The first one month of Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu’s governance, after the NDA alliance won the elections, marks several key decisions and important initiatives. He took charge on July 12th and soon after he signed on five crucial files honoring his election promises.
The files include Mega DSC to recruit 16,347 teacher posts, abolition of Land Titling Act, increase of pensions and revival of Anna Canteens. It has revived the spirit of Amaravati capital, which was pushed to cold storage by the previous regime and initiated several steps for restoration of construction activity here. First, the government took up cleaning the bushes. Preliminary discussions were held with the World Bank officials to renew the loan proposal to develop the capital city.
He also focused on another important task of completing Polavaram project. His first official visit after taking charge was to Polavaram and started preparations for speedy clearance of various hurdles involved in it. Global experts from USA and Canada visited the project and provided their suggestions for resolving hardships.
On the other hand, Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu is conducting reviews on all the key departments. He started releasing white papers on key issues so that people should be aware of the destruction caused by the YS Jaganmohan Reddy regime and also challenges being faced by his government. The first white paper was on Polavaram, followed by Amaravati and Power Crisis. The next white paper on state finances will be released soon. Free sand policy started into implementation.
During his first official visit to New Delhi, he met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, besides over 10 ministers and key officials like NITI Aayog Vice Chairman. He held discussions with them mentioning the support required by his government to recover from the mess created by the previous regime.
He is said to be presented with a requirement of over Rs 1 lakh crore worth financial support from the center in phases. Discussions were held with various industrialists as well as large central government bodies such as Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL).
The issue of setting up a petrol refinery unit with an investment of 60,000 crores was discussed at length. Discussions were also held with automobile company Winfast. Some more companies have started making efforts to invest in the state.
While focusing on the problems of the state on the one hand, Chandrababu focused on the problems of bifurcation on the other hand. As part of this, he held a meeting with Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy. Both of them agreed to form two key committees, one with chief secretaries and another with ministers to resolve bifurcation issues.
