultural Resources Information Systems NET work
* Day to day information to farmer on crop production, input supply, marketing through internet
* Portal contains 18 important crops grown in AP, Schemes, subsidies of department and other important information on agriculture
* Crop diversification A wider choice in production of a variety of crops in a given area so as to expand production related activities
* National Watershed Development Project for Rainfed Areas (NWDPRA)
* Rainfed areas constitute about 57% of total 140.3 million ha
* NWDPRA was launched based on
* Integrated Wateshed Management
* Sustainable farming systems
* Rythu Chaitanya Yatra - To educate farmers particularly small and marginal farmers at grass root level
* Padi Pantalu monthly magazine printed by Dept. of Agriculture for farmers
* WTO News Digest Quarterly magazine distributed to agri and allied sectors
* SEEDNET to automate 23 Seed Testing Lab. (includes DNA finger printing lab at hyd)
* Mee Seva launched in November 2011;
* Kisan Call Center 1551
* National Agriculture Insurance Scheme (NAIS, Kharif 2000)
* Financial support to farmers in event of crop loss in the yield
* Credit eligibility of farmers after a crop failure for next season and to help stabilize farm incomes
* Village as Unit Insurance Scheme:
* AP only state to have scheme in all districts (from 2008)
* Covers 20crops(Kharif) and 10crops(rabi)
* Polambadi programme:
* Increase use of pesticides increses cost of cultivation and poor quality of produce, reducing market prices and returns
* Being done from seed to seed so that farmers can observe and analyze the dynamics of crop ecology across the season
* Conducted in paddy, maize, pulses, oil seeds, cotton & coarse cereals
* Yeruvaka Purnima
* Invoke farmer community for starting agricultural operations on onset of SW Monsoon
* Organized on 4th June 2012 in 7 districts
* Demonstration of Seed treatment, farm implements, soil sampling, precautions reg.handling of pesticides etc are shown
* ATMA scheme
* Agriculture Tech. Management Agency 1st June 2005
* Support to State Extension Programmes for Extension Reforms
* Integrated Research and Extension activities and decentralizing day-to-day management of public Agriculture Tech. System
* Involves agri. Activities for sustainable agri. development in the district
* National Food Security Mission
* 11 districts for Rice (sri, viz, Vizag, kri, gun, nel, med, mah, nlg, khm, adi)
* 22 districts for Pulses (except Hyderabad)
* A3P (Accelerated Pulses Production Programme)
* plant nutrients and plant protection centric improved technologies and management practices
* four pulses gram, urad(blackgram), arhar(redgram/pigeonpea), moong (greengram)
* System of Rice Intensification (SRI) Increase production and productivity of rice with less water
* Rural Credit Co-operatives:
* A. Vaidyanathan suggested reorganization of credit societies
* PACS have been reorganized from 4465 to 2949
* Union publishes co-operative monthly magazine for carrying publicity and propaganda of co-op principles and co-op movement in state Sahakara Samacharam
* Rural Electric Supply Co-operative Societies:
* RESC obj purchase electricity in bulk from nearest DISCOM and distribute it to domestic, industrial and agricultural consumers in their area of op.
* Four RESCs Kuppam, Anakapalle, Cheepurupalle, Siricilla
* AP Micro Irrigation Project (APMIP):
* APMIP was launched in Nov 2003; enhance crop productivity by improving water usage efficiency through micro irrigation systems
* Area covered 8.95lac ha
* Area under drip/sprinkler irrigation 1.1lac ha
* Vegetable Initiatives for Urban Clusters implemented in Medak, Mahaboobnagar, rangareddy
* National Research centre Oilpalm pedavegi center, WG
* Livestock
* Livestock cattle, buffalo, goat, pig, sheep, poultry
* Livestock contribute 5,3% of GSDP and form 28.5% of agriculture sector
* Pasu Kranthi Pathakam govt. provided high pedigreed milch animals and heifers from other state with 50% subsidy for welfare of BPL families
* RKVY being implemented to achieve 9% growth rate in animal husbandry
* Livestock Insurance Scheme
* Milch animals will be insured on 50% subsidy basis
* Centrally sponsored
* Jeevamitra
* Fed. Is to provide basic health services at doorsteps of shepherds in villages
* Sheep Insurance
* Since 2006-07; ex-gratia 1lac
* Bhed Palak Bhima Yojana Central Wool Dev. Board:
* Insurance scheme for woolly sheep (Deccani Sheep) rearers through LIC
* NCDC assistance to dev. of small ruminants(Sheep & Goat) by AP Sheep Fed. For 3 dists Chittor, Mahaboobnagar, Prakasam
* Piggery dev. project Vizag, Vizianagaram, Srikakulam
* Jeeva Kranthi Pathakam
* GoAP; 2007-08; 50% subsidy
* To support BPL families by supplying Breeding Rams, Ram Lamb Units, Sheep and Goat Units, under CM package
* Fisheries
* It contributes 2.9% of GSDP; Annual growth rate 11.5%
* Four fish landing centres under Assistance to State for Developing Export Infra and Allied activities (ASIDE) in Vodalarevu, Laxmipurampalle, Gundaipalem, Uppalanka
* Forests
* 2nd largest state in forest area in India
* Silviculture practice of controlling establishment, growth, consumption, health and quality of forests to meet diverse needs and values
* MGNREGS:
* Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
* Large number of nurseries are being raised under the Mahatma Gandhi Vana Nursery (MGVN) under MGNREGS
* Wildlife Conservation:
* Endemic species in AP state
* Cycas beddomi, Red sanders, shorea talura, Jerdons courser, Golden gecko, slender loris
* Insitu conservation:
* Conservation of natural habitats, maintenance, recovery of endangered species in their natural habitation
* 6 National Parks, 21 wildlife sanctuaries 4.72% GI or 20.38% forest area
* Exsitu conservation:
* Conservation of some endangered species in some man made habitat that imitates their natural habitat
* 4 Zoological Parks, 6 deer parks
* Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats:
* Project Tiger
* Nagarjuna Srisailam Tiger Reserve (Rajiv Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary)1979 attained Tiger Reserve status in 1983
* Spread area 3568km, GBWS 1194; Buffer 1175km
* Gundla Brahmeswaram Wildlife sanctuary is regarded as extended core for NSTR
* Tiger with its co-predators like Panther, sloth bear, wild dog are present here
* Prey base - spotted deer, sambar, four horned antelope, chinkara, wild boar
* Rare and Endangered species - Mouse Deer, Honey Badger, Giant Squirrel
* Chenchus Native tribe of Nallamallai Region
* Kawal Wildlife Sanctuary or Kawal Tiger Reserve (2nd TR in State)
* Present in Jannaram Mandal of Adilabad district
* Spread area - 893kms; buffer area 1123km
* Estimated around 150 cheetals in the sanctuary
* Project Elephant
* Rayala Elephant Reserve including Koundinya Wildlife sanctuary are being developed under project elephant
* Restoration of Mangrove Forests until now 3042km of area
* Palapitta Periodic Newsletter on Environmental education
* Geomatics
* creation of spatial (geographic) database on various scales
* vegetation cover mapping and monitoring, survey and verification of notified forest boundary using DGPS
* enumeration of trees outside the forests and developing web-enabled forest management information system
* CSI Nihilent egovernance award for AP Project Tribal Welfare Dept IC & T initiative
* First Exsitu Biodiversity Park by Dolphin conservation society in Vizag
* Bio piracy Red sand boa, star tortoise, Tarantula (spider), Red sander
* 22nd May International Biodiversity Day
* Sericulture
* Proddutur(Kadapa), Hindupur(Anantapur) famous for raw silk trading
* Bivoltine sericulture producing 2 broods or generations in a season
* 1% Ad-Valorem (to the value of) tax on the sale or purchase of product
* Rythu Bazars 107 in number at an average 45,000 farmers every week
* Industries:
* Single Window Act
* Industrial Single Window Clearance Act in 2002
* For speedy processing and issue of various approvals/clearances/permissions required for setting up of Industrial undertakings and also to create an investment friendly environment in the State
* Mega Projects
* Projects with investment more than 250cr is a mega project as per New Industrial Promotion Policy 2010-15
* Prime Ministers Employment Generation Programme(PMEGP) central scheme funded by Ministry of Micro, Small, Medium Enterprises
* Industrial Investment Promotion Policy (2010-15):
* Incentives for MSME and Large Industries in all districts except Vijayawada, GVMC and GHMC and excluding existing Industrial Estates/Parks, Industrial Estates notified / to be notified
* Incentives given for micro and small enterprises:
* 15% investment subsidy on fixed investment capital to a max of 20lacs
* 100% reimbursement of stamp duty paid on land purchase for ind. Use
* 25% rebate of land cost limited to 10lac in Industrial estates and parks
* Fixed power cost @ Rs.0.75 per unit (upper ceiling) on the proposed revised rates (2010-11) for a period of 5 years from the date of commencement of commercial production
* Reimbursement of 100% and 50% VAT/CST or SGST for micro and medium enterprises respectively
* 50% Reimbursement of cost involved in skill up-gradation and training of local manpower limited to Rs.2000 per person.
* 50% subsidy on expenses incurred for quality certification / patent registration limited to Rs.2.00 Lakh for MSEs.
* 25% subsidy on specific cleaner production measures limited to Rs.5.00 Lakh.
* To extend investment subsidy to identified service activities related to industries setup in all Municipal Corporation limits in the State
* Index of Industrial Production(IIP):
* Yardstick for measuring the Industrial growth of state
* It includes the relative change of physical production in the field of Industry during specific period as compared to the previous period
* IIP for mining & quarrying, Manufacturing and Electricity sectors registered growth rate of 3.1%, -11.5%, -5.5% respectively
* State level Public Enterprises(SLPE):
* Top 5 Housing corp., AP Genco, APCPDCL, APSPDCL, TRANSCO
* Mines and Geology:
* AP known as Ratna Garbha
* Limestone(34%), Coal(10%), Mica(86%), Dolomites(11%), Bauxite(40%), Barytes(96%), Clays(30%), Heavy mineral beach sands(40%), Manganese(10%), Feldspar(11%), Quartz, Silica sand Soapstone(16%), Gold, Diamonds(16%), Uranium, Oil & Natural gas, Iron ore, Semi-precious stones, Granite(40%), Slates, Limestone slabs, Marbles, Dimensional & Building stones(40%)
* The State occupies first position in Barytes, Limestone and Beach sand heavy mineral deposits in the country
* There are huge deposits of Bauxite in East Godavari and Visakhapatnam districts.
* Krishna- Godavari on shore and off shore basins contain huge reserves of oil and natural gas.
* The State also has huge uranium deposits in Kadapa and Nalgonda districts
* AP is 2nd largest Cement producer
* percentage growth compared to last year during the same period was 27%
* Rare earth elements or Rare earth metals
* set of seventeen chemical elements in the periodic table, specifically the fifteen lanthanides plus scandium and yttrium
* Poverty and Unemployment:
* Poverty Ratios
* State - 22.8(Rural); 17.7(Urban); 21.1(Total)
* Centre 33.8(Rural); 20.9(Urban);29.8 (Total)
* Quinquennial (recurring every 5yrs) survey on Employment and Unemployment is conducted by NSSO(National Sample Survey Office)
* Work Force Participation Rate(WFPR) Number of persons employed per 1000 persons
* A person is considered working if he worked more than 4hrs or more during day
* WFPR in AP males in rural areas is increased, where as that of females decreased in 2009-10 when compared to 2004-05, while it has decreased for both males and females in urban areas
* Vocational Training Improvement Projects:
* ITI Thambalpally, Chittoor dist. Awarded Best performing Southern region ITI for 2012
* ITI Bhimavaram Best consolidation prize for 2012
* AP declared as best practicing state under PPP at the first national conference on skill development held at Mumbai
* Rajiv Yuva Kiranalu
* GoAP to provide placement linked skills to unemployed youth in private establishment
* Mission proposes to employ 15 lakh youth in jobs in the private industry by 2014
* All Government offices which have computer hardware and internet facility have been declared as registration centres so that unemployed can register themselves in RYK portal
* Social Infrastructure:
* Population growth rate = 11.1%;
* Most populous district Rangareddy (Former EG); least Vizianagaram
* Sex ratio = 992
* Density of population 308
* Pc of urban population to total population is 33.49
* World Population Day 11th July
* Literacy Rate = 67.66 pc (national=74.04pc); male 75.56pc; Female 59.74pc
* First Hyderabad(80.96pc); last Mahabubnagar 56.06pc
* Education:
* 86th amendment enhance the compulsory education for children of age group 6-14
* 21A Fundamental right
* 45 Directive principle of state policy
* 51A Fundamental duty of parent/guardian
* 93rd Amendment Reservation in educational institutions(incl. private institutions) for OBC students
* Pass percentage of students in SSC examination is 87.85 pc for year 2012-13
* Mid-day meal scheme 75% central & 25% state
* Rajiv Vidhya Mission SSA, NPEGEL(National Programme for Education of Girls at Elementary Level), KGBV(Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidhyalayas)
* Balika Chetana Programme implemented in partnership with UNICEF to empower girls to overcome problems
* Snehabala programme Self Learning Interactive Materials(SLIM) for I and II class students
* QUEST A programme organized in ITDA(Integrated Tribal Development Agency) schools to provide quality education for ST students
* Chinnari Choopu conducted to screen and provide spectacles and perform surgical corrections to school children
* Mana TV Tele-lessons on important subjects for Intermediate students
* Teleconferences, Telecounselling and Panel discussions were organized through MANA TV
* live training programme for competitive examinations like BSRB, RRB, SSC are also arranged
* NAAC National Assessment and Accreditation Council accredits institutions of Higher education in India. Autonomous body funded by UGC
* Family Welfare
* Estimated Birth rate, Death rate, IMR of AP are 17.5, 7.5, 43 (National 21.8, 7.1, 44)
* ASHA(Accredited Social Health Activity):
* health resource person of first resort to provide all Maternal & Child Health services to the community in rural areas
* Started in 2005-06; 70,700 ASHAs in AP;
* CEMONC (Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric and Neonatal Care Services):
* Promote institutional deliveries, attend emergency pregnancy, delivery and child birth cases being reported within a range of 35 to 40 kms
* 156 CEMONC centres
* Janani Suraksha Yojana:
* Cash incentive of 700 given to pregnant woman to promote deliveries in public institutions in rural areas
* Sukhibhava scheme which provides Rs300 to BPL rural pregnant apart from above
* Extended to provide Rs. 600/- to under BPL urban pregnant woman who deliver in government institutions
* Home deliveries were provided an amount of Rs.500
* Janani Sishu Suraksha Karyakram:
* free cashless deliveries and care to sick new born till 30 days after birth at public health institutions; started October 2011
* MAARPU:
* bringing behavior change in community through convergence for effectively reducing MMR, IMR and to improve health and nutritional status of women & children
* JBAR (Jawahar Bala Aarogya Raksha):
* Aimed to to improve the health of school going children studying classes 1st to 10th standard in government and government aided schools
* immunisation, vitamin-A supplementation, biannual de-worming and referral services to higher medical institutions for better treatment
* Child Immunization:
* Infants under one year are vaccinated against VPDs through BCG, DPT, OPV, measles, hepatitis B vaccines
* BCG(Bacille Calmette Guerin) Tuberculous Meningitis
* DPT Diphtheria, Pertussis(Whooping cough), Tetanus
* OPV Oral Polio Vaccine
* Urban Slum Health Services:
* Started in 2000; provides preventive, promotive and curative services to people living in urban slum areas
* Birth Waiting Homes:
* provide complete nutrition and wage loss compensation to pregnant women and their attendants who use birth waiting home
* Rajiv Arogyasri Health Insurance Scheme:
* Implemented through Aarogyasri Health Care Trust; started - 1Apr2007
* each BPL family is provided health coverage to the extent of Rs.2.00 Lakh
* The scheme was implemented online through an efficient IT portal
* Aarogyamithra(Health Worker) helps illiterate patients
* No enrollment process, need a BPL card to claim the service
* CMCO Peripheral Center Patients without white card need to physically approach the CMCO centre with proof of residence for issuing of a temporary referral card for cashless treatment
* APVVP(AP Vaidya Vidhana Parishad):
* Manages secondary level hospitals; 234 hospitals under APVVP control
* Drugs are provided to all hospitals by the central drug stores under APHMHIDC as per the requirements specified by APVVP
* National Programme for prevention of CVD, NCD diseases:
* National Cancer Awareness Day - 7th Nov 2012
* World Diabetic Day - 14th Nov 2012
* World Habitat Day First Monday of every October
* International Day for Older persons (IDOP) 1st October
* National Vector Borne Diseases Control Programme:
* Every year 17million cases 0.8 million deaths before 1953
* NVBDCP deals with Malaria, Japanese Encephalities, Suspected Viral Encephalitis, Dengue, Chikungunya, Filaria and Kala Azar diseases
* SHUBHAM campaign
* unique and pioneering initiative of APSACSs and aims to improve HIV testing and hence converting them from unknown to known HIV status
* CABA - Children affected By AIDS implemented in 2 districts to address the care, support and treatment aspects and hundreds of CABA are linked to services like Education, Health and Nutrition
* SAHARA - identity cards for patients receiving the Anti- Retroviral Therapy (ART) medicines
* to access benefits provided by the Government like concessions for travel, priority in housing schemes and pensions etc
* Women Development and Child Welfare:
* Ujjwala Scheme - for prevention of trafficking, rescue, rehabilitation and re-integration of victims of trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation
* scheme provides food, shelter, clothing, counseling, legal aid to the inmates in rehabilitation
* ICDS
* Single largest centrally sponsored scheme
* There are 300 ICDS projects with 91,307 anganwadi centers
* Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls SABALA:
* cover Adolescent Girls in the age group 11 to 18 years in all ICDS projects in select 200 Districts across India
* In AP Vizag, WG, Chittor, Anantapur, Adilabad, Mahabubnagar,Hyd
* Kishori Samooh
* Girls in each group select three leaders of their choice for a year
* These girls will be called Sakhi and Saheli
* Sakhi and Sahelis, will be given training as per prescribed module at the project/circle level to serve as peer-monitors for Kishori Samooh
* Kishori Sadassu - celebrated once in three months. Supplementary nutrition, IFA supplementation, health check-up and referral, Nutrition and health education,Counselling/guidance on family welfare, ARSH, childcare practices and home management, life skills education and accessing public services and vocational training for adolescent girls
* IGMSY(Indira Gandhi Matriva Sahyog Yojana):
* conditional cash transfer scheme to be piloted initially in 52 districts across the country
* In AP it is implemented in WG and Nalgonda districts
* Pregnant Women of 19 years and above are entitled for benefits under the scheme for the first two live births
* The beneficiaries are paid Rs.4000/- in three installments
* AWW and AWH get an incentive of Rs200 and Rs100 respectively
* Kishori Shakti Yojana:
* 100% centrally sponsored scheme
* empowerment of adolescent girls by breaking the inter-cycle of nutritional and gender disadvantages in 2000
* Indira Darsini monthly magazine to create awareness among people about different services rendered by Women Dev & Child Welfare (WD&CW) dept.
* Juvenile Welfare:
* Sarathi
* Departments(Juvenile Justice Dept) project in collaboration with Kusuma Trust, UNICEF, Sadhana
* It is training manual for frontline workers in child welfare and development agencies
* It equips with counseling knowledge and legal skills to enable early intervention with vulnerable children
* Disabled Welfare:
* The Persons with Disabilities Act, 1996
* Deals with prevention and promotional aspects of rehabilitation of education, employment and vocational training, creation of barrier-free environment, provision of rehabilitation service for persons with disabilities
* 5 Residential Schools for visually impaired, 6 Residential Schools for hearing impaired; 1 residential Jr. College for hearing impaired in Bapatla and 1 residential Jr. College for visually impaired in Mahabubnagar dists.
* 1.79% of the total population of A.P are disabled as per 2001 census
* Schemes:
* A subsidy of Rs.3000/- was sanctioned to disabled persons under economic rehabilitation scheme during 2011-12
* Incentive award for marriage b/w disabled and normal person was increased to Rs50000
* 50 % subsidy on petrol to disabled persons having motorized own vehicles for self-transportation with annual income up to Rs.24,000
* 3% reservation in promotions to disabled employees. 3% seats in coaching and training facilities for disabled in all Welfare departments irrespective of caste/religion
* BC Welfare:
* BC 138 communities;
* Reimbursement of tuition fees for EBCs on saturation basis on par with BCs from the year 2009-10
* AP BC Co-operative Finance Co-operation Limited:
* Margin Money:
* provide financial assistance to B.C. beneficiaries in agriculture and allied sectors, small business and industry, service and transport sector activities
* The beneficiaries are covered from rural area:
* Subsidy of 50% unit cost not exceeding Rs.30,000/- per beneficiary
* 40% or balance of unit cost as bank loan.
* 10% of the unit cost as beneficiary contribution
* For unit cost that is more than Rs.60,000/ subsidy of Rs.30,000 is provided, 10% beneficiary contribution and the balance is loan from Banks
* Rajiv Abhyudaya Yojana:
* Similar to that of Marginal Money but implemented in Urban areas
* Social Welfare:
* SC:
* SC people 123.39lac; 16.19% of total population; 4th largest SC pop
* 82% of the Scheduled Caste people are living in rural areas
* Sex Ratio among the Scheduled Castes is 981
* The literacy rate among SCs was 53.52 in 2001
* Social Welfare department is to look after the educational advancement, socio-economic development, welfare and protection of Scheduled Castes
* Rajiv Vidhya Deewena - pre-matric scholarships to Scheduled Caste students studying in Government schools, APSW Residential Schools from 2012-13 onwards
* Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan and Tribal Sub-Plan (Planning, Allocation, and Utilization of Financial Resources) Act, 2013:
* First pioneer state in the country that has initiated such Legislative intervention
* Accelerated dev. of SCs & STs in the coming 10years in the areas of economic, educational and human development along with ensuring security, social dignity and promoting equity
* Social Welfare Department is designated as the Nodal Department for Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan (SCSP)
* The Nodal Agency for implementation of the Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP) is constituted under the Chairmanship of Minister Tribal Welfare
* Tribal Welfare:
* Tribal welfare department was established in 1962
* tribal population of Andhra Pradesh according to 2001 Census is 50.24 Lakh constituting about 6.59%
* Punadi - introduced in all tribal welfare schools covering 250000 students in class 3rd to 9th for strengthening the academic foundation of ST students
* QuEST - a unique initiative that aims to attain subject specific, class specific competencies
* Bhavita - a mass contact initiative aimed at counseling, assessingt and prepararing individual employment plans for ST youth
* The subsidy was increased from Rs.10,000/- to Rs.30,000/- from 2009-10
* Vetamamidi (EG dist) has a mini hydel project which is commissioned and maintained by local tribals
* Minorities Welfare:
* As per 2001 census, the population of Minorities in our State was around 82.00 Lakh, which constitutes over 11% of the total population
* The Andhra Pradesh State Minorities Commission was constituted in 1979
* Subsequently, it was enacted as the A.P. State Minorities Commission Act, 1998
* looks into specific issues in the area of social equity and addressing complaints of discrimination faced by Minority Community
* Chamak Scheme - Free coaching to minorities for job oriented competitive examinations
* Provides free coaching to job-oriented competitive examinations
* Provides free coaching in Language Communication and Key Skills
* Provides free books and study materials to candidates availing coaching
* AP State Haj Committee:
* Haj Committee is constituted for making arrangements for the Haj.pilgrimage of Muslims
* Youth Services:
* Youth welfare schemes are categorized as following:
* Providing self-employment to unemployed youth
* Training to provide employment
* Other participatory programmes
* Rajiv Yuvasakthi Programme :
* provide financial assistance, create self-employment opportunities for eligible unemployed youth, and establish self-employment units in Industry, Service and Business Sectors
* Yuva Chaitanya Sadassulu - hrough coordination of Nehru Yuva Kendras
* Housing:
* APSHCL(AP State Housing Corporation Limited) motivated and educated beneficiaries to eliminate exploitation by middlemen, reduced cost of construction by encoraging adoption of cost-effective and eco-friendly technologies, and helped in capacity building and utilization of human resources from rural and urban poor
* Rajiv Swagruha launched in 2007;
* affordable housing to moderate income group in all municipalities and municipal corporations in the State
* Objective - make available houses / flats to moderate income group at 25% less cost than the prevailing market rate
* Multi-storied constructions are taken up in municipal corporations and independent houses in other municipalities
* Rural Water Supply:
* World Bank Assistance Programme:
* 864cr sanctioned for 5years in 6 districts
* proposed to provide drinking water facilities in quality affected, not covered and partially covered habitations with IBRD Assistance
* Visakhapatnam, Prakasam, Kadapa, Mahabubnagar, Karimnagar and Adilabad
* TSC/NBA:
* Total Sanitation Campaign/ Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan(1Apr2012)
* It emphasizes Information, Education and Communication (IEC), human resources development, and capacity development activities to increase awareness and demand generation for sanitation facilities
* Urban Water Supply and Sanitation:
* JNNURM:
* JN National Urban Renewal Mission
* Launched in 2005-06; budgetary provision 50000Cr for 7yrs
* mission aims to encourage reform and fast track infra development
* Urban Infra Dev. Scheme for Small and Medium Towns:
* Provide urban infra in Water Supply, Under Ground Drainage, Storm Water Drains, Solid Waste Management and Transportation in Non-mission Urban local bodies (ULBs)
* Scheme applies to ULBs except Hyd, Vizag, Vijayawada, Tirupati
* funding pattern is in the ratio of 80:10:10 between Government of India, Government of Andhra Pradesh and ULB
* Integrated Housing Slum Development Program:
* To improve infrastructure facilities in slum areas
* The funding pattern is 80:10:10 between Central Government, State Government and ULB
* Urban Infrastructure Development in Satellite Towns (UIDST):
* Selected satellite town of AP Vikarabad Town for CSSUIDST(Centrally Sponsored Scheme for UIDST)
* Muncipal Administration:
* Urban sanitation door to door garbage collection
* Muncipal Solid Waste Management Waste to Energy Projects
* All ULBs grouped in to 19 clusters for management of MSW
* 5 projects have been permitted to utilize waste generated in 67 ULBs and 1 is operational at present
* Rajiv Nagara Bata Programme:
* Jan2005; all ULBs
* Provision of adequate water, drainage system, street lighting, roads etc., with an emphasis on basic infra
* Provide minimum infra in community and religious institutions like temples mosques, churches
* INDIRAMMA:
* Integrated Novel Development in Rural Areas and Model Municipal Areas
* all wards in the Municipal Area over a period of three years for basic infra facilities and welfare measures
* Old people, widows, weavers and disabled persons are given pensions
* Indira Kranthi Patham:
* Mission for Elimination of Poverty in Municipal Areas(MEPMA)
* organize poor women into SHGs by covering all families living in slums and enable them to become self-reliant
* 3.02lac Women SHGs 30lac women
* 10.59lac SHG 115.48 members (Total)
* Urban Self Employment Programme:
* Urban poor to set up self-employment ventures and micro enterprises with 25% subsidy with an upper limit of Rs 2.00 Lakh cost per unit
* Abhaya Hastham(Pension cum Insurance Scheme):
* co-contributory pension cum insurance for the benefit of SHG women over and above the age of 18 years in urban areas to provide social security after the age of 60 years
* Janasri Bhima Yojana:
* Oct2010; for uncovered SHG members in YSR Abhayahastam
* Rajiv Awas Yojana:
* for the slum dwellers and urban poor
* central support to State if assign property rights to slum dwellers
* MEPMA nodal agency to make slum free AP through RAY
* HMDA:
* Hussainsagar Lake and Catchment Area Improvement Project with ODA loan from JICA(Japan Intl. Co-op Agency)
* Hyderabad Metro Rail Project(HRMP) is the worlds largest Metro Rail project being executed in public private partnership (PPP) mode (L&T and GoI)
* 72 km Hyderabad Metro Rail project is the worlds largest mass transit project being built in PPP mode
* The financial model envisages generation of about 50% of the revenue from passenger fares, 45% from property development and 5% from advertisements
* GoAP set up Special Tax Force(STF) headed by Chief Secretary(Minnie Mathews) for regular monitoring of the project
* Rural Development:
* Watershed Development Programmes to the drought related Rainfed areas DPAP, DDP, IWDP, IWMP, Indira Prabha, NGNREGS
* DPAP:
* Drought Prone Area Programme/Desert Dev. Programme:
* Funding 75:25; from 2000;
* drought proofing by taking up soil and moisture conservation, water harvesting structures, afforestation and horticulture
* IWDP:
* Integrated Wasteland Dev. Programme
* 1992; 100%;
* Impl. In non-DPAP blocks of DPAP dist. And non DPAP dists.
* area is treated with soil and moisture conservation works, water harvesting structures, afforestation
* IWMP:
* Integrated Watershed Management Programme
* 90:10;
* Restore ecological bal. by harnessing, conserving and developing degraded natural resource such as soil, vegetative cover and water
* Prevent soil run-off, regeneration of natural vegetation, rain water harvesting and recharging of ground water table
* Indira Prabha:
* Nov2004;
* Provide an Integrated and Comprehensive Livelihood options and development of compact blocks of assigned land owned by poor SC, ST, BC and other communities
* MGNREGS:
* February 2, 2006
* legal guarantee of providing at least 100 days of wage employment to rural households whose adult members are willing to do unskilled manual labour
* Chenchu Tribe Group Special Strategy:
* Eevery Chenchu laborer is provided with continuous wage employment through-out the year
* Every Chenchu labor is assured of Rs 1000 every month
* 4 special offices opened under NREGS Chenchu project
* Unnati(Nirupedala Samagrabhivriddhi):
* improving the standard of living, enable social inclusion and assist the disadvantaged and vulnerable groups come out of poverty through intensive handholding
* Obj all target households earn a minimum of Rs. 1.20 lakh income per annum from multiple livelihood sources in 3 yrs
* Obj - significant improvement is affected in human development indicators
* Social and Human Development:
* gender equity, recognizing people with disabilities among the poorest of the poor, health and nutrition intervention, quality education, poverty alleviation (Millenium Goals)
* Millenium goals will be set by UN
* Indias HDI (Mahabub ul Haq, Amartya Sen) rank 136(0.554) former rank 134
* States Rank(2011)
* Kerala, Delhi (high HD)
* AP 15th (0.437, low HD)
* Chattisgarh last (0.358)
* Aam Admi Jeevitha Bhima Yojana:
* March2008; To benefit Rural agriculture landless labours
* LIC provides insurance cover of 30000 for natural deaths and 75000 for accidental for a premium of 320
* premium is shared by the Central and State on 50:50 basis
* Swaranjayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana(SGSY):
* 75:25; 1Apr1999
* to uplift poor families above poverty line by providing them income generating assets through a mix of bank credit and Government subsidy
* National Rural Livelihood Mission(NRLM):
* NRLM replaced SGSY from June2011
* Cover BPL households in villages through self-managed SHGs
* Aided in part through investment support by the World Bank
* National Family Benefit Scheme:
* NFBS is part of NSAP(National Social Assistance Programme)
* Provide lump sum amount to family BPL on the death of primary breadwinner. A one-time grant of Rs5000 is given
* Rural Infra Dev Fund:
* With assistance of NABARD
* NAtional Bank for Agri & Rural Dev. Prakash Bakshi
* connectivity, and construction of school building works
* Rajiv Palle Bata:
* People get an opportunity to represent their problems directly to their leaders. The leadership, in turn, benefits from public feed-back about governmental polices
* Rachabanda:
* Intended to motivate and instill confidence in public by redressing their grievances on the spot and to take administration to the door steps of the people
* Prajapatham:
* An interaction programme between the public, their elected representatives and a team of public servants in their own territory
* Indiramma Bata:
* 14thJul2012
* Assess the status and outreach of developmental and welfare programmes being implemented in the State
* Economic Infrastructure:
* Irrigation:
* At present, 86 projects (44 Major + 30 Medium + 4 Flood Banks + 8 Modernisation) are being considered under Jalayagnam
* Some Lift Irrigation Projects:
* BR Ambedkar Pranahita Chevella Sujala Sravanti project - on Godavari
* Mahatma Jyothi Rao Pule Dummugudem Nagarjuna Sagar Tail Pond
* Chinthalapudi Lift Irrigation scheme WG, Krishna
* Babu Jagjeevan Ram Uttarandhra Sujala Sravanthi Project Srikakulam, Vijayanagaram, Vizag
* P.V. Narasimha Rao Kanthanapally Sujala Sravanthi Warangal, Khammam, Nalgonda
* World bank assisted project Hydrology project phase II
* building and expanding development of a comprehensive Hydrological Information System (HIS)
* proposed to intensify HIS and lead to effective and efficient water resources planning and management
* Power:
* APSEB(AP State Electricity Board) 1959; divided into APGENCO, APTRANSCO 1999
* DISCOM DIStribution COMpanies
* E-Vaaradhi - an electronic method of reaching electricity consumers was introduced in EPDCL for passing messages relating to billing information, power shut down information through SMS
* APSRTC
* Road Transport Sector was under the department of Hyderabad State from 1st Nov.1951
* APSRTC was formed as a separate corporation from 11january, 1958
* APSRTC is the largest State Road Transport undertaking in the country was acknowledged both by Limca book of records (2000), and the Guinness Book of World Records (31st October, 1999)
* corporation has 7 Zones, 23 Regions and 211 Depots with a total fleet strength of 22,604 buses and 1.23 Lakh employees
* Ports:
* Kakinada Anchorage Port - Anchorage Port is a sheltered Port in 17 Kms length of Hope Island.
* Rawa port is located in East Godavari District and has an off shore single buoy mooring system for collecting off shore oil tankers
* Gangavaram Port This Port is located in Visakhapatnam district. It is being developed with private participation as a Multipurpose all weather port to become the deepest port
* Krishnapatnam Port - is in Nellore District and is the first Greenfield port
* Vodarevu, Nizampatnam Port and Industrial Corridor- VANPIC Project - Vodarevu port in Prakasam district and Nizampatnam Port in Guntur district under Public Private Participation Mode
* Machilipatnam Port GoAP is developing the Machilipatnam port in Krishna District under PPP
* IT and Communications:
* ITAll India growth rate is 15.7%, AP recorded a growth rate of 16% in 2011-12
* The State of Andhra Pradesh contributes 12.4% to national IT exports and ranks 4th in IT performance in the country
* SEZ is a specifically delineated enclave treated as foreign territory for the purpose of industrial, service and trade operations, with relaxation in customs duties and more liberal regime regarding other levies, foreign investments and other transactions
* Organising the ICT Promotion event Advantage A.P. 2013 - to project the State as the most preferred IT destination
* 11th Plan Review:
* GSDP grew at 8.18% during 11th plan period (2007-12) National growth(8.03%)
* Agriculture sector 5.28%
* Industrial Sector 7.26%
* Service sector 9.81%
* Agriculture Sector:
* Record Food grain generation in 2008-09 period 205lac tons
* State accounts for more than 10% of the countrys livestock and ranks 1st in Egg and Meat production and 2nd in milk production
* Livestock sector 26% of agri-GSDP; 5.4% of overall GSDP; GR 7.1%
* State ranks second in the country in fish production
* 12.1% of the Agri-GSDP and 2.6% of the overall GSDP grew at over 10%
* Forestry & Logging sub-sector which on average contributes 5.57% of the Agri-GSDP and 1.2% of the overall GSDP has grown at 1.9%
* Industry Sector
* Electricity, Gas and Water Supply sub sector grew with an impressive growth rate of 10.07%
* Construction subsector with a growth rate of 8.24%
* Mining & Quarrying subsector, showing a volatile trend, grew at 3.12%
* manufacturing sub-sector which on average accounts for more than 48% of the Industrial GSDP and over 12% of the GSDP, grew at 7.63%
* Service Sector
* Service sector contributes 53% of GSDP
* Sub-sectors of Service sector Communications, Banking & Insurance, Real estate & Business services and Transport (other than Railways) & Storage
* 11th plan Economic services(64%), Social service(35%), General services(1%)
* Jalayagnam - aim to complete ongoing and other new projects to provide immediate irrigation to water-starving segments
* Rajiv Aarogya Sree Community Health Insurance Under PPP, to improve access of BPL families to quality medical treatment of diseases involving hospitalization and surgery
* Various Flagship programmes and their performance
* RKVY central(100%); increase investment in agriculture and allied sectors to achieve annual growth of 4%
* SHM launched on 3rd Nov 2005; holistic growth of Horticulture sector
* focus crops under SHM are: 1.Mango 2. Sweet Orange 3. Sapota 4. Pomegranate 5.Banana 6.Papaya and 7.Cashew 8. Flowers 9. Spices
* MGNREGS
* MGNREGA provide 100 days of wage employment to rural households whose adult members are willing to do unskilled manual labour
* Government has enhanced the number of work days per year 150 and the wage rate Rs. 137 per day
* Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme GoI initiated assistance to complete ongoing major and medium irrigation projects taken up with CWC and Planning Commission Clearances
* RGGVY twin objectives of electrification of villages and to provide access to electricity to BPL households in the country
* Central : state = 90:10
* NRDWP - intends to provide safe and adequate drinking water facilities to quality affected habitations, not covered habitations and partially covered habitations in rural areas
* TSC/NBA - accelerate further the sanitation coverage in the rural areas so as to comprehensively cover the rural community with renewed strategies
* Vision - Nirmal Bharat by 2022 with all gram Panchayats in the country attaining Nirmal status
* IAY - intends to provide Houses to BPL families (SC/ST/Minorities/others) living in rural areas
* JNNURM - improve efficiency in urban infrastructure/services delivery mechanism, community participation and accountability of Urban Local Bodies/ Parastatals towards citizens
* Obj - Urban Infrastructure and Governance (UIG), Basic Services for the Poor (BSUP), Urban Infrastructure and Development Scheme for Small and Medium Towns (UIDSSMT) and Integrated Housing and Slum Development Programme: (IHSDP)
* PMGSY All season access to remotest and unconnected habitations
* 100%central;
* Mid-day meal - improve the nutritional status of children
* NRHM reduction of IMR, MMR. Universal access to public health services
* NSAP (National Social Assistance Programme) Flagship programme of GoI which aims to provide human security to poor and destitute; 100%central;
* NSAP has three components - NOAPS, NFBS and Annapurna Scheme
* National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM):
* It replaced Swaranjayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana(SGSY);
* Central and state at 75:25 ratio
* It is aided in part through investment support by the World Bank
* Backward Regions Grant Fund(BRGF):
* Formerly known as Rastriya Sam Vikas Yojana(RSVY)
* low agricultural productivity, Unemployment, and to fill the critical gaps in physical and social infrastructure so as to redress regional imbalances in development
* Indira Jal Prabha:
* Nov 2011;
* to convert 10 lakh acres of uncultivated lands belonging to the poorest of poor SC/ST households to cultivable irrigated lands during 12th FYP
* Indiramma Amrutha Hastham:
* One nutritious meal a day to pregnant woman and lactating mothers is being provided at Anganwadis
* 12th Five Year Plan period(2012-17):
* Growth Rate in state is better than National average during 10th and 11th plans (particularly in agriculture and industry sectors)
* High GSDP + decline in growth of Population = 10% higher PCI than National avg.
* Estimated Growth Rate for 12th FY period
* 8.2%(national) agriculture(4%); Industry(8.2%); Service(9.1%)
* 10%(state) agriculture(6%), Industry(10.5%); Services(11.5%)
* Largest projected outlay of all states in 12th plan 3,42,842cr (9.2% of all states)
* Priorities and strategies of 12th plan
* Poverty reduction from 29.6% in 2004-05 to 21.1% in 2009-10
* Agriculture and allied
* Agriculture Technology Mission(ATM) - agriculture, horticulture, fisheries, food processing, storage and marketing
* Thrust areas SRI, seed replacement, oil palm development, cluster development, avoidance of handling losses
* Food grain prod. To reach a new peak of 300lac MT
* Micronutrient deficiency in Andhra Pradesh soils is identified as one of the major constraints to crop productivity
* Macro nutrients N, K, S, Ca, Pm Mg
* Micro nutrients Cl, Fe, Zn, Mn, B, Cu, Ni, Mo
* Construction of scientific storage space aimed to reduce post-harvest losses from 35% to less than 25%
* During 12th FYP, it is planned to create 78.9 lakh acres of Irrigation Potential
* Energy
* Andhra Pradesh Solar Power Policy, 2012 - state has planned for purchase of 1000 MW of solar power through DISCOMs
* Population annual growth rate stands at 1.11%
* Andhra Pradesh Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan and Tribal Sub-Plan(Planning Allocation and Utilisation of Financial Resources), 2013
* ensure accelerated development of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes with emphasis on achieving equality in the next ten years focusing on economic, educational and human development
* ensuring the security and social dignity and promoting equity among the SCs and STs
* Aadhar Governance Award by the UIDAI East Godavari
