Vijayawada:Andhra Pradesh has registered a 13.44 per cent development fee within the first quarter of the current fiscal yr, the best within the nation, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu acknowledged on Thursday, setting a goal of 15–20 per cent development and calling upon district collectors to shift their focus from evaluations to outcomes.
Addressing the eighth Collectors’ Convention on the Secretariat, Naidu mentioned collectors should be proactive, develop management qualities and undertake a hybrid mannequin of new-age governance to win individuals’s confidence. “Now it’s time for outcomes, not evaluations,” he mentioned, stressing that the whole administration ought to work with a “one state, one imaginative and prescient, one mission” mindset in the direction of Swarnandhra.
He mentioned the federal government would develop a method to coach collectors in management abilities and urged them to resolve individuals’s issues on the spot by breaking the mould of outdated techniques. Subject visits ought to obtain precedence in order that officers perceive floor realities.
Referring to poor rainfall and the ensuing water disaster, Naidu directed collectors to organize plans for water safety for farmers and the general public. He known as for zero tolerance to issues in ingesting water provide.
The chief minister mentioned Motion Taken Studies on selections taken at earlier collectors’ conferences would henceforth be obligatory. Officers, he mentioned, must also take the lead in countering pretend campaigns and reply promptly every time misinformation is unfold. Deep-tech governance may ship unprecedented outcomes.
Expertise-enabled techniques equivalent to Knowledge Lake and AWARE ought to velocity up decision-making and enhance service supply, he confused.
Naidu mentioned the federal government had accomplished the Handri-Neeva, Veligonda Part-I, Polavaram Left Canal and Bhogapuram worldwide airport initiatives. The Polavaram challenge, he mentioned, could be devoted to the nation by March 2027.
Referring to an article describing his transition from “CEO to Waterman”, he mentioned geographical imbalances had left some areas dealing with water stress. Interlinking the Godavari, Cauvery, Mahanadi and Ganga and making a nationwide water grid may make India’s improvement unstoppable, he mentioned.
Naidu requested collectors to establish district development engines and new sources of wealth and revenue.
Each district, he mentioned, ought to establish its prime 25 initiatives, whereas every constituency should choose 10–15 precedence initiatives. He cited Konaseema, recognized for coconut and paddy, for instance of a area that wanted new revenue avenues, whereas Eluru had emerged as a top-performing district by way of palm oil plantations.
Ministers, officers and collectors ought to compete in delivering providers and successful public confidence, he mentioned.
On income reforms, Naidu mentioned land-related disputes relationship again greater than 120 years had been being resolved. In Amalapuram, a choice was taken on ground-rent lands relationship to 1908 and pattas had been issued to 1,416 beneficiaries. Andhra Pradesh, he mentioned, would develop into a land-dispute-free state by 2027.
On the DSC-2025 controversy, the CM asserted that there have been no irregularities and mentioned sports-quota appointments had been made strictly based on guidelines. He praised two girls officers for his or her efficient countering of “misinformation” unfold by the opposition.
