Andhra decides to give land rights to 66,111 people; construct 47,000 houses for poor

Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Cabinet has decided to confer full rights to all the original assigned land owners in the state.

In case of the death of original beneficiaries, their legal heirs would get the full rights. This will benefit 66,111 persons who are in control of 63,191. 84 acres of assigned land.

The only criterion is that the owners should have the land in their possession for twenty years.

Andhra Pradesh Cabinet met here on Wednesday. Presided over by Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, the Cabinet took key decisions.

The Cabinet also ratified the investment proposals approved by the State Investment Promotion Board.

Bhoomi Puja for houses

The Cabinet approved the welfare calendar for July and decided to hold Bhoomi Puja on July 24 for the construction of 47,000 houses for the poor on 1366 acres of R-5 zone in the CRDA region with an expenditure of Rs.5000 crore.

As per the welfare calendar, the government will release funds for Jagananna Thodu on July 18, Nethanna Nestam on July 22 and Sunna Vaddi on July 26, and Videshi Vidya Deevena on July 28.

Land Purchase Scheme

Besides permitting the construction of burial grounds for SCs in 1966 revenue villages, the Cabinet also decided to remove Inam lands from the prohibited list of Section 22-A. It will benefit 1,13,000 people and also waive loans given to the Dalits to purchase 16,213 acres of land under the Land Purchase Scheme before the bifurcation of the State.

Fill vacancies in medical colleges

The Cabinet has also decided to fill vacancies in the new and old medical colleges and hospitals. 706 posts in the new medical colleges and teaching hospitals, 247 posts in Kurnool Cancer Hospital, 94 CTBC posts in the 11 existing medical colleges will be filled up. It also gave a nod to filling up 128 teaching and 68 non-teaching vacancies in polytechnic colleges and two senior posts in AP Maritime Board.

Archakas can continue without retirement

The Cabinet approved all temple Arachakas to continue in the profession as long as they can work without retirement.

Training students for TOEFL

The Cabinet has also decided to fill 11 vacancies in the newly created Tadepalligudem revenue division and 13 Deputy Collector posts elsewhere in the state. The Cabinet ratified the MoU signed with the US educational agency ETS for training students in 3 to 10 classes for TOEFL certification. It also approved extending the scheme to Intermediate students.

R&R package of Gandikota Reservoir Project

Besides permitting the AP Maritime Board to raise necessary loans to build the ports, the Cabinet has sanctioned Rs.454 Crore towards Rehabilitation and Resettlement (R&R) package to 10,231 Project Affected Families (PAFs) and Project Displaced Families in 22 villages under phase 2 and 3 of Gandikota Reservoir Project.

Skill Development institutes

The Cabinet approved a proposal to establish skill development institutes in all 175 constituencies of 26 districts under the supervision of the proposed Skill Development University. The youth will be trained in all the latest skills so that they would be able to get jobs in the changing modern society.

Further, the Cabinet has approved a proposal to fill 27 non-teaching posts in JNTU, Kakinada, and fill the existing nine vacancies in SCERT besides sanctioning 30 posts to the State Human Rights Commission.

Indigo flight services, which is running flights between Chennai, Visakhapatnam, Bangalore, Vijayawada, and Kadapa has been given a viability gap funding facility extension for a year.