ANDHRA PRADESH

After a survey across the state, theeducation departmentidentifiedzilla parishad high schoolsthat can accommodate junior colleges with immediate effect.

With the chief minister keen on launching junior colleges without any delay, the Education department has decided to bring them into operation from the coming academic year.

The decision of the education department to focus only on rural areas by ignoring the urban poor has come under criticism. None of the got an opportunity to open new junior colleges despite the presence of many slums with large populations. The children from economically weaker sections from urban slums have been the worst victims of private educational institutions due to the high free structures.

With educational institutions in urban areas managed by the municipal administration department, the education department has readied the blueprint of new junior colleges by confining itself to rural areas.

Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy would launch the month-long Jagananna Suraksha programme across 15,004 village / ward secretariats. He would do this online from the CMs Camp Office in Tadepalli.

The chief minister is keen that no eligible beneficiary is left behind in availing the benefits of his governments welfare schemes. In this context, he started the flagship programme Jagananna Suraksha to redress the grievances in this connection. He would be taking Jaganannaku Chebudam to the next level by covering each house in every village.

Officials said the Jagananna Suraksha teams consisting of volunteers, staff of V/W secretariats, public representatives and enthusiasts admiring Jagan Reddy and his government would start house visits from June 24.

Andhra Pradesh has started a Supporting Andhras Learning Transformation (SALT) programme to transform foundational studying in authorities schools for which the has permitted a mortgage of 250 million dollars. The essential goals of the programme are strengthening basic schools and offering training and ability development to teachers. Andhra Pradeshs public college Education gadget has more than 40 lakh children and almost two lakh teachers.

The five-year programme is result-oriented, with the WB releasing cash after key desires are achieved. The authorities have transformed all Anganwadis into pre-primary schools and connected them to the nearest schools.

The governments report on SALT archives various challenges to enhancing the mastering outcomes.

These include inadequate amenities in faculties and a need for an increased focal point on foundational learning, the need for upgrading TEACHING skills of teachers, improving teacher-student interactions in classes, and ability development of state-level institutions such as the Andhra Pradesh State Council of Education Research and Training (SCERT), State Institute of Education Management and Training (SIEMAT) and District Institutes of Education and Training (DIETs).

The government is also putting up new administrative structures that will screen schools’ working, like the AP School Education Regulatory and Monitoring Commission.

Skill development courses along with Education would help youths get jobs faster, as AP is experiencing a dearth of educated youths with skills in various fields.

Principal Secretary to the state Skills Development Corporation S. Suresh Kumar stated this while addressing the Udyoga Vijayotsava (job achievers) programme at the government polytechnic. At the event, appointment orders were issued to 277 students selected by various companies.

The main objective of the Jagananna Vidya Deevena Scheme is to supply scholarships to all the college students who are no longer capable to pay their expenses due to the fact of their economic burden.

The scheme by and large focuses on students seeking greater Education. It aims to furnish price repayment to greater than 14 lakh students of the state.

The scheme will immediately the quantity into the bills of students mothers. Earlier, the Money used to be transferred to the proprietors of the colleges.

The nine-hour free electricity supply to farmers and concessions that will be extended to various classes of consumers, including aquafarmers and domestic consumers, will cost about Rs 10,135 crore to the in the 2023-24 financial year.
The state government has agreed to bridge the total revenue gap determined by theAndhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commissionfor the 2023-24 FY with no tariff hike to any category/class of consumers except for the energy intensive industries.

This is benefitting lakhs of families in the state. As electricity is the fuel for the economic Growth engine and key for the welfare of people, the state government is giving utmost priority to strengthen the sector. Every domestic, commercial, and industrial consumer shall get 24×7 quality power supply

Thebudgetsession of the state assembly is scheduled to start from March 14. According to available information, the government has decided to hold the session for 13 working days.

Finance ministerBuggana Rajendranathis likely to table the 2023-24 budget either on March 15 or 16. This time, the budget is likely to go near the 3 lakh crore mark. The government had presented a 2.56 lakh crore budget for 2021-22, and this time the budget is likely to go up to 2.75 lakh crore or 3 lakh crore, keeping in view the 2024 general .

The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) has appointed Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & (FICCI), an expert agency, for identifying the potential for energy Savings inAndhra Pradesh.

The agency will develop monitoring and support mechanisms for the perform, achieve and trade (PAT) scheme activities to meet energy saving targets of the state.

Andhra Pradesh has been given a target of 6.68 million tonnes of oil equivalent (mtoe) of energy savings by 2030. This is in line with the roadmap of the Union Government for reducing the total projected carbon emissions by one billion tonnes from now to 2030 and to achieve net zero emissions by 2070.

The FICCI shall support Andhra Pradesh State Electricity Conservation Mission in identifying potential designated consumers (energy intensive industries under PAT scheme) in existing sectors as well as new sectors across the state. They shall compile the best practices and new technologies being followed by other states or nations to explore the possibility of replicating the same in AP industrial units.

BEE has been supporting Andhra Pradesh in implementation of programmes under the ambit of the Energy Conservation Act, 2001. One such scheme, which proved to be a game changer in the Indian energy efficiency scenario, is PAT scheme. The scheme focuses primarily on enhancing the energy efficiency of large energy intensive sectors through accelerated adoption of efficient and low-carbon technologies without any financial burden on the state.

Andhra Pradesh has saved around 0.295 mtoe equivalent to 3,430 million units worth of around 2,356 crore in cycle-2 of the PAT Scheme. The state has achieved savings of around 0.20 mtoe equivalent to 2,386 million units of energy worth around 1,600 crore.