A prudent balance of welfare, development

PNS|Vijayawada

Distribution of permanent title deeds and spicing up of industrial promotion besides calendar DBT programmes — the month has seen a prudent balance of welfare and development by Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, who has completed three-and-a-half years in office.

The month began with the State Formation Day celebrations and honouring 30 eminent personalities and institutions in their chosen fields and ended with the Chief Minister distributing Jagananna Vidya Devena reaffirming the government’s commitment to uplift the education sector.

Brushing aside the century old mapping of land, the State has initiated total land resurvey and to clear title deeds to dust away the litigations which form about 90 percent of civil disputes and would complete the process in five phases by December 2023.

The project was launched by the Chief Minister at Narasannapeta in Srikakulam district and 2,000 villages were covered in the first phase of YSR Jagananna Saswatha Bhu Hakku and Bhu Raksha Scheme where title deeds were given.

Apart from launching the distribution of title deeds to beneficiaries, the Chief Minister inaugurated several projects and dedicated them to the service of the people and laid foundation stones for some developmental works. The Chief Minister laid foundation stone for the Rs 270 crore biofuel unit, Asago Ethanol Production Plant, at Gummalla Doddi village in Jaggampeta constituency of East Godavari district.

He inaugurated the Rs 200 crore ultra-modern and internationally benchmarked Global Spices Processing Unit established by the ITC at Vankayalapadu Village in Palnadu district. The plant would employ 1,500 persons and provide processing facilities of cleaning, grading, grinding, steam sterilisation, destemming and packing of 15 varieties of spices including chillies benefitting over 14,000 farmers.

The Chief Minister shared dais with Prime Minister Narendra Modi who launched various developmental works worth Rs.10,700 crore in Visakhapatnam. He told the Prime Minister about the deep wounds inflicted on the State during bifurcation and sought soothing measures. During the month the Chief Minister participated in World Fisheries Day Celebrations at Narsapuram and in a slew of developmental activities worth Rs 3,300 crores.