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TopicAndhra Pradesh CM

Topic: Andhra Pradesh CM

Andhra’s salary & pension bills wringing coffers dry, state spends 95% of revenue on employees

In 'white paper', CM says state’s own revenues almost entirely consumed by salaries, while central funds service debt & interests. ‘State has to borrow even to fund basic welfare schemes.’

VHP wants Andhra CM Naidu’s cash incentives for having 3rd & 4th child to be just for Hindu couples

Incentive of Rs 30,000 for a third child, Rs 40,000 for fourth could alter the state’s demography even more than Indira Gandhi’s Emergency, says RSS affiliate.

Rs 25k for having 2nd child to IVF subsidies, Naidu’s policy pitch to tackle AP’s dipping fertility rate

CM N. Chandrababu Naidu tables draft policy that flags falling fertility, ageing population and delimitation concerns.

Singapore back in business with Naidu govt but consortium firms to stay out of Amaravati capital project

The island nation will advise Andhra on urban planning, capacity building, economic strategy. Driven out by Jagan in 2019, Singapore consortium to not be involved in capital development now.

Naidu says Nehru was a ‘feudal’ who held India back, credits Modi for India’s rise to 4th largest economy

At collector’s conference in Amaravati, CM Naidu called Nehru 'feudal'. He, however, compared India’s growth story with that of Singapore, crediting Modi’s leadership.

With praise for ‘Bhai Lokesh’, how Modi is cultivating ties with TDP scion in bid to strengthen NDA

PM’s praise of Lokesh comes amidst growing chorus within TDP to further promote the party general secretary in government & organisation. Pawan Kalyan's JSP resists demand to make Lokesh deputy CM.

In 2nd year of rule, Naidu sets welfare agenda with Super Six rollout vow amid fund strain, YSRCP barbs

CM announces timeline for implementing poll promises. YSRCP calls Naidu's tenure so far ‘a year of authoritarian, deceptive governance’.

Jagan’s ‘welfare volunteers’ in lurch as Naidu quiet about their future, poll promise to double honorarium

Weeks ahead of the Andhra Pradesh polls on 13 May, the volunteers had come under the Election Commission’s scrutiny following complaints that they doubled as agents of YSRCP.

Not pressuring for any post, priority is state finances, rebuilding Amaravati — Naidu after Delhi trip

The Andhra Pradesh CM met Modi and his ministers in a 2-day visit to Delhi and stressed his priorities, among which is the development of Amaravati as state capital.

Naidu’s whitepaper says image of Amaravati, AP suffered under Jagan — ‘Rs 2 lakh cr gain to GSDP lost’

The Andhra Pradesh CM says he'll re-engage firms to rebuild capital Amaravati, but admits it'll be difficult to convince them, adds there's an 'urgent need to restore investor confidence'.

On Camera

Srinagar’s cinemas may have gone dark. Kashmir’s love for films never did

It seemed like J&K's battered past had taken a backseat, even if it was for the four days of the international film festival.

Global funds sour on India stocks as some cut allocation to zero

Weak corporate earnings and the lack of an AI investment theme are prompting global investors to cut India exposure.

‘Society as battlefield’: NATO cites Indian military paper on cognitive warfare. What it says

In a seminal work, former military officers Lt. Gen. D.S. Hooda & Lt. Col. Pavithran Rajan put forth a framework to approach cognitive warfare, called Socio-Technical-Cognitive Battlespace.

The real BRICS story is what China, Russia want & India wishes

India, China and Russia share more contradictions than congruence. Each has a different worldview, as also a different adversary. The rude fact is that BRICS is the most irrelevant of all such groupings.