Andhra Pradesh: Property cards in 100 villages by August 15

The is gearing up to issue property cards in 100 villages by August 15 and 1,000 villages by October 2.

The cards will be

issued to land and property owners after resurvey in the area. The cabinet sub-committee headed byPRminister Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy reviewed the progress of the survey programme.

Farmers and land owners have been struggling with improper land records and title cards as no land survey was conducted in the state for over a century.

Andhra CM Jagan lays foundation for Amul Chittoor dairy

Andhra Pradeshchief ministerYS Jagan Mohan Reddy laid the foundation stone for theAmul Chittoor dairyin Andhra Pradesh.
Anand Milk Union Limited (Amul) will bring in an of Rs 385 crore to establish the country’s largest ice-cream manufacturing unit and

other Dairy products manufacturing Plants in a phased manner.
Reddy promised to the people of Chittoor that the Chittoor dairy popularly known as Vijaya Dairy which was shut down 20 years ago would be revived once the YSRCP returns to power.

Keeping up the promise extended to the people of Chittoor, Jagan Reddy-led government inked a pact with Amul to revitalize and strengthen cooperative dairies and to benefit the Women dairy farmers in the state through a series of measures.

The State Government also launched the Jagananna Paala Velluva scheme through which the women

dairy farmers are earning Rs 20 more per litre of milk procured.

The new dairy units will provide direct EMPLOYMENT to 5,000 individuals and more than 2 lakh people would be benefited through indirect employment.

Andhra Pradesh to tap oil palm potential as demand up

With the demand for edible oil inAndhra Pradeshand neighbouring states increasing, the area under oil palm cultivation in the state will increase to over 3.17 lakh hectares in the coming four to five years with a target of over 25,000 hectares every year.

The has drafted an action plan to increase the oil palm cultivation by replacing paddy, tobacco, subadul,

casuarina, and eucalyptus to benefit the farmers. Speaking to TOI, additional director of Horticulture, KBalaji Nayak, said AP stands in first position in oil palm cultivation with 1.81 lakh hectares, and 1.32 lakh farmers in eight districts spread over 229 mandals.

The consumption of palm oil has increased by 10 to 15 per cent in the state in the past few years due to various reasons including the edible oil crisis due to Russia-Ukraine conflict. The consumption may further increase in the coming days. Not only the middle class but the upper middle-class families are also consuming the palm

oil in the state.

The Union Government introduced National Mission on Edible Oils-Oil Palm(NMEO-OP) scheme to encourage oil palm on large scale which they wanted to fully tap for the benefit of farmers. Under oil palm mission, an area of 1.36 lakh hectares is proposed to be covered in the state.

Despite Andhra Pradeshs concerns, power generation on at Pulichintala project

Not with standing Andhra Pradeshs appeal, continued power generation at Pulichintala project for the fourth consecutive day on Friday.

Telangana State Genco is producing about 120mw of power from four Plants attached to the Irrigation project. AP officials had met TS Genco officials on Thursday and appealed them to stop power generation to prevent wastage of water.

Pulichintala project was chiefly built to regulate the Krishna delta ayucut spread over 14 lakh acres in Krishna, Guntur and West Godavari districts. The project has only around 23 tmc water against its full capacity of storage 45 tmc. According to

AP officials, the Telangana government is utilizing nearly 6,500 cusecs for power generation which would dip existing water reserves. The outflows from the power generation centre has resulted in heavy inflows at Prakasam barrage prompting the AP irrigation authorities to lift the gates of Prakasam barrage and let out water to downstream.

AP starts GEF project for agri biodiversity

Andhra Pradeshhas been selected for the global Environment facility (GEF) project as part of a memorandum of understanding entered by the Union ministry of forest, environment and https://exam.pscnotes.com/Climate-change”>Climate

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The GEF project entitled transforming agricultural systems and strengthening local economies in high Biodiversity areas of India through sustainable landscape management and public-private finance has so far begun in five districts of the state. This will be consequently extended to 16 districts.

Rainforest Alliance will be the lead executing agency for the project, in PARTNERSHIP with the State Government, Rythu Sadhikara Samstha (RySS), and local civil Society organisations.United NationsEnvironment Programme and International Union for Conservation of Nature are the implementing agencies.

Self-reliance, boosting capacities central to Andhra Pradeshs new oxygen policy

As part of efforts to make the state self-reliant in Oxygen manufacturing, chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday unveiled the AP Industrial Gases and

Medical Oxygen Manufacturing Policy 2021-22.

The policy has been designed to ramp up oxygen manufacturing capacity in the state from the existing 360 metric tonnes (MT) to 700 MT. It targets to set up at least 50 Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) oxygen Plants in both captive model (in hospitals) and the non-captive model.

The chief minister has decided to strengthen in view of the exponential surge in demand for medical oxygen, which has touched 600-700 MT during the second wave. The state is presently producing just around 364 MT and the rest is being met through supplies from Odisha, West Bengal and Karnataka.

AP emerges frontrunner in energy efficiency index

AP has made it to the frontrunners category alongside Karnataka, Kerala,RajasthanandTelanganain the state Energy Efficiency index-2022 released by the Union Government on April 10.

AP scored 77.5 points in SEEI-2022, a 53 per cent improvement compared to its SEEI 2020 score of 50.5. This was the maximum improvement recorded by any state in the country in SEEI-2022.

Bureau of Energy Efficiency director general Abhay Bakre said that collaboration between central and state governments, judicious resource allocation, policy alignment, and regular tracking of states energy efficiency progress through SEEI is essential to contribute effectively to the nation’s Climate commitments and ensure with energy transition.

The innovative IoT based power monitoring device project, a unique model introduced by APSECM and implemented in 65 MSME units, has been recognised across the country. AP has been successful in implementing energy efficiency measures

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in large industries through ‘perform, achieve, and trade’ scheme and saved around 1.2 Mtoe, said Chandrasekhar Reddy.

The state has constituted a state level steering committee headed by chief secretary involving all the key departments for effective monitoring and implementation of energy efficiency programmes at all levels. The model is being followed by 18 other states in the country.

Andhra Pradesh plans ambulance network for animals

As many as 175mobile ambulatory clinics(MVACs) will come up in every assembly segment in the state, say officials of theanimal husbandry department. The clinics, similar to 108ambulanceservices, will have a para-veterinarian and driver-cum-attendant led by an assistant veterinary surgeon. A tollfree number will be made available to contact these clinics.

The ambulatory vehicle will be designed to handle all kinds of animals including buffaloes, bulls, cows, sheep or hens. Thegovernmentwill hire a private agency to operate and maintain all these units, for which the government would allocate Rs6 crore to Rs 7 crore as operational cost per month at a rate of Rs

33.5 lakh per unit.

These mobile ambulatories will be a boon for both animals and their owners. This will be the first government-run ambulance Network (for animals) in the country

Patent filings in Andhra Pradesh record 50% growth

As per the Intellectual property India annual report (2019-20) released a few days ago,Andhra Pradeshfiled 484 patents in 2019-20 compared to 321 in 2018-19. The state has maintained its 11th position in the country.

Punjab recorded 117% Growth during this time by filing 1,435 patents. The top three states in terms of patent applications in 2019-20 were Maharashtra (4,741), Nadu (3,546) andKarnataka(2,230).

Other states and Union territories that showed a noteworthy jump were Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and north-eastern states.

Of the 56,267 applications,

Indians filed 20,843 patents, while the foreign applications contributed to the lions share of this figure at 35,424. Domestic filing was about 37% of the total applications filed as compared to 33.6% during the last year.

Male-female ratio improves in Andhra Pradesh

The state is showing a healthy trend in girl Population as the is closely monitoring the deliveries, particularly in rural areas. The state has ensured that 100 per cent deliveries are handled at thePHCin tribal area,

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improving the girl population rate.

AP has already crossed the national Average and also the state average in girl population ratio recorded during the last year. According to the latest information, the state reported the birth of 937 girl babies against each 1,000 babies in the last eight months. The state government has been gathering the data on a daily basis and compiling the information on a monthly basis. The senior officials are closely looking into the issue and alerting the district Health and family welfare administrations wherever intervention is required.

In fact, AP’s sex ratio during theNational Family Health Survey(NFHS-V) based on the information between 2019-2021 is 925: 1,000 (female-male). This is little lower than the national average of 929 against 1,000. Taking the issue seriously, chief minister YSJagan MohanReddy directed the medical and health and Women and child welfare departments to jointly work to improve the girl child ratio in the state. The state’s sex ratio during 2019-21 has tremendously improved over the past few years due to the focus set by the state government. The female population in AP during NFHS-IV conducted in 2015-16 was just 914 against 1,000 males at the time of birth, it jumped to 934 in theNFHS-Vsurvey conducted in 2019-21. Although the sex ratio is well above the national average at the time of birth, the ratio drops by the age of six years due to the high rate of infant mortality in the state. The state goverment thus adopted multi-pronged strategies to save the girl child.