AP Socio Eco. 2015 16 Final

SOCIO ECONOMIC SURVEY 2015-16
GENERAL REVIEW

GENERAL REVIEW

GENERAL REVIEW
SOCIO ECONOMIC
SURVEY 2015-16

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At the national level, the Ministry of Finance, Government of India

presents the Economic Survey in both houses of the Parliament every
year, just before the Union Budget. It is the ministrys view on the annual
economic development of the country. A flagship annual document of
the Ministry of Finance, Government of India, Economic Survey,
reviews the developments in the Indian economy over the previous
12 months, summarizes the performance on major development
programs, and highlights the policy initiatives of the government and
the prospects of the economy in the short to medium term. It contains
certain prescriptions that may find a place in the Union Budget which
is presented a day or two later.
The Government of Andhra Pradesh publishes Socio-Economic
Survey report every year and places it in both Houses of the State
Legislature along with the budget documents. The report is a unique
volume that captures the socio-economic changes taken place since the
beginning of the financial year. The report essentially attempts to
present the growth performance of the state economy by capturing the
progress under key macro-economic aggregates and physical outcomes
as a result of implementation of various programmes/ schemes during
the year 2015-16.
The Socio Economic Survey 2015-16 is an outcome of the collective
effort of all the stakeholders including the government departments,
consultations made with experts from research bodies and interested
readers who have offered their valuable advice.

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Contents
Sl. No.
Chapter
1.
General Review
02
2.
Macro Economic Aggregates
14
3.
Public Finance
24
4.
Prices, Wages and Public Distribution
28
5.
Agriculture and Allied Activities
36
6. Industries
Pages
90
7.
Economic Infrastructure
106
8.
Social Infrastructure
142
9.
Poverty, Employment and Unemployment
218
10.
Strategies for Achieving Vision
224
Annexures
239
CHAPTER
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GENERAL
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State Reconstruction:
Even after 21 months of State bifurcation, the problems
persist and finding solutions amicably continues to be a
challenge for the government. Despite severe bottlenecks in
the wake of state bifurcation, the government has recorded
appreciable progress in terms of the objective of achieving
inclusive growth with note worthy performance in both
development and welfare sectors.
The assurances of the Union Government to the State of
Andhra Pradesh in the A.P. Reorganisation Act, 2014 and
in the speech of the then Prime Minister in Rajya Sabha
to support the State on several fronts still remain mostly
unfulfilled. During these few months, the support from the
Commission was not very encouraging either. No special
preference was given to the State despite requests for
handholding support, excepting the usual allocations made
to other States, as per their eligibility. Union Budget 201617 also did not make any special and noteworthy allocations
to the State.
The State Government, running financial deficits and
planning to build a world class infrastructure in the proposed
capital city of Amaravati, is waiting for a big support from
the Centre. All measures humanly possible have been taken,
not only to overcome the difficulties but to convert the crisis
into opportunity and also lay solid foundation for Sunrise
Andhra Pradesh. The state reconstruction is planned in a
way such that it promotes inclusive growth.
The Government continues its focus on social infrastructure
towards not only meeting basic minimum requirements of
the people especially for ensuring higher levels of social
justice in society in accordance with the Millennium
Development Goals but also the upcoming Sustained
Development Goals and the associated global indices. The
government is confident that once the process of social
development is institutionalized, it provides sustenance for
overall economic development.
The MDGs, adopted in 2000, aimed at an array of issues
that included slashing poverty, hunger, disease, gender
inequality, and promoting access to water and sanitation.
The world over enormous progress has been made on
the MDGs, demonstrating the value of a unifying global
agenda underpinned by goals and targets. However, despite
the significant success, poverty and inequality has not yet
ended for all while the MDG implementation period has
ended in December 2015. The Government of India has
announced an SDG frame work containing 14 Goals and

88 Indicators on 11th December 2015.
Geographic, Demographic and SocioEconomic prole of Andhra Pradesh

With the geographical area of 1,62,760 sq km Andhra
Pradesh ranks as the 8th largest State in the country.
Situated in a tropical region, the state has the 2nd longest
coastline in the country with a length of 974 km. The State
has a forest area of 34,572 Sq.Kms as per the forest records,
which accounts for 21.58% the total geographical area.
Andhra Pradesh is the tenth largest state in the Country,
in terms of population. As per 2011 Census, the State
accounts for 4.10% of the total population of the country.
The decadal growth of population rose from 18.88
percent during 1961-71 to 21.13 percent during 1981-91.
Subsequently a significant decline was observed in the
rate of growth of population and decline is even more
prominent at 9.21 percent during 2001-11, lower than the
All-Indias growth rate of 17.72 percent.
The density of population for Andhra Pradesh is 304
persons per square kilometer, as against 368 persons per
square kilometer at all India level in 2011. The sex ratio
in the state was up from 983 in 2001 to 997 in 2011 and is
higher than all India figure of 943 in 2011.
The literacy rate of the State is 67.35 percent in 2011 as
against 62.07 percent in 2001. The literacy rate of the State
is lower than the all India literacy rate at 72.98% percent.
Literacy in Andhra Pradesh increased over 37 percentage
points from 29.94 percent in 1981 to 67.35 percent in 2011.
Female literacy rate has gone up from 52.72 percent in
2001 to 59.96 percent in 2011.
Urbanisation has been regarded as an important component
for growth realization. The percentage of urban population
to the total population in the State is 29.47 percent in 2011
as compared to 24.13 percent in 2001.
Sand, silt, and clay are the basic types of soils and most
of soils are made up of a combination of these three. The
texture of the soil, how it looks and feels, depends upon
the amount of each one in that particular soil. There are
various types of soils and the formation of soil is primarily
inuenced by major factors such as climate, altitude
and composition of bedrock etc. Disproportion in the
distribution of rainfall in the country and excessive heat
contribute special characters to the soils.

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The land utilization classification reveals that 38.31% of

the state geographical areas is under net area sown (62.35
lakh hectares), 22.51 % under forest (36.63 lakh hectares),
8.61 % under current fallow lands (14.01 lakh hectares),
12.30% under land put non-agricultural uses (20.02 lakh
hectares), 8.30 % under barren and uncultivable land
(13.51 lakh hectares) and remaining 9.97% is under other
fallow land, cultivable waste lands like permanent pastures
and other grazing lands and land under miscellaneous tree
crops and groves are not included in the net area sown.
2015) and was Rs 5341 Crores in FY 2015-16. The main

contribution towards the States Own Non Tax Revenue
included the Mines and Mineral, Forests, Education and
Other revenue sources. Resource flow from the Centre was
Rs 28569 Crores in the FY 2014-15 (2nd June 2014 Mar
2015) and was Rs 40104 Crores in FY 2015-16. Finance
Commission allocation constituted a major portion of this
Central Transfers, which was Rs 15517 Crores in the FY
2014-15 (2nd June 2014 Mar 2015) and Rs 30116 Crores
in FY 2015-16.
Salient features of the Survey: MacroEconomic Aggregates - Current

Scenario
The Total Expenditure by the State was Rs 86906 Crores

in the FY 2014-15 (2nd June 2014 Mar 2015) and was Rs
106425 Crores in FY 2015-16. The revenue expenditure
was Rs 75246 `Crores in the FY 2014-15 (2nd June 2014
Mar 2015) and was Rs 93521 Crores in FY 2015-16. It is
important to mention that in its strive to built a developed
Andhra Pradesh, the state spent Rs 12559 Crores on its
Capital Outlay in FY 2015-16, which stood at Rs 6520
Crores in FY 2014-15.
The GSDP at Current Prices for the year 2015-16

(Advance Estimates) is compiled by adding Product taxes
and deducting Product subsidies to the GVA at current
basic prices and estimated at Rs.6,03,376 crore as against
Rs.5,32,922 crore for 2014-15.
The Central Statistical Office(CSO) has shifted the base year
from 2004-05 to 2011-12 and also revised the methodology.
As per the Advance Estimates, the GSDP at constant (201112) Prices for the year 2015-16 is estimated at Rs. 493641
crores as against Rs.44,4752 crores for 2014-15 (First
Revised Estimates) indicating a growth of 10.99 per cent.
The corresponding growth rate of GDP of India is 7.6 per
cent. The GVA at Constant (2011-12) Basic Prices for the
year 2015-16 is estimated at Rs. 4,55,484 crore as against
Rs. 4,12,188 crore of 2014-15(FRE), registered a growth rate
of 10.50 percent. The corresponding growth rate for India
stands at 7.3 per cent. The sectoral growth rates of GVA of
Andhra Pradesh at constant (2011-12) prices are Agriculture
: 8.4%, Industry: 11.13% and Services sector: 11.39%. The
Per Capita Income (NSDP) of Andhra Pradesh at current
prices increased to Rs.1,07,532 from Rs.95,689 in 2014-15
registering a growth of 12.38 percent.
Public Finance:
The revenue for the state in FY 2015-16 stood at Rs 44423
Crores from Own Tax sources, Rs 5341 Crores from Own
Non Tax sources and Rs 40104 Crores of Central Transfer.
The total Own Tax Revenue was Rs 29857 Crores in
FY 2014-15 (2nd June 2014 Mar 2015) and Rs 44423
Crores in FY 2015-16. States Own Non Tax Revenue was
Rs 3955 Crores in the FY 2014-15 (2nd June 2014 Mar
Prices
Consumer Price Indices for Industrial Workers increased
by 4.45% and 5.56% in the State and All India level
respectively during the period from April, 2015 to Nov,2015
over the corresponding period of previous year. Wholesale
Price Index (WPI) serves as an important determinant in
formulation of trade, fiscal and other economic policies
by the government. WPI (Base Year 2004-05) for All
Commodities increased from 176.4 in Apr 2015 to 177.6
in Nov 2015.
Public Distribution
28,953 Fair Price (FP) shops are functioning in the State
as on 30.11.2015. 4,598 are in urban areas and 24,355 are
in rural areas. On an average, each shop has 450 cards/
families. There is one shop for every 1,725 persons in
Andhra Pradesh vis- -vis the Government of Indias norm
of one shop for every 2,000 persons.
At present, 119.79 lakh priority households are being
supplied 5 kgs. of rice per person per month at Re.1/- per
Kg. The requirement of rice is 1.82 lakh MTs per month. At
present, 9.47 lakh AAY families are being supplied rice @
35 Kgs. per family per month at Re.1/- per Kg. A quantity
of 33,158 MTs. of rice is being supplied under AAY scheme
Under this e-PoS system, the ration cardholder can draw
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essential commodities from any ePoS enabled F.P. shop

irrespective of having his / her ration card number in
Dynamic Key Register of a particular ePoS enabled
F.P. shop. This innovative PDS in the state received wide
accolades.
Seasonal conditions:
Rainfall received during the South West Monsoon period
for 2015-16 was 523 mm as against the normal rainfall of
556 mm, recording a deficit by 5.9 %. The rainfall received
during the North East monsoon period for 2015-16 was 287
mm as against the normal rainfall of 296 mm, recording a
deficit of 3.0%.
Agriculture & Allied sectors: Agriculture:

The area under food grains is estimated to be 41.30 lakh
hectares in 2015- 16 as against 39.63 lakh hectares in 2014-15,
showing an increase of 4.21% The total production of food
grains in 2015-16 is estimated at 137.56 lakh tonnes while
it was 160.03 lakh tonnes in 2014-15 showing a decrease of
14.04%. While the production of pulses which is estimated at
12.65 LMT during 2015-16 as against 9.5 LMT of 2014-15,
showed a notable increase of 33%, oilseeds production too
depicted an impressive increase of 47% - up from 5.91 LMT
in 2014-15 to 8.69 LMT in 2015-16.
Adding to the unfavourable seasonal conditions, low
water levels in reservoirs that led to non-release of canal
water for KC canal & NSP area, resulted in deficit crop
coverage of 6.99 lakh ha under major crops like paddy,
cotton, groundnut, tobacco, maize and sugarcane.
However, anticipating the likely shortage in crop coverage,
the government has taken immediate suitable steps and
suggested crops like millets and pulses to farmers and
positioned seeds well in advance. These extension measures
helped in bringing in a crop coverage of 4.07 lakh ha,
leaving only 2.92 ha of unsown area compared to 2014-15.
Innovative
interventions
like
Farmer
Producer
Organisations(FPOs), Soil Health Cards, Testing of soil
samples, reducing Micro nutrient deficiency and extension
and guidance from knowledge partners like ICRISAT are
helping the farming community to enhance their incomes.
Horticulture:
Wide range of agro-climatic conditions of the state is
conducive for growing a large variety of Horticultural
crops, including, root and tuber crops, ornamental crops,

plantation crops like coconut, cashew and cocoa etc., it
contributes about 5.6% of the State GDP and is moving
towards value enhancement in addition to focus on
production. 14.74 Lakh Ha. area is under Horticulture
with production of 188.22 lakhs MTs of Horticulture crops
in Andhra Pradesh. The area under fruits is 5.76 lakhs
Ha, Vegetables 2.33 lakh Ha, Spices 2.21 lakh Ha and
Plantation crops 4.27 lakh Ha.
The Government is taking up horticulture development in
a big way. The focus in recent years has been on increasing
production and productivity of horticulture crops,
development of infrastructure for post harvest management
and providing access to domestic and export markets.
Andhra Pradesh ranks 1st in the production of Oil Palm,
Tomato, Chillies Turmeric and Mango; 2nd in production
of loose owers in India (NHB data base 2013).
Livestock and Fisheries

As per Livestock Census 2012, 62.54 lakh out of 126.65 lakh
(49.38%) households in the state are engaged in Livestock
/ Livestock related rearing activities. The state stands 2nd
in Egg production (1309.58 crores), 4th in Meat production
(5.27 lakh Metric Tons) and 6th in Milk production (96.56
Lakh Metric Tons) in the country as per the estimates
during 2014-15. The value of livestock produce, as per
the Advance estimates for 2015-16 is estimated to be
Rs.49,361 crores at current basic prices and the livestock
sector contributes 8.85% to the state GVA.
Production of sh/prawn in the state has increased
consistently from 8.14 lakh tonnes in 2005-06 to 19.78 lakh
tonnes in 2014-15, and 16.275 lakh tonnes (upto Dec, 2015)
registering an average annual growth rate of 9.92%. This
became possible because of the large scale involvement
of farmers who were driven by robust market especially
in Kolkata and North-Eastern states took up intensive
pisciculture in the delta areas of the state. The state aims to
be the Aqua Hub of the World.
Industrial Development
The Government is striving towards creation of
quality infrastructure coupled with congenial industrial
environment in the State to make Andhra Pradesh an
attractive destination for both foreign and domestic
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up the initiative in bringing A.P. Single Window Clearances

system under e-Biz project of National e-Governance plan
of Government of India.
1784 Large and Mega Projects with an investment of
Rs.81,261 crore have gone into production creating
employment to 4,35,506 persons as on September,2015.
The Government of India (GoI) has announced a National
Manufacturing Policy, 2011, with the objective to enhance
the share of manufacturing in GDP to 25% within a decade
and creating 100 million jobs.
Chennai Bangalore Industrial Corridor is one of the mega
Infrastructure projects of Government of India which passes
through the State. With the main objective to increase the
share of manufacturing sector in the GDP of the country
and to create smart sustainable cities which will have worldclass infrastructure, convenient public transport etc. Vizag
Chennai Industrial Corridor is a key part of the planned
East Economic Corridor and Indias first coastal corridor
and the extent of it is considered from Pydibheemavaram
in Srikakulam district to Chennai in Tamilnadu.
Industrial Infrastructure
Andhra Pradesh is the rst State in the country to announce
an exclusive state SEZ policy with special package of
incentives and concessions and nalized the Visakhapatnam
Special Economic Zone in an area of 3,500 acres of land.
Out of 19 SEZs 4 were IT/ITES SEZs, 4 Multi Product
SEZs, 4 Pharmaceuticals SEZs, 2 Textile and Apparel
SEZs, 1 Building Products SEZ, 1 Leather Sector SEZ, 1
Footwear SEZ, 1 Alumina/Aluminium Refining SEZ and
1 Food Processing SEZ.
Index of Industrial Production
Garnet, Granite, Titanium, etc. for establishment of

Cement, Gas based Thermal Plants, Oil Renery, Cutting
& Faceting, Mining & Renery, Steel & Sponge, Alumina
Smelter and Aluminium Renery etc., as focus industry for
overall development of the Mining Sector in the State.
Commerce and Exports

The Exports from the state have recorded as Rs.19183.74
crore in the first half of the year 2015-16 (from April 2015
to September 2015). The Major exports from the State are
Drugs & Pharmaceuticals and Allied chemicals.
Irrigation
The State of Andhra Pradesh is allocated 512.040 TMC of
Krishna Waters under the existing Projects and also given
liberty to utilise remaining water to the extent feasible. The
State of Andhra Pradesh has taken up 4 projects such as
Telugu Ganga Project, Handri Niva Srujala sravanthi,
Galeru Nagari Srujala Sravanthi and Veligonda based on
the surplus water as per Krishna Water Dispute Tribunal
and are in advanced stage of completion. The existing
utilization under Godavari is to the extent of 308.703
TMC.
Seven Priority projects viz 1. Pattiseema Lift Irrigation
Scheme, 2) Thotapalli Barrage project, 3) Handri Neeva
Sujala Sravanthi Project, 4) Galeru Nagari Sujala Sravanthi
Phase I, 5) BRR Vamsadhara Project (Stage II- Phase II), 6)
Poola Subbaiah Veligonda Project and 7) Gundlakamma
Reservoir are planned to be completed during 2015-16 to
2017-18.
Minor Irrigation
The General Index for the period from April to October

2015 in Andhra Pradesh stands at 191.9 against 192.0
observed in the same period.
About 40,817 tanks serving an ayacut of 25.60 lakh acres

(including 35,376 tanks transferred from Panchayat Raj
department with an ayacut of 8.01 lakh acres) are under
Minor Irrigation.
Mines and Geology
Groundwater
The main aim of State Mineral Policy is to serve as a

guiding force to translate the States mineral potential
into reality with eco-friendly and sustainable mining. The
Mining Sector is identied as one of the growth engines
and certain minerals have been identied as focus minerals
viz. Bauxite, Heavy minerals, Beach Sand, Limestone,
Gold, Diamond, Dolomite, Oil & Natural gas, Uranium,
The state has been divided into 736 watersheds (which

are also called groundwater basins or assessment units) for
estimation of groundwater resources. The net groundwater
irrigation potential created during 2014-15 was 11.09 lakh
hectares. At present, the well population is 14.49 Lakh
(agricultural connection) with the gross area irrigated under
groundwater for the year 2014-15 is 15.32 lakh hectares.
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Coastal Andhra region recorded a net rise of 1.35 metres

and Rayalaseema region recorded a net rise of 1.94 metres.
Neeru-Chettu Mission is a sub-mission of Primary Sector
Mission and important two aspects of the mission are
Water Conservation and Water management. The State is
planning to become drought proof and several strategies
are being put in place including real time monitoring of
water levels by Piezometers.
Power
During the year 2015-16, it is programmed to release
50,000 new agricultural connections. Upto 30-09-2015,
39,553 agricultural services have been released. The total
agricultural services existing in the state as on 30-09-2015
is 15.49 lakhs. The installed capacity as on 30-09-2015 is
10587.43. Power sector reforms are helping the state in
achieving for development.
Roads
The total R&B Road network in the state as on 22-122015 was 46,869.60 Kms. The R&B department maintains
a total of 41,956 Km of roads (excluding NH roads)
comprising 6,485 Kms of State Highways, 19,807 Kms of
Major district roads and 15,664 Kms of rural roads. There
are 24 National Highways in the state covering a length of
4913.60 Km.
The density of National Highways is 9.98 Kms per lakh
population (2011) in the State as against national average
of 7.67 km and in terms of area coverage, a length of 30.70
Kms is available for every 1,000 Sq. Kms in the State as
against national average of 28.2 km.
Transport
The transport department plays a key role in granting
licenses to drivers, registration of motor vehicles, issue of
transport permits, levy and collection of motor vehicle tax,
enforcement of vehicle violations, and acts as nodal agency
for road safety and motor vehicles pollution control.
The State as on 31-12-2015 had a registry of 85.05 lakh vehicles.
APSRTC
The corporation has 4 zones, 12 regions and 126 depots
with a total eet strength of 11,962 buses and 60006
employees on rolls as on October, 2015. The average
vehicle productivity per day of its fleet is 362 kms.
Airports
Government has entered into memorandum of
understanding with Airports Authority of India for
upgradation/modernization of non-metro airports at
Vijayawada, Tirupati, Kadapa and Rajahmundry. There
is a scope for improvement of air linkage is essential to
fast development in the state. There are proposals for
development of regional airports at Kuppam, Chittoor
district, Dagadarthi, Nellore district and Orvakallu,
Kurnool district.
Sea Ports
Andhra Pradesh has 974 Kms long coast line with a major
Port at Visakhapatnam under Government of India control
and 14 notified ports under State Government. Of which 4
are captive ports. One port is proposed at Duggarajapatnam
in SPSR Nellore district. The State Government declared
Kakinada SEZ as a minor port. It is proposed to handle all
cargos in SEZ through this captive port.
Communications
There were 10,375 Post ofces and 2,427 Telephone
exchanges in the state upto October 2015.
Tourism
The State is a home to a number of holy pilgrim centres,
attractive palaces, museums, ports, rivers, beaches and
hill stations. Andhra Pradesh with more than 300 tourist
locations attracts the largest number of tourists in India.
More than 7.5 million visitors visit the state every year.
APTDC operates 28 tour packages including on demand
tours. Most popular river Cruise on river Godavari
between Pattiseema and Papikondalu is being operated
that is attracting large number of tourists. Huge investment
proposals are being tracked to promote tourism which not
only adds GVA but provides employment.
Information Technology
Government has put in place three policies IT policy,
Electronic policy and Innovation and Startup policy,
which are based on four pillars - Infrastructure, Incentives,
Human resource development and Good governance. The
Policies offer Incentives and Facilitations unparalleled in
the country. 100% Tax reimbursement of VAT/CST, for
the new units started after the date of issue of the policy,

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for a period of 5 years from the date of commencement of

production for products manufactured in AP and sold in
AP. e-Pragati is a massive program covering 33 departments
and 315 agencies and around 745 services have been
identified so far.
School Education
Out of the total enrollment 69.02 lakhs, 35.48 lakhs in
I-V classes; 20.72 lakhs in VI-VIII classes, 12.82 lakhs in
IX-X classes. During 2015-16, the dropouts at I-V classes
(Primary Level) were 8.76%, 14.75% at I-VIII (Elementary
Level) and 23.87% at I-X (Secondary Level). Necessary
measures have been taken to retain children into schools.
During 2015-16, there were 1,08,200 teachers in primary
schools, 61,663 in Primary with Upper Primary schools(IVII/VIII), 3,489 in Primary with Upper Primary,
Secondary & Higher secondary schools (I-XII) and 2024
in Upper Primary with Secondary & Higher secondary
schools (VI-XII) 13,542 in Primary with Upper Primary
& Secondary schools(I-X) and 1,06,864 in Upper Primary
with Secondary (VI- X). 38.39 lakh children were covered
under Mid day meal programme during 2015-16, out of
which, 20.00 lakh are in Primary [I-V] classes including
NCLP, 11.15 lakh in Upper primary (VI-VIII) and 7.24
lakh children in High schools in the state.
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

352 KGBVs were sanctioned in Educationally Backward
mandals in the state and all these schools were
operationalized with an enrolment of 67541 children.
Government of India have taken a decision to collect
information from class I to class-XII level under the name
of Unified District Information system for Education
(U-DISE) with September 2015 as reference date during
2015-16 Under Badi Pilustondi programme 4,89,278
children were admitted in Class-I. Transition from Class-V
to VI- 6,28,105. Transition from Class-VI to VII - 6,51,301
children: 6,33,070 children transition from Class-VII to
VIII. Vidya sadassulu were conducted in 651 mandals
across the state and grama sabhas were conducted in
27,735 habitations.
Intermediate Education
There are 444 government junior colleges, 8 government
vocational junior colleges under the administrative control
of the Director of Intermediate Education. Besides the
Government sector, there are 1819 private un-aided junior
colleges functioning in A.P.
Collegiate Education
Higher Education has been identified as a growth engine
in the sunrise state of Andhra Pradesh and is pushed in
a mission approach for sustaining and promoting quality
of education and for providing purposeful education,
particularly to students hailing from marginalized sections
of the society. There are 146 Government degree colleges
(145 Degree +1 oriental college) and 141Private Aided
colleges (126 degree +15 oriental) existing in the state with
a total strength of 2,06,705 students.
To strengthen the existing Jawahar Knowledge Centers
in Degree Colleges the department of higher Education,
Government of Andhra Pradesh has entered into
partnership with the Tata Institute of Social Sciences
(TISS). The parallel degree programme is designed so
that the graduating youth acquire job related skills through
immersive projects and will be offered to students through
Jawahar Knowledge Centres (JKC) across the State
Technical Education
At present, there are 1357 Diploma & Degree level
professional institutions with an intake of 3,44,551 in the
State. There are 306 polytechnic institutions in the State
with a total intake of 86831 and 18 D. Pharmacy institutions
with a total intake of 1080. 41 Skill Development centers
have been established in polytechnics to provide industry
relevant skill training and to improve the quality in technical
education.
IIM, at Visakhapatnam, Indian Institute of Technology
(IIT) at Merlapaka Village Yerpedu (M),Chittoor Dist.,
Indian Institute of Science Education Research (IISER
) at Srinivasapuram, Panguru and Chindepalle Villages
of Yerpedu (M), IIIT, Sri City, Chittoor District, National
Institute of Technology (NIT), Tadepalligudem and IIIT,
Kurnool were started in 2015-16.
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Family Welfare
Health
Family Welfare Department provides Maternal Health

care, child health care and family welfare services through
7,659 sub-centres, 1,075 Primary Health Centres, 193
Community Health Centres, 49 area hospitals, 9 District
hospitals, 6 Mother and Child Care hospitals and 11
Teaching hospitals. There are 73 Urban Family Welfare
Centres, and 193 Urban Health Centres in urban areas of the
State. The State Government has envisaged establishment
of 26 Special New Born Care Units (SNCUs), 18 Nutrition
Rehabilitation Centres, 95 Newborn Stabilization Units
(NBSUs) and 789 New Born Care Corners (NBCCs)
in the state to reduce Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) by
strengthening neo-natal care services. The percentage of
deliveries in Government hospitals has increased from 42%
in 2014 to 44% till November 2015.
Several schemes like National Leprosy Eradication

Programme, Integrated Disease Surveillance Project,
National Iodine Deficiency Disorders Control Program
and National Programme for Prevention and Control of
Diabetic, Cancer, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke are
being implemented in the state. 2.04 lakh cataract operations
were conducted during 2015-16 (upto October 2015).
Awareness campaign about Iodine Deficiency Disorders and
use of Iodized salt were conducted in all districts.
Dr NTR Vaidya Seva

The scheme has established a demand-side mechanism
that mobilizes and channels additional public financing to
health, introduced an explicit benefits package, pioneered
cashless care and fostered public private partnerships.
Under the scheme, 50.23 lakh patients were screened, 39.70
lakh Out- patients were treated in 532 active hospitals.
All the Primary Health Centres (PHCs) which are the
first contact point, Area/District Hospitals and Network
Hospitals, are provided with Help Desks manned by Vaidya
Mithra to facilitate the illiterate patients. 104 seva kendram
is an integrated call center established by the Govt of A.P.
on 1.10.2015 which functions round the clock for grievances
redressal pertaining to medical and health department.
A.P. Vaidya Vidhana Parishad

APVVP hospitals provide out-patient, in-patient services,
diagnostic services and laboratory services. At present there
are 114 hospitals under the control of APVVP in the State.
There are 766 Doctors, 2036 Nursing and 917 Paramedical,
435 Administration cadres working for health care in the
state and 26 blood banks, 38 blood storage centres are
functioning in APVVP Hospitals in the State. Under
NRHM 11 SNCU, 5 NRC, 84 NBSU, 59 CEMONC, 12
Tribal Hospitals are functioning in APVVP Hospitals. 3
MCH Hospitals are established in APVVP Hospitals. 84
new born stabilization units 84 new born are located in
APVVP Hospitals.
AIDS Control Society

The fourth phase of National AIDS Control Programme
(NACP) is being implemented across the country by
the National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) in
a response to the epidemic. SACS has been providing
prevention, treatment, care and support services through the
establishments in the state. In collaboration with SCERT,
this school based programme is being implemented in
8,000 secondary schools across the state with the objective
of reaching out students in age group of 12-15 years.
Women Development and Child Welfare

The Department is running 46 Homes for Children and 21
Institutions for Women to cater to the needs of Children
and Women in difficult circumstances. About 9.07 Lakh
children are attending pre-school education activities in
Anganwadi centres. 257 ICDS projects are functioning
in the State. At present the 34.58 lakh beneficiaries were
covered under Supplementary Nutrition Programme
during 2015-16 (upto October 2015). Anna Amrutha
Hastam Programme - One Full Meal to Pregnant &
Lactating Women was implemented in 104 ICDS Projects
in the State. 2.58 lakh persons were benefitted under Maa
Inti Mahalakshmi programme so far.
Welfare of Disabled
The Government of India sanctioned 7 District Disability
Rehabilitation Centres in the districts of East Godavari,
Vizianagaram, Kurnool, Prakasam, Nellore, Kadapa and
Chittoor districts. Government sanctioned changing 6th
Roster Point reserved for Blindness or Low Vision (Women)
to Blindness or Low vision (Open) and 106th Roster Point
reserved for Blindness or Low Vision (Open) to Blindness or
Low vision (Women).
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Backward Class Welfare
Minorities Welfare
At present, there are 897 government B.C. hostels, (692

hostels for boys and 205 hostels for girls) with a total
strength of 96,997 boarders were admitted in the hostels
during 2015-16. There are 32 B.C. Residential Schools (17
for boys and 15 for girls) with a total strength of 13,130
students functioning in the state during the year 2015-16.
98.50% of X class students in BC Residential schools were
passed against the 91.42% of state average during the year
2014-15. 10955 primary co-operative societies have been
registered in all districts of the state for 10 Federations.
Government is providing Scholarships both MTF and

RTF to the post matric students covering Intermediate,
Graduation, Postgraduation, diploma courses like
Polytechnic, Nursing etc., professional courses like MBBS,
B.Tech, MBA, MCA etc., on saturation basis. Government
introduced a new scheme Dulhan scheme duly dispensing
Mass Marriage Scheme enhansing financial assistance
from Rs.25,000/- to Rs.50,000/-. During the year 2015-16
5,714 minority persons to be trained in various vocational
and skill development activities. Training institutions have
been finalized and applications are invited from the eligible
Minority candidates. 54 urdu ghar cum shadikhanas are
functioning in the state.
Social Welfare
As per the 2011 Census, Scheduled Castes population
forms 17.08 percent of the total population of Andhra
Pradesh and 79.98% of the Scheduled Caste people live
in rural areas. Enrollment ratio 82.29% as against the
general ratio of 100%.1259. Hostels are functioning in
the state, with an admitted strength of 1.09 lakh in 201516. 566 special hostels and 27 Integrated hostel Welfare
Complexes are functioning in the State. The overall pass
percentage is 85.43 as against the State average of 91.42.
NTR Vidyonnathi a new scheme to provide professional
guidance to 250 SC students each year for Civil Services
examinations by sponsoring them to nationally reputed
institutions. Chandranna Cheyutha is a Skill Development
Programme for SC Youth, around 30,000 SC Youth in
the state with an approximate cost of Rs.45 crore were
benefited under this programme.
Tribal Welfare
Government is keen on providing quality residential
education to all ST children. Proposed to convert the all
the TW hostels into residential schools in a phased manner.
During the year 2015-16 it is proposed to convert 30 hostels
into ashram schools in scheduled areas and 50 Hostels in
to Residential Schools in non scheduled areas benefiting
11,600 ST students. 92.62% pass percentage (91.42 state
average) in SSC examinations. Under Skill Development
programme, 6,000 ST youth will be provided training for
skill upgradation including direct placements. 3212 ST
youth were trained and provided placement upto October,
2015.
Housing
65,76,553 houses have been completed comprising
60,02,439 in rural areas and 5,74,114 in urban areas under
weaker section housing program, since inception till the
end of December 2015. District wise details of Houses
constructedduring the year 2015-16 (upto Dec 2015). The
board has so far constructed 24982 houses.
Public Health
At present 8 ULBs i.e. Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada,
Tirupathi, Rajahmundry, Kadapa, Pulivendula, Puttaparthi
& Tadipathri Underground Drainage Schemes are
functioning with a total treatment capacity of 295.00 MLD.
Construction of sewage treatment plants in 3 ULBs are in
progress at Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada &Yemmiganur
to add Additional Sewage capacity 177.8 MLD and are
proposed to be completed by March 2016.
Rural Water Supply and Sanitation

There were 1,84,904 bore wells fitted with Hand pumps,
30,233 PWS Schemes and 483 CPWS Schemes (including
Sri Satya Sai Schemes). So far 1,77,137 Individual
Household Latrines (IHHLs) are constructed as against the
target of 15.22 lakh.
Municipal Administration
Swachha Andhra Corporation has sanctioned 1,63,381
individual house hold toilets, of which 47,559 units were
already constructed in 110 ULBs.
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Poverty
61,960 Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) are also organized

into 6,196 exclusive SHGs, 79 Town Vikalangula Samakyas
(TVSs) and 111 Parents Associations of Persons with Mental
Rehabilitation (PAPWMRs) were formed in the State. 6,614
unemployed poor youth were trained during 2014-15 and
2,980 placed in 2015-16 under STEP-UP programme of
SJSRY. Strengthening and sustainability of livelihoods of
Street Vendors (SVs) has been proposed to be implemented
in all ULBs in the State as a part of the national policy
on urban street vendors. During the year 2015-16, 35 City
Livelihood Centres were started in all NULM ULBs.
The poverty ratios for rural and urban areas of united

Andhra Pradesh were 10.96% and 5.81% respectively and
combined ratio stands at 9.20%. The corresponding figures
for All India during the same period were 25.70%, 13.70%
for rural and urban areas and the combined was 21.92%.
The poverty in the State is on a decline and currently stands
at 9.2%.
Rural Development
NTR Jala Siri a MGNREGA- RIDF convergence project,
aims at changing 2.31 lakh acres of fallow and uncultivated
land in to irrigated lands. MGNREGS is being implemented
in 13,085 Gram Panchayats. 5.03 lakh Srama Shakti
Sanghams have been formed with 60 lakh households
covering 88.50 lakh wage seekers. Payments and Pay slips
to Beneficiaries through DBT and Biometric system.
SHG Bank linkage has been a successful programme
in Andhra Pradesh with almost a third of the SHG
bank linkage in the country being delivered here under
Chandranna Cheyutha- Investment Capital. During 201516, over Rs.6700 crore of bank linkage has been facilitated
against a target of Rs.12288 crore. Community Based
Organisations have built up enormous financial capital
base through savings corpus. SERPs livelihood strategy is
therefore, now focused at three levelson household based
livelihoods grounding, supporting and nurturing SHG
linked enterprises and businesses and finally, on building
value chains, second generation institutions and verticals
around sectors that can create high value for the SHG
members in terms of income increase.
Rural and Urban SHGs have been provided with market
access through regular DWCRA Bazaars, SARAS
exhibitions in the Godavari Pushkarams. SARAS
exhibitions have been held in other states also
NTR Bharosa has turned public service delivery into
a reality- at the door step of the beneficiary with timely
and hassle-free delivery of services month on month. The
Government has launched the Digital Literacy program for
DWCRA members.
Employment Unemployment
As per the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) of
68th Round (ie.during 2011-12) the unemployment rate
for Andhra Pradesh State for Rural and Urban sectors
stood at 12 and 43 respectively. Similarly for All India, the
corresponding estimates are 17 and 34 in respect of Rural
and Urban areas.
Employment & Training

There are 9,244 establishments in organized sector in
the state providing employment to 8.60 lakh persons.
Of the total establishments, 6,470 are in public sector
(with employment of 6.04 lakh persons) and 2,774 (with
employment of 2.56 lakh persons) are in private sector. 31
ITIs have been covered in all under the scheme for upgradation as Centers of Excellence / Trades in a phased
manner.
Skill Development
The Andhra Pradesh State Skill Development Corporation
was set up to skill 2 crore people in Andhra Pradesh in
next 10 15 years with a vision to be one of the best three
states in India by 2022 and the best in the country by 2029,
when India celebrates its 75th year of Independence and
to achieve status of fully developed state. Thus target from
2015-16 to 2019-2020 is projected at 50 lakh at the rate of
10 lakh per year and 2 crore in fifteen year target i.e. by the
year 2029.
Strategies for Achieving the Vision

The state is devising strategies that result in double digit
growth in a sustained manner. It is a notable achievement
that the state has successfully achieved double digit growth
in the current year. Implementation of appropriate policies
and programmes by the state, as per the advance estimates,
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have enabled to register an Impressive growth rate of

10.99% in the GSDP for the year 2015-16, compared to
Indias growth rate of 7.6%. The growth rate in the Gross
Value Added(GVA) stands at 10.50%. It is targeted to grow
at 15% next year.
Andhra Pradesh, rich in natural and human resources, is
keen to leverage its strengths through district specific growth
strategies and achieve double digit growth targets. While
focus will be on Coast-led growth, manufacturing, agroprocessing, pharma, development of physical infrastructure
like ports, airports and river ways are some of the key
areas identified for pushing the growth significantly. Sector
specific strategies have been developed to achieve desired
inclusive growth.
People-centric initiatives
Janma Bhoomi Maa Vooru

The Government has launched a people-centred
development and welfare programme Janmabhoomi
- Maa Vooru and conducted first two rounds of the
programme during October,2014 and June 2015, covering
identified thrust areas. The 3rd Round of Janma Bhoomi
was conducted from 2nd to 11th January, 2016 with the
main theme of Smart Village Smart Ward Towards
Smart Andhra Pradesh (SVSW) in all the GPs/Wards
with thrust areas of NTR Bharosa Pension (NBP) Scheme,
Public Distribution System, Panta Sanjiivini, NTR Jala Siri,
Waada Waada lo Chandranna Baata(CC Roads), NTR
Vaidya Pariksha scheme, Swatcha Bharat-Toilets, NTR
Vaidya Seva, Talli Bidda express scheme and Grievances.
Smart Village Smart Ward towards

Smart Andhra Pradesh
Government of Andhra Pradesh has embarked on a noble
initiative to make all Gram Panchayats and Wards smart
as part of Smart Village and Smart Ward towards Smart
Andhra Pradesh programme, which was officially launched
by the Honble Chief Minister in January 2015. The Smart
Village-Smart Ward programme intends to achieve smart
infrastructure, smart service delivery, smart technology
and innovation, smart institutions along with optimal
mobilisation and utilisation of available resources, leading
to faster and more inclusive growth.
A Smart Village/Ward encompasses sustainable and
inclusive development of all sections of its community
for enjoying a higher standard of living. The 100 per cent
achievement of the 20 basic amenities, outcomes and services
in a definite time frame, is a non-negotiable condition for
moving towards Smart Village-Smart Ward. All GPs and
Wards of the state are covered under the programme.
Partners are being contacted regularly to actively involve
themselves and to motivate the community. Over 15,000
partners have so far partnered in the development initiative.
Establishment of Smart AP Foundation:

Government have established an independent SMART
AP FOUNDATION as a society under Andhra Pradesh
Societies Registration Act, 2001 to serve as a platform for
the general and sectoral partners and the activities are being
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MACRO ECONOMIC AGGREGATES
CHAPTER
MACRO
ECONOMIC AGGREGATES
HIGHLIGHTS

State Economy
Double Digit Growth the new normal
Advance estimates -2015-16 AP:
6,03,376 crore
Per capita NSDP(Rs.): 1,07,532
GSDP: Rs.
Growth rate for 2015-16

(at 2011-12 prices):
GVA growth rate
of India
10.5% vis--vis 7.3%
Sectoral growth rates:

Agriculture:
Services:
11.13%
11.39%
Per Capita Income: Rs.
10.99
double digit growth in the current year, which it has

promised to deliver. Implementation of appropriate
policies and programmes by the state have enabled to
register an impressive growth rate of 10.5% in the year
2015-16, compared to Indias growth rate of 7.3%, as per
the advance estimates. Per Capita Income crossing the one
lakh mark, looks promising. Making the growth inclusive
and sustainable continues to the development agenda for
the state.
Gross State Domestic Product

Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) in common parlance
known as State Income, is a measure in monetary terms
of sum total volume of all goods and services produced
during a given period of time within the geographical
boundaries of the state, accounted without duplication.
This is one of the most important commonly used single
economic indicators to measure the growth and to study the
structural changes taking place in the economy.
Capturing structural changes
8.40%
Industry Sectoral growth rate :
GSDP growth Rate
1,07,532
Andhra Pradesh, the Sunrise state of the Nation, is all set to

attain new heights in the coming years. Necessary policies
and implementing mechanisms have been put in place to
drive and sustain the growth momentum to achieve the
vision of making the Andhra Pradesh as one of the first
three high-performing States in India by 2022 and the
best state in the country by 2029. The main agenda is to
target double digit growth. Sustaining double digit growth
for the next 15 years is imperative to ensure that Andhra
Pradesh stands tall among its peers. Going beyond the
Human Development concept, the focus will also be on
enhancing the Happiness Index. By 2050, AP will be the
best destination in the world.
Given the inspiring growth achievements in 1st and 2nd
quarters of 2015-16, the state has successfully achieved
Improvement in availability of basic data over the years has

helped in reviewing the methodology from time to time for
estimating the State Domestic Product. Periodic updation
of data and shifting base year to a more recent year are
being undertaken regularly so as to capture the structural
and sectoral shifts taking place in a developing economy
can be properly gauged and captured.
The State Domestic Product (SDP) is usually estimated by
Income originating approach, wherein income generated
by the factors of production physically located within the
geographical boundaries of the state are aggregated. It
represents the value of all goods and services produced
within the state, counted without duplication during a
specied period of time, usually a year. The estimates of
SDP and related aggregates are generally prepared both at
current and constant prices. The estimation of SDP and
related aggregates including District Domestic Product is
being done both at current and constant prices.
These estimates of economy over a period of time reveal
the extent and direction of changes taking place in the level
of economic development. Sectoral composition of SDP
gives an idea of the relative position of different sectors in
the economy over a period of time which not only indicates
the real structural changes taking place in the economy but
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also facilitates formulation of plans for overall economic

development. These estimates when studied in relation to
the total population of the state indicate the level of per
capita net output of goods and services available or the
standard of living of the people in the State. These are
referred as estimates of Per Capita Income (PCI).
Base Year Revision to 2011-12

The Central Statistical Office (CSO), Government of India
have shifted the Base year of the GDP Estimates from 200405 to 2011-12, duly incorporating recommendations of
SNA 2008, adopting the results of latest surveys and studies
and also espoused some critical methodological changes to
bridge the data gaps and to improve the quality of data sets.
Changes are also made in the presentation of estimates to
improve ease of understanding for analysis and facilitate
international comparability.
Changing the base year of the National/State accounts
periodically is to take into account the structural changes
which have been taking place in the economy and to depict
a true picture of the economy through macro aggregates
viz., Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP), Per Capita
Income, Government Final Consumption Expenditure
(GFCE), Private Final Consumption Expenditure.
Further, the three major components influencing the
present revision exercise include:
i) revision of base year to a more recent year (for meaningful
analysis of structural changes in the economy in real
terms),
ii) complete review of the existing data base and
methodology employed in the estimation of various
macro-economic aggregates including choice of the
alternative databases on individual subjects and
iii) to the extent feasible, implementing the international
guidelines on the compilation of national accounts,
the System of National Accounts (SNA), 2008 prepared
with the support of the Inter Secretariat Working Group
on National Accounts comprising of the European
Communities (EUROSTAT), International Monetary
Fund (IMF), Organization for Economic Cooperation
and Development (OECD), United Nations and World
Bank.
CSO have issued guidelines and data sets to the states to

shift to new series and requested the states to release state
level estimates in the new base from 2011-12 to 2014-15
along with 2015-16 Advance estimate.
Improvements in the New Series with

2011-12 as Base Year
In the Old series (2004-05), the estimates of GVA were
prepared at factor cost while the estimates in the new series
are prepared at Basic Prices.
In the new series, the industry-wise estimates will be
presented as GVA at Basic Prices and GSDP at Market
Prices shall be referred as GSDP-Gross State Domestic
Product which is a practice at international level. Thus,
GSDP = Sum total of GVA at basic prices + Product taxes
- Product subsidies
Comprehensive coverage of Manufacturing and Services
Sectors has been facilitated by incorporation of annual
accounts of companies as filed with the Ministry of
Corporate Affairs (MCA) under their e-governance
initiative, MCA21. The Financial Sector coverage was
expanded by inclusion of Asset management companies,
Stock Brokers, Stock Exchanges and Regulatory Bodies like
SEBI, PFRDA & IRDA. The Results of the latest NSSO
Rounds have been used to capture the realistic scenario of
the economy.
Compilation of Estimates of GSDP

The Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) of Andhra
Pradesh is arrived at as per the methodology given by
the Central Statistical Organisation(CSO). The Advance
Estimates for every financial year are being compiled in
the month of February, with data available till that period
and these estimates will be revised from time to time as
Provisional Estimates, First Revised Estimates, and Second
Revised Estimates and finally after reconciliation with CSO
as Third Revised Estimates after a gap of 2 years. The
data pertaining to inputs, Consumption of Fixed Capital
(CFC), Supra Regional Sectors, Central Non Departmental
Commercial Undertakings (CNDCUs), Autonomous
Bodies, Central Government Administration & Private
Corporate Sector etc., is provided by CSO for all States.
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With respect to districts, the Gross District Domestic

Product (GDDP) estimates are prepared using available
data sets for Commodity producing sectors and appropriate
indicators for remaining sectors.
Estimates of GSDP/GVA at Constant

(2011-12) Prices
As per the Advance Estimates, the GSDP at constant (201112) Prices for the year 2015-16 is estimated at Rs. 493641
crores as against Rs.444752 crores for 2014-15 (First
Revised Estimates) indicating a growth of 10.99 per cent.
The corresponding growth rate of GDP of India is 7.6 per
cent.
The GVA of Advance Estimates at Constant (2011-12) Basic
Prices for the year 2015-16 is estimated at Rs. 455484 crore
as against Rs. 412188 crore of 2014-15(FRE), meaning a
growth rate of 10.50 percent. The corresponding growth
rate for India stands at 7.3 per cent.
The state is envisaging double digit growth for 2015-16
and is putting in place necessary policies and implementing
schemes/programmes to sustain the double digit growth for
a period of 15 years. In this endeavour of the government,
some of the key sectors of the state economy have responded
quickly and positively. The following are the are the
sectors that registered an impressive double digit growth:
Horticulture (10.0%), Livestock (11.2%), Fishing (32.8%) in
the Agriculture & Allied Sector and Mining & Quarrying
(10.98%), Manufacturing (10.8%), Electricity (16.7%) in
Industry Sector and Trade, Hotels & Restaurants (12.6%)
Communication (17.2%), Public Administration(13.7%) &

Other Services (14.9%) of Services sector. Construction
sector (9.5%), which has been identified as an important
growth engine and has a potential multiplier effect in
pushing the GSDP substantially, although fell few notches
below the double digit mark, played a critical role in
facilitating double digit growth. The Sector-wise growth
performance for 2015-16 is portrayed below:
GVA Estimates at Constant Prices for 2015-16 in new base (2011-12)
Sector
Agriculture & Allied
Industry
Service
Real est.,O'ship of
Dwellings
Other Services
38,140
41,381
(9.5%)
(9.5%)
Trade, Hotel & Restaurants
43,255
Transport & Storage
(12.6%)
34,445
Live stock
(8.0%)
34,719
Mining &
Quarrying
(11.2%)
15,079
Public Admn.
Agriculture
23,124
31,961
(9.5%)
Fishing
Forestry
(-7.0%)
3,108
23,397
(-0.7%)
Banking &
Insurance
(32.8%)
Electricity, Gas,
Water Supply
16,629
Horticulture
19,226
28,729
Construction
(10.0%)
42,016
Communications
(9.5%)
9,337
(17.2%)
Railways
3,484
(-2.2%)
Manfacturing (Org.&Un-org)
47,453
(10.8%)
The broad sectoral GVA trends are depicted below.
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Agriculture & Allied Sectors
Chittoor and Nellore have adversely impacted the growth

performance in the agriculture sub-sector resulting in a fall
in the production of foodgrains and certain other crops.
The food grain production is expected to decline from 160
lakh MTs last year to 137.56 lakh MTs during 2015-16.
However, horticulture, no longer a subsector of agriculture,
registering a growth rate of 9.96%, to a certain extent did
a rescue act.
Although certain sub sectors have registered double digit

growth and the overall growth of 8.4% in 2015-16 at
Constant (2011-12) Prices with a GVA of Rs. 121915 crore
in the Agriculture & Allied Sectors is impressive, there has
been a negative growth in the agriculture sub-sector.
The unfavorable seasonal conditions prevailed in some parts
of the state compounded by heavy rainfall in the districts of
Agriculture & Allied Sector - GVA Estimates at Constant Prices in new base (2011-12)
Promoting horticulture in a big way by the government

with growth promoting initiatives like Sprinkler/Drip
Irrigation, Polynets / Shadenets, Panta Sanjeevini and
improved market strategies and storage facilities, helped
the agriculture sector to a certain extent. Under Livestock
Sector, increase in the production of Milk, Meat & Egg
resulted in posting an encouraging growth rate of 11.2%.
The increase in the production of Marine fish and brackish
water prawns helped to register a significant growth rate
of 32.8% in Fishing Sector. Forestry & Logging Sector
registered a negative growth rate of 0.7 % in 2015-16. The
Sectors of Livestock & Fishing are the key contributors that
have considerably lifted the performance of Agriculture &
Allied Sector in 2015-16.
The government is keen to make the state a drought proof
state in the next five years and in the process has been
making all out efforts with several innovative initiatives,
essentially under the framework of water conservation and
better water management and Neeru-Chettu and other
programmes like soil sample testing, distribution of soil
health cards for crop-specific balanced use of fertilizers
and correcting micro-nutrient deficiency. The Primary
3,246
3,197
3,154
3,129
3,108
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
2015-16
2014-15
2013-14
2012-13
2011-12
2015-16
2014-15
2015-16
10K
2011-12
23,397
17,621
15,516
13,546
11,877
20K
0K
Sector
Agriculture & Allied
Forestry
34,719
29,723
2013-14
Fishing
31,217
29,247
27,588
2011-12
2012-13
28,729
26,127
2014-15
Live stock
2015-16
26,572
22,096
2013-14
22,259
2012-13
31,961
2011-12
34,372
2014-15
30,487
34,239
29,782
2012-13
30K
2011-12
GVA (Rs.Crores)
40K
Horticulture
2013-14
Agriculture
sector mission constituted by the state to look into the key

concerns of the agriculture sector has suggested several
tangible solutions to overcome the farm-related problems
and thereby make agriculture a profitable engagement.
These initiatives which primarily focus on productivity
improvement have started showing results and are expected
to take full swing sooner.
Industry Sector:
Industry sector comprises of Mining & Quarrying,
Manufacturing (Organised & Un-Organised), Electricity,
Gas & Water Supply and Construction. As per the Advance
Estimates for the year 2015-16 at Constant (2011-12)
prices, the Industry sector is estimated at Rs.121178
crores registering a growth rate of 11.1% percent over the
previous year. Private Corporate Sector growth is the key
indicator of the Industry Sector in estimating the Sectors
of Manufacturing, Mining & Quarrying and Construction.
The Sectors of Mining and Quarrying, Manufacturing,
Electricity, Gas & Water Supply and Construction
registered growth rates of 10.98, 10.82, 16.69 & 9.46
percent respectively.
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Industry Sector - GVA Estimates at Constant Prices in new base (2011-12)

Sector
Electricity & Gas
Industry
16,629
14,251
11,013
15,079
2015-16
7,345
13,587
2014-15
10,765
12,063
2013-14
14,162
20K
14,284
38,387
34,532
2012-13
36,491
36,234
2011-12
Mining
42,016
Construction
47,453
40,565
2013-14
42,820
40,202
40K
2012-13
GVA (Rs.Crores)
60K
50,706
Manfacturing (Org.&Un-org)
Services Sector
2015-16
2014-15
2013-14
2012-13
2011-12
2012-13
2011-12
2015-16
2014-15
2013-14
2015-16
2014-15
2011-12
0K
Business Services and Community, Social & Personal

services registered a growth rate of 11.39 percent over the
previous year.
Services sector, with its consistently surging share in the

GSDP, continued to be the engine for pushing the overall
growth. Services sector comprising of Trade, Hotels
& Restaurants, Transport by other means & Storage,
Communications, Banking & Insurance, Real Estate &
The Advance Estimates for the year 2015-16 has estimated

the Services sector to be Rs.212391 crores as against
Rs.190678 crores in 2014-15.
Service Sector - GVA Estimates at Constant Prices in new base (2011-12)

Public Admn.
Communications
Banking & Ins.
Railways
Sector
2,897
3,104
3,564
3,484
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
9,337
2015-16
2012-13
7,968
2014-15
2,643
6,825
2013-14
2015-16
2015-16
2014-15
2015-16
2014-15
2013-14
2012-13
2011-12
2015-16
2014-15
2013-14
2015-16
2014-15
2013-14
2012-13
2011-12
2015-16
2014-15
2013-14
2012-13
2011-12
0K
2011-12
5,845
2012-13
19,226
17,542
2014-15
5,402
16,235
2013-14
10K
2011-12
15,528
2012-13
23,124
14,256
15,516
2013-14
Service
2011-12
14,478
20,337
13,938
2012-13
20K
2011-12
34,445
31,880
28,920
26,779
38,140
Transport & Storage
24,524
28,255
2012-13
31,062
27,304
2011-12
33,187
Other Services
41,381
34,069
31,546
43,255
38,404
35,214
28,161
30K
29,781
40K
26,736
GVA (Rs.Crores)
50K
37,796
Real est.,O'ship of
Dwellings
Trade, Hotel & Restaurants
Estimates of GVA at Current Basic

Prices
The GVA of Advance Estimates at Current Basic Prices
for the year 2015-16 are derived by using the IPD (Implicit
Price Deflators) at sectoral level from the relevant price
indices is estimated at Rs. 5,57,646 crore as against Rs.
4,93,896 crore of 2014-15(FRE).
The contribution from the Agriculture sector is Rs.164086

crore, from the Industry sector is Rs.1,31,643 crore while it
is Rs.2,61,917 crore from the service sector to the GSVA
at current prices.
20

Estimates of GSDP at Current Prices

The GSDP at Current Prices for the year 2015-16
(Advance Estimates) is compiled by adding Product taxes
and deducting Product subsidies to the GVA at current

basic prices and estimated at Rs.6,03,376 crore as against
Rs.5,32,922 crore for 2014-15 (FRE)(Annexure-2.6).
21
Comparative growth trends

Barring, 2012-13, the growth performance of Andhra
Pradesh has been on a higher side. The following figure
depicts the relative of the state vis--vis the Country.
GSDP/GDP Rs. in Crores
GSDP of Andhra Pradesh and GDP of

All India:
The GSDP of Andhra Pradesh and GDP of All India at
Current & Constant (2011-12) prices are shown in Table
Andhra Pradesh
GSDP at
Current
Prices
Growth
%
All India
GSDP at
Constant
(2011-12)
Prices
Growth
%
379230
GDP at
Current
Prices
Growth
%
Growth
%
2011-12
379230
2012-13
410961
8.37
379623
0.10
9951344
13.9
9226879
5.6
2013-14
468494
14.00
411886
8.50
11272764
13.3
9839434
6.6
2014-15 (FRE)
532922
13.75
444752
7.98
12488205
10.8
10552151
7.2
2015-16(ADV)
603376
13.22
493641
10.99
13567192
8.6
11350962
7.6
GSDP Growth Rate at Constant Prices in new base 2011-12

12
10.99
10
8.49
5.60
7.97
6.60
7.20
7.60
0.12
2012-13
2013-14
Andhra Pradesh
8736039
The Advance estimates of 2015-16 indicate that the Per

Capita Income (NSDP) of Andhra Pradesh at current
prices increased to Rs.1,07,532 from Rs.95,689 in 2014-15
registering a growth of 12.38 percent.
The Per Capita Income(NSDP) at constant (2011-12)
prices, has also gone up from Rs. 79,441 in 2014-15 to Rs.
87,487 in 2015-16 registering a growth rate of 10.13 per
cent.
8736039
GDP at
Constant
(2011-12)
Prices
2014-15 (FRE)
2015-16 (ADV)
All India
Per Capita Income:
Sectoral Composition
The sectoral composition of GSVA in 2015-16 shows that
the Andhra Pradesh economy is essentially an agriculture
driven economy as compared to the Nation. The share
of Agriculture in the GSVA at Current prices stands at
29%, Industry 24% and Services sector 47%. The Sectoral
Composition in 2014-15 and 2015-16 is presented below.
The Per Capita Income is an indicator of the standard

of living of the people. As per the CSO guidelines, the
PCI is estimated by dividing Net State Domestic Product
(NSDP) with midyear projected State population, which
was communicated at the time of base year revision. i.e.
2011-12. The instructions of CSO also stipulate that all
States have to estimate PCI accordingly, until revision of
next base year.
22

Estimates of GVA by the Economic Activity, GSDP, NVA

by the Economic Activity, NSDP, Per Capita Income and
growth rates both at Current and Constant (2011-12) prices
of Andhra Pradesh from 2011-12 to 2015-16 (Advance)
are shown in Annexures 2.1 to 2.6
The Estimates of GVA by Economic Activity of Andhra Pradesh from 2011-12 to 2015-16 (AE) at Current & Constant
(2011-12) Prices are given in the following table
GVA of Andhra Pradesh
(Rs.In Crores)
Sector
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16 (ADV)
GVA by Economic Activity at CURRENT PRICES

Agriculture
Value
94751
112605
129633
146803
164086
18.84
15.12
13.25
11.77
100859
107715
121506
131643
-9.84
6.80
12.80
8.34
165570
194725
225587
261917
15.81
17.61
15.85
16.10
349581
379034
432073
493896
557646
8.43
13.99
14.31
12.91
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16 (ADV)
98572
109204
112465
121915
4.03
10.79
2.99
8.40
Growth Rate
Industry
Value
111867
Growth Rate
Services
Value
142963
Growth Rate
GSVA at Basic Prices
Value
Growth Rate
Sector
GVA by Economic Activity at Constant(2011-12) Prices

Agriculture
Value
94751
Growth Rate
Industry
Value
111867
Growth Rate
Services
Value
142963
Growth Rate
GSVA at Basic Prices
Value
Growth Rate
349581
96363
100131
109045
121178
-13.86
3.91
8.90
11.13
155108
170944
190678
212391
8.50
10.21
11.54
11.39
350043
380280
412188
455484
0.13
8.64
8.39
10.50
Estimates of GVA by the Economic Activity, GDP of All India at Current & Constant (2011-12) Prices from 2011-12 to 201516 are shown in Annexure- 2.7 to 2.13.
23
District Wise Gross Value Added:

District Income is defined as the sum total of economic value
of goods and services produced within the geographical
boundaries of the district, irrespective of the fact whether
persons reside inside the district or outside owning that
income.
The District income Estimates are compiled in the new
series with 2011-12 as base year.
As per the District Gross Value Added estimates of
2014-15(FRE) at current prices, Krishna stood in first
position with a DDP of Rs.58056 crores followed by
Visakhapatnam (Rs.57499 crores) and East Godavari
(Rs.50940 crores) districts, while bottom three positions are
occupied by Srikakulam (Rs.18213 crores), Vizianagaram
(Rs.18742crores) and YSR Kadapa (Rs.24722 crores)
districts .
The District wise Gross Value Added from 2011-12 to 201415(FRE) both at current and constant (2011-12) prices are
given in Annexures-2.14 and 2.15.
In 2014-15(FRE), the districts having highest Per

Capita Income based on NDDP at Current Prices are
Visakhapatnam (Rs.124717), Krishna (Rs.122773) and
West Godavari (Rs.107606) and the districts registered
lowest Per Capita Income based on NDDP at Current
Prices are Srikakulam (Rs.64971), Vizianagaram (Rs.76623)
and Kurnool (Rs.79781). District Wise Per Capita Income
at Current and Constant (2011-12) Prices are shown in
Annexures-2.16 and 2.17.
The Gross Value Added of Agriculture, Industry and
Services sectors at current and constant (2011-12) Basic
prices are given in Annexure 2.18 to 2.23 respectively.
Mandal Domestic Product:

Going below the district level, the state has embarked on
computation of Mandal Domestic Product(MDP) and
has successfully piloted in all the districts in the old base
year(2004-05). The new methodology will be adopted soon
for computation of the MDP with the new base(2011-12).
24

PUBLIC FINANCE
CHAPTER
PUBLIC FINANCE
25
PUBLIC FINANCE
Introduction
On the 2nd of June 2014, the state of Andhra Pradesh
was bifurcated through enactment of the Andhra Pradesh
Reorganisation Act (No.6 of 2014). This hasty and reckless
bifurcation of the state pushed the residuary State of
Andhra Pradesh into inexorable financial situation. Due
to the variance in methodology adopted for allocation of
revenue receipts and expenditure during bifurcation, the
newly formed divided Andhra Pradesh ended up facing
tremendous fiscal challenges.
Though the Central taxes devolution, grants and market
borrowings are of similar magnitude for both Andhra
Pradesh and Telangana, Andhra Pradesh lost significant
portion of her resource base after division and is therefore
ill-equipped to compete with the revenue surplus
neighbouring states. Also, on the expenditure side, due
to the allocation of debt, salaries, pensions and subsidies
based on population ratio, the percentage of expenditure
accounted to salaries and pensions in the new State of
Andhra Pradesh accounted for 73% of its own revenues,
which stood at only about 58% for the combined State.
This left little scope for developmental expenditure in the
state. Ultimately, this has resulted in an unprecedented
situation, where the state faces a high revenue deficit as well
as fiscal deficit situation. It needs to be emphasized that
there had never been any situation of revenue deficit for
the combined State for the decade prior to bifurcation and
fiscal deficit had never crossed 3% of GSDP.
Despite of all these difficulties and unfavourable conditions,
the Government of Andhra Pradesh has been committed
towards the states development and is working on improving
the health of her public finance. The Government through
its visionary leadership and efficient management by its
executives has been striving continually with a focussed
vision of transforming the state into Swarna Andhra which will be attained through inclusive, equitable and
sustainable development.
is given in Chart 3.1. The details of the same are given as

Annexure 3.1, Annexure 3.2 and Annexure 3.3 respectively.
Comparison of State's
State s Revenue
50000
45000
40000
35000
30000
25000
20000
15000
10000
5000
0
44423
40104
29857
28569
8182
Own Tax Revenue
5341
Own Non-Tax Revenue

2014-15(AE)
Flow from the Centre
2015-16(RE)
Chart 3.1 States Revenues for FY 2014-15# and FY 201516

Note: #FY 2014-15 (Accounts) stands of the period post
division i.e. from 2nd June 2014- Mar 2015
States Own Tax Revenue

Similar to the situation for the state post division in the FY
2014-15 (June 2nd 14- Mar 15) Sales Tax, State Excise, Tax
on Motor Vehicles and Stamps & Registrations constituted
the bulk of her Own Tax revenue in FY 2015-16 as well.
The total Own Tax Revenue was Rs 29857 Crores in FY
2014-15 (2nd June 2014 Mar 2015) and Rs 44423 Crores
in FY 2015-16. The composition of individual components
of Own Tax Revenue for FY 2015-16 is shown as Chart
3.2. It is to note that Sales Tax accounted for 74 percent of
the States Own Tax Revenue for FY 2015-16. The same
have been detailed in Annexure 3.1.
Composition of States Own Tax Revenue 2015-16 (RE)
1% 2%
8%
Sales Tax
4%
State Excise
Taxs on Motor Vechiles
Stams And registration
11%
Land Revenue
Others
The States Revenue

The revenue for the state in FY 2015-16 stood at Rs 44423
Crores from Own Tax sources, Rs 5341 Crores from Own
Non Tax sources and Rs 40104 Crores of Central Transfer.
The details of the States Own Tax Revenue, Own Non Tax
Revenues and Resource flow from the Centre for the FY
2015-16 with the FY 2014-15 (2nd June 2014-Mar 2015)
74%
Chart 3.2 Composition of States Own Tax Revenue FY

2015-16 (RE)
26

PUBLIC FINANCE
States Own Non Tax Revenue
The composition of these revenue sources are given in

Chart 3.3. Mines and Minerals, Forests and Education
sector contributed 25%, 20% and 21% respectively towards
the States Own Non Tax Revenue in the FY 2015-16. The
details of the same for the two years are given in Annexure
3.2.
States Own Non Tax Revenue was Rs 3955 Crores in the

FY 2014-15 (2nd June 2014 Mar 2015) and was Rs 5341
Crores in FY 2015-16. The main contribution towards the
States Own Non Tax Revenue included the Mines and
Mineral, Forests, Education and Other revenue sources.
Composition of State Own Non-Tax

Non Tax Revenue2015
Revenue201516 (RE)
25%
29%
Mines and Minerals

Forest
Interset Reciepts
Education
2%
Medical and Health
20%
Others
21%
3%
Chart 3.2 Composition of States Own Non Tax Revenue FY 2015-16 (RE)
Central Transfers
Resource flow from the Centre was Rs 28569 Crores in
the FY 2014-15 (2nd June 2014 Mar 2015) and was
Rs 40104 Crores in FY 2015-16. Finance Commission
allocation constituted a major portion of this Central
Transfers, which was Rs 15517 Crores in the FY 2014-15

(2nd June 2014 Mar 2015) and Rs 30116 Crores in FY
2015-16. The central transfers for the two financial years
are elaborated in Chart 3.4. The details of the same are
given in Annexure 3.3.
Comparison of Central Transfers

35000
30116
30000
25000
20000
15000
15557
10000
11998
9760
5000
588
0
-5000
Finance
Commission
Planning
Commission
2014-15
2014
15 (Accounts)
1000
Non-Plan Grants
466
-772
Non-plan Loans
2015-16(RE)
2015
16(RE)
Chart 3.3 Central Transfers for FY 2014-15# and FY 2015-16

Note: #FY 2014-15 (Accounts) stands of the period post division i.e. from 2nd June 2014- Mar 2015
27
PUBLIC FINANCE
The States Expenditure

The Total Expenditure by the State was Rs 86906 Crores
in the FY 2014-15 (2nd June 2014 Mar 2015) and was Rs
106425 Crores in FY 2015-16. The revenue expenditure
was Rs 75246 `Crores in the FY 2014-15 (2nd June 2014
Mar 2015) and was Rs 93521 Crores in FY 2015-16. It is
important to mention that in its strive to built a developed
Andhra Pradesh, the state spent Rs 12559 Crores on its
Capital Outlay in FY 2015-16, which stood at Rs 6520
Crores in FY 2014-15 (2nd June 2014 Mar 2015). This was
mainly spent on capital expenditures like irrigation, roads,
infrastructure and revenue expenditures through welfare
schemes like subsidy rice, power subsidy, pavala vaddi, old
age pensions, housing programs etc. The state expenditures
for the two financial years are compared in Chart 3.5. The
details of the same are given in Annexure 3.4.
The Market burrowing outstood at Rs 78440 Crores in the

FY 2014-15 (2nd June 2014 Mar 2015) and at Rs 95453
Crores in FY 2015-16. The state paid Rs 9478 as interest
towards its debts in the FY 2015-16 wherein it had paid Rs
7902.82 Crores towards interest payments in the FY 201415 (2nd June 2014 Mar 2015). The Debt outstanding as
percentage of GSDP was 29.36 percent in FY 2014-15
(2nd June 2014 Mar 2015) which came down to 28.19
in FY 2015-16. This is because of the greater GSDP
growth in the state during this period. Chart 3.5 shows the
composition of outstanding debt in the state for the FY
2015-16. The details of the same are given in Annexure 3.5
and Annexure 3.6.
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18%
8%
jGs
C
Comparison
i
off S
State E
Expenditure
di
100000
80000
60000
40000
20000
0
93521
75246
tGs
9%
zGGs
6520 12559
Revenue Expenditure
Capital Outlay
2014-15 (Accounts)
914
306
Net Lending (Loans &
Advances)
2015-16 (RE)
Chart 3.4 State Expenditure for FY 2014-15# and FY

2015-16
Note: #FY 2014-15 (Accounts) stands of the period post
division i.e. from 2nd June 2014- Mar 2015
Debts and Interest payments

The Total Debt by the State was Rs 156472 Crores in the
FY 2014-15 (2nd June 2014 Mar 2015) and was Rs 170115
Crores in FY 2015-16. The percentage composition of debt
sources like Central Loans, Small Saving Loans, PF and
other sources remained almost similar in these two years.
9%
56%
wm
v
Chart 3.5 Composition of States Debts FY 2015-16 (RE)
Revenue and Fiscal Deficits

In the FY 2014-15 (2nd June 2014 Mar 2015), owning to
the aftershock of bifurcation on its public finances, divided
Andhra Pradesh faced a Revenue Deficit of Rs 13777
Crores and a Fiscal Deficit of Rs 20746 Crores. Due to
focused and planned management of the states finances,
these deficit numbers could be brought down to Rs 4140
crores and Rs 17005 crores for the Revenue deficits and
Fiscal deficits respectively for the FY 2015-16. The details
are given in Annexure 3.6.
28

PRICES WAGES AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
CHAPTER
PRICES
WAGES AND
PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
HIGHLIGHTS

Prices
4.45%
5.56%
AP-
India-
Price Index- an economic barometer
Check on the movement of prices of essential commodities

is of paramount importance for the government since
a change in price level is likely to have an impact on the
pattern of consumption of the common man. Monitoring
of prices of six essential commodities from selected centres
across the state on daily basis is being done for maintaining
track of the changes. The state average daily retail prices of
essential commodities are shown in Table 4.1.
No of essential commodities monitored daily:
CPI Number-% variation (April to Nov 2015)

over last year same period
Agricultural Labour:
5.99, India-3.98
Table 4.1 : State average daily retail prices of

essential commodities
(Rs./Kg)
2014 15 (Apr
to Nov
2014)
2015
-16 (Apr
to Nov
2015)
Price Index is a statistical tool for measuring the relative

change in price level with reference to time, geographical
location and other characteristics. It is also considered
as a barometer of economic activity. The Directorate of
Economics and Statistics collects the prices of six essential
commodities from selected centres across the state on
daily basis. Rice, Redgram dal, Groundnut Oil, Tamarind
(without seed), Red chillies (dry) and Onions are the six
commodities for which prices are collected.
Consumer Price Index is of great relevance for this purpose
and is used as a device for measuring changes in the level of
retail prices of goods and services consumed by concerned
population segments. Industrial workers and agricultural
labour, rural labour from the main population groups are
usually covered by these indices.
Consumer Price Indices for Industrial

Workers
AP-
Commodity
CPI for Industrial

Workers:
Variation (%)
of Apr - Nov
2015 over Apr
- Nov 2014
Rice (II sort)
25.75
26.38
(+) 2.45
Redgramdal (II
sort)
67.09
115.51
(+) 72.18
Groundnut Oil
92.09
104.33
(+) 13.29
Common
Tamarind
(Without seed)
71.16
77.60
(+) 9.05
Red Chillies Dry

(Gr II)
81.21
104.85
(+) 29.12
Onions(Gr II)
18.87
29.01
(+) 53.72
Source: Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Hyderabad.
Recent price trends indicate that the average daily retail

prices of six essential commodities have shown increasing
trend during the period from April to Nov 15 compared
to the corresponding period of last year. The year-wise
average daily retail prices of six essential commodities from
2004-05 to April to Nov 15 are shown in Annexure 4.1.
The Consumer Price Indices for Industrial Workers

(CPIIW) are being constructed and compiled at the new
base 2001=100 from January, 2006 from the data from
seven centres selected in Andhra Pradesh (new) under
central and state series based on Industrial workforce.
The CPIIW related centres are: 1.Visakhapatnam 2.Guntur
3.Vijayawada 4.Vijayanagaram-Chittivalasa 5.KakinadaRajahmundry 6.Jaggaiahpet and 7.Tirupati Renigunta.
Labour Bureau, Simla compiles the index for the rst three
centres since they are come under central series, while the
State Directorate of Economics and Statistics compiles the
indices covering the remaining four complex centres in
Andhra Pradesh.
Consumer Price Indices for Industrial Workers increased by
4.45% and 5.56% in the State and All India level respectively
during the period from April, 2015 to Nov,2015 over the
corresponding period of previous year. Details about the
Consumer Price Indices for Industrial Workers from 200607 to 2014-15 and growth of indices during the period from
April, 2015 to November, 2015 over the corresponding
period of previous year are shown in Table 4.2 below.
29
30

Table 4.2 : Consumer Price Index Numbers for

Industrial Workers (Base : 2001 =100)
Year
Andhra All
Pradesh India
2006-07
125
125
2007-08
132
133
2008-09
147
145
2009-10
168
163
2010-11
185
180
2011-12
198
195
2012-13
219
215
2013-14
239
236
2014-15
257
251
2015-16 (Apr to Nov)
267
263
Growth rate (%) April to Nov2015

over April to Nov2014
4.45
5.56
Source: Labour Bureau, Simla
Note:CPI-IW from 2006-07 to 2010-11 is for combined AP

and from 2011-12 to 2015-16 (Apr to Nov) pertains to 13
districts of AP.
CPI Numbers for Agricultural Labour

The Labour Bureau, Simla compiles the Consumer Price
Index Numbers for Agricultural Labour (CPI- AL) with
1986-87 as base year. The Table 4.3 given below gives the
indices during April, 2015 to November, 2015 and the
data relates to the combined state of Andhra Pradesh. The
Consumer Price Index Numbers for Agricultural Labour
increased by 5.99% in the State and 3.98% at All India
compared to the corresponding period in previous year.
Table 4.3 Consumer Price Index Numbers for
Agricultural Labour (Base : 1986-87 =100)
Year
Andhra All
Pradesh India
CPI Numbers - Rural, Urban and

Combined
Since the Consumer Price Index (CPI) Numbers compiled
and released for industrial workers, agricultural labourers
and rural labourers, reect the uctuations in retail prices
pertaining to these specic segments only and do not
encompass all segments of the population and as such
do not capture the true picture of price behavior in the
country. It is thought to bring out the CPI numbers for
separate population groups.
Thus, in order to reect changes in price levels of various
goods and services consumed by respective population
groups in rural and urban areas, a new series of CPI for
the entire urban population, viz. CPI (Urban), and CPI for
the entire rural population, viz. CPI (Rural) are compiled.
The Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ministry of Statistics
and Programme Implementation has revised the base year
of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) from 2010=100 to
2012=100 with effect from the release of indices for the
month of January 2015. These new indices are compiled at
State/UT and All India levels.
The average indices for the period April, 2015 to November,
2015 (P) in AP(data relates to the combined state of Andhra
Pradesh) and All India are shown in Chart 4.1, Table 4.4
and month wise index also given in Annexure 4.2.
Chart: 4.1 Consumer Price Indices
Andhra Pradesh
132
130
129
128
128
127
126
126
120
126
126
124
122
India
131
125
123
122
121
127
125
124
123
122
118
116
April
May
June
July
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
2009-10
534
513
Source: Directorate of Economics and Statistics
2010-11
589
564
2011-12
654
611
Table 4.4: Average Consumer Price Index Numbers

for Rural, Urban and Combined
2012-13
711
672
(Base: 2012 =100)
2013-14
805
750
2014-15
860
800
2015-16(Apr to Nov)
904
829
Growth rate (%) April to Nov2015

over April to Nov2014
5.99
3.98
Source: Labour Bureau, Simla
Year
Rural
Urban
Combined
(Apr.-November.2015 (P)
Andhra Pradesh
127
125
126
All India
125
123
124
Source: CSO, New Delhi, Note: Index is for AP (13 districts)
31
Wholesale Price Index
All India WPI
Wholesale Price Index (WPI) serves as an important

determinant in formulation of trade, fiscal and other
economic policies by the government. It is also used by
banks, industry and business circles. It is released on
monthly basis by the office of the Economic Adviser,
Ministry of Commerce & Industries, GOI. It covers 676
commodities, of which 102 are from Primary Articles
group, 555 from Manufactured Products group and 19
from Fuel and Power group. WPI (Base Year 2004-05)
for All Commodities increased from 176.4 in Apr 2015 to
177.6 in Nov 2015. It increased from 243.6 to 256.5 for
Primary Articles group and decreased from 153.9 to 153.0.
Month wise Index and Inflation rates for primary articles
and manufactured products are depicted in Charts 4.2 and
4.3. Inflation rates for All India WPI & CPI are depicted in
chart 4.4.
Chart 4.2: WPI and Inflation rate for primary
articles
Index
260
Inflation
256.5
255
253.4
251.9
2.3
246.4
0.5
244.2
245
243.6
-1.1
-0.4
-0.5
-2
-2.3
240
-4.0
235
250.2
249.1
250
April
May
June
July
-4
-4.2
Aug
All India CPI
Sept
Oct
-6
Nov
5.8
6.3
6.1
5.7
6.7
5.1
4.4
4.4
July
Aug
4
2
0
April
May
June
-2.4
-2.2
-2.1
Sept
Oct
-2
-4
-2.0
-3.7
-4.0
-5.1
-6
Nov
-4.6
Wages
Agricultural labour and artisans in rural areas constitute
the weakest segment of labour force. They are in the
un-organized sector. Wages data is collected from 44
centres spread over the State covering 42 divisions and
23 occupations. Average daily wages of artisans and eld
labour in the State are presented in Table 4.5 and depicted
in the Chart 4.2 below.
Table 4.5: State average daily wages(Rs.) of artisans
and eld labour
Category
Carpenter
Blacksmith
Cobbler
Field Labour
Men
Women
April to Nov 2014

278.91
263.44
215.01
April to Nov 2015

289.95
260.77
231.05
260.53
187.87
288.04
196.94
Chart 4.3: WPI and Inflation rate for manufactured

products (April to Nov, 2015)
Chart: 4.5 Average daily wages(Rs.) of artisans and eld

labour
154.5
154
154.3
Index
2.5
153.9
153.6
153.3
153.3
153.0
153
-0.5
-0.5
200
0
-1
-0.8
-1.5
April
1.5
-0.5
152.5
152
250
0.5
153.0
May
June
July
-2.0
Aug
-1.7
Sept
-1.7
Oct
-1.4
Nov
300
2
1
153.5
Apr to Nov 14
Inflation
154.2
-1.5
-2
-2.5

Chart4.4: Inflation rates for All India WPI & CPI
(April to Nov, 2015)
279 290
Apr to Nov 15
288
263 261
215 231
261
188 197
150
100
50
0
Carpenter
Blacksmith
Cobbler
Filed Labour Men
Filed Labour
Women
The Average daily wages of artisans and field labour (both men
and women) have increased during Apr 15 to Nov 15 when
compared to the corresponding period of previous year.
No of Pink
cards-
HIGHLIGHTS
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14.80
lakh
Public Distribution
Fair Price Shops
No of Fair Price shops -
28,953
No of Fair Price in Urban areas No of Fair Price in Rural areas No of White ration cards No of AAY cards-
4,598
24,355
119.79 lakh
9.47 lakh
Rice supplied to all BPL families -
2.15 lakh
MTs per month

No of cardholders drawn essential commodities
through ePoS -
83%
28,953 Fair Price (FP) shops are functioning in the State

as on 30.11.2015. Of these, 4,598 are in urban areas and
24,355 are in rural areas. On an average, each shop has 450
cards/ families. There is one shop for every 1,725 persons
in Andhra Pradesh vis- -vis the Government of Indias
norm of one shop for every 2,000 persons.
Rationalization of Fair Price Shops

Rationalization of existing FP shops has been done to
ensure effective functioning of PDS and for enabling card
holders to have easy access to F.P. shops without having to
travel long distances.
400 to 450 BPL and 50 Pink ration cards are attached to
each F.P. shop in rural areas where as in urban areas, 500 to
550 BPL and 250 Pink ration cards are attached to each F.P.
shop. In case of Municipal Corporations, 600 to 650 BPL
and 250 Pink ration cards are attached to each F.P. shop.
Subsidy Rice Scheme

The state government attaches paramount importance
to supply of rice at subsidized rate to below poverty line
families through Targeted Public Distribution System
(TPDS). Making rice available at subsidized price has been
an important constituent of the strategy for the upliftment
of Below Poverty Line (BPL) population. The endeavor
of the Government is to implement TPDS effectively,
efficiently and transparently for the best advantage of
beneciaries.
With a view to provide food and nutritional support in
human life circle approach, by ensuring access to adequate
quantity of quality food at affordable prices to people to live
a life with dignity, Government of India have promulgated
the National Food Security Act, 2013. Accordingly, State
Government is allotting rice for distribution to the priority
households & AAY cardholders.
At present, 119.79 lakh priority households are being
supplied 5 kgs. of rice per person per month at Re.1/- per
Kg. The requirement of rice is 1.82 lakh MTs per month.
At present, 9.47 lakh AAY families are being supplied rice
@ 35 Kgs. per family per month at Re.1/- per Kg. higher
than the Govt. of India target of 9.08 lakh AAY families.
A quantity of 33,158 MTs. of rice is being supplied under
AAY scheme at Re.1/- per Kg. vis-a-vis the GoI allotment
of 31,798 MTs. per month. A quantity of 124.91 MTs. of
rice is being supplied free of cost to the cardholders under
Annapurna scheme @ 10 kg. per card per month.
Kerosene
22,224 KLs. of Kerosene is being allocated per month for
distribution to all BPL cardholders.
Iris-based ration cards

Ration cards have been issued by using iris technology to
cover all eligible families and to avoid duplicate/ ghost
cards. Annual family income up to Rs.60,000 in Rural areas
and up to Rs.75,000 in Urban areas is the eligibility criteria
for obtaining white ration card.
Ration Cards
The Government distributed new ration cards in various
developmental programmes undertaken in campaign
mode. Details on the ration card position is given in the
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following Table 4.6 and district wise card position is given

in Annexure 4.3.
Table 4.6 : Ration Cards Position(number)
1
White ration cards and AAY
2 Annapurna
3 Pink
Total
129.27
0.12
14.80
144.19
Source: Civil Supplies Dept.
AADHAR-Unique Identication Authority

of India
The UIDAI has a mandate to issue a unique identication
number (UID) to all residents of India. This project is being
implemented by the Government of India in coordination
with State Governments. Andhra Pradesh is one of
the pioneering states in the country in implementation
of Aadhar. The UIDAI signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Andhra
Pradesh in which department of Civil Supplies has been
identied as Registrar for enrolling residents of Andhra
Pradesh. UIDAI has empanelled a number of Enrolment
Agencies (EAs) which can be engaged by the Registrars for
the purpose of enrolling residents for UID. Out of the total
population of 4.95 crore, 4.84 crore UID numbers have
been generated. 1260 enrolment centres are functioning
for the purpose as on December 2015. In order to ensure
full coverage and for facilitate corrections in their Aadhaar
letters, 811 enrolment kits have been setup at e-Seva and
Mee Seva centers by ITE&C department as permanent
enrolment centers.
Seeding of Aadhaar details

Seeding of Aadhaar details into ration card database would
help identify bogus beneciaries and duplicate cards with
the same persons. The seeding work at the State level is
being done through the KYR+ data submitted by the
enrolment agencies and xml les obtained from UIDAI
through systems which can be called as inorganic seeding.
Seeding work other than inorganic seeding done at state
level has to be done at the eld level, called Organic
Seeding. About 98.4% of details in the ration cards have
been seeded so far. It is proposed to complete the entire
seeding process in a short time.
There are 129.32 lakh BPL cards containing 452.67 lakh
units existing in all districts in the state. Due to seeding of
Aadhaar numbers in to ration cards database, 63.72 lakh

units have been rejected. 97.63% of LPG consumers have
been seeded with Aadhaar numbers in LPG database.
88.22% of bank accounts of LPG consumers have been
seeded in the database so far. 8.57 lakh ration cards deleted
due to Aadhaar seeding into ration cards database.
End to End Computerization

The State Government is initiating end to end
computerization of Targeted Public Distribution System.
The National Informatics Centre, GoI is preparing
the software. The component-wise estimates for
computerization of TPDS, including the cost of Point of
Sale (PoS) devices at the fair price shops, state godowns
etc. in the state were furnished to the GoI. The state
government concurred to provide 50% of the amount
towards Component-I of computerisation of TPDS project
in the light of which a memorandum of understanding has
been communicated to Govt. of India.
e-Point of Sale effective IT based

delivery
Andhra Pradesh is the first state in the country in
implementing FP shop automation under end-to-end
computerization. Distribution of commodities to BPL
families through e-POS solution using online authentication
services provided by UIDAI is showing good results as
around 15% to 20% savings have been noticed. This system
ensures supply of commodities to family members of a
ration card holder only and thus eliminates scope of misuse
by fair price shop dealers to the extent of the commodities
not drawn. The department proposed to set up e-Point
of Sale devices (ePoS devices) with preloaded client side
software and electronic weighing machines at all F.P. shops
in the state in a phased manner under ePoS project. It is
also decided to install Iris Shield Model Readers at F.P.
shops for integration with ePoS devices for Aadhaar based
Iris authentication of cardholders which is more error-free
and secure than finger print authentication. The idea is to
ensure that the beneficiary is not put to undue inconvenience
by the introduction of authentication process.
7789 ePoS Devices-cum-electronic weighing machines
were installed at F.P. shops in the state under Phase-I.
Distribution of essential commodities through ePoS
devices-cum-EWMs was started from 01-04-2015. With
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the introduction of electronic weighing machines(EWMs),

the cardholders are getting their rightful share of essential
commodities with correct weighment. 7789 Iris shield
model Iris Readers, which are useful for iris authentication
whenever biometric authentication is not successful due to
various reasons, have been supplied and integrated with
ePoS devices.
Under Phase-II, 20,810 ePoS devices-cum-EWMs were
installed at 20,810 F.P. shops. Iris readers have been
supplied and integration with ePoS devices. 100% essential
commodities have been distributed through ePoS devices
in the month of October, 2015 covering 129.31 lakh ration
cards. Out of 129.31 lakh cards, 106.12 lakh cardholders
have drawn essential commodities through ePoS devices in
October, 2015.
e-PoS project is being implemented through NICs ePoS
application platform in Krishna, Kadapa, Prakasam,
and Nellore districts. ePoS project is being implemented
through AP online ePoS application platform in remaining
9 districts.
An amount of Rs. 192.71 crores could be saved due to
adoption of ePoS Devices for distribution of commodities
at FP shops during the period April, 2015 to October, 2015.
F.P. shops Portability within district

To leverage of technology to the benefit of BPL cardholders,
the department has introduced F.P. shops portability system
in the state in May, 2015. Under this system, the ration
cardholder can draw essential commodities from any ePoS
enabled F.P. shop irrespective of having his / her ration
card number in Dynamic Key Register of a particular ePoS
enabled F.P. shop.
This system increases the responsibility and accountability
of the F.P. shop dealer in distribution of essential
commodities. Since the cardholder has liberty to draw
the essential commodities from any F.P. shop, to gain
confidence from the cardholders, the F.P. shop dealer will
be forced to develop good rapport with the cardholders.
Transfer of ration cards will not become mandatory since
the cardholder of a particular F.P. shop can draw essential
commodities from any other F.P. shop within the district.
After the introduction of F.P. shops portability, 6.05%
cardholders have availed portability facility in the state. An
amount of Rs.215.05 crores is required for implementation
of weighing cum point of sale using online authentication

provided by UIDAI for supply of commodities in all districts
in 28,953 fair price shops.
The Economic Survey of India, 2015-16 highlighted
the crucial role played by Technology as an enabler
of inclusiveness and provider of efficient services by
preventing leakages. Citing the Aadhaar- based Direct
Benefits Transfers (DBT) approach through JAM (Jan
Dhan-Aadhaar-Mobile) as the game- changing technology,
the report outlines that it offers possibilities for effectively
targeting public resources. The approach paves the way for
expenditure rationalization resulting in substantial savings
of public money for giving renewed focus on social welfare
schemes.
BAPUBiometrically Authenticated Physical Uptake. Beneficiaries
verify their identities through scanning their thumbprint on a POS
machine while buying the subsidised productsay kerosene at the
PDS shop. This is being successfully attempted by Krishna district in
Andhra Pradesh, with significant leakage reductions. Despite financial
inclusion scores being low, if Fair Price Shops are equipped with POS
machines, beneficiaries can simply authenticate their identities while
taking their rations as under the current system. BAPU preparedness
is much better than for Rural DBT preparedness. The average state
preparedness is 12 per cent (Figure 12), but there are some states like
Andhra Pradesh (96 per cent), Chattisgarh (42 per cent) and Madhya
Pradesh (27 per cent) that with some policy push could be wellprepared for BAPU in the near future.
Economic Survey of India, 2015-16
Procurement at MSP
Minimum Support Price(MSP) is being ensured to
farmers for their produce. The Government relaxed the
specications for purchase of paddy imposing cuts in the
value/MSP to facilitate disposal of paddy which does not
conform to specications.
It has been made mandatory on the rice millers that they
purchase paddy of Fair Average Quality (FAQ) at a price
not less than minimum support price of Rs.1450/- per
quintal for grade A and Rs.1410/- per quintal for common
paddy for KMS 2015-16. Procurement of paddy by the
Government agencies is 42.21 LMTs and by rice millers
is 54.69 LMTs in KMS 2014-15. 27.82 LMTs of rice was
procured under CMR during the crop year. No levy from
1st October, 2015 from GoI.
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Market Intervention Scheme

Government have initiated steps to stabilize the vegetables
prices in local markets by undertaking market intervention
operations like procuring from wholesale market and selling
to the consumers.
Onion
Distribution of onions has been taken @ Rs.20/- per kg
through counters at Rythu bazars/ Revenue divisional
level/Assembly constituency level where there are no Rythu
bazars @ 2kgs per card. 21881.23 MTs of onions procured
and 21572.43 Mts of onions are sold in 224 counters upto
11.10.2015. However, due to arrivals of fresh Kharif crop,
the rate of onions has come down to around Rs.25/- and
distribution of onions under market intervention has been
stopped.
Chandranna Christmas Kanuka-2015/

Chandranna Sankranthi Kanuka-2016
The Government has supplied
(6) commodities viz.,
redgram dal kg, Palm oil Ltr., chana dal kg, jaggery
kg., wheat atta 1kg and ghee 100 ml in a non-oven carry
bag under Chandranna Sankranthi Kanuka to 1,41,82,133
white, AAY & Annapurna cards (including 12.42 Lakh new
white cards distributed during the Janmabhomi) with an
expenditure of Rs.370 crores. On the Eve of Christmas
festival, the above commodities were distributed to the
Christian BPL card holders in advance as a Special gift.
Details are as shown in Table 4.7.
Table 4.7 Commodities supplied to card holders
Sl. Commodity
No.
Redgram dal
Redgram dal was procured for distribution under market

intervention operation to BPL cardholders @Rs.50/- per
kg. per card under PDS from the month of June-2015.
26164 MTs of dal has been distributed upto October,
2015 through PDS counters. Keeping in view of the rising
prices of pulses, particularly the redgram dal, the millers/
wholesale traders of pulses associations of A.P. have agreed
to sell redgram dal at Rs.140/- per kg from 29.10.2015 to
the retailers and also to the consumers at Rs.140/- per kg
at their premises.
Entitlement Quantity
(per card)
allotted
(in MTs)
Redgram Dal
Kg
7091
P.Oil
Ltr
7091
3
Bengalgram
kg
7091
Jaggery
Kg
7091
Wheat Atta
1Kg
14182
Ghee
100 Grams
14182
Source: Commissioner, Civil Supplies Department
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AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER
AGRICULTURE
HIGHLIGHTS

AGRICULTURE
Agriculture, despite vagaries of monsoons, unpredictable

weather conditions, escalating farm expenditure and nonprofitability continues to be the mainstay for millions of
population in the state. The role played by the agriculture
sector in the economy of Andhra Pradesh, remains crucial,
despite its volatility. Further, huge dependency of the
population living in rural areas on agriculture and the rural
non-farm sector for livelihoods, employment and income,
makes it vulnerable. Reviving the agriculture sector and
helping the farming community is the most important
priority for the state of Andhra Pradesh.
Net Area Sown -
62.35 lakh ha.
Rainfall during the South West Monsoon

(2015-16)-
523 mm
Rainfall during the North East monsoon

(2015-16)-
287 mm
Area under food grains (2015-16)-
41.30
lakh ha.
Cropping intensity (2014-15)--
1.26%
Expansion of farm incomes through forward linkage

continues to be an effective strategy for reducing poverty.
Rapid and sustainable growth in agriculture has been
identified not only as a key driver for economic development
but also for achieving self-sufficiency and ensuring food
security to the people.
The notable fact about agriculture in the state is the
gradual transformation and diversification witnessed over
the decades. While the nature of the transformation itself
has undergone change overtime, 1980s emerges as the
watershed as there was a shift in agriculture from traditional
cereal-based system towards commercial commodities such
Foodgrains
production
137.56
lakh tonnes
as oilseeds, cotton and sugarcane. By 1990s, even though

the crop sector witnessed high volatility due to consecutive
droughts and decelerating crop yields, the transformation
continued towards high-value commodities such as fruits,
vegetables, milk, meat, poultry and sh. In fact, high-value
commodities performed impressively and rescued the
agriculture sector to a great extent.
The government has launched the Primary Sector Mission
to address the farm related issues like enhancing value
addition from horticulture, livestock and fisheries and
shortages in storage space including cold storages. The
State is committed to transform the Primary Sector with
an aspirational goal of making Andhra Pradesh as one of
the three top leading states in India through Swarnandhra
Vision by 2029. The focused areas under the Primary
Sector would be: (a) increasing productivity of the primary
sector; (b) mitigating the impact of droughts through
water conservation and micro-irrigation; (c) postharvest
management to reduce wastage; and (d) establishment of
processing, value addition capacity and supply chain of the
identified crops.
In order to make agriculture viable and protable and
improve incomes in agriculture and allied sectors, the state
has given top priority for agriculture. Andhra Pradesh is
set to scale new heights in agriculture in the coming years
with renewed focus on Micro irrigation, System of Rice
Intensication (SRI) cultivation, Micronutrient application,
development of dry land agriculture, farm mechanization,
increasing storage capacity and other agriculture related
strategies.
Attaching priority to the Agricultural sector and make it
drought-proof in five years time, the state has come out
with various strategies that not only mitigate the distress in
agriculture but will substantially enhance the incomes of
farmers. The approach of shifting the excess labour force
from the sector to other non-farm rural sectors such as rural
industry through skill development to improve productivity
is the cornerstone of the overall growth strategy. Ensuring
food security and provision of gainful employment
continues to be the essential premise of socio economic
development.
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AGRICULTURE
Land Utilization
The total geographical area of the state is 162.76 lakh
hectares. Out of this, 38.31% is under net area sown (62.35
lakh hectares), 22.51 % under forest (36.63 lakh hectares),
8.61 % under current fallow lands (14.01 lakh hectares),
12.30% under land put non-agricultural uses (20.02 lakh
hectares), 8.30 % under barren and uncultivable land
(13.51 lakh hectares) and remaining 9.97% is under other
fallow land, cultivable waste lands like permanent pastures
and other grazing lands and land under miscellaneous tree
crops and groves are not included in the net area sown. The
Land utilisation particulars from 2008-09 to 2014-15 are
given in the Annexure 5.1 and district wise land utilisation
particulars during 2014-15 are given in Annexure 5.2. Land
utilisation for 2014-15 are shown in Chart. 5.1.
Chart 5.1 : Land utilization in Andhra Pradesh 201415
Land Utilisation in Andhra Pradesh 2014-15
Permanent
pastures
Culturable Waste 3.92
2.14
Misc.Tree crops 1.60
Other
Fallow
Lands
Current 8.58
Fallow
14.01
Forest
36.63
Barren &
Uncultivable Land
13.51
Land put to
Non Agri. Uses
20.02
Net Area Sown
62.35
Source: Directorate of Economics & Statistics department
Rainfall
Rainfall received during the South West Monsoon period
for 2015-16 was 523 mm as against the normal rainfall of
556 mm, recording a deficit by 5.9 %.
The rainfall received during the North East monsoon
period for 2015-16 was 287 mm as against the normal
rainfall of 296 mm, recording a deficit of 3.0%.
The State Annual average normal rainfall for the state is
815.5 mm (deficit - 6.3%).
Season wise and region wise rainfall details are given in the
Annexure 5.3 and district wise rainfall is given in Annexure
5.4. Rainfall trend over the past 10 years is depicted in chart
5.2.
Chart 5.2: Rainfall during South-West Monsoon

and North-East Monsoon
800
755.6
700
600
586.0
567.5
556
500
400
300
200
100
523.0
518.9
498.7
427.8
456.1
359.1
356.8
355.7
296
241.6
228.5
170.0
287.2
174.3
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
Normal Rainfall (mm):S-W Monsoon
Actual Rainfall (mm):S-W Monsoon
Normal Rainfall (mm):N-E Monsoon
Actual Rainfall (mm):N-E Monsoon
Source: Directorate of Economics &Statistics
Soil Types
Sand, silt, and clay are the basic types of soils and most
of soils are made up of a combination of these three. The
texture of the soil, how it looks and feels, depends upon
the amount of each one in that particular soil. There are
various types of soils and the formation of soil is primarily
inuenced by major factors such as climate, altitude
and composition of bedrock etc. Disproportion in the
distribution of rainfall in the country and excessive heat
contribute special characters to the soils. Category wise
Of the 22 categories of soils adding to the total geographical
area of the state, six types are predominant and together
account for over 88% of the area.
Area and Production (Kharif and Rabi

Season Second Advance estimates
2015-16)
As per the Second advance estimates, the area under food
grains is expected to increase from 39.63 lakh hectares in
2014-15 to 41.30 lakh hectares in 2015-16, showing an
increase of 4.2%. However, the production of food grains
for 2015-16 is estimated at 137.56 lakh tonnes as against
160.03 lakh tonnes in 2014-15, showing a decrease of
14.0%. The production achievement is still considered
commendable since the drought situation that prevailed
during Kharif and the unseasonal heavy rains during
November 2015, had adversely impacted the standing
crops. There is a substantial increase in production of
both pulses and oilseeds. While the production of pulses
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AGRICULTURE
which is estimated at 12.65 LMT during 2015-16 as against

9.5 LMT of 2014-15, showed a notable increase of 33%,
oilseeds production too depicted an impressive increase of
47% - up from 5.91 LMT in 2014-15 to 8.69 LMT in 201516.
Adding to the unfavourable seasonal conditions, low water
levels in reservoirs that led to non-release of canal water for
KC canal & NSP area, resulted in deficit crop coverage of
6.99 lakh ha under major crops like paddy, cotton, groundnut,
tobacco, maize and sugarcane. However, anticipating the
likely shortage in crop coverage, the government has taken
immediate suitable steps and suggested crops like millets
and pulses to farmers and positioned seeds well in advance.
These extension measures helped in bringing in a crop
coverage of 4.07 lakh ha, leaving only 2.92 ha of unsown
area compared to 2014-15.
The estimate of the area under Paddy in Rabi 2015-16

is estimated at 6.60 lakh hectares while it was 7.59 lakh
hectares in 2014-15, showing decrease of 13.0%. Similarly,
the production under Paddy in Rabi 2015-16 is estimated
at 41.82 lakh tonnes while it was 50.37 lakh tonnes in 201415, showing decrease of 17.0%.
Details about the area and production of food grains from
2008-09 to 2015-16 are given in Annexure 5.6. Season wise
area, production and productivity of selected crops are
given in Annexures 5.7, 5.8 and 5.9 respectively. Area and
production of food grains depicts in chart 5.3.
Chart 5.3: Area and Production of food grains
180.0
160.0
140.0
149.9
141.8
147.7
156.9
137.6
120.0
100.0
Kharif
80.0
The area as well as production of total food grains showed

a decline in Kharif 2015-16. Reduction in area and
production of Paddy, which accounts for 70% of the area
and over 90% of the production of foodgrains in Kharif, is
primarily responsible for the decline.
40.0
60.0
39.9
45.6
41.8
41.5
42.8
39.6
41.3
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
20.0
0.0
2009-10
Area (Lakh Hects.)
Production (Lakh Tonnes)
Source: Directorate of Economics & Statistics
The area under food grains in Kharif 2015-16 is estimated

at 19.86 lakh hectares as against 20.41 lakh hectares in 201415, showing a decline of 2.7%. Similarly, the production of
food grains in Kharif 2015-16 is also estimated at 69.17
lakh tonnes while it was 82.18 lakh tonnes in 2014-15,
showing decrease of 15.8%.
Cropping Intensity
The area under Paddy in Kharif 2015-16 is estimated

at 13.99 lakh hectares compared to 16.35 lakh hectares
in 2014-15, showing decrease of 14.4%. Similarly, the
production of Paddy in Kharif 2015-16 is estimated at
62.28 lakh tonnes while it was 76.47 lakh tonnes in 201415, showing decrease of 18.6%.
Gross and Net Area Irrigated
Rabi
The area under food grains in Rabi 2015-16 is estimated
at 21.44 lakh hectares while it was 19.22 lakh hectares in
2014-15, showing an increase of 11.6%. Similarly, the
production under food grains in Rabi 2015-16 is estimated
at 68.39 lakh tonnes while it was 77.86 lakh tonnes in 201415, showing decrease of 12.2%.
160.0
139.3
The cropping intensity (the ratio of gross cropped area to

net cropped area) is one of the indices of assessing efficiency
of agriculture sector. The cropping intensity for the year
2014-15 was 1.26.
Deficit rainfall, especially in the districts of Krishna,

Guntur, Prakasam and Chittoor, coupled with inadequate
water flows resulted in a decline in the irrigated area during
2015-16. The gross area irrigated in the state decreased
to 38.86 lakh hectares in 2014-15 as against 40.96 lakh
hectares in 2013-14. The net area irrigated in the state
decreased to 29.27 lakh hectares in 2014-15 as against
30.14 lakh hectares in 2013-14 showing decrease of 2.89
percent. The source-wise district wise gross and net area
irrigated in the state from 2008- 09 to 2014-15 are given in
Annexure 5.10, 5.10 A and 5.11, 5.11A respectively.
HIGHLIGHTS
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Average
size of land
holdings
1.06
AGRICULTURE
Hect
Gross area
38.86 lakh ha.

Net area irrigated(2014-15)-29.27 lakh ha.
No. of land holdings(2010-11)-76.21 lakh
irrigated (2014-15)-
Land Holdings
The data on land holdings is being collected since 197071 through a quinquennial census of land holdings, the
latest available data relates to 2010-11. The average size
of land holdings in the state has marginally declined to 1.06
hectares during 2010-11 from 1.13 hectares in 2005-06. The
number of holdings has increased from 72.16 lakh in 200506 to 76.21 lakh in 2010-11. Distribution of land holdings
and area according to size classes are given in Annexure
5.12 and district wise distribution of land holdings and area
according to size classes are given in Annexure 5.13.
Agriculture Extension Programmes

Mission and Strategies
One major concern of the State is to improve farm income
both in absolute terms and as a percentage of GSDP. The
department of Agriculture is working with a mission of
attaining sustainable agricultural production with minimum
cultivation cost, which will eventually enhance return on
investment to the farmer.
It is aimed to transform the agriculture sector in the state
into a dynamic, high growth sector, which would be the real
power house of state agriculture in next eight years. The
crop sector, which as per the advance estimates of 2015-16,
contribute Rs. 60,690 crore to the state GVA and account
for more than 13%, is targeted to show a quantum jump in
the near future.
The following strategies are being adopted for making the
mission a reality:
Involvement of marginal and small farmers in crop
diversification and food security are the important aspects
to be addressed in accelerating crop diversification in the
state.
Empowering the farmer with advance agricultural

practices i.e., promotion of intercropping and locations
specific crop sequence.
Ensuring timely input supply and new seed varieties.
Regulation of inputs and quality control.
Soil test based fertilizer recommendation and soil health
management.
Promotion of self- reliance in seed production among
farmers.
Promotion of Integrated crop management through
INM, IPM, efficient water management,
Training and awareness programme through Polam
Pilusthondhi
Involvement of ANGRAU and other National and
International Institutes.
Promotion of organic farming to meet the demand of
World Market.
Correcting micronutrient zinc deficiency
Calamity management in the event of drought, floods,
hailstorms etc.
Farm Mechanization for
practices.
cost effective farming
Provide day-to-day information to farmer on crop

production, input supply, and marketing through
internet services and AGRISNET portal.
Agro Climatic Zones

There are Six Agro climatic zones in the State. Details are
given below
Sl.
No.
Name of the zone
Districts
North coastal zone
Srikakulam, Vizianagaram,
Visakhapatnam
Godavari zone
East Godavari, West

Godavari
Krishna zone
Krishna, Guntur, Prakasam
Southern zone
Chittoor, Kadapa, Nellore
Scarce rainfall zone
Kurnool, Anantapur
High altitude &

tribal areas zone
High Altitude & tribal

areas of Srikakulam,
Visakhapatnam, East
Godavari districts
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Initiatives for increasing productivity

levels
Developing farming situation based production plans.
Disseminating improved technologies through extension
out-reach.
Ensuring availability of quality agricultural inputs.
Reducing cost of production by educating farmers on
Integrated Crop Management (ICM), Integrated Pest
Management (IPM), Integrated Water Management
(IWM) and Post Harvest Technologies (PHT) by way of
organizing Chandranna Rythu Kshetram (CRKs).
Providing improved agricultural implements and farm
machinery for reducing cost of cultivation and providing
self employment through establishment of custom hiring
centres.
Crop diversication programme.
Assisting farmers in natural calamities like droughts,
oods and cyclones by providing relief and inputs for
alternate cropping programmes.
Implementing National Watershed Development Project
For Rain Fed Areas (NWDPRA) for development of
sustainable dry land agriculture.
Improving soil health through soil test based fertilizer
recommendations, encouraging green manuring,
vermi-compost, reclamation of problematic soils and
correction of micro nutrient deciencies.
Facilitate availability of credit to more non-loanee
farmers and tenant farmers.
Major Initiatives:
Separate Agriculture budget.
Enhancing Agriculture productivity by improving Soil
Health by massive soil samples collection using GPS
technology and development of soil fertility maps..
Special project for supply of micro nutrients.
Primary Sector Mission.
Chandranna Rythu Kshetram.
Strengthening of agriculture extension.
Crop specific approach for increasing productivity.
Special projects for enhancement of pulses production
Organic/ Natural farming.
Empowerment of farmers through Rythu Sadhikara
Samsta
Focus on farm mechanization.
Special measures to prevent farmers suicides

Focus on micro irrigation.
Extensive usage of ICT in agriculture
Development of drought proofing techniques and
implementation of Strategic approaches like varietal
replacement, water conservation furrows, farm ponds,
rain guns etc to mitigate drought are promoted.
Primary Sector Mission inclusive Double

Digit Growth:
It is one of the important sector among the seven
missions launched by the Government for increasing the
productivity in the primary sector, mitigating the impact of
droughts through water conservation and micro-irrigation,
post-harvest management to reduce the wastage and
establishment of processing, value addition capacity of the
identified crops. Action plans were prepared keeping in
view of double digit growth in collaboration with ICRISAT.
Under primary sector mission, double digit growth plans
were prepared for each district with 9 identified growth
engines (paddy, cotton, maize, sugarcane, tobacco,
groundnut, blackgram. bengalgram, and redgram).
Extension Activities Polam Pilusthondhi:

The main objective of the scheme is to strengthen the
extension reach at farmers doorstep for increasing
productivity, profitability, sustainability and exploring the
possibilities of value addition to increase the income of the
farmers.
Strategies:
Foster rapid sustainable growth, strengthening local service
providers, community participation, providing effective
extension services, promoting farmer led extension,
promoting scientific approach for increased farm income.
The Polam Pilusthondhi programme is conducted for
two days in a week by the agriculture department i.e., on
Tuesday and Wednesday along with the officials of the
allied departments with the consent of the concerned
public representatives. Each day two villages will be
covered. 61,405 visits to the villages were made (covering
one village more than once) sensitising 16.5 lakh farmers
with appropriate remedial measures and timely suggestions.
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Trainings for farmers, farm women and

RMGs:
In view of the rapid changes occurring in agriculture sector,
it is necessary for upgrading the skills and knowledge of the
farming community. The basic objective of the trainings
is to transfer the latest agricultural technologies to the
farmers, farm women and RMGs for their capacity building
in agriculture and also to promote womens participation in
the overall agricultural development and thereby increasing
their income levels.
The trainings will cover all the aspects based on the critical
interventions identified in the village action plans with
special reference to 1/3rd villages identified in each mandal.
During the year 2015-16, it is planned to conduct 2000
trainings with a financial allocation of Rs.100.00 lakhs,
about 1,00,000 farmers. 1660 trainings were organized
with an expenditure of Rs. 83.00 Lakhs covering 83,000
farmers up to February 2016,
Monthly Workshop
Monthly workshops are held regularly at identied
research stations of ANGRAU in all districts on rst
saturday. Departmental officers and scientists of ANGRAU
will discuss the problems and formulate production
recommendations for the ensuing month in a structured
and systematic way with a definite agenda including
field visits to research stations. All the Joint Directors of
Agriculture will participate along with extension staff for
interaction with scientists. The extension staff will give
feedback to ANGRAU scientists and obtain crop wise
recommendations on all aspects for coming month, which
in turn will be informed to the farmers, who are the actual
stake holders.
The information obtained in the monthly workshops will
be displayed as black board messages in every village.
These messages will be communicated to the farming
community in shape of supporting literature, such as
leaflets/pamphlets/handouts/radio/television messages on
important current issues relevant to the farmers.
Zonal Research Extension Advisory

Council Meeting
Zonal Research Extension Advisory Council Meetings
(ZREAC) will be conducted in all Agro-climatic zones
during Kharif 2015. During these meetings, research gaps

for the zone as a whole and production recommendations
for major crops were provided to departmental officers and
research priorities were nalized. The ZREAC for Kharif
season was conducted in the month of April and May and
was organized by ANGRAU. The ZREAC meetings will
be conducted during October & November in all AgroClimatic Zones.
Multi purpose Extension System

The Government introduced multipurpose extension system
in the place of Adarsha Rythus. It is decided to place 4354
Multipurpose Extension Officers in the cluster of villages
in different districts through agricultural department @
one MPEO for every 1000 hectares cultivable area on
contract basis under the control of ATMA in each district
for providing needy extension services to the farming
community.
Objectives:
To facilitate the effective extension reach to the farming
community.
To address the immediate needs of the farmers during
the season in case of unfavorable seasonal conditions.
Sensitize the farmers on measures to be taken up to
enhance the productivity Levels.
Padi Pantalu Monthly Magazine

The Telugu monthly magazine is printed and distributed
every month to farmers by the department. The articles
pertains to agriculture allied sectors will be covered in the
magazine. The latest technical information on various
schemes, aims and objectives of the scheme, guide lines,
subsidy pattern and suggestions to the farmers related to
the concerned season/month were also published.
Soil samples analysis and soil healh

cards
Soil sampling and soil testing program is organized in a
systematic manner to evaluate the fertility status, identify
soil problems (Salinity/Sodality)for facilitating optimal
soil productivity, improving soil fertility and reclaiming
problematic soils. 16 Soil Testing Labs (STLs) in various
districts, (13 labs in the 13 districts and 3 established under
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National Project in Kurnool, Vizianagaram and SPS

Nellore), 1 Regional Soil Testing Lab, 4 Mobile Soil Testing
Labs and 31 Mini Soil Testing Labs at Agricultural Market
Committees (AMCs) are functioning in the state.
The departmental soil testing laboratories are equipped to
analyse Organic Carbon (OC-index of nitrogen content),
phosphorus, potassium, zinc, iron, copper, manganese,
salinity (EC) and alkalinity (pH). The mobile soil testing
laboratories and AMC mini laboratories however analyse
only organic carbon, available phosphorus, potassium,

EC and pH. The results of the soil analysis will be
communicated to the respective farmers in the form of soil
health cards. Fertiliser recommendations on the available
nutrient contents on soil fertility status are to be given to the
farmers in the soil health cards.
The target and achievements under various components
of soil testing for the years 2014-15 and 2015-16 (up to
November 2015) are shown in Table 5.1.
Table 5.1: Components of soil testing
(in Nos)
Item
2014-15
Annual Target
Macronutrients EC and pH
2015-16 (up to November)

Achievement
Annual Target
Achievement
1,69,000
1,81,407
4,00,000
4,01,782
Micronutrients
96,400
90,008
2,00,000
2,03,213
Water samples
13,220
18,259
13,220
4,355
Source: Agriculture Department
Project for enhancing Agricultural

productivity
Analysis of soil samples has indicated that 42% of soils
in the state are potentially deficient in Zn, 22% in Fe, 7%
in Mn, 3% in copper (Cu), 19% in boron (B) and 11%
in molybdenum (Mo). Basal application to soil of Zn,
B and Mo., and foliar sprays of Fe and Mn have been
recommended as the most suitable methods for correcting
such deficiencies which has shown significant effect on crop
yields. Also studies revealed that 20-24 % of soils in the state
are deficient in sulphur. Sulphur deficiency leads to chlorosis
and stunted plant growth. These large scale deficiencies of
multiple nutrients such as micro and secondary nutrients
are reducing the responses to added NPK nutrients also. In
most of the cases, farmers attribute the deficiencies caused
by micronutrients to macronutrients and in turn add more
quantities of NPK fertilizers to soils which do not result in
increased crop yields. It is proposed to take up a massive
program, where micronutrient deficiencies are high, 6745
MTs of zinc sulphate,182.096 MTs of boron and 17046
MTs of gypsum were supplied to farmers on 50% subsidy
covering an area 3.28 lakh ha respectively in all major crops
cultivated during Rabi 2014-15.
To rectify the micro nutrient deficiency during 2015-16 it
is planned to cover 16.09 lakh ha. in major crops cultivated
in the state. 3.89 lakh ha was covered in kharif 2015 and
planned to cover 5 lakh ha during Rabi 2015-16. Evaluation

of the project will be taken up after the end of each season.
Sl.
No.
Name of the
micronutrients/ secondary
nutrients
Quantity proposed
to be distributed
(MTs)
Zinc Sulphate
32650
Boron
874
Gypsum
101500
District soil testing laboratories under

single window diagnostic scheme
The Soil Testing Labs are strengthened for seed testing
and fertilizers testing to analyse service samples in the
STLs wherever notied labs are not available. 11 STLs
for seed testing and 10 STLs for fertilizer testing are being
strengthened. These labs take up analysis of seed and
fertilizer samples other than law enforcement samples.
Farmers, dealers, producers or any interested person can
get information about the status of seed lots and fertilizer.
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Soil Health Management under

National Mission for Sustainable
Agriculture
collected from farmers fields are captured using GPS

instruments. All the results are plotted on Google map at
GPS co-ordinates.
Soil health management is a sub mission under NMSA,

which is aimed to increase soil nutrients status and thus
enhance crop productivity for ensuring food security and
sustaining rural development. Application of Integrated
Nutrient Management techniques has been found to
increase nutrient use efficiency by integrating and balancing
the nutrient dose in relation to nutrient status and crop
requirements. Hence, the sub mission Soil Health
Management under NMSA envisages the soil health and
productivity in a sustainable manner.
Online input license management

system of seeds, fertilizers & pesticides
Information and Communication

Technology: AGRISNET
www.apagrisnet.gov.in
The AGRISNET portal of the department is enriched
with technical information needed and services provided
to the farmers in Telugu. Package of practices of 18
important crops grown in the state, schemes and subsidies
of the department, other related technical and agricultural
information is available in portal. Photos and videos are
included for most of the concepts for good understanding.
Latest information on events in the department,
misbranded pesticides and weather based agro-advisories
will be regularly updated in the portal and make available
to farming community.
Single sign on application e-Rythu

sevalu- (http://www.agrionline.ap.gov.
in: 8080/OLMS/) online soil health card
generation system
Farmers can download soil health card on online
using the unique number allotted to each sample. The
facility is provided to send the soil test based fertilizers
recommendation as SMS to the farmers mobile phone.
More than 4 lakh samples and over 10 lakh grid farmers
were covered (1/3rd farmers fields) and soil health cards
made available online during 2015-16 and also SMS were
sent to the farmers mobile phones. Laminated soil health
cards are being distributed to all the farmers during the
year. The GPS co-ordinates of points of soil test samples
http://www.agrionline.ap.gov.in:8080/OLMS/
This application provides online licenses to the input dealers/
manufacturers of fertilizers. Thereby the dealers/manufacturers
can apply for license freshly or renew and amend online.
Vaddi leni panta runaalu (waiving of

interest to farmers crop loans)
The process of payment of interest amount waived off for
the farmers crop loan, directly to banks from department
of Agriculture, has been automated and is implemented
successfully. The interest amount is credited from the
Government to respective banks through nodal branches based
on details of principal loan amount repaid by the farmers.
e-Agri Labs
An application to automate fertilizers & pesticides testing
laboratories and coding centres through bar coding
mechanism is initiated and allocation of lab & testing of
samples will be kept confidential under this application.
Mee Seva Services

(http://ap.meeseva.gov.in/deptportal/User Interface/Login Form.aspx)
a) Application for subsidy implements under Farm

Mechanization (2 services)
b) online license management system - fertilizers dealers/
manufacturers (33 services)
c) Application for the services under seed and pesticides
made available to dealers through Mee- Seva
Voice messaging - Green SIM Cards of

IKSL:
The Green SIM Cards of M/s IKSL are supplied to 2900+
farmers. Five Voice Messages are sent daily through M/s
IKSL @ Rs. 30 per month. Two on Agriculture (1 Zone
specific & 1 District specific), one on Animal Husbandry. A
general one such as Horticulture/ Rural Health/ Weather/
Market Prices/ Agriculture dept. schemes etc.
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Kisan Call Center 1551 (from BSNL

Landline or Mobile)/ 1800 180-1551
(from Other Landline or Mobile)
The district specific escalated calls of Kisan Call Center 1551 related to the department are registered in Kisan
Knowledge Management System. The registration of all
concerned officers will be done at district level and State level.
Farmers portal of GoI: www.farmer.gov.in

Farmers portal of GoI, is intended to be One Stop Shop
for all the farmers in the country. The information on
package of practices, crop/seed varieties, common pests,
machineries, dealers etc. for the each mandal of our state is
updated. Various inputs dealers/manufacturers details for
seeds, fertilizers & pesticides, soil sample results of current
and past five years will be updated in the portal.
Kisan SMS mkisan.gov.in

Location specific messages sent to farmers either in english or
telugu on the crops selected by the registered farmers. About
4,00,000+ messages are sent to farmers through this portal.
The complete registration of farmers will be taken up. The
registration of all Extension officers will be done in this portal.
Supply of laptops and data cards &tabs

etc:
Government supplied laptops and data cards to MAOs
and ADA(R)s for utilizing IT services without any obstacles
and to evolve reports on real time basis. The extension
functionaries are provided with Tablets of about 6000 to
capture and enter farmer wise/village wise data online
utilizing store and forward option in the regions of low
connectivity.
Tab based Android Applications

Integration with web-land database, online cropped area
report, processing & grounding of all schemes & inputs
distribution (crop schemes), Polam-Pilusthondhi and mobile
application on agricultural information m-Sedyam:
CM-Dash Board core.ap.gov.in

CM office Real-time Executive Dashboard (CORE) is a
prestigious web based software of the Government of AP
with integrated Management Information System (MIS)

dash board for the Honble Chief Minister to monitor key
performance indicators, crop coverage report of Kharif
& Rabi and other schemes like Janmabhoomi Maavooru,
polampilusthondi reports, redressal status of grievances,
natural calamity reliefs, input subsidy payments etc.
HARITA Project
HARITA stands for Harmonised information of
agriculture, revenue, and irrigation for a Transformation
Agenda to integrate data with transformation. The system
is introduced in East Godavari, SPS Nellore, Prakasam
and Kurnool districts on pilot basis. It seeks to enable
better planning of agriculture extension and irrigation and
deployment of new technologies for agriculture, effective
water management and also facilitate work audit. The pilot
initiative allocates works department-wise and lays thrust
on collection of ground data and upload it online for realtime tracking.
Subsidy Seed Distribution

During Kharif 2015, 6.06 lakh qtls of seed was distributed
with a subsidy of Rs.112.97 crore under different schemes.
During Kharif-2015, under contingency 30,622 qtl. of
various alternate crop seeds were also distributed with a
subsidy value of Rs.8.30 crores .
During Rabi 2015-16, it is planned to supply 6.65 lakh qtl.
of various crop seeds with an outlay of Rs.106.48 crores of
subsidy. Out of which, 3.38 lakh qtl. of various crop seeds
worth of Rs.84.35 crores subsidy distributed so far.
Fertilizer Policy Initiatives

Fertilizer consumption during the year 2014-15 in terms of
product was 37.25 LMTs (Kharif 15.08 LMTs and Rabi
22.17 LMTs) and the consumption in terms of nutrients
(N, P, K) was 17.39 LMTs (6.95 LMTs during Kharif 2014
and 10.44 LMTS during Rabi 2014-15). The consumption
during the year 2015-16, (up to December ) in terms of
product is 33.92 LMTs and in nutrient terms (N,P,K) is
16.00LMT.
Details about product-wise consumption of fertilizers
and the nutrient wise fertilizer consumption are given in
Annexures 5.14 and 5.15 respectively.
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Nutrient based fertilizer policy

The Department of Fertilizers, Govt. of India has been
implementing the nutrient based subsidy policy from 1-42010. Under this policy, xed subsidy was extended on
fertilizer products (DAP & Complexes except Urea) based
on nutrient content. The fertilizer companies will decide
MRPs based on the cost of the raw materials/nished
goods (FGs) based on demand and supply. The Government
of India xed subsidy on nutrients for the year 2015-16
w. e. f from 01-04-2015 for nitrogen, phosphorus, potash
and sulphur as Rs.20.88, Rs. 18.68, Rs. 15.50 and Rs. 1.68
respectively per Kg.
Pesticides
The consumption of chemical pesticides during the
year 2014-15 was 4050 MTs (Kharif 2557.43 MTs,
Rabi 1492.57 MTs) of active ingredient. The chemical
pesticide consumption decreased slightly compared to last
years consumption i.e. 2013-14 due to awareness created
among farmers on Integrated Pest Management practices
by conducting polambadi programmes in farmers
fields, Chandranna Rythu Kshetralu, introducing of Bt.
Cotton seeds, usage of Bio-pesticides etc. The pesticide
consumption particulars from 2010-11 to 2015-16 over the
years is shown in Table 5.2.
Table 5.2: Utilization of Pesticides (M.Ts )
Year
Pesticide consumption (Active ingredient)
2010-11
4410
2011-12
4882
2012-13
4249
2013-14
4253
2014-15
4050
2015-16
(Upto
Sep.2015
1180
Farm Mechanization Scheme

High proportion of female workforce both in the cultivation
and processing stages of farming is an emerging trend in
Indian agriculture. Studies indicate that reducing drudgery,
improving efficiency by saving on time and labour, improving
productivity, minimizing wastage and reducing labour costs,

require attention and are possible through introduction
of better equipment for each farming operation Thus,
ergonomically designed tools and equipment for reducing
drudgery, enhancing safety and comfort and also to suit the
needs of women workers would help in better adoption of
technologies in agriculture.
Farm mechanization scheme involves judicious application
of inputs by using agricultural machinery/equipment
e.g. hand tools, bullock drawn equipment, power driven
machines including the prime movers for performing
various operations required for crop production activities.
The mechanization includes introduction of better
equipment for each farming operation in order to reduce
drudgery, to improve efficiency by saving on time and labour,
improve productivity, minimize wastage and reduce labour
costs for each operation, Another important aspect in our
agriculture sector is the high proportion of female workforce
in both the cultivation and processing stages of farming.
Therefore, ergonomically designed tools and equipment for
reducing drudgery, enhancing safety and comfort and also
to suit the needs of women workers would help in better
adoption of technologies in agriculture. Farm equipment
like land preparatory, sowing equipment, plant protection
equipment, self-propelled machinery, power tillers, tractors,
inter cultivation equipment etc., which are used in farming
operations and post-harvest equipment are supplied under
subsidy and the expenditure is being met under NSP,
RKVY, SMAM during 2015-16. An amount of Rs.160.00
Crores was allocated to supply to farm machinery and farm
implements during 2015-16. The subsidy is increased from
50% to 70% to SC and ST farmers on farm mechanisation
components except tractors and combined harvesters.
Custom hiring centres are being established at village
level to make high cost machinery available to small
and marginal farmers . Capacity building trainings were
also being conducted to train rural unemployed youth
on the machinery to mitigate shortage of skilled workers
to work on the machines. The online application system
was introduced to help farmers to avail the equipment on
time and also for effective monitoring of farm equipment
supplies in a more transparent manner. The achievements
under Farm mechanization scheme are shown in Table 5.3.
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Table 5.3 : Farm mechanization

Year
Beneciaries
Target
Subsidy expenditure (Rs in lakhs)
Achievement
Target
Achievement
2013-14
84990
54109
15540.63
7209.02
2014-15
122182
87990
16591.47
15784.00
2015-16
153401
75667
15963.25
11663.32
Crop Insurance National Crop

Insurance Programme
Redgram, Cotton (I&UI), Blackgram, Castor, Turmeric,

Chillies(I), Sunflower Jowar, Castor, Korra in some districts
The Government has taken proactive step of implementation

of National Crop Insurance Programme (NCIP) with
effective from Kharif 2014 in all the districts as per the
directions of Government of India. These schemes are
well received by the farmers as the Government developed
needed infrastructure and streamlined the system of
implementation of Crop Insurance Programme. The new
scheme National Crop Insurance Programme (NCIP)
comprising two components i.e., 1. Modified National
Agricultural Insurance Scheme (MNAIS) 2. Weather Based
Crop Insurance Scheme (WBCIS) are being implemented
from Kharif 2014 in the state which have many more
farmer friendly features.
Village as Insurance Unit Scheme
Crops notified under MNAIS under NCIP in the districts

of the state during Kharif 2015 viz., Rice (village made
as insurance unit), bajra, groundnut(UI), sugarcane(P&R),
maize, redgram, cotton (I & UI), blackgram, castor,
turmeric, chillies(I).
Modied National Agriculture Insurance

Scheme
MNAIS was implemented in all the districts during Kharif
2014 and Rabi 2014-15 seasons to benefit the farmers in
the event of crop loss due to any calamity. The scheme
comprising the additional features such as coverage of
prevented sowings, coverage of post harvest losses, localized
calamities (hail storm) covered on individual basis, district
major crop under village insurance unit, 40-75% premium
subsidy to all the farmers, claims processed based on past 7
years average yield by excluding 2 disaster years, on account
of payment in the event of mid season crop failure, 25% of
likely claim will be paid in advance to the farmers.
Crops notified under NAIS in all the districts of the state
during Kharif 2015 viz., Rice (village made as insurance
unit), Bajra, Groundnut(UI), sugarcane(P&R), Maize,
Apart from Mandal Insurance Unit, one major crop in

each district is selected under Village Insurance Unit,
which is more beneficial to the farming community. Lower
size of unit is more representative in yield assessment for
computation of crop insurance claims. Details of National
Agriculture Insurance scheme is given in Annexure 5.16.
Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme

Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme aims to mitigate
the hardship of the insured farmers due to the financial loss
on account of anticipated crop loss resulting from incidence
of adverse deviations of weather parameters like rainfall,
temperature, relative humidity etc. season wise and districtwise notied crops under WBCIS are shown in Table 5.4
Table 5.4: Season wise and District wise Crops
Notied under WBCIS
Season
Kharif
2015
Crops
Districts
Groundnut
Kurnool, Anantapur, YSR and

Chittoor
Cotton
Guntur and Prakasam.
Red-chilly
Guntur
Oil Palm
West Godavari
Sweet Lime YSR
Rabi
201516
Tomato
Chittoor
Mango
Srikakulam, Vizianagaram,
Visakhapatnam, East Godavari,
West Godavari, Krishna,
Prakasam, YSR , Kurnool,
Chittoor
Banana
Vizianagaram, East Godavari,

YSR , Kurnool, Guntur
Cashewnut
Srikakulam, Vizianagaram
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Premium Subsidy:
25% to 50% premium subsidy is allowed to all the farmers
irrespective of their category.
National Agricultural Insurance Scheme

NAIS is implemented for selected crops in all districts during
Rabi-2015-16, viz., Rice, Groundnut, Maize, Redgram,
Blackgram, Bengalgram, Onion Jowar, Greengram,
Chillies (I), Sunflower, Castor.
Under implementation of different crop insurance
programmes, Andhra Pradesh state stands in No.1 position
in terms of coverage of farmers, coverage of area, claims
paid and farmers benefited for the last 4 years. During the
year 2012-13, claims for Rs. 916.57 Crores benefitting
9.2 Lakh farmers, during the year 2013-14, claims for
Rs.647.33 crores benefitting 8.48 lakh farmers, and during
Kharif 2014, claims for Rs.71.95 crores benefitting to 1.04
Lakh farmers were settled in the state.
New Approach:
Government of Andhra Pradesh made certain suggestions
to the Ministry of
Agriculture Government of India
regarding constituting a new crop insurance scheme to
protect the farmers against both yield and price fluctuations.
Agricultural Credit
The Annual Credit Plan 2015-16 for the State was Rs.
65,272 crore towards Agriculture Credit. Rs.40,258.45
crore (62%) was disbursed under Agricultural credit
upto Sep, 2015. An amount of Rs.31,978.82 crore (67%)
was disbursed under crop loans (short term loans) as
against the target of Rs. 48,066 crore and an amount of
Rs.8279.63 (48%) crore was disbursed as against the target
of Rs.17205 crore under Agriculture term loans including
allied activities. The disbursements up to September, 2015
under Agriculture are nalized by the State level Bankers
Committee of AP.
The Annual Credit Plan 2014-15 for the State was
Rs.56019 crore towards Agriculture Credit Rs.39938 crore
(71%) was disbursed under Agricultural credit. An amount
of Rs. 29658 crore (71%) was disbursed under crop loans
as against the target of Rs. 41977 crore and an amount
of Rs.10280 (73%) crore disbursed as against the target
of Rs.14041 crore under agriculture term loans including
allied activities.
Details about Agricultural Credit disbursement during

2015-16 up to September 2015 are given in Annexure 5.17.
Credit to Land Licensed Cultivators

(Tenant farmers):
The Government of Andhra Pradesh has taken a major
initiative to facilitate financing land licensed cultivators
(tenant farmers) through passing an act named the Andhra
Pradesh land licensed cultivators Act No 18 of 2011 to
provide loan and other benefits eligibility cards to land
licensed cultivators (tenant farmers).
During 2014-15, Loan Eligibility Cards (LECs) were issued
to 3,39,214 (Fresh & Renewal) Land licensed cultivators by
the Revenue department. Amounts of Rs.85.39 crore have
been issued under Crop loans 39,403 LEC holders.
During 2015-16, the Revenue Department has issued
Loan Eligibility Cards (LECs) to 4,55,914 (Fresh:1,88,318
and Renewal: 2,67,596) Land Licensed cultivators (Tenant
farmers) in the state. An amount of Rs.146.88 crore has
been given to 70,013 LEC holders so far. District-wise
details of loan eligibility cards and sanctioned amounts are
Vaddileni Runalu and Pavala Vaddi

Scheme on Crop Loans
To mitigate the financial burden of the farmers, the
Government has announced Rythu Sri (vaddileni panta
runalu/pavala vaddi) scheme on crop loans disbursed. The
Government has announced the Interest free crop loans to
all the farmers up to Rs. 1.00 lakh and pavala vaddi for crop
loans from Rs.1.00 lakh to Rs. 3.00 lakhs if repaid in time
(maximum period of one year).
During 2014-15, an amount of Rs.44.31 crore was settled
under vaddileni runalu and Rs. 1.02 crores was settled
under pavala vaddi.
During 2015-16, an amount of Rs.156.80 crore was
released under the vaddileni runalu as against the allocation
of Rs.172.00 crore. An amount of Rs.9.50 crore was
released under the pavala vaddi as against the allocation of
Rs.10.00 crore.
An amount of Rs.527.65 crore have been settled to 0.74
lakh farmers accounts (as on Sept. 2015) under vaddi leni
runalu and Rs.10.40 lakh have been settled to 0.02 lakh
farmers accounts under pavala vaddi, and the settlement
of claims is under progress.
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Agricultural Debt Redemption Scheme

to farmers:
Under this scheme, an amount of Rs.7,433 crores has been
released in all the districts in 3 phases and the number of
accounts redeemed is 54.06 lakh accounts. A total no.of
35.15 lakh farmer families were benefitted under this
programme .
To facilitate the redressal of the grievances of the farmers
who have not received the benefit due to errors, mistakes
committed by the Banks, data entry errors etc., the
grievance redressal cells have been constituted at State/
District/Revenue division level .
In the month of September 2015, Rythukosam Chandranna
programmes are conducted successfully in all the districts
.During the programme wide publicity was given on Debt
Redemption and exhibited stalls of agriculture and allied
sectors to impart knowledge of advanced technology to
the farmers. The farmer interaction programmes with
the resource persons were also organized. Details of debt
redemption data is given in Annexure 5.19.
Extension Reforms Agriculture

Technology Management Agency
As a part of this scheme, the entire state of Andhra
Pradesh was covered with 90:10 Central and State nancial
sharing. The Extension Reforms Agriculture Technology
Management Agency (ATMA) has been included in the
National Mission on Agricultural & Extension Technology
(NMAET) as Sub Mission on Agricultural Extension
(SMAE).
Benets
of disseminating all technology activities at the district level.

ATMA is supported by a Governing Board (GB) and
a Management Committee (MC). Block level Farm
Information and Advisory Centers (FIACs) have been
created which are operated by a Block Technology Team
(BTT) of technical advisors and a Farmer Advisory
Committee (FAC), a group exclusively of farmers.
Commodity oriented Farmer Interest Groups (FIGs)
are being promoted at block / village level to make the
technology generation / dissemination farmer driven and
farmer accountable. In order to provide needed HRD
support in innovative areas of extension delivery, a State
Agricultural Management and Extension Training Institute
(SAMETI) has also been established in the project states.
Strategic Research and Extension Plan

One of the rst tasks of ATMA is facilitation of preparation
of Strategic Research and Extension Plan (SREP) of the
district. The SREP is prepared through participatory
methodologies such as Participatory Rural Appraisal
(PRA) involving all stakeholders and farmers. SREP
contains detailed analysis of all information on existing
farming systems in the district and research extension
gaps required to be lled-up. It also prioritizes research
extension strategies within the district. It becomes the
basis for development of work plans at blocks/district level.
All the 13 ATMA districts have developed their respective
Strategic Research and Extension Plans. As the validity of
SREPs is ve years, the state has already initiated revisiting
of the SREPs.
State Extension Work Plan
Well Integrated technology development and transfer

system decentralized decision-making,
financially
sustainable extension system, bottom-up Planning,
increased use of Information Technology, emphasis
on in-service training, developing New Public-Private
Partnerships,
strengthening key Institutions and broad
based extension delivery.
The block / district level plans for the year 2015-16 based
on the research-extension strategies given in the SREPs,
were developed by all the ATMA districts as per the
revised ATMA scheme guidelines and cost norms. The
consolidated state extension work plan for the year 2015-16
was developed at state level with an out lay of Rs.3297.61
lakh. The district action plans developed under the scheme
are to be consistent with Article 243 ZD of the Constitution.
ATMA is a district level autonomous institution having

membership of all key stakeholders involved in agricultural
activities. It has the flexibility to receive funds directly
(Government of India/States, Membership fees,
beneficiaries contribution etc). It has the key responsibility
During 2015-16, Government of India released an

amount of Rs. 628.81 lakhs to the State as 1st spell and
revalidated the balance amount of Rs 1194.583 lakhs for
implementation of the activities. Accordingly the districts
are organizing the need based activities like farmer
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trainings, demos, exposure visits, kisan melas, field days,

farmer scientist interaction etc. State Government has
released Rs. 1257.62 lakhs to the department (50:50) share
as state and central is in process.
Paddy NLR 4001 as alternate to BPT 5204.

Demos on soil test based fertilizer application.
Crop intensification/ double cropping with korra prior
to bengalgram.
Major activities conducted during 2015-16
Component wise physical targets and achievements

during the year 2015-16 (upto October,2015) are given in
Annexure 5.20.
Fortnightly agricultural market committee level

workshops with Block level Farmers Advisory Committee
(BFAC) members, progressive farmers and scientists
on 1st & 16th of every month on crop condition and
emerging issues.
Promotion of soil test based fertilizer application.
Direct seeding of paddy through drum seeder/SRI/
SMSRI/ Machine Planting.
Application of micronutrients in paddy and correction
of micronutrient deficiencies.
Shri Subash Palekars Natural Farming & Organic
farming.
Avoiding indiscriminate use of urea in paddy.
Gypsum application in groundnut.
Enhancing the productivity in Redgram by addressing
critical yield gaps.
REF linkage through KVK on line sowing of paddy
with fertilizer cum seed drill.
Promotion of farm machinery as cost reduction
technology in paddy.
Low cost technologies in sugarcane.
ICM practices in rajmah & introduction of new varieties
in tribal area.
Hydroponic green fodder production under drought
conditions- FL Demos.
Reservoir fisheries management, conservation measures
and sustainability to create awareness on regulation of
mesh size, closed fishing season, stocking of seed, eco
friendly fishing practices- 4 trainings.
Demos on University recommended Paddy variety RPBio.
Mixed vegetable farming.
Rearing of rainbow rooster birds.
Promotion of rural backyard poultry.
Innovative activities-demonstration of banana bunch
covers by NGO, Nestham Rural & Urban development
society, Vijayawada and using lazar guided leveler land
preparation.
Promotion of Ragi varieties PPR-1012, PPR-2885,
Vakula.
Government of India Initiatives

Rashtriya Krishi Vikasa Yojana
Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) is one of the
flagship programme of Government of India with 100 %
central assistance and is being implemented by agriculture
& allied sectors. Government of India allocated an amount
of Rs.185.22 crores for the year 2015 -16. The financial
and physical achievements of Agriculture sector relating
to various components for the year 2015-16 shown in
Table.5.5
Table 5.5 Financial achievements under RKVY2015-16
(in crores)
Name of the Project
Target
Achievement
Seed component
6.86
2.50
Plant protection
4.77
1.02
Soil health management
1.56
1.60
Fertilizer control labs
5.00
0.00
Farm mechanisation
4.00
2.50
Organic farming
2.75
1.46
Trainings and exposure visits
0.36
0.10
Organic farming total
37.50
3.56
Total
61.49
11.14
Agriculture
National Food Security Mission

The National Food Security Mission is under implementation
in the state since Rabi 2007-08 and continuation of NFSM
Rice and Pulses during 12th Plan. Coarse Cereals including
maize and commercial crops (Cotton, Jute and Sugarcane)
is part of NFSM from 2014-15. The Districts identified for
Implementation of NFSM Rice, pulses, coarse cereals and
commercial crops during 2015-16.
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National Food Security Mission-Rice

National Food Security Mission - NFSM Rice is being
implemented in 5 districts viz., Srikakulam, Vizianagaram,
Visakhapatnam, YSR and Ananthapuramu. An amount
of Rs.890.37 lakh was spent under NFSM-Rice against a
release of 623.49 lakh upto 15-11-2015.
National Food Security Mission -Pulses

National Food Security Mission- NFSM Pulses is being
implemented in all the 13 districts of the state. An amount
of Rs.2378.04 lakh was spent under NFSM-pulses upto 1511-2015.
NFSM Coarse cereals

National Food Security Mission - NFSM Coarse cereals is
being implemented in the 5 districts viz., Visakhapatnam,
Guntur, Prakasam, Kurnool, Ananthapuramu and Chittoor
in the state. An amount of Rs.34.03 lakh was spent under
NFSM-Coarse cereals upto 15-11-2015.
NFSM commercial crops

NFSM Commercial crops is being implemented in 12
districts except Ananthapuramu district in the state.
An amount of Rs.112.71 lakh was spent under NFSMcommercial crops against a release of Rs.139.61 lakh upto
15-11-2015.
System of Rice Intensication

Promotion of System of Rice Intensication (SRI) is
an important intervention under NFSM for increasing
production and productivity of rice in the State. SRI has
various other advantages. Intensive efforts are being made
in the State for promotion of this system under tanks, wells,
bore wells and tail end areas. An area of 2.90 lakh ha was
covered under SRI cultivation during Kharif 2015 and
0.21 lakh ha was covered under SRI cultivation during
Rabi 2015.
Cooperation
Cooperatives have traditionally been promoted and
organized in a democratic structural frame work for
achieving social and economic betterment of the people.
Different types of cooperatives are organized essentially
to provide agricultural credit to member-farmers so as to
enhance employment to its members and for alleviating
rural poverty. Co-operative movement has completed over

100 years of service to farmers and other weaker sections
of the society.
The Department is mainly concerned with the
administration of Cooperative Laws. The Department
has been pursuing a liberal policy towards Cooperatives
to enable them function as autonomous and independent
bodies. Cooperative week is celebrated every year starting
from 14th November to promote better understanding of the
principles and philosophy of cooperation duly highlighting
achievements of various sectors of the Co-operative
movement. Department website www.apcooperation.nic.
in was inaugurated on Sep, 2015 which provides dynamic
content to farmers, officials and Cooperative institutions.
Well developed ERP applications would be incorporated
in the department website which constitute regulatory
activities of field level functionaries and also provide
necessary information from districts on Key Performance
Indicators. The application also reduces repetition of work
and errors drastically.
Mee Sahakara Seva

Mee Sahakara Seva (Implementation of e- Governance
in Cooperation department, Government of Andhra
Pradesh is a World Bank project pending with Department
of Electronics and Information Technology (Deity),
Government of India with an estimated cost of Rs.617.16
Lakhs and would be expected approval from Deity. The
project provides for IT Infrastructure, system software
for data centre, disaster recovery, and provision of IT
infrastructure for department offices at different levels
and development of integrated software application for
providing the services electronically.
E PACS (Core Banking Solution)

E-PACS project is computerization of PACSs and other
societies. NIC has supplied core banking solution for PACS
which was successfully implemented in Rajasthan. Steps
have been taken to implement CBS in 5 selected societies
on Pilot basis at West Godavari district.
Rural credit co-operatives

The Rural credit co-operative structure at present is a threetier structure with the Andhra Pradesh State Co-operative
Bank at the APEX level with 13 District Co-operative
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Central banks (DCCBs) at the district level and with 383

branches located in district head quarters and small towns
and semi urban areas and 1974 Primary Agricultural Credit
Co-operatives at the Village Level. Kisan Credit Cards
have been issued to 15.60 lakh farmer members of the
PACS. The total nancial assistance received so far under
Revival package for Rural Cooperative Credit Structure is
Rs.935.00 crore including the State Government share of
Rs.146.31 crore. The PACS are also actively participating
in distribution of Agricultural inputs and also doing
other Non-Credit business. The PACS are to provide
more services to their members and generate income for
themselves and NABARD providing assistance to develop
PACS as Multi Service Centres. So far 210 PACS converted
into Multi Service Centres by receiving assistance from
NABARD.
Loaning Programme 2015-16

A.P. State Co-operative Bank provided Rs.4344.42 crore
(KharifRs.4000.91 crore and Rabi-Rs.343.51 crore) as
production credit to farmers through the Primaries and the
District Co-operative Central Banks during the year 201516 (upto December,2015). Out of the total Rs. 4344.42
crore loans were distributed under Seasonal Agricultural
Operations (SAO)/OPP/DTP.
Long Term Loans

APCOB has renanced an amount of Rs.216.07 crore to
the DCC Banks under Long Term Agricultural Credit to
the extent as against the loaning programme of Rs. 449.00
crore allotted to all the 13 DCCBs during the year 2014-15
(upto Dec,2015).
A.P. Farmers Debt Redemption Scheme, 2014

The State Government of Andhra Pradesh constituted
an expert committee suggested the modalities and
methodology of implementing a Debt Waiver Scheme
keeping in view the severe distress the farming community
undergoing in the last few years, to waive the agriculture
crop loans and gold loans availed for agricultural purposes
together not exceeding Rs. 1.50 lakhs per DWCRA group
in order to financially strengthen the groups.
The Government of Andhra Pradesh sanctioned Rs.
155692.30 lakh to APCOB for the 13 District cooperative
Central Banks in the State in three phases under AP Farmer
Debt Redemption Scheme, 2014, of which an amount of

Rs. 149771.25 lakhs was released in three phases as on
29.8.2015.
Integrated Co-operative Development

Projects
Integrated Cooperative Development Project is a Centrally
Sponsored Scheme with the financial assistance of NCDC.
Subsidy component of the Project for PIT Cost is shared by
NCDC and State Government on 50:50 basis.
This project has already been completed in 11 Districts with
total expenditure of Rs. 17506.21 lakhs and now 2 districts
i.e. West Godavari and Prakasham under implementation.
These two projects will completed by 31.3.2016.
Under Phase-II, Kurnool (Rs.2725.00 lakhs), East Godavari
(Rs.9661.00 Lakhs) and Chittoor
(Rs. 3513.00 lakhs)
have got eligibility to implement ICDP Phase II for a period
of 4 years. An amount of Rs. 4769.70 lakhs is tentatively
proposed in the Budget Estimates in the financial year
2016-17.
Marketing Co-operative Societies

There are 13 District Co-operative Marketing Societies
(DCMSs), which undertake procurement of agricultural
produce to enable farmers get minimum administered
prices for their produce. The DCMSs procure seed on
behalf of AP Seeds Development Corporation and also
undertake procurement activities on behalf of MARKFED
in addition to carrying on local business activities like sale
of Fertilisers, Seeds, Consumable articles, Stationary items
etc., to various departments located in the districts. The
performance status of DCMSs is given in Table 5.6.
Table 5.6 : Performance of District Cooperative
Marketing Societies
(Rs.in Lakh)
2014-15
Share Capital
Contribution
Business Turn over
Prot
Loss
Accumulated losses
Assets
Liabilities
2015-16 (upto Nov,2015)
383.88
381.11
36696.63
441.01
52.47
715.34
10743.51
10677.27
20854.10
297.97
35.04
747.05
9740.69
9691.65
Source: Cooperative Department
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A.P. MARKFED
MARKFED is an apex organization for the Co-operative
Marketing Societies (CMS) in the state for supplying
agricultural inputs, cattle feed, fertilizers, gypsum, provisions
and other requirements to private run institutions and
government hostels. Subsequent to introduction of single
window system in the state in 1987, MARKFED offers its
services through PACS at the primary level and DCMS in
the district level. It undertakes to procure other commodities
under commercial account every year depending upon the
market situation.
AP State Co-operative Union

APSCU is an Apex Cooperative institution in the field
of Cooperative Education and Training. There are Six
Co-operative Training Centres (CTCs) working under
APSCU offering Diploma in Co-operative Management
and Computer Applications. APSCU mainly provides
education to members, through short term cooperative
trainings to staff and member orientation programs to the
needy elected Managing Committee members of Primary
societies, DCCBs and other Cooperatives.
The APSC Union is also publishing a cooperative monthly
magazine titled Sahakara Samacharam for awareness
building and propagation of Cooperative Principles and
Cooperative Movement in the state.
Andhra Pradesh State Cooperative Rural

Irrigation Corporation Ltd.
The Andhra Pradesh State Cooperative Rural Irrigation
Corporation Ltd., undertakes drilling of in-well bores,
surface bores, lift Irrigation schemes and construction
of check dams etc. in Agricultural sector. The state
Horticulture Mission / Horticulture department has
identied the APSCRIC Ltd. as the Nodal Agency for
construction of Farm ponds in Horticulture elds.
Rural electricity supply cooperative

societies
The key objective of the Rural electric supply cooperative
societies is to purchase electricity in bulk from the nearest
DISCOM and distribute it to domestic, industrial and
agricultural consumers in their area of operation. Three
RESCOs are working under the administrative control

of Cooperative Department viz., RESCOs at Kuppam
(Chittoor district), Anakapalle RECS Ltd, Kasimkota
(Visakhapatnam district) and RECS Cheepurupalli
(Vizianagaram district). These three RESCOs have over
3.02 lakh service connections covering 490 villages and 656
hamlets.
Consumer Cooperative Societies

Consumer Cooperatives have been assigned an important
role in distribution of good quality consumer articles at
competitive prices to control price line in both urban and
rural areas. About 216 Consumer Cooperative Societies are
functioning in the State. Consumer Cooperative Societies
are also undertaking distribution of textbooks, notebooks,
cloth, crackers and supply of various stationary items and
provisions to Government hostels etc.
Labour Contract Cooperative Societies

Labour Contract Cooperative societies function in a 3-tier
structure ie., Primary level - 1923 LCCS with 59072
members in the state; District level - all district Federations
of Labour Contact Cooperative Societies and State level
AP State Cooperative Labour Contract Cooperative
Societies FederationLtd.
Cooperative Joint Farming Societies

Joint Farming Cooperatives also work in a three-tier
structure ie., Primary Level- 1,452 CJFS and membership
of 1,35,334; District Level-13 District Federations of
Cooperative Joint Farming Societies and State LevelAndhra Pradesh State Cooperative Joint Farming Societies
Federation Ltd., (under liquidation).
Co-operative Tribunals
Two Cooperative Tribunals have been constituted in the
State. Vijayawada Cooperative Tribunal was constituted
in 1993 and Visakhapatnam Cooperative Tribunal in 2003
to render speedy and effective justice to affected parties.
These Tribunals are vested with Appellate Jurisdiction over
the orders passed under APCS Act, 1964 and with original
jurisdiction over the disputes led under AP MACS Act,
1995. 457 cases are pending in all the two Co-operative
Tribunals for disposals as on 31-12-2014.
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Audit
There is a separate audit wing for audit in cooperative
department headed by the chief auditor who works under
the general superintendence and control of Registrar of
Cooperative Societies. The Chief auditor shall audit or
Horticulture
Horticulture is proving to be viable option providing
diversied cropping pattern for agricultural land use
because of assured and remunerative returns to the farmers.
This sub sector of the crop sector, with its consistently
growing contribution to the state economy has started
gaining prominence.
Area under Horticulture
14.74 lakh Ha
crops-
Pradhana Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana

(PMKSY) APMIP,
Mission for Integrated Development of
Horticulture (MIDH),
Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY), National
Mission on Oilseeds
Oilpalm Program under Mini Mission-II
(NMOOP)
Promotion of Horticulture Activities
Impact study on Micro Irrigation: covering
3.66 lakh farmers
The strategy of convergence with MGNREGS for better

utilization of labour, resources and empowerment of
backward communities, is aligned with the horticulture
cause audit by a person authorized by him the accounts of

a society at least once in a year. For the year 2014-15, 19307
cooperative societies were programmed for audit, of which
5928 are under aided category and remaining 13379 are
under unaided category. Audit is under process.
development in the state. Horticulture has emerged as

an indispensable part of Agriculture and is providing
opportunities for sustaining large number of agro-industries
which have created employment avenues to semi-skilled
and unskilled labour force.
Promoting Post-Harvest Management practices through
establishment of Pack houses, Cold storages, Ripening
Chambers and Processing units to reduce Post-Harvest
losses are fast emerging as the key instruments targeting
horticulture exports.
Horticulture is the main segment, while its various subsegments are fruits, vegetables, flowers, spices and plantation
crops. All these are regarded as the essential ingredients
of economic security. Wide range of agro-climatic
conditions of the state is conducive for growing a large
variety of Horticultural crops, including, root and tuber
crops, ornamental crops, plantation crops like coconut,
cashew and cocoa etc., it contributes about 5.6% of the
State GDP and is moving towards value enhancement in
addition to focus on production. 14.74 Lakh Ha. area is
under Horticulture with production of 188.22 lakhs MTS
of Horticulture crops in Andhra Pradesh. The area under
fruits is 5.76 lakhs Ha, Vegetables 2.33 lakhs Ha, Spices
2.21 lakh Ha and Plantation crops 4.27 lakh Ha. During
the year 2015-16 the Government has set a target of 20%
growth in output and to achieve this, there is need for new
initiatives, new interventions and implementations with the
support and coordination of farmers and entrepreneurs.
The Government is taking up horticulture development in
a big way. The focus in recent years has been on increasing
production and productivity of horticulture crops,
development of infrastructure for post harvest management
and providing access to domestic and export markets.
Andhra Pradesh ranks 1st in the production of Oil Palm,
Tomato, Chillies Turmeric and Mango; 2nd in production
of loose owers in India (NHB data base 2013).
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Growth of Horticulture
Horticulture crops were grown in an area of 14.74 lakh
hectares and production was 188.22 lakh tonnes during the
year 2015-16 as per 1st advance estimates. Details about
the area and production of horticulture crops during 201415 and 2015-16 (A) are given in Annexure 5.21. The details
about the principal horticultural crops area and production
in 2015-16 (1st Advance Estimates) are given in Table 5.7
below.
Table 5.7:
Horticultural Crops Area and
Production during 2015-16
Crop Category
Area
(lakh ha.)
Production
(lakh MTs)
Fruits
5.76
100.48
Vegetables
2.33
53.26
Flowers
0.17
1.35
Plantation Crops
4.27
22.14
Spices
2.21
10.90
Medicinal & Aromatic Plants
0.005
0.090
Total
14.74 188.22
Source: Horticulture Department.
Programmes
Several farmer oriented activities are being taken up to
encourage adoption of modern technologies, evolving
sustainable farming practices, provision of post-harvest
infrastructure facilities and supplying knowledge inputs to
the farming community.
Assistance is provided to farmers on plant material, seed
and inputs, drip and sprinkler systems, pre & post Harvest
infrastructure etc., through schemes implemented by the
Department under Pradhana Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana
(PMKSY) APMIP, Mission for Integrated Development
of Horticulture (MIDH),Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana
(RKVY), National Mission on Oilseeds and Oilpalm
Program under Mini Mission-II (NMOOP) and Promotion
of Horticulture Activities under State Plan Programme.
Production of
Horticulture crops
188.22
lakh MTS
Pradhana Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana

(PMKSY) APMIP with convergence
of National Mission on sustainable
Agriculture
AP Micro Irrigation Project (APMIP) is a first
comprehensive and unique project being implemented in a
big way in Andhra Pradesh for enhancing crop productivity
by improving water use efficiency through Micro-irrigation
systems to benefit the farmers. It is an ongoing project and
5.99 lakh ha. has been covered under Micro irrigation in all
the districts in the State, benefiting 5.33 lakh farmers, with
a total financial out lay of Rs.2841.26 crores.
The aim of the Project is to improve the economic
conditions of the farmers by conserving water, bringing
additional area into cultivation with the available water
resources and also enhancing the crop productivity, quality,
facilitates judicious usage of ground water, conserving
ground water resources, saving in power consumption and
saving in cost of cultivation.
In view of deficit Rainfall, Rain shadow regions,
unpredictable rains and considerable depletion of ground
water, drip irrigation is a viable option for farmers. To
achieve the concept of More crop per Drop Micro
irrigation is to be taken up particularly in the districts of
Rayalaseema, which are most drought prone and backward
areas.
APMIP is being implemented with the assistance from
Government of India, State Government and farmer
contribution. Because of the consolidated efforts of the
State Government over a period of time the farmers started
realizing the fruits of the technology and reached the stage
that farmers are not venturing for Agriculture without
Micro Irrigation. Still there is huge potential area of 10.42
lakh ha. is available in the state to be covered under Micro
Irrigation. From 2015-16 onwards, Micro Irrigation is
being implemented under PMKSY with funding pattern of
60:40 between central and State Government.
Out Come of Micro Irrigation:

1. Increase of production and productivity of crops, savings
in water and savings in energy are shown in Table.5.8, 5.9
and 5.10 respectively.
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Impact study on Micro Irrigation:
Table.5.8 Production and productivity of crops

Crop
Sugarcane
Banana
Citrus
Papaya
Sapota
Pomegranate
Mango
Coconut
Grapes
Vegetables
Normal
Yield with
Increase in
yield
drip irrigation
yield (%)
(MT/ha)
(MT/ha)
78
98-125
25-60
35
46-53
32-50
13
17-19
35-45
80
107-116
35-45
10
10-15
20-30
10
13-14
15-30
9
13-15
50-70
13
14-16
15-25
21
25-27
20-30
12
14-17
20-40
The AP Productivity Council (APPC) conducted 3rd party

status survey of all the systems installed in the fields of
farmers under APMIP for an area of 5.08 lakh ha., covering
3.66 lakh farmers and the findings are as briefed below:
Subject
Saving of water
25-50%
96% (3.52 )
25-50%
94% (3.44)
50%
94% (3.44)
Increase in income
Rs.10000-25000
per acre per
annum
90% (3.29)
Savings in Labour
cost
Rs.2000 per acre

per annum
80% (2.93)
20%
77% (2.81)
Drip
b) Sprinklers
Table.5.9 Savings in water

Water Saved in (mm) per ha per season
Flood
Drip
Net
% of
irrigation irrigation saving saving
2
3
4
5
6
Sweet orange
1136
530
606
53
Sugarcane
1634
748
886
54
Pomegranate
1363
663
700
51
Brinjal
891
408
483
54
Papaya
2196
1060
1136
52
Mango
1114
520
594
53
Tomato
994
504
490
49
Chilli
994
480
514
52
Banana
2196
1087
1109
51
Reduced incidence
of pests
Source: Horticulture Department
Table.5.10 Savings in energy

Crop
2
Sweet orange
Sugarcane
Pomegranate
Brinjal
Papaya
Mango
Tomato
Chilli
Banana
Energy saved (kwh) per ha

Flood
Drip
Net
% of
irrigation irrigation saving saving
7
8
9
10
1307
610
697
53
1881
861
1020
54
1569
763
806
51
1026
470
557
54
2528
1220
1307
52
1283
599
684
53
1145
580
564
49
1145
553
592
52
3033
1501
1532
51
% of farmers
(in Lakhs)
Increase in Yield
Crop
Feed Back
Papaya with Inline Drip
Beera Inline Drip
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Citrus with Online
Turmeric with Online
Initiatives
To facilitate the farmers for better utilization of the scheme,
the farmer has been given an opportunity to register the
application from any Mee-Seva centers in the District.
The salient features are:

Farmer can ascertain the status of applications through
Mee-Seva Centers at any point of time.
Sanctions will be issued based on the seniority of
registration of applications.
Farmer can choose MI Company among the empanelled
MI Companies to the District.
Brinjal with Online
SMS alerts will be sent to the farmers at the time of

registration, at the time of sanction and final release of
subsidy.
So far, over 1.41 lakh farmers have registered their
application in Mee-Seva Centers covering an area of 1.71
lakh ha as against the target of 1.00 lakh ha. So far 30,237
ha are under MI Systems.
Mission for Integrated Development of

Horticulture (MIDH)
Jasmine with Online
A Centrally Sponsored Scheme the State Horticulture

Mission, is being implemented in the State by the State
Horticulture Mission. The Mission was launched to
promote holistic growth of horticulture sector through
an area based regionally differentiated strategies. The
focus of the programme is to provide comprehensive
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development of all the sub-sectors of horticulture so as

to provide additional income to horticulture growers.
This programme is under implementation in 9 districts
(Srikakulam, West Godavari, Guntur, Prakasam, SPS
Nellore, Chittoor, YSR, Ananathapuramu, and Kurnool)
and two tribal areas of Rampachodavaram of East
Godavari and Paderu of Visakhapatnam districts. Andhra
Pradesh, with its high growth trajectory, a large population,
significant dependence on agriculture and horticulture and
an extensive coastline is likely to become a significant player
in production and marketing of Horticultural produce.
Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture
(MIDH) is a Government of India scheme being
implemented since 2014 by subsuming six schemes on
Horticulture development including NHM as per the
revised cost norms and pattern of assistance.
The focus of the programme is to provide comprehensive
development of all the sub-sectors of Horticulture so as
to provide additional income to Horticulture growers.
This programme is under implementation in nine districts
(except Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, East Godavari and
Krishna) and two tribal areas of Rampachodavaram of
East Godavari and Paderu of Visakhapatnam districts.
An amount of Rs. 50.67 crores was utilized during 2014-15
for implementation of various activities like establishment
of new gardens, rejuvenation of senile gardens, IPM/INM,
HRD, Organic farming, farm mechanization and Post
Harvest Management etc.,
MIDH is being implemented with an outlay of Rs. 143.00
crore with the GoI and GoAP share in the ratio of 60:40
basis during the year 2015-16.
The major components covered under MIDH are a)
Area expansion (Perennial and Non-Perennial crops),
b) Rejuvenation of senile orchards, c) INM / IPM and
Organic farming d) Protected Cultivation, e) Post Harvest
Management, f) Creation of Water Resources (Farm
Ponds), g) Farm Mechanisation and h) Capacity Building.
Production of Quality Plant Material

Quality plant material plays a vital role in sustainability of
gardens especially perennial fruit crops. Small and model
nurseries were encouraged to produce quality plant material
by providing assistance for infrastructure under NHM to
cater to the requirement of plant material for bringing
additional areas with improved varieties and rejuvenation

programmes.
Twelve Horticulture farms were established producing
around 6.00 lakhs of quality plant production. Nursery Act
was introduced for regulation of supply of quality plant
material to farmers.
Post-Harvest Management
Horticulture crops are highly perishable and require special
attention on harvesting, handling, packaging, storage
and processing operations. The focus was on providing
pre-harvest tools and development of post harvest
infrastructure facilities like Pack houses, Cold storages,
Refer Vans, Ripening Chambers etc. During 2015-16
(up to October, 2015), assistance was provided for 7 cold
storage units, 3 ripening chamber and 91 pack houses.
Post-harvest management activities like reduction of losses
and improvement of the quality of horticultural produce is
important for enhancing value of the produce.
Several measures were taken up under MIDH to preserve
the quality of various horticultural products and for
primary handling, storage and transportation. Particularly,
establishment of ripening chambers for Banana, which
helped realize better price at the farm gate. Establishment of
Cold storages with NHM subsidy is catering to agriculture
produce as well as horticulture produce fetching better
market price to the farmers. Pollution-free new technologies
in Cashew processing like Steam boiling method, which
increase the quality of the produce, were also encouraged.
Rashtriya Krishi Vikasa Yojana

Rashtriya Krishi Vikasa Yojana (RKVY) aims to increase
public investment in infrastructure etc., and provide
exibility and autonomy in the process of planning and
executing schemes in the horticulture sector. RKVY
scheme in Andhra Pradesh is proposed to implement major
activity in non-SHM districts viz., Krishna, East Godavari,
Visakhapatnam and Vizianagaram while the projects under
integrated vegetable production which are not covered in
SHM are being implemented in all the districts.
An amount of Rs.41.72 crores was allocated for
implementation of RKVY programme during 2015-16.
The salient features of the scheme are area expansion of
vegetables through hybrid vegetable seeds, assistance for
pandals & trellis, creation of post-harvest infrastructures
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like Promotion of Farmers groups by providing functional

infrastructure for sorting, grading, packing and collection
center (value addition) in all the districts and Post Harvest
Management of Chillies (Integrated Pack House) in Guntur
district and small shade net nurseries to cater to the needs
of vegetable cultivation.
NMOOP - Mini Mission -II

Andhra Pradesh ranks 1st in cultivation of oilpalm with
1.44 lakh Ha. out of the total area of 2.78 lakh Ha under
oilpalm in India. An average yield of 10.2 lakh MTs for
year is obtained with 106414 Ha. of bearing plantations
in Andhra Pradesh. West Godavari district has highest
area with an extent of Oilpalm. 13 processing units were
established by Oil Palm Companies with a capacity of 240
MT/Hr., which are working with Government under this
programme. The companies have buy-back arrangements
for purchase of Fresh Fruit Bunches (FFBs) from farmers
in the factory zones allotted them at the rate fixed by the
Government.
Government of India has launched National Mission
on Oil Seeds and Oil Palm Programme(NMOOP) Mini
Mission-II (Oilpalm) during the year 2014-15 with an
objective of need to intensify efforts for area expansion
Animal Husbandry
1309.58
5.27
96.56
3119
2nd in Egg production (
4th in Meat production (
6th in Milk production (
crore, eggs)
lakh Metric Tons)

Lakh Metric Tons)
No. of Veterinary Institutions--
Animals provide nutrient rich food products, draught

power, dung as organic manure and domestic fuel, hides
& skin, and are a regular source of cash income for rural
households. They are a natural capital, which can be easily
reproduced to act as a living bank with offspring as interest,
and an insurance against income shocks of crop failure and
natural calamities.
under Oilpalm to enhance palm oil production in the

Country with quality planting materials, irrigation and
proper management, there is potential of achieving 20-30
MT Fresh Fruit Bunches (FFBs) per ha. After attaining age
of 5 years an amount of Rs. 69.23 Crores was allocated for
the implementation of NMOOP Programme with the GoI
and GoAP share of 60:40 basis for 2015-16.
Promotion of Horticulture Activities

Under Primary Sector Mission lot of emphasis has been
given to Horticulture sector as it has been identified as best
growth engine for overall development of the primary sector
in the state. Under State Plan, an amount of Rs. 210.00
crores is allotted for innovative schemes like Area Expansion
(Cultivation of Cocoa in Coconut, Loose Flowers, T.C.
Banana, Papaya, Pineapple, Pomegranate, Potato and
Cashewnut), Canopy Management in Cashew, Protected
Cultivation (Green houses, Shadenet houses), Creation of
water resources (Farm Ponds), Integrated Pest Management
(IPM) in Fruits & Vegetables, Post-Harvest Management
(Pack Houses, Onion Storage Structures, Refer Vans,
Ripening Chambers, Cold Storages, Silapauline Sheets,
Chilli Dryers, Plastic Crates etc.,) and Human Resource
Development.
Livestock have been an integral component of Indias

agricultural and rural economy since time immemorial,
supplying energy for crop production in terms of draught
power and organic manure, and in turn deriving their own
energy requirements from crop byproducts and residues.
Livestock plays an important and vital role in providing
nutritive food to families both in rural and urban areas.
Major part of the livestock population is concentrated in
the marginal and small size of holdings. This is the sector
where the poor contribute to growth directly instead of
getting benefit from growth generated elsewhere. The
progress in the sector results in balanced development of
the rural economy particularly in reducing the poverty
amongst the weaker sections. Livestock provides stability to
family income especially in the arid and semi-arid regions
of the State. Livestock are the best insurance against the
vagaries of nature due to drought, famine and other natural
calamities.
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Most of the animal farming activities such as fodder

collection, feeding, watering, health care, management,
milking and household-level processing, value addition
and marketing are performed by women. The growth
in livestock sector is demand-driven, inclusive and propoor. The rate of return on investment from Livestock
sector is comparatively very high. Livestock sector apart
from contributing to the state economy in general and
to agricultural economy in particular, also provides
employment generation opportunities, asset creation,
coping mechanism against crop failure and social and
nancial security. Livestock is the main source of animal
protein for the population. Demand for animal food
products is responsive to income changes, and is expected
to increase in future.
The state stands 2nd in Egg production (1309.58 crores),

4th in Meat production (5.27 lakh Metric Tons) and 6th in
Milk production (96.56 Lakh Metric Tons) in the country
as per the estimates during 2014-15. The value of livestock
produce, as per the Advance estimates for 2015-16 is
estimated to be Rs.49,361 crores at current basic prices and
the livestock sector contributes 8.85% to the state GVA.
The Animal Husbandry, from a humble beginning of

backyard poultry, has grown into a dynamic industry. Milk
and Meat production has also made a quantum leap with
the production increasing substantially. Andhra Pradesh has
some of the richest livestock resources in the country and
is one of the most advanced states in Animal Husbandry.
The State attained a prominent position in the country in
Livestock Sector over the years because of its increasing
livestock resources, gradual enlightenment of farmers and
the dedicated and sustained efforts of the Government.
Animal Husbandry schemes have been formulated to attain

well-laid National policies aimed at improving livestock
production, ghting protein hunger, improving nutritional
standards of human population and provision of technical
support for the maintenance and improvement of livestock.
Livestock population as per 2012 Census is shown in Table
5.11. District wise Livestock population as per 2012 Census
is given in Annexure 5.22.
Effective veterinary and animal husbandry services are

critical in achieving the signicant production levels.
Economic support programs like distribution of milch
animals, sheep and poultry units helped the rural masses
enormously in bridging income gaps. This besides
conserving domestic biodiversity has become a means of
producing food in dry lands without depleting ground water
resources. A sizable number of families owning sheep and
goat have already been covered with livestock insurance.
Andhra Pradesh takes pride in the country in having
famous world renowned Livestock breeds like Ongole and
Punganur in cattle, Godavari Buffaloes, Nellore in sheep
and Aseel in poultry. As per Livestock Census 2012,
62.54 lakh out of 126.65 lakh (49.38%) households in the
state are engaged in Livestock / Livestock related rearing
activities. The Livestock resources in the state include
47.16 lakh Cattle, 64.62 lakh Buffaloes, 135.60 lakh Sheep
(1st in country), 44.96 lakh Goats, 1.57 lakh pigs, 0.13 lakh
other Livestock, 294.03 lakh total Livestock & 805.83 lakh
poultry (3rd in country).
The key objectives of the government include building the

health of the Nation by increasing the availability & quality
of Animal origin foods like Milk, Meat and Eggs to the
human population through scientic breeding, feeding and
health management of livestock & poultry. Efforts are being
made to improve the wealth of the nation by providing
necessary technical support to Livestock bearers thereby
improve livelihoods of farm families.
Table 5.11 Livestock population in A.P

No. in lakh
Category
As per 2007 As per 2012

census
census
Cattle
54.73
Buffaloes
47.16
82.30
64.62
Sheep
121.20
135.60
Goat
48.24
44.96
Pigs
2.06
1.57
745.37
805.83
Poultry
Source: Directorate of Animal Husbandry
Though there is reduction in the total Cattle and Buffalo

Population, the production and availability of nutritious
food and supplemental income to farmers has also increased
due to perceptible increase in Crossbred Cattle and Graded
Murrah Buffaloe population especially female / Milch
animals as per the latest Livestock Census, 2012.
The production of Milk, Eggs and Meat is shown in the
following Table 5.12 and chart 5.4.
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Table 5.12: Production of Milk, Meat & Eggs

Item
Milk
Unit
Meat
90.83
96.56
3.10
6.31
L.MTs
4.89
5.27
2.32
7.77
Growth
Eggs
2013-14 2014-15
L.MTs
Growth
2015-16 (upto
Sep 2015)
51.53
2.75
cr.Nos 1272.69 1309.58
Growth
-1.14
668.58
Chart 5.4: Milk, Meat and Egg Production

100.0
60.0
53.6
40.0
23.0
20.0
0.0
10.8
52.9
55.1
26.4
27.2
10.1
9.5
61.9
66.4
31.3
31.0
10.5
10.9
72.4
34.9
11.4
77.3
38.4
11.6
84.0
44.0
12.2
88.1
90.8
47.8
48.9
12.9
12.7
96.6
52.7
13.1
2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15
Milk (Lakh MTs)
To fulfill the provisions of fodder security policy, certain

new & innovative schemes will be implemented with the
involvement of private partners through PPP besides
continuing the ongoing schemes to achieve self-reliance in
feed and fodder production. The sub components of the
main activity are
i. Increase of fodder production and availability
2.90
Source: Animal Husbandry Department.
80.0
2. Feed and fodder Development

Programme:
Meat (10,000 MTS)
Egg (100 Crs)
Source: Animal Husbandry Department
Production estimates of milk, meat and eggs from 2004-05

to 2015-16 (upto September 2015) are shown in Annexure
5.23 and district wise production are given in Annexure
5.24.
State Plan Schemes 2015-16
1. Cattle & Buffaloe Breed Development

Supply of Sexed Semen/ Embryo
This scheme is to be implemented in selected pockets of the
state involving AP livestock Development Agency (APLDA).
10000 doses of sexed semen will be procured and piloted to
produce additional female calves. Subsidy on each dose of
sexed semen is 90% and the remaining 10% of the cost of
sexed semen shall be borne by the concerned beneficiary.
Funds allocated to this activity are also meant for training
the staff within or outside the state for implementation of
the activity. Funds can also be utilized for import of superior
quality embryos (HF, Jersey).
Feeding cost constitutes 70% of the production cost in

livestock sector. Additional Green fodder production (7.5
lakh MTs) shall be promoted by supplying 3750 MTs of
fodder seed to 2 lakh beneficiaries as part of ongoing
scheme. Fodder activity shall also be promoted in vacant
land available in Government farms, APCARL either by
department or through PPP Physical target 500 acres.
Production of 3000 MTs of fortified maize stover fodder
blocks shall be promoted to make use of maize stover
which is wasted in coastal districts. The fodder blocks shall
be distributed to the farmers at concessional rates. It is a
new scheme to be implemented as PPP project. Production
of 3000 MTs maize silage bales shall also be promoted as
commercial and economic activity for distribution to the
needy farmers at concessional rates. It is a new scheme to
be implemented as (PPP) project. Azolla Cultivation (4400
Units) and unit cost is Rs.5,000/ with a subsidy of 90%.
Hydroponics (325 Units).and unit cost is Rs.30,000/- with a
subsidy of 75%. Marketing of fodder bales and blocks shall
also be done in convergence with PR and RD department.
ii. Fodder Banks
The scheme in which fodder storage facilities shall be
created on scientific lines in 3 strategic locations in the state.
The fodder stocked at these banks shall be utilised to supply
to the farmers as per need at concessional rates to sustain
production.
iii. Fodder and feed supply in Drought/ Cyclone
areas
The scheme was implemented in 2014-15 without any
budgetary allocation but impact assessment showed that
there is a cost benefit ratio of 1:4 through sustained milk
production. Supply of feed and fodder on subsidy basis
@ Rs.3/- per kg of dry fodder and Rs.4/- per kg of
concentrate feed will be made to the farmers in drought
affected / natural calamity areas.
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iv. Ksheerasagar
The objective of the scheme is to take care of pregnant and
lactating animals, to reduce inter calving period (from 24
months to 18 months) in milch animals to give a support
for a period of six months (Last 3 months of pregnancy
and first 3 months of lactation). 13000 beneficiaries shall be
covered with 75% subsidy.
3. Implementation of Livestock
Development Programmes Management
/ Health Care
i. Suphalam:
The objective of the scheme is fertility Management of
infertile animals. The provision available under this subcomponent can also be utilised to tie-up medicines required
for the animals covered under Ksheerasaagar scheme. All
infertile animals available in the target villages shall be
identified through screening of animals and appropriate
treatment package shall be given under the supervision
of a Graduate Veterinarian till the animal is conceived
or advised for culling. Under this scheme 44 villages are
covered in all districts.
ii. Janmabhoomi Mavooru programme:
Animal Health Camps shall be conducted in all the Gram
Panchayats / Mandals in the State during the Janmabhoomi
Maavooru Program. The activities broadly include
deworming, vaccinations, fertility management, treatment
of sick animals, technology transfer, capacity building, input
supply etc., As the camps are exclusively organized by the
departmental staff in the early hours or in the late evenings.
The provision available under this sub-component can
also be utilised for plantation of fodder trees in all possible
locations under neeru-chettu/polampilustondi etc.
4. Sheep and Goat Units Induction and increasing
the productivity
It is an ongoing scheme to increase meat production through
induction of 5+1 or 20+1 Sheep / Goat units as decided
by the Department as per local needs. The unit cost shall
be Rs.1,00,000 for 20+1 unit and Rs.30,000/- for 5+1 unit.
Replacement of Breeding Rams prevents inbreeding among
sheep and this intervention increases the birth weights of
lambs and reduces lamb mortality and this activity shall
be experimented through exchange of Breeding Rams
among flocks during 2015-16. Exchange melas shall also
be organized taking mandal / blocks as unit where all the

interested shepherds will meet at one place and exchange
their rams. The provision available under this component
shall be utilised towards transportation charges, insurance,
feed incentive of 50 kgs each, cash incentive of Rs.500/- each
to both the shepherds covered under exchange programme
including the logistics required for organization of the
exchange. The funds available under this subcomponent
shall also be utilised to implement the innovative scheme
Passing the gift in 44 locations in convergence with rural
development department to promote production of Breeding
Rams mobilizing community participation.
5. Supply of Calf feed under Calf

Rearing Programme (Sunandini)
It is an ongoing scheme to reduce the age at first conception
in female animals which also helps to develop milch animal
replacement stock within the State instead of animal
induction from outside the State. The elite female calves
enrolled at the age of 4-6 months shall be given feed,
insurance, health care and other support activities for a
period of 24 months or till the date of calving whichever is
earlier. The provision made under this component can also
be utilised to extend support for the calves already enrolled
during previous years. Unit cost is Rs.15,000 with a subsidy
of 75%. 20,000 calves will be assisted during the year 201516 in all districts.
6. Upgrading vaccine production

unit / standardization unit / disease
diagnostic units
It is an ongoing scheme to organize preventive and
curative health care activities to create disease free zones
that facilitates exports. The funds shall be utilized for
procurement/ production of vaccines required for disease
control programmes and also for the logistics required
during vaccine production, vaccine testing and vaccinations
done under animal Disease control programmes. The
services of trained unemployed youth shall also be utilised
to complete immunization schedules within the time frame
prescribed through well laid vaccination calendar. The
provision made under this component shall also be utilized
to extend performance based incentives to the private
vaccinators and also for strengthening of infrastructure
related to vaccine production and Disease Diagnostic units.
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7. Strengthening of Hospitals &

Dispensaries
It is a new and innovative scheme to monitor schemes
implemented through Veterinary Institutions and also to
reduce the ministerial (clerical) work load on Graduate
Veterinarians. The provision under this sub-component
shall be utilised to strengthen the software and hardware
available at Veterinary Institutions. The data entry work
as well as software development shall be outsourced to the
competent agencies with the assistance of APTS or any
other related Government agency.
8.Capacity building Training of

farmers/Field staff
It is a new and innovative scheme to train the staff and
farmers covered under Suphalam, Sunandini, Ksheerasagar,
fodder development, poultry and sheep development
activities in collaboration with APDDCF/Private Dairies/
SVVU/NGOS/ Department Training Centers etc. The
provision available under this sub-component shall be
utilised for training and also for organization of livestock
shows, milk yield competitions, Rytu melas / calf rallies
etc at various levels. The training institutes shall also be
strengthened suitably and equipped with A.V kits and aids,
besides providing institutional charges and honorarium
to the resource person to render effective training to the
stake holders. Incentives to the farmers will be provided in
the form of rewards to stimulate interest on the activities
related to livestock sector.
9. Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan (SCSP)

Calf Rearing Programme (Sunandini)
Only female calves owned by SC families shall be enrolled
and given support of 75% subsidy on the unit cost of Rs.
15,000/- per calf for a period of 2 years. 19236 calves shall
be assisted during the year 2015-16 with the provision made
under the sub-component.
10. Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP):

Sheep and Goat units induction and increasing the
productivity through breeding rams replacement. 860
farmers from Tribal communities shall only be assisted
under this scheme.
Centrally Assisted State Plan Schemes

2015-16
National Livestock Health & Disease
Control Programme
An amount of Rs.450 lakh is allocated for implementation
of the scheme during the financial year 2015-16 and the
activities covered under this program are Assistance to
States for Control of Animal Diseases(ASCAD), National
Project on Rinderpest Eradication (NPRE), National
Control Programme on Peste Des Petitis Ruminants
(NCPPR), Professional efficiency development through A.P.
State Veterinary Council, Hyderabad, National Control
Programme on Brucellosis (NCPB), Foot and Mouth
Disease Control Programme (FMDCP) and National
Animal Disease Monitoring System (NADRS).
National Livestock Management

Programme
The main objective of the scheme is to achieve quantitative
and qualitative improvement in Livestock production
systems and capacity building of all stake holders. Various
Sub-missions and interventions are covered under National
Livestock Management Programme. The programme
under NLMP covers a) NLM, b) Livestock Census, c)
Fodder & Feed Development d) Rural Backyard Poultry
and e) Integrated Sample Survey.
National Plan for Dairy Development

The components covered are establishment of breeders
associations/Societies, Human Resource Development
and National Programme for Bovine Breeding and Dairy
(NPBBDD) Dairy Development Project.
Poultry Development
Poultry farming in Andhra Pradesh is a dynamic and fast
growing segment of Agriculture sector. The state occupies
second position in the country in egg production. The
department besides extending modern technical know-how
to the poultry farmers is attending to issues of production
and supply of poultry vaccines to backyard poultry birds
to protect against various diseases. Poultry Development
scheme comprises of the following components:
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Assistance to State Poultry Farms
Piggery Development
The scheme Assistance to state Poultry Farms is

under implementation in Andhra Pradesh. Vanaraja
Multiplication Farm was developed at Utukuru village of
YSR Kadapa district and the hatchery was started on 1012-2013 with a capacity to hatch 10,000 eggs per batch and
is meeting the demands of neighbouring districts.
Pig farming has an important role in improving the socioeconomic status of sizable population of the weaker sections
of the society. Piggery plays an important role in meeting
demands of meat in rural as well as urban areas. Piggery
development has been taken up in Andhra Pradesh under
various weaker section programs to make pork available
at reasonable price. There are 4 pig breeding stations
functioning in the state (Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram,
Gopannapalem in West Godavari District and Muktyala in
Krishna District) to make the required pedigree Male and
Female breeding stock available to the beneciaries under
various schemes.
Rural Backyard Poultry Development

Programme
The Government is implementing centrally sponsored
scheme Rural Backyard Poultry Development under
National Livestock Mission in Andhra Pradesh to encourage
rural households to adopt low input technology backyard
poultry like Vanaraja / Gramapriya birds for supplementing
the income as well as to improve the nutrition standards
and also to mitigate the nutritional deficiency in rural areas
with enhanced support to the families of BPL.
It is proposed to provide 4 week old chicks which are
vaccinated and given proper care during its brooding to
identified beneficiaries of BPL families. Beneficiaries will
be selected from BPL families giving due representation
at the rate of 17.1 % for SCs, 5.33% to STs and 30% for
women beneficiaries. Each beneficiary will be provided
with 45 chicks, @ 25 and 20 chicks at an interval of 10
weeks duly verifying the performance. The beneficiary will
be provided with night shelter @Rs.1500/- per beneficiary
as 100% subsidy to accommodate 45 chicks at a given time.
The chicks will be procured @ Rs 18/- price per day old
chicks (including transportation) by Mother unit, which will
be reared upto 4 weeks and supplied to beneficiaries @ Rs
68/- per chick (including transportation). An amount of
Rs 50/- provided under NLM will be utilized as subsidiary
component and the remaining amount will be taken as
beneficiary contribution from identified beneficiaries. The
chicks will be procured from approved agencies by GoI.
Manakodi Project
Proposals were sent to Government for implementation
of Rural Backyard Poultry scheme (Manakodi project) for
providing subsistence to the women groups in rural areas
by following the guidelines of National Livestock Mission.
Piggery Development Project,

Visakhapatnam
This project renders necessary technical assistance to
beneciaries for maintenance of fattening units, up
gradation of desi pigs, supply of premixed feed, marketing
of nished pork and pork products in the districts of
Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram and Srikakulam besides
exercising technical control over 4 pig breeding stations
and promotion of Pork sales in the state. There are 34 pork
booths functioning in the districts of Visakhapatnam, East
Godavari, Vizianagaram, West Godavari, Krishna and
Srikakulam.
Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana.

One of the major programs implemented in the State is
Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY). This program
is being implemented in the State since 2008-09 with
100% Central Assistance to achieve Growth in Livestock
Sector. Under RKVY program an amount of Rs.48.10
Crore has been released by GoI benefiting 63107 under
Ksheerasaagar, 14564 under Sunandini and 180 lakhs
under Jeevaraksha beneficiaries in 2014-15.
Livestock Developmental Activities

Livestock Health Care Measures
217.15 lakh sick animals were treated at Veterinary
Institutions. 2.02 lakh scrub bulls were castrated to avoid
indiscriminate breeding among cattle and buffaloes. 296.17
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lakh animals were dewormed to improve the production and

to reduce mortality. 27,993 Pasu Vignana Sadassulu have
been conducted to bring awareness among Livestock farmers
on profitable animal rearing. 7,424 Animal Health and
Fertility Camps have been conducted to treat gynecological
disorders in animals. Animal Health (Veterinary) Camps
have been organised in 14698 villages as part of Janma
Bhoomi Maa Vooru Program to treat sick animals and
to enlighten the farmers on Livestock rearing practices.
310.63 lakh animals were vaccinated to protect from various
economically important diseases against HS, BQ and ET,
FMD-CP, NCPPPR, Brucella Control Programme and
NADRS. 44.73 lakh doses of HS vaccine, 7.74 lakh doses of
BQ vaccine and 61.82 lakh doses of ET vaccine were utilized
in the state. A total of 102.40 lakh animals were vaccinated
with FMD vaccine under FMD-CP which amounts to 97%
of the target population. All the eligible Cattle, Buffaloes and
Pigs in organized farms, in all districts are being vaccinated
twice a year (every 6 months). The programme has shown
the desired results in terms of reduction in the incidence of
disease. Under FMDCP during the year 2015-16, the budget
released as matching grant i.e. 50% central share and 50%
state share. Details of district wise Veterinary institutes are
28,121 Brucella vaccinations were conducted. Individual

animals were screened and vaccination of female calves (4-8
months) was taken up after screening of animals. Brucellosis
is an economically important disease of livestock which is
also zoonotic in nature. Mostly the Animal Husbandry staff,
farmers, Shepherds, milk and meat handlers and common
public is also affected due to consumption of unpasteurized
milk and milk products.
Under NADRS, during the year 2015-16 in the month of
September 2015, 594 nodes were reported. On an average
380-400 (63%) nodes are reporting the daily incidence
cases online in the State.
Veterinary Biological & Research Institute, Samalkot
vaccine production unit at Samalkot, East Godavari
district has been set to produce various types of poultry
viral vaccines i.e. R.DF, R.D K, Fowl pox for backyard
poultry & Duck plague in Ducks for immunization of
backyard poultry in the state. The details on outbreaks of
various diseases during 2015-16 (upto September 2015) are
shown in Table 5.13.
Table 5. 13 Disease outbreaks in animals during 2015-16 (upto Sept, 2015)

Susceptible population
VOB*
Sl. No. Name of the Disease

Anthrax
OBRs
2
Villages
2
Attacks
2
Deaths
2
1500
3600
Haemorrhagic
Septicaemia
10
10
1494
1400
Black Quarter
231
39
PPR
53
53
Goat Pox
150
Grand total
28
21
3428
5092
Source: Director, Animal Husbandry
Free Supply of Veterinary Drugs,

Medicines
An amount of Rs.30.00 crores towards procurement of
Veterinary Drugs and Medicines and Rs.4.17 crores for
Materials and Supplies has been allocated under Non Plan.
An amount of Rs 14.46 crore for Drugs and Medicines and
Rs1.67 cr for Materials and Supplies have utilised upto Sep,
2015.
Feed and Fodder Development

The Government brought out a well defined, climate
resilient and farmer friendly fodder security for livestock
2015-2020 with the objective to realize a developed animal
fodder industry that contributes significantly to improved
animal production and reproduction and to make a Fodder
Surplus State.
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4.19 lakh acres were brought under Fodder cultivation.

Fodder development was under taken through supply of
1725.00 MTs of fodder seed on 75% subsidy to individual
farmers and promoted fodder cultivation in 34500 Ha with
an expected fodder yield of 3.45 LMTs. Tenders have been
finalized through PPP mode by calling EoI for supply of
20000 MTs of Silage Bales and 10000 MTs of enriched
Maize stover blocks for supply on subsidy to drought
affected livestock farmers.
To combat Fodder scarcity due to drought, the Government
have permitted to supply feed & fodder supply at
concessional rates in drought affected areas (dry fodder
(@Rs.3/- per kg and cattle feed @ Rs.4/- per kg) with
contribution of the Government to a tune of Rs.16.60 cr
and beneficiary share of Rs.8.34 cr). As part of this, 13600
MTs dry fodder @ Rs.3/- per kg; 10668 MTs feed supplied
@ Rs.4/- per kg; 4,04,466 milch animals covered; 116258
farmers benefitted; 5000 MTs of Green Fodder under Buy
Back arrangement in Chittoor District. Investment of
Rs.16.60 cr resulted in addition of 24,267 MTs of Milk
worth Rs.72.80 cr. The fodder requirement from July to
December 2015 is worked out to be 123.18 Lakh MTs and
availability as 119.22 LMTs having a deficit of 3.96 lakh
MTs. District-wise fodder development is given in Annexure
5.26. Fodder Requirement & Availability Situation from
July 2015- December 2015 given in Annexure 5.27. Animal
Husbandry performance indicators during 2014-15 upto
Dec, 2014 are given in Annexure 5.28.
Tank Beds fodder cultivation is in progress in

Ananthapuramu and Chittoor districts to increase the
Fodder production.
Drinking water to the animals is being provided through
the existing water troughs by RWS department in
Drought affected districts.
Proposals have been submitted to the Government for
release of Rs.38.00 Crores for supply of silage and cattle
feed at subsidized rates to the farmers of BPL families to
cover 40000 milch Cattle.
Achievements upto October 2015

Fodder Security Policy 2015 was approved for
making AP a Fodder Surplus State in the next five years.
Action plan for an amount of Rs.250.00 crores (Rs.150.00
crores from MGNREGS and Rs.100.00 crores with
department grant) have been prepared towards fodder
development for the period 2015-20 and Rs.70.96 crores is
indicated for the year 2015-16.
3100 Medium / Big Dairy farmers have been identified
as part of increasing Milk Production under Primary
Sector Mission.
15600 progressive Dairy farmers were given practical
training on Dairy Management activities to increase the
production from their animals.
Fodder situation during 2015-16
Establishment of National Kamadhenu Breeding Centre

at Chintaladeevi, Nellore District to promote Indigenous
Livestock Breeds is in progress with an outlay of Rs 25
cr.
During South West Monsoon 2015 (1-6-2015 to 30-092015), the State received a deficit rainfall. The Government
has declared 359 mandals as drought affected in 10 districts.
Innovative Concept of establishment of National

Animal Stock Exchange for regulating the trade of
animals is in progress.
Action taken
1800 Tablet Phones are in use by field Veterinarians

in the State and Apps on Farmer Trainings, Foot and
Mouth Disease control, Veterinary Infra Structure,
Livestock Registration, fodder Development is in usage.
Fodder development was under taken through supply

of 1725.00 MTs of fodder seed on 75% subsidy to
individual farmers and promoted fodder cultivation in
34500 Ha with an expected fodder yield of 3.45 LMTs.
Relief activities are in progress in drought affected
districts where cattle feed is being distributed on
subsidized rate @ Rs.4/- per kg to the farmers.
Progressive farmers having assured irrigation facilities
and willing to take up fodder production under buy back
guarantee have been identified.
Initiatives have been taken to develop software and Apps

in coordination with IT & C department as part of
e-Pragathi program.
Collaboration in the fields of Dairy/Meat/Egg
processing and marketing with US/Australia/Japan/
Canada/Israel/ Netherlands is in progress for swift
growth of the sector.
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Avian Influenza among Poultry birds has been

successfully contained in Andhra Pradesh (inspite of
its prevalence in neighboring States) through strict
surveillance and vigilance mechanisms.
Stray Dog menace has been handled effectively
in coordination with Panchayat Raj department
by conducting surgical operations and anti rabies
vaccinations in dogs.
Activities in Progress
Supply of sexed semen doses (50000) by BAIF to produce
17000 female calves
Activities under Poultry Sector during

2015-16
Poultry Development Policy is under formulation in
consultation with the poultry industry
Ultra modern poultry disease diagnostic laboratory at
Vijayawada;
6 Poultry processing plants were established and 2
egg powder plants in private sector; capital subsidy to
poultry industry; interest subvention from 14% to 8%;
promotion of chicken outlets through private / SHG
participation
On farm training of the farmers on feed and fodder,

silage, usage of non conventional feed resources;
integrated dairy farming, clean milk production; Sexed
semen and networking of farmers
Activities under Sheep, Goat and Swine

Sector during 2015-16
2 dairy farms identified as state level on farm training

centres. 3100 medium/big dairy farmers; 2600 Gopal
Mitras; 500 MPVEOs - 2 day on farm training; 7 Lakh
Progressive farmers with animals yielding more than 6
Liters.
Small ruminants
formulation
Massive Feed and Fodder Production
Health care and other support activities like Sheep and

Goat deworming; vaccinations; dipping; sheep and goat
health camps; Night Shelters; Insurance facility
Climate resilient, farmer friendly Fodder Security Policy

2015-2020 under implementation
Exchange of 50,000 Breeding Rams

development
policy
is
under
Promotion of meat outlets through Sheep Cooperative

Societies/SHGs; promotion of sheep units through
SERP/CRD/SC/ST/BC/Minority corporations
Additional Green fodder production by supplying 3750

MTs fodder seed on subsidy bringing 187500 acres under
fodder cultivation and yielding 7.5 Lakh MTs of fodder;
enrichment of 14500 MTs of Maize stover + fodder
block making; 4400 units Azolla cultivation; 100 Units
Hydroponics; 10000 MTs of commercial silage bales to
big dairy farmers/SHGs; activities under MGNREGS
include - Silage units through 3000 medium and small
dairy farmers; perennial fodder cultivation in 5250
Acres; raising of silvi pasture in 4000 acres; Pasture land
development in 2600 acres; tank bed cultivation in 4000
Acres
Livestock Breeding
Other activities include establishment of sexed semen

laboratory; Disease diagnostic lab; Dairy expansion
through milk procurement, processing, value addition;
R&D at APCARL, Pulivendula for production of disease
diagnostics and nutritional supplementation (algae) kits
The Artificial Inseminations (AI) facility is made available

to more than 80% Breedable Cattle and Buffaloes in the
state through 6019 Artificial insemination centers. Of
which 2987 Animal Husbandry Department Institutions,
2624 Gopalamitra Centers, 397 Dairy Union Centers, 2
JK Trust Centers and 9 other institutions.
Activities taken up by Andhra Pradesh

Livestock Development Agency
The State Government has launched a massive programme
of restructuring breeding operations in cattle under the
National Project for Cattle and Buffalo Breeding (NPCBB)
scheme. The achievements of APLDA in the period 201415 and 2015-16 are as follows :
Artificial Insemination Centers :
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Performance of AI Centers
40.47 lakh Artificial Inseminations were conducted and
14.93 lakh Improved Progeny born during the 201415. 17.31 lakh Artificial Inseminations were conducted
by Gopal Mitras and 7.51 lakh Improved Progeny born

during the 2015-16 upto 30th September, 2015. Details of
Artificial Inseminations are shown in Table 5.14.
Table 5.14 AI Centers, AI Done & Calves Born Institutional Wise 2014-15 & 2015-16 (Upto October, 2015)
Sl.
No.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Institutions
Departmental
Gopalamitras
Dairy Union
JK Trust
Others
Total
AI Centers
2014-15
Upto Oct 2015
2987
2987
2624
2604
397
397
2
2
9
9
6019
5999
AI Done
2014-15
Upto Oct 2015
1835615
762710
2030746
902006
172463
62433
1340
1647
7035
2504
4047199
1731300
Calves Born
2014-15
Upto Oct 2015
351442
678143
380823
771871
17882
41758
0
0
923
1838
751070
1493610
Source: Animal Husbandry department
Performance of Frozen Semen Bull

Stations
Table 5.15 Breeding Bulls stationed

Breed
Three Frozen Semen Bull Stations located at Visakhapatnam,

Nandyal and Banavasi are functioning under the control
of APLDA. These three Frozen Semen Bull Stations are
ISO certified and producing the Frozen Semen required for
the entire State. 52.54 lakh Frozen Semen doses produced
during the year 2014-15 and supplied to the District
Livestock Development Associations (DLDAs) in the state
which in turn supplied to the Field Artificial Insemination
Centers as per the demand. 29.64 lakh Frozen Semen doses
are produced during the year 2015-16 upto October, 2015.
197 Breeding Bulls are stationed at three Frozen Semen
Bull Stations. The details of Breeding Bulls stationed and
details of Frozen Semen produced and distributed are
shown in Table 5.15 & 5.16.
Visakhapatnam Nandyal
Banavasi
MB
33
33
33
HF
20
JB
17
CBHF
CBJY
12
12
13
Ongole
Punganur
53
55
89
Total
Table 5.16 Frozen Semen Produced and Distributed

Institution
Frozen Semen doses produced

2014-15
Frozen Semen Distributed
2015-16 (upto Sep,2015)
2014-15
2015-16
Visakhapatnam
1025568
643989
1328529
536474
Nandyal
1900990
1035865
1561069
804130
Banavasi
2326971
1299208
1871643
691730
Organization of Fertility Camps
Livestock Insurance Scheme
2386 fertility camps were organized and 86248 lakh

infertility cases were examined. Of which 71416 lakh
animals are treated successfully and 4133 habitations are
covered under this programme during the year 2014-15.
154 Fertility camps were organized during 2015-16 upto
October, 2015.
The objective of the scheme is to provide risk coverage

to farmers and cattle rearers against loss of their animals
and to demonstrate benefits of scheme to livestock owners
and popularize it with ultimate goal of attaining qualitative
improvement in livestock and their products. The scheme
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envisages payments from the Central funds as Grants-inAid towards (i) subsidy upto 50% of premium (ii) 100%
payment of honorarium to the Veterinary Practitioners
and (iii) 100% Publicity. 31643 Milch animals of 26431
Dairy farmers have been insured with Rs. 172.46 lakh
subsidy amount during the year 2014-15. Government of
India has permitted to implement the scheme during the
year 2015-16 with the available balance amount of Rs.558
lakh. The Oriental Insurance Company Limited has been
identified with 3.30% Premium rate for one year policy and
7.43% for Three year Policy excluding Sales Tax.
National Dairy Plan Phase-I

APLDA is the End Implementing Agency by the National
Dairy Development Board (NDDB) for implementing the
following Sub-Projects under National Dairy Plan Phase-I.
Production of High Genetic Merit

Crossbred Jersey Bulls through Progeny
Testing
Under this sub-project it is targeted for production & supply
of 160 bulls of high genetic merit with a financial outlay of
Rs.1792.29 lakh by the end of project.
Strengthening of Frozen Semen Bull Station at Banavasi,
Kurnool District, it is targetted for production of 29.31 lakh
doses of Frozen Semen Doses per annum with a financial
outlay of Rs.652.17 lakh by the end of project.
An amount of Rs.375.80 lakh has been received under
Sub-Project Production of High Genetic Merit CB Jersey
Bull through PTP and utilized Rs.311.13 lakh. An amount
of Rs.272 lakh has been received under Strengthening of
Frozen Semen Bull Station, Banavasi and utilized Rs.145.78
lakh as per the norms of NDDB. The Progeny Testing
Program and Field Performance Recording Program are
under implementation in Chittoor District.
Establishment of State-Of-Art semen station: Construction
of bull sheds Procurement of elite bulls and establishment
of embryo transfer technology (ETT) Lab.
Peripheral Activities
Veterinary Dispensary with AI facility, Fodder Production,
Silage making and Fodder Block Making, Genomics and
Biology of Indigenous bovines (in collaboration with
National Institute of Animal Biotech, Department of
Biotechnology), Milk processing plant & milk product
making facility, Bio gas and Green Power, Urine Distillation,

Training and Extension Wing, Administrative Block and
Monitoring Cell and Rain water harvesting. Funding for the
peripheral activities will be done by the DADF. Maximum
amount will be 25.00 crore to the NKBC center.
National Programme for Bovine

Breeding (NPBB)
The objective of National Programme for Bovine Breeding
is to arrange quality Artificial Insemination services at
farmers doorstep, to bring all breedable females under
organized breeding through Artificial Insemination or
natural service using germplasm of high genetic merits;
to conserve, develope and proliferate selected indigenous
bovine breeds of high socio-conomic importance; to
provide quality breeding inputs in breeding treats of
important indigenous breeds so as to prevent the breeds
from deterioration and extinction.
The total amount of funds released from GOI for the year
2014-15 is Rs.6.00 crores out of which Rs. 1.00 crore is the
special component for SC, ST. The total expenditure is Rs.
3.25 crores towards various components of NPBB.
20.85 lakh Artificial Inseminations were conducted
by departmental staff (9.86 lakhs) and Gopal Mitras
(10.99 lakhs) to produce genetically superior calves to
achieve better milk production upto September 2015.
4.54 lakh good progeny calves were born to the Artificial
Inseminations conducted by departmental AI centres
during the corresponding period of Sep 2014.
Sheep and Goat Development

2029 Primary Sheep Breeders Cooperative Societies
(PSBCSs) are there in all districts and 99497 Members were
enrolled in the PSBCSs. 4.22 lakh families were depending
on the sheep & goat rearing activity.
The Salient features of the Sheep & Goat Federation are
as follows:
Financial assistance to members for purchase of units by
getting funds from different funding agencies like NCDC,
NABARD, GOI, CWDB etc, Providing reasonable price
to animals by establishing sheep market yards at district
level. Creating awareness among members about profitable
sheep farming at village level, district level and at farmers
school for farmers at state level.
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Activities of AP Sheep & Goat Co-op.

Federation Ltd:
Sheep & Goat Development Cooperative Federation Ltd is
the Implementing Agency for implementation of schemes
relating to sheep & goat development activities in the State.
Sheep Insurance Scheme
Progress of grounding is shown in Table 5.17

Table 5.17 Progress of grounding
Achievement
Sl.
No
District
1
2
Sheep
20+1
50+2
100+4
Ram
Lambs
Prakasam
134
Chittoor
99
12
Total
233
14
12
17325 sheep were insured by utilizing an amount of

Rs.24.18 lakhs as State Govt. share in 2014-15 and 2739
sheep were insured by utilizing an amount of Rs.3.76 lakhs
as on 30-10-2015.
Source: An amount of Rs.562.90 lakhs as 60% loan and Rs.187.63

lakhs as 20% subsidy has been released to Prakasam & Chittoor districts for grounding of units.
Government of India Schemes: Bhed

Palak Bima Yojana:
Strengthening of 2 Sheep breeding

farms
It is an insurance scheme for sheep rearers implemented

through Central Wool Development Board, Jodhpur.
Total annual premium is Rs.330 out of which beneciary
pays Rs.80, CWDB contribution is Rs.150 and LIC pays
the remaining Rs. 100. Benets of the scheme include
payment of Rs.0.60 lakh for normal deaths, Rs.1.50 lakh
for accidental death, Rs.1.50 lakh for permanent disability
due to accidents and Rs.0.75 lakh for partial disability due
to accidents. 13421 Sheep breeders were insured under
Bhed Palak Bima Yojana in 2014-15 and 3180 were insured
in 2015-16 (upto Sep,2015). A Scholarship of Rs.100/per month per child for two children of the policy holder
studying in 9th to 12th standard i.e., Rs.1000/- per year
during the period of coverage of insurance policy.
GOI has sanctioned Rs.108.10 lakhs towards strengthening

of two Govt. Sheep Farms of Penugonda of Ananthapur
district and Chintaladevi of Nellore district and released
an amount of Rs.54.05 lakhs as first installment. An
amount of Rs.25.46 lakh has been released to Government
Sheep farm, Penugonda of Ananthapur district towards
construction of new sheds, purchase of Breeding Rams,
fodder production, purchase of feed, etc and the work is
in progress.
Implementation of NCDC scheme

The National Co-operative Development Corporation has
approved the sanction of Financial Assistance of Rs.35.74
crores under Integrated Small Ruminants Development
(ISRD) to be implemented by the Federation in Prakasam
and Chittoor Districts through the District Unions and
released an amount of Rs.2.54 lakhs to the A.P Sheep &
Goat Development Coop. Federation Ltd., towards 25%
of the first year outlay. Under this scheme an amount of
Rs.141.93 Lakhs has been released to DSBCU, Praksam &
an amount of Rs.108.84 lakhs has been released to DSBCU,
Chittoor Dist. 146 shepherd families of Prakasam district
& 115 shepherd families of Chittoor district were benefited
with the 1st installment of NCDC amount of Rs.265.20
lakhs.
Sheep Farm was located in 578 acres of land of Penugonda

with a total strength of 364, of which 314 Nellore Brown
Sheep, 32 Goat and 18 ND Sheep.
Intensive Sheep Development Programme (ISDPS)
Intensive Sheep Development Programme has
been conducted in Kadapa, Ongole, Ananthapur,
Chittoor,Visakhapatnam, Nellore and Kurnool districts of
the State.
APCARL Activities during the year

2015-16
MOU Signed by Government of Andhra Pradesh on
behalf of IGCARL with Genomix Biotech Inc. (USA)
for production of Animal vaccines & Diagnostic kits.
Accordindly Genomix gave the requirement of Lab
space, administrative and living space for their staff and
the same was approved by the Government. Genomix
in turn made various agreements with IGCARL and on
final stage of their approval in Government.
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Another partner named Green cell Biotech Inc.

proposal was accepted by the Government to produce
Algae Dry Biomass which has applications in cattle,
pig, poultry and fish feeds as well as nutraceuticals like
Astaxanthin, Beta carotene and high value proteins.
The various agreements are under consideration with
the Government.
Andhra Pradesh Dairy Development

Cooperative Federation Limited.
The Strategy is to reach every dairy farmer in every village
through Village Milk Cooperative Society equipped and
managed professionally; Farmer-centric approach to
service livestock & technical support, facilitate inputs;
Procure milk in cluster of villages by establishing BMCU at
Mandal level, which is professionally managed by trained
personnel as a profit Centre; Setup Dairy Processing Plant
in all districts and Build strong & multiple partnerships
with cooperatives and other stakeholders to takeoff under
common brand through joint management with APDDCF
as Nodal Agency on AMUL model.
Action plan with Gol assistance
Increase milk procurement in 6 districts to 5 LLPD
(Present 2 LLPD) at an outlay of Rs. 20 cr. (Funds
available Rs.5 cr. plus Rs. 15 cr. expected from GOI
under RKVY).
Cover uncovered areas in Krishna, Nellore & Kumool
districts, expand milk procurement network to 1000
out of 1532 villages, which are left uncovered, aiming
1 LLPD milk procurement commencing from 2015-16
and reach 2 LLPD by 2018-19. Avail financial incentive
of Rs. 284 cr. in respect of Guntur, Prakasam, Nellore
districts.
Cover uncovered areas in Srikakulam, Vizianagaram,
Visakhapatnam, Guntur and Prakasam districts, expand
milk procurement network to 2000 villages, which
are left uncovered aiming 2 LLPD milk procurement
commencing from 2014-15 and reach 4 LLPD by 201819. Avail Special Development Package for creating
new Dairy Infrastructure in the backward districts
Srikakulam,
Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam and
Kumool) at an outlay of Rs. 482 cr.
Achievements
Develop dairy value, cover uncovered areas in the
State under Cooperative ambient
Facilitate common cooperative brand VIJAYA, protect
cooperatives from International brands
Provide online Milk Monitoring & Payment
Gateway(OMM&PG) Milkosoft
- aiming direct
payment to farmers through their Bank Account
Formulate HR Policy on corporate/professional lines
like with Amul. (Employees working 50) Policy initiatives
and institutional support
Encourage Research and Development
Setup Milk Price Regulating Authority in the State
Extend Institutional finance at reduced rates of
interest for dairying.
Capacity bilding through training & extension
Research and knowledge transfer
Invite Private Participation - possible

interventions
Design, build, operate and transfer milk collection network,
milk processing facility, laboratories, milk testing facilities,
animal feed processing plants, refrigerated vehicles,
insulated stainless steel tankers, defunct dairy/milk plants
and maintenance and upkeep of Infrastructure. Promote
to setup training institutes & Train stakeholders involved in
dairy supply chain. Research in dairy technology renders
tremendous potential.
Initiatives
Develop dairy value chain to a level commensurate with
3rd position in milk production, Restore glory of Vijaya
brand on par with Amul, bring milk procurement from
un-organized to organized sector through various policy
initiatives,
invite and involve various stakeholders
at national and international level, use Information
Technology to promote farmers empowerment and best
practices in dairy sector, provide common platform to
the milk producers and consumers who are two end of
the spectrum in achieving win-win situation and farmers
centric Implementation of livestock development with
dairy development activities to ensure seamless service
delivery.
HIGHLIGHTS
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Fish and Prawn

production target
22.67
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lakh tonnes
Fisheries
Area -
75278.35 ha
Registration certicates issued to formers-
27,638
Fisheries, is one of the most promising subsector of the

Agriculture sector. This subsector occupies a predominant
place in the socio-economic development of the State as it
contributes substantially to economic growth and income
generation to lakhs of people. Sustainable development of
Fisheries can only be achieved through improvement of the
quality, technical skills and management of human resource
in the Sector. It is a signicant employment generator and
a source of nutritious food and foreign exchange earner for
the State. About 1.4 million people are directly or indirectly
employed in the State in this sector with it recording faster
growth than crop and livestock sectors.
Andhra Pradesh ranks rst in Brackish water shrimp
production, rst in Fresh water prawn production, second

in Fresh water sh production, first in total value of Fresh
water sh and prawn produced and fourth in Marine
sh production. The State contributed nearly Rs.14,000
crore by way of marine exports, which is nearly 42% of
the countrys marine exports. The objectives set for the
development of the sector are:
Ensuring sustainable development
Promotion of welfare of shermen
Promotion of investment to create infrastructure
Promotion of sheries value chain and boosting exports
Setting institutions to build and multiply skills
Fish/Prawn Production
16.275 lakh tonnes of sh and prawn were produced in
the state in 2015-16 (upto December, 2015). The Fisheries
sector contributes 5.4 % to the GVA as per advance
estimates of 2015-16. 19.78 lakh tonnes Fish and Prawn
production was achieved in the year 2014-15. Target for
Fish and Prawn production was 22.67 lakh tonnes and
16.275 lakh tonnes were achieved in the year 2015-16(Upto
31.12.2015). Details of Fish and Prawn production are
shown in Table 5.18 and given in Annexure 5.29.

Table5.18: Fish and Prawn Production
Year
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16 (upto Dec, 2015)
(Lakh Tonnes)
Marine
Fresh Water
3.79
9.67
4.14
11.04
4.38
12.43
4.75
13.98
3.28
11.005
Brackish Water Shrimp

0.56
0.70
0.88
1.05
1.99
Total Production
Growth Rate %
14.03
15.88
17.69
19.78
16.275
Source: Commissioner of Fisheries
Workshop on strategy for developing and operationalizing effective support system for creating Farmer
Producer Organizations at Conference Hall, AP Secretariat.
Workshop on FPOs in Fisheries at Vijayawada on 10th February 2016
-1.49
13.24
11.35
11.86
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Production of sh/prawn in the state has increased

constantly from 8.14 lakh tonnes in 2005-06 to 19.78 lakh
tonnes in 2014-15, and 16.275 lakh tonnes (upto Dec, 2015)
registering an average annual growth rate of 9.92%. This
became possible because of the large scale involvement
of farmers who were driven by robust market especially
in Kolkata and North-Eastern states took up intensive
pisciculture in the delta areas of the state.
Registration of Coastal Aquaculture

As per the Government of India Coastal Aquaculture
Authority Act and rules 2005, land within a distance of two
kilometers from high tide line (HTL) of seas, rivers, creeks,
and back waters comes under the purview of Coastal
Aquaculture Authority (CAA).
The District Level Committee (DLC) recommends the
applications directly to the CAA for consideration of
registration under intimation to the State level committee
for Farms up to 2 ha. water spread area. DLC has to
recommend applications for farms above 2 ha water spread
area, to State Level Committee for further recommendation
to CAA for consideration of registrations. As of now, CAA
has issued registrations of certicates to 20683.10 ha of
16,363 farmers in 9 coastal districts, which includes farms
both below and above 2 ha area up to Oct. 2015.
Registration of Fresh Water Aquaculture

Fresh water aquaculture can be taken up by interested
farmers duly obtaining permission from the department
of Fisheries. Registration certicates were issued to 27,638
formers covering an area of 75278.35 ha area of Fresh
water aquaculture in the state up to October, 2015.
Important schemes and programmes

Relief to Marine fishermen during ban
period
Fishing in the marine waters is banned from April 15th
to June 14th (62 days) every year under MFR Act as a
conservation of fishery wealth in the sea and also for
promoting responsible fisheries. During ban period, the
crew members of the mechanized and motorized fishing
boats are provided relief @Rs.2000/- to each crew
member by Direct Cash Transfer. About 86000 fishermen
are covered under this scheme during 2015-16 .
Exemption of Sales Tax on HSD Oil

This scheme meets the State commitment on exemption of
Sales Tax on HSD oil used by mechanized and motorized
shing crafts. The ceiling limit of HSD oil is 3000 litres
per month in case of mechanized boats and 300 litres per
month in case of motorized crafts. The subsidy on sales tax
is Rs.6.03 per litre.
Fisheries Development schemes Cage

culture
In order to optimally utilize the potentiality of the fresh
water reservoirs resources in the state and to provide
gainful employment to the SHGs / MMGs/ FCS members
who live near the reservoirs , cage culture is promoted on
large scale in the state. During 2015-16, it was proposed to
install cages at 22 locations in 19 reservoirs in the state. Till
31-10-2015, orders placed to install cages in 7 reservoirs to
take up Tilapia culture.
Promotion of alternative species

During 2015-16, funds were earmarked to extend subsidy
to the aqua farmers to take up alternative species culture.
The species promoted are Mud crab, Seabass, Tilapia,
Scampi etc.,
Revival of brackish water Aquaculture

During 2015-16, funds earmarked in the budget for assisting
the small farmers in reviving about 2000 ha of abandoned
brackish water farms in coastal districts.
Mechanization of Aquaculture
The objective is to assist the small and marginal aqua
farmers for mechanization of aquaculture which involves
providing solar pumps, solar lights and aerators in the
farms.
Promotion of Deep Sea Fishing

The objective is to assist the boat owners for conversion of
mechanized and motorized boats in order to exploit the
deep sea fishery resources like tuna.
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Matsya Mitra Groups (SHGs of

Fisherwomen)
Scheduled Caste Sub Plan and Tribal

Sub Plan:
Women SHG (Self Help Group) movement in the state is

very strong. The department has organized sher women
into SHGs called Matsya Mitra Groups (MMGs) taking
advantage of the prevailing favourable conditions. 50
MMGs @ Rs.1.00 lakh/each group will be assisted to
enable them to use the fund as revolving fund to engage in
dry and wet fish retail business, net making activities etc,.
A special initiative programme is proposed under

Scheduled Caste Sub Plan and Tribal Sub Plan (SCSP and
TSP) during 2015-16 for empowerment of fishers through
integrated development of model SC and ST fishermen
cooperative societies in the state through introduction
of modern fish culture practices, development of post
harvest infrastructure for retail fish marketing i.e. transport
vehicles (Cold chain fish transportation ensuring freshness
& hygiene)and socio economic development measures, it is
proposed to develop a total of 32 SC and 3 ST fishermen
cooperative societies in 9 coastal districts as model SC/
ST fishermen Cooperative Societies by providing grant for
input, post harvest infrastructure for marketing of fish and
construction of Community Hall etc.
Infrastructure projects under RIDF

Government have sanctioned 67.29 crores under RIDF XX
Tranche for taking 47 works in the state. The works of fish
seed farms, shore based facilities, fish landing centers , labs,
approach roads etc. are to be taken up by the engineering
wings of the PR dept, APEWIDC.
Schemes under RKVY

Under RKVY, Fish seed worth Rs.700.00 lakhs was stocked
in tanks and reservoirs in the state covering 82000 ha water
spread area resulting in producing about 82000 tones of
additional fish during 2014-15. During 2015-16 as on 3110-2015, 171.10 lakhs seed was stocked covering 17100
ha water spread area. During 2014-15 under RKVY,
Fishermen Cooperative Societies and individual fisheries
were assisted for fish marketing by providing 500 luggage
autos and 266 three wheelers along with ice boxes. 12
existing fish markets in rural and urban areas were assisted
for providing with additional facilities.
Group Accident Insurance Scheme for

Fishermen (CSS-50: 50)
The annual premium under the Group Accident Insurance
Scheme for shermen which is Rs.20.27/- per person is
shared equally by Central and State Governments. The
Government of India releases their share directly to the
National Federation of Fishermen Cooperatives, New
Delhi for payment of premium to the Insurance Company.
In addition to insured amount, the State Government
provides an ex-gratia of Rs.1.00 Lakh to the families of
deceased shermen.
Organization of Fishermen Cooperative

Societies
The Government of Andhra Pradesh has given great
importance to cooperative societies in sheries sector to
empower shermen to manage their own affairs. As a matter
of policy, tanks are given on nominal lease to these cooperative
societies for exploitation of shery wealth and also provided
assistance for inputs like sh seed stocking, feed, boats and
nets on subsidy. As far as Marine Fishermen Societies are
concerned, they are involved in schemes like diesel subsidy,
Relief-cum-saving scheme, Group Accident Insurance scheme.
While so far 2.52 lakh shermen have been organized
into societies, a large number of shermen still remain to
be brought under the fold. This is a continuous process
and wherever shermen are coming forward to form
cooperative societies, they are being registered. Details are
Table 5.19 : Fishermen Co-operative Societies
Type of Societies
Inland Fishermen Coop.Societies
Marine Fishermen Coop. Societies
Brackish water Fishermen Coop.
Societies
Fisherwomen Coop. Societies
Fishermen marketing Coop.
Societies
District Fishermen Co-op Societies
TOTAL
Source: Commissioner of Fisheries
Nos
Members
1330
130064
424
81,321
12
762
509
5
37818
2415
13
2293
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Forest
Forest cover has been recognized as critical for a living
environment as it inuences the quality and quantity of
air and water. The role of forests as carbon sinks endows
them added recognition as an important environmental
factor. With the responsibility of management of forests
vested with the State Forest administration, the Central
interventions are directed essentially towards reinforcing
the capacity of States to undertake the National Policy
mandates towards conservation and sustainable use of
resources. The core objective of forest sector development
strategy is to enhance green cover by integrating it with
livelihood opportunities.
The tangible benets derived from Forests like Timber,
Bamboo, Fuel wood, Fodder, Non-Timber forest Products
etc., are quantiable. Intangible benets like maintenance
of ecological balance, conservation of soil and moisture,
regulating the water ow, sequestering carbon-dioxide from
the atmosphere etc., are not quantied but are of great
signicance.
36914.78 Sq. Kms
Forest Area -
651.25 Sq. Kms
Very Dense Forest-
Moderate Dense Forest Area-
11810.22 Sq. Kms

9241.77 Sq. Kms
Scrub Forest-
3900.49 Sq. Kms
Non-Forest -
As per the forest records, the state ranks 9th in India having
forest cover area of 36914.78 Sq. Kms which amounts to
23.04%. Out of the forest area, 651.25 Sq. Kms is Very
Dense Forest, 11810.22 Sq. Kms Moderate Dense Forest
Area, 10938.54 Sq. Kms Open Forest, 9241.77 Sq. Kms
Scrub Forest, 3900.49 Sq. Kms Non-Forest and 372.51 Sq.
Kms are Water Bodies. District wise forest area is shown in
Annexure 5.30.
HIGHLIGHTS
Open Forest
10938.54
Sq. Kms
As per goals and directives set in the National Forest Policy

1988, the 1993 and the revised 2002 State Forest Policy,
Vision 2020 of Andhra Pradesh, the forest department
implements various development schemes to protect and
develop existing forests, to improve its productivity and
economic value. The main objectives of programmes
like Community Forest Management (CFM), Centrally
Sponsored National Afforestation Programme (NAP)
through Forest Development Agencies, RIDF Projects,
Soil & Moisture Conservation, Social Forestry, Wildlife
Development and Human Resource Development are
enriching existing low density forests and alleviating rural
poverty.
Forest resource surveys of industrial catchments were
undertaken from 1965 to 1975 and most of the important
forest zones of the state were covered under schemes
sponsored either by the Government of India or by the
State.
Under RIDF projects and other schemes the department
has set a programme having provision for soil and moisture
conservation with the nancial assistance of NABARD for
construction of various types of water harvesting structures
such as Check dams, Contour Trenches Rocks ll dams,
percolation tanks etc. in forest areas. These structures help
recharge ground water, and improve forest vegetation
besides stabilizing the status of agriculture in adjoining
fields.
The Silvi-cultured research for improvement of natural
forests has assumed great signicance. Keeping in view
recent trends in forest research, the department has
laid special emphasis on Forest research to conduct
experiments, improve nursery and plantation techniques,
vegetative propagation, seed development and natural
forest management etc.
26.96 lakh hectares of additional non-forest land is to
be brought under tree cover by taking up tree plantation
both inside and outside forest under Green India Mission
programme to achieve 3200 ha. of area under tree cover by
the end of March,2017.
Monitoring of vegetation (Forest) Canopy Cover Density,
Forest Fire Risk Zonation Mapping, mapping all forest areas
with site suitability, Kolleru lake restoration, re-locating
& demarcating forest boundaries and Inventory of forest
resources are some of the major and important activities
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taken up by the department using latest information

technology.
Almost all programmes/schemes of the Forest department
are being implemented through participation of local
people, 65 numbers of Vanamahostvam was celebrated
on 17-07-2015 and Eco-Development Committees (EDCs)
have been created in Protected Areas and Watershed
Development Committees constituted in River Valley
Project.
Forest Produce
The Departmental Extraction of Timber, Fuel and Pulp
Wood, Faggot Wood, Long Bamboo and Bamboo Industrial
Cuts (BIC) from natural forests as well as plantations was
introduced from the year 1976-77, after disbanding the
previously existing contractor system.
At present there is a moratorium on extraction of timber
from natural forests except for bamboo from overlapping
bamboo forests. The major activity comprises harvesting
timber and poles from matured plantations of Teak,
Eucalyptus, Casuarinas etc. and long bamboos and BIC
from bamboo coupes as per prescriptions of the working
plan of respective divisions. The physical targets and
achievements of Departmental Extraction of Forest
Produce of Timber, Fuel, Poles and Bamboos details are
given in Table-5.20.
Table 5.20 Forest Produce extraction
2014-15
2015-16 (upto Nov

2015)
Species
Target
Achievement
Target
Achievement
Timber
(cmt)
4778.03
2812.52
8881.27
2277.40
Fuel
(cmt)
23416.20 13617.64
136859.07
5228.07
Poles
(Nos)
39265.20
14776
123505
18945
Bamboo
(Nos)
4179.829
3473854
8948690
2451477
Source: Forests Department
Forest Revenue
Forest products in the state include Timber, Bamboo,
Firewood & Charcoal etc. The income accrued from
forestry sector in the State was Rs.19.89 crore in 2015-16

(upto Nov, 2015). Details of the value of forest produce in
the State are given in Annexure-5.31.
By sale of 2694.00 MTs red sanders, an amount of
Rs.855.51 crore was realized in addition to regular Revenue.
Forest Development Authority

Forest Development Agencies are federations of all VSS
within a Territorial / Wildlife Forest Divisions under the
Societies Registration Act. It operates in a 3-Tier system
with the State Forest Development Agency (SFDA) at the
State Level, Forest Development Agency (FDA) at divisional
level and Vana Samrakshana Samithi (VSS) at village level.
Forest Development Agency constituted as a registered
society, under Societies Registration Act and functions
as a federation of FDAs. It was a registered on 15-042010. 20 FDAs were functioning out of the sanctioned 25
by Government of India in Andhra Pradesh. They are
implementing Centrally Sponsored Schemes like National
Afforestation Programme 13th Finance Commission,
National Bamboo Mission Green India Mission, & National
Medicinal Plantation Board (FDA Component) subject to
release of funds by Government of India. From 2015-16,
the Government of India decided the sharing pattern for
Core Schemes under CSS including National Forestation
Programme (NAP) would be 60:40 (Central & State) Share.
FDAs take up various Plantations activities, Soil and
Moisture Conservation works, Entry Point Activities,
Awareness Raising, Training and Capacity Building etc.,
through the Vana Samrakshna Samathis.
Production:
There are 3 major wood-based industries in the State; there
is no supply of raw material from the Forest department
to the major wood based industries. Forests are looked as
Green Capital and are no more valued as raw material
resources for the industries. Industrial requirements are
met from other sources like imported pulp, agricultural
wastage and plantations raised by farmer with buy-back
arrangements.
Forest department is supplying Bamboo Industrial Cuts to
the Paper Mills in Andhra Pradesh. There is no supply of
Bamboo Industrial cuts to the paper mills during 2012-13
to 2014-15 seasons.
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Social Forestry
The State Government has launched a massive peoples
movement involving general public and farmers in a
big way to increase tree cover outside reserve forests to
improve environment and to provide gainful employment
to thousands of unemployed youth. Public distribution of
seedlings, raising community land plantations/ avenue/
shelter belt plantations; and raising of institutional
plantations have been done under Social Forestry
programme.
The main species raised for public distribution and planting
in public lands are Teak, Red sanders, Bamboo, Amla,
Seethaphal, Casuraina, Eucalyptus seedlings for planting.
66th
Vanamahotsava
The State level 66th Vanamahostava 2015 was celebrated

on 17th July 2015 at Kothuru Reserved Forest, Jakkampudi
village limits, Vijayawada rural Mandal of Krishna
District. Vanamahostava celebrations were simultaneously
conducted at all the District Head Quarters throughout the
state. The participants in the Vanamahostava Programme
included, the elected people representatives, VSS members,
NGOs, School and College Students, Government Officials
and General Public. The Forest Department had procured
1600 miscellaneous Tall Plants viz Vepa, Usiri, Maredu,
Raavi, Ramaphal, Seethaphal, Kadamba, Badam, Neeredu
& Tellamaddi for planting in that area from Kadiyam
private nurseries. The Forest Department has also made
elaborate arrangements for taking up planting in lakhs
of plants raised in 13 Divisions in Andhra Pradesh in
Vanamahostavam day for distribution to the general public

& Planting in Government vacant lands.
Karthika Vanamahostavam
In addition to the Vanamahostavam, the Karthika
vanamahostavam celebrations were held throughout the
state on 25.11.2015. Department has made elaborated
arrangements for taking up planting one lakh Seedlings
in each district involving Andhra Pradesh Green Corps,
Public Representatives and district officials to co-ordinate
with other agencies like School Head Masters, Industry
Managements for success of Karthikavanam celebrations.
About 14.77 lakhs trees were planted on 25.11.2015 by the
Green Corp volunteers, employees of industries & general
public including VSS members on this auspicious occasion
of Karthika Poornami. The department as earmarked
about Rs.350 crores under NREGS Scheme which will
be spent for regeneration of degraded Forests and Raising
Nurseries. The department has taken up check dams,
percolation tanks, continuous contour trenching, dibbling
of seeds and to regenerate the degraded forest with these
funds in the next 4 months, School nursery programme has
been launched covering 15,000 Schools to involve school
children in raising nursery and under taking plantations
along with their academic curriculum throughout the State.
The Forest Department has established 19 nurseries to
produce with quality seedlings and with exotic variety in the
CRDA areas to provide employment to the local landless
poor. The Forest Department has also under taking Aerial
Seedling by procuring about 2000 MTs of seeds.
Mahathma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme Neeru-Chettu

Performance
Activity wise performance is given in Table 5.21.
Table 5.21 Performance of Neeru-Chettu (2015-16)
Name of the Sl.
Name of the indicator
Component No.
Chettu
1
Block Plantation (Inside RF)
2
Distribution of seedlings
3
Raising of Nursery for 2016-17
Neeru
4
Digging of Water Absorption Trenches (WAT/Peripheral Trench
5
Construction of PTs
6
Construction of CDs
7
Repairs to Old PTs
8
Repairs to Old CDs
Source: Forest Department
Unit
Target
Ha
Lakhs
Crore
Kms
Nos.
Nos.
Nos.
Nos.
6641
757
15.13
1523
809
250
446
301
Achievement
6641
757
1.58
1120
642
143
545
295
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Wildlife Conservation
There are 16 Wildlife Sanctuaries including 3 National
Parks in Andhra Pradesh with an area of 7410.888 Sq.
Kms, which includes 1 Tiger Reserve (NagarjunaSagar
Srisailam Tiger Reserve), 1 Elephant Reserve (Koundinya
Sanctuary and Rayala Elephant Reserve) and 1 Biosphere
Reserve (Seshachalam). Details of protected areas are in the
state are given in Annexure 5.32.
There are 2 Zoological Parks in the state, i.e., Indira Gandhi
Zoological Park, Visakhapatnam and Sri Venkateshwara
Zoological Park, Tirupati which are recognized by Central
Zoo Authority. Both the zoos are among the well managed
zoos in the country and are expanding with addition of new
species and better facilities for visitors.
In addition to zoos, 2 Deer Parks are functioning under
control of the forest department in the state at Kandaleru
Deer Park in SPS Nellore district and Chittoor RF Deer
Park in Chittoor District. Kotappakonda Deer Park in
Guntur district is under development. Deer Park, Nagarjuna
Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited Green Belt in Kakinada
and Deer Park, GVK Power Plant in East Godavari are
managed by private organizations.
Achievements in Wildlife Conservation

1. Restoration in Kolleru Lake Ecosystem
under the Andhra Pradesh Societies Registration Act,

2001 to monitor the utilization of funds deposited with
the society. The interest accrued out of capital deposited,
is being utilized for development of Protected Areas in the
State.
3. Restoration of Mangrove Forests

A target area of 5600 ha of degraded mangrove and blank
areas in Godavari and Krishna river estuaries has been
taken up for restoration of the mangroves under Tsunami
Mitigation activity through the World Bank aided A.P.
Community Forest Management Project.
The GOI-UNDP-GEF Project Mainstreaming Coastal
and Marine Biodiversity Conservation into Production
Sectors in the East Godavari River Estuarine Ecosystem,
Andhra Pradesh was prepared jointly by the Government
of Andhra Pradesh, Ministry of Environment and Forests,
New Delhi and UNDP, India.
4. Seshachalam Biosphere Reserve

The Biosphere Reserve has been notied and made
functional with an area about 4756 Sq.km. Local level
management committee and State level management
committee have been formed and a meeting conducted
to nalize Biosphere Management plan for 2013-14. The
plan has been approved by GOI with an estimated cost of
Rs.20.00 lakhs and is being implemented for 2015-16.
Kolleru Lake is one of the largest fresh water ecosystems

(Wetland) of international importance recognized under
Ramsar convention (Iran 1971) covering 2,25,250 acres
up to its +10 ft. contour. It is formed between the alluvial
plains of Rivers Godavari and Krishna due to natural
geological formation covering 7 mandals in West Godavari
district with an area of 300 Sq.km. and 2 mandals in
Krishna district. The area up to +5 contour is notified as
a Sanctuary.
5. Environmental Education
2. Biodiversity Conservation Society of

Andhra Pradesh
Efforts have been made to protect Sea Turtles from predators

all along the coast line of Andhra Pradesh. A rapid survey
was conducted along the coast of A.P. to identify potential
nesting sites and NGOs & local communities are involved
in protection of nests by In-situ and Ex-situ methods.
Nearly 2,42,094 eggs have been protected in nearly 2500
nests and 183794 hatchlings have been released in to the
sea during 2014-15 (up to May 2014). In the year 2015-
This Society was constituted in compliance with the

directions of the Honble Supreme Court of India while
according clearance for the Pula Subbaiah Veligonda Project
and for S.L.B.C underground tunnel in NagarjunaSagar
Srisailam tiger Reserve area. This society was registered
The Curator, Indira Gandhi Zoological Park and Sri

Venkateshwara Zoological Park and other Protected Area
Managers have been bringing out several educational
material for various target groups including the school
children on environmental education.
6. Conservation measures for Sea Turtle

along coast line of Andhra Pradesh
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16 as the season starts from November all precautionary

measures are placed to protect the nests in sites and ex-sites
in coastal line of Andhra Pradesh.
7. Zoo Authorities of Andhra Pradesh

Two Zoological Parks in the state are rated among the
best zoos of the country with excellent facility for display
of animals, conservation breeding, visitor amenities, and
conservation education etc. A Society called Zoo Authorities
of Andhra Pradesh (ZAAP) has been formed and registered
for the effective monitoring of the management of the
Zoos. The revenue obtained from the Zoos is ploughed
back for the management of Zoos under the supervision of
the above Society.
Efforts of Wildlife Conservation
1. Protection
98 Base camps were organised in Protected Areas of the
forest areas which are vulnerable for smuggling, poaching
and encroachments base camps with 5 members from local
community are established to support the staff in protection
of forest and protected wildlife habitat from destruction
assisted by 16 Strike Force and 3 Police parties and Animal
trackers. Intensive protection measures have been initiated
for protection of wildlife duly initiating foot patrolling for
checking water bodies, vulnerable paths. Snares, electric
wires, traps and other weapons have been seized. Mostly
local tribals (600 Chenchus in Nagarjuna Sagar Srisailam
Tiger Reserve and other tribals elsewhere) and other village
youths have been engaged giving them gainful employment
helping conservation.
2. Habitat Improvement
a) Grass land and Fodder development
Special initiatives have been taken up for development of
fodder by protecting existing grass lands by removal of
weed, woody growth and supplementing with grass slips
and broadcasting of native grass seeds. During 2014-15,
169 ha. grass lands are developed and 207 ha. have been
proposed in 2015-16.
b) Water resource development

Mostly percolation tanks and natural water holes have been
developed for providing water to wild animals throughout
the year. Solar energy based water pump have been
established in 7 Tiger Reserve areas in Nagarjuna Sagar
Srisailam Tiger Reserve which has been a good source of
water to wild animals where natural surface water is not
available. Similarly, 452 Saucer pits located in the forest
fringe areas have been maintained to prevent straying of
wildlife during pinch period (2015-16).
3. Research Activities
a) Collaborative research with NGOs and Universities
on species & habitat with special emphasis on critically
endangered and other species is encouraged
b) Establishment of eld research laboratories: The research
laboratory established in Srisailam has been renovated.
The inventory of flora and fauna of Nallamalais and new
findings have been documented. Another field research
laboratory has been established in Tirupathi.
c) Scientic methods for wildlife estimation with camera
traps etc., has been initiated. 450 Camera traps have
been procured and extensively deployed in Nagarjuna
Sagar Srisailam Tiger Reserve, Papikonda NP and SVNP
Tirupathi. Camera trap images of Tigers and other
endangered shy, nocturnal animals indicate the wildlife
wealth of the sanctuaries.
The intensive camera trap called Phase IV is being taken up
in Nagarjuna Sagar Srisailam Tiger Reserve and Gundla
Brahmeshwaram Wildlife Sanctuary every year.
4. Modernization of Zoos
a)
Improvement of facility for display of animals,
conservation breeding: Display enclosures have been
constructed/ improved for Giraffe, Wolf, Jackal and Mouse
Deer. Conservation breeding of Wild Dog, Jackal and Red
Jungle Fowl are being taken up in the two Zoological Parks.
b) Improvement of facilities for visitors and conservation
education in Zoos: Sixteen battery operated vehicles have
been provided in the two Zoological parks for the visitors
to move in addition to other facilities. Interpretation
centres has come up in Indira Gandhi Zological Park,
Visakhapatnam. 19 Battery Operated Vehicles, 15 vehicles
in SVZP and 4 in IGZP).
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5. Publicity & Extension

Involvement of NGOs for wildlife conservation,
establishment and renovation of environmental education
centres, ecological knowledge park in Srisailam and
biodiversity parks etc. and establishing Environmental
Education Centres in all the protected areas.
Project TigerSalient features of Project

Tiger
Forest Protection Schemes

Intensication of Forest Management
Scheme
The objectives of forest protection scheme include
prevention and control of re, survey and maintenance of
boundaries, preparation of working plans, development of
infrastructure and protection of forests and wildlife.
Normal State Plan
NagarjunaSagar Srisailam Tiger Reserve with an area

of 3296.31 Sq.Kms. including buffer of 730.29Sq.
Kms. and GundlaBrahmeshwaram Wildlife Sanctuary
(1194 Sq.Kms) as its extended core is one of the largest
conservation landscape in the country.
The Budget provided by the State Government under the

Scheme is utilized mainly to meet the expenditure towards
items like salaries, secret service fund, motor vehicle
maintenance, POL etc. mainly for flying squad divisions for
effective protection of forests.
This is countrys one of the rich biodiversity area having

a contiguous landscape of a good forest eco-system of
un-fragmented Nallamalais of the Eastern Ghats.
400 Red Sander cases were registered with a quantity of

167.558 MTs and 263 vehicles seized and 1580 persons
were arrested upto November, 2015.
Many undiscovered flora and fauna area still existing in

this area of which a few new species have been discovered
by the Forest Department. The project is going on sound
principles of conservation and management backed by
strong research.
Implementation of Scheduled Tribes &

other traditional forest dwellers (ROFR)
Act-2006
The Primitive Tribal Group Chenchus have been

involved in the management of NagarjunaSagar
Srisailam Tiger Reserve and at present nearly 600 of
them are engaged as protection watchers and animal
trackers.
Scientific management and monitoring of wildlife is
being taken up including the use of camera traps.
Lot of awareness and publicity initiative have been taken
up under different schemes.
The Bio-diversity conservation laboratory has been setup
at NagarjunaSagar Srisailam Tiger Reserve, Srisailam
and the various research activities are being taken up.
This includes preparing an inventory of the Biodiversity
of NagarjunaSagar Srisailam Tiger Reserve and other
P.As. Ecological Knowledge Park, Environmental
Education Centre renovated with theme of Biodiversity
Conservation. 8 innovative solar pumps have been installed
in NagarjunaSagar Srisailam Tiger Reserve and other
measures for water development, together with habitat
development works have helped in improvement of habitat
& wildlife.
The Government of India enacted The Scheduled Tribes

and other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of
Forest Rights) Act, 2006 and the Scheduled Tribes and
other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest
Rights) Rules, 2008. As per the Act, Forest rights have to
be given to tribals, if they were in possession of forest land
as individuals or as community as on 13-12-2005. The
Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers
(Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 enacted by the
Government of India came into force with effect from
31.12.2007.
1,70,764 Individual claims with an extent of 3,69,597 acres
and 6,905 Community claims with an extent 7,36,324 acres
are received.
74,960 title certificates issued for Individual claims with an
extent of 1,75,649 acres and 1,538 title certificates issued
for Community claims with an extent of 4,76,170 acres.
Information Technology (Geomatics)

The Andhra Pradesh forest department has taken initiatives
to make use of modern tools of geomatics, as envisaged
in National Forest Policy 1988, to aid planning & decisionmaking process and effectively monitor & evaluate. AP is
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ahead of all other states in use of geomatics technology.

The major activities initiated under this are - creation of
spatial (geographic) database on various scales, vegetation
cover mapping and monitoring, survey and verication
of notied forest boundary using DGPS, DGPS survey of
FCA areas, enumeration of trees outside the forests and
developing web-enabled forest management information
system.
Projects Completed
Creation of Geo-Spatial database at various scales
Forest Fire Risk Zonation and mapping for entire State
Wildlife Habitat mapping
characterization for one District
and
Bio-Diversity
Selection of suitable sites for Eco-Tourism

Andhra Pradesh Hazard Mitigation Project for entire
Coastal area
Selection of suitable sites for raising plantations
Site suitability for construction of Water Harvesting
Structures for entire state
Change detection analysis and monitoring of Kolleru Lake
Forest Research & Development

There are 6 Centers in Andhra Pradesh State under the
control of 2 Research Divisions located at Tirupathi and
Rajahmundry. The main objectives of these Divisions are
to attend to forestry problems in their respective jurisdiction
and take up activities mainly to establish experimental
plots, improved Nursery Technology, Seed Collection,
Vermi-Compost/ Organic Compost production and Tree
Breeding programs etc. An expenditure of Rs. 81.20 lakh
that formed 97.83% of the Budget released in 2015-16 was
incurred for Research Schemes.
Forest Conservation Act: 1980

Compensatory Afforestation
Forests are a vital component to sustain the life support
system on Earth. Forests whether Government, village or
private sub-serve the entire community and represent a
community resource that meets the need of millions of rural
people especially the tribals. Article 48A of the Constitution
of India requires that the State shall endeavour to protect
and improve the environment and to safeguard the forest
and wildlife of the country. Under Article 51A, it is the

duty of every citizen to protect and improve the natural
environment including forests, lakes, rivers and wildlife and
to have compassion for living creatures.
As per the Forest (Conservation) Act 1980, whenever forest
land is to be diverted for non-forestry purpose usually
conditions relating to transfer, mutation and declaration as
Reserve Forest/ Protected Forest the equivalent non-forest
land for compensatory afforestation and funds for raising
compensatory afforestation etc are to be imposed. Such
funds were to be used for natural assisted regeneration,
forest management and protection, infrastructure
development, wildlife protection and management, supply
of wood and other forest produce saving devices and other
allied activities.
Details of Progress on Compensatory Afforestation under
Forest (Conservation) Act 1980 in the state as on 31-032013 and 31-11-2015 are shown in Annexure 5.33.
Andhra Pradesh State Bio-Diversity

Board
The Andhra Pradesh State Biodiversity Board was
established in 2006 under Section 22(1) of the Biological
Diversity Act, 2002 as notified in the Andhra Pradesh
Gazette.
In pursuant to the notification of Biological Diversity
Act, 2002 and Biological Diversity Rules 2004, the State
Government have framed the Biological Diversity Rules
2009 for implementing and carrying out the Biological
Diversity Act, 2002
Objectives
Conservation and sustainable utilization of biological
diversity and fair and equitable sharing of biological
resources among all stakeholders.
Activities
Maintaining Agri-Biodiversity, Animal and Fish
Biodiversity, wildlife conservation and protection and
traditional knowledge associated with medicinal plants,
conservation, Bio-prospecting, Awareness and capacity
building, Declaration of Biological Heritage Sites and
access and benefit sharing.
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Biodiversity Management Committees

As per sec 41 of the Act, every local body shall constitute
Biodiversity Management Committee (BMC) with in
its area for promoting conservation biological diversity,
sustainable use of biological diversity, documentation of
biological diversity & Habitat (PBR), conservation of land
races, folk varieties and cultivation, domesticated stocks &
breeds of animals & micro organisms and chronicling of
knowledge relating to biodiversity.
United Nations Environment

Programme-Global Environment Facility
Project:
The main aim of the project is to increase the institutional,
individual and systemic capacities of stakeholders to
effectively implement Biological Diversity Act, 2002 to
achieve biodiversity conservations through implementing
Access Benet Sharing agreements in India.
Since formation of Biodiversity Board, it has constituted

1345 BMCs at panchayat level, one at District level
(Vizianagaram) and 5 at Municipality level and 22 at
Mandal level. The total number of BMCs in the State is
452 from April to Nov,2015. Peoples Biodiversity Registers
(PBRs) are prepared by 8 BMCs at their local bodies level
and 75 PBRs are under process. There are more than13045
local bodies in the State of Andhra Pradesh and it is
expected that BMCs are to be constituted in all these local
bodies.
Components and activities
Heritage Sites
The recommendations of the National Commission on

Agriculture, to raise massive plantations to cater the needs
of wood based industries.
As per the Biological Diversity Act 2002 the board shall in

consultation with local bodies and other key stakeholders,
take necessary steps to facilitate setting up of areas
of signicant biodiversity value as heritage sites. The
recommendation from the Board after consultation with
the Central Government, the State Government shall issue
notification to this effect. Srisailam, Tirumala Hills, Kolleru
and Talakona sites are proposed to recommend as BHSs
are under consideration.
Biodiversity Parks
Ex-situ Conservation Initiatives; Biodiversity Park
established by Dolphin conservation society in
Visakhapatnam is recognized as the rst Ex-situ biodiversity
park of A.P.
Bio- Piracy
Bio piracy is controlled by apprehending and producing
culprits before the court of law. The forest department staff
is doing commendable work in this matter. Species such as
Red Sand Boa (Snake), Star Tortoise, Tarantula (Spider),
Red Sander are involved in bio piracy.
To develop standardized economic valuation methods for

valuing biodiversity in the selected ecosystem, developing
database on biological resources to tap ABS potential in
project implementing States and assessing and quantifying
the economic value of biological diversity present at local,
state and national levels using appropriate methodologies.
Andhra Pradesh Forest Development

Corporation
Objectives
To raise large scale plantations to meet the demands of
forest based industries with species such as Eucalyptus,
Bamboo, Tropical pines, Coffee, Cashew, Casuarina etc.
To generate gainful employment for the landless poor,
particularly in remote and agency areas.
To undertake consultancy services for industries to raise
and maintain plantations in their vicinity.
Details about plantations raised by APFDC 2015-16 (upto
Nov, 2015) are shown in Table 5.22.
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(iv) Coffee Plantations
Table 5.22 (Area in Hectares)

Sl.
No
Species
Area (upto
Nov 2015)
Eucalyptus (Seed origin)
Eucalyptus (Clonal)
Bamboo
2467.01
Cashew
6691.40
Coffee
4010.00
Teak
795.36
Medicinal plants
505.39
Casuarina, Pines and other Misc.

species
266.78
Total
4247.89
29653.78
48637.61
Plantation Activities
(i) Eucalyptus Plantation

The APFDC has been raising 29,654 Ha Eucalyptus Clonal
Plantations in 2015-16 up to November 2015. It is the single
largest grower among PSUs in India. It is proposed to raise
3,000 to 4000 Ha. in the next 3 to 4 years. Optimum yields
are intended to be obtained from plantations because of
improved site preparation, use of quality planting material
and management practices optimum yields are obtained
from plantations.
(ii) Bamboo Plantations

2,467 Hectares of Bamboo plantations were raised during
2015-16 upto November 2015. Due to better management
practices, 2 years rotation has been adopted as against the
normal rotation of 3 years that increased revenues. The
Corporation is intending to expand bamboo plantations
over 400 Hectares under National Bamboo Mission in the
next 3 to 4 years to ensure supply of more raw material per
annum to Paper Industries besides raw material to artisans.
(iii) Cashew Plantations

The Corporation raised cashew plantations over an area
of 6,691 Ha along the coastal belt in Prakasam and SPS
Nellore districts and in the inlands of West Godavari and
Chittoor districts. Presently, the older plantations are being
replanted with high yield cashew varieties using scion banks.
The Corporation is maintaining about 4,010 Ha of coffee

plantations in agency areas of Visakhapatnam and East
Godavari Districts through intensive cultivation practices
by scientic methods. These plantations generated about
5.00 lakh mandays of employment for tribals all around
the year.
(v) Pepper Cultivation

APFDC had 4.09 lakh Ha Pepper standards in its Coffee
Estates in agency areas of Visakhapatnam and East
Godavari Districts comprising high yielding varieties like
Panniyur-I, Purnima, Sreekara, Subhakara, Panchami,
Panniyur-5.
Eco-Tourism
A.P. Forest Development Corporation Ltd. has developed
the Rajeev Eco Park at Idupulapaya, YSR District has
already been opened to the public.
Other Activities
The Corporation has diversied its activities with several
schemes such as providing consultancy services in
Afforestation to the industries such as NTPC, HPCL etc.,
and supplying high quality Eucalyptus clones to the public
and institutions. It is also acting as an agent to the Govt. in
carrying out trade export of Red Sanders wood.
Employment Generation:
The Corporation is providing employment to tribal and
Srilanka repatriates almost round the year. In other areas
employment is provided to land less and poor during
regeneration and harvesting activities. About 9.00 lakh
mandays of employment 3.00 lakh mandays in raising
and maintenance of plantations 3.50 lakh mandays in
Coffee plantations and 2.50 lakh mandays on harvesting of
plantations) has been provided to poor tribal and Sri Lanka
repatriates.
Achievements during 2014-15, Projections and
achievements upto Nov, 2015 are given in Table 5.23
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Table 5.23 Achievements under APFDC

Activity
Raising of Clonal Eucalyptus plantations (Ha)
Raising of Bamboo plantations (Ha)
Raising of Teak plantations (Ha)
Harvesting of Eucalyptus pulpwood (MTs)
Harvesting of Long Bamboo (Nos)
Harvesting of Bamboo Industrial Cuts (MTs)
Harvesting of Raw Coffee ( MTs)
Harvesting of Pepper- (MTs)
2014-15
Achievement
2015-16
Projections
Achievement upto Nov 2015
1804.00
965.00
997.81
65.00
65.00
63.61
95.00
50.00
50.00
13491MT
7,95,388
7,86,300
141829*
325
665
358.437
439
259.25
2.80
18.00
Source: Forest Department - (*is in progress)
Sericulture
Sericulture in Andhra Pradesh is a sustainable farm- based
economic enterprise positively favouring the rural poor
in the unorganized sector because of its relatively low
requirement of xed capital, and higher returns at frequent
intervals on the investment. It yields regular returns in 4 to
5 splits from one acre of mulberry.
department is to produce International 2A and above grade

Bivoltine Silk production duly sanctioning of ARMs in the
State under private sector. The Dept. is also concentrating
on strengthening of marketing system duly providing
incentives on production of Bivoltine and CB cocoons to
the farmers.
Vision
The major economy of Andhra Pradesh State is mainly

based on Agriculture and Livestock. Agriculture is the
main occupation and 60% of population is engaged in
agriculture and related activities like Fisheries, Horticulture
crops, Sericulture etc.,
To place Andhra Pradesh as one of the leading states in

silk production, by rst meeting domestic requirements
and catering to exports of silk and silk garments later
Andhra Pradesh stands second in the country in silk

production next only to Karnataka The rain fall in
Rayalaseema districts is very low when compared to the state
average rain fall and thus Rayalaseema districts are drought
prone districts in the state. Therefore unlike coastal districts
sericulture is predominant in the Rayalaseema districts.
Sharing boarder with Karnataka State is also one of the
considerable factor for development of Sericulture industry
in Rayalaseema districts. The State has also got strong
industrial base besides traditional Silk handloom pockets
like Dharmavaram, Peddapuram, Uppada, Venkatagri
etc., which are nationally renowned silk handloom weaving
centers, encouraging the growth of Sericulture industry in
the State.
To promote rural livelihoods for employment creation

and poverty alleviation through sericulture sector in the
state
In the recent past, the department is emphasing more

on Bivoltine Raw silk Production with implementation
of CDP due to which on Farm & Non-Farm Sectors
have gained momentum in the State. The goal of the
To promote sericulture as an alternate and viable option

to meet the challenges of agrarian crisis
Initiatives
Prioritize production of Bivoltine Silk, improve quality and
quantity of Mulberry silk, focus on production of Bivoltine
Silk through Cluster approach and integrate both on Farm
and Non-Farm activities within the cluster/ district. Leaf to
cloth approach for development of Bivoltine Silk production
in East Godavari, Ananthapuramu and Chittoor districts
are showing good results. The Department adopts Life
cycle approach for balanced growth of farmers, reelers
and silk weavers. Eco-friendly production process in
Mulberry cultivation to help to reduce the climate change.
Convergence approach for maximizing results. Linking
with NABARD, RKVY, ATMA, MG-NREGS, APMIP
and other schemes.
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Catalytic development programme

(CDP):
The department of Sericulture has implemented Catalytic
Development Programme (CDP) with the financial
assistance from Central Silk Board and State Govt. From
2015-16 onwards under CDP, the financial assistance
is being provided to non farm sector , seed and R&
D Activities. The financial support is extended to the
reelers/weavers for establishment of Filature/ Multi-end/
Automatic Reeling Machines /Twisting units and Weaving
Units so as to increase marketing for Bivoltine cocoons and
produce International 2A and above grade Raw Silk in
the State. To reduce the financial burden to the farmers in
construction of sheds , low cost thatched rearing sheds are
being encouraged for better productivity levels.
Cluster Promotion Programme (CPP):

In Andhra Pradesh, much emphasis is being given for the
promotion of Bivoltine hybrid programme through cluster
approach. The following 13 Clusters have been established
in 7 potential districts of the State and the programme is
being implemented with the coordination of CSB and State
dept. officials/ staff for technical guidance to the farmers.
V.Kota ( Kuppam) cluster of Chittoor district has attained
the first position in Bivoltine production in the country
during 2014-15.
Supply of 100% chawkie worms:

The Success of Bivoltine crops depends upon the supply of
BVH Chawkie worms to the sericulture Farmers. In order
to supply Chawkie worms to the farmers, Special attention
is paid on strengthening 47 Govt. Seed Farms and also
by encouraging the farmers for establishment of Chawkie
rearing Centres under private Sector for better productivity
of Bivoltine Cocoons. During the year 2015-16, five
CRCs (three in Chittoor, one in East Godavari and one in
Anantapur) and two Mini CRCs in Krishna District are
sanctioned during 2015-16 in addition to already existing
CRCs . The Chawkie rearing equipment is also sanctioned
to the existing Pvt. CRCs. Hence all CRCs existing under
private sector and Govt sector shall meet the requirement
of Chawkie worms to the farmers during 2015-16 and
ensure 100% Chawkie worms supply.
Rastriya Krishi Vikas Yojana

The Dept is availing financial assistance under Rastriya
Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) from 2012-13 onwards for
development of infrastructure as well as for improvement
of soil health under both Govt. and Private sectors. Funds
are sanctioned to the Govt. Farms for Farm mechanisation
under RKVY. 50% (i.e Rs.750/- for 100 DFLs ) subsidy
to BVH Chawkie charges is also being released under the
said scheme to the farmers to encourage Chawkie concept.
During 2014-15, subsidy was provided to the farmers for
constructions of verandas to their existing rearing sheds.
Solar Lighting Units are also sanctioned with 50% RKVY
subsidy.
MG-NREGS:
The department is providing financial assistance to
the farmers under MG-NREGS towards plantation of
Mulberry for the first year and maintenance of the garden
for second and third years also. The construction of silk
worm rearing sheds are also taken up under MGNREGS
from 2016-17 on wards. The Unit cost per acre is
Rs.1,54,136/- for (3) years put together. Providing financial
assistance to the tribal beneficiaries for Tasar Rearings is
also under active persuasion under MG-NREGS.
Development of Non Farm Sector

Providing incentives on silk production
Rs.130/- per kg for bivoltine silk produced on multiend silk reeling units and Rs.150/- per kg for the silk
produced on Automatic Reeling Machines.
Rs.80/- per kg for Multi-voltine silk produced on multiend silk reeling units
Rs.30/- per kg for motorized charka, backend Italian
model charka & cottage basin silk in the state.
An amount of Rs.76.62 lakhs was released under Raw
Silk incentive to the reelers against the production of
93.44 M.Ts Raw Silk during 2015-16 under State Plan
50% subsidy on the cost of reeling sheds
Digital display boards are established in the Govt cocoon
markets of Hindupur (Anantapuramu dist) and Kuppam
(Chittoor dist.) for market rates awareness to the farmers with
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update information of A.P Markets and Karnataka Markets.

Establishment of silk exchange in Proddutur of YSR
District and Hindupur of Anantapuramu district for
dupion and raw silk trading
Impact of Initiatives
The Bivoltine cocoon arrivals increased from 1821.89 Mts
to 2936.92 MTs upto Dec,2015 in the cocoon markets of
A.P through incentives to the farmers. Hitherto most of the
cocoons produced in the state were purchased by Karnatake
state reelers and got converted to silk in Karnataka State.
With implementation of cocoon incentive scheme, a
quantity of 2936.92 MTs of cocoons was consumed by the
local reeling units in the state up to December, 2015.
Yarn support price to silk weavers who are outside Cooperative fold.
Implementation of e-governance projects.
Integration of Reeling Unit

Prot margin of Charka reeling units will double, if
it is integrated with twisting units. The unit cost for
establishment of unit is Rs.1,867 with 75% subsidy.
Subsidies to Weavers:
4 Kgs of Silk Yarn will be supplied to an individual weaver
outside the co-operative fold @ Rs.150/Kg with a subsidy
of Rs. 600.00 in a month. 4167 Weavers are being paid
Rs.3.00 crore yarn subsidy during 2015-16.
Status of Sericulture industry
Research and Development
27,878.033 M.Ts of CB Cocoons and 3220.16 M.Ts of

BVH Cocoons were produced during 2014-15 . During this
year 21713.421 M.Ts of CB Cocoons and 2936.920 M.Ts
of BVH Cocoons are produced up December 2015. The
productivity for 100 DFLs (Cocoon production) is increased
to 59.77 Kgs. Necessary steps are being taken for further
increase in productivity more than 65 kgs per 100 dfls by
ensuring 100% supply of chawkie worms to the farmers
and organising exposure visits to Tamil Nadu state where
the productive levels are 72 Kgs.
Andhra Pradesh State Sericulture Research and

Development Institute, Hindupur was established in 1995
with the main intention of evolving new races, to the
condition suitable to A.P climatic conditions and capable
of producing International grade Cocoons/ Silk. A new
project namely Identication of DNA markers for
baculovirus resistance in Silkworm was presented to DBT,
New Delhi for nancial sanction. Six new Silk Worm
hybrid races were developed by the institute and submitted
for National Silk Worm Race Authorisation. Bivoltine
hybrids with disease resistance races are under eld trials.
In addition, certain eco-friendly disinfectants such as SeriGold, Seri-Clean, Seri- Plus, Shakthi and Abhya etc., are
released in the eld for increase in Cocoon production from
5 Kgs to 10 Kgs for 100 DFLs. Achievements during 201516 (upto Dec,2015) are shown in the Table 5.24 Details of
districtwise achievements made under Sericulture sector is
given in Annexure 5.34. Status of Sericulture as on 31-122015 are shown in Table 5.25
Normal State Plan schemes

Providing Rs.250 subsidy on cost of 100 BVH DFLs.
Providing 50% subsidy to the farmers for Farm
mechanisation like secatures, brush cutters, sprayers etc.,
Incentive to reelers against production of raw silk on
improved multi end and improved cottage basin silk
reeling units.
Integration of charka reeling units to small twisting
units.
Production incentive for the reeling cocoons produced
by farmers including Tasar cocoon Production.
Providing assistance to Charka reelers for conversion
in to 6 basin reeling units
Share capital assistance to SERIFED.
Supply of HYV Mulberry Saplings.
Supply of quality disinfectants to increase the
productivity.
Table 5.24: Sericulture - Achievement during 201516 (up to Dec,2015)

Area under Mulberry- Acres
5401.25
Cocoon Production (MTs)
24650.34
Raw silk production MTs
3346.957
Tasar Cocoon production (lakh No.)

Source: Sericulture Department
14.948
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Table 5.25 Status of Sericulture as on 31-12-2015

A
On-Farm Sector:
Mulberry Acreage as on 31.12.2015
No. of farmers covered ( by the end of December2015)
Ave. Cocoon Production per year
Ave. Raw Silk Production per year
Ave. Productivity per 100 DFLs
Ave. Net income per acre/ year
Employment generation in both On Farm & Non Farm activities
Non-Farm :
Reeling Sector:
a)Total Reeling basisns required to convert the Reeling Cocoons into Raw Silk locally
b)Existing Reeling Basins:
i) Charkas
ii) Cottage Basins
iii) Multiend Reeling Basisns
iv) Automatic Reeling Basisns
Total existing Basins
Additional Basins required
Twisting Sector:
a) No. of Twisting Spindles Required to convert the Raw Silk in to twisted yarn locally
b) Existing Twisting Spindles
c) Potential available for additional Spindles
B
1
72857.25Acres.
57333 Nos.
31,098 M.Ts.
4,212.48 m.Ts.
62 Kgs.
Rs.75,000/3.64 lakh Nos.
15,500 Nos.
497
568
788
40
1,893
13,607
14,04,160
3,31,200
10,72,960
Source: Sericulture department
Incentive on BVH & CB Cocoon and Raw Silk Production:

The details of Production incentive on Cocoon Production and Raw Silk production:
S.No
District
1
2
Anantapur & Chittoor

Other Districts
S.No
1
2
3
4
Grade of Silk produced

2A and below(BV)
Above 2A Grade(BV)
CB Silk
Silk Yarn CB or BV
Production incentive/Kg on Cocoons

CB(in Rs.)
BV(in Rs.)
10/50/20/50/Production incentive per Kg(in Rs.)
Multi end Reeling Units
Automatic reeling units
130/130/130/150/80/80/35/- on the silk produced on Charkha, Cottage basin & backend reeling units
E-governance initiatives:
All officers up to the level of Asst. Directors are
electronically connected to the Head Office.
Communication through e-mail is adopted by all the
units.
Benefits to farmers / silk reelers / weavers are transferred
through online banking system.
Electronic display boards are installed at Govt. Cocoons

Markets for the display of daily cocoon rates of A.P.,
Karnataka and Tamilnadu.
Cocoon rates are made available through SMS by
sending message to Seri_CB/Seri_BV to 9704742555.
Departmental information for employees
and
information for farmers or public a website is opened in
the department. (www.seri.ap.gov.in)
HIGHLIGHTS
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No of
Rythu Bazars
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Agricultural
Marketing
Marketing is a key link in the supply chain. Markets
functioning effectively are essential for driving up the growth
in the agriculture sector and for generating employment and
economic prosperity in rural areas. Agricultural marketing
infrastructure plays a pivotal role in the fostering and
sustaining the tempo of rural economic development and is
critical for better performance of the agriculture sector as a
whole. Effective marketing infrastructure is essential for cost
effective marketing, to minimize post harvest losses.
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Agricultural Market Committees-
Revenue collectedby Market Committees
437.53 crore in (2014-15)

Under Rythu bandhu padhakam 1842 of
-Rs.
farmers were benefited (upto Oct 2015)
Mobile Rythu Bazars(Autos) -
7.85 lakh
MT storage -1027
Godowns with
It is envisaged that large investments are required for

development of post harvest and cold chain infrastructure
nearer to the farmers field. With rapidly changing productionconsumption trends, the requirement of cold storages in
markets has increased manifold more so in case of perishable
commodities. Successful marketing requires learning new
skills, new techniques and new ways for obtaining market price
information. With a view to provide dynamism and efficiency
into the marketing system, the government has undertaken
several measures in the recent past.
Comprehensive market legislation covering the entire
state came into force in 1966 called the Andhra Pradesh
(Agricultural Produce and Livestock) Markets Act 1966,
after the integration of Hyderabad Agricultural Produce
and Livestock Markets Act, 1930 and the Madras
Commercial Crops Act, 1933 in the State. The salient
features of the Act are:

To regulate sale and purchase of Agricultural produce
To declare notied areas and markets for regulation
To constitute market committees for each notied area
for regulation
To license all persons intending to trade in notied
agricultural market area
To levy and collect market fee
To construct and develop market yards for regulation
To prohibit collection of all unauthorized charges in sale
and purchase of agricultural produce
To arrange sale and purchase of agricultural produce in
the market by open auction or tender system
To collect and disseminate market information for use of
farmers and traders
The State has 191 Agricultural Market Committees
managing 270 number of market yards including subyards, which consists of 18 members viz., 11 members
from growers, 3 from traders and the other four from
representatives of local bodies and Government
departments. The Committee is headed by a Chairman
from grower members. All members are nominated by the
Government. Every Market Committee has a Secretary, who
is the executive authority of the Market Committee. All the
staff of the Market Committee is appointed by the Market
Committee/ Director of Marketing /Government as per
AP (AP & LS) Markets Rules, 1969. Market Committee
is responsible for the effective implementation of Markets
Act and the AP (Agricultural and Livestock) Market Rules,
1969 and the Bye-laws of the Market Committee. Every
Market Committee is a corporate body having perpetual
succession.
The Commissioner & Director of Agricultural Marketing
is the authority at State level to supervise and control all
Market Committees for effective implementation of the
Act, Rules and Bye-laws and report to the Government
about the working of Market Committees. The Market
Committees levy and collect market fee at the rate of 1%
Ad-Valorem on sale and purchase of notied agricultural
produce payable by purchasers of produce. Market fee is
the only source of income for Market Committee, which is
self-generating and is called Market.
The market fee is utilized mainly for development of
markets and creation of facilities to users of markets i.e.,
growers and traders and other functionaries and for other
allied purposes specied by the Government from time to
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time. The Market Committees collected Rs.437.53 crore

in 2014-15 and Rs.215.27 crore during 2015-16 (up to
October 2015) towards market fee. The details of district
wise collection of market fee are given in Annexure 5.35.
The Market Committees remits 10% of the annual income
to a separate fund called Central Market Fund (CMF).
The Central Market Fund is used to mainly provide loans
to Market Committees besides grant-in-aid to nancially
weak Market Committees. Government is empowered to
spend the CMF by special or general order for any purpose
for the development of agricultural marketing and its allied
activities. Details of loans given under this scheme are given
in Table 5.26.
Table 5.26 Loans given to farmers
Year
Loan Amount (Rs in cr)
2010-11
10.77
2011-12
8.38
2012-13
10.94
2013-14
15.33
2014-15
26.01
2015-16 (upto
19.04
Oct, 2015)
beneficiaries
2593
1240
1862
2194
3145
1842
Source: Commissioner of Agricultural Marketing Dept
Soil Testing Labs

To facilitate farmers to get their soils tested in nearest
places, Government established Soil Testing Laboratories
in the market yards located in Revenue Divisional Head
Quarters. 31 Soil Testing Laboratories were established in
market yards. The respective AMCs will meet the cost of
the chemicals and maintenance of labs and necessary steps
were taken by the department for strengthen the labs in the
market yard.
Objectives
It has envisaged a Farmers Charter provides for:
1. Right of information regarding prices,
2. Ensuring fair value for the produce
3. Ensuring accurate weighing
4. Freedom from unscrupulous trades and trade practices
5. Ensuring payment on the same day
6. Providing human and animal health care
7. Providing quality inputs
The department has installed computers at 190 AMCs for
regular inflow of information on prices. It has also installed

audio video display systems (AVDS) at 50 market yards so
far prices of all major commodities are displayed through
these video systems for the benefit of the farmers every day.
NIC established a wedsite: market.ap.nic.in for prevailing
market prices and departmental information.
Administrative measures have been taken for tracking
the farmers at major market yards under help the farmer
programme. Under this the market yard have been divided
into segment has been entrusted to a responsible officers.
This officer shall, during the arrivals take notice of every
farmer who comes with this produce into his segment.
He will help the farmers to get a fair price for accurate
weighment and also make sure of prompt payment. This
system has paid rich dividends in winning the goodwill of the
farmers. Electronic weigh machines have been introduces in
important market yards for ensuring accurate weighment of
the farmers produce. The market rules have been amended
for use of electronic weighing machines only.
Rythu Bandhu Pathakam

Under the Rythu Bandhu Pathakam, the department
has spent an amount of Rs.26.01 crore to provide pledge
loan to 3145 farmers to help them avoid distress sale of
their produce in 2014-15. During the year 2015-16 (upto
Oct 2015) Rs.19.03 crore and 1842 of farmers have been
benefitted under this scheme. No interest is charged for 1st
three months.
Rythu Bazars
There is a network of 80 Rythu Bazars in the State. On an
average about 24,000 farmers sell over 30.73 lakh quintals
of vegetables, every week through these Rythu Bazars
directly to the consumers. 5 Mobile Rythu Bazars(Autos)
are operating in Vijayawada, Guntur, Chilakaluripet and
Ananthapur (2) cities for selling graded vegetables. It is a
great reform in the marketing sector.
Accreditation of godowns under WDRAI

Presently 1027 godowns with 7.85 lakh MT storage capacity
are available in AMCs in the state. Of which 302 godowns
in 190 AMC have been identified for accreditation under
WDRA for scientific storage and action is being taken for
completion of accreditation process. District wise details of
godowns in the state is given in Annexure 5.36
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Industries
During the last two decades, Indian manufacturing has
expanded steadily and grown almost at the same pace as
Indias overall economy. Despite this encouraging growth,
dashing hopes of an economy based on manufacturingled growth, the relative share of manufacturing in the
Indian economy has remained unchanged. Consequently,
this stagnated contribution by the manufacturing sector to
the GDP at around 16 per cent has raised questions about
Indias development strategy, especially its implications
for generating adequate employment. Meanwhile, several
economies have increased their share of manufacturing to
above 20 percent of their GDP. This shift of manufacturing
capacities from developed nations to rapidly developing
economies is likely to continue.
Industry key growth driver

Enhancing share of manufacturing Attracting
investments Investment Tracker
Employment since inception -
12,42,294
20,592.41 Cr
Total investment -Rs.
To build on this ascending trend, the Government of

India has launched the Make in India initiative. One of
the key strategies of this initiative is a growth strategy
based upon development of industrial corridors whereby
policy initiatives to spur manufacturing and overall
growth are coordinated with transport corridors linking
different regions. The vision is to create a globally
competitive manufacturing sector supported by world class
infrastructure, logistics facilities, and a liberal policy regime.
District Industries Centres

District Industries Centres were established in 1978 to serve
as nodal agencies in the District to assist entrepreneurs
for establishment of Industries. These centres provide all
required approvals/ clearances for setting up Industries
under a Single Window. The District Industries Centres
are implementing agencies of MSMED Act and issue
No of Large and
Mega Projects
1,784
Entrepreneur Memorandum (EM) for Micro, Small and

Medium Enterprises (MSME) besides maintaining effective
liasion with various nancial institutions in arranging
required credit facilities. The information pertaining to
Industrial development of districts is maintained in these
centres.
Industrial Investment Promotion Policy

2015-20
The State Government of Andhra Pradesh has come up
with an Industrial Investment Promotion Policy 2015-20
with various Incentives/Concessions to new industries
set up in the State. The Government is striving towards
creation of quality infrastructure coupled with congenial
industrial environment in the State to make Andhra
Pradesh an attractive destination for both foreign and
domestic investors.
As a part of facilitation through e-Governance, eight
services for the sanction of industrial incentives pertaining
to industries department are brought under Mee-Seva
with effect from 15 July 2013.
Special emphasis is given for establishment and enhancing
production capacities of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
with huge employment potential. In order to create hasslefree environment for the investors, Government of Andhra
Pradesh is effectively implementing Single Window Act and
arranging various industrial clearances within the set time
frame period.
Andhra Pradesh is the rst State in India to take up the
initiative in bringing A.P. Single Window Clearances system
under e-Biz project of National e-Governance plan of
Government of India. This provides efficient, convenient,
transparent and integrated electronic services to investors
and industrialists covering 40 services, of which 13 are
Central Services; 21 are State Common Services and 6
State specific services, covering 18 Departments.
Single Window Act

Government launched Single Desk Policy on 29.04.2015.
The Single Desk Policy aims to create a conducive ecosystem
to provide all clearances required to setup industry within
21 working days. The main focus for attracting investments
is the strategy of Ease of doing Business.
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No of MSMEs
1.11
lakh
1st Sunrise Andhra Pradesh Meet at Visakhapatnam

1400 delegates 300 foreign delegates from 41 countries
328 MoUs Rs. 4.67 lakh crore worth investment proposals
A. State Level Nodal Agency
During the period from April to September 2015, 152
Large and Medium Enterprises with investment more
than Rs.5.00 Crore on plant & machinery have led their
proposals with the State Level Nodal Agency for 287
clearances/approvals from various departments. 264 cases
were given clearances/ approvals by different Competent
authorities, 18 proposals were rejected/returned and 5
cases are in process with an. investment of Rs. 16,855.41
Crore providing employment of 61,947 persons.
B. District Level Nodal Agency
During the period from April 2015 to September 2015,
1617 Micro & Small Enterprises with investment below
Rs.5.00 Crores on plant & machinery filed their proposals
with the District Level Nodal Agency for 2789 clearances /
approvals from various Departments. 2545 cases were given
clearances / approvals by various competent authorities
and 225 proposals were rejected / returned and 19 cases
are in process with an investment of Rs.18695.30 Crores,
providing employment to 34071 persons.
Large & Mega Projects

1784 Large and Mega Projects with an investment of
Rs.81,261 crore have gone into production creating
employment to 4,35,506 persons as on September,2015.
During 2015-16, 22 Large and Mega industrial projects
are established with an investment of Rs.3969 Crore and
employment generation of 9,228 persons. The details of
district wise Large & Mega industrial proposals, investment
and employment are given in Annexure 6.1.
Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises

Investment limits were enhanced with the enactment
of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises Development
(MSMED) Act, 2006. Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprises (MSMEs) Sector has emerged as a highly
vibrant and dynamic sector of the Indian economy over the
last five decades. MSMEs contribute to approximately 8%
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and 40% of exports. MSMEs provide the largest share of

employment after agriculture and hence, the development
of MSME sector can contribute enormously to the socioeconomic development of the country.
The MSME sector in Andhra Pradesh manufactures a
variety of products with a high concentration of Micro and
Small units belonging in the Sectors of food, mineral and
building materials, drugs and pharmaceuticals, fabricated
materials, trading and service sector. Andhra Pradesh has
identified development of MSMEs as a catalyst for job
creation and balanced regional development.
Government of Andhra Pradesh have introduced the
MSME policy 2015-20 to provide a holistic frame work for
sustainable development of MSMEs in the State and to make
them globally competitive. The policy offers incentives,
infrastructure development, technology up-gradation,
skill development and marketing support, simplification,
administrative reforms and rehabilitation of sick industries
in the State. Government of India has introduced Udyog
Aadhaar Memorandum (UAM) in place of Entrepreneur
Memorandum Part I & II. UAM registration is on-line
and user friendly and is filed on self-declaration basis and
no supporting documents are required.
Since inception 1,11,387 Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprises were established, providing employment to
12,42,294 persons involving an investment of Rs.20,592.41
Crores. During the year 2015-16 upto September,
2015, 1,988 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises were
established, providing employment to 33,652 persons
involving an investment of Rs.1,592.74 Crore. Details
of district wise Micro Small and Medium Industries
established, investments made, employment generated are
shown in Annexure 6.2.
AP Micro, Small Medium Enterprises

Facilitation Council
The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development
Act 2006, provides for constitution of Micro and Small
Enterprises Facilitation Council by State Governments
in their State for redressal and recovery of amount due
to delayed payments. APMSE Facilitation Council, a
quasijudicial body, provides impetus towards facilitating the
payments to MSEs from their buyers.
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Prime Ministers
Employment
Generation Programme
The PMEGP is a Central Sector Scheme funded by the
Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. The
scheme is implemented by KVIC in association with KVIBs
and State Governments through District Industries Centres.
The subsidy component under the scheme is placed at the
disposal of participating banks by the KVIC with regard
to targets that will be allocated to DICs. The scheme
envisages 16.2% reservation for SCs, 6.6% for STs, 27%
for OBCs, 5% for Minorities 1% for Ex- Servicemen, 3%
for physically handicapped and 30% for Women (overall).
Objectives
The objective of the Prime Ministers Employment
Generation Programme is to generate employment
opportunities in rural and urban areas through self
employment ventures and to increase wage earning
capacity of artisans and contribute to increase the growth
rate of Rural and Urban employment, Self Help groups
(including those belonging to BPL provided that they have
not availed benefit under any other scheme) are also eligible
for assistance under PMEG, Beneficiarys contribution
is 10%of project cost for general categories and 5% for
Special Categories (including SC/ST/OBC/Minorities /
Women, Ex-servicemen, Physically handicapped, NER Hill
and Border area etc.). Margin Money (rate of subsidy) for
general categories is 15% in urban, 25 % in rural areas. For
special categories, it is 25% in urban and 35% in rural areas
and isone time assistance and Normal rate of interest shall
be charged. Re-payment schedule ranges between 3 to 7
years.
The persons should possess at least VIII standard pass
educational qualication for setting up projects costing
above Rs.10.00 lakh in manufacturing (Industry) sector
and above Rs.5.00 lakh in Business/ Service sector. The
maximum cost of the project/unit admissible under
manufacturing (industry) is Rs.25.00/ Rs.10.00 lakh under
Business/ Service sector.
During the year 2014-15, 430 units were established with
a margin money assistance of Rs. 1460.41 Lakhs and
provided employment to 5111 persons. 241 units were
established with a margin money assistance of Rs. 765.73
lakh and provided employment to 1993 persons as against

the target of 414 units, and financial assistance of Rs.
828.92 lakh and providing employment of 3312 persons
during the year 2015-16 (upto November, 2015).
Rehabilitation of Sick SSI units

The Government issued a new Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprises (MSME) Policy 2015-20 in July 2015, with
fiscal benefits covering the categories of (a) Micro and
Small Enterprises (b) Medium Enterprises (c) Service Sector
Enterprises (d) Swachh Andhra Initiatives (e) MSME Parks
(f) Marketing assistance (g) Awards & Recognitions (h) Sick
Units Revival.
Industrial Incentives
Policy of State Incentives/ Facilities announced by the
State Government will be in operation from 01.04.2015 to
31.03.2020.
a) Industrial Development Policy (IDP) 2015-2020
b) Automobile & Automobile Components Policy 2015-2020
c) Textile & Apparel Policy 2015-2020.
d) Biotechnology Policy 2015-2020
e) MSME Policy 2015-2020.
f) Aerospace & Defence Manufacturing Policy 2015-2020
Eligible Industrial Enterprise

Any industrial undertaking and servicing enterprise/
industry, other than those run departmentally by
Government of India / State Government or having equity
of State Government / GoI.
New Industrial Enterprise:

An Industrial Enterprise which has been established in the
State with new machinery and commenced commercial
production on or after 01.04.2015 and before 31.03.2020
holding valid approvals from the concerned authorities.
Micro Industries, Small Industries, Medium Industries and
Large Industries/Enterprises means in which Investments
on plant and machinery is up to the limit as defined by the
Government of India from time to time.
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Mega Projects:
Mega Integrated Automobile Project:
Mega Project means the Industrial Enterprise, which is set

up with a capital investment of Rs. 500 crore and above or
the Industrial Enterprise which creates direct employment
to more than 2000 persons.
Automobile projects that will have engine plant, press shop,

body shop, transmission line, assembly line, paint shop etc.
either on its own or as consortium or joint venture mode in
the same location with investments over and above Rs.1500
crore. and which will bring ancillary units of a minimum
of Rs.500 crore investment within 3 years, will be accorded
mega Integrated Automobile Project.
Biotechnology Industries:
Projects with capital investment of Rs. 50 crore and
above or creating local employment for 200 people will be
accorded mega project status.
Scheme wise incentives sanctioned from April to September,

2015 (2005-10 and 2010-15 schemes) are shown in Table 6.1
Textile Industries: Projects with capital investment of

Rs. 125 crore and above or providing employment to 2000
people or more, will be accorded mega industry status.
Table 6.1 Scheme wise Incentives sanctioned during 2015-16 (upto Sept, 2015)
Sl. No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Type of incentives
No. of cases
Power Cost reimbursement

PavalaVaddi (interest subsidy)
General Incentives
Cleaner Production
Interest Subsidy
Investment Subsidy
Land Conversion
Land Cost
Mortgage Duty
Sales Tax
Stamp Duty
Quality Certification
Total
Source: Industries Department
SC Sub Plan and Tribal Sub Plan

260 claims with Rs.14.60 crores were sanctioned under SC
sub Plan and 59 units with Rs.4.55 crore were sanctioned
under Tribal Sub Plan during 2015-16uptoNovember,
2015.
Cluster Development Programme

Government of India has adopted the cluster development
approach as a key strategy for enhancing the productivity
and competitiveness as well as capacity building of Micro
and Small Enterprises (MSEs) and their collectives in
2015-16
Amount (Rs. in Cr)
1193
217.380
584
39.760
0
0
113
11
14
2
126
43
2
2088
0
0
16.130
0.021
0.590
0.037
124.970
0.917
0.010
399.815
the country. Clustering of units also enables providers

of various services to them, including banks and credit
agencies, to provide their services more economically, thus
reducing costs and improving the availability of services for
these enterprises.
Objectives
To support the sustainability and growth of MSEs by
addressing common issues such as improvement of
technology, skills and quality, market access, access to
capital, etc., to build capacity of MSEs for common
supportive action through formation of self help groups,
consortia, up gradation of associations, etc., to create/
upgrade infrastructural facilities in the new / existing
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industrial areas / clusters of MSEs and to set up common

facility centres (for testing, training centre, raw material
depot, effluent treatment, complementing production
processes, etc).
Activities
Diagnostic Study, Soft Intervention, Hard Intervention,
Setting up of Common Facility Centres (CFCs) and
Infrastructure Development (up-gradation/new).
37 Cluster proposals are under active consideration, of
which, 8 Hard Interventions and ID Projects are with
DC-MSME, DI-MSME to be placed before the Steering
Committee for sanction in the year 2015-16. 8 DSRs are
with DC-MSME and DI-MSME to be placed before the
Steering Committee for sanction. 4 Soft Interventions are
under active consideration.
Industrial Infrastructure Scheme

Clusters/Industrial locations were identied for
development based on the diagnostic study on providing
physical infrastructures as identied in the cluster. Priority
was given to develop clusters having small industry
concentration. The Scheme is implemented on a publicprivate-partnership initiative i.e. user driven with the
support of the Government.
The salient features of the Scheme are
a) Physical Infrastructure.
b) Common facilities for fuel/gas supply system, ETP &
Solid waste disposal.
c)
Information
and
Communication
Technology
Infrastructure.
d) R & D Infrastructure.
e) Quality Certication and Benchmarking Center.
f) Common Facilities Center.
g)
Information dispersal /International Marketing
infrastructure
h) Small Industry Cluster Development Programme.
National Investment and Manufacturing

Zones (NIMZ)
The Government of India (GoI) has announced a National
Manufacturing Policy, 2011, with the objective to enhance
the share of manufacturing in GDP to 25% within a
decade and creating 100 million jobs. As per the Policy,
NIMZs was developed as integrated industrial townships
with state-of-the art infrastructure and land use on the

basis of zoning; clean and energy efficient technology;
necessary social infrastructure; skill development facilities,
etc. Government of Andhra Pradesh proposed to develop
NIMZs in Chittoor and Prakasam Districts for which Inprinciple approval was already accorded by GoI. APIIC
engaged IIDC Limited (An IL&FS Group Company) for
preparation of TEFS report cum development plan and
final application and the same were submitted to Govt. for
final approval.
Chennai Bangalore Industrial Corridor

(CBIC)
CBIC is one of the mega Infrastructure projects of
Government of India which passes through the State. With
the main objective to increase the share of manufacturing
sector in the GDP of the country and to create smart
sustainable cities which will have world-class infrastructure,
convenient public transport etc. Sectors of focus include
General manufacturing; Automobiles & auto ancillary; agro
and food processing; metals and metallurgical products;
Biotech and Services sector.
The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP)
and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
through their consultants M/s. Nippon Koei Limited and
PWC have prepared a Comprehensive integrated Master
Plan (CMP). The study team has completed the Part-A of
CMP for CBIC region and selected 3 potential Industrial
nodes (1) Krishnapatnam in Nellore District., (2) Kalikiri
in Chittoor District and (3) Hindupur in Ananthapur
District.
Draft Final Report (DFR) covering the critical gap
assessment along with concept master plan and development
plan is prepared for Krishnapatnam node.
Krishnapatnam Industrial Node (KPTIN) is a planned
area located in south of Krishnapatnam port as industrial
development of around 12,000 ha. The estimated project
cost for the development of Infrastructure in KPTIN is
around Rs.13,716 Crores in 3 phases spanning around 25
years. Proposals for considering Krishnapatnam Node as
NIMZ and to form the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) are
under process.
The Conceptual Master Plan for CBIC has also been
completed and presented to DIPP along with all state
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stakeholders workshop in New Delhi on 21st August 2015.

The State Support Agreement (SSA) and Stake Holders
Agreement (SHA) are under process of preparation.
A total of 26 priority projects across various sectors have
been identified for debottlenecking in the CBIC region, out
of which 2 following projects pertain to AP state (Roads
sector) and Sanction is awaited from Ministry of Road
Transport & Highways (MoRTH).
4 Laning of NH-18A from Chittoor to Renigunta and
SH-61 (now NH-71) from Renigunta to Naidupeta
(Estimated cost Rs.600 Crs).
4 Laning of NH-4 from Km 133/360 to 216/916 in
the State of A.P. (from Karnataka/ AP border to AP/
Tamilnadu border via Chittoor - Estimated cost Rs.1214
Crs).
Vizag Chennai Industrial Corridor

(VCIC):
The VCIC is a key part of the planned East Economic
Corridor and Indias first coastal corridor and the extent
of it is considered from Pydibheemavaram in Srikakulam
district to Chennai in Tamilnadu. It has Influence area
about 1,10,000 sq. km, (3.5% of Indias area). It is estimated
that it attracts about Rs.1,00,000 Crores and generates

employment to about 110 Lakh persons. The corridor
contributes to 5% of national GDP and has potential to
increase GDP in the Corridor by 6 times. Food processing,
Chemical & Petroleum, Textiles, Electronics, Metallurgy,
Pharmaceuticals, Automobiles & auto ancillary etc. are the
the focus sector of Industries proposed.
The Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), Govt. of
India has given in-principle approval for funding plan of
USD 715 million ( Multi tranche Financing Facility MFF
loan from ADB of USD 500 million and GoAP share of
USD 215 million) on June 28, 2015. Revised proposal for
approval of Program loan of 200 Million USD has been
submitted to the DEA, GoI on 01.10.2015. The Regional
Perspective Plan (RPP) of the Corridor is under preparation.
A number of infrastructure projects are planned which
would link various manufacturing clusters and gateways
such as ports and airports to a central spinal road, rail and
utilities infrastructure in the Corridor area.
The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP)
and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have appointed
PWC as the Consultant to prepare a comprehensive
integrated master plan. The potential nodes along with
clusters are shown in Table 6.2:
Table 6.2 Clusters

Sl. No.
1.
Node
Visakhapatnam (1st Phase)
Cluster
District
Pydibheemavaram
Srikakulam
Atchuthapuram
Nakkapalle
Visakhapatnam
Bheemunipatnam
2.
Kakinada
3.
Srikalahasti-Yerpedu (1st Phase)
4.
Gannavaram-Kankipadu
Kakinada
Srikalahasti-Yerpedu
Sri City
Gannavaram
Kankipadu
East Godavari
Chittoor
Krishna

Out of above 4 nodes, Visakhapatnam and SrikalahastiYerpedu nodes are prioritized in the 1st phase of the
project. Through the Conceptual Development Plan (CDP)
the ADB has identified several infrastructure projects.
The identified Infrastructural projects by conceptional
Development Plan (CDP) by include debottlenecking
and capacity augmentation of existing assets and some
greenfield infrastructure projects and future economic

growth in the State. Of the identified ones, selected high
impact projects have been planned to be developed with
financial assistance from ADB.
Sector wise Project Preparatory Status and Project Cost &
Financing Mechanism are as follows
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Source
Amount ($ million) Programme MFF total
Share of Total (%)
Asian Development
Bank
125
500
625
74.40%
Government of
Andhra Pradesh
215
215
25.60%
Total
125
715
840
100.00%
List of Projects
Implementing
agency
APIIC
(Industrial
Infrastructure)
Tranche I
Tranche II
Project cost
(Rs.Cr)
1.
Augmenting utility services for
Construction of Common Effluent Treatment
Atchutapuram Industrial cluster
plant at Atchutapuram and Construction
(Summer storage and bulk water
904.3 (156)
of Common Effluent Treatment plants at
supply); and providing bulk water
Naidupet.
facility and summer storage in
Naidupet Industrial cluster
Upgrading
of
Kakinada
to
Samarlakota Section of Kakinada
Rajanagaram Road to Dual 2 Lane
Carriageway Standard Kakinada
APRDC
Upgrading of Samarlakota- Rajanagaram 2.

Upgrading of Atchutapuram Section of Kakinada Rajanagaram Road
Anakapalle Road section and to 2
1141.7 (175)
to 2 Lane Dual Carriageway Standard Lane Dual Carriageway Standard
Kakinada
-Visakhapatnam
3.
Upgrading
of
road
from
Krishnapatnam port to Nellore
via Muthukur to 2 Lane Dual
Carriageway Standard Nellore
APTRANSCO
Augmenting power distribution capacity for

Augmenting
power
distribution
meeting Industry demand at:
capacity
for
meeting
Industry
1. Kappulapada, Ozone Valley, Achutapuram
demand at Nakapalle/ Chandanada,
and Mangalagiri /AIIMS locations (Laying
Pydibhimavaram, Naidupeta and 1201.9(190)
of power cable and associated civil works)
Kakinada SEZ locations (substation,
2. Rachagunneri and Yerpedu (substation, cable, transmission lines and associated
cable, transmission lines and associated civil works)
civil works)
GVMC
Supply and Laying of water supply

Distribution Network improvements for NRW
pipeline along Raiwada canal to 665.7 (101)
reduction and 24x7 supply in GVMC area
Visakhapatnam City
HIGHLIGHTS
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Investment in SEZs
24399.47
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Industrial
Objectives of the SEZ Act
Infrastructure
The Special Economic Zones (SEZs) Policy was announced
in April 2000 under Export & Import Policy to make
SEZs an engine for economic growth supported by quality
infrastructure complemented by an attractive fiscal package,
both at the Centre and the State level, with the minimum
possible regulations. It is designated as duty free enclave
and to be treated as foreign territory for trade operations
and duties and tariffs.
No of SEZs -
19
Employment generated -
62,895
Exports from SEZs (upto Sep15)-
3354.94 cr
Generation of additional economic activity

Promotion of exports of goods and services;
Promotion of investment from domestic and foreign
sources;
Creation of employment opportunities;
Development of infrastructure facilities;
Initiatives
Government intends to exploit the SEZ concept for
impacting the States socio-economic fabric through
enhanced job opportunities and industrial development.
APIIC has already taken the lead in developing SEZs
across various districts in Andhra Pradesh.
The State has decided to formulate the SEZ Policy to
provide a comprehensive frame work for establishment,
operations and sustainability of the SEZs in the state.
Andhra Pradesh is the rst State in the country to
announce an exclusive state SEZ policy with special
package of incentives and concessions and nalized the
Visakhapatnam Special Economic Zone in an area of
3,500 acres of land. Details of the SEZs are shown in
Table 6.3.
Table6.3: Status of Operational Special Economic Zones as on September 2015

Description
No. of
SEZs
Investment made
(without FDIs) (Rs. in Cr.)
Employment
generated (No.)
Physical Exports from SEZs for during

2015-16 as on 30.09.2015 (Rs. in Cr.)
APIIC
2564.92
13825
796.94
APIIC JVs
2693.14
4977
221.78
APIIC Assisted
5983.66
31429
793.91
Private Developers
3157.75
12664
1542.31
Total
19
14399.47
62895
3354.94
Source: AP Industries Infrastructure Corporation

Out of 19 SEZs 4 were IT/ITES SEZs, 4 Multi Product
SEZs, 4 Pharmaceuticals SEZs, 2 Textile and Apparel
SEZs, 1 Building Products SEZ, 1 Leather Sector SEZ, 1
Footwear SEZ, 1 Alumina/Aluminium Refining SEZ and
1 Food Processing SEZ.
District wise status of SEZs and area are given in Annexure 6.3.
AP Gas Infrastructure Corporation

Andhra Pradesh Gas Infrastructure Corporation (P) Ltd
(APGIC) is a joint venture of APIIC and APGENCO
with equity participation at 51:49 respectively. APGIC was
incorporated on 2nd September, 2009 under the provisions
of Companies Act. The authorized share capital is Rs.100
crore and paid up capital is Rs.40 crore upto December
2015.
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Objectives:
The two key objectives of the Corporation are 1.
Exploration and Production activities particularly in KG
Basin and 2. Make Andhra Pradesh a gas based economy.
In the light of these objectives, in the New Exploration
Licensing Policy (NELP) VIII. APGIC has won four blocks
in KG Basin along with other consortium partners in NELP
VIII round bidding conducted by Directorate General
of Hydrocarbons. APGIC has 10% equity in all these
four blocks. Out of these four blocks, three are Shallow
Water Blocks and one is Deep Water Block. ONGC is the
operating partner for the three Shallow Water Blocks; and
British Gas is the Operating Partner for the Deep Water
Block.
A.P. Gas Distribution Corporation Ltd.:

Andhra Pradesh Gas Distribution Corporation Limited
(APGDC) is a joint Venture of APGIC and GAIL Gas
Limited, wholly owned subsidiary of GAIL (India) Limited.
APGDC is keen to participate in the business of CGD
Networks, Trunk Pipelines, Regional Grids, CNG and
import of LNG and its Re-gasification.
A.P. Gas Distribution Corporation proposed to form SPV
with M/s. GDF Suez LNG UK Limited for establishment
of FSRU Project in Kakinada Deepwater Port. APGDC
is jointly held by Andhra Pradesh Gas Infrastructure
Corporation (APGIC) and Gail Gas Ltd., a subsidiary
Compnay of GAIL (India) Ltd. APGDC has selected
M/s. GDF Suez LNG UK Limited as their strategic
Index of Industrial
Production
The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) is a yardstick for
measuring industrial growth. It includes the relative change
of physical production in the eld of Industry during
specic period as compared to the previous period. The IIP
is estimated monthly by collecting data from selected units
of Manufacturing, Mining, Quarrying and Electricity. The
main objective is to estimate the contribution of Industrial
sector to the Gross State Domestic Product. IIP in the State
partner to develop the LNG Terminal using FSRU. The

estimated cost of the project is Rs.5,000 crore. The annual
handing capacity is 3.50 MMTPA. Orders were issued
on 19.07.2014 for induction of M/s.Shell in proposed SPV
with 26% Equity at par. The Project has been included
in the list of projects to be completed on Top-priority, to
overcome the gas shortage being faced by the State. Public
hearing for environmental clearance for the project was
conducted on 11-12-2014.
Petronet LNG facility at Gangavaram

Port
Gangavaram Port Ltd. is proposed to setup a Liquefied
Natural Gas (LNG) Ter minal at Gangavaram Port
through a joint venture with Petronet LNG Ltd. The
Joint Venture Company will have equity contribution
from Petronet LNG Limited (PLL), Gangavaram Port
Ltd. (GPL) and other parties. The estimated cost of the
project is Rs.4500 crore. The capacity of the terminal
is 5 MMTPA with a provision to expand upto 10
MMTPA. The tentative schedule of the project is to start
the initial operations of LNG by setting up an FSRU by
2014 and commencement of operations of LNG Terminal
from 2016. Orders were issued according approval
for establishment of LNG terminal, Gangavaram on
28.7.2014. As ascertained from M/s. Petronet LNG Ltd.,
all statuary clearances have been received from Govt. of
India and they are in correspondence with APGDC for
having pipeline connectivity from Kakinada to Srikakulam.
is being compiled with base year 2004-05 for 22 industrial

classications at 2-digit level under manufacturing sector.
As per Quick estimates of IIP, the Mining and Quarrying,
Manufacturing and Electricity sectors (at NIC 2 digit level)
registered growth rate of -8.2%, 8.0% & 6.1% respectively
during the period April to Oct 2015 over April to Oct 2014.
The indices of IIP of the State are given in Annexure - 6.4.
Growth in Industrial Production in terms of IIP is shown
in chart 6.1. The General Index for the period from April
to October 2015 in Andhra Pradesh stands at 191.9 against
192.0 observed in the same period.
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192
Chart 6.1 Growth in Industrial Production
2012-13
159
160
2011-12
154
161
Index of Industria l Production
200
150
100
50
2013-14
Annual Survey of Industries

The Annual Survey of Industries is the principal source
of Industrial Statistics in the State. It provides Industrial
statistical information to assess and evaluate the changes
in the growth, composition and structure of organized
manufacturing sector comprising activities related to
manufacturing processes, repair services, gas and water
supply and cold storage. It is conducted once in a year to
collect the data from the Organised Manufacturing units
registered under the section 2 m(i) [10 or more workers with
power] & 2m(ii) [20 or more workers without power]of the
Factories Act, 1948 and units registered under Beedi and
Cigar (condition of employment) Act, 1966.
The main objectives
Industries are:
of Annual
Survey
of
1. Estimation of
the contribution of manufacturing
Industries as a whole and of each type of Industry to the
State Income.
2014-15
2015-16
(Apr-Oct2015)
2. Systematic study of the structure of the Industry as a

whole and each type of Industry.
3. Analysis of
in the State.
various factors inuencing Industries
4. Provision of comprehensive, factual and systematic basis

for formulation of Policy.
The data for 16 principal characteristics based on Annual
Survey of Industries from 2007-08 to 2012-13 is given in
Annexure-6.5.
Highlights of ASI 2012-13 Results

(pooled Results)
The number of factories increased from 11,195 in the
year 2011-12 to 12,549 in 2012-13, registering a growth
rate of about 12..09%. The factories in the state generated
employment to 5.01 lakh persons by the end of 2012-13
and growth of 10.06% over the previous year. From 201112 to 2012-13 the Gross value added decreased by 17.67%
and the Net value decreased by 25.25%.
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State Level Public

Enterprises
There are 44 State Level Public Enterprises (SLPEs)
functioning in the state (Combined State). As per the
working results of these SLPEs, the performance during the
year 2012-13 can broadly be summarized as:
Capital Employed
The capital employed by all the 44 state level public
enterprises was Rs.50041.76 crore. The top ve State Level
Public Enterprises with the highest Capital employed are
A.P.GENCO, SCCL, APMSIDC, APSPDCL. The capital
employed by the top ve SLPEs constitute 75.54 % of the
capital employed by all the SLPEs in the state.
Turnover
The total turnover (including other income) made by all the
44 public enterprises was Rs.61207.65 crore. The top ve
state level public enterprises whose turnover is highest are
- A.P.GENCO, SCCL, State Civil Supplies Corporation,
APSRTC and APSPDCL. The turnover achieved by the
top five state level public enterprises to total turnover works
out to 78.38%.
Andhra Pradesh is well known globally for variety of rocks

& minerals and called Ratna Garbha. Minerals form a
major contributor to the economic growth of the State.
Andhra Pradesh is a mineral rich state containing a vast
variety of mineral wealth particularly industrial minerals.
The State is a house for various minerals specically Crude
Oil & Natural Gas, Barytes, Bauxite, Heavy Mineral Beach
Sand, Manganese, Limestone, Dolomite, Quartz, Feldspar,
Silica Sand, Semi-precious Stones, Ball Clay, Laterite, Iron
Ore, Gold & Diamonds, Mica, Asbestos, Calcite, Uranium,
Lead, Zinc, Shale, Pyrophyllite, Steatite, Serpentine,
Graphite, Kyanite, Vermiculite, Clays, Ochre, Black &
Colour Granites, Limestone Slabs, Fullers Earth, Marble,
Road Metal/Building Stone/Ballast, Gravel/Earth, Mosaic
Chips and Ordinary Sand.
The State is focusing on inventory of mineral resources, key
issues of legislation, objective and strategies in tune with
the National Mineral Policy for accelerating growth leading
to overall development of the mining sector.
The main aim of State Mineral Policy is to serve as a
guiding force to translate the States mineral potential into
reality with eco-friendly and sustainable mining.
Prot
20 SLPEs, out of the total 44, made a prot of Rs.3840.66
crore during 2012-13. Of this, the following top ve SLPEs
made a prot of Rs.1658.38 crore, accounting for 43.17%
of the total prot made by all the 20 prot making SLPEs.
APGENCO (Rs.436.58 crore),
A.P TRANSCO (Rs.417.40 crore),
Singareni Clooieries Company Ltd. (SCCL) (Rs.401.14
crore)
AP Mineral Development Corporation (Rs.324.78
crore)
APS Ware Housing Corporation (Rs.78.48 crore)
Mines and Geology

Minerals & Agriculture are one of the main sources of
revenue to Andhra Pradesh with minerals forming the
major contributor for the economic growth of the State.
Mineral Resources
The areas of Agnigundala, Bondalamottu in Guntur
district are famous for mining of Copper, Zinc, Silver
and other base metals.
The alkaline and ultra-basic rock formations in Guntur
and Prakasam districts are enriched in Nepheline
Syenite.
The State contains huge Uranium deposits in
Thummalapalli, YSR district. The Department of
Atomic Energy, GoI already started exploitation of
the resources through M/s. Uranium Corporation India
Ltd, a Public Sector Undertaking.
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The Dharwar Super Group Meta sediments contain

rich deposits of Iron Ore conning to Bellary Reserve
Forest and surrounding areas in Anantapur District.
The State is endowed with a number of scattered low
grade iron ore deposits in Prakasam, Krishna, Kurnool
and YSR districts.
The State is well known for exclusive Granite varieties
- Chimakurthy Black Galaxy, Steel Grey, Ocean Blue,
Black Pearl in Prakasam, Srikakulam Blue in Srikakulam,
Vizianagaram Green in Vizianagaram, River White,
Kashmir White & Moon White in Visakhapatnam,
Yellow Granite in East Godavari, Silver Pearl, Indian
Labrador, Blur Paradise, Copper Green, Platinum Blur
in Guntur, Viscon White, Tiger Black, Kuppam Green
English Teak in Chittoor, Pista Green in YSR Kadapa
Dist, Chilli Red in Anantapur and Chocolate Brown in
Kurnool Districts.
Departmental Functions/Activities
The department of mines and geology looks after
promotional and regulatory functions for overall
development of mineral sector and also collection of
mineral revenue for the state exchequer. the department
is responsible for processing of mineral concession
applications, grant of leases for minor minerals, approval
of mine plans, inspection of mines, curbing of illicit mining
and transportation, vigilance, monitoring of mineral
production, survey and demarcation of areas, mineral
revenue collection, mineral investigations and explorations
and dissemination of mineral information.
Leases and Mining

There are 47 prospecting licenses and 1420 mining leases
for major minerals (industrial minerals), 1720 quarry leases
for cut and dressed blocks of granites and 4808 quarry
leases for other minor minerals (construction minerals)
during 2014-15.
Mining for Limestone, Barytes and Natural Gas falls under
large scale mechanized sector, while Granite, Dolomite,
Quartz, Feldspar, Clays etc all under semi mechanized
medium sector and the other minerals fall under semi
mechanized small sector. Nearly 90% of the Mines fall
under small sector and remaining 10% under medium and
large sectors.
Mineral Based Industries

Both Public & Private Sectors established large and
medium scale mineral based industries for manufacture of
Cement, Steel, Sponge Iron, Ferroalloys, Glass, Ceramics,
Refractories, Chemicals, Granite, Marble & Limestone
cutting & polishing units, Slate cutting units, Gem Cutting
& faceting units, Granite monuments manufacturing units,
Pulverizing units, stone crushers, Mosaic & Ceramic tile
units, Lime Kilns, and Manufactured Rocksand units in the
State.
The Mining Sector is identied as one of the growth engines
and certain minerals have been identied as focus minerals
viz. Bauxite, Heavy minerals, Beach Sand, Limestone,
Gold, Diamond, Dolomite, Oil & Natural gas, Uranium,
Garnet, Granite, Titanium, etc. for establishment of
Cement, Gas based Thermal Plants, Oil Renery, Cutting
& Faceting, Mining & Renery, Steel & Sponge, Alumina
Smelter and Aluminium Renery etc., as focus industry for
overall development of the Mining Sector in the State.
Mineral Production and Value

Mineral consumption is increasing due to promotion of
various industries and manufacture of Mineral based
products. The State produces about 56 million tonnes
of industrial minerals and 105 million cubic meters of
dimensional stones. The production of Crude Oil, Natural
Gas and Limestone is given in Annexure 6.6.
Revenue
The State Mineral and Mining sector contributed
Rs.966.11 crore of Mineral Revenue to the state exchequer
during 2014-15 and Mineral Revenue during 2015-16
(upto Oct, 2015) earned Rs.716.17 Crore. The percentage
growth compared to last year during the same period was
45%. Details of Mineral revenue achievements are shown
in Table 6.4. District wise mineral revenue from 2011-12 to
2015-16 (upto Oct, 2015) is given in Annexure 6.7.
Table 6.4 Mineral Revenue Achievement (Rs. in Crore)
Year
Achievement
2011-12
2012-13
1040.90
1068.68
2013-14
884.64
2014-15
2015-16
(up to Oct 2015)
966..11
716.17
Source: Director of Mines & Geology
Growth over
Previous Year (%)
8.11
2.67
-17.22
(due to agitation)
9.21
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Vigilance
The Department controls illicit mining and transportation
of minerals. There are 9 Vigilance offices in the Districts
and 5 Regional Mobile Squads stationed at 5 Regional Dy.
Directors of Mines & Geology and operating at Srikakulam,
Vizianagaram, Guntur, Kurnool and YSR. There are
two integrated check posts at Tada and Naraharipet and
observation check posts at Ibrahimpatnam Krishna District,
Piduguralla, Guntur Dist.; Bugga, Bethamcherla, & Dhone,
Kurnool Dist. for effective vigilance to curb illegal mining
& transportation of minerals. The department has booked
1315 cases and collected Rs.4.15 crore as penalty.
Task Force
Government of India advised the State Governments
to constitute State Level, Central level and District Level
Task Forces for effective vigilance to curb illegal mining and
transportation of minerals in respective states. Consequently,
the State Government constituted a State Level Task Force
under the Chairmanship of the Secretary, Industries &
Commerce Department and similarly a District Level Task
Force was also constituted under the Chairmanship of the
District Collector.
Mineral Projects
The Department took up initiative for grounding of Bauxite
mining project and establishment of Alumina/ Aluminum
project with an investment of Rs.40,000 crore. M/s.
Anrakh (Andhra Pradesh &Govt. of Rasal Khaima) has
already established Alumina Smelter at Makavarapalem,
Visakhapatnam. M/s Jindal Southwest Holdings acquired
lands at Batwada Village, Vizianagaram for establishment
of Alumina Smelter and Aluminium Renery. Besides this,
National Aluminium Company (NALCO) also proposes a
similar project for exploitation of Bauxite in the State of
AP. Uranium exploitation project is already commenced
at Thummalapalli, YSR District by the Department of
Atomic Energy through Uranium Corporation of India
Ltd. The extraction of heavy minerals from Beach Sand
deposits along the coastal line is presently under private
sector by M/s Trimax Sands Pvt. Ltd. M/s APMDC
Ltd. identied the Beach Sand placer deposits and called
for Expression of Interest for establishment of mineral
separation units under Joint Venture. M/s.VV Minerals
entered into JV agreement with M/s.APMDC Ltd for
establishment of mineral separation plant with a project

cost of Rs.6,000 crore. Basing on the availability of huge
deposits of Cement Grade Limestone a number of green
eld projects are proposed in the area in addition to the
expansion by the existing Cement plants with Rs.3,000
crore.
Participation in Exhibitions
The Department participated in International granite
trade fairs Marmomacc -International exhibition of Stone,
design and Technology, Verona-Italy, PDAC- Canada and
National exhibitions at Jaipur, Chennai and Bangalore to
disseminate and promote the mineral potential and Mining
Sector opportunities in the State.
Policy Initiatives
Enacted the A.P. Mineral Bearing Lands
(infrastructure) Cess Rules, 2005 for collection of Cess on
Mineral Bearing Lands for promotion of infrastructure
facilities and rapid exploitation of Mineral resources
in the State. Initially, only Coal, Oil, and Natural gas,
Barytes, Lime Stone, Iron Ore and Granite are brought
under the Cess Rules.
The Government announced New Sand Policy 2014 in
August, 2014. As per new Sand Policy the Quarrying
allotted to the Women Self Help Groups only under the
control of SERP Dept.
Initiated on-line ling mineral concession applications
and successfully launched through Mee-Seva.
Initiated
on-line
Mineral e- permit system
throughout the State successfully.
The GoI Promulgates MM(D&R) Amendment
Ordinance 2015, dt. 12.01.2015, wherein, as per section
10B the grant of mining leases in respect of major
minerals (Bauxite, Iron Ore & Limestone & Manganese
etc.) through auction system only.
The GoI issued a Notification by declaring 31 major
minerals as minor minerals.
Other Initiatives
State pursued with Central Geological Agencies for
exploration of Diamond, Gold, Base Metals, Rare
Earths, Beach Sand minerals, Volcanic Ash, Granites.
Identication of
exclusive quarry zones around
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Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Guntur & Chittoor

districts.
The Department has taken initiative to promote the
manufactured sand. The Government conducted a
workshop to create awareness for usage of Manufactured
Sand as an alternative to River Sand. The Government
intends to conduct some more workshops at different
places in Andhra Pradesh in due course.
The Department encouraged the Andhra Pradesh
Mineral Development Corporation & other Private
Sector entrepreneurs for mining & establishment of
Beach Sand Mineral Separation Units, Titanium Slag
& downstream industry at Vizianagaram & Srikakulam
districts.
The Department
encouraged
APMDC
for
establishment of Low Grade Iron Ore beneciation
Plant at Ongole (Prakasam District) and large scale
mining of Galaxy Granite (Prakasam District).
The Department has taken initiative in establishment
of cement plants at Krishna, Guntur, Kurnool, and
Anantapur & YSR Districts.
The Government through APMDC intends to enter into
Oil and Natural Gas exploration.
The Department requested the Government of India to
allocate on-shore Oil and Natural Gas blocks to APMDC
for exploration on nomination basis so as to cater the needs
of the State.
Future Activities
Utilization of Limestone slab quarry waste dumps
in Kurnool, Kadapa, Guntur and Ananthapuramu
Districts for manufacture of Cement and Building lime.
Framing of Rules for 31 minerals recently declared by
GOI as minor minerals and rates of seigniorage fee for
these minerals.
Framing of Rules for collection of contribution fund
to District Mineral Foundations and Establishment
of District Mineral Foundation Trusts in each of 13
Districts.
Re-christening of DMRTUF into Mineral Exploration,
Research & Innovation Trust (MERIT) and framing of
Rules for collection of 2% of amount on seigniorage fee
as contribution fund to MERIT.
Amendments to Rules for stricter punitive measures
for prevention of illegal mining and transportation of
minerals bench marking with other states.

One time settlement of pending cases related to illegal
mining, storage, transportation and consumption etc., to
realize long pending locked up mineral revenue arrears.
State Mineral Development Policy15 is under
examination before the Govt.,
Detailed study on value addition on various minerals
and its export potential by appointing consultants to
promote mineral based industry in the state.
Implementation of e-office in the department.
Promotion of manufacture sand as an alternative to
river sand.
e-auction of mineral blocks for both major and minor
minerals.
Action Plan for Achieving Double Digit

Growth
A. To utilize information technology for improving
Revenue administration
B. Important Mineral-wise Targets
Barytes
Increase in Production (2014-15)-1 Million Tonne to 3
Million Ton in 2015-16.
Better price realization in this year.
Commencement of beneficiation (2 lakh ton per annum)
Commercial exploitation of Dolomite.
Promotion of Barium based chemical industry.
Granite
Increase in production from 35000 CBM (2014-15) to
50000 CBM in 2015-16
Exploitation of new reserves (State High Way)
Heavy Mineral Beach Sands
GoI issued for integrated HMBS development in (3)
reaches.
Separate policy is under pipe line giving priority to grant
mineral concessions to those giving value addition.
Calcite: Commercial exploitation of 2015-16 40000
MTs per year.
Ball Clay: Commercial Exploitation in 2015-16.
Preparedness for auction of Mineral blocks
Initially 4 blocks (10 sub blocks) 3-Limestone in Guntur &
1-Limestone in Ananthapur District, identified for auction
based on GSI reports.
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Commerce and
Export Promotion
The Exports from the state have recorded as Rs.19183.74
crore in the first half of the year 2015-16 (from April 2015
to September 2015). The Major exports from the State
are Drugs & Pharmaceuticals and Allied chemicals and
plastics, Agriculture and Agro based products, Handicrafts,
Minerals and Mineral products and Software are shown in
Table 6.5.
Table 6.5 Value of Exports
(Rs. crore)
Sl. No
Product Group
1
Misc. (Mfg Goods)
2
Electrical & Electronics parts
3
Leather, Animal and Marine Products
4
Engineering Items
5
Handloom & Textiles
6
Software (IT & ITES)
7
Mineral & Mineral Products
8
Handicrafts & Carpets
9
Agriculture & Agro based and Forest Products
10
Drugs & Pharmaceuticals and allied Chemical Plastics.
Total Exports
2015-16
9.23
235.94
246.57
1137.66
1294.11
1725.00
1912.56
1961.49
3139.70
5302.00
19183.74
Source: Commerce and Export Promotion Department

(DGCIS, Kolkata)
India International Trade Fair (LITF)

National and International trade promoted by participating
in this event being conducted by India Trade Promotion
Organization (ITPO) every year during the month of
November at New Delhi. The products particularly of
MSME sector, Self Help Group (SHG) manufactured in
the State are exposed to domestic and international market
at New Delhi during this event.
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) is celebrated on 9th January
every year by Govt. of India to mark the contribution of
Overseas Indian community in the development of India.
These conventions provide a platform to the overseas Indian
community to engage with the government and people of
the land of their ancestors for mutually beneficial activities.
These conventions are also very useful in networking among
the overseas Indian community residing in various parts of
the world and enable them to share their experiences in
various fields. During the event, individuals of exceptional
merit are honored with the prestigious Pravasi Bharatiya
Sanman Award to appreciate their role in Indias growth.
The event also provides a forum for discussing key issues
concerning the Indian Diaspora.
The Commissionerate of Industries, Commerce and Export

Promotion is organizing States participation in the above annual
event by organizing AP Pavilion for showcasing the strengths
and investment opportunities in Andhra Pradesh State.
The status of investment and other details under large &
mega industries and MSMEs as in October, 2015 and the
those expected by March 2016 are placed below. However,
the projected numbers are indicative only.
Industrial Relations
Industrial peace is a prerequisite for the growth and
development of Industries. Work stoppages due to
industrial disputes between employers and workmen and
consequential loss of man-days in a given period are an
important indicator of labour management relations in
Industries. Government through its conciliation machinery
has been making efforts to settle disputes amicably and
promote industrial peace for congenial work environment.
Efforts are being made by the department to promote
productivity- linked settlement in order to make Industries
more competitive.
The number of workers involved and man-days lost due
to work stoppages decreased this year compared to the
corresponding period in last year. Details about industrial
relations are shown in Table 6.6.
Details about the number of strikes, lockouts, workers
involved, and man-days lost from April 2015 to September,
2015) are shown in Annexure 6.8.
Table 6.6 Industrial Relations
Item
2014
2015 (up to Sep)
Strikes (No.)
Lockouts (No)
Workers
(No.)
involved
10
13042
Man-days lost (lakh 21.41

No.)
Source: Labour Department.
12568
17.79
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ECONOMIC
INFRASTRUCTURE
HIGHLIGHTS

The Sunrise state of Andhra Pradesh is moving forward

with coast/port led growth strategy and is keen to improve
the infrastructure and logistics. Proper infrastructure
facilitates growth and the multiplier effect of the physical
infrastructure such as irrigation projects, dams, roads,
bridges, ports, airports and communications in reducing
poverty and enhancing growth opportunities has been
adequately established.
Irrigation
Andhra Pradesh called a River State and blessed with
major river systems like the Godavari, Krishna, Pennar,
Vamsadhara and other rivulets, is giving utmost importance
for Irrigation development as well as its management. The
State of Andhra Pradesh is allocated 512.040 TMC of
Krishna Waters under the existing Projects and also given
liberty to utlise remaining water to the extent feasible. The
State of Andhra Pradesh has taken up 4 projects such as
Telugu Ganga Project, Handri Niva Srujala sravanthi,
Galeru Nagari Srujala Sravanthi and Veligonda based on
the surplus water as per Krishna Water Dispute Tribunal
and are in advanced stage of completion. The existing
utilization under Godavari is to the extent of 308.703
TMC.
Utilisation for Irrigation
1302.72 TMC
Ongoing projects 84.532 TMC
Existing projects -
40,817 tanks serving an ayacut

of 25.60 lakh acres
Sector -
102.71
lakh acres
Utilisation of Water for Irrigation:

River basin wise utilization of water under existing and
ongoing irrigation projects is shown in Table 7.1.
Table 7.1 Utilisation for Irrigation
Sl.
No
Name of River
Basin
1
2.
3.
4.
5.
Total
Krishna River
Godavari River
Pennar River
Vamsadhara
Other Rivers
1302.723
Utilization for Irrigation (in

TMC)
Existing
Ongoing
Projects
Projects
512.040
150.50
308.703
431.688
130.536
58.120
28.605
12.142
322.839
32.082
684.532
Source: Irrigation & Command Area Development Department
Irrigation Potential created:

Creation of Irrigation Potential continued to be the most
prioritized area. So far 102.71 lakh acres of irrigation
potential has been created up to Dec 2015 under major
anicuts on Krishna, Godavari and Pennar rivers, Projects
like Nagarjuna Sagar, Telugu Ganga, Somasila, SRBC,
Vamsadhara, Medium
Irrigation projects and Minor
Irrigation schemes. The details of sector wise irrigation
potential created up to December, 2015 are shown in Table
7.2 and district-wise irrigation potential created in the state
Table 7.2 : Sector Wise Irrigation Potential created
up to December, 2015
Sector
Major Irrigation
Ayacut (lakh acres)

64.56
Medium Irrigation
5.52
Minor Irrigation
25.60
APSIDC
7.03
Total
Minor Irrigation
Total Irrigation
Potential created
102.71
Source: Irrigation & Command Area Development department
Contemplated Irrigation Potential:

Completion of present 57 projects (28 Major +18 Medium
+ 4 Flood Banks + 7 Modernisation), will create 48.431
lakh acres of new ayacut Irrigation Potential under Major,
Medium irrigation projects besides stabilization of 21.189
lakh acres.
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Priority projects:
Seven Priority projects - Completion planned
during 2015-16 to 2017-18
1) Pattiseema Lift Irrigation Scheme
2) Thotapalli Barrage project:
3) Handri Neeva Sujala Sravanthi Project
4) Galeru Nagari Sujala Sravanthi Phase I
5) BRR Vamsadhara Project (Stage II- Phase II )
6) Poola Subbaiah Veligonda Project
7) Gundlakamma Reservoir
Providing early irrigation facilities in the drought
prone Rayalaseema and Prakasam Districts
and backward districts of Srikakulam and
Vizianagaram.
Project completion targets:
Thotapally, Polavaram Right Main Canal, GaleruNagari and Hundri-Neeva June 2016
Vamsadhara-Phase II, Polavaram Left Main Canal and
Veligonda June 2017
Polavaram-Phase I June 2018.
Modernization of existing systems:

Due to occurrence of frequent cyclones and consequent
damage to crops, modernization of the following river
systems was taken up to stabilize the existing ayacut of
46.36 lakh acres. Modernization of delta s ystems and other
projects has been taken up at a cost of Rs.12840.13 crore.
Scheme wise details are shown in Table 7.3
Table 7.3: Ayacut area under modernization of
delta system
Name of the Scheme
Godavari Delta
Krishna Delta
Pennar Delta
Nagarjuna Sagar project
TBP HLC & LLC
Yeleru Reservoir Scheme
Nagavali System
Total
Ayacut (in Acres)

10,38,362
13,08,000
2,47,000
14,71,000
4,64,534
67,614
39,544
46,36,054
Source: Irrigation & Command Area Development department
Support for completion:

Financial assistance from World Bank, JBIC, NABARD and
from Government of India is being obtained and the works
are in progress for the early completion of ongoing projects.

Most of the sites suitable for gravity irrigation schemes have
already been exhausted and upland areas which cannot
be irrigated by gravity ows are planned to be developed
under Major Lift Irrigation schemes. The Government has
programmed the following special lift irrigation schemes:
A. Chinthalapudi Lift Irrigation scheme to irrigate 2 lakh
acres in upland areas of West Godavari and Krishna
districts with a cost of Rs.1701Crore and is under
progress.
B. Babu Jagjeevan Ram Uttarandhra Sujala Sravanthi
Project is being taken up with a cost of Rs.7214 Crore
to create an ayacut of 8 lakh acres in the upland areas
of Srikakulam, Vijayanagaram and Visakhapatnam
districts .The project is yet to be started.
AIBP Projects
17 projects (9 major and 8 medium) were included under
Accelerated Irrigation Benet Programme (AIBP) in the
Andhra Pradesh State, with a target to create an irrigation
potential of 5.35 lakh ha. Out of these 17 projects, 7
projects (3 major and 4 medium) were completed and 1
project was dropped and the balance 9 Projects are under
progress. Of the 9 major irrigation projects, Polavaram
project is now deleted from AIBP and declared as National
Project in 2014-15. In all irrigation potential of 2.90 lakh
ha has been created up to October, 2015 under AIBP.
Accelerated Irrigation Benet Programme
Irrigation Potential A snapshot of IP creation
The IP contemplated under AIBP (17 Projects)
5.35 Lakh Ha. (Including Polavaram)
The IP contemplated under AIBP
4.02 Lakh Ha. (excluding Polavaram)
Total IP created under AIBP up to 10/2015
2.90 lakh Ha.
Details of IP created under Major and Medium projects
(AIBP) are given in Annexure 7.2.
AIBP A snapshot of IP creation

Hydrology Project(HP)-I
Hydrology Project Phase-I was taken up with World Bank
nancial assistance for measurement, validation, storage
and dissemination of hydrological, hydro meteorological
and water quality data and to establish computerized
data base network. Under this project, 50 gauge discharge
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sites on various minor streams and 22 digital water level

recorders at various reservoirs have been established.
Further 124 standard rain gauge stations, 56 autographic
rain gauge stations, 3 full climatic stations, 9 water quality
level I and 3 water quality level ii labs were also established.
HP-II
The World Bank has approved the Hydrology Project
Phase-II. This phase was commenced in April 2006. The
project development objective is to extend and promote the
sustained and effective use of the Hydrological Information
System(HIS) by all potential users concerned with the
water resources planning and management both public
and private, thereby contributing to improved productivity
and cost effectiveness of water related investment. Capacity
building is being done by imparting training in subjects like
hydrology, procurement, water quality, GIS and computers.
The Central Water Commission has appointed M/s.
Consulting Engineering Services (India) Private Limited
(CES) as the consultants for development of Hydrological
Design Aids (Surface Water) and the consultants started
work from December 9, 2009. The aim is to develop
Hydrological Design Aids to improve upon current design
practices and to standardize those practices for uniform use
across the country with defined terms of reference of the
consultancy assignment. The project is recently concluded.
HDA 1: Assessment of Water Resources Potential Availability/ Y i e l d /Assessment,
HDA 2: Estimation of Design Flood, and
HDA 3: Sediment Rate Estimation.
Hydrology Project Phase-III

The Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), Ministry
of Finance (MOF), Government of India, have requested
the World Bank assistance for a follow up on Hydrology
Project-III to the recently concluded Hydrology Project-II
with a proposed budget of Rs. 3000 crores where clearance
has been taken from the Planning Commission by the
Ministry of Water Resources.
CADA Projects
APILIP:
Andhra Pradesh Irrigation Livelihood Implementation
Project (APILIP) envisages increasing the agricultural
production by constructing and rehabilitation of irrigation

facilities, improving water management and agriculture
practices, enhancing agricultural income, construction
of Minor Irrigation Tanks and formation and capacity
building of WUAs. It is agreed to take up formation of one
(1) New Minor Irrigation Tank in surplus river basins with
a tentative cost of Rs 2.32 Crores to create new irrigation
potential of about 272 Acres and to take up Rehabilitation
of nine (9) existing Medium Irrigation projects, at an
estimated amount of Rs. 215.71 crore, to stabilize an
ayacut of 49,330 ha. The cumulative expenditure incurred
under this project during 2007-2015 (up to 30-09-2015) is
Rs.195.45 crore.
RRR-II
345 Minor irrigation tanks were covered under Repairs,
Renovation and Restoration(RRR-II) of minor tanks with
an estimated cost of Rs.112.36 crore apart from 3 works
taken up in other programmes. Of these, 291 works were
completed, 33 works are in progress and remaining 18
works have been terminated. The expenditure incurred
under this project to bridge gap ayacut of 12,515 hectares
during 2012-15 (upto October,2015) stands at Rs. 50.70
crore.
Minor Irrigation Sector
About 40,817 tanks serving an ayacut of 25.60 lakh acres
(including 35,376 tanks transferred from Panchayat Raj
department with an ayacut of 8.01 lakh acres) are under
Minor Irrigation. To take up new constructions and
stabilise the existing tanks, funds have been tied up under
schemes like NABARD, AIBP, JBIC, Normal State Plan and
World Bank assisted Andhra Pradesh Community Based
Tank Management Project. The rehabilitation of Minor
Irrigation schemes sanctioned by World Bank is in Progress.
The scheme is intended to improve 975 tanks. About 833
schemes are completed and the rest are in progress.
Minor Irrigation Census
As per the 4th Minor Irrigation Census, there were 9.72
lakh minor irrigation sources in Andhra Pradesh in 200607 as against 8.19 lakh sources as per 3rd Minor Irrigation
Census 2000-01, registering an increase of 18.74%. The
statement showing data on Minor Irrigation sources is
given in Annexure-7.3.
HIGHLIGHTS
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736
Watersheds
Ground Water
Groundwater is one of the major sources of drinking water
in both urban and rural areas. In addition, it is also an
important source of water for agricultural and industrial
sector. Being a critical and integral part of the hydrological
cycle, its availability depends on rainfall and recharge
conditions. To have information on the ground water
availability on a very frequent basis and the peizometres are
put in force to address the drought related issues.
The National Water Policy calls for controls on exploitation
of groundwater through regulation and an integrated and
coordinated development of surface and groundwater
through conjunctive use.
The groundwater department is a multi disciplinary
organization
engaged
in
development
and
management of groundwater resources in the State. The
department has been declared as the nodal agency for all
ground water related activities in the State. In the recent
past years, the Ground water department shifted its focus
to management by adopting Community Based Ground
Water Management (CBGWM).
Drought proofing mechanism

Net groundwater irrigation potential created Neeru
Chettu Mission- to increase the irrigated area from
25.00 lakh hectares by next 5 years

(2014-15) - 11.09 lakh hectares
Micro Irrigation, Water sheds, Farm ponds,
Peizometers, Rainguns
Estimation of Groundwater Resources
The state has been divided into 736 watersheds (which
are also called groundwater basins or assessment units) for
estimation of groundwater resources. The latest estimation
was done in 2011-12 with 2010-11 database. Categorization
of watersheds/mandals/villages is made based on stage of
ground water development. The groundwater resources
estimation for the base year 2012-13 and 2014-15 is under
progress. Details of the availability, utilization and stage of

Ground water resources as per GEC -2010-11 are shown in
Table 7.4 and Table 7.5.
Table 7.4: Ground Water Development
Command
Area
Non
Command
Area
Total
Annual Ground
water availability
(MCM)
9583
9300
18883
Annual Ground
water utilization
(MCM)
2168
4839
7007
Balance Ground
water availability
(MCM)
7415
4460
11876
23
52
37
Safe
Safe
Safe
Ground water
Resources
% of utilization
stage of
Ground water
development)
Category
Source: Ground Water Department.
Table 7.5: Stage of Ground Water Development

Category
Watersheds
(No.)
Mandals (No.)
Over Exploited
56
41
Critical
14
Semi-critical
52
42
Safe
614
580
Total
736
670
Source: Ground Water Department.
Over Exploited
APWALTA
villages
to
be
notified
under
Further, 946 villages have been identied (GEC 201011 report) as over exploited for the purpose of notication
under Andhra Pradesh Water, Land and Trees Act (AP
WALTA), where further exploitation of ground water is
banned except for drinking water purpose.
In terms of quantity, the total groundwater availability in
the state is 18,883 Million Cubic Meters (MCM) out of
which 7,007 MCM is utilized for various purposes leaving
a balance of 11,876 MCM. The overall stage of ground
water development is about 37%. The stage of ground water
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development in command areas is 23% and the stage of

groundwater development in non-command areas is 52%.
Groundwater Development
A study of the composite hydrographs of the past and
present indicates that groundwater development is taking
place in the state. It is generally observed that more the
recharge more will be the utilization. A break point will be
reached where the number of wells will increase and the
power consumed will also increase considerably even as
groundwater exploitation and total area irrigated through
groundwater is not proportionate. At present, on an
average, about 1.2 hectares is irrigated per well and on an
average a total of 25,000 wells are commissioned per year
due to which the average unit area irrigated per well may
decrease. The net groundwater irrigation potential created
during 2014-15 was 11.09 lakh hectares. At present, the
well population is14.49 Lakh (agricultural connection) with
the gross area irrigated under groundwater for the year
2014-15 is 15.32 lakh hectares. If micro irrigation practices
are adopted, irrigation potential through groundwater can
reach to a level of 24 lakh hectares with additional recharge
to ground water by taking up water conservation works in
large scales.
Investigations
The department is conducting investigation for selection
of sites for wells, artificial recharge studies, implement
of APWALTA and hydrological clearances etc. During
the year 2015-16 (up to Oct 2015) the department has
investigated 6,159 sites under various programmes
for selection of Well sites, lift irrigation, and articial
recharge structures etc. About 3,106 beneciaries were
covered and about 3,064 hectares of land stabilized or
new areas brought under irrigation. Out of the above,
about 376 Scheduled Castes and 955 Scheduled tribe
beneciaries were covered under Scheduled Castes Subplan and Tribal Sub-Plan programmes. An area of about
395 hectares belonging to Scheduled Castes and about
314 hectares belonging to Scheduled Tribes were either
stabilized or new areas brought under irrigation. An area
of about 2285 hectares was covered beneting about 1725
farmers under NTR Jalasiri and recommendations under
APWALTA. Investigations were also carried out in 357
sites and 353 for selection of well sites for Industries under
environmental clearances/single desk policy and drinking

water respectively, in addition to the above 63 sites were
investigated for artificial recharge structures.
Monitoring of Ground Water Levels

The department is monitoring groundwater levels through a
network of 3000 observation wells in the State periodically.
During October 2015, a net rise in the groundwater level
to an extent of 1.92m was recorded from premonsoon
(May, 2015) in the State. When compared the water levels
of October 2015 with the same month of previous year
(Oct, 2014), a net fall of 1.53 metres was recorded. Coastal
Andhra region recorded a net rise of 1.35 metres and
Rayalaseema region recorded a net rise of 1.94 metres.
May 15
11%
32%
57%
0-3 m
3-8 m
>8 m
Area with groundwater levels more than 8m. reduced

from 57% to 39% from May to Dec - 15 and increased
from 39 to 42% from Dec-15 to Jan - 16
Reduced from 57% to 39%

from May to Dec-15
39%
<3 m
27%
34%
3-8 m
>8 m
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Increased from 39% to 42%

from Dec-15 to Jan-16
42%
0-3 m
21%
37%
3-8 m
>8 m
Monitoring of Water Quality

The department collects water samples during premonsoon (May) and post-monsoon (November) from all
monitoring network wells and also wherever necessary
during investigations.
During 2015-16(upto Oct 2015),
3,477 water samples against the target of 5,524 were
analyzed in the 4 chemical laboratories of the department.
Drilling
Under the prog ramme, the de par tment is constructing
borewell/tubewells in the SC/ST lands to study the
lithology and aquifer parameters and handing over to SC/
ST beneficiaries. Against the annual target of 200 wells
under drilling, 131 bore/tubewells wells have been drilled
under Scheduled Castes Sub-plan in 2015-16. Against the
annual target of 100 wells under drilling, 31 bore/tubewells
wells have been drilled under Tribal Sub-plan in 2015-16.
Command Area Development

The department takes up studies under four major project
commands viz., Nagarjunasagar Right Canal Command,
Nagarjunasagar Left Canal Command, Srisailam Right
Branch Canal Command, Tungabhadra Project Complex
Command area to study the impact of excessive irrigation,
delineate areas already water logged and prone to water
logging, recommend conjunctive use of both surface
and ground water and to suggest other suitable remedial
measures to improve productivity.
Monitoring of Groundwater levels is being carried out six
times a year through 759 Command area observation wells
to know the impact of canal releases on groundwater regime.

The changes in chemical quality of groundwater are being
monitored twice a year and detailed hydro geological and
geophysical surveys are being carried out to recommend
sites for construction of irrigation wells. Groundwater
augment in these command areas are underutilized. The
present stage of ground water development in various
commands reflected varying levels with Nagarjuna Sagar
Right Canal Command Area(7%), Nagarjuna Sagar Left
Canal (26%), Tungabhadra Project Complex Command
Area(40%) and Srisailam Right Branch Canal Command
Area (32%). The department is also working out different
conjunctive use strategies in the four major commands and
preparing conjunctive use plans for each district falling
under the above commands.
Water logging
According to the report on working group (1991) on
problem identication in irrigated areas, an area is said
to be waterlogged when the water table rises to an extent
that soil pores in the root zone of a crop become saturated
resulting in restriction of the normal circulation of the air,
decline in the level of oxygen and increase in the level of
carbon dioxide. The area is said to be water logged when
the depth to groundwater levels is less than 2.0 m.bgl. The
water table which is considered harmful would depend
upon the type of crop, type of soil and the quantity of
water.
Conjunctive use management

Promotion of groundwater development and conjunctive
use in canal commands is essential for the success of
introducing irrigated dry crops with rotational water supply.
Ideally there should be no need for conjunctive use (i.e.,
supplementing the irrigation needs from groundwater), but
in reality conjunctive use of surface water and groundwater
in the command area of Nagarjunasagar is necessitated for
the reasons such as the Irrigation system being not able to
supply required quantity of canal water at required time to
service designed command area and maintain the irrigation
schedule during the year.
The government is arriving at different conjunctive use
plans for the 20 Medium Irrigation projects under AP
Irrigation Livelihood Improvement Project.
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Dissemination of Data
Data is being disseminated to various Government
Organizations, Research Institutes, Universities, NGOs
and above all to each and every village as per their need.
The status on Groundwater level is being disseminated
to district administration, as well as to all water related
departments for planning purpose.
Rain Water Harvesting for Articial

Recharge
Simple low cost methods are suggested to collect and store
runoff water from roof tops of buildings, road surfaces,
municipal parks, school play grounds, stadiums, airports
etc., in recharge pits for articial recharge. Such measures
help in reducing urban runoff, decrease pollution
of groundwater and increase groundwater recharge
augmenting yields of wells. Water spreading, recharge
through pits, trenches, wells, shafts and directly diverting
runoff water into existing wells are few suggested methods
for recharging.
World Bank Assisted Projects

I Externally Aided Projects:
a)
AP Community
Project:
Based
Tank
Management
Participatory Groundwater Management aims at

empowering the groundwater users in the tank influence
zone to wisely manage the dynamic groundwater
resources replenished through rainfall, surface water
sources and return circulation from irrigated areas. The
participatory Ground Water Management comprises
of five major activities a) Capacity building of the
Stakeholders, b) Participatory Hydrological Monitoring
(PHM), c)water Audit and Crop Water Budgeting, d)
Crop Planning and e) Crop Adoption.
Under this component 142 tanks have been selected for
Participatory Groundwater
Management activities,
falling in 6 districts and covering 71 mandals. The
activities cover the installation of PHM equipment
including rainguages, drilling of piezometer s,
trainings, data analysis and dissemination etc. with
an estimated cost of Rs.7.91 crore and the period of the
project is upto July, 2016.
b) Andhra Pradesh Water Sector Improvement

Project
Considering limitations of present groundwater
management system, there is a need to develop a new
groundwater management model that recognizes
limitations of existing management system by individual
and recommends ground water management by the
community. Under the above project, one pilot project,
Conjunctive use of surface and groundwater pilot
is undertaken by the department. Under Andhra
Pradesh Water Sector Improvement Project (APWSIP)
it is proposed to study and articulate the success of
conjunctive use of surface and ground water through
community participation, and evolve a more systematic
and scientific model to meet the demand of irrigation
water and service the command area. Two Pilot areas
were identified one each in Nagarjunasagar Right
Canal and Nagarjuna Sagar Left canal Command area
presently falling in both reorganized states. Andhra
Pradesh State is dealing with one pilot area falling in
Guntur district with in area of about 5,000 Hectares.
Estimated cost of the project is Rs.3.078 crore and the
period of the project is March, 2010 to June, 2016. The
works are in different phases.
II) Hydrology Project Phase III
The objective of this proposed project is to improve
the scope and accessibility of water resources data and
information and to strengthen water resources planning
and management in selected institutes across India. The
proposed cost of the project is Rs.80.00 crore and project
period is 8 years proposed from 2015-16 to 2023-24.
Neeru-Chettu Mission
Neeru-Chettu Mission is a sub-mission of Primary Sector
Mission. Neeru-Chettu Mission has been constituted by
involving all the departments concerned. The important two
aspects of the mission are Water Conservation and Water
management. While the former takes into account the total
rainfall, surface flow and the ground water, a plan is being
prepared to make its optimum utilization by preventing
flow of surface water into sea. Water management on the
other hand, emphasizes effective use of conserved water for
various sectors of State economy. The expected outcome
of the Neeru-Chettu Mission is to increase the irrigated
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area under groundwater from 25.00 lakh hectares by next 5

years through the different activities taken up under NeeruChettu Mission.
The role of Ground Water Department in the Mission is
to provide technical support to the other departments for
identification of sites for recharge structures, preparation
of conjunctive use plans and impact assessment of NeeruChettu activities in the State. The important objectives
are additional recharge to groundwater, technical and
systematic development of groundwater resources,
improvement of groundwater use efficiency in Noncomand areas and implementing conjunctive use plan in
command area and finally achieve more productivity per
unit of water.
Convergence with other Departments:

The Groundwater department works in convergence
with the departments of Rural Development, Forest,
Horticulture, Irrigation and Andhra Pradesh Space
Application Centre (APSAC).
Ground Water Sustainability

Day by day ground water utilization is getting increased
for various needs resulting in the depletion of groundwater
Source: Ground water Department.
levels particularly in Non-command areas in the state. For

sustainable development of this valuable resource, the
Government is taking up various water conservation and
water management measures. The objective is to make the
state drought proof and increase the State GSDP in one
hand and enhance the groundwater recharge through water
conservation works, inter-linking of rivers and transfer of
water from surplus basins to deficit basins. The department
has set a goal to keep the ground water levels between 3 to
8 meters below ground level. If the water levels are above
3 meters, the crop yields/Productivity/Production can
decrease and soil characteristics will also deteriorate. If the
water levels are below 8 meters the power consumption will
be more, well yields decrease and environmental issues will
be more.
Based on the groundwater level data collected from
piezometers, it is observed that about 51% of the area in
the State is showing water levels more than 8 meters and in
about 29% of the area, the water levels range between 3 to
8 meters during October, 2015.
Details of depth of water level ranges are shown in chart
7.1 and districtwise depth of water levels are given in
Annexure 7.4
HIGHLIGHTS

Power
Power sector is a critical infrastructure element required for
the smooth functioning of the state economy. An efficient,
resilient and financially robust power sector is essential for
growth and poverty reduction. The availability of reliable,
quality and affordable power helps in the rapid Agriculture
and Industrial development and the overall economy of
the state. The state is going in a big way towards nonconventional energy sources as well. Solar and Wind power
will be the focus areas.
An understanding of the dynamics of the power sector
in Andhra Pradesh reveals that various challenges have
been faced by the power sector since bifurcation of state
and major turnaround has been brought about by the
government with apt policy reforms, considerably reducing
the AT&C and T&D losses and providing quality power.
The recent performance of the State Power sector received
acclaim from various quarters.
The different constituents of the state Power sector and
their broad performance during the year are described in
the following paragraphs.
APTRANSCO is the Electricity Transmission company
of the Government of Andhra Pradesh state in India. The
Vision of the APTRANSCO is To Plan, Construct and
Maintain the Transmission Network in the State of Andhra
Pradesh in line with Demand Growth and Generation
Expansion in an efficient manner so as to ensure highest
availability and lowest operational costs.
Details about APTRANSCO are shown in Table 7.6.
Table 7.6: APTRANSCO - 2015-16
15.49
Lakhs
Agricultural
Services
way of supplying free power to all agriculture consumers

including all the services released. The Estimated Budgetary
subsidy (electricity) provided for agriculture given by the
Government during the year 2015-16 is Rs.3186 crore.
During the year 2015-16, it is programmed to release
50,000 new agricultural connections. So far i.e. up to30-092015, 39,553 agricultural services have been released. The
total agricultural services existing in the state as on 30-092015 is 15.49 lakhs.
Government has waived the power consumption arrears
relating to agricultural consumers of DISCOMs and
RESCOs. As per modified policy, farmers having up to 3
connections in dry land, up to 2.5 Acres land holding in wet
land are eligible for free power.
R-APDRP
Energy available for use Sep,2015-
25,209.04 (MU)
Installed Capacity (MW)
10587.43
Per capita consumption (kwh)

2014-1 -
1003
Parameter
Performance as
on 30-09-2015
Installed Capacity (MW)
10587.43
Un-electrified
Maximum peak demand met (MW)
6847
(07-07-2015)
habitations -
Consumers served (Lakh Nos)
159.23
1031
Annual Energy Handled energy (MU)

during 2015-16 upto Sep,2015)
25,209.04
Agricultural services (Lakh Nos)
15.49
Per capita consumption(kwh) 2014-15
1003
Source: AP TRANSCO
Government is committed to the welfare of farmers by the
No of agricultural services converted under

HVDS -
8,08,444
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Restructured-Accelerated Power Development and

Reforms Programme (R-APDRP) is a agship programme
of Government of India which aims at achieving actual
demonstrable performance in sustained loss reduction. It
has two parts Part-A and part-B.
Part-A -I IT Implementation
This includes projects for establishing of baseline data and
IT applications for energy accounting/auditing & IT based
consumer service centers. An amount of Rs.188.26 Crore
was sanctioned to cover 75 towns in the state with more
than 30,000 population (as per 2001 census) (APSPDCL
covers 46 towns + APEPDCL covers 29 towns) within ve
years from the date of sanction of the project.
States are required to provide detailed timelines broken
into quarterly targets. These targets shall be reviewed each
quarter and in case state fails to achieve targets in two
consecutive quarters, the sanction extension in completion
period may be withdrawn and conversion of loan to grant
would be limited to only towns completed till that time.
In the 7th Power Ministers Conference held on 10th
Sep2013, it was resolved that the State Governments shall
complete all works under R-APDRP Scheme by 201617. This would include complete implementation of all
Part-A (lT) schemes by 2015 and Part-B as well as SCADA
Schemes by March 2017.
Progress of Works
75 towns (46 in APSPDCL and 29in APEPDCL)
declared Gone-Live as on 31-03-2015.
Differential Global Positioning System(DGPS) Survey
of consumers/ asset mapping was completed for 30.61
lakh and approved for 29.27 consumers (upto Sep,2015).
Data Center (DC) at Hyderabad and Disaster Recovery
(DR) center at Tirupathi have been established with all
servers and set up.
Customer care centers established in all the DISCOM
head quarters and integrated with Data centre. MeterBilling-Collection (MBC) module rolled out in all towns
of APSPDCL and APEPDCL
all the 29 towns covered in IT Part-A.

An amount of Rs.140.01crores (Rs.83.50 crores in
APSPDCL & Rs.56.51crores in APEPDCL). Out of
total sanctioned amount Rs.188.26 crores has been
spent so far (up to Sep-15).
M/s TCS have been asked by DISCOMs to generate
energy audit reports accurately through on line only at
the earliest.
Part-A -II (SCADA/DMS)

The Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition/ Distribution
Management System (SCADA/DMS) System will provide
real time monitoring & control, loss minimization/load
balancing and considerable improvement in voltage/VAR
proles. It would also facilitate proper handling of loads
while load shedding & restoration, efficient planning of
network for future growth by using proven power system
planning tools. Scheme consists of installation of Remote
Terminal Units (RTU) at each 33/11 KV Sub- stations and
integrating these RTUs with centralised control centre to
manage Distribution system of the Town. The eligibility
criteria of SCADA/DMS system cover urban areas
towns and cities with population of more than 4,00,000
& 350MUs annual input energy. Under SCADA / DMS
Visakhapatnam town covered in APEPDCL-1, and 3towns
viz., Vijayawada, Guntur and Nellore towns are covered
in APSPDCL. Rs 52.35 crore was sanctioned by PFC
for SCADA/DMS in the above 4 towns (Rs 39.19 crs in
APSPDCL and Rs 13.16 crs APEPDCL). In APSPDCL
the scheme is scheduled to be completed by March, 2016
whereas in APEPDCL by 26.9.16.
Progress of Works
M/s Central Power Research Institute (CPRI) was
selected as SCADA/DMS Consultant (SDC)
M/s Chemtrols Industries Limited was selected as
SCADA/DMS implementing agency (SIA).
Site survey is completed at APSPDCL.
MDAS data ranging from 60% to 90% is being received

under Meter data acquisition system.
The Data Requirement sheets (DRS) for transducers

have been approved by DISCOMs. SIA has submitted
the DRS for control centre equipment, FAT procedure
of RTU and LDMS to DISCOMs for approval.
In APSPDCL, the IT project works were completed and

declared gone live, in all 46 towns and in APEPDCL in
AP SPDCL has decided on going for IEDs and the

tender is under process.
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An amount of Rs. 3.68 crore (Rs.2.83 crores in

APSPDCL and Rs.0.85 crores in APEPDCL) out of
total sanctioned amount Rs. 52.35 crore has been spent
(up to Sep-15).
PartB: Distribution System

Strengthening:
This includes regular distribution strengthening projects
such as renovation, modernization and strengthening of
11KV level substations, transformers/ transformer centers,
re- conductoring of lines at 11KV level and below, load
bifurcation, feeder separation, load balancing, HVDS
(11KV), Aerial Bunched Conductoring in dense areas,
replacement of
electromagnetic energy meters with
tamper proof electronic meters, etc. In addition, in certain
high-load density rural areas with significant loads, works
of separation of agricultural feeders from domestic and
industrial ones, and of High Voltage Distribution System
(11KV) are also taken up. SCADA enabling components
are sanctioned under Part-B scheme.
Rs. 216.14 crores was sanctioned for 42 towns with more
than 30,000 population (as per 2001 census) and Aggregate
Technical &Commercial (AT&C) losses of more than
15% for distribution System Strengthening in the two
DISCOMs. DISCOM wise sanctions are APEPDCL: Rs.
61.82 crores. (10 towns) APSPDCL: Rs.154.32 crores. (32
towns)
The original scheme was sanctioned in March2010. Out
of 15 towns originally sanctioned in 2010, works have
been completed. 1 town in APEPDCL and 14 towns in
APSPDCL).
Post verication of town baseline AT&C losses, 27 new
towns (AP SPDCL-18, AP EPDCL-9) have become eligible
for part-B funding since the town AT&C losses are >15%.
The DPRs of above 27 towns are sanctioned by PFC (17
towns sanctioned during March 13 and 10 sanctioned
during Aug13)
Out of the above 27 towns sanctioned in 2013, works are
under various stages of execution in 9 towns in APEPDCL
and 18 towns in 2013 in APSPDCL.
Total Towns for Part-B is 42 (APEPDCL-10, APSPDCL-32).
of which 15 towns were completed and 27 are new
towns. An amount of Rs.98.25 crores (Rs.60.15 crores in
APSPDCL & Rs.38.10 crores in APEPDCL) out of total
sanctioned amount Rs.216.14 crores has been spent so far

(Up to Sep-15).
SCADA /DMS enabling components:
In addition to the system strengthening works, an amount
of Rs 100.93Crs has also been sanctioned under part-B for
providing the SCADA enabling components in the 4 towns
where the SCADA project is sanctioned. These towns
are not included in the 42 towns covered under system
strengthening.
The details of towns covered under SCADA/DMS
Enabling components are given below.
One town i.e., Visakhapatnam with Rs21.42Crs in
APEPDCL and
3 towns i.e. Vijayawada, Guntur and Nellore with.Rs79.51
crores in APSPDCL.
An amount of 317.07 crores has been sanctioned under
Part-B (Distribution System Strengthening and SCADA/
DMS enabling components).
56 total project expenditure of Rs.241.90 crores has been
incurred by the DISCOMs under
RAPDRP so far
(up to Sep-15).
DDUGJY:
Govt. of India has launched Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram
Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) for the rural areas with the
following components:
(i) separation of agriculture and non-agriculture feeders
facilitating judicious rostering of supply to agricultural
& non- agricultural consumers in the rural areas;
(ii) strengthening and augmentation of sub-transmission
& distribution (ST&D) infrastructure in rural areas,
including metering at distribution transformers, feeders
and consumers end;
(iii) rural electrification, as per CCEA approval for
completion of the targets laid down under RGGVY
for 12th and 13th Plans by subsuming RGGVY in
DDUGJY and carrying forward the approved outlay
for RGGVY to DDUGJY;
The approval for components (i) and (ii) above with a total
cost of Rs. 43033 crores including a budgetary support of
Rs.33453 crores from Government of India during the
entire implementation period.
The existing programme of Rajiv Gandhi Grameen
Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) as approved by CCEA
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for continuation in 12th and 13th Plans are subsumed in

this scheme as a separate rural electrification component
[component (iii) above] for which CCEA has already
approved the scheme cost of Rs. 39275 crores including a
budgetary support of Rs. 35447 crores. This outlay will be
carried forward to the new scheme of DDUGJY.
Scope of Works: The projects under the scheme shall be
formulated for rural areas only and will cover works relating
to feeder separation, strengthening of sub-transmission &
distribution systems including metering of distribution
transformers, feeders &consumers and rural electrification
component.
Funding Pattern:Out of the total Project Cost, 60% is grant
from GoI and 10% from APDISCOMs contribution &
30% loan from financial institutions/banks.
Rural Electrification Corporation Limited (REC) shall be the
Nodal Agency for operationalization and implementation
of the scheme under the overall guidance of MoP.
Implementation of DDUGJY
Under DDUGJY programme, the monitoring committee
approved an amount of Rs.328.60 crores (including
provision for PMA) for electrification of 1031 un-electrified
habitations and 6,83,501 rural households including
4,32,334 BPL for Andhra Pradesh State. The District
Electricity Committees were formed in all Districts.
M/s.REC was nominated as the Project Monitoring
Agency(PMA) for both DISCOMs for an amount of 1%
of the approved project cost as consultancy fee. Tenders
were called under partial turnkey basis for the sanctioned
RE component under DDUGJY.
AP Rural HVDS Project

The High Voltage Distribution System (HVDS) aims at
reduction of losses through replacement of the low voltage
network with high voltage network and installation of large
number of smaller capacity distribution transformers
viz., 25 KVA/ 16 KVA DTRs in place of higher capacity
distribution transformers viz., 100 KVA/ 63 KVA for
supply to agricultural consumers. This system is best suited
to meet the scattered low-density loads observed in rural
areas in India. Based on the sample studies carried out in
Andhra Pradesh, the system loss reduction due to adoption
of HVDS system is expected to be around 10%.
HVDS was implemented to 6,22,611 agriculture services at

a cost of Rs.2358.63 crore up to 31.03.2015. In addition,
during the year 2015-16, HVDS has been implemented to
1,85,833 agricultural services up to 30-11-2014 at the cost of
Rs.227.65 crore, bringing the total number of agricultural
services up to 30-09-2015 at the cost of Rs.849.13 crore
the total number of agricultural services converted under
HVDS to 8,08,444 at a cost of Rs.3,207.75 crore in the
state.
The cost of the APRHVDS(ID-P216) project is Rs.294.75
Crore. JICA sanctioned loan assistance to an extent of 85%
of the Project Cost, i.e., Rs.251.58 Crore on ODA package
at concessional rate of interest of 0.65%. The repayment
period would be 40 years (including grace period of
10 years). Power Sector is one of the priority sectors for
Japanese ODA Loans.
Project preparatory activities

HVDS Project is taken up with an aim to implement the
scheme in a big way in the state where large number of
agricultural pump-sets exist. HVDS has already been
implemented to 8.08 lakh agricultural pumpsets by availing
loans from REC/PFC etc.
Under the revised proposed project activities, APRHVDS
Project is to cover 46,727 agricultural services in 7 districts
of the State at an estimated cost of Rs.294.75 crore.
The project to be implemented by APSPDCL (Tirupati),
would result in saving of Rs.76.72 crore per annum. It
was decided that APSPDCL will repay the loan amount
through the benefits accured by implementation of this
project. APSPDCL shall bear the balance portion of the
project cost i.e., 15% from their internal sources or through
other domestic lending for the successful implementation
of the project.
M/s. Voyants solution pvt. ltd, Project Management
Consultant would continue to provide services to
APSPDCL in the State under the same contract agreement
and also communicated addendum to the MoD to the
respective executing agencies. The 10 packages in respect
of AP SPDCL works are under progress. An expenditure
of Rs. 143.67 Crores incurred covering 23650 agricultural
services at APSPDCL. APSPDCL received an amount of
Rs.91.25 crore towards claims.
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IT Initiatives
Several Information Technology (IT) initiatives such
as CAT (Consumer Analysis Tool), MATS (Monitoring
and Tracking System), TIMS (Transformer Information
Management System),PMRS (Performance Monitoring
and Reporting System), Book Consolidation Module
and Remote Meter Reading (RMR) have been taken
up in (DISCOMs) to improve performance and bring
in transparency & accountability. Enterprise Resource
Planning(ERP) has been implemented in APTRANSCO &
DISCOMs. e- Vaaradhi, an electronic method of reaching
electricity consumers was introduced in EPDCL for passing
messages relating to billing information, power shut down
information etc., through SMS.
APGENCO- Generation Progress:

Rayalaseema TPP Stage-IV(1x600MW):
Land acquisition has been completed. 1.4 TMC of water
has been allocated for both RTPP stage-III & IV from
SPVB Reservoir by water resources department. Ministry
of Coal allotted 2.31 MTPA long term coal linkage from
M/s.MCL for 500MW. Additional 1.2MTPA coal linkage
for enhanced 100MW is awaited.
Status
Boiler: Total tonnage of 18661 MT has been erected.
Pressure parts: Erection of CRH & MS exhaust pipe,
start-up vent, RH & SH Spray piping & soot blower
piping are in progress. Alignment of LRSBs is in
Progress.
Non Pressure Parts: Erection of Vertical Roof Sheeting
is in progress. Pre-Assembly, Erection & Alignment of
Pulverized Fuel Pipe is in progress. Erection of Supports
of APH to Wind box & Cold PA is in progress. Alignment
of Economizer to APH Ducting is in progress. Alignment
of pin rack in APH-II is in progress.
ESP: Cumulative tonnage erected 8184 MT and
application of Insulation for hoppers of B & D-Pass is in
progress.
ID System after ESP: Alignment of ducts with supports
is in progress. Erection of supporting structure is in
progress. Pre-assembly & erection of duct between ID to
chimney is in progress.
TG Building: Pedestals of main column Foundation-
49Nos/49Nos completed and Intermediate columns RCC Raft: 44 Nos/44 Nos completed. Pedestals: 67
Nos/ 67 Nos completed. PHB Staircase-1 raft concrete
@ EL (-)1.50M completed (1No./4Nos.)
Chimney: Shell concrete started on 25/5/2015.
Concrete laid upto 82.00 M height. Modification of slip
form is in progress.
Unit is programmed to commission by 31.10.2016.
Sri Damodaram Sanjeevaiah Thermal

Power Station Stage-I (2X800MW)
Zero date for the project is 23.09.2008. Unit #1 was
synchronized with grid on 31.03.2014 and achieved full
load of 809MW on 28.08.2014.Unit #2 was synchronized
with grid on 16.12.2014 and achieved full load of 832MW
on 17.03.2015. Unit #1 has achieved CoD on 05.02.2015
and unit #2 on 24.08.2015.
Nagarjunasagar Tailpond Dam PH

(2x25MW)
Main dam civil works are completed. All major works of
power house are completed. Both units are programmed to
commission by December, 2015.
Details about power generation and distribution are given
in Annexure 7.5.
Solar and Wind Power Plants

a) Establishment of 5 MW canal bund solar PV Plant on
Polavaram Right Main Canal, West Godavari: This is a
Pilot-cum demonstration project approved by MNRE,
GoI. Plans for power evacuation by APEPDCL is under
process.
b) Establishment of 10MW Canal Top Solar PV Plant
on Dharmavaram Canal, Ananthapuram Dist.:
Topographical survey is completed and drawings under
preparation.
c) Establishment of 6MW solar plant at old NTS, Kovvur,
Nellore District.: work is under progress as for entering
into PPAs and floating of tenders.
d) Establishment of 500 MW capacity Solar Power Plant.
APGENCO has sanctioned a project at Thimmasamudram
Village of Kalyanadurgam Mandal, Ananthapuramu
district.
HIGHLIGHTS
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46,869.60
Kms

Road Network
Roads And
Buildings
Length of Roads
Roads
Roads are one of the basic modes of transportation system
and also an important priority sector of Infrastructure.
Systematic development of roads is one of the important
pre-requisites for development and acceleration of growth
in the economy. Among the different modes of domestic
transportation systems, road transport carries more than 80
percent of the Goods and Passenger traffic. The network
of roads, particularly from rural to urban facilitates speedy
movement of goods and services and ensures higher growth
trends, connectivity social integrity and well being of the
society. The productivity and efficiency of road transport
is directly linked with the availability and quality of road
network.
In view of the high potential in agricultural activity, there
has been huge increase in Road network. The total R&B
Road network in the state as on 22-12-2015 was 46,869.60
Kms. Surface wise lane wise and type of roads details are
shown in Table 7.7.
National Highways
24
State Roads -
6,485.00
Kms
Major District Roads -
19,807.00
Rural Roads -
Kms
15,664.00Kms
Table 7.7 : Status of R&B Roads

Length of Road
in (Kms)
Surface
Length of Road
in Kms
Type
Length of Road
(in Kms)
Four Lane
2278.45
Cement
Concrete
1463.89
National
Highways
4,913.60
Double Lane
9929.65
Black top
43735.71
State Highways
6,485.00
Non BT
1670.00
Major District
Roads
19,807.00
Rural Roads
15,664.00
Lane
Double lane with paved shoulders

Intermediate Lane
Single Lane
548.90
3077.20
31035.40
46869.60
46869.60
46,869.60
Source: Engineer-in- Chief, Roads and Buildings (as on 22-12-15)
State Roads
Construction and maintenance of roads and bridges on
State Highways, Major district roads, rural roads are taken
up by the R&B department. Particularly Roads taken over
from Panchayat Raj department or other Local Bodies are
brought to the required standards and kept in motarable
condition. The R&B department maintains a total of
41,956 Km of roads (excluding NH roads) comprising

6,485 Kms of State Highways, 19,807 Kms of Major
district roads and 15,664 Kms of rural roads.
The State Roads wing maintains the entire State Roads
(Non-core net) of 34,927 Km using the State budget grant
under Non-Plan. There are two types of maintenance
works ie., ordinary repairs (annual maintenance) and the
HIGHLIGHTS

other periodical maintenance on the roads which are

ripe for renewal. The repairs are taken up based on the
condition of road, year of last renewal, traffic on the road
and soil condition.
Length of Roads
Density of National Highways
9.98 Kms per lakh - National average

7.67 km. per lakh
30.70
Length of
Kms is
available for every 1,000 Sq. Kms - National
average
28.2 km.
4,913.60
Kms
National
Highways
Sanctions under SCSP and TSP

Sanctions have been accorded under for Scheduled
Caste Sub Plan(SCP) and Tribal Sub Plan(TSP). Under
Scheduled Caste Sub Plan(SCP), an amount of Rs.13.83
crore budget was provided during the financial year 201516 against which an amount of Rs.0.56 Crore was spent.
Under Tribal Sub-Plan, currently the TSP road works are
at various stages of construction. 09 works costing Rs.42.55
crore are completed, 03 works costing Rs.5.95 crore
are in progress, 03 works costing Rs.3.69 crore are to be
Grounded / Started, 04 works costing Rs.35.76 crore are
at Tender Stage and14 works costing Rs.83.76 crore are at
Estimation/LA Stage.
Further, 25 works costing Rs.199.35 crore were approved
by the Nodal Agency and will be grounded in subsequent
financial years. An amount of Rs.11.16 crore budget was
provided during the financial year 2015-16 against which
an amount of Rs.4.43 crore was spent. Road length of 15
Km are improved / widened against the target of 15 Km
up to the end of November, 2015.
Road Safety Engineering Works

562 works costing Rs.710.26 crore are on hand as on 2212-2015 of which 112 works costing Rs.129.95 crore are
completed. 256 works costing Rs.327.23 crore in Progress.
48 works costing Rs.63.58 Crore in Agreement Stage. 146
works costing Rs.189.51 crore at Tender Stage. Road lengths
of 1027 Km and 30 Culverts are improved as against the
target of 2290 Km and 35 respectively by the end of Nov
2015. Rs.415.03 crore was provided during the 2015-16, as
against an amount of Rs.275.50 crore was spent.
Under Normal State Plan (SH & MDR), 199 works costing
Rs.2044.80 crore as on 22-12-2015 were sanctioned. Of
which, 22 works costing Rs.170.18 crore are completed,
105 works costing Rs.1329.19 crore are in Progress. 3
works costing Rs.4934.82 crore at agreement stage, 14
works costing Rs.108.30 crore at tender stage and 55 works
costing Rs.402.31 crore are at estimate stage.
An amount of Rs.243.00 crore was provided during the year
2015-16 against which an amount of Rs.432.00 crore was
spent. Road lengths of 769 Km are improved / widened
against the target of 540 Km up to the end of Nov, 2015.
Apart from the above, Road Safety Engineering Works

(RSEW) were also sanctioned. At present, 90 works costing
Rs.40.77 crore are on hand, of which 56 works costing
Rs.16.70 are completed, 18 works costing Rs.14.97 are in
progress. 7 works costing Rs.3.48 crore are at agreement
stage and 6 works costing Rs.4.00 crore are at tender stage.
An amount of Rs.6.00 Crore budget was provided during
the financial year 2015-16, against which an amount
of Rs.5.36 Crore was spent. Road lengths of 25 Km are
improved/widened against the target of 30 Km up to the
end of November, 2015.
NABARD Works:
The Government has identied the need to create
adequate employment opportunities in rural areas through
development of infrastructure. The State Government has
taken up infrastructure development in rural areas through
nancial assistance of NABARD with the funds provided
under RIDF (Rural Infrastructure and Development Fund)
& RIAD (Remote and Interior Area Development). Since
inception of NABARD funding to rural area infrastructure,
nearly 9000 km of rural roads have been brought to riding
surface with BT and connected to nearby towns.
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So far, 412 road and bridge works in 6 tranches i.e., RIDF

XVI to RIDF XXI (including RIAD Phase I to V) (201011 to 2015-16) for Rs. 1611.00 crore were taken up. 232
works were completed with a cost of Rs.633.00 crore and
130 works costing Rs.687.00 crore are in progress. 41 works
costing Rs. 263.00 crore are at tender stage. Remaining 9
works are in design stage with a cost of Rs.40.00 crore.
Rural Development Fund

Rural development fund works have been taken up in Roads
and Buildings department with Agricultural Marketing
Committee funds to improve connectivity of rural areas
and to transport agricultural produce to nearby market
yards. Under this scheme improving non BT road to BT
standard and construction of bridge works are taken up.
So far, 1020 works costing Rs 1,362.70 crore for a length
of 5196 Km + 16 bridges were sanctioned under Rural
Development Fund from 2008-09 to 2014-15 and 953
works costing Rs.1233.01 crore for a length of 4835 Km
+ 15 Bridges were completed. 56 works costing Rs.99.29
crore are in progress for a length of 315 Km and 1 Bridge.
Reaming 11 works are in tender stage with a cost of
Rs.30.38 crore.
Centrally Sponsored Programmes:

A Central Road Fund for improvement of roads is being
released by the Government of India as per The Central
Road Fund Act 2000, Act No. 54 of 2000. Under CRF
act, Government of India introduced diesel and petrol cess
at Rs.1.50 on sale of one litre of Petrol / Diesel. The fund
so collected is meant for utilization of development and
maintenance of National Highways, other State Roads and
construction of Roads under (or) over Rail- ways etc.
The Central Government sanctions works under CRF,
Economic Importance and Inter State Connectivity with
specific guidelines and allocates the fund in the following
ratio:
A. 50% of the cess on High Speed Diesel (HSD) Oil for the
Rural Roads.
B. The balance 50% of cess on High Speed Diesel (HSD)
Oil and the entire cess of petrol is distributed as per
norms for development and maintenance of roads.
The Government has provided Rs.137.00 crore in B.E 201516 and expenditure incurred is Rs.137.00 crore. The above
works are intended for improving the condition of the roads

for a length of 833.19 kms which benefit large number of
population to transport their agricultural produce and
other industrial goods which directly/indirectly help the
socio economic growth of the state and in turn the country.
ROBs/RUBs
Road Over/Under Bridges (ROBs/RUBs) railway safety
works are constructed mainly in lieu of
busy level
crossings (manned) where train vehicular units (TVUs) are
more than one lakh. The constructions are taken up under
cost sharing basis with railways on 50:50 basis as per the
norms and approved by the railway board. As per public
representations, ROBs/RUBs are being taken up at LCs
where TUVs are less than 1.00 lakh, with 100% share from
the Government.
At present, 107 ROBs/RUBs (both 50:50 & 100%) are
approved by the Railway Board which are at various
stages of construction. 52 works costing Rs.878.71 crore
were completed, 23 works costing Rs.763.81 Crore are in
progress, 04 works costing Rs.122.25 crore are at tender
stage, 06 works costing Rs.128.45 crore are at estimation
stage and 13 works costing Rs.49.70 crore under stage I
approval.
An amount of Rs.65.67 crore budget was provided during
the 2015-16 against which an amount of Rs.35.36 crore
was spent. 3 ROBs/RUBs are completed against the target
of 10 ROBs up to end of November, 15.
NCRMP
The National Cyclone Risk Mitigation (NCRMP)
Project is taken up in 9 coastal districts. The prime purpose
of the project is to provide necessary infrastructure either
by new construction or by repairs or improvements to the
existing damaged roads to the habitations and cyclone
shelters to facilitate evacuation or for transport of relief
material in quick and uninterruptedly. Some of the roads
near sea coast have un-bridged crossings, or with low level
causeways. During cyclones or during heavy / ash oods
the people living near the sea coast face difficulty to reach
safer places. When the people stay in cyclone shelters etc., it
is also necessary to supply medicine, water, food and other
relief material to the un-interruptedly. Hence, it is very
essential to take up the bridges construction and also to
make all weather roads.
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The Government sanctioned the following works,

Under Phase -I : 11 works costing Rs.27.29 Crore were
completed
Under Phase - II : 12 works costing Rs.129.05 Crore are
sanctioned (8 works costing Rs.33.55
Cr. are completed, and 4 works costing
Rs.110.00 Crore are in progress)
Under Phase -III : 12 works costing Rs.141.80 Crore are to
be grounded.
National Highways
There are 24 National Highways in the state covering a
length of 4913.60 Km of which 1795.83 Kms is four-lane
and above, 1861.84Kms two-lane, 548.90 two-lane with

paved shoulder, 260.21 Kms intermediate lane and 447.40
Kms are of Single lanes(as on October 2015). The density
of National Highways is 9.98 Kms per lakh population
(2011) in the State as against national average of 7.67 km
and in terms of area coverage, a length of 30.70 Kms is
available for every 1,000 Sq. Kms in the State as against
national average of 28.2 km.
Out of 4913.60 Kms, National Highways in the state, a
total length of 1637.20 Km was handed over to NHAI
for development under NHDP and 462 kms with PIU,
Machilipatnam.
Important Activities by NH Wing of R&B Department (State PWD NH)- NHDP IV A/B:
Sl.
No
Work
1.
2.
Two lanning with paved

shoulders
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Four laning
Strengthening of roads at
identified places including
widening, reconstruction of
culverts
Rehabilitation and upgradation
of roads
ofNH 67 to two lane with paved
shoulders
From To
Kathipudi to Digamarru on
NH 24 (New NHNo.216)
Vijayawada to Bhadrachalam
on NH 221 (New NH No.30)
Digamarru-Ongole Road, NH
214A
NH 4 (New NH No. 69&40)
Kms
140
70.60
entire length of 255 Kms
entire length of 84Kms .
NH 63 (New NH No. 67)
entire length of 56 Kms
NH 219( New NH 42) under

NH(O)
Rs.4,808.69 Lakhs
Nagarjunasagar Dam to
Yerpedu section of NH 565
1. Mydukur to Dornala TJunction
2. Dornala T junction to
Atmakur
Remarks
Developed by PIU
Machilipatnam,
MoRT&H/GoI.
Preparation of
feasibility reports under
progress
To be taken up on EPC
mode. Preparation of
feasibility reports under
progress
Work completed
5 Works to a length of 337.00 Kms at

a cost of Rs. 1403.56 Crore
Three works on NH-67 to length of
149.50 km at a cost of Rs.790.94 Crore
NHDP IV on EPC
mode and are entrusted
for execution.
3. Atmakur to Nellore section

9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.

of NH42
under EPCNH(O)
under EPCNH(O)
under EPCNH(O)
under EPCNH(O)
Construction of 4-lane ROB in
lieu of LC No.122
Muddanuru-Jammalamadugu
Adoni to Madhavaram via
Mantralayam Section
Pileru to Rayachoty
Raipur-Visakhapatnam
section under EPCNH(O)
Chittoor-Kurnool road on
NH-18 (new No.40) near
Ootokuru village
Four laning of 5.122 km of NH9(

New NH 65)
Construction of High Level
NH-205 (new No.42) across
Bridge
Chitravathi River
4 works on NH-42 under NH(O) length of

253.66 kms at a cost of Rs. 919.39 Crore
One work on NH-67 for a length of
32.15Kms - Rs.224.83 Crore
One work on NH-167 for a length of
55.06Kms. - Rs.224.83 Crore
One work on NH-40 for a length of 51.85
Kms - Rs.175.03 Crore
One work on NH-26 Four lane for a
length of 11.60 Kms - Rs.84.12 Crore
sanctioned for an amount of Rs.82.72
Crore
Sanctioned for an amount of Rs.333.22
Crore
Sanctioned for an amount of Rs.19.47
Crore
Works are in progress

Corridor ApproachWork is in progress
Work is to be entrusted.
Work is to be entrusted.
Work is in progress
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HUDCO and 13th FC Works

Strengthening and widening of municipal and inter- city
roads in the state was taken up with loan assistance of
Rs.700.00 crore from HUDCO during the year 2005-06.
Under this scheme 347 works covering a length of 795 Km,
costing Rs.471.92 crore were sanctioned and all the works
were completed.
1079 Road safety interventions works at a cost of Rs.92.76
crore were sanctioned under Road Safety interventions and
all the works were completed. The expenditure incurred so
far on these HUDCO works is Rs.560.15 crore.
All the works sanctioned under 13th Finance Commission
by Government of India to a tune grant of Rs.981.00 crore
to the state for taking up maintenance of Roads and Bridges
for the years 2011-12 to 2014-15 were completed
Convergence with MGNREGS

The main aim of the scheme is to upgrade the roads which
were improved upto GSB/WBM layer under MGNREGS
to BT standard, and to identify the roads improved under
MGNREGS that need to be upgraded to BT standards
to create durable assets. So far 24 works costing Rs.
106.37 crore for a length of 234 Km were sanctioned
under Convergence scheme with MGNREGS. 10 works
for a length of 97 Km costing Rs 36.41 crore have been
completed. 4 works for a length of 46 Km at a cost of
Rs.21.69 crore are in progress. For the year 2015-16.
Andhra Pradesh Road Development Corporation
The Road Development Corporation was established in the
year 1998 to develop and maintain roads and other allied
and incidental activities in the State.
A.P. Road Sector Project
The project(P 096021) was approved by the Government
of India and World Bank for further strengthening the
objectives set in the APSHP, to reduce transport cost and
constraints with accost of Rs.2245.00 crore.
Major Components of the Project

A. Road Improvement Components
I. Up-gradation and Improvement component
291.15 Kms (Five roads consisting of 7 packages with a cost
of Rs.1060.00 crore) of road length is targeted for widening
and strengthening in this component.
a) Road work for Chittoor - Puttur road (CP 01)work is

completed
b) Kurnool Devanakonda Road (KD-02): Work is under
progress.
c) Mydukur Jammalamadugu road (MJ-03 & MJ-04):
This road consists of two packages i.e., MJ-03 & MJ-04,
Both the works are in progress.
d) Pedana Nuzivedu Vissannapeta road (PNV-08 &
PNV-09): This road consists of two packages i.e.,
PNV-08 & PNV-09 works are in progress
e) Kakinada Rajahmundry Road (KR-07): Work is in
progress.
II. Long Term Performance Based Maintenance Contract
(LTPBMC) 3791 Km. Cost Rs.975.00 crores. (5 years
duration in 2 phases). Under this component 7 Packages
covering a length of 1287 Km were completed in Phase I
and in Phase-II, one Package covering a length of 109 Km
was closed as the roads have been upgraded as National
Highways and 18 packages covering a length of 2395 Kms
are in progress.
III.
Institutional Strengthening, Road Safety & PPP
Facilitation Support: Cost Rs.79.20 cr.
Institutional Strengthening Action Plan (ISAP):
M/s Lea Associates Ltd. Canada in association with
LASA, New Delhi, were appointed as consultants for
consultancy services on ISAP implementation. T he
services commenced on 07.04.2011. The consultants
submitted reports on APRDC organization structure,
TNA, Scoping study of Master Plan, Road fund,
Status of ISO certication program & project manual
and conducted five workshops so far. Institutional
Strengthening cell & Working group have been formed
with the ofcers of R&B & RDC Department for
effective implementation of Institutional Strengthening
Action Plan (ISAP).
Road Financing Study (RFS): The study is to articulate
the case for reforms of Road Financing in the State and
recommend operating modalities and new nancing
arrangements to be adopted by the Government of
Andhra Pradesh. The recommendations of the advisory
Committee are furnished to Government for establishing
Road Fund.
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Road Safety Component

Under this component, Renigunta- Rayalacheruvu Road
has been identied as Demo Corridor for improving
Road safety with the objective of implementation of Road
accident mitigation activities through multi sector approach.
The work was completed. Civil works commenced and
equipment procurement is in advanced stage. Certain
Black spots in CRN in 5 districts have been identied and
works entrusted for improvement of the same.
Panchayati Raj
Total length of the rural roads-
82,149 KM,
Road Management System (RMS):

It is proposed to establish Road Management System for
optimum utilization of funds in prioritization of road
improvement and maintenance. The duration of this system
is projected for 6 years so as to address effectively various
deciencies in maintenance and management of State
Roads. Work is in progress. Widening of roads to four lanes
& Bridge Works (On Design, Build, Operate and Transfer
basis) under Public Private Partnership is also considered.
The important objectives include: Construction of new
roads, relieve congestion, improve commuter access and
reduce travel time Promotion of Private Participation in
Infrastructure, to ensure safe roads, and to improve fuel
efficiency.
CC roads -
2576 KM,
22,527 KM,
WBM roads-- 11,259 KM,
BT roads -
Gravel roads -
22,066 KM,
PPP Scheme:
1. A second bridge across river Godavari near Rajahmundry
including approaches connecting EGK road under
(PPP) project costing Rs.808 cr. and substantially work
has been completed.
2. Concession
agreement
was
concluded
on
23.07.2010. Work is in progress on the NarketpallyAddanki -Medarametla Road (Rs.1197 cr). Work is
substantially completed and toll collection commenced
from 6-03-2014. Out of 212.50 Km of road length,
124.54 Km is in Andhra and 87.96Km is in Telangana
state.
Annuity Works
A. Nine road works with a length of 163.30 Kms at a cost
of Rs. 393.55 cr. were completed and are in Operation &
Maintenance state.
Earthen roads -
23,721 KM.
Core Network Roads

The Maintenance & Management of 6800 Kms of High
Density Corridors designated as Core Road Network is
entrusted to APRDC under non-plan. An amount of
Rs.150.00 cr was allocated during 2015-16 for maintenance
of Core network roads. 10 works are completed, 57 works
are in progress and 12 works are in tender stage.
Under Plan, government have allocated Rs. 299.45 crore
during the nancial year 2015-17 for these works. 119 works
comprising of widening of Core net roads, construction of
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bridges etc., were sanctioned. 39 works are in progress, 8

works are in Tender stage and 26 works are in estimate stage
and 9 works are in Stage -I. Government have sanctioned
41 works with an estimated cost of Rs.162.03 crore in East
Godavari and West Godavari in order to take up works on
concrete roads on the occasion of Godavari Pushkarams.
Out of 41 works 39 are completed and 2 works are under
progress.
During the year 2015-16, 916 KM length of road was

completed duly incurring an amount of Rs.386.40 crore.
The annual periodical maintenance of rural roads for
the year 2015-16 is completed for 1785 KM incurring an
expenditure of Rs.80.93 crore.
Buildings
Five state road works with a total length of 372.00 Km with

an estimated cost of Rs.2606.00 crore are in the pipeline.
Feasibility studies through consultants for 5 roads are in
progress.
The present activities of buildings wing include execution

of building works taken up under plan schemes, secretariat
buildings, court buildings and judicial quarters (under
centrally sponsored schemes) and buildings of other
department as deposit works and maintenance of buildings
under non-plan schemes.
Panchayat Raj Roads
The present plinth area of Government buildings under the

control of R&B Department are
PPP Projects in the Pipeline
The total length of the rural roads under Panchayati raj

Engineering Department is 82,149 KMs in the state as on
01.04.2015. The surface details of the road length are CC
- 2576 KM, BT -22,527 KM, WBM 11,259 KM, Gravel
22,066 KM and Earthen 23,721 KM.
Transport
Registered vehicles Vehicles on road-
85.05 lakh
78.19%
Road Transport plays a prominent role in the economic

development of the State. The transport department plays
a key role in granting licenses to drivers, registration
of motor vehicles, issue of transport permits, levy and
collection of motor vehicle tax, enforcement of vehicle
violations, and acts as nodal agency for road safety and
motor vehicles pollution control.
The State as on 31-12-2015 had a registry of 85.05 lakh
vehicles. About 78.19% of the vehicles on road are two
wheelers, followed by cars, tractor trailers, three wheelers,
buses and goods carriage trucks. Details about registered
motor vehicles on road are shown in Annexure 7.6.
The transport department collects revenues from the issue
of driving licenses, registrations, permits and taxes. The
revenue is shown in Table 7.8.
1. Non-Residential
16.54 Lakh Sft.
2. Residential Buildings :
18.61 Lakh Sft
Table 7.8: Revenues of Transport department

Year
Total Revenue
% of Growth
(Rs. Crs)
2011-12
1473.54
11.28
2012-13
1602.12
8.73
2013-14
1517.83
-5.26
2014-15
1766.16
16.35
2015-16
(up to December 2015)
1508.85
14.80
Source: Transport Department
Enforcement
The transport department has been making a conscious
effort to enforce the provisions of the Motor vehicles Act by
actively booking cases for violation of various provisions of
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, A.P. Motor Vehicles Taxation Act
and the rules made there under. Ofcers of and above the
cadre of assistant motor vehicles inspectors are empowered
to book cases for violation of the provisions of the M.V.
Act and AP M.V. Taxation Act. Active enforcement enables
better compliance of registration and licensing conditions
by operators. In the year 2015-16 (upto December, 2015),
the department through active enforcement has been able
to mobilize revenue of Rs.186.02 crore.
HIGHLIGHTS

Road Safety
As part of 100 days action plan, road safety training
programmes and awareness campaigns were conducted
covering 243 cities/villages in the state involving 1,76,667
persons include 40,165 students, 28,329 transport drivers
and 8,86l school bus drivers.
Transport
Total Revenue
Rs.1508.85
crore
victims into their hospitals and denying the same would

attract cancellation of license of the said hospital.
Trauma
Care
Centers:
It was decided to support management of the existing

trauma care centers and to establish more such centers.
Rectification of Black spots:
Road Safetv Fund:
The Government reviewed the road conditions

in
Andhra Pradesh, instructed the National Highway
Authority of India, R&B (National Highways) and Chief
Engineer (CRN) to immediately rectify the black spots as
identified by the Police department. In order to improve
the situation on the National Highways, a joint inspection
of all National Highways in the State was conducted by
teams of Officers drawn from Transport, Police, Medical
& Health along with R&B (NH) and NHAI officials
focusing on availability of signages, unauthorized openings
in dividers, identification of black spots, location of liquor
shops, availability of ambulance and patrolling vehicles
on the Highways etc. List of inadequacies on N.Hs
under the control of NHAI with regard to road safety was
submitted to the government to direct the CGM, NHAI
and CE (NH) to make good the inadequacies to improve
road safety on the national highways in the State where
in one third of the number of accidents in the State are
taking place.
To create Road Safety Fund with an amount of Rs.10 crore

and the fund shall be under the control of the Transport
Commissioner, but the spending shall be authorized by
the Lead Agency on receiving specific proposals from
police, transport, roads & buildings and medical &
health departments.
Lead Agencv:
The State Government constituted a lead agency for
road safety council with Chief Secretary to Government
as Chairman and 24 other officials as members. The
lead agency meetings were conducted thrice and several
decisions were taken on road safety.
Hospitalization - Private Hospitals:

Recently, the Government of India issued a Notification
to ensure that the hospitals do not refuse to admit
accident victims and to protect the good samaritans from
harassment on the actions being taken by them to save the
life of the road accident victims. The Transport, Police,
Medical & Health departments were instructed to take
necessary action for wide publicity. The Medical & Health
department was instructed to issue instructions to all the
private hospitals that they should admit the accident
Wearing of Helmets & Seat Belts

The two wheelers are contributing 24% of total motor
vehicles accident deaths in the State and that wearing a
protective headgear will reduce the deaths and injuries
to persons travelling on two wheelers. It is decided to
strictly implement the Section 129 of Motor Vehicles Act
on wearing of headgear and that police and transport
departments should start special enforcement drive from 1st
August, 2015.
Enforcement on illicit operations of

Autorickshaws:
The Autorickshaws are contributing 12.3% of total
deaths due to motor vehicle accidents in the State. It is
decided to strictly enforce the provisions of Motor Vehicles
Act against Autorickshaws with respect to overloading of
passengers and illegal plying on National Highways.
Special
drives:
The Government directed the police and transport

department to continue the joint special drive being
undertaken in two spells of 4 days each every month by
focusing on prosecuting the offenders for drunken driving
and for driving without driving license. In view of the need
to improve road safety in the State by strictly enforcing
road safety regulations, a joint special enforcement drive
was organized by transport and police departments.
121 teams are formed and they are concentrating on
booking cases on l0 offences such as drunken driving,
without helmet/seat belt, overload in passenger vehicles
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etc. 1,22,043 cases were booked from March, 2015 to

August, 2015 in spells.
Ban
on sale
of alcohol
The Government, is taking action to ensure that liquor

shops are moved away from National Highway and State
Highways as the Supreme Court Committee on Road
Safety has also been pursuing the issue.
Training & Research Institute:

The Government of Andhra Pradesh has allotted Ac.20.00
in Venkatachalampalli Village Darsi Mandal, Prakasam
district as free of cost for establishment of I.D.T.R.
Project.. As per the revised plan the project cost is Rs.18.51
crore. It was informed to the GoI, the Government of
Andhra Pradesh would be ready to fund the amount which
in excess of GoI grant of Rs.17 Crore. The Honble
Minister
for Shipping, Roads and Transport
Government of India during his visit to Vijayawada on 0512-2015 announced grant of Rs.17 Crore for this project
in Andhra Pradesh.
Inspection
& Certificate Centre:
The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways introduced

a scheme to establish Inspection & Certification Centre
in each of the State. A proposal was submitted to the
Government of India for sanction of the said project
at Vijayawada. A land admeasuring Ac.5.00 acres
was identified near Gannavaram, Krishna District for
establishing the centre.
Road Safety Council:

Government constituted State Level Road Council
headed by Honble Chief Minister as Chairman. The
suggestions of the committee constituted by Honble
Supreme Court were discussed in the State level road
safety council on 1.9.2015 and decisions taken are under
implementation by the respective Departments. The
Road Safety Policy for the State of Andhra Pradesh has
been released.
School Buses:
Fitness certificate for Education Institutional Buses made
coterminous with end of academic year (FC for EIBs expires
on 15th May every year) to enable managements to keep
the vehicles fit for the academic year utilizing the summer
holidays. Special awareness campaigns being organized
at the beginning of every academic year involving school
managements, drivers and other stake holders.
Andhra Pradesh
State Road
Transport
Corporation
No of Buses on Road No Employees -
11962
60006
The average vehicle productivity per day of

its fleet -
362 kms
The AP State Road Transport Corporation initially had a

eet strength of 609 buses (16 depots) with a staff of 5,081
in 1958. The needs of transport have increased, forcing
implementation of nationalization and increase in eet
strength year after year to meet the needs of traveling
public as the State has been growing on all fronts since then.
The fact that APSRTC is the largest state road transport
undertaking in the country was acknowledged both by
Limca Book of Records (2000), and the Guinness Book of
World Records (31st October, 1999).
The corporation has 4 zones, 12 regions and 126 depots
with a total eet strength of 11,962 buses and 60006
employees on rolls as on October, 2015. It recorded fuel
efficiency of 5.18 per liter up to October 2015, it operates
on about 45.00 lakh kms and transports about 63.93 Lakh
passengers daily. The average vehicle productivity per day
of its fleet is 362 kms and the Corporation achieved 99.18%
fleet utilization upto October, 2015.
The Corporation has introduced trend setting improvements
in the quality of travel in rural and urban areas by providing
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newly designed ordinary coaches Teluguvelugu for rural

passengers, Vennela AC Sleeper, Garuda Plus, Garuda,
Indra and Super Luxury buses for long distance passengers,
Metro Luxury AC, Metro Deluxe and Metro Express
for urban passengers, and Sapthagiri luxury and Saptagiri
express for ghat road passengers from Tirupathi to
Tirumala JnNURM buses were also introduced for urban
passengers in major cities like Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam
and Tirupathi. The Corporation has introduced on-line
ticket booking system for the convenience of passengers.
Special achievements
The Corporation bagged National Awards for 1.Highest
Tyre Performance, 2. Fuel efficiency and 3 Productivity.
Among the STUs in India, APSRTC stands top in physical
performance in vehicle productivity and resource utilisation
indicators like vehicle utilisation, fleet Utilisation, average
number of passengers transported, fuel efficiency, tyre life,
break down rate and accident rate.
Regular conduct of induction training and refresher
courses for defaulting drivers have increased safety during
both night and day time operations. The AP State Road
Transport Corporation performance from 2009-10 to
2015-16 (Upto Oct-15) is given at Annexure 7.7.
Airports And Non

Metro Airports
the airport on free of cost to AAI besides supply of water,

electricity and security arrangement free of cost for 5 years.
Vijayawada Airport
The existing operational airport belongs to Airports
Authority of India, Government of India. The existing
land of the present airport is in around 536.19 acres. The
Airports Authority of India has informed that they have
plans to construct a new passenger terminal building with
adequate capacity along with approach road, car park,
etc., in front of new apron area, where sufficient land is
not available at present. AAI is waiting for the possession
of land to take up the work of New terminal building.
However, as per Master Plan, AAI has already constructed
new apron and subsequently extended the runway from
5725 ft to 7500 ft for operation of A-320 type of Airports.
Government accorded approval to hand over land to an
extent of acres 491.92 cts. ( including private land to an
extent of Acs.433.27) in Gannavaram Mandal of Krishna
District to the Airports Authority of India free of cost
and free from encumbrances, for upgradation/ expansion
of Vijayawada Airport, as per the MoU entered with
the Airports Authority of India. Sanction is accorded for
an amount of Rs.110.91 crore to meet the expenditure
towards acquisition of lands (Patta lands) for expansion of
Vijayawada Airport under Phase-I and also government
have issued draft notication proposals for the above lands.
An amount of Rs.52.61 crore has been incurred towards
land acquisition so far.
Vijayawada, Tirupati, Kadapa and

Rajahmundry Airports to be upgraded
Recently AAI has requested to make available land f

an extent of Ac.698.00 for expansion of Airport and the
Krishna district administration has been requested to
initiate land acquisition process.
5 New airports at Bhogapuram, Dagadarthi,

Orvakal, Nagarjunasagar and Donakonda
Tirupathi Airport
Government has entered into memorandum of

understanding with Airports Authority of India for
upgradation/modernization of non-metro airports at
Vijayawada, Tirupati, Kadapa and Rajahmundry. There is
a scope for improvement of air linkage is essential to fast
development in the state.
As per the MoU, the state government will provide
additional land required for expansion / up-gradation of
The existing airport is in an area of 312 acres and belongs

to Airports Authority of India. The AAI has proposed to
upgrade the airport to international standards. Though
no MoU was entered with AAI, the State Government
agreed to provide 718 acres of land and 690 acres in
Phase-I free of cost. State Government has handed over
advance possession of 293 acres located in Renigunta
mandal. Administrative sanction was accorded to incur an
expenditure of Rs.100.00 crore towards land acquisition &
shifting of utilities etc.
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The Airport Authority of India, New Delhi has proposed for

up-gradation of Tirupathi Airport and the total requirement
of additional land is 1165.00 acres (approximately) and the
district administration, Chittoor district, was requested
to initiate land acquisition process for the additional land
also for development of Tirupati Airport. Extension of
the runway and new terminal building are planned by
AAI, instrument landing system is already installed. An
amount of Rs.91.45 crore has been incurred towards land
acquisition so far.
Rajahmundry Airport
This is an existing operational airport in an area of 365.49
acres. The State Government signed MoU with AAI
on 14.02.2007 for up-gradation & operation of bigger
aircrafts such as B 737 800 / A320 etc. The new domestic
passenger terminal building for 150 per hour capacity and
new fire station cum technical block cum control tower are
completed. The new terminal building is also opened for
passengers. The district administration, East Godavari has
submitted proposals for Rs.274 crore for land acquisition
and also taken up the process of acquisition of land for
development of the airport.
Kadapa Airport
This is an existing non-operational airport under the
control of Airports Authority of India. The AAI requested
additional land of 476.33 acres, of which 457.83 acres has
already been handed over to AAI. The AAI has completed
the runway works, taxi way, apron, compound wall and
allied works. The new prefabricated terminal building, re
station cum control tower and allied works are completed.
AAI is requesting for providing water, security & electricity.
Visakhapatnam Airport:
The old Visakhapatnam airport is under the control
of the Indian Navy. There is demand from the people
representatives as well as from the public to improve the
facilities in the airport and develop the air port as there
is likelihood of operation of International flights from
Visakhapatnam Airport in the near future. This airport
is at present functioning 12 hours on each day i.e. 8-00
AM to 8-00 PM. The Airport authorities have requested
the State Government to take up the issue with Ministry
of Defence to provide 24 hours watch so that it would

facilitate the International Airlines management to operate
the flights according to their schedule.
The Honble
Minister for Defence, GoI, New Delhi has been requested
for extension of ATC watch hours to 24 x 7 and sanction
of additional manpower. The watch hours of INS Dega at
Visakhapatnam airport has been extended to 22.55 hours
for three days in week from 1st October, 2012 for duration
of six months to meet the requirements of the proposed
operations of Silk Air.
Now the Airport Authority of India, New Delhi has
proposed for setting up a new Greenfield Airport at
Bhogapuram Mandal, Visakhapatnam and total land
requirement would be 4500 - 5000 acres (approximately) to
facilitate two parallel runways for simultaneous operation
and the district administration was requested to initiate
land acquisition process for the additional land also for
development of new greenfield airport at Bhogapuram,
Vishakhapatnam district.
Regional Airports
There are proposals for development of regional airports at
Kuppam, Chittoor district, Dagadarthi, Nellore district and
Orvakallu, Kurnool district.
Aviation Policy
Government of Andhra Pradesh has brought a
comprehensive Civil Aviation Policy, 2015 for development
of Airports in the State.
Communications
There were 10,375 Post ofces in the State, of which 51
are Head Post Ofces, 8 are Mukhya Dak Ghars, 1,533 are
Sub Post Ofces and 8783 Branch post ofces as on March
2015. Details of district wise post ofces data are shown in
Annexure 7.8
There were 2,427 Telephone exchanges, 8.30 lakh land line
connections, 26830 public telephone connections (Local
+STD), 60.07 lakh wireless subscribers (pre & post paid)
and 24,258 wireless subscribers WLL (pre & post paid)
up to October 2015 in the state. District wise status of
telephone connections are given in Annexure 7. 9.
HIGHLIGHTS

No of Post ofces -
10,375
Telephone exchanges -
2,427
Land line connections, -
8.30 lakh
Banking
There were 6679 scheduled bank offices at the end of
September, 2015 in the State. The aggregate deposits
amounted to Rs.2,05,815.06 crore and the total bank credit
extended was to the order of Rs.2,20,295.46 crore up to
September, 2015. The credit-deposit ratio of the banks in
the state is 107.04% as against RBI norm of 60%.
Length of
coastal line
974
Kms
Public telephone connections (Local +STD)

-
26830
Wireless subscribers (pre & post paid)

-
60.07 lakh wireless subscribers
The total priority sector advances to Net Bank Credit (NBC)

was Rs.1,56,180 crore (72.37%) against RBI norm of 40%.
Agricultural advances to Net Bank Credit were Rs.91,415
crore (42.36%) against RBI norm of 18%. Non-Farm
Sector Advances was Rs.38,034 crore which accounted
for 17.62% of NBC. Other priority sector advances are
at Rs. Rs.25,827crore forming 11.97% of NBC. Prole
of banking institutions in A.P as on 30-09-2015 is given in
Annexure 7.10.
Sea Ports
Total Revenue earned - Rs.
Kakinada Anchorage Port (upto Nov)
Krishnapatnam Port (upto Nov)
1.507 Million
Cargo handled M. Tonnes
Kakinada deep water Port (upto Nov)
11.035Million M.
Cargo handled Tonnes
279.80 crore
Gangavaram Port (upto Nov) Cargo handled

-
13.989 Million M. Tonnes
507.98 crore
23.826 Million M.
Cargo handled Tonnes

crore
1029.96
Rawa Port (upto Nov)
0.991 Million M. Tonnes

Total Revenue earned - Rs. 3.41 crore
Cargo handled -
Andhra Pradesh has 974 Kms long coast line with a major
Port at Visakhapatnam under Government of India control
and 14 notified ports under State Government. Of which
4 are captive ports.
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Kakinada Anchorage Port

The anchorage port is being operated by the State
Government. The anchorage port has a capacity to handle
about 4 million metric tons of cargo per annum. The port
handled 27.07 lakh tonnes of cargo and realized revenue
of Rs.7.85 Crore on cargo and earned total revenue of Rs.
20.80 crore as Government share in 2014-15. The Port
handled 1.507 Million M. Tonnes of cargo and earned
total revenue of Rs.24.72 crore during 2015-16 (upto the
end of November, 2015).
Kakinada Deep Water Port
The Port handled 13.989 Million M.Tonnes of cargo and

earned total revenue of Rs.507.98 crore during the year
2015-16(upto the end of November, 2015).
Krishnapatnam Port
The Government of Andhra Pradesh awarded
the development of Krishnapatnam Port to M/s
Krishnapatnam Port Company Limited (KPCL) under PPP
Mode on Build, Operate, Share and Transfer (BOST) basis.
The concession agreement was signed on 17-09-2004 with
M/s. KPCL. The developer has to pay a concession fee @
of 2.6 % of gross income for the 30 years.
The port was awarded to M/s Kakinada Seaports

Limited on OMST basis on Dt. 1-4-1999 for a period of
20 years initially stipulating that they have to pay 22% of
revenue share on the Gross Income to the Government.
The Governments constructed 3 berths at a total cost of
Rs.293.00 Crore. Presently, Kakinada Deep Water Port
is under operation with 6 berths and 2 OSV berths and
one North return wall berth of 635 Mts. length. So far, an
extent of 441 Acres land was given on lease basis. The port
handled 179.60 lakh tonnes of cargo and realized revenue
of Rs.467.88 crore. The Government received Rs.102.00
crore as Government share in 2014-15.
The commercial operations in Krishnapatnam port were

commenced on 20.03.2009. Presently, the Port is under
operation with 9 berths. Construction of Additional berths
under Phase II is in progress with an estimated cost of
Rs.6000 crore. So far, an extent 3462 Acres of land was
given as against 5800 acres approved by the Government.
The balance land acquisition is under process.
The port handled 11.035 Million M.Tonnes of cargo and

earned total revenue of Rs.279.80 crore during 2015-16
(upto the end of November, 2015).
The port handled 23.826 Million M.Tonnes of cargo and

earned total revenue of Rs.1029.96 crore during the year
2015-16 (upto the end of November, 2015).
Gangavaram Port
Rawa Port
The Government of Andhra Pradesh awarded a green

field deep water port at Gangavaram near Visakhapatnam
under PPP. The concession agreement was signed on 0708-2003 with M/s. Gangavaram Port Limited (GPL) under
PPP mode on Built, Operate, Own and Transfer (BOOT)
basis. The State Government is having an equity share
of 10.39 % in M/s GPL. The concession fee is 2.10%
of the gross revenue earned by the developer. Presently,
Gangavaram port is under operation with 9 Berths with a
capacity of 45 Million Tons per annum. An extent of 1800
Acres of land was given towards equity and 1052 acres was
given on lease basis.
Rawa Port is located near Surasenayanam in East Godavari

District and it facilitates to transport Crude Oil from S.
Yanam to Chennai / Visakhapatnam / Haldia by Sea. The
Port is in operation.
The port handled 207.40 lakh tonnes of cargo and realized

revenue of Rs.795.79 crore against which they have paid
Rs.13.01 crore as AP Government share for 2014-15.
The port handled 407.38 lakh tons of cargo and realized

revenue of Rs.1748.16 crore against which they have paid
Rs.45.45 cores towards Government share to the A.P. Port
department in 2014-15.
The Port handled 12.76 lakh tonnes of cargo and realized

revenue of Rs.4.13 Crore in 2014-15. The Port handled
0.991 Million M.Tonnes of cargo and earned total revenue
of Rs.3.41 Crore during the year 2015-16(upto the end of
November, 2015).
Other Non- Major Ports under

development, Machilipatnam Port
The Government of Andhra Pradesh is developing the
Machilipatnam port in Krishna district under PPP Mode
on Build, Own, Operate and Transfer terms (BOOT) basis.
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The revised concession agreement was concluded with

M/s Machilipatnam Port Limited on 07-06-2010 with a
concession period of 30 years (extendable by 10 years + 10
years). Land acquisition is in progress.
Bhavanapadu Port:
The port is located in Srikakulam district. There is a
defunct fishing harbor, and no commercial activity at this
Port. Availability of the Land is 270 Acres. Ms/.Indian
ports association has prepared technical feasibility report.
As per the report the port can be developed to handle about
6.5 MTPA by 2016-17. The estimated cost of the Project
in Phase-I = 1707 Crore, Phase-II = 656 crore. The port is
initially proposed to develop under Phase-I with 5 berths.
Requisition for land acquisition for an extent of 5700
Acres is with the district administration, Srikakulam. M/s.
INCAP is the nodal agency appointed by the Govt. for
development of the port and they have initiated proposals
for the selection of bidder to develop the Bhavanapadu
Port. Expression of interest was called for and bidders
were shortlisted. RFQ is issued on 28-08-2015. Selection of
bidder will be completed by December, 2015. Notification
issued by District Collector for Ac. 4344.89.
Narsapur Port:
The Port is located in West Godavari district. There is no
commercial activity in the port. No port land is available
at the port. M/s. INCAP has been nominated as nodal
agency for the selection of bidder for the development of
port. M/s. INCAP has entrusted the work of preparation
of techno economic feasibility report to M/s. RITES,
New Delhi. The work is in progress. Requisition for land
acquisition filed with District Collector for Ac. 3695.76.
Ramayapatnam:
Ramayapatnam proposed site for port development is a
coastal village, located at South East corner of Prakasam
district in Ulavapadu Mandal, located 4.5 km East of
Thettu on NH-5 and 93 km North of Krishnapatnam Port.
It is 12.8 km away from its Mandal main town Ulavapadu
and 78.7 km distance from its district main city Ongole.
The connecting straight road joins NH-5 at Thettu. South
Central railway passes adjacent to the NH-5 Nearest
Railway stations is Thettu located within 6 km from the
sea.
M/s. INCAP has been nominated as nodal agency for

the selection of bidder for the development of Port. M/s.
INCAP has entrusted the work of preparation of techno
economic feasibility report to M/s. RITES, New Delhi.
The work is in progress.
Kakinada SEZ : (Captive Port)

The State Government declared Kakinada SEZ as a minor
port in 3-12-2007. M/s. Kakinada Special Economic
Zone Pvt. Ltd., proposed to construct Captive Port within
SEZ. It is proposed to handle all cargos in SEZ through
this captive port. The developer is making arrangements to
acquire land through APIIC.
Meghavaram Port: (Captive Port)

The State Government declared Meghavaram port in
Srikakulam district as minor port on 19-3-2008. The
captive port has been allotted to M/s. East Coast Energy on
19-3-2008. Captive port for imports of coal, fly ash for the
thermal plants. The Port is being developed by M/s East
Coast Energy Pvt. Ltd., with an estimated cost of Rs.600
Crore. Project preparatory works are in progress.
Nakkapalli Port: (Captive Port)

The State Government declared Nakkapalli port in
Visakhapatnam district on 07-08-2010 as a minor port for
export of Alumina by M/s ANRAK Aluminum Ltd. The
proposed port is 75 Km from South of Visakhapatnam.
M/s. Anrak Alumina Ltd., has proposed to construct 2
berths to handle alumina & thermal coal etc. The cargo
handling capacity of the project is 4 MLT per annum.
Nizampatnam and Vodarevu Ports:

(under development)
The State Government have proposed to develop Vodarevu
port in Prakasham district & Nizampatnam port in Guntur
district under Public Private Participation mode on Build,
Own, Operate and Transfer (BOOT) basis. The concession
agreement was concluded with M/s. VANPIC ports private
limited on 11.07.2008 and the concession period is 33 years
(extendable by 11 years + 11 Years). The port is at present
under dispute.
HIGHLIGHTS
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Tourist
Location
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Duggarajapatnam :
Proposed port at Duggarajapatnam is located in SPSR
Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh. The site is located 23
kms north of Sriharikota islands (ISRO) in Vakadu mandal
of SPSR Nellore district. Important towns like Gudur are
at a distance of 40 km and Vakadu at 10 km.
The site is 30 km from the National Highway 5 at
Nayudupeta and within 100 Km from Chennai/Tirupati
Tourism
More than 7.5 million visitors visit the state every year.
No of tour packages operated -
28
No of Central reservation offices No of Hotels No of Buses -
10
45
52
No of boats and launches -
75
15.68 lakh
No of tourists visited -
No of cruises operates in Godavari and

Krishna rivers -
besides being in close proximity to Tada growth centre.

The site is connected with NH-5 at three places namely
Sullurpet (35 km), Naidupet 33 km) and near Guduru (40
km). The nearest railway line is at Naidupet and railway
junction is at Gudur at a distance of 42 km away from
Duggarajapatnam. The development of the port is under
process by Government of India as per A.P. Re-organization
Act 2014.
Andhra Pradesh is recognized for its legendary dynasties,

its most revered temples, lacquer toys and beautiful weaves,
rich literature and vibrant arts of Kuchipudi dance. The
State is a home to a number of holy pilgrim centres,
attractive palaces, museums, ports, rivers, beaches and
hill stations. Andhra Pradesh with more than 300 tourist
locations attracts the largest number of tourists in India.
Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation

(APTDC)
APTDC, the State Government undertaking was
incorporated in 1976. It continues to register significant
growth since last few years with focus on creation of tourism
infrastructure and products.
APTDC continues to strive for promotion of new
tourism products such as eco-tourism, beach tourism and
cruise tourism. The river cruise tourism to Pattiseema
and Papikondalu on river Godavari, Nagarjunasagar
to Srisailam on Krishna river have become immensely
popular.
APTDC operates 28 tour packages including on demand
tours. The transport eet is operated through network of 8
tour promotion scheme agents, authorized booking agents
and 10 Central Reservation Offices.
Currently, the corporation runs a chain of hotels and
restaurants and providing
quality
accommodation
and food for tourists at important locations. 45 hotels
with around 973 rooms and 2039 bed strength in prime
locations fostering homely ambience packages and an
impressive eet of 52 buses that connect important tourism
locations within and outside the state. The water eet with
75 boats and launches provide pleasure cruises and river
cruises at affordable prices. The corporation runs sound &
light shows, river & lake cruise and pleasure rides making
tourism a pleasurable experience.
The activities of the corporation can be classied broadly
into the eight categories viz. Hospitality (hotels & catering
units), transport (guided & package tours), water fleet
(leisure cruises & pleasure boating), sound & light shows,
eco-tourism, construction of new tourism products, tourism
asset management and conduct cultural festivals
HIGHLIGHTS

While the primary focus of APTDC remains aggressive in

developing a world-class tourism infrastructure, recently, it
has ventured into new tourism related elds like, heritage,
pilgrimage and eco-tourism etc.
Growth of APTDC
APTDC has registered a systematic growth both in terms
of revenue and tourist arrivals over the years. The thrust
of the Government of Andhra Pradesh on development
and promotion of tourism has enabled this. In line with
the policy of the Government, APTDC has focused
on development of tourism infrastructure that has led
to promotion of new tourism products and successful
functioning of tourist centers. 15.68 lakh tourists visited the
state accruing a revenue of Rs.73.29 crore during 2014-15.
Tour Packages
APTDC has designed a number of Tourists packages to
different destinations covering temples, hill resorts, beach
resorts, heritage sites both in and outside the state. A
modern transport eet of over 55 buses including Twin deck
bus service for local sightseeing has been developed for this.
APTDC is the rst corporation in the country to introduce
Volvo coaches that set a new level in tourism travel. The
transport eet is supported by a chain of central reser
vation ofces in Hyderabad, Tirupati, Visakhapatnam,
Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkatta and Shirdi supported by a
network of tour promotion agents. APTDC also enters
into strategic alliance with major tour operators. These
tours connect major hubs such as Chennai, Bengaluru,
Shirdi, Tirupati, Hyderabad, Coimbatore, Mangalore and
Goa making South India a seamless travel destination.
Haritha Hotel Chain

The Haritha Hotel Chain with 45 hotels (973
rooms) located in important tourist centers provide the
right ambience and quality that tourists demand. All
APTDC hotels provide a restaurant, AC and non AC
accommodation and in major locations a swimming
pool. Few places where hotels & resorts are located
include Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Jungle Bells, Araku
Valley, Rishikonda, Tirupati, Horesely Hills, Kuppam,
Kurnool, Dwaraka Tirumala, Srisailam, Nellore, Kadapa,
Srikalahasthi, Orvakallu and Dindi including new hotels
and resorts at Srikakulam, Chinthapalli, K akinada
and Thummalapenta and Tirupati..
Revenue
collected
73.29
Rs.
crore
Wayside Amenities
APTDC has taken up development of wayside amenities
along highways to provide better facilities to highway
travelers like Restaurant, Washrooms, Parking area,
Souvenir shop and Children play area at Alankanapaly,
Ontimitta, Gopavaram, Thallapaka, and Lepakshi have
been completed and commissioned. Wayside amenities
development at Nagari, Udayagiri and Kalikiri have been
taken up and works are in nishing stage.
Water Fleet
APTDC owns the large water eet of 86 small and big
boats. The corporation operates leisure based cruises and
water sport boats at different lakes and rivers of the State
and also Para sailing at Srisailam, Vijayawada, Rishikonda
and Mypadu. The vessels Nagasiri and Vijayasiri are very
popular for leisure cruises.
APTDC water eet strength includes FRP boats, Launches,
Parasailing boats and large vessels. The Corporation
operates 8 cruises in Godavari and Krishna rivers. New
catamaran type boats and the latest Speedboats were
introduced at various water bodies to strengthen water
eet operation. APTDC operates pleasure rides at
Nellore, Srisailam, Vijayawada, Hope Island (Kakinada),
Vishakhapatnam (Bay of Bengal), Rajahmundry and
Brahmasgaram.
River Cruises
Most popular river Cruise on river Godavari between
Pattiseema and Papikondalu is being operated that is
attracting large number of tourists. The introduction of
the river cruise on Godavari has motivated many private
entrepreneurs to operate similar cruises on the river. The
cruise offers a pleasurable experience of a four hours
boat ride and brings the tourists back to Pattiseema in the
evening. A two day package with night stay intented camp
along the banks of the Godavari near Kollur enroute to
Papikondalu is also arranged for tourists. A package tour
was introduced in river Krishna from Nagarjunasagar to
Srisailam. A Twin deck cruise (120 seater) (Haritha) with
an air- conditioned lower Deck is presently operating in
Godavari river in addition to FRP boats.
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Houseboats
In addition to pleasure cruises, 3 air-conditioned house boats
are being operated, which offer an experience similar to the
backwaters of Kerala. The House boats are equipped with
two bedrooms and a deck to laze through the day along the
serene and picturesque Godavari in East Godavari district.
Ropeway
The Ropeway facility was established and commissioned
in January 2005 at Srisailam Pathalaganga gives good
revenue of an average of about 10 to 12 Lakh per month
to the corporation. This facility beneted many local people
with direct and indirect employment. Boating revenue also
increased as more tourists got down at Pathalaganga to take
the boat rides. This has become a major attraction for
Srisailam pilgrim tourists also.
Sound and light shows

Sound and Light show organized at Chandragiri palace
near Tirupati to showcase the historic and heritage
monuments of Chandragiri Fort to tourists is immensely
popular. These shows have recorded narrations (English,
Hindi & Telugu) along with imaginative use of music, sound
and light effectscreating a dramatic history of the forts.
Single window service

For the rst time in India, APTDC has introduced
Customized Tours in the year 2009 to t the specic needs
of tourists. The tour is customized on the requirement of
choice of activities of the tourists and APTD C helps plan
the entire itinerary to provide a seamless tour experience.
Services offered in package include- transport,
accommodation, sightseeing & visits, escort services,
shopping, local cuisine, local events. Places not shown to
routine visitors are shown; sightseeing places insisted by the
tourists are taken care of and includes entry tickets with
specic taste involved for local cuisine.
Online booking is extended to general public facilitating the
tourist to book APTDC properties online. For more details
please log in to www.aptdc.gov.in. APTDC also taken up a
massive social media/online campaign through facebook,
twitter, youtube etc. It has a toll free No: 1800 425 45454
which operates round the clock.
Mega destinations and secondary

destinations
APTDC has focused development in and around the three
primary destinations of Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam
and Tirupati. In addition, development is also centered
around the 3 secondary destinations like Kakinada,
Kurnool and Nellore. The development of infrastructure is
based on developing destinations and tourism circuits with
a funding mix from the Government of India and State
Government.
Eco-Tourism initiatives
The corporation has taken up the initiative of identifying
potential Eco-tourism spots in the state. It has successfully
implemented popular eco-projects like the Belum caves,
revamping of Borra caves, an exotic Jungle destination by
name Jungle Bells at Tyda, the illumination of Ettipothala
waterfalls and development of Bhavani river Island.
Community based Eco-tourism

Andhra Pradesh is encouraging community based ecotourism in association with Forest department, under their
Community Forest Management program by providing
opportunities for jungle walks, forest retreats, wild life
tourism, bird watching and trekking.
Some of the places identified for eco-tourism are
Maredumilli (East Godavari district), Nelapattu (Nellore
district), Mamandur, Talakona, Nanniyal (Chittoor district),
Balapalli (Kadapa district), Ettipotala (Guntur district),
Kambala Konda (Visakhapatnam district), Orvakallu
(Kurnool district), Coringa Wild life sanctuary (East
Godavari district). Transport to and from the destination
is provided by APTDC. Vana Samrakshana Samithi
(community) provides accommodation, guide services and
food facilities.
Tourism Projects
A. Completed Projects
Development of adventure tourism at Puligundu,
Chittoor district
Development
of
Kolleru
lake
resort
at
Gudivakalanka, West Godavari district
Development of beach destinations at Ramayapatnam
Prakasam district and at Baruva, Srikakulam district
Establishment of Institute of Hotel Management
HIGHLIGHTS

Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition society at

Tirupati and construction of IITM, Nellore.
Construction of Eco-Tourism Centre at Orvakallu,
Kurnool district.
B) On-going projects
Development of river cruise circuit on river Godavari
& Krishna
Development of Buddhist Circu it at Nagarjunasagar,
Chandavaram and Undavalli
Development of Kolleru Lake in West Godavari and
Eco-park at Nellore Tank, Nellore
Installation of Touch Screen Kiosk at important
tourism infrastructure
Construction of Budget Hotel at Arasavalli Work in
progress
Development of Temple circuit in East Godavari district.
Development of Tourist Circuit in Guntur district.
Development of mega circuits at Visakhapatnam Bheemunipatnam Beach Corridor and KonaseemaBhadrachalam- Papikondalu
Development of mini tourist circuit at Srikakulam
Development of tourist circuits in East Godavari, West
Godavari, Gunturu, Kurnool, Chittoor districts.
Setting up of SIHM at Kakinada.
Development of wayside amenities at Kalikiri and
Nagiri Chittoor district
Prioritized projects
The Projects prioritized for grant of Central Financial
Assistance (CFA) include mega circuit in Kondapalli
Ibrahimpatnam and surrounding areas and circuits of
Guttikonda Bilam Cave Piduguralla, Kondaveedu
fort Kotappa Konda temple circuit, Guntur district and
Buddhist Circuit, Srikakulam.
It was decided to take up the following new tourism projects
which have been prioritized through APTDC.
Completion of budget hotels at Tirupati and at
Arasavalli.
Refurbishing of resort at Bhavani Island, Vijayawada
and Guest house at Kuppam, Chittoor district
Procurement of house boats and development of
boating facilities at Bhavani Island.
Further, development of costal tourism circuit in Nellore
district under Swadesh Darshan Scheme of GoI. and
development of Amaravati as heritage & pilgrimage
IT Employment
created
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tourism destination under Prasad & Hridaya schemes

of GoI and development of temple tourism in Andhra
Pradesh including Tirupati tourism to attract the Hindu
diaspora living across the world., preparation Air packages
are under progress.
Lord Balaji Darshan

Tour-Hindu Diasopra
Air Package
APTDC in association with Spice Jet, Aircosta, & True jet

propose the air package tour which includes Hyderabad
Tirupati Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam- Tirupati,
Vijayawada- Tiruptahi-Triputhai Airfare, Balaji Darshan,
Transportation, A/c Accommodation at Tirupati, Food,
Guide Services, and visit Local Temples.
Information
Technology And
Communications
No of IT Companies established
356
No of Depts covered under e-Pragati

No of agencies
33
315
No of Srvices identified
745
Aadhaar Kits Delivered
811
No of Aadhar Uploaded
6300543
The Government is proactively working for making the

State as preferred IT Destination. Government has formed
three societies viz., e-Government authority, Electronics &
IT agency, and Innovation Society for development of ICT
Industry in the Sunrise State of Andhra Pradesh.
The Government is keen to re-build the State by
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implementing a slew of IT initiatives. Government has

put in place three policies IT policy, Electronic policy
and Innovation and Startup policy, which are based on
four pillars - Infrastructure, Incentives, Human resource
development and Good governance. The Policies offer
Incentives and Facilitations unparalleled in the country:
Rebate on land cost upto 80% at the rate of Rs.60,000
per employment created in case of mega projects and
Rs.40,000 for other companies.
The mega projects are also eligible for reimbursement of
10% lease rentals in case they take built up office space.
IT industry is exempt from statutory power cuts
- Government provides 24 X 7 qualitative and
uninterrupted power with redundant feeders.
IT companies are considered under industrial power
category (instead of commercial power category) and
are eligible for 25% subsidy on power bills for a period
of 3 years. SC/ST and Women category entrepreneurs
are eligible for 50% subsidy.
IT companies are eligible for 100% reimbursement
of stamp duty, transfer fee and registration charges on
the property purchased or leased by them for the first
transaction and 50% for the 2nd transaction.
IT companies are eligible for recruitment assistance and
training assistance.
Small & Medium IT Enterprises are eligible for rebate
on interest and capital or investment subsidy.
IT Industry is eligible for reimbursement of patent filing
costs, Quality certification costs and Exhibition stall
rentals.
Electronics companies are eligible for reimbursement of
VAT, subsidy on Technology Up gradation costs
IT Industry is declared as essential service under AP
Essential Services Maintenance Act.
For Start-up companies Innovation fund and Venture
capital funding is made available. They are also assisted
for getting working capital and Term loans from financial
institutions.
For Start-ups and MSME companies reimbursement of
internet bandwidth rentals is available.
For Animation & Gaming companies reimbursement of
production costs up to certain extent, reimbursement of
lease rentals, reimbursement of bandwidth rentals and
reimbursement of VAT/APGST is available.
In order to suit the requirements of IT Industry a Skill
development council is being set up.

The students curriculum is also being brought on
international standards by offering them credits to online
courses and by upgrading the syllabus in tune with the
Industry trends.
Government permits women employees in IT
Companies to work in shifts and on holidays to suit
overseas clients Time zones.
All approvals and permits that are required for setting up
and running IT operations are given within one month
under Single Window scheme and Deemed approval is
given beyond one month.
IT companies can file application for land or incentives
online at www.apmeeseva.online.ap.gov.in
All IT Layouts are declared as Industrial Area Local
Authority and APIIC maintains the layouts and
performs local body functions for the convenience of IT
companies.
With a view to jump start the ecosystem in the State
of Andhra Pradesh, reputed pilot incubator (Host
institute), with are approved by National Science and
technology Entrepreneur Development Board, Dept of
Science & Technology, Govt, of India, will be selected on
nomination basis & non exclusive basis to setup a pilot
incubators under Public- Private- Partnership model.
Performance linked assistance at Rs 12,500 per month,
for a maximum period of three years per incubated
start-up company located in the identified incubation
centre developed by the State, would be provided to the
pilot incubator (Host Institute) approved under the pilot
projects. 10% annual increase in performance linked
assistance would be provided.
100% Tax reimbursement of VAT/CST, for the new units
started after the date of issue of the policy, for a period of
5 years from the date of commencement of production for
products manufactured in AP and sold in AP.
IT Infrastructure:
To provide State- of- the-Art Infrastructure to IT/ Electronic
investors to set up their operation across the State, IT/
Electronic layouts are being developed at Kappaluppadu
in Visakhapatnam , Veerapananegudam near Vijayawada,
Kappalalabanda and Tekulodu in Anantapur. The proposal
to develop Information Technology Investment Region in
an area of 40.4 sqkm in Visakhapatnam Region, with a
total outlay of Rs.10, 357 Cr is under active consideration
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of the Government of India. As per the targets set in the

Electronics policy, Government is aiming to develop about
20 EMCs across various parts of the State by 2020. GoAP
had submitted a proposal to develop EMCs at Kakinada. In
addition ITE&C department requested APIIC to prepare
DPR for EMC at Visakhapatnam as well. Developing
these EMCs would create a conducive ecosystem for
the development of Electronics industry in the State.
In addition, the department is extending its support to
promote the two approved EMCs one at Sri City and the
other developed by ELCINA Raagamayuri in Anantapur.
Two more EMCs (i) Visakhapatnam in 98 acres (ii) Tirupati
in 50 acres are also planned.
State Government envisages developing physical
incubation infrastructure through PPP and the host
institutes as pilot incubators to create world class live
work and play environment for nurturing innovation and
start-ups. As part of this initiative, ITE&C department
has constructed and inaugurated 50,000 Sft Sunrise startup at Technology Research and Incubation Park (TRIP)
at Hill No. 3 Madhurawada Wireless Solutions Ltd to
encourage the students to become prospective start-ups
and entrepreneurs on Boot up start-up-scale-up model. IT
Incubation Towers at APIIC layouts in Kakinada (15,000
sft) and Tirupati (7,500 sft) are inaugurated. In addition,
a 15,000 Sft Incubation tower in JNTU Anantapuram
campus is under construction. To provide plug and play
office facility a signature tower with 10 lakhs Sft office space
is being constructed at Visakhapatnam. Development of IT
industry are given in Table 7.9.
Table 7.9 Software Turnover during 2015-16
S.
Indicator
No
1
2
3
4
IT Companies
established (Nos.)
Start-ups (Nos.)
EMCs approved (Nos.)
IT Incubation Towers
Constructed (Nos.)
Turnover during the
Year 2014-15 (IT,
ITES & Electronic
units) (In Cr)
Employment Created
(Nos.)
Achievements
During
Cumulative
As on
2015-16
(up to
31.03.15 (Up to
Nov15)
Nov 15)
246
110
356
30
-
156
3
186
3
1850
2150
24,739
7200
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Source: Commerce & Export department, Software Technology

Parks of India, Hyderabad
e-Pragati:
Andhra Pradesh has always been at the forefront of
implementing e-Governance, having pioneered popular
projects like CARD, eSeva, Mee Seva, e-Procurement. To
take the evolution of e-Governance to the next level, it is felt
essential to have a AP State Enterprise Architecture (APSEA)
for providing better services to citizens and businesses.
The initiative has been named as e-Pragati to signify that
the program is intended to create an ecosystem based on
integration and interoperability of all the development and
welfare departments of the Government towards realizing
the vision of Sunrise AP 2022 by enabling design and
delivery of services in a co-ordinated, integrated, efficient
and equitable way that citizens and businesses deserve.
e-Pragati is a massive program covering 33 departments
and 315 agencies and around 745 services have been
identified so far. The services have been grouped into 72
projects (45 greenfield and 27 brownfield) and bundled into
14 packages for ease of procurement and implementation.
This is the largest e-Governance program approved by any
State with a total outlay of Rs.2398 crore out of which,
the Government Capex would be to the extent of Rs. 1528
Crore. The program is scheduled to be implemented /
rolled out by Sep16. The design phase of the program is
almost completed and e-Pragati vision document has been
released on Oct 9th 2015.The RFPs for (14) packages are
planned to be issued by Feb2016.
Mee Seva
Mee Seva is an integrated one stop solution for 2.5 million
citizens to approach Government for all their pressing
needs. MeeSeva currently has 336 high impact services,
which would go up to more than 350 in the next 6 months.
The target is to ensure that Mee Seva becomes the entry
and exit point for the citizen to approach the government
for any service. Besides this, project also delivers more than
20 crore transactions every year for other services like bill
payments besides a big range of B2C services making it
the countrys biggest one stop e-governance shop. MeeSeva
centers are now also providing business correspondent
services for various banks and achieving financial inclusion
for the citizens. This is significant because of the large scale
Aadhaar based DBT roll out in the country.
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Services Added to Mee Seva Centres

Issuing e-permits of Mines & Geology department
through Mee-Seva Online Portal.
Integration with Cyber Treasury for transfer of challan
amounts in real time.
Issuing of Electro Photo Identity Cards (Election Cards)
for EPIC approved candidates. About 3,00,000 citizens
have been served so far
Booking of new gas connections at e-Seva centers has
been introduced. 45,000 citizens availed the facility
Booking time slot for learners license & driving license
and paying required fee
Issuing fresh and renewal of trade license certificates
Collecting licensing and renewal fee of legal metrology
department
Ration card modifications service
Revenue department services
e-Procurement:
e-Procurement System is being used in the State for
all procurements above the value of Rs.10 Lakhs. The
platform is extensively used for procurement works by
Irrigation department, Roads and Buildings etc, Currently
e-Procurement is implemented successfully in 27 Govt.,
departments, 43 PSUs & Corporations, 20 Universities and
135 Urban local bodies spread across length and breadth
of the state. The portal has successfully transacted 3,54,582
tenders with a value aggregating to Rs. 3,63,896 Crore up
to 31.10.2015.
AP State Data Center (APSDC)

APSDC architecture design conforms to Tier-II+ standards
(TIA-942 standards) with minimum uptime of 99.74%
and provides support Infrastructure for Power, (AC,
UPS, Generators etc), Network Infrastructure, Security
Infrastructure, Management Infrastructure, Disaster
Recovery Setup, Computer Infrastructure and Storage
Infrastructure. 108 Applications from 31 departments are
hosted.
APSCAN:
AP Secretariat Campus Area Network (APSCAN) is one
of the largest Campus Area Network which has capacity to
connect 5000 nodes on the network for data and presently
2000+ nodes are operational. The backbone consists of
Inter- block and Intra-block connectivity on the fiber optic

cable using Gigabit technology. APSCAN provides Wired
& Wireless connectivity to all blocks in A.P. Secretariat,
1 Gbps backbone (Optical Fiber Cable OFC) and 100
Mbps Distribution switches for every 2 floors in each block
for LAN. Apart from this, it Provides Internet, Intranet,
eMail, SDC Staging & DR Services. Internet Bandwidth
is provided through 3 Service providers. Present Service
provider is M/s CMC Ltd.
AP State Wide Area Network

Government has implemented the new G-2G SWAN which
connects the State Capital to all District headquarters
(DHQs) with, 12 Mbps bandwidth connecting all DHQs
up to MHQs with 4 Mbps under NeGP (National
e-Governance Plan). The new network is completely IP
based and provides voice, data and video communications
to all Government ofces. 13 DHQs are connected with
SHQ and 669 MHQs are connected to respective DHQs
and have been operational. e-Seva, IGRS, RTA, revenue
department connections to SWAN as per requirement
projected by concerned departments have been connected.
More than 2397 horizontal links from 25 departments
offices are connected and operational across state. Between
SHQ and DHQ 100 Mbps NKN connectivity is provided
for 13 DHQs. Order has been placed with BSNL for DHQ
MHQ links up gradation from 4 Mbps to 8 Mbps and 38
MHQs are already upgraded.
APNET/SAPNET
The State Government established a satellite based
communications network to be utilized in District
Education, Tele Medicine, Agriculture Extension,
E-Governance, creating awareness in Self Help Groups
and Human Resource Development.
An earth station has been functioning since 2002, utilizing
the INSAT-III B Satellite using Ku Band. SAPNET, an
autonomous society is running the operations. The Earth
Station has a capability of 4 Video Channels. All MPDOs
are equipped with Mana TV and Receive only Terminals.
Presently Andhra Pradesh has 2 Channels. Channel 1 is
to telecast the recorded programmes and Channel 2 is
being used for transmission of programmes of Education,
Agriculture department, Indira Kranthipatham and Police,
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HRD, Social Sector Programs and JKCs Programs through

IEG.
IEG & JKC:

Jawahar Knowledge Centers (JKC) is a unique Human
Resource promotion initiative of the government. Jawahar
Knowledge Centers is the concept initiated to address
the problem of bridging the gap between the academic
competencies of the students and industry expectations.
At present 190 colleges (150 engineering / MCA Colleges
and 40 Degree colleges) in the state are registered for the
training from JKC. The academic partners of Institute of
Electronic Governance(IEG) include Oracle, Microsoft,
Infosys, SAP, IBM, ISB, National Instruments, Autodesk .
ITE&C Department has delivered 82,573 Tablet PCs with
accessories to different departments for use by field level
officers for effective data capture, administration, and
monitoring of key projects of Government of Andhra
Pradesh. IEG in association with Officials from APTS,
UIDAI, AP-Online have conducted trainings in tablets
useto district officials. About 46, 739 employees were
trained on Tablet PCs as on Oct15.
Aadhaar Permanent Enrollment Centres

The UIDAI is in the process of evolving a national level
policy for setting up PECs across the country. The Mee
Seva centers in the districts will ensure that the needs of un
enrolled beneciaries are taken care. As per the directions

of UIDAI and Government of Andhra Pradesh, the
Secretary, IT&C Dept and Registrar-UIDAI has directed
APTS to initiate the process of setting up of 811 Permanent
Enrolment Centres (PEC) in Mee Seva in each mandal
headquarters across the State. A total of 811 Aadhar kits
have been delivered as on 05-02-2016 to 811 PECs and
63,00,543 have been delivered through these PECs.
Details of the Aadhaar kits delivered and activated status as
on 05-02-2016 is given in Table. 7.10.
Table 7.10: Aadhaar Kits Delivered and enrolment
status as on 05-02-2016
Aadhaar Kits Enrollments
No of Packets
Delivered
done
Started Uploading
Srikakulam
39
394198
392237
Vizianagaram
54
430932
430154
Visakhapatnam
57
504185
502286
East Godavari
64
551643
547513
West Godavari
51
473749
471985
Krishna
61
255315
254026
Guntur
59
439859
437610
Prakasham
56
439949
438684
SPS Nellore
72
465747
463789
YSR
57
300651
299329
Kurnool
97
827804
823007
Ananthapuramu
68
790145
786952
Chittoor
76
455272
452971
TOTAL
811
6329449
6300543
District
Source: ITE&C Department
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SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
CHAPTER
SOCIAL
INFRASTRUCTURE
HIGHLIGHTS

Good economic infrastructure is a pre-requisite for sustained

development. However, it is the effort that is required to
push forward the social sector parameters like education,
healthcare, nutrition, water supply, housing, social security
and other basic minimum social services that results in a
healthy ambience and happy living.
Population of AP:
495.77 lakh
Share in countrys population:
4.1%
Decadal variation 2001-2011:

Sex Ratio:
9.21%
Urban Population share
Female literacy:
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67.35
disease, gender inequality, and promoting access to water

and sanitation. The world over enormous progress has been
made on the MDGs, demonstrating the value of a unifying
global agenda underpinned by goals and targets. However,
despite the significant success, poverty and inequality has
not yet ended for all while the MDG implementation
period has in December 2015. The Government of India
has announced an SDG frame work containing 14 Goals
and 88 Indicators on 11th December 2015.
The government is keen to have effective service delivery
with strategies for poverty reduction and provision of
related social amenities through institutional reforms. The
following paragraphs outline the broad trends emerged in
the 2011 population census.
Population
997
Density of Population:
Literacy Rate:
29.47%
304
59.96%
The Government continues its focus on social infrastructure

towards not only meeting basic minimum requirements of
the people especially for ensuring higher levels of social
justice in society in accordance with the Millennium
Development Goals but also the upcoming Sustained
Development Goals and the associated global indices.
Once the process of social development is institutionalized,
it provides sustenance for overall economic development.
At the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit
on 25 September 2015, world leaders adopted the 2030
Agenda for Sustainable Development, which includes a
set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end
poverty, fight inequality and injustice, and tackle climate
change by 2030.
The SDGs build on the Millennium Development Goals,
eight anti-poverty targets that the world is committed to
achieving by 2015. The MDGs, adopted in 2000, aimed
at an array of issues that included slashing poverty, hunger,
Andhra Pradesh is the tenth largest state in the Country,

in terms of population. As per 2011 Census, the State
accounts for 4.10% of the total population of the country.
The population of Andhra Pradesh is more than doubled
in the last half century from 23.27 million in 1961 to 49.58
million in 2011. Of this, 24.83 million are males and 24.75
million are females. The decadal growth of population rose
from 18.88 percent during 1961-71 to 21.13 percent during
1981-91. Subsequently a significant decline was observed
in the rate of growth of population and decline is even more
prominent at 9.21 percent during 2001-11, lower than the
All-Indias growth rate of 17.72 percent. Decadal variation
of population in AP and India are shown in chart 8.1.
Chart 8.1: Decadal Variation of Population in AP
and India
30
25
Andhra Pradesh
24.80
24.66
India
23.85
21.54
20
20.53
21.13
17.72
18.88
15
11.89
10
9.21
5
1961-71
1971-81
1981-91
1991-01
2001-11
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Among the districts, East Godavari is the most populous

district in the state whereas Vizianagaram accounts for the
lowest population. District-wise population from 1961 to
2011 census is given in Annexure 8.1.
Sex Ratio
Sex ratio, the number of females per 1,000 males, has
shown a declining trend in the State till 1991. The sex ratio
in the state was up from 983 in 2001 to 997 in 2011 and
is higher than all India figure of 943 in 2011. Sex ratio
continues to be favourable in Vizianagram and Srikakulam
districts. The districts of Visakhapatnam, East Godavari,
West Godavari and Guntur have registered a progressive
sex ratio moving from less than 1000 category to more than
1000 from 2001 to 2011. District wise population (decadal
variation) and sex ratio is given in Annexure 8.2.
Density
Density of population, another important demographic
indicator, is defined as per the number of persons living per
sq. km. The density of population for Andhra Pradesh is
304 persons per square kilometer, as against 368 persons per
square kilometer at all India level in 2011. Krishna district
has the highest density at 518 while Y.S.R and Prakasam
districts have the lowest population density with less than
200. District wise density of population details are given in
Annexure 8.3. Details of total population in rural / urban
and total are shown in chart 8.2.
Chart 8.2: AP Rural / Urban & Total Population
(Lakhs)
Rural
600
Urban
Total
496
500
454
404
400
334
300
344
277
200
194
100
0
226
38
51
1961
1971
350
304
233
260
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74
1981
100
110
1991
2001
2011
Urbanization
Urbanisation has been regarded as an important component
for growth realization. The percentage of urban population
to the total population in the State is 29.47 percent in 2011
as compared to 24.13 percent in 2001. Among the districts,
Visakhapatnam stood first with 47.45 percent of urban
population followed by Krishna district with 40.81 percent.
Srikakulam with 16.16 percent of urban population
followed by Prakasam with 19.56 percent are the least
urbanized districts. District wise percentage of urban
population to total population is given in Annexure 8.3.
Literacy
A person aged 7 years and above who can both read and
write with understanding in any language is considered as
literate. The literacy rate of the State is 67.35 percent in
2011 as against 62.07 percent in 2001. The literacy rate
of the State is lower than the all India literacy rate at
72.98% percent. The best record in literacy so far at both
the national and state levels was during the nineties. A slow
growth in literacy rate was identified during the last decade
at state and national levels. The decadal improvement at
the national level had been not more than 8 percentage
points till 1991 and the nineties witnessed an improvement
of 13.8 percentage points. The literacy rate has identified
an improvement of more than 8 percentage points during
2001-2011 at national level. Literacy in Andhra Pradesh
increased over 37 percentage points from 29.94 percent
in 1981 to 67.35 percent in 2011. In spite of this fast rate
of growth in the last three decades, the literacy rate in
Andhra Pradesh is still lower than the all India average.
While the literacy rate of Andhra Pradesh was about three
fourths of the all India level in 1961, the State has made
substantial progress, especially in the last four decades.
The overall literacy rate has gone up from 62.07 percent
in 2001 to 67.35 percent in 2011; the male literacy rate has
increased from 71.28 to 74.77percent. Female literacy rate
has gone up from 52.72 percent in 2001 to 59.96 percent
in 2011. West Godavari is at the top with 74.32 percent
and Vizianagaram is at the lowest with 58.89 percent in
2011 among the districts. District wise details of male,
female and total literacy rate from 1961 to 2011 are given
in Annexure 8.4.
HIGHLIGHTS

School Education
Over the years, efforts are being made both at the state and
national levels to achieve the goal of Education for All. As
per Article 45 of the Constitution of India, Universalisation
of Elementary Education is a directive principle of state
policy that underlines the need to provide free and
compulsory education for all children up to the age of 14
years. As per Article 21A, which spells out the responsibility
of the State to provide free and compulsory education to
all children in the age group of 6 to 14 years and 93rd
Amendment, Education has become a fundamental right.
59,877
Enrollment - 69.02 Lakhs
No of schools -
Dropout ratio
8.76%,
I-VIII classes -14.75%
I-X (Secondary Level) - 23.87%.
I-V class -
To make effective and meaningful implementation of

this obligation, elementary education was brought under
Sarva Siksha Abhiyaan (SSA) to universalize elementary
education. Similarly, secondary education was brought
under the flagship programme Rashtriya Madhyamik
Siksha Abhiyaan (RMSA). These two schemes aim to
strengthen school education in terms of access, enrolment,
retention and quality.
The Government is committed to achieve total literacy by
2019 and several schemes have been initiated for bringing
about both quantitative and qualitative improvement.
The department provides schooling facility to school
aged population of 69.02 lakh children (Aadhhar linked
enrollment).
Universal Access in School Education

The following norms in establishing schooling facilities
have been laid down to achieve universal access in school
education:
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No of teachers
2,95,782
Primary level schools should be within 1 km. walkable

distance of all habitations
Elementary level schools should be within 3 km. walkable
distance of all habitations
Secondary level schools should be within a radius of
5kms of all habitations
On these parameters, our State has achieved 99% access
at elementary level and 91.5% at secondary level. Primary
schools and secondary schools have been started in areas,
which were not served earlier. During 2015-16, there are
59,877 schools in the state. Details of type of schools and
teachers are shown in Table 8.1 and management wise
schools and teachers in 2015-16 are shown in Table 8.2.
Table 8.1: Type of Schools and Teachers
Sl
Category of School
No
1
Primary
2
Primary with UP(Ito VII/VIII
Class)
3
Primary with UP, Secondary &
Higher Secondary (I-XII Class)
4
UP with Secondary , Higher
Secondary (VI XII Class)
5
Primary with UP, Secondary (I-X
Class)
6
UP with Secondary (VI-X Class)
Total
No. of
No. of
Schools Teachers
38413 108200
9981
61663
235
3489
230
2024
1427
13542
9591
59877
106864
295782
Source: Commissioner of School Education (Provisional Data of

U-DISE 2015 16 )
Table 8.2: Management-wise Schools and Teachers

2015 - 16
Sl. No
1
2
3
4
5
6
Management
Central Govt.
State Govt.
MPP/ZPP
Municipal
Pvt.Aided
Pvt.Unaided
Total
Schools
60
3956
38465
2091
2227
13438
59877
Teachers
1189
16101
151985
11542
8139
106826
295782
Source: Commissioner of School Education (Provisional Data of

U-DISE 2015-16).
Enrolment
Enrolment in all types of schools in the state during 201516 was 69.02 lakhs out of which 35.48 lakhs in I-V classes;
20.72 lakhs in VI-VIII classes, 12.82 lakhs in IX-X classes. In
percentage terms enrolment of children was about 51.40%
in I-V classes, 30.03 % children in VI-VIII; 18.57% in IXX. Details of enrolment are given in the Annexure 8.5
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Dropouts
It has been observed that there is a problem of retention at
different levels in enrolment of school aged group children into
the schools. During 2015-16, dropouts at I-V classes (Primary
Level) were 8.76%, 14.75% at I-VIII (Elementary Level) and
23.87% at I-X (Secondary Level). Necessary measures have
been taken to retain children into schools. The details of
school dropout rates are given in Annexure 8.6.
Teachers and Teacher Pupil Ratio

With a view to maintain an optimum teacher-pupil ratio
to achieve the goal of universal enrolment, retention and
improve education of children, sustained efforts are being
made to recruit teachers in all types of schools. Rationalized
deployment of teachers, creation of new posts and massive
recruitment of teachers helped overcome imbalances in
demand and supply of teachers. During 2015-16, there
were 1,08,200 teachers in primary schools, 61,663 in
Primary with Upper Primary schools(I-VII/VIII), 3,489
in Primary with Upper Primary, Secondary & Higher
secondary schools (I-XII) and 2024 in Upper Primary with
Secondary & Higher secondary schools (VI-XII) 13,542
in Primary with Upper Primary & Secondary schools(I-X)
and 1,06,864 in Upper Primary with Secondary (VI- X).
The Teacher Pupil Ratio for Primary, Upper primary and
High Schools are shown in Table 8.3
Table 8.3: Teacher Pupil Ratio
Year
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
Primary
29
30
28
27
30
26
26
22
Upper Primary High School

22
31
23
27
20
25
21
25
23
25
22
25
21
26
19
26
Source: Commissioner of School Education.
Examination results
Performance of students at different levels of education
has been conventionally considered as an important
indicator for assessing efficiency of educational system.
The number of students appearing and passing the S.S.C.
examination at the end of secondary stage (cycle) is an
important indicator. The pass percentage of students in
S.S.C examinations during 2014-15 was 91.42 which

is higher than the previous year percentage i.e., 91.20
in 2013-14. Details of year wise performance in S.S.C
Examinations are given in Annexure 8.7.
Examination reforms
As part of examination reforms, online applications were
introduced for the SSC public examinations, March
2016. ICR cum OMR sheets were introduced instead
of application forms for conduct of minor examinations
of (TTTC), Technical Teacher Training Course (Lower)
and (TCC) Technical Certificate Course examinations
during 2015-16. The following are some of the important
initiatives taken:
Mid-day meal scheme

The Mid Day meal scheme a Centrally Sponsored Scheme
with 60% Central and 40% share and State Governments
for I-VIII classes and the State Government is funding
100% of the Mid day meals scheme for IX & X classes.
The main objectives of the programme are to improve the
nutritional status of children, motivate children to attend
school regularly, and providing nutritional support. 38.39
lakh children were covered under this programme during
2015-16 out of which, 20.00 lakh are in Primary [I-V]
classes including NCLP, 11.15 lakh in Upper primary (VIVIII) and 7.24 lakh children in High schools in the state.
A flexible menu, provision of mostly rice, sambar and
pulihora are the key features of the scheme. DWCRA/
community development society /self help groups/school
education Committees/other agencies like temples, NGOs
of proven track record, charitable trusts/group of parents
(in this order of preference) which are identified by the
MROs are key implementing agencies of this scheme in
Rural areas. Community development societies (CDS)/
NGOs/Urban SHGs/ SEC/ DWC- UA/other agencies
like temple, NGOs of proven track record/ charitable
trusts/group of parents (in this order of preference)
identified by a committee headed by the MRO are the
implementing agencies in urban areas. All schools were
provided with kitchen devices under Phase-I allocated
by State Government with coverage of 31,213 No.s @
Rs.75,000/- and under phase-II 13,103 kitchen sheds
were allocated @ Rs.1.50 Lakh per kitchen shed. State
Government is releasing budget under Green channel
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scheme for Mid day meal scheme for the whole year at a
time. Government of India has developed a Management
Information System (MIS) with Integration of Interactive
Voice Response System (IVRS) for Mid day meal scheme
and data is being entered in the MIS portal.
School Health Programme

Special drive for screening eyes of school age children in
convergence with health department is being taken up. Deworming tablets and iron and folic acid tablets were given
to all school children. Heath checkups are also being taken
up, twice a year, for all school students.
Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan

(RMSA)
The main objective of the Centrally Sponsored scheme
Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan is to provide
access to quality secondary education for children in the
14 to 18 years age group. To achieve objectives of RMSA,
all secondary schools are provided with annual grants to
schools to meet school maintenance expenditures like lab
consumables science and mathematics kits, Electricity
charges, purchase of library periodicals and other items.
Infrastructure strengthening facilities such as provision
of two additional class rooms, one science laboratory,
one library, one computer room, one art/ craft room and
girls toilet blocks and drinking water facilities each were
sanctioned to 1956 secondary schools and the works are at
different stages.
In service Teacher Training

Capacity building training was given to 60,000 teachers of
telugu / english / mathematics covering 34,000 primary
schools. It has been planned to give in service teacher
training for 31,500 teachers of IX and X classes on newly
introduced text books & evaluation procedure.
Model Schools
The Government of India sanctioned 272 Model Schools
in Phase I & II,. The unit cost per each school complex
under non-recurring expenditure is Rs.3.02 crore and
Rs.75 lakh for recurring expenditure per annum.
These schools function on Kendirya Vidyalaya template
in English medium with state syllabi from classes VI to
XII. These schools started functioning with classes VI to
VIII and XI from June 2013 and XII from June 2014. The
Principals and teachers will be provided with necessary
induction training. Now, the scheme was converted into
State plan scheme. Girls hostels are sanctioned in the
premises of Model schools with an outlay of Rs.128.81
lakhs under non-recurring and Rs.15.71 Lakh for recurring
expenditure to accommodate 100 inmates.
Education for Minorities

Under the Scheme providing quality education in
Madarasas, traditional institutions like Madarasas
and Makhtabs are encouraged. Under this scheme
Honorarium to teachers for teaching modern subjects in
Urdu; One time grant of Rs.50,000 for books and TLM;
Rs.15,000 one time grant for Science/ Maths kits are
provided.
The scheme Infrastructure development for minority
institutions focuses on extending new trends in Education
to educationally backward minorities through provision of
basic educational infrastructure and physical facilities in
9 areas /blocks identified by the Government of India in
6 Districts. The scheme provides funds - a maximum of
Rs.50 lakh per school in a plan period for infrastructure
development of private aided/unaided minority
elementary/ secondary/senior secondary schools. This
financial assistance is provided on one time basis, once in
five years.
Under the Central scheme Improvement of Urdu
education Appointment of Urdu Teachers financial
support is provided to the state governments for appointing
Urdu Teachers / Honorarium to existing teachers for
teaching Urdu.
District Institute of Education and

Training
13 Teacher Training Institutes have been upgraded into
District Institutes of Education and Training (DIETs) with
an intake of 100 each under telugu medium. In 5 DIETs,
Urdu medium parallel sections are running with intake of
50 in each and in one Tamil medium section 50 intake at
Karvetinagar, Chittoor district. Staffing pattern in each
DIET is 1 Principal and 16 senior lecturers / lecturers,
apart from 25 urdu lecturer posts for urdu medium parallel
section in 5 DIETS. During the year 2014-15, 511 Private
D.Ed., colleges are functioning with total intake of 26,600
(50/100 intake).
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Sarva Shiksha
Abhiyan
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan is an effort for universalization
of elementary education by bridging social, regional and
gender gaps with the active participation of the community
in the management of schools. Government of India has
enacted RTE Act 2009 to provide free and compulsory
education to all the children in the age group of 6-14 years.
Sharing pattern of GOI and GOAP is 60:40.
Objectives
Enrolment of all children in the age group of 6-14 years
in regular schools.
Retaining the enrolled children till the completion of 8
years of elementary education
Focus on elementary education of satisfactory quality
with emphasis on education for life
Bridge all gender and social category gaps at elementary
education level
The following are some of the important initiatives
undertaken under the programme.
Opening Primary Schools
Up-gradation of Primary schools into Upper Primary
Schools
Sanction of regular teachers to new schools and
additional teachers to the existing Primary & Upper
Primary Schools
Strengthening of Mandal Resource Centres and school
complexes
Providing training to in-service teachers every year
Interventions for out of school children and special
training
Supply of two pairs of uniforms to the children studying
in Government schools upto VIII class every year
Implementing activities for the education of children
with special needs
Civil Works - School buildings to new schools, additional
classrooms, drinking water units and toilets.
School grant, Teacher grant and maintenance grant to
schools
Conducting Research and Evaluation studies on
interventions being implemented - Supervision &
Monitoring of activities
Management, Quality and Community Mobilization
Innovations
Kasturba Gandhi Baalika Vidyalaya

The Government of India launched the scheme called
Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBV) with
boarding facilities at elementary level for girls belonging
predominantly to SC, ST, BC and Minorities categories in
Educationally backward blocks in the state.
Objectives
To ensure access and quality education to girls of
disadvantaged groups of society by setting up Residential
Schools with boarding facilities at elementary level
To provide quality education for drop out girls in low
female literacy mandals
Implementation
352 KGBVs were sanctioned in educationally backward
mandals in the state and all these schools were
operationalized. Teaching, non teaching staff and special
officers were appointed on outsourcing basis.
Achievements 2015-16
17 new primary schools are opened.
12 Urban residential hostels are functioning in 10
districts of Andhra Pradesh with 1,094 urban deprived
children.
2 Urban residential school are operational in 2 districts
(Vijayawada of Krishna district and Visakhapatnam
district) with 153 urban deprived children.
190 Madarsas supported with an enrolment of 13981.
1,00,252 CwSN identified among them 93,512 enrolled
in regular schools.
9129 mild & moderate CwSN are attending to the
special training centers in all mandals.
9186 Children with Special needs are availing
physiotherapy services in all mandals.
3912 severe & profound children with MR are covered
under Home based education.
218 minor corrective surgeries being done for identified
CwSN
All the 352 Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas were
made operational with an enrolment of 67541 children.
1,14,895 teachers at block level (BRC) were given inservice training for 3 days.
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2 pairs of uniforms supplied to 31,51,968 children with Rs.12607.87 lakhs

Table 8.4 Civil works 2015-16
Sl.
No.
Activity
Sanctioned under AWP & B 2015-16
New Primary Schools (Rural)
ACR in lieu of Upgraded UPS
Boys Toilets
Separate Girls Toilets
Drinking Water Facilities (Urban)
Major Repairs (PS)
Major Repairs (UPS)
Completed
In Progress
Not Started
17
10
4242
602
526
3114
13
684
62
622
525
10
70
445
143
15
120
Unified - District Information System for Education (U-DISE) 2014-15

Government of India have taken a decision to collect information from class I to class-XII level under the name of Unified
District Information system for Education (U-DISE) with September 2015 as reference date during 2015-16 and information
was collected from all the schools and Junior. colleges functioning under government and private managements in the state.
Annual average Dropout rate in Secondary

level (UDISE 2014-15)
Boys
60
50
Total
201314
40
50
30
40
30
20
20
Total
201415
10
10
Karnat
Mahar Odish Tamil Telang All
Kerala
aka
ashtra
a
Nadu ana India
Boys 2013-14 12.21 40.7 12.31 16.61 50.09 14.26
0
14.54
Boys 2014-15 11.95 28.49 17.3 15.04 49.39 16.13 17.99 17.93
A.P
Girls
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Karnat
Mahar Odish Tamil Telan All
Kerala
aka
ashtra
a
Nadu gana India
Girls 2013-14 13.25 39.07 6.38 15.72 49.62 5.86
0
14.54
Girls 2014-15 13.37 26.57 11.4 13.78 49.57 7.99 16.86 17.79
A.P
State
A.P
Karnataka
Kerala
Maharashtra
Odisha
Tamil Nadu
Telangana
All India
2013-14
12.72
39.92
9.45
16.2
49.86
10.2
14.54
Total
2014-15
12.65
27.57
14.46
14.47
49.48
12.2
17.43
17.86
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Swachh Bharat, Swachh Vidyalaya:
Badi Pilustondi
As per GoI target, construction of 46,138 Toilets was

completed. During 2015-16, 25,584 school toilets were
reconstructed/ repaired.
Under this programme 4,89,278 children were admitted in

Class-I. Transition from Class-V to VI- 6,28,105. Transition
from Class-VI to VII - 6,51,301 children: 6,33,070 children
transition from Class-VII to VIII. Vidya sadassulu were
conducted in 651 mandals across the state and grama
sabhas were conducted in 27,735 habitations during Badi
Pilustondi programme.
SERP to maintain toilets in 34,637 schools through self

help groups in districts.
15,000 Schools identified under school nurseries
program of which 11,501 schools for setting up nurseries
and undertake toilet maintenance.
3,499 are being maintained by SMCs with CSR
initiative. Sports and white washing of all schools with
uniform colour is being undertaken with SMC grants.
Intermediate
Education
No of Junior Colleges - 3340
Enrollment -
1,28,953
Pass %-General courses -
64.96
Pass % in Vocational courses -
57.80
A policy decision was taken in 1964 to change the structure

of secondary school system and introduce 10 year study
duration instead of 11 years, followed by two years
intermediate education in place of higher secondary and
multipurpose system. The plus two stage education was
introduced in Andhra Pradesh under 10+2+3 pattern from
1969-70. The Directorate of Higher Education has been
bifurcated into two Directorates, Director of Intermediate
Education and Directorate of Collegiate Education from
1-11-89.
Directorate of Intermediate Education was established
in 1989 with the objective of administering intermediate
colleges with particular reference to public funded
institutions. There are 444 government junior colleges,
8 government vocational junior colleges under the
administrative control of the Director of Intermediate
Education. Besides the Government sector, there are 1819

private un-aided junior colleges functioning in A.P.
Conventional courses in science, arts and, commerce and
vocational courses are offered at intermediate in plus 2
education. 23 Vocational courses are also being offered in
the field of Engineering & Technology, Agriculture, Home
Science, Business & Commerce and Humanities. Details
about district wise and category wise functioning junior
colleges are given in Annexure 8.8.
The category-wise Junior colleges in the districts under
Government are shown in Table 8.5.
Table 8.5: Category wise Junior Colleges
S.
No.
Category
Number
1.
Government Junior Colleges
444
Government Model Schools
163
3.
Private Aided Junior Colleges
131
Private Aided composite degree

colleges offering Intermediate courses.
68
Private Un-Aided Junior Colleges
1819
Exclusively Vocational Junior Colleges

(Private)
400
Exclusively Vocational Junior Colleges

(Government)
Incentive Junior Colleges
84
Others (APRJC, GOI, Social Welfare,

Tribal Welfare, Disabled welfare, Cooperative, Railways)
223
Total
3340
Source: Director of Intermediate Education
HIGHLIGHTS

Enrollment of Students
Contact/Awareness Programme is conducted at district
level/mandal level for identification of SSC dropouts and
improvement of enrollment in government junior colleges
for the academic year 2015-16. The government has fixed
Enrollment in
Junior Colleges
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128953
minimum target of 10% increase in enrollment of students

in government junior colleges over last year by preparing
pamphlet, success stories of the students in the government
junior college concerned. Enrollment of Students in the
year 2015-16 are shown in Table 8.6
Table 8.6: Enrollment of Students in the year 2015-16

I yr
II yr
Category
No of colleges
Government Junior Colleges
444
46689
43771
90460
47308
41186
88494
Private Aided Junior Colleges
131
20701
17792
38493
20731
17377
38108
Grand Total :
575
67390
61563
128953
68039
58563
126602
Boys
Girls
Total
Boys
Girls
Total
Results of Intermediate Examination
Short term vocational courses
For 2nd year I.P.E March 2015, 448651 candidates

appeared for General Courses of which 291467 students
passed out whereas under Vocational courses, of the 27,302
candidates appeared, 15,769 students passed out. District
wise General and Vocational courses results are given
Annexure 8.9.
About 6142 unemployed youth have been admitted/

registered for 47 short term vocational courses for
November, 2015 module under the notification issued by
the State Institute of Vocational Education wing in the
Commissionerate of Intermediate Education.
Appointment of Faculty on Contract

basis
Tribal Sub Plan on going schemes

(2015-16)
About 3732 junior lecturers were engaged on contract

basis in Government Junior Colleges during the academic
year 2014-15. Government has accorded permission with
certain conditions for renewal of the contract faculty for
the academic year 201516. Orders were issued by the
Government to renew the Contract Faculty working in
Government Junior Colleges in Andhra Pradesh State for
the academic year 2015-2016. 3776 Contact Faculty have
renewed for the academic year 2015-2016 and 584 Guest
faculty are also arranged to meet the needs of the student.
Construction of attached hostels in Govt. Jr. Colleges and

building works located in Tribal areas with an estimated
cost of Rs.185.71 lakhs and 213 works in Junior colleges
are sanctioned with a total estimated cost of Rs.205.77
crores under RIDF. Of which 61 works are completed and
remaining are under progress. Text books were supplied
with an estimated cost of Rs. 5.00 lakhs.
Training Programmes
Training programmes were conducted for about 1800
Junior Lecturers both Government & Aided in all subjects
excluding languages by experts at Visakhapatnam, Guntur
and Tirupathi. Steps are also being taken to conduct 10
Vocational + 2 pass out students in Dairy Science course
for getting opportunity in Animal Husbandry Department,
Andhra Pradesh for the post of Veterinary Assistant.
Computer training programmes were organsied to
principals of Government Junior Colleges.
Activities
Apprenticeship Selection:
Vocational passouts are sponsored for one year
Apprenticeship Training with APSRTC/Hospitals/
Business firms/Industry. The selected candidates are
entitled to a stipend of Rs. 2750/- per month during this
one-year training period, half of which will be reimbursed
to the training Agencies by Government of India through
Board of Apprentice Training, Chennai. The department
in association with Board of Apprentice Training (BOAT),
Chennai have placed 1440 vocational pass out students in
various Hospitals /APSRTC/Business firms / Industry
during the year 2015-2016. The Apprenticeship selections
were conducted at Visakhapatnam, Tirupathi and
Vijayawada for the Vocational pass out students in the state.
HIGHLIGHTS
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No of Private
Aided Colleges
128953
Collegiate Education
Higher Education has been identified as a growth engine
in the sunrise state of Andhra Pradesh and is pushed in
a mission approach for sustaining and promoting quality
of education and for providing purposeful education,
particularly to students hailing from marginalized sections
of the society.
No of Government degree colleges No of students in degree colleges -
146
86,040
District-wise colleges, strength and category wise enrolments

during the year 2015-16 are given in Annexure 8.10 and
8.11 respectively.
Government degree colleges - Result

Results of Government degree colleges were analyzed and
placed on the CCE website www.apcce.gov.in to encourage
and motivate the faculty members and to create a healthy
competition among the colleges. Average pass percentage
in 2014-15 is 68.51. 12 colleges got above 90% results.
48 colleges got the pass percentage between 90-70%. 71
colleges got pass percentage between 70-40% and 6 colleges
got below 40% results.
No of students in Private Aided Colleges -
Important programmes / initiatives
1,20,665
A. Academic
Pass% in 2014-15 -
Starting New Courses
68.51
The department of collegiate education monitors the

administrative functions and academic quality of 146
Government degree colleges (145 Degree +1 oriental
college) and 141Private aided colleges (126 degree +15
oriental) existing in the state. The department also looks
after the development needs of 2,06,705 students (86,040
GDCs+ 1,20,665Pvt. Aided Colleges) offering UG & PG
courses. Out of these, 34 are autonomous colleges (9 GDCs
+ 25 aided), 16 oriental colleges (1 GDC + 15 aided) & 2
are social welfare Govt. residential degree colleges offering
B.Com (Hons). The Department has initiated various
programmes for sustaining and promoting quality of
education.
Details about the number of Degree Colleges and their
strength are shown in the Table 8.7.
Table 8.7 Degree Colleges and Students, 2015-16
(Number)
Colleges
Students
Government Colleges(incl. one

Oriental college)
Type
146
86,040
Private Aided Colleges(126

Degree +15 Oriental)
141
1,20,665
Total
287
2,06,705
Source: Commissionerate of Collegiate Education
The department has introduced need based, job oriented

new courses like biotechnology, industrial chemistry,
microbiology,
computer
science,
Communicative
english, tourism, advertising and sales promotion etc., in
government colleges in the last few years on partial selffinancing basis keeping in view the recent developments
in Higher Education. PG courses, on self-financing basis
were also sanctioned every year on the basis of demand and
facilities available. New elective courses and parallel degree
courses in 7 modules were also introduced from 2015-16.
Employabilty enhancement - Jawahar

Knowledge Centres
Jawahar Knowledge Centers, initiated by the state
government, have evolved into a dynamic and student
friendly platform to accommodate job aspirations of
students in degree colleges. 120 JKCs were established in
government degree colleges and students trained in 250
hours curriculum having modules in Communication
skills, soft skills, analytical skills and basic computer skills.
Commerce students have the opportunity of undergoing
training in financial accounting packages namely Tally
software package. Students trained in JKCs are exposed
to placement opportunities in noted and well placed
companies. Students interested in banking sector are also
trained through JKC- BET (JKC - Bank Exam Training)
programme and the curriculum followed in this training
programme is in tune with the requirements of banking
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sector and bank examination pattern. 5938 candidates have

participated in training programme and 1660 candidates
were allotted placements in the state during 2015-16 (upto
December 2015).
JKC TISS training programme

To strengthen the existing Jawahar Knowledge Centers
in Degree Colleges the department of higher Education,
Government of Andhra Pradesh has entered into
partnership with the Tata Institute of Social Sciences
(TISS). The parallel degree programme is designed so
that the graduating youth acquire job related skills through
immersive projects and will be offered to students through
Jawahar Knowledge Centres (JKC) across the State. This
would involve College student engagement over three years
in a multi stakeholder collaborative model involving NGOs,
Universities and Corporate Sector. During the three year
graduation period, students can earn a Certificate in
Management Skills- on completion of 3 years of study.
Special Concession to SC/ST &

Disabled
JKC registration fee for SC and ST students was waived
and met from the SCSP and TSP funds. Free training was
provided to disabled students by meeting free fee from
existing JKC funds of the respective GDC.
B. Infrastructure development
Rastriya Uchchitar Siksha Abhyan

RUSA (Rastriya Uchchatar Siksha Abhyan) is a Centrally
sponsored scheme for funding the state Universities and
Colleges under 18 components for achieving equity, access
& excellence.
C. Quality enhancement
The Department mandated all Colleges under its
administrative control to get accredited by the (NAAC).
The accreditation and subsequent grading by NAAC is a
credible indicator of quality of education imparted by the
institutions. The department extends necessary support to
colleges in the process of accreditation such as training for
Principals and Coordinators of (Internal Quality Assurance
Cell) IQAC in preparation of Self Study Report (SSR) for
submission to NAAC. 67 Government colleges are having
valid NAAC grade as on 31.12.2015. Details of the grades
are shown in Table.8.8.
Table 8.8: Grades obtained by Govt. Colleges

S.
No
Details
Number
No. of GDCs with valid grade
67
No. of GDCs preparing for Cycle 2
23
No. of GDCs preparing for Cycle 1
23
No. of GDCs Established after 2008
30
No. of GDCs not functioning
02
Total GDCs
145
Source: Commissionerate of Collegiate Education
Capacity Building Programmes for

Faculty:
The department provides training to principals, lecturers
and non-teaching staff to enhance the academic,
administrative skills of the staff. Lecturers working in
government degree colleges are nominated by the CCE
for training programmes including Refresher Courses and
Orientation courses conducted by Academic Staff Colleges
(ASC) of the Universities. 471 lecturers from government
degree colleges were nominated to Academic Staff colleges
of Andhra University, Visakapatnam; Sri Venkateshwara
University, Tirupati. Capacity building programmes were
conducted for principals of Govt Degree Colleges. Over
25 capacity building and performance review programmes
were organised for principals and faculty under RUSA
during 2015-16.
English Language Fellow (ELF)

programme
As a continuation of English Language Fellow (ELF)
initiative, the department organized 3day workshop on
strategies to improve English speaking skills in students
from 29th July to 8th August in three batches for 72 English
lecturers at SVU, Tirupathi. Further, English Language
Labs were established in 67 Government Colleges by 201516 to improve the oral and aural communication skills of
the students.
Autonomous Colleges
Three colleges, GDC(W), Kurnool, GDC(M), Palakol,
GDC(W), Kakinada were conferred with Autonomous
status. UGC Committee visited 2 colleges DK (W)
GDC, Nellore and GDC(W), Kadapa for conferment of
Autonomous status.
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MANA TV
MANA TV is ICT based learning resource for students in
remote and rural areas. This is two way audio and one way
video tool where students can learn from subject experts.
135 Government Colleges in the State are having the
facility.355 programmes were conducted through MANA
TV during 2014-15 (live programmes-93, Special live
programmes-12, recorded telecast- 250).
Academic performance assessment of

teaching staff
The department has devised academic performance
indicators (API) for lecturers & Academic & Administrative
Performance indicators (AADPI) for Principals in
consonance with UGC guidelines for assessment of teacher
performance in a systematized way and API scores are
placed on the website www.apcce.gov.in. 2072 lecturers
of Govt degree Colleges and 1453 lecturers of Pvt Aided
Colleges have submitted API scores.
Awards - State Teacher, Pratibha and

Yuvatarangam awards
56 awards were given to teachers on 5th September, 2015
on the occasion of Teachers day (University level-28,
Subjectwise-11, Subject wise awards to affiliating College
teachers-17). The Government has instituted Pratibha

awards for the students of Higher Education in recognition
to their merit. 312 awards were given to the students of
Degree Colleges on 14th November, 2015 at Tirupathi
on the occasion of Childrens day. Each awardee is given
Merit Certificate, Medal, Cash prize of Rs. 20,000/- and
Electronic Tab. The department has been celebrating a
festival of excellence called Yuvatharangam every year.
Awards are given to students for participating in various
activities (Academic-147, Cultural & Literary-105 and
Games & Sports-84 events).
District Resource Centres

District Resource Centers (DRC) were established in
select colleges of all districts in the state to optimize
utilization of resources by pooling and sharing among all
the Government Colleges in the district. This provides
additional support to students of government degree
colleges situated in semi urban, rural and remote areas.
The DRCs have been conducting activities like extension
lectures, seminars, academic competitions for students by
sharing teacher expertise, labs, library, and other learning
resources and sports infrastructural facilities. The DRC has
emerged as a platform for conducting various activities over
a period of time.
Higher Education - Position of AP in India

2
Autonomous Colleges
NBA-Accredited institutes in the State

State Wise Engineering Colleges
Colleges per Lakh Populatin
PG Enrolment
No of Colleges
Student Teacher Ratio
UG Enrolment
Total Enrolment
No. of NAAC Accreditaion Colleges
ST GER
GER
CPE Colleges
Average Enrolment per college
8
9
No of Universities
10
SC GER
17
NAAC universities with valid grade
32
Literacy Rage
0
10
As per Timeso of India news - As is one of the top states in women employabillity
15
20
25
30
35
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Knowledge Mission:
Incubation Centers, Industry Collaborations, Training in

Employability skills.
As a part of the educational reforms in the state of Andhra

Pradesh, the State Government has formulated Knowledge
Mission to develop Andhra Pradesh as a Global Knowledge
and Education Hub. Andhra Pradesh aims at becoming
one of the three best performing States of India by 2020,
and to become one of the best states in the country by
2029. The Government is adopting a two-track approach
for implementation of the Knowledge Mission:
Track-II: Creation of new premier institutions of Higher

Education.
28 Govt Degree Colleges are having WiFi connectivity on
campuses and 11 Govt degree Colleges have introduced
Biometric attendance system for faculty
Ker Performance Indicators (KPIs):

The Degree Colleges are graded based on Key Performance
Indicators like NAAC accreditation, Infrastructure facilities,
Focus on Research, Faculty Training programmes, Results
& Placements and the grades are posted on CM dashboard
(www.core.ap.gov.in/).
Track-I: Strengthening of Existing Institutions through

programmes like Curriculum upgradation, Establishment
of Smart Campuses, Allotment of credits to Online
courses, Introducing Gap Year concept, Establishment of
Type of Degree
College
No.of degree
colleges
Government
Aided
Total
A Grade
(75points &
above)
143
117
260
Technical Education
Technical Education department promotes technical
education in the State to bring out good engineers and
technicians with profound knowledge, skill, positive work
culture, improved efficiency and productivity. The ultimate
goal is to ensure effective working of our industries and to
shape our students to be competitive in the global market.
The department is responsible for development of
technical education both at degree (graduate engineers)
as well as diploma level (technicians). The department
implements policies of the state government and also
coordinates with All India Council for Technical Education
(AICTE) in processing applications for the establishment of
engineering, M.B.A., M.C.A., B. Pharmacy and polytechnic
colleges and institutions, enhancement of sanctioned
intake, introduction of new courses etc., in them.
1357
Intake of Students -3,44,551
No of Professional Colleges -
B Grade (50-75
points)
11
8
19
C Grade (35-50
points)
42
33
75
D Grade (Below
35 points)
54
42
96
36
34
70
306
No. of Polytechnic Students -86,831
No of Polytechnic Colleges -
The department encourages qualitative Technical

Education at Degree and Diploma levels through
improved standards set by AICTE and National Board
of Accreditation (NBA).
The department encourages implementation of
Government of India Schemes (MHRD) to provide
Sophisticated laboratory equipment and better
residential and training facilities for Diploma level
Students to provide quality education by creating the
stimulated industrial environment in Polytechnics
to provide hands on experience and immediate job
placements at supervisory level.
The department in coordination with Board of
Apprenticeship Training (BOAT), Ministry of Secondary
and Higher Education, Government of India and
various organizations/ industries provide apprenticeship
training to thousands of engineering graduates and
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diploma holders including sandwich courses to improve

their skills to fit into the best production centers in the
country
The department and the State Board of Technical
Education and Training A.P., conducts examination
for diploma level and certificate courses. It also on
a challenging basis implementing the e-Lessons and
as a teaching aid in all subjects and error free EDEP
(Electronic Dispatch of Exam Papers) System for
conduct of diploma exams
The department (convener for professional courses)
nominated by AP State Council for Higher Education)
conducts Web based admissions for EAMCET, ECET.
ICET and POLYCET, as per the ranks secured by
the candidates, in AP for Admissions into Professional
Courses and Diploma Level Courses. This enables the
student to attend counseling at any one of the above
places in the State as per their convenience and select
college and course of his choice. The Convener for the
Diploma Courses will be nominated by Commissioner
of Technical Education, AP.
The department encourages Internal Revenue
Generation (IRG) throughout the State in the
Polytechnics, to update their skills and find out resources
for institutional development.
Professional Colleges
Governments proactive policy has been implemented
by this department with increased intake in Technical
Institutions particularly at Degree level. At present, there
are 1357 diploma & degree level professional institutions
with an intake of 3,44,551 in the State. The details of
professional colleges and intake of students in the state are
shown in Table 8.9.
Table 8.9: Professional Colleges and intake of
Students
Type
Engineering
MCA
MBA
B. Pharmacy
Polytechnics
D.Pharmacy
Total
Polytechnics
330
201
387
115
306
18
1357
Source: Technical Education Department
Students
179360
15420
49140
12720
86831
1080
3,44,551
Initiatives to Improve Access
Polytechnic Colleges
There are 306 polytechnic institutions in the state with a
total intake of 86831 and 18 D. Pharmacy institutions
with a total intake of 1080. Details about the number and
intake in Polytechnics colleges during 20143-15 are shown
in Table 8.10.
Table 8.10: Polytechnics and Students, 2014-15
Type
Government Polytechnics
Aided Polytechnics
Pvt. Unaided Polytechnics
2nd Shift Polytechnics in
Engineering Colleges
TOTAL
D. Pharmacy Institutions
Polytechnics Students
81
16395
02
715
68
33961
155
35760
306
18
86831
1080
Source: Technical Education Department
Initiatives for Improvement of Quality

The following measures are being taken to correct the
skewed ratio in intake of engineering and diploma holders
of 4:1 as against 1:4 by increasing the intake in polytechnics
in technical education.
46 new government polytechnics were established under
Government Sector. 11 government polytechnics, 1
aided polytechnic, and 23 Private Un-Aided Polytechnics
and 171 engineering colleges were permitted second
shift polytechnics in the state. Initiated steps to start 3
community colleges under National Vocational Educational
Qualification Framework (NVEQF) to provide employment
and flexibility of studies by integrating general and
vocational education by offering courses such as 1.software
development 2. welding 3. fashion and garment technology.
Establishment of National Level

Institutions:
IIM, Visakhapatnam, Indian Institute of Technology
(IIT) at Merlapaka Village Yerpedu (M),Chittoor Dist.,
Indian Institute of Science Education Research (IISER
) at Srinivasapuram, Panguru and Chindepalle Villages
of Yerpedu (M), IIIT, Sri City, Chittoor District, National
Institute of Technology (NIT), Tadepalligudem and IIIT,
Kurnool were started in 2015-16 and two more National
level Institutes are proposed i.e. Tribal University at
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Relli in Vizianagaram District and Central University in

Ananthapuramu district for the Academic year 2016-17.
The lands have been identified for IIT and IISER at
Tirupathi and IIM at Visakhapatnam. Temporary
accommodations for these 3 institutions and necessary
steps are being taken up to commence IIT, Tirupathi and
IIM, Visakhapatnam from the academic year 2015-16,
foundation stone was laid for IIM and IIT institutes at
Visakhapatnam and Chittoor respectively. Identification
and finalization of lands to other institutions is under
process.
Schemes
a. Establishment of Skill Development

Centres
Skill Development Centre(SDC) is different from other
training providers in its objectives and mode of functioning.
While other training providers cater to different disciplines
and adopt a general skill frame work, SDC restricts itself
to students pursuing professional courses in polytechnics
and engineering colleges. A training curriculum has been
chalked out keeping in mind technical students, immediate
job needs, related skill set and support of live projects.
41 Skill Development Centers have been established in
polytechnics to provide industry relevant skill training
and to improve the quality in technical education. Each
SDC is provided with latest Desk top computing facility in
each center with 30 seating capacity and latest midrange
software. So far 10392 students have been trained in these
41 SDCs.
b. Technical Education Quality

Improvement Programme
TEQIP-II is a centrally sponsored scheme with the assistants
of World Bank being implemented in the State for improving
the quality of technical education prior to bifurcation of
State, there were 25 Engineering Colleges selected under
TEQIP-II with a tentative outlay of Rs. 263.00 crores. At
present, there are 11 selected engineering colleges and two
centres of Excellence (CoEs) in two university engineering
colleges under the purview of SPFU,AP with a tentative
outlay of Rs.88.80 crores in the ratio of 75.25 between
Central and State for the Government Institutions, and
60:20:20 share ratio between Central: State: Institutions
respectively.
c. Apprenticeship Training
The department is also providing training for engineering
graduates and diploma holders in collaboration with
BOAT, MHRD Government of India. The department
is conducting walk in interviews throughout the state to
engineers and diploma holders and number of industries
are participating in the camp for selection of Apprentices.
d. New Schemes of MHRD, GOI under

Skill Development:
The Ministry of Human Resource Development,
Government of India announced various schemes for
providing 100% direct central assistance under the scheme
of sub-Mission of Polytechnics under coordinated action
for skill development. In response to the proposals of the
State Government, the MHRD sanctioned and provided
funds under the schemes.
Sl.
No.
Scheme
Amount
No.of
Released (Rs.
Polytechnics
in crores)
Community
Development
through
Polytechnics
(CDTP)
29
11.19
Construction of
Womens Hostel
27
22.70
Strengthening
of existing
Polytechnics (Up
gradation)
35
24.40
Total
91
58.29
Other Important Schemes:
Exclusive schemes for SCs & STs

students of GMR Polytechnics:
There are 2 GMR Polytechnics in the State for SCs
Rajahmundry of East Godavari Distrct and Madanapalle
of Chittoor District. There are 3 GMR Polytechnics in
the State for STs Paderu of Visakahpatnam district,
Srisailam of Kurnool dist, Yetapaka of East Godavari
dist. The Government for the first time sanctioned the
scheme of improvement of hostels for GMR Polytechnics
for SCs and STs which is an exclusive scheme for the
benefit of SC and ST Students. The Scheme is expanded
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in technical education and more number of schemes are

included to cater the needs of SC and ST Students of
GMR Polytechnics. In the academic Year 2014-15 four
more GMR Polytechnics for STs were started one each at
Seethampeta, Gummalaxmi puram, Rampachodavaram
and K.R. Puram with an annual intake of 120 students in
two branches.
are admitted in each IIIT in the academic year 2008-09.

The Under Graduate programme at these IIITs leading to
a B.Tech Degree is six years duration. Admissions are made
after the SSC level (Class X) on the basis of marks obtained
in the board examination. All education is imparted
through the use of IT&C. Now the intake is 1000 students
for each APIIIT.
The University of Knowledge

Technologies
Buildings for Government Polytechnics

for Minorities:
The University of Knowledge Technologies (RGUKT)

cater to the educational needs of the rural youth. Two fully
residential IIITs have been established under the UKT
at Nuzvid in Krishna district and R.K. Valley in Kadapa
district. These institutes are meant to specialize in teaching
and research in Information Technology and emerging
areas of Engineering and Science. Around 2000 students
Administrative Sanction was accorded by Government

under Normal State Plan for construction of Government
Polytechnic Buildings and Additional Class Rooms/Hostels.
Family Welfare
Family Welfare department provides maternal health
care, child health care and family welfare services through
7,659 sub-centres, 1,075 Primary Health Centres, 193
Community Health Centres, 49 area hospitals, 9 district
hospitals, 6 Mother and Child Care hospitals and 11
Teaching hospitals. There are 73 Urban Family Welfare
Centres, and 193 Urban Health Centres in Urban Areas
of the State.
Improved literacy standards, raised awareness levels among
families, continuous monitoring and care of mother and
child before and after deliveries; and improvement in health
parameters is being realised over the years through the thrust
and concerted efforts that are being put in implementation
of several Medical and Health programmes.
No of Sub-centres -
7,659
1,075
No of Community Health Centres - 193
No of Area hospitals - 49
No of Primary Health Centres -
16 buildings were sanctioned in Government Polytechnics

with an estimated cost of Rs127.41 crores under different
tranches of RIDF and the construction of 10 buildings are
completed and remaining are under progress.
No of district hospitals -
No of Mother and Child Care hospitals No of Teaching hospitals.-
11
73
No of Urban Health Centres -193
No of Urban Family welfare centres -
The estimated Birth rate, Death rate and Infant Mortality

Rates for the year, 2013 in the combined state are 17.4, 7.3
and 39 respectively while it is 21.4, 7.0 and 40 for All India
(as per Sample Registration System, Bulletin Sep.2014).
The Male and Female expected life at birth in the State is
66.9 and 70.9 respectively as against the All India figures
of 67.3 and 69.6 in (2011-15). Maternal Mortality Ratio
(MMR) is defined as the proportion of maternal deaths
per 1,00,000 live births reported, which is 92 in the state as
against 167 in All India as per the latest Sample Registration
System results. Performance in Certain Health Parameters
(combined state) are shown in Table:8.11
HIGHLIGHTS

IMR
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
66
62
59
59
57
56
54
52
49
46
43
41
39
2014
39
MMR
195
(2001-03)
154
(2004-06)
134
(2007-09)
110
(2010-12)
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Health
IMR= No. of Infant deaths during the year per thousand

Live Births.
Crude Birth Crude Death

Rate
Rate
20.8
8.1
20.7
8.1
20.4
8
19
7
19.1
7.3
18.9
7.3
18.7
7.4
18.4
7.5
18.3
7.6
17.9
7.6
17.5
7.5
17.5
7.4
17.4
7.3
MMR= Maternal Mortality Ratio is proportion of

maternal deaths during the year per 1,00,000 live births
reported.
Table 8.11: Performance in

Parameters (combined state)
Year
IMR: 39
MMR:92
92
(2011-13)
Certain
17.4
Crude Birth Rate =No. of live births during the year per
1000 population.
Crude Death Rate=No. of deaths during the year per 1000
population.
Source: SRS Bulletins, Registar General, India
Demographic Goals
Implementation of
various planned departmental
programmes in a structured process over the years has
culminated in achievement of the set demographic goals
in the following manner. Details of health parameters are
7.3
Table 8.12.Status of achievement in demographic goals

District
MMR 2011-13 *
IMR 2013 *
TFR 2012 *
CPR ***
CBR *
ASR 2011 ** CSR 2011 **
Srikakulam
98
47
1.7
74.2
17
1015
954
Vizianagaram
107
45
1.5
70.4
18.4
1019
960
Vishakapatnam
115
39
1.9
66.6
16
1006
961
East Godavari
74
34
1.8
78.5
15.8
1006
968
West Godavari
80
28
1.5
78.5
15.5
1004
964
Krishna
79
25
1.7
76.4
16
992
935
Guntur
83
31
1.9
71.8
17.7
1003
945
Prakasam
87
37
1.8
70.1
18.2
981
932
SPSR Nellore
77
35
1.8
66.3
16
985
939
YSR
85
38
1.8
51.2
19.2
985
918
Kurnool
108
43
1.8
61.8
19.2
988
938
Anantapuramu
98
45
1.7
64.4
18.7
977
927
Chittoor
86
35
1.9
65.2
17.7
997
931
Andhra Pradesh
92
39
1.8
66.7
17.4
996
944
Source : Health & Family welfare department
1.*State Estimates - based on Census 2011, 2. **Census 2011, 3.***DLHS-3 - 2007-08

IMR Infant Mortality Rate (per 1000 live births), MMR Maternal Mortality Ratio (per 1 lakh live births) TFR Total
Fertility Rate, CPR Contraceptive Prevalence Rate, CBR Crude Birth Rate, ASR Adult Sex Ratio (per 1000 males),
CSR Child Sex Ratio (per 1000 males)
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A. Maternal Health Care Services
d. 24-hours Mother & Child Health Centre
The recent Economic Survey of India portrayed concern

about the high prevalence of anaemia among women and
quoted that The prevalence of anaemia among pregnant
women is a serious concern as it affects the health of the
unborn child. Among the 12 States, Andhra Pradesh,
Meghalaya, West Bengal, Tripura, Madhya Pradesh,
Haryana and Bihar have reported anaemia among more
than 50 per cent pregnant women in the age group 15-49
years. A majority of States have reported anaemia among
pregnant women.
e. Janani Suraksha Yojana
In Andhra Pradesh, Maternal Health Care Services are

being provided to pregnant woman by implementing the
following schemes/ interventions:
a. Accredited Social Health Activist
b. Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric and Neonatal
Care Services
c. Blood Bank and Blood Storage Centres
f. Village Health and Nutrition Day Centres

g. Janani Sishu Suraksha Karyakram
h. Maternal Death Review
i. Other Initiatives
Mother and Child Health Cards for every registered
pregnant women & children
Web portal for tracking mothers and children - 9.41 lakh
mothers and 9.10 lakh children were registered during
2014-15 and 4.90 lakh mothers and 4.44 lakh children
in 2015-16(up to October, 2015).
Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual Health (ARSH):
The activities include promotive, preventive, curative
and referral services. About 409 Adolescent Friendly
Health Clinics were established throughout Andhra
Pradesh.
ANC
Immu
Vaccination
Adverse Events
Exclusive breast feeding
Complementary feeding
Weight, BP, Hb
Urine Test, Blood Sugar
Fundal Height
Foetal heart rate
MCTS
V/S RCH
Objective
PNC
IFA tablet
Danger sign
Infant death
Cause/ Place
Delivery
Date/ Place/ Who/ Type

Complication
Live birth/ Still birth
Full term/ pre term
Baby cried/ Breast feeding
Birth Dose
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Care beyond
survival
Pre-conception &
Antenatal Care
Strategic Intervention
Packages in AP
C
Care
off smallll &
sick newborn
Care of healthy
newborn
Care during labour &

childbirth
I
di
Immediate
newborn care
All interventions delivered at family & community level are also available at outreach/ Sub Centre.
All interventions delivered at outreach/ Sub Centre level are also delivered at health facility level.
B. Child Health Care Services

The State Government has envisaged establishing 26 Special
New Born Care Units (SNCUs), 18 Nutrition Rehabilitation
Centres, 95 Newborn Stabilization Units (NBSUs) and 789
New Born Care Corners (NBCCs) in the state to reduce
Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) by strengthening neo-natal
care services. 21 centres will have 20 bedded facilities in
district hospitals and teaching hospitals and five will have
10 bedded facilities in area hospitals/community health
centres.
Bala Arogya Raksha (JBAR) is aimed to prevent illness

and promote health and well being of the school children,
through early detection and care, development of healthy
attitude and behavior, ensuring healthy environment at
school, prevention of communicable diseases and increased
learning capabilities. Achievements of Jawahar Bala
Aarogya Raksha Programme are shown in Annexure 8.12.
C. Family Welfare Services
i. Child Immunization
a. Sterilization Methods - Rs.600/- is given to sterilization

of women, Rs.1100/- for male sterilization and Rs.250/for all.
All infants under one year are vaccinated against VPDs such
as whooping cough, diphtheria, tetanus, polio, TB, measles,
and hepatitis-B under immunization schedule through
B.C.G, D.P.T, O.P.V., measles and hepatitis-B vaccines.
Apart from these, routine immunizations including vitaminA and intensified pulse polio immunization are also given
twice a year.
b. Medical Termination of Pregnancy Services - The

objective of the scheme is to provide MTP services
to eligible couples for termination of unwanted
pregnancies. These services are being provided at all
Government hospitals in the state. 2,115 patients during
2014-15 and 1,200 patients 2015-16 (upto October
2015) benefited under this scheme.
ii. Jawahar Bala Aarogya Raksha
c. Family Planning indemnity Scheme- To provide

insurance to sterilization beneficiaries through
A revitalized school health program known as Jawahar
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authorized insurance agency. Rs.2.00 Lakh is given on

death of a sterilization beneficiary due to sterilization
operation within 7 days from the date of discharge
from the hospital and Rs.50,000 for death between 8 to
30 days, and Rs.30,000 for failure of sterilization and
a maximum of Rs.25,000 as expenses for treatment
of medical complication arising due to sterilization
operation. 2.08 lakh sterilisations have been done during
2015-16 (upto January 2016), of which 12 cases of
deaths, 2 cases of complications and 4 cases of failures
ocuured during the period.
D. Urban Slum Health Services

To provide preventive, promotive and curative services to
people living in urban slum areas. There are 193 Urban
Health centres functioning in the state through NGOs with
State government funds. Each urban health centre covers
15,000 to 20,000 people in slum areas.
E. Tribal Health Services

To improve delivery of effective, accessible and quality
health services to tribal citizens living in agency areas.
F. Preconception and Prenatal Diagnostic Techniques - To
prevent female feticide and to improve female sex ratio.
G. Community Involvement
Community engagement to improve health services in the
periphery through the following schemes and interventions.
i. Untied Funds
ii. Village Health and Sanitation Committee
H. Special Initiatives
The state is implementing emergency transportation to aid
patients in health emergencies, fixed day health services to
converge services in each rural habitation for identification,
diagnosis, treatment, record keeping and referral of high
risk cases and health information help line to provide health
advice and health counseling to public.
a. Emergency Health Transportation Scheme
433 ambulances with trained technical staff are available
24 hours /365 days through 108 - toll-free telephone
numbers were made operational to cover the entire
State. 6.00 lakh patients were transported under the
scheme during 2014 and 4.18 lakh patients transported

till Oct. 2015.
b. Fixed Day Health Services
275 mobile health vehicles are placed in all districts
to provide once-a-month fixed day service at the rural
habitations located 3 km beyond a PHC or CHC
according to pre-determined calendar to conducts
provide pregnancy monitoring, treat infant, child and
chronic ailments. Each mobile health vehicle is equipped
with medical and basic laboratory equipment to perform
basic lab tests, a cold chain unit to store vaccines and
blood samples. 55.55 lakh patients utilized these services
during 2014-15, and 48.95 lakh patients utilized these
services during 2015-16 (up to October 2015).
c. Health Information Helpline
For comprehensive management of issues related to
pregnant women, Government initiated process for
establishment of 102 call centres. Through call centre,
services provider to every pregnant women with special
attention on high risk pregnant women will be monitored
and ensures the ANC checkups Birth plan and referral
transport. 9.61 lakhs pregnant women including 1.44
lakhs High Risk Pregnant Women and 8.42 lakhs infants
have been benefitted. Details of achievements of Family
Welfare Programme and immunization are given in
Annexure 8.13.
Dr. NTR
VAIDYA SEVA
NTR Vaidya Seva scheme counts to be one of the pioneers
in terms of achieving equity and providing accountable
and evidence-based good-quality health-care services in
the state to assist poor families from catastrophic health
expenditure. The aim of the scheme is to provide Health
Coverage to BPL families. The scheme is a unique PPP
model in the field of Health, tailor made to the health needs
of poor patients and provides end-to-end cashless services
for identified diseases under secondary and tertiary care
through a network of service providers from Government
and private sector. The scheme has established a demandside mechanism that mobilizes and channels additional
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public financing to health, introduced an explicit benefits

package, pioneered cashless care and fostered public private
partnerships.
The IEC activity during the health camps, screening,
counseling and treatment of common ailments in the
health camps and out-patient services in network hospitals
is supplementing the government health care system in
preventive and primary care. In order to facilitate effective
implementation of the scheme, the State Government
set up the Aarogyasri Health Care Trust, which, in
consultation with the specialists in the field of healthcare,
runs the scheme.
The choice of hospital for treatment is with the patient. The
entire process from the time of conduct of health camps to
the screening, diagnosing , treatment, follow- up and claim
payment is made transparent through online web based
processing to prevent any misuse and fraud. The scheme
is complimentary to facilities available in Government
Hospitals and put together provides Health Coverage to
BPL population including Prevention, Primary care and InPatient care. All the Primary Health Centres (PHCs) which
are the first contact point, Area/District Hospitals and
Network Hospitals, are provided with Help Desks manned
by Vaidya Mithra to facilitate the illiterate patients.
Under NTR Aarogyaseva, the ceiling on the cost of
treatment has been raised to Rs.2.5 lakh. Besides, 100
diseases are covered a new taking the total number of
diseases covered by the scheme to 1038. The Government
is committed to strengthen and revamp the health sector.
Geometry of health coverage

The beneficiaries of the scheme are the members of
Below Poverty Line (BPL) families as enumerated and
photographed in White Ration Card linked with Aadhar
card and available in Civil Supplies Department database.
There shall be no co-payment under this scheme. The
scheme shall provide coverage for the 1044 Listed
Therapies for identified diseases in the 29 categories.
Follow-up services are provided for a period of one year
through fixed packages to the patients whoever requires
long term follow-up therapy in order to get optimum benefit
from the procedure and avoid complications. Follow-up
package for consultation, investigations, drugs etc., for
one year for listed therapies were formulated by Technical
committee of the Trust in consultation with specialists are
listed in website: www.aarogyasri.gov.in. The Scheme is

intended to benefit 130.98 lakh families in all districts of
the state.
Dr.NTR Vaidyaseva Trust- Implementing

agency
In order to implement the scheme in a dynamic and hassle
free manner, Government of AP established an independent
trust Dr.NTR Vaidyaseva Trust.
Network hospitals - service providers

A health care provider shall be a hospital or nursing home
in the state both from public and private sector established
for indoor medical care and treatment of disease and
injuries and should be registered under Andhra Pradesh
Private Allopathic Medical Establishments (Registration
& Regulation) Act and Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal
Diagnostic Techniques Act (wherever applicable).
District administration- mobilization

District level monitoring committees implementing
the scheme through regular review meetings and also
help mobilize patients by encouraging them to attend
camps, conducting awareness campaigns through
peoples representatives, Self Help Groups and other field
functionaries.
Technology Solutions
A dedicated real-time online workflow system was
designed by the Trust in order to bring dynamism and
decentralization of work like Online processing of the cases
starting from registration of case at first referral center,
health camps etc., registration at network hospital, preauthorization, treatment and other services at the hospital,
discharge and post treatment follow-up, claim settlement,
payment gateway, accounting system, TDS deductions,
e-office solutions etc. The maintenance of the workflow is
done round the clock.
Performance of the Scheme

0.237 lakh Medical camps were conducted by the network
hospitals in rural areas and 50.23 lakh patients screened
in these health camps since inception of the scheme up to
December 2015. 39.70 lakh patients were treated as outpatients and 21.86 lakh patients treated as in-patients in all
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532 active hospitals under NTR Vaidya sevathe scheme so

far. 19.99 lakh therapies were pre-authorised at the cost of
Rs.5330.02 crore. District-wise details (up to Dec, 2015) are
Cochlear implantation surgery and Audio Verbal Therapy

(AVT) for one year to the totally deaf children of below two
years for Pre-lingual deafness and 12 years of age for Post
lingual deafness.
Impact on Health Scenario
Andhra Pradesh
Vaidya Vidhana
Parishad
i) Changing Tertiary care profile

ii) Improvement in documentation and regulatory effect on
Hospitals
iii) Improvement in quality of services:
iv) Establishing Medical Protocols tailor-made to local
situations
v) Performance of Government Hospitals
104 seva kendram:

This is an integrated call center established by the Govt
of A.P. on 1.10.2015 which functions round the clock
for grievances redressal pertaining to medical and health
department. The services offered by the 104 seva kendram
are two types a) Inbound services - health advice, medical
advice, health information, counseling, blood bank
information, complaint registry, employees health scheme
b) out bound services- health advice, monitoring and
evaluation of mother and child health services, feedback
of Dr. NTR Vaidya Seva. 53 lakh calls were registered
under inbound services and 6 lakhs were registered under
outbound services so far.
Health Schemes
The trust is implementing the employees health scheme
run by the government for providing health coverage of
all regular state government employees provincialized work
charged employees, provincialized employees of localbodies
all service pensioners, re-employed service pensioners,
family pensioners, their dependent family members for
1885 notified therapies in the empanelled network hospitals.
The trust is offering health services to the Accredited Print
and Electronic Media Journalists and accredited freelance
journalists on the lines of employees health scheme.
New initiatives
The trust has introduced the coverage of epidemic and
communicable diseases like dengue in 2014 to treat the
poor in crisis. Financial assistance of Rs.6.50 lakh is being
provided under the Trust to the BPL patients undergoing
Andhra Pradesh Vaidya Vidhana Parishad (APVVP) is an

autonomous organization funded by the Government of
Andhra Pradesh, started functioning from March 1st 1987
to manage secondary level hospitals. At present there are
114 hospitals under the control of APVVP in the State and
the details are shown in Table 8.13.
Table 8.13: Hospitals and Beds
Type of Hospitals
District Hospitals
Area hospitals
Community Health Centers
Speciality Hospitals
FRUs in Urban areas
Dispensaries
Additional beds in hospitals
Total
Hospitals
8
31
70
4
0
1
0
114
Beds
2200
3100
2820
320
0
0
2369
10809
Source: AP Vaidya Vidhana Parishad
Hospital Activities
APVVP hospitals provide outpatient services, inpatient
services (including emergency & surgical), diagnostic
services and laboratory services. These hospitals along
with the Primary Health Centers and Teaching hospitals
(Tertiary Hospitals) act as a platform for implementation of
various national health programs like Malaria, Tuberculosis,
Family welfare, AIDS, etc.
The APVVP deals exclusively with the middle level
hospitals of bed strength ranging from 30 to 350. These
institutions also referred to as secondary hospitals or first
referral hospitals and are called District Hospitals, Area
Hospitals and CHCs depending on bed strength.
The District Hospitals (DH) provide service with a bed
strength ranging from 200-350 and ten clinical specialities
like Obstetrics & Gynecology, Pediatrics, General Medicine,
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General Surgery, Orthopedics, Ophthalmology, ENT,

Dental & others.
The Area Hospitals (AH) provide services with 100 beds
and four clinical specialities like Obstetrics & Gynecology,
Pediatrics, General Medicine and General Surgery.
The Community Health Centres (CHC) with 30-50 beds
provide health care in one clinical specialty. These Hospitals
are provided with professional Staff (Doctors, Nurses and
Paramedics) and medical equipment depending upon their
service levels and bed strength. Drugs are provided to all
Hospitals by the Central drug stores under APHMHIDC
as per the requirements.
There are 26 blood banks and 38 blood storage centres are

functioning in APVVP Hospitals in the State. These blood
banks are providing blood to the needy patients in the
Hospitals. There are 766 Doctors, 2036Nursing and 917
Paramedical, 435 Administration cadres working for health
care in the state. The junior level ministerial services are
taken on third party or outsourcing basis. Sanitation and
cleaning services are contracted to third party agencies and
other non-clinical services like security are provided mostly
through third party or contract basis.
Hospital Performance
The comparative performance of hospital activities in nine
key indicators are shown in Table 8.14.
Table 8.14: Performance Indicators of Hospital
Activities (Nos in Lakh)
Out patients
Inpatients
Major
Surgeries
Sterilizations
Deliveries
Ultra Sono
Graphy
X- Rays
E.C.G
Lab Tests
(Lakh Nos.)
157.65
13.34
0.71
164.35
13.53
0.68
2015-16 Upto
Sep2015
80.63
7.23
0.38
0.69
1.27
1.23
0.64
1.23
1.17
0.29
0.64
0.63
3.34
0.90
64.01
3.41
0.9.
64.43
1.81
0.49
35.67
2013-14
2014-15
Source: AP Vaidya Vidhana Parishad
Under NRHM 11 SNCU, 5 NRC, 84 NBSU, 59 CEMONC,

12 Tribal Hospitals are functioning in APVVP Hospitals. 3
MCH Hospitals are established in APVVP Hospitals.
Special Care New born Units

Government sanctioned 11 SNCUs to APVVP hospitals.
These units provide special medical care and treatment to
low birth weight new born babies and premature babies.
The Performance of SNCU in APVVP Hospitals are
shown in the below Table.8.15
Table 8.15: Special Care New born Units
Blood Banks and Human resources
Indicator
Performance of National Rural Health

Mission
Births under SNCU
No. of units (AprilAugust, 2015)
Birth weight of babies

>2500gm
7360
<2500gm
2175
1500-2499gm
1616
1000-1499gm
428
Preterm births(Gestation)
94
>37 weeks
5867
<37 weeks
1808
No. of new borns who required

resuscitation at birth
554
Trauma Care Centres

The Government has taken up establishment of trauma
care centres in 5 APVVP Hospitals located in the state to
provide immediate emergency Medical care to accident
victims.
New Born Stabilization Units

84 new born NBSU are located in APVVP hospitals in the
state. The NBSUs are used to stabilize new born babies.
During April to August 2015, 14600 cases were admitted,
13341 were discharged, 795 were referrals and 41 were
deaths.
Nutritional Rehabilitation Centres

There are 5 NRCs in the APVVP hospitals. These NRCs
provide care to sick and malnourished children. During
April to August 2015, 714 cases were admitted and 693
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cases were discharged, 465 were discharged with target

weight gain, 18 cases were referrals and 687 cases were
children followed up.
Performance of Janani Shishu Suraksha

Karyakram under NRHM, RCH-II
Programme
NTR Aarogya Seva (Aarogyasri)
Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram scheme is being

implemented at the Hospital level. Under Janani Shishu
Suraksha Karyakram in APVVP hospitals.The Scheme
aims to provide cashless deliveries, free transport facilities
and care to sick new born for 1year after birth, make local
purchase of emergency drugs and consumables, facilitate
diagnostics for ANC checkups and provide free blood and
free diet.
Aarogyasri scheme was introduced on 01.04.2007 In

all district hospitals, most of the Area Hospitals and a
few CHCs have empanelled, based on the availability of
specialists and equipment were covered. There is a gradual
increase in the number of cases treated in the APVVP
hospitals.
Health
TB Control Programme
National Vector Borne Diseases Control

Program
The National Vector Borne Diseases Control
Programme(NVBDCP) deals with Malaria, Japanese
Encephalitis, Suspected Viral Encephalitis, Dengue,
Chikungunya, Filaria and Kala Azar under an umbrella
program with broad objectives of Prevention of deaths
due to vector borne diseases and Reduction of morbidity.
The major strategies include: 1. Early diagnosis and prompt
treatment of all vector borne disease cases, 2. Integrated
Vector Control Measures through adoption of insecticidal
spray operations, personal prophylactic measures and
source reduction method, 3. Capacity building and 4, Inter
sectoral co-ordination between the medical, health and
other departments, Health education. Details on Vector
borne diseases are shown in Table 8.16.
Table 8.16: Vector Borne Diseases
Diseases
2014
2015(upto Oct,2015)
Cases
Deaths
Malaria
21077
20133
Dengue
1334
2212
Chikungunya
Cases
Deaths
119
51
JE
31
Filaria
40
25
Source: Directorate of Health.
The Revised National TB Control Programme (RNTCP)

was launched in 1995 with DFID aid. RNTCP coverage
of AP was completed in a phased manner by February
2004. The RNTCP has developed National Strategic Plan
to be implemented during 2012-17, the nation 12th Five
Year Plan period, with following vision and objectives for
RNTCP.
The main goal of the programme is to ensure Universal
Access to quality TB diagnosis & treatment for all
pulmonary & extra pulmonary TB Patients including drug
resistant and HIV associated TB.
Objectives of Revised National TB

Control Programme
To achieve 90% notification rate for all types of TB cases
To Achieve 90% success rate for all new and 85% for
re-treatment cases
To significantly improve the successful outcomes of
treatment of Drug Resistant TB
To achieve decreased morbidity and mortality of HIV
associated TB
To improve outcomes of TB care in the private sector.
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Year-wise details are shown below.

Year
Total case detection

rate (142)
New smear +ve

detection achieved
Smear conversion
(expected 90%)
Cure rate expected

(85%)
2012
131
80%
91%
87%
2013
124
75%
90%
86%
2014
128
78%
90%
87%
2015 (upto Sep)
120
74%
92%
87%
Source: Directorate of Health
National Program for Control of

Blindness
National program for control of blindness was started
in 1976 to reduce prevalence of Blindness from 1.4% to
0.3% by 2020. The present rate is 1% as per the survey of
Government of India.
Objectives
To provide high quality eye care to affected population
To expand coverage of eye care services to the underserved areas
To reduce the backlog of blindness
To develop institutional capacity for eye care services
Cataract Operations
3.05 lakh cataract operations were conducted during 201415 and 2.04 lakh operations conducted during 2015-16
(upto October 2015).
Details about School Children Eye screening are shown in
Table 8.17.
Table 8.17: School Children Eye Screening (Nos.)
Item
Teachers Trained
School Children eye Screened
School Children detected with
Reff. Errors
Distribution Free Glass
Eye Ball Collection
2014-15
2015-16
(up to Oct
2015)
8171
6573
1281404
930303
65363
39151
41633
2628
6956
20492094
Source: Directorate of Health
National Leprosy Eradication

Programme (NLEP)
The disease Leprosy has a long incubation period (few
weeks to 20 years), therefore needs a longer period of
surveillance. Since the programme aims for eradication i.e.,

zero case of leprosy as the ultimate goal, sustained control
measures need to continue during the 12th plan period.
National Leprosy Eradication Programme (NLEP) was
launched in 1983 with the objective to arrest the disease
activity in all the known cases of leprosy. The disease has
come down to a level of elimination i.e. less than one case
per 10,000 population at the national level by December
2005.
Integrated Disease Surveillance Project

Integrated Disease Surveillance Project (IDSP) is a
decentralized, district based surveillance programme
intended to detect early warning signals of impending
outbreaks and help initiate an effective response in a timely
manner. Syndromic (Form S), Presumptive (Form P) and
Confirmed (Form L) are the different types of surveillance
under IDSP.
National Iodine Deficiency Disorders

Control Program
Iodine is a micro nutrient and the body requires 100
-150 gms of iodine for normal body growth and
mental development. Iodine Deficiency is the single most
common cause of preventable mental retardation and
brain damage. Iodine deficiency in pregnant women may
cause miscarriages, still birth and birth defects. Children
with Iodine Deficiency grow up stunted, less active and
may be retarded with impaired movement or hearing.
National Iodine Deficiency Disorders Control programme
is implemented as 100% Government of India sponsored
scheme since 1962 with defined objectives foussing around
encouraging use of iodized salt.
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Action Plan 2015-16
Prevention
Conducting surveys in Districts and assess the magnitude

of IDD
Tobacco consumption, poor dietary, habits, sedentary life

style and stress etc., are the main preventable factors for
NCDs.
Conducting awareness campaign in Districts to create

awareness about IDD and use of Iodized salt
Coordinating with the civil supplies department to
ensure apply of Iodized salt through PDS and conducted
meetings to increase awareness about consumption of
iodised and standards of FSSAI.
Training of ASHA, ANMs and AWW for community
Awareness and monitoring
Training of Health inspectors and Food-Drug Inspectors
Tobacco Related Diseases and Control

Tobacco use is one of the common factors for 4 major
non communicable diseases like Cancer, Cardio-vascular
diseases, and accounts for more than two third of all new
cases of NCD. Tobacco use alone accounts for one in six
of all deaths resulting from NCD.
National Tobacco Control Programme

The National Tobacco Control Programme was launched
by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government
of India in 2007- 08.
National Programme for Prevention

and Control of Diabetic, Cancer,
Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke
Objectives
Prevent and control common NCDs through behavior
and life style changes
Provide early diagnosis and management of common
NCDs
Build capacity at various levels of health care for
prevention, diagnosis and treatment of common NCDs
Train human resource within the public health setup like
doctors, paramedics and nursing staff to cope with the
increasing burden of NCDs
Establish and develop capacity for palliative and
rehabilitative care
Action Plan
To conduct health promotion and screening activities at sub
cenres, to conduct health promotion, conduct tests, diagnose
and treat NCDs at the PHC and CHC levels, Diagnosis
and management of cases of CVDs, Diabetes, Stroke
and Cancer at district hospital/medical hospital level, to
ensure monitoring and evaluation of the programmes and
interventions on NCDs at district NCD cell and training,
conducting IEC awareness from the level of state NCD cell.
Screening for diabetes

Year
No of
Persons
screened
Suspected
of Diabetes
(>140mg/dl)
Hypertension
(> 140 / 90
mmhg)
2014-15 681387
83838
75342
2015-16 139938
50130
56152
National Programme for Health Care of

Elderly Objectives
To provide easy access to promotional, preventive,
curative and rehabilitative services to elderly through
community based primary health care approach
To identify health problems in the elderly and provide
appropriate health interventions in the community
with a strong referral backup support
To build capacity of medical and paramedical
professionals as well as care-takers
To provide referral services to the elderly patients through
district hospitals and regional medical institutions
Activities at the State Level

Community awareness
Planning, Monitoring & Supervision
Human Resources Training
October 1st is observed as the International Day for Older
persons (IDOP). All institutions like District Hospitals
Area Hospitals; CHCs which were identified for NPHCE
Programme conducted free Health Camps for all Senior
Citizens.
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The spaces are being identified in district hospitals to

establish geriatric wards. Physiotherapy care and cardiac
care equipment have been supplied to the 55 CHCs covered
under the programme. Trainings are being done at district
level to train staff on using physiotherapy equipment.
Procurement of equipment has been done at APHMHIDC
and supplied to the districts.
National Programme for Prevention and

Control of Fluorosis
Fluorosis is a crippling and painful disease caused by fluoride
intake. Fluoride can enter the body through drinking water,
food, toothpaste, mouth rinses and other dental products,
drugs, and fluoride dust and fumes from industries using
fluoride containing salt and or hydrofluoric acid.
Objectives
To collect, assess and use baseline survey data of
Fluorosis for starting project assessment about the extent
of the problem in the state
Identification and quantification of the different
channels of exposure of fluoride
Developing promoting and scaling up integrated

approach of fluorosis management
Creating awareness and capacity building of stake
holders about Fluorosis and its management
Creating a comprehensive knowledge and database
Implementation
The Government of India sanctioned the National
Programme for Prevention and Control of Fluorosis in
Prakasam district during 2011-12.
Conducting surveys in districts to assess magnitude of
Fluorosis
Conducting awareness campaign in districts to generate
awareness about Fluorosis
To organize State level stake-holders workshop
IEC and campaigns
Conduct school awareness programmes and include
material on Fluorosis in school curriculum in primary
and higher education. CBSE, NCERT, State Boards
and UGC may be requested to include the Fluorosis
topic in Syllabi at various levels of education including
medical education. Details of the school survey report
on NPPCF is shown in Table 8.18.
Table 8.18: Status on National Programme for Prevention and Control of Fluorosis (upto Sept 2015)
School Survey Report
Sl.
No
District
No. of Schools
Surveyed
No. of Children
Examined
No. of Children with Dental

Fluorosis Confirmed
% of Children with
confirmed Dental Fluorosis
Nellore
208
8830
1128
12.77
Prakasam
578
14993
3472
23.16
Guntur
212
6375
1962
30.77
Total
998
30198
6562
21.73
Source : Department of Health
Details of the Community Survey on NPPCF are shown in Table 8.19.

Table 8.19: Status on National Programme for Prevention and Control of Fluorosis Consolidated Community
Survey 2014-15 (up to Sept, 2015)
(Number)
District
Villages surveyed
persons examined
Suspected cases of
Dental Fluorosis
confirmed cases of
Skeletal Fluorosis
Guntur
135
19413
1286
1370
Nellore
217
24226
2411
Prakasam
546
59127
16245
2126
Source : Department of Health.
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Aids Control Society

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that
eventually causes Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
(AIDS), a global public health problem as more than 35
million people are living with HIV/AIDS worldwide. The
HIV epidemic has been one of the most challenging modern
public health problems for India. Provisional estimates put
the number of people living with HIV in India at 25 lakhs
and 3 lakhs in Andhra Pradesh.
A multipronged approach of service delivery integrating
various components of HIV prevention, care, support
and treatment during last NCAPs resulted decreasing
trend of HIV prevalence, evidenced by the HIV Sentinel
Surveillance (HSS), APSACS now gears up for the fourth
phase of NACP. The goal of NACP phase IV is accelerate
reversal and integrate response objectives.
The fourth phase of National AIDS Control Programme
(NACP) is being implemented across the country by
the National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) in a
response to the epidemic.
Objectives of NACP- IV:

Reduce new infections by 50% (2007 baseline of NACP-III)
Comprehensive care, support and treatment to all
persons living with HIV/AIDS.
Key Strategies under NACP-IV:

Intensifying & consolidating prevention services with a
focus on High Risk Groups
Increasing access and promoting comprehensive care,
support and treatment
Expanding IEC services for (a) General population (b)
HRGs with a focus on behaviour change & demand
generation
Strengthening Institutional capacities at national, state,
district & facility levels
Strengthening Strategic Information Management Systems
Key challenges for NACP-IV:

Growing treatment needs

Continued stigma and discrimination
Dwindling international donor support to HIV/AIDS
Emerging epidemics in new pockets due to vulnerabilities
such as migration
Integration with larger health systems in State for

sustaining access to HIV/AIDS services
Mainstreaming of HIV/AIDS with other government
ministries and departments
94% of the infection is through sexual transmission, 4%
parent to child, 0.6% through injecting drug use, and 0.4%
through blood and blood products. The reasons for such
high prevalence of HIV are high promiscuous behaviour
and sexual encounters with non-regular partners, high
prevalence of sexually transmitted illnesses among
intercourse partners, low condom usage with non-regular
sexual partners, large migrant population, large network of
national highways, human trafficking and most importantly
awareness not resulting in behavioural change. SACS has
been providing prevention, treatment, care and support
services through the establishments in the state. The details
are shown in Table 8. 20.
Table 8.20: SACS Key establishments and service
facilities
S.
No
1a
1b
1c
1d
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Name of the Service Centre

Integrated Counselling & Testing
Centers(Stand alone ICTC)
Facility Integrated ICTCs (in
PHCs i.e. FI-ICTCs)
ICTCs in (PPP Model) Private
Hospitals
Mobile ICTCs
Total ICTCs
Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART)
Centers
Link ART Centers
Link ART Centers(+)
Blood Banks
Designated STI/RTI Centers
(Suraksha Clinics)
Targeted Interventions (to be
scalled upto 115)
No. of districts in which LWS is
implemented(except Guntur)
Government supported
Community Care Centers
Adolescent Education
programmes in secondary schools
Red Ribbon Clubs in degree
colleges
Source: Aids Control Society
Establishments
215
1095
128
15
1453
40
90
37
114
55
100
12
36
659
1327
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Details of Establishments and Facilities under Blood

Components are shown Table No. 8.21
Table No. 8.21: Establishments and Facilities under
Blood components
Total Blood Banks
DAC Supported Blood Banks
Model Blood Banks
Major Blood Banks with BCSU
Major Blood Banks without BCSU
District Level Blood Banks
SRL
Mobile Bus
Blood Transportation van
114
61
1
11
6
43
7
1
11
Performance
Total Collections
405703
DAC supported collection
236451
DAC VBD collection
202364
% of DAC supported VBD

Camps (DAC Supported)
86
1128
Details of ICTC programme performance during 201415 and 2015-16 (upto Sep 2015) with non ANC and ANC
are given in Annexure 8.15 & Annexure 8.16 and Ante
Retroviral Therapy Program (ART) performance in 201415 and 2015-16(upto Sep,2015) are given in Annexure 8.17
Special Campaigns /Programs /

Initiatives by APSACS
Convergence and Advocacy on HIV/AIDS with District
Administration to create enabling environment in the
districts, Project Director, APSACS took initiative for
inter-sectorial convergence using video conference for real
time review.
Mamatha plus campaign

As a result of the Mamatha campaign, more than 5000
ANMs across the State were trained and capacitated for
reaching out to pregnant women, especially in the rural
areas and promote HIV screening among them. This was
leveraged by the subsequent Mamatha Plus campaign
under which the new triple drug regimen by W.H.O
was effectively implemented in more than 2300 positive
pregnant women for the prevention of mother to child by
linking all the positive ANC mothers to comprehensive

care, support and treatment services and thereby reducing
the vertical transmission rates to less than 2%.
Raktha Bandhu campaign:

For promoting Voluntary Blood donation more so among
youth and spread awareness regarding usage of safe blood
and blood products.
IEC Activities: World AIDS Day

APSACS successfully observed World AIDS Day on Dec 1st,
2014. Various activities such as public events, involvement
of celebrities, politicians, competitions, awards, release of
IEC display etc., were organised.
Mainstreaming activities and Youth

interventions:
Trainings to Para Medical (from National Leprosy
Eradication) staff, industrial workers, urban slums, Self
Help Groups under MEPMA (Mission for Elimination
of Poverty under Municipal Areas), youth under Yuva
Kiranalu on HIV/AIDS were organized.
The Adolescent Education Programme

(AEP)
In collaboration with SCERT, this schoolbased programme
is being implemented in 8,000 secondary schools across
the state with the objective of reaching out students in age
group of 12-15 years.
Strategy for High-Risk Population

The primary focus of prevention activities is to prevent
transmission of HIV virus among High Risk groups like
female sex workers (FSW), male sex with male (MSM),
intravenous drug users (IDUs), truckers and migrants. The
coverage for the targeted population has been streamlined
through up scaling and realignment of interventions based
on revised mapping of HRG in the state. The HRGs are
covered by NGOs supported by APSACS.
The package of
services provided to the targeted
population for prevention of HIV are correct and
consistent use of condom, STI management through NGO
run, private practitioners and Government run STI clinics,
enabling environment through advocacy, extension of
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HIV testing services at ICTC. Other need based support

for social entitlements community organizations and
capacity building support have also extended to strengthen
the program. Link workers scheme focused on covering
scattered HRGs in rural areas is being implemented in all
districts of the state.
Employed Led Model

Employed Led Model (ELM) is introduced from 2015. At
present there are 4 ELMS 2 in Chittoor, one in Guntur,
one in Krishna. These ELMs will be further scaled up in
co-ordination with NACO.
District Level Networks

Under GIPA (Greater involvement of People Living with
HIV /AIDS a new wave has been created in the state to
involve more PLHAs to participate in all HIV/AIDS
initiatives to promote positive prevention. Women Support
Groups with positive women have also been formed and
are marching towards empowerment and self-sustainability.
One of the major objectives of these networks is to reduce
the stigma & discrimination at community level.
Women
Development And
Child Welfare
The Constitution of India guarantees equality of
opportunity, equal pay for equal work, no discrimination to
all women. It also allows special provisions to be made by
the State in favour of women and children for securing just
and humane conditions of work that renounce practices
derogatory to the dignity of women.
Women now participate in all activities such as education,
politics, media, art and culture, service sectors, science and
technology, etc. All out efforts are being made for development
and welfare of children whose overall development is
recognized as the ideal way for fostering national human
resources. The National Charter for Children notified in the
year 2004 underlines the commitment to childrens rights to
survival, health and nutrition, standard of living, play and
leisure, early childhood care, education, protection of the
girl child, empowering adolescents etc. The following are

the Government run institutions for Women and Children
to cater to their needs in difficult circumstances.
Institutions
The department is running 46 Homes for Children and 21
Institutions for women to cater to the needs of children and
women.
A. Service Homes
Three Service homes are functioning in the State at West
Godavari, Nellore and Anantapuramu districts. At present,
there are 120 inmates as against the sanctioned strength
of 405. These Homes are meant for rehabilitation of
socially and economically deprived categories of women in
the age group of 18-35 years. The inmates are provided
necessary training for skill up-gradation in various trades
and condensed courses for appearing in 7th and 10th class.
Food, shelter, clothing and medical care is provided in these
homes.
B. State Homes
Two State Homes are functioning in the state at Srikakulam
and Rajahmundry with 81 inmates as against the
sanctioned strength of 200. These Homes are meant
for women discharged from correctional institutions and
women who are unable to protect themselves. Food, shelter
and clothing are provided besides imparting training in
various trades for self-employment, wage employment/ job
employment.
C. Homes for the Aged

There is one Home functioning in the State at Chittoor
with 24 inmates at present, against the sanctioned strength
of 30. This Home provides peaceful and comfortable living
for the old destitute women above 60 years of age with
food, shelter and clothing.
D. Homes for Collegiate Girls

There are 4 homes functioning in the State at Vizianagaram,
Tanuku, Guntur and Tirupati with 140 inmates at present, as
against the sanctioned strength of 170. Inmates of childrens
homes who pass 10th Class and are in the 15-25 years age
group are admitted in these homes to pursue higher studies
and allowed to stay for a maximum period of 5 years.
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E. Working Womens Hostels

11 Hostels are functioning in the State with 570 inmates at
present, as against the sanctioned strength of 610. These
hostels provide food, shelter and security to middle class
working women. Women earning a monthly income of
less than Rs.5,000/- are eligible for admission in class A
cities and those getting less than Rs.4,500/- are eligible for
admission in other cities and towns. The inmates contribute
mess charges and other administrative expenditure like
water and electricity charges.
Certain innovative schemes were introduced in childrens

homes like Computer Training / Sports, Yoga / Special
Coaching for 6th to 10th classes / Bul Buls and guides,
training in creative arts etc. for overall improvement of
childrens knowledge. Diet charges are @ Rs.750/- per
child up to 7th class and @ Rs.850/- per month per child
for students from 8th to 10th class.
Out of 273 inmates, 236 have passed 10th class from
departmental institutions and secured 86% results for the
year 2014 -2015.
Ujjawala Scheme
Orphan Certificate
Five Ujjawala Homes are working in 4 districts of West

Godavari, Guntur, SPS Nellore and Ananthapuramu
for prevention of trafficking, rescue, rehabilitation and
repatriation of rescued victims of trafficking and run by
the NGOs with 338 inmates and funded by Government
of India. 196 inmates are being provided vocational
trainings. Of which 249 inmates reintegrated with their
families. 51 inmates provided placements and 16 inmates
are transferred to other homes.
Government issued orders to earmark 3% of the seats for

orphans/destitute in the age appropriate class in Residential
Schools, Residential Junior Colleges and Residential Degree
Colleges run by Welfare Departments and Education
Department. Government issued instructions to create
awareness among NGOs regarding procedure to obtain
Orphan Certificate. Every district shall have a Monitoring
Committee for the management of the institution and
monitoring the progress of every child under Rule 55 of
Juvenile Justice (Care & Protection of Child) Rules, 2007.
Swadhar Shelter Homes

Eight Swadhar Shelter Homes are working in 7 districts
of Kurnool, West Godavari, Guntur, Visakhapatnam,
YSR and Vizianagaram to care for women in difficult
circumstances aim at covering primary needs and run by
the NGOs with 399 inmates and funded by Government of
India. The home strength ranges from 50-100 beneficiaries.
419 inmates are being provided vocational trainings. Of
which 234 reintegrated with their families. 53 provided
placements and 19 has been transferred to other homes.
Institutions for Children

Children Homes
Children homes are meant for girl orphans, semi-orphans,
children of disabled parents and ex servicemen. Children
in the age group of 6-10 years and in special cases up to
12 years are admitted. Children are provided boarding,
shelter, clothing and medical care till 10th class or 18 years
of age whichever is earlier. There are 46 childrens homes
functioning in the State. The sanctioned strength of each
home is 60. There are 2704 children admitted as against
the total sanctioned strength of 3110. Minimal charges
are Rs.75/- per month per inmate in the childrens homes.
Adoption
Agencies (Sisugruhas)
Abandoned infants and orphans below six years of age

are admitted in Sishuvihars and Sisugruhas. The children
of Sishuvihar are given for legal adoption to childless
couples. There is one Sishuvihar at Chittoor. There are 14
Sishugrehas in the State of Andhra Pradesh. The sanction
strength of each sishugreha is ten. During 2015-16, 43
Children were given for adoption to Prospective adoptive
parents.
Domestic Violence Act 2005 and Rules

2006 (DV Act No - 2005)
The Government took a proactive role to facilitate
implementation of the Protection of Women from
Domestic Violence Act 2005. Under this Act, various reliefs
like Protection Orders, Residence Order, Maintenance
Order and Custody of Children provided to the victims of
Domestic Violence.55 protection officers and 54 Service
providers in Domestic Violence cells were established in
every District to offer counseling and assistance to women
who approach these units. Annually Rs.122.78 lakh is being
spent by the Department to facilitate proper implementation
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of the Act. Under this act 17094 Petitions are received, of

which 8464 DIRs filed and 4631 are compromised through
counseling and 385 Interim Orders received and 2541 final
Orders are issued so far.
Mini Anganwadi CentersBeneficiaries( SNP)
6837
34.58 lakh
Food models implemented under SNP

Take Home Ration (THR)
Hot Cooked Meal
Beneficiaries under Anna Amrutha Hastam - upto
October,
2015-3.11 lakhs
8159
Child Protection Committees-
Integrated Child Development Services

ICDS Scheme is the single largest Centrally Sponsored
integrated programme of Child Development scheme. The
main objective of this programme is to cater to the needs
of development of children in the age group of 3-6 years.
Pre-school education aims at ensuring holistic development
of children and provision of a learning environment to
children conducive for promotion of social, emotional,
cognitive and aesthetic development of the child.
Pre-School activities strengthen the child to get ready for
primary school education with required skills to perform
better in school entry and also improve regular attendance
in schools. It aims to improve school enrollment and school
retention in rural areas, relieve older sibling mostly girls
from the burden of child care and enable them to attend
school and prepare children to adjust to formal school.
Pre-school material like story cards, charts, indoor and
outdoor play material, color concept, puzzles, school
readiness kit, activity kits etc., are supplied to all Anganwadi
centers every year at a cost of Rs.3000/- per main AWC
and Rs.1500/- for mini AWC as per Government of India
norms.
Achievements under ICDS: About 9.07 Lakh children are attending pre-school
education activities in Anganwadi Centres. 257 ICDS
projects are functioning in the State.
Pre-School Certificate was introduced since 2009
consisting details about the date of birth for children
leaving AWC for getting admissions into primary
schools.
A.P. State is the only State who have developed and
launched an activity based Pre-School Curriculum since
2009-10 to promote holistic development in children
uniformly throughout the state.
State Govt. has extended the timings of AWC from
9.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. and enhanced honorarium of
Rs.500/- per month for the AWWs and Rs.250/- for the
AWHs. Accordingly a new Pre-School time table was
introduced.
Organizations like Andhra Mahila Sabha, College of
Home Science, KEK Ltd., SODHANA, Pratham,
Azimii Premji Foundation and World Vision are being
involved actively to strengthen Pre-School activities in
AWCs.
Workshops were organized twice during 2014-15 to
review the present syllabus. Suggestions have been made
to include more number of English songs, more stories,
more number of good habits etc. The revision is being
made accordingly.
Hot meal with snack was introduced along with 4 eggs in
a week for the Pre-school children
Supplementary Nutrition Programme

Supplementary Nutrition Programme is being implemented
in 257 ICDS projects covering 48770 main Anganwadi
Centers and 6837 mini AWCs. At present the 34.58 lakh
beneficiaries were covered under SNP during 2015-16
(upto October 2015). The following food models are
implemented under SNP.
Take Home Ration

Take Home Ration (THR) consists of 3kgs Rice, kg Red
Gram Dal, kg Oil and 8 Eggs per beneficiary per month
distributed on first day of every month with a cost norms of
Rs.6/- per beneficiary/per day with a 744.73 kcal energy
& 19.96 g protein. 14.72 lakhs children are covered under
HIGHLIGHTS

this programme. 7 months to 3 years SUW children for

additional supplementation of milk, mini meal and 1Egg
per day per beneficiaries. Additional 243.81 kcal energy &
13.63g protein provided with additional cost of Rs.7.24/per day.
Hot Cooked Food

Hot cooked meal containing Rice, Dal, Vegetables,
Condiments every day and 16 boiled eggs in a month are
being provided to ICDS beneficiaries in the age group 3 to
6 years children in 257 ICDS projects. Snacks (Kurkure)
boiled Channa/ Peanuts for 6 days in AWCs are being
provided. In addition to the above 9 additional eggs per
month, 100ml milk, per day are being provided to SUW/
SAM/MAM Children. Additional 243.81 kcal energy &
13.63g protein provided with additional cost of Rs.7.24/per day.
Pregnant & Lactating Women

In 152 Non Anna Amrutha Hastham (IAH) projects Take
Home Ration (THR) is being provided consisting of 3Kg
Rice, 1 Kg Dal and kg Oil and 16 eggs per month are
provided.
M/s. Akshyapatra Foundation

M/s. Akshyapatra Foundation is supplying Nutritious food
to all categories of beneficiaries of AWCs in 03 ICDS
Projects i.e., Visakhapatnam (U)-I, Visakhapatnam (U)II, Anakapalli, Visakhapatnam District. These are Rice
Kichidi, Broken wheat Kichidi, Sweet Rice, Mung dhal
Kichidi, Sweet Dhalia and Snack Food i.e., Muruku,
Groundnut chikki, Biscuits etc., are provided to 3-6yrs
children every day. 8 eggs to 7m-3yrs children and 16 eggs
to 3-6yrs children and Pregnant and Lactating women in a
month are provided at AWCs by department.
Details of physical achievement of Supplementary
Nutrition Programme in the state are given in Annexure
8.18.
Anna Amrutha Hastam

The Anna Amrutha Hastam Programme -One Full Meal
to Pregnant & Lactating Women was introduced during
2014-15 in 104 ICDS Projects in the State. The one full
meal consists of rice, dal with leafy vegetables/sambar,
vegetables, egg and 200 ml milk for a minimum of 25
Main Anganwadi
Centers
48770
days in a month. The one full meal will meet 40% of the
daily calorie and 40% of protein and calcium requirement
per day of the pregnant and lactating mothers. The cost
of the meal is Rs.20/- per day per women as against the
existing norm of Rs.7/- per day per women. Further
Rs.5/- is provided as flexi fund to meet price variations
of the commodities. The additional amount of Rs.13/per beneficiary per day is provided by State Government
apart from the State and Central share under General
Supplementary Nutrition Programme as per GOI norms.
Along with the meal, Iron Folic Acid (IFA) tablet is to be
administered. Under this programme 310928 pregnant /
lactating women are benefitted upto October, 2015. Details
of Anna Amrutha Hastam achievement in the state is
shown in Table 8.22
Table 8.22: Achievements under Anna Amrutha
Hastam
District
Srikakulam
Vizianagaram
Visakhapatnam
East Godavari
West Godavari
Krishna
Guntur
Prakasam
SPS Nellore
Chittoor
YSR
Ananthapuramu
Kurnool
Total
ICDS
Achievement
Projects Pregnant/Lactating
7
16472
7
18930
15
26938
11
19579
6
19978
5
12882
5
14545
6
17492
8
20097
7
27876
10
25478
10
46180
7
44481
104
310928
Source: Commissioner,WD&CW
IDA Assisted ISSNIP

International Development Association (World Bank)
assisted ICDS Systems Strengthening and Nutrition
Improvement Project (ISSNIP) is being implemented
in 10 Districts of Andhra Pradesh at an estimated cost
of Rs.242.37 Crore in the cost sharing ration of 90:10
between the GOI and the State Government for a period of
7 years from the date of effectiveness of the project i.e. 26th
January, 2012 (2012-13) to 31st October 2019 (2019-20).
The project has four components, viz., 1 Institutional and
System Strengthening; 2 Community Mobilization and
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HIGHLIGHTS
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Hot cooked
meal
Mini AWCs
6837
Behaviour Change Communication (BCC); 3 Piloting

Convergent Nutrition Actions & Project Management,
Technical Assistance and Monitoring & Evaluation under
Phase I.
197 ICDS Projects and 43,616 Anganwadi Centres in
the 10 selected districts viz., Srikakulam, Vizianagaram,
Vishakapatnam, East Godavari, West Godavari, Prakasam,
YSR Kadapa, Kurnul, Ananthapur and Chittoor are
covered under ISSNIP. An amount of Rs.5.61crore was
incurred expenditure so far.
Action Plan for 2015-16:

Incremental Learning Activity (ILA) to strengthen the
capacities of Anganwadi Workers for improved Service
delivery.
Community Based Events like Seemanthalu for Pregnant
women and Annaprasana.
Name based tracking of Pregnant Women andLactating
Mothers and Malnourished Children below 5 years
for effective delivery of health and Nutrition Services
through Nutrition & Health Tracking System (NHTS).
IGMSY:
Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahayog Yojana Scheme(IGMSY)
is a Centrally Sponsored Conditional Cash Transfer
Scheme and is being implemented in the selected District
of West Godavari. To improve the health and nutrition
status of Pregnant and Lactating (P & L) women and their
young infants.
Objectives of IGMSY:
To promote appropriate practices, care and service
utilization during pregnancy, safe delivery and lactation.
To encourage women to follow (optimal) Infant and
Young Child Feeding (IYCF) practices including early
and exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months.
To contribute better enabling environment by providing
cash incentives for improved health and nutrition to
pregnant and lactating women.
Pilot on the Common Application Software, using

Information Communication Technology based Real
Time Monitoring for tracking of ICDS beneficiaries in
1100 AWCs in the state.
Anganwadi worker (AWW) and Anganwadi Helper (AWH)

would receive an incentive of Rs.200/- and Rs.100/respectively per Pregnant & Lactating women after all
the due cash transfers to the beneficiary. As per National
Food Security Act, 2013 Union Government has revised
the maternity benefits from Rs.4,000/- to Rs.6,000/- in
two installments i.e., 1st installment - Rs.3,000/-, 2nd
installment 3,000/- on fulfillment of prescribed conditions
Under this scheme 68470 were benefitted and an amount
of Rs.15.03 crore was transferred to the beneficiaries so far.
Achievement (upto Sep, 2015)
Integrated Child Protection Scheme
The Government launched the Nutrition and Health

Tracking System (NHTS)
The Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS) provides

preventive, statutory, care and rehabilitation services to
vulnerable children, children of socially excluded groups
like migrant families, families living in extreme poverty,
SCs, STs & OBCs families affected by discrimination,
minorities, children infected and /or affected by HIV/
AIDS, orphans, child drug abusers, children of substance
abusers, child beggars, trafficked or sexually exploited
children, children of prisoners street & working children.
A total of 8159 Child Protection Committees /Village
Child Protection Committees have been formed in various
districts till date. 2578 Child Protection Committees were
trained for identification and enumeration of working
children for rescuing and rehabilitating the child labour
through benefits of various schemes implemented by
different Government departments.
Trainings and handholding support to acquaint the

ICDS officials on NHTS.
Procurement and distribution of 2,000 Tablet PCs to the

Supervisors and ICDS officials in May, 2015.
2-days trainings on Soft (Basic computer) skills and
NHTS, e-sadhana, EMS etc in coordination with IT&C
dept., for 410 CDPOs and 2,000 Supervisors.
Community based events were organised in 2014-15,
43,616 AWCs covering 4,28,874 pregnant women in
the event of Seemanthalu and 1,82,723 Children in the
event of Annaprasana. District-wise Community based
events are given in Annexure 8.19
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Prevention & Rescue of Child Labour
Maa Inti Mahalakshmi
Convergence meetings were conducted at District level for

eradication of Child Labour periodically and awareness
created on child labour laws and elimination of child
labour. Rescued children are provided temporary shelter in
Observation Homes, Special Homes, Children Homes and
Shelter Homes and they are reintegrated with their families
and either enrolled in educational institutions or provided
skill development training.
The State Government enacted the Andhra Pradesh

Bangaru Talli Girl Child Promotion and Empowerment
Act, 2013 which provides incentives for achieving certain
milestones for the Girl Child born after 1st May, 2013 till
she reaches the age of 21 years. 2,58,187 persons were
benefitted under this programme now called Maa Inti
Mahalakshmi.
The rescued child was produced before CWC, who will

be the guardian of rescued child and empowered to take
decisions in the best interest of the child by providing
meaningful rehabilitation.
DCPU staff participates in preventing child marriages
in districts and about 275 child marriages were stopped
from April 2015 to September 2015. Rs.157.67 Lakh was
released to all district for providing sponsorship and foster
care for mentally challenged, HIV infected children and
orphan children.
Objectives of the Scheme

To enhance the social status of the girl child
To delay age of marriage
To ensure registration of birth and immunization
Enrolment for better nutrition and improving the girls
educational standards
Details of benefits under the scheme are shown in Table8.23
Table No 8.23: Benefits of Maa Inti Mahalakshmi (Bangaru Talli)

Age
Trigger
Out Flow (Rs)
At Birth
Birth Registration
2,500/ Year
1st & 2nd Birth Day
Immunization
1,000/ Year
3rd to 5th Birth Day
Anganwadi
1,500/ Year
6th to 10th Birth Day
1st to 5th Class
2,000/ Year
6th to 8th Class
2,500/ Year
9th & 10th Class
3,000/ Year
16th & 17th Birth Day
11th & 12th Class
3,500/ Year
18th to 21st Birth Day
Graduation 1 to 4th Year

Total
4,000/ Year
55,500
In addition payment @ 18 years - 12th Class pass Rs.50,000/- or after graduation Rs.1 lakh will be made.
Construction of Buildings RIDF
RIDF
Sanctioned
Completed
Under progress
Yet to be started
XIV 2008
1177
691
72
414
XVI 2010
731
453
91
187
XIX 2013
364
156
112
96
XX
492
23
148
321
Strengthened & Restructured ICDS.
3535
202
2107
1226
Strengthened & Restructured ICDS.
4828
2293
1200
1335
Women Development& Child Welfare Department
149 CDPO & 2 PD office buildings were sanctioned for construction. Works are under Progress.
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Girl Child Protection Scheme

The Girl Child Protection Scheme came into force in
April, 2005 and aims to prevent gender discrimination
by empowering and protecting the rights of Girl Child
through direct investment from Government. The Girl
Child Protection Scheme enhances the status of girl child
and promotes adoption of small family norm by ensuring
holistic development of the girl child, for a bright future.
BPL Families having single girl child of 0-3 years of age
or two girl children of whom the age of the second girl
child is not more than 3 years as on 01.04.2005 are eligible
for coverage under the Scheme. Under this scheme 631781
beneficiaries are benefitted sofar.
Relief to victims of atrocities:

Government is providing financial relief to the victims of
atrocities i.e., Rape, Gang Rape, Dowry Death, Kidnap,
Trafficking, Acid Attack, Hacked or throat Slit etc. During
2015-16 an amount of Rs.29.98 lakhs has been provided as
relief to 68 atrocity victims as on December 2015.
Juvenile Welfare,
Correctional
Services And
Welfare Of Street
Children
The Juvenile Welfare department endeavours to undertake
necessary steps for allround development and rehabilitation
of Children in need of Care and protection (Orphans,
Destitute, Neglected, Street Children, victims etc.). There
are 638 Children in 14 homes of the Juvenile Welfare
Department. The inmates are provided with quality Diet,
Uniform, Education, Vocational Training and other basic
amenities as per the scale
The following are the Homes functioning under the Act
Observation Homes
There are 6 observation homes functioning at Vijayawada,
Rajahmundry, Visakapatnam, Kurnool, Tirupathi and
Ananthapur for juveniles in conflict with law during

pendency of cases against them before juvenile justice
boards.
Special Homes for boys

2 Special Homes are functioning for juveniles in conflict
with Law after completion of cases against them by the
Juvenile Justice Boards at Visakapatnam and Tirupathi.
Childrens Homes
There are 2 homes located at Visakapatnam and Tirupathi
for temporary reception of girl juveniles and to take care
of the girls of cases before the Juvenile Justice boards and
child welfare committees during the pendency of inquiry
and subsequently for care, treatment, education, training,
development and rehabilitation.
There are 4 homes located at Tirupathi, Kadapa,
Visakapatnam, and Eluru for taking care of boys Juveniles
and protection during the pendency of any inquiry and
subsequently for their care, treatment, education, training,
development and rehabilitation.
Welfare of Street/Runaway Children:

The grants provided by Government of India are 90 %
and 10 % by the voluntary organization. The department
is responsible for processing the proposals of the NGOs for
sanction of Grant-in-aid. Now, this scheme is merged in the
Integrated Child Protection Scheme as Open shelters in
urban and semi-urban areas.
Achievements
One inmate from Govt. Spl.Cum.Children and
Observation Home for Girls, Tirupati has selected State
level karate competition at Vijayawada during Jan 2015
DRR (Disaster Risk Reduction) conducted Training
programme for 2 days in Feb 2015 in Govt. specialCum- Children Home & Observation Home for Girls,
Tirupathi. This Programme was organized by the
HELP Organization Members, Ongole
with CPC
Members.
17 Girl children has performed dance programme on
the occation of Bramhostavalu at Govindarajulu Swamy
Temple, Tirupati on May 2015
One inmate from Govt.Spl.cum.children and
Observation Home for Girls, Tirupati has selected
district level competitions of TOYS from TRASH got
best performance certificate.
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During August 2015, 105th Mother Therasas Birthday

was celebrated in Govt.spl.cum.children and observation
home for girls, by Lions Club Tirupati.
Model Home was constructed Rs.1.38 crore in
Visakhapatnam and it was opened on 04.11.2015 and
the Help Organization, Ongole have constructed a new
building an amount of Rs.10,00,000/- in the premises
of the present Children Home for Boys, Visakhapatnam.
Childrens Day celebrations held in all Homes, sports,
Games & Cultural activities were performed on this
occasion. A week- long festival on the Rights of the Child
(CRC) was also celebrated from 14th to 20th November
2015.
Out of them visually handicapped people are 2,03,167,

hearing handicapped people are 2,90,146, orthopedically
handicapped people are 3,12,782, mentally handicapped
people are 1,02,166, multiple handicapped people are
1,95,528 and others are 1,15,996.
Juvenile Justice Boards / Child Welfare

Committees/ Inspection Committee
Education
Pursuant to the observations of the Honble Supreme

Court of India, recently the State Government have issued
orders to fill the vacancies of Child Welfare Committees
and Juvenile Justice Boards in the state. Accordingly, 4
vacancies of Child Welfare Committees and 4 vacancies of
Juvenile Justice Boards have been filled.
Welfare of the
Disabled
The Persons with Disabilities Act, 1996 that deals with both
prevention and promotional aspects of rehabilitation of
education, employment and vocational training, creation of
barrier-free environment, provision of rehabilitation service
for persons with disabilities, is in force both at the central
and state levels, to ensure that older persons are able to live
with dignity and that their needs for maintenance, welfare,
medical care and protection are taken care of.
To look after the welfare of the disabled, an independent
corporation (1981) and a separate department (1983) were
established in the State. The department is working towards
implementation of persons with Disabilities Act, 1995
and National Trust Act, 1999 that ensures multi sectoral
coordination with various government departments for
prevention, early identification and detection, education,
employment, rehabilitation, mainstreaming, networking
and monitoring of Government of India grant-in-aid
projects of NGOs.
As per the census 2011, the total number of people with
disabilities in the state of Andhra Pradesh is 12,19,785.
A number of schemes are being implemented for the

empowerment and rehabilitation of
persons with
disabilities.
These schemes aim to promote physical,
psychological, social, educational and economic
rehabilitation and development of persons with disabilities
to enhance their quality of life and enable them to lead
their lives with dignity.
Maintenance of 20 hostels and 2 homes with a

sanctioned strength of 1,780
6 Residential schools (3 for Hearing Impaired at
Vizianagaram, Bapatla, Ongole and 3 for Visually
Impaired at Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, Hindupur
with a sanctioned strength of 860.
One Residential Junior College for hearing impaired at
Bapatla, Guntur District with a sanctioned strength of
50 each
Pre-matric scholarships to the disabled including
Mentally Retarded have sanctioned. 6898 beneficiaries
were benefited in 2014-15 and 2175 were benefited in
2015-16 up to Sep, 2015..
Social Security
A subsidy of Rs.1.00 lakh was sanctioned to disabled
persons under economic rehabilitation scheme. About
176 persons benefitted in 2014-15 and 169 were covered
in the year 2015-16 up to Sep,2015.
Incentive awards for marriages between disabled
and normal persons was enhanced from Rs.10,000 to
Rs.50,000. In the year 2014-15, 1026 beneficiaries were
covered and 318 beneficiaries were covered in 201516 up to Sep, 2015 under Marriage Incentive Awards
scheme.
Petrol subsidy to the disabled persons who are having
motorized own vehicles for self transportation and
income upto RS.24,000/- per annum was sanctioned.
50% subsidy on actual expenditure (2 HP and below - 15
Litres and more than 2 HP- 25 Litres) on purchase of
petrol/diesel.
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Construction
Out of 20 hostels/2 homes, 11 are in government buildings,
7 rented and 2 in rent free buildings. Out of 6 residential
schools 1 school is in rented premises.
Government
allocated an amount of Rs.4.00 Crore for construction of
Hostels, Homes and Schools for the year 2015-16.
Survey, Assessment of Needs

The Disabled Welfare Department in close collaboration
with departments of rural development, Medical & Health,
NIMH, NGOs have evolved a scientific computer aided
disability assessment strategy. This software is called as
SADAREM (Software for Assessment of Disabled for
Access, Rehabilitation & Empowerment).
Scientific assessment of the degree of disability is done
on the basis of methods and formulas prescribed in the
Gazette 2001 issued by the Ministry of Social Justice and
Empowerment, GoI
Generation of a computer based disability certificate
with unique ID along with Identity Card
Assessment of needs and maintaining centralized data
base. Software will also generate all details including
support services that the disabled persons are entitled to,
based on the need assessment and a record of services
provided from time to time
Aids and Appliances
and Crippled persons at Srikakulam, Eluru, Nellore and

Kurnool with an estimated cost of Rs. 284.61 lakh per
annum @ Rs. 71.15 lakh for each home.
The Govt. issued orders to establish a Study circle exclusively
for Persons with Disabilities at Vijayawada.
It is proposed to establish of 3 old age homes on PPP mode
at Visakhapatnam, Guntur and Anantapuramu in the State
with an estimated cost of Rs. 139.93 lakh per annum @
Rs. 46.64 lakh for each home.
Government of India Schemes

The Government of India, Ministry of Social Justice
& Empowerment has sanctioned Deendayal Disabled
Rehabilitation Scheme (DDRS), Integrated Programme for
Older Persons (IPOP) and Prevention of Alcoholism and
Substance (Drugs) Abuse Scheme. The Government of
India sanctioned 7 District Disability Rehabilitation Centres
in the districts of East Godavari, Vizianagaram, Kurnool,
Prakasam, Nellore, Kadapa and Chittoor districts.
Achievements during 2015-16 (up to

September, 2015)
Government sanctioned changing 6th Roster Point
reserved for Blindness or Low Vision (Women) to
Blindness or Low vision (Open) and 106th Roster Point
reserved for Blindness or Low Vision (Open) to Blindness
or Low vision (Women).
During the year 2015-16 camps were conducting for

Disabled people and Tricycles, wheel chairs, walking sticks,
Braille slates, laptops, tape recorders, CD players and smart
canes were distributed.
Govt. have launched special recruitment drive for filling

up of the backlog vacancies reserved for the disabled.
The period of recruitment has been extended from time
to time upto 31.3.2016
Senior Citizens
Vikalangula Cooperative Corporation
The Government of India has enacted Maintenance

and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007.
Tribunals have been constituted in all the Sub Divisions of
Andhra Pradesh. Appellate tribunals were also constituted
in all 13 Districts.
1. Supply of prosthetic aids and mobility aids
Action Plan
The Govt. issued orders to establish two homes for the blind
persons one at Ananthapuramu and other at Kakinada
with intake capacity of 100 inmates in each home.
It is proposed to establish four homes for Destitute Aged
The corporation took up the following programmes to help

disabled in their rehabilitations:
2. Supply of educational aids to individuals and institutions
3. Facilities to impart training in various technical and nontechnical trades
4. Organizing employment generation production units
with assured market for products
5. Creating awareness among parents for early detection
and stipulation and treatment of various disabilities
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i) Rehabilitation and Supply of

Prosthetic Aids
Under this scheme, the A.P Vikalangula Co-Operative
Corporation(APVCC) supplies aids and appliances such
as tricycles, wheel chairs, crutches, walking sticks, try pods
(hand sticks), calipers, artificial limbs and hearing aids etc.,
to PwDs.
ii) Investments
in
APVCC
There are 9 T.C.P.Cs functioning to impart vocational

training to disabled persons for skill development in the
state. New training programmes like offset printing, DTP,
motor winding, journalism, cell phone servicing, computer
training etc., have been continued through ITI and nonITI trades. It is proposed to introduce new schemes like
Backward Classes
Welfare
Government B.C. hostels-897
Residential Schools-32
Post Matric Scholarships and Reimbursement of
Tuition fee in 2014-15-
6.53 lakh
Reimbursement of tuition fee to EBC students in

2014-15 -
2.41 lakh
349
College Girls and Boys Hostels

AP Study Circles --
13
Population belonging to backward classes pursuing

traditional activities such as cattle and sheep rearing,
toddy tapping, earth works, fishing, weaving, goldsmith,
blacksmith, brass smith, carpentry, stone carving, laundry,
pottery, oil pressing, basketry, hair dressing, tailoring and
dyeing fall under 138 communities listed are divided into
five Groups viz., Group A, B, C, D and E.
coaching for competitive examinations and creation of

cell for mobilizing disabled persons for job opportunities in
private and public sector.
iii) Managerial Subsidy

1. Rehabilitation and supply of prosthetic aids, such as
tricycles, wheel chairs, crutches, walking sticks, try pods
(hand sticks), calipers, artificial limbs and hearing aids
etc.,
2. Supply of educational aids such as lap tops, cd players,
tape recorders and cassettes with lessons recorded,
braille books, text books from I to X Class.
3. Investments (training programme) such as offset printing,
DTP motor winding, journalism, cell phone servicing,
computer training etc.
Government is implementing the various welfare,

educational and economic development programmes
for the welfare of the backward classes people. Without
hurting the interests of BCs, the government is committed
to provide reservation to Kapu/Balija/Ontari/Telaga
communities.
Pre-matric hostels
Hostels are providing free boarding and lodging to
students belonging to backward classes and enabling them
pursue their Pre-Matric studies. At present, there are 897
government B.C. hostels, (692 hostels for boys and 205
hostels for girls). A total strength of 96,997 boarders were
admitted in the B.C. hostels during 2015-16. All these
hostels have a combination of 76% Backward Classes, 10%
Scheduled Castes, 5% Scheduled Tribes, 3% Minorities
and 6% other castes for encouraging Social Integration.
Of the total 897 hostels, 552 hostels are located in government
buildings. Out of the remaining hostels, 48 buildings are
under construction under matching grant programme and
under centrally sponsored scheme to provide a clean and
healthy ambience to boarders of hostels. Still 297 buildings are
to be constructed. The boarders are provided with diet charges
at Rs.750/- per month per boarder for III to VII class, and
Rs.850/- per month per boarder for VIII to X class. They are
also provided cosmetics at the rate of Rs.50/- per month for
boys and Rs.55/- per month for girls up to class VII & Rs.75/per month for Girls from class VIII to X class. Boarders are also
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supplied note books, four pairs of dresses and bedding material

every year. 93.40% of X class students in BC hostels were passed
against the 91.42% of state average during the year 2014-15.
Residential Schools
There are 32 B.C. Residential Schools (17 for boys and 15
for girls) with a total strength of 13,130 students functioning
in the state during the year 2015-16. The students were
admitted from V class through the lottery system. All these
residential schools have a combination of 74% Backward
Classes, 15% Scheduled Castes, 6% Scheduled Tribes, 2%
EBCs and 3% Orphans.
4 Institutions located at Amalapuram (East Godavari),
Mopidevi (Krishna), Satyavedu (Chittoor) & Golagamudi
(SPSR Nellore) are meant for the children belonging to
fishermen community. Admission pattern in residential schools
meant for fishermen community of Fishermen children are
46%, BC-A: 7%, BC-B: 10%, BC-C: 1%, BC-D: 7%, BC-E:
4%, SC: 15%, ST: 6%, EBC: 1%, Orphans: 3%.
98.50% of X class students in BC Residential schools were
passed against the 91.42% of state average during the year
2014-15. Out of 32 BC Residential schools 12 Residential
Schools for Boys and 8 Residential Schools for Girls are
located in Government buildings and the remaining
are being maintained in private buildings/Government
buildings of other departments.
Post-Matric scholarships and

reimbursement of tuition fee to BC
students
Government is implementing the Post Matric Scholarships
and Reimbursement of Tuition fee scheme to enable BC
students pursue higher education. All eligible BC students
having an annual family income up to Rs.1.00 Lakh per
annum are sanctioned Post Matric Scholarships and
Reimbursement of Tuition fee on saturation basis. 6.53
lakh BC students were sanctioned Post Matric Scholarships
and Reimbursement of Tuition Fee in 2014-15. The
registration for 2015-16 is under progress.
Reimbursement of Tuition Fee to EBC

students
The Government has been implementing the scheme
of Reimbursement of tuition fees for the Economically
Backward Classes (EBCs) on saturation basis on par with

BCs from the year 2009-10 onwards. The eligibility criteria
for EBCs for getting reimbursement of tuition fee are same
as those applicable for BCs i.e., having an annual family
income up to Rs.1.00 lakh. 2.41 lakh EBC students were
sanctioned reimbursement of tuition fee during the year
2014-15. The registration for 2015-16 is under process.
College Girls and Boys Hostels

In order to promote the education of BC Boys and Girls at
the Post Matric level, Government have issued orders for
establishment of College Hostels @ one for each Assembly
Constituency for Girls and Boys. During 2015-16, 349
College Hostels (177 Boys College Hostels and 172 Girls
College Hostels) were functioning with a total strength of
35,092 boarders (18500 Boys and 16592 Girls). All these
College hostels for boys and girls have a combination
of 69% Backward Classes, 15% Scheduled Castes, 6%
Scheduled Tribes and 10% Minorities for encouraging
Social Integration.
AP Study Circles for BCs

There are 13 BC Study Circles functioning in the State to
provide free coaching facilities to eligible BC unemployed
graduates and post graduates, who are appearing for
various competitive examinations of State and Central
Government like Civil Services, Group-I and Group-II, JLs,
Police jobs, Defence jobs, Banking jobs, Railway jobs etc.
In total 1,733 students were given training during the year
2014-15. All these study circles have an admission pattern
of 66% Backward Classes, 20% Scheduled Castes and 14%
Scheduled Tribes for the purpose of Social Integration.
Welfare schemes
Welfare schemes are being implemented through the
following institutions for providing self employment to poor
B.C families.
A.P Backward Classes Cooperative Finance Corporation
Ltd., Hyderabad
A.P. Washermen Cooperative Societies Federation Ltd.,
Hyderabad
A.P Nayee Brahmins Cooperative Societies Federation
Ltd., Hyderabad
A.P Vaddera Cooperative Societies Federation Ltd.,
Hyderabad
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A.P.Sagara (Uppara) Cooperative Societies Federation

Ltd., Hyderabad
A.P Valmiki/Boya Cooperative Societies Federation
Ltd., Hyderabad
A.P Krishna Balija, Poosala Cooperative Societies
Federation Ltd., Hyderabad
A.P. Bhattraja Cooperative Societies Federation Ltd.,
Hyderabad
A.P. Medara Finance Corporation Ltd., Hyderabad
A.P. State Viswabrahmins Cooperative Corporation
Ltd., Hyderabad
A.P. State Kummari/ Shalivahana Cooperative Societies
Federation Ltd., Hyderabad
A.P Backward Classes Cooperative

Finance Corporation Ltd.,
The A.P Backward Classes Cooperative Finance
Corporation Ltd., Hyderabad was established in 1974
for economic upliftment of Backward Classes in the State.
The Corporation implements the schemes of (i). Margin
Money and (ii). BC Abhyudaya Yojana.
Margin Money
Margin Money Scheme aims to provide financial assistance
to B.C. beneficiaries in agriculture and allied sectors, small
business and industry, service and transport sector activities.
The scheme is being implemented in the following pattern
from 2008-09 onwards as per the policy decision taken by
the Government to dispense with the system of providing
loan by corporations and to implement schemes by
providing subsidy with link up of loans from banks. The
beneficiaries are covered from rural area.
Unit Cost - Rs.2,00,000/Subsidy - 50% not exceeding Rs. 1,00,000/Bank Loan - 50% ( Rs. 1,00,000/- )
The Scheme has been restructured from 2013-14 onwards
with the following funding pattern The Scheme is
implemented in rural areas. Subsidy of 50% unit cost not
exceeding Rs.1,00,000/- per beneficiary and 50% unit cost
as Bank loan.
Action Plan for the year 2015-16 to benefit 58,254
beneficiaries is under Margin Money scheme with a
total value of Rs.320.00 Crore, out of which Rs.160.00
Crore is the Subsidy provided by the Corporation for
implementation of the scheme.
BC Abhyudaya Yojana
BC Abhyudaya Yojana is a new scheme launched during
the year 2005-06 which aimed at providing financial
assistance to the B.C. Artisans/ B.C. Occupational Groups
in urban areas. From 2008-09 onwards, the scheme is being
implemented on the following pattern as per the policy
decision taken by the government to dispense with the
system of providing subsidy by the corporations subsidy
with link up of loans from banks to implement the scheme.
The beneficiaries are covered exclusively from urban areas.
unit cost - Rs.2,00,000/subsidy - 50% not exceeding Rs. 1,00,000/Bank loan - 50% ( Rs.1,00,000/- ) not exceeding
The scheme has been re-structured from 2013- 14 onwards
with a funding pattern that a subsidy of 50% unit cost not
exceeding Rs.1,00,000/- and 50% Bank loan is offered.
Schemes for the benefit of individual

families
There is a common financial assistance scheme that is
being implemented for the welfare of individual families
of different communities covered by ten federations. It is
implemented by taking one society affiliated to concerned
federation comprising 15 members as one unit. The
government have restructured the financial assistance
scheme for the benefit of affiliated Primary Cooperative
Societies to the Federation concerned with the following
funding pattern.
(Rupees)
Funding pattern
Unit Cost (for 15 members
Group)
50 % of Unit Cost as subsidy
by Gov
50 % of unit Cost as Bank
loan
Per Society
Per
/Group
Member
7,50,000
50,000
3,75,000
25000
375000
25000
10955 primary co-operative societies have been registered

in all districts of the state for 10 Federations.
Scheme for community services:

Construction of dhobi ghats is being implemented through
A.P. Washermen co-operative Societies Federation with a
100% subsidy with unit cost of Rs.5.60 Lakh. Government
have allotted Rs.20 crores for construction of 357
dhobighats during 2015-16.
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Social Welfare
SC population -17.08% (2011 census)
The literacy rate of SCs in 2011- 64.47%
Enrollment ratio-82.29%
Dropout rate - 39.64%
Hostels-1259
No. of Ananda Nilayams-36
SSC results-85.43% as against the state
avarege of 91.42%
The Scheduled Castes Population in the state has increased
from 74.28 1akhs in 2001 to 84.69 lakh in 2011, registering
a growth of 14.01 percent. As per the 2011 Census,
Scheduled Castes population forms 17.08 percent of the
total population of Andhra Pradesh and 79.98% of the
Scheduled Caste people live in rural areas. Sex Ratio among
the Scheduled Castes is 1007, which is higher than the state
average of 996. The literacy rate among SCs in 2011was
64.47, lower than the States Literacy rate of 67.41. SC
population ranges from 7.68% in Visakhapatnam district
to 23.19% in Prakasam district. Literacy rate among SCs
ranges from 55.26% in Kurnool district to 71.43% in West
Godavari district. SC enrollment ratio 82.29% as against
the general ratio of 100% and dropout rate was 39.64% as
against the general rate of 33.41%.
Educational programs
Hostels
1259. Hostels are functioning in the state, with an admitted
strength of 1.09 lakh in 2015-16. 566 special hostels and
27 Integrated hostel Welfare Complexes are functioning in
the State.
The students studying from class III to X will be admitted
in to these hostels in the ratio - SC: 70%, Christian

converts from SCs: 12%, ST:5%, BC:9% and Others:
4%. The amenities are provided to the students are: Diet
with Rs.750/- per month for boarder upto class VII and
Rs.850/- per month to the boarders from VIII to X ,
cosmetic charges in cash Rs.50/- per boy and Rs.55/- per
girl per month upto class VII and Rs.75/- per month to the
girls from VIII to X , hair cut charges @ Rs.12/- for boys
of all classes per month, four pairs of dresses in a year, one
carpet and one bedsheet, note books 5 to 18 as per class of
the student, trunk box, plate and glass and sports material.
Ananda Nilayams
At present 36 (20 boys and 16 girls) Ananda Nilayams
are functioning in the State in 2015-16. 50 percent of the
seats in Ananda nilayams are filled with orphan students
and the remaining 50 percent with children whose parents
are engaged in unclean occupations. The inmates in these
Ananda nilayams are provided all facilities on par with the
boarders in Social welfare hostels.
Bio-Metric attendance
Bio-Metric attendance is implemented in 998 Hostels. 530
Tablets have been supplied to the remaining 261 pre-metric
hostels and 269 college hostels, to implement the Bio-Metric
attendance in all hostels and for the staff.
Residential quality education to hostel

boarders
During 2015-16, 185 hostels were merged into social
welfare residential schools, benefiting 2500 students.
Results
Out of the 15,489 students who appeared for SSC
Examinations in March 2015; 13,233 students passed. The
overall pass percentage is 85.43 as against the State average
of 91.42.
College Hostels
There are 263 College hotels ( 130 boys and 133 girls)
functioning with an admitted strength of 23,100 students
under the Social Welfare department.
HIGHLIGHTS

Post-Matric scholarships
Post Matric scholarships are sanctioned to the SC students
whose family income does not exceed Rs.2 lakhs per annum.
The process of sanction is made online from the financial
year 2008-09. Aadhar cards for claims of Scholarship from
the financial year 2013-14 and verification of the students
is being done using Aadhar online authentication. During
2015-16 an amount of Rs.664.90 crores is provided for
3.00 lakhs students.
Dr.B.R.Ambedkar Overseas Vidyanidhi

Under this Scheme, financial assistance is provided to the
eligible SC students for pursuing higher education to abroad.
The selected SC students are sanctioned Rs.10.00 (5.00
+5.00) lakhs grant in two installments. Selected students
can study in USA, Canada, UK, Singapore, Australia,
Germany, New Zealand, Sweden, Netherlands, France,
Denmark, Russia, China, Philippines and Kazakhstan. 24
students have been selected and assisted under this scheme
and an amount of Rs.1.20 Crore was sanctioned during
2015-16 (upto September, 2015).
Sex Ratio of the

Scheduled Castes
1007
children for education of their wards studying in classes V

to X so that the incidence of drop-out, especially in the
transition period from the elementary to the secondary stage
is minimized. During 2015-16(upto Sep2015) 1,04,516
scholarships were sanctioned and incurring an expenditure
of Rs13.08 crore.
Best Available Schools schemes

Under this scheme, preference is given to the children of
those belonging to the families of agricultural labourers,
jogins, bonded labourers and orphans. Schools having high
standard of education with high reputation for discipline
like schools run by the missionaries will be selected under
this scheme. 10752 students were benefitted during 201516.
Backlog
vacancies.
Backlog Vacancies are those Vacancies of SCs. Under this

1588 SC vacancies and 1374 ST vacancies are identified
from June 2014 to June 2015. Of which 744 are filled by
SCs and 508 filled by STs.
Skill Upgradation
PCR ACT, 1955 and POA ACT, 1989:
To seek admission in reputed foreign universities, students

have to obtain good scores in tests of English proficiency
such as TOEFL & IELTS and in General Aptitude
Tests such as GRE / GMAT or equivalent qualifying
examinations for pursuing admissions into various Post
Graduate Courses in reputed foreign universities and to
equip the SC students with requisite skills by providing
them the benefit of coaching in GRE / GMAT/ TOEFL
/ IELTS / etc., through reputed coaching institutions
for obtaining higher scores, so that to get admission in
reputed foreign universities, Govt is implementing the
scheme of Coaching to SC students for eligibility test
such as TOEFL/IELTS and GRE/GMAT and other for
admissions in foreign universities during 2015-16 (upto
Sep, 2015) 332 students got admissions in universities. An
amount of Rs. 2.25 crore is provided during 2015-16, to
train 2250 SC students, out of which Rs. 56.25 lakhs has
been released.
Special sessions courts:
Pre-matric scholarships for students

belonging to SCs studying class V to X
The objective of the scheme is to support parents of SC
Government sanctioned 13 Special sessions courts in all

districts of AP. The Special sessions courts are headed
by Spl. Sessions Judges and assisted by Public Prosecutors
functioning in the State to deal with the cases of atrocities
against SCs/STs under POA Act, 1989 in the state. There
are 1312 SC/ST Cases pending as against 1959 Cases
registered during 2013-14 and 2014-15.
Special Mobile Courts:

Government sanctioned 13 Special Mobile Courts in
all the districts of A.P. The Special Mobile Courts were
constituted for dealing with offences under PCR Act, 1955
in the State from 1978. The Mobile Courts are headed by
First Class Judicial Magistrate and assisted by Asst. Public
Prosecutor.
Relief and Rehabilitation to the victims

of Atrocities:
Under Rule 14 & 15 of the POA Rules, the scheme of Relief
and Rehabilitation to the victims of Atrocities is entrusted
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to the State Government and issued orders enhancing the

Relief and Rehabilitation amount fixing the monetary
limits for each kind of atrocity depending on the nature
of the loss sustained by the victims of atrocities and their
dependents with effect from 23-6-2014 as per the amended
POA rules, 1995. The expenditure on sanction of relief
and rehabilitation to the victims of atrocities was exempted
from Treasury control.
Rehabilitation of bonded labour

Rehabilitation of bonded labour is a centrally sponsored
scheme with funding pattern of 50:50 between the state
and the centre. The A.P. Scheduled Caste Cooperative
Finance Corporation is rehabilitating the identified bonded
labourers out of the Corporations funds initially with the
help of District SC Co-operative Service Societies.
Rehabilitation of Jogins
Economic Support Schemes with a unit cost of Rs. 20,000/per family has been implemented for rehabilitation of Jogins
of which Rs. 10,000/- is subsidy. The District SC Societies
are implementing schemes for the benefit of Jogins through
Bank Linked Schemes like Milch Cattle, Bullock carts and
Kirana shops etc.
Incentive award for inter-caste married

couples:
Government have been encouraging Inter-Caste marriages
for social integration and social reform with an objective
of eradication of caste system in the society. Under this
scheme Govt. have increased the incentive award for intercaste married couples from Rs.10,000/- to 50,000/-. The
incentive award can be sanctioned to the couple where one
of the spouses belongs to Scheduled Caste.
Distribution of House Sites

3132 house sites were distributed to weaker sections in the
year 2015-16 (upto Sep 2015) with an extent of 78.84 acres.
NTR Vidyonnathi
A new scheme to provide professional guidance to 250
SC students each year for Civil Services examinations
by sponsoring them to nationally reputed institutions, is
sanctioned in 2014-15 with an outlay of Rs. 5.07 Crs for
2015-16.
Free Power to SC House holds:

The department pay electricity arrears and monthly bills
of SC households living in SC housing colonies consuming
0-50 units per month. The amount payable shall be based
on the actual demand consumer wise furnished by the
DISCOMs. During 2015-16 (upto Sep 2015) 3,50,117
SC families were benefitted and incurring expenditure of
Rs.7.44 crore under this scheme
Scheduled Castes Sub Plan

The Scheduled Caste and Tribal Sub Plan are designed
for channelizing the flow of outlays and benefits for the
development of SCs & STs at least in proportion to their
population in the plans with an objective to bridge the gaps
in development indicators between the general population
and SCs and STs. During the year 2014-15, an amount
of Rs.4059.98 incurred expenditure under this scheme.
Expenditure incurred in the year 2015-16 (upto Jan, 2016)
is Rs.3614.53 crore.
Andhra Pradesh Scheduled Castes

Cooperative Finance Corporation Ltd
The main objective of A.P. Scheduled Castes Cooperative
Finance Corporation Ltd is to provide financial assistance
for creation of income generating assets to the poor
belonging to Scheduled Caste households for social and
economic development.
The Corporation mainly prepare plans, promote and
take up economic assistance programs in the fields of
Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Marketing , Procession,
Supply and Storage of Agriculture Products ,Small Scale
Industry, Cottage Industry, Trade, Business or any other
activity which enables Scheduled Castes members to earn
a better living and improve their standard of living. Special
emphasis is on vulnerable sections like scavengers / safai
karamcharis, bonded labour, flayers & tanners, jogins.
All these schemes are implemented with loan tie up from
the banks towards providing skills for enhancement of
opportunities for wage employment and self employment.
Under SC Action Plans an amount of Rs.430.31 crore
was provided towards financial assistance for the benefit of
53,158 SC beneficiaries 2014-15. An amount of Rs.1001.06
crore is allocated towards financial assistance for the benefit
of 76,426 SC beneficiaries under 2015-16.
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Implementation of Schemes - Special

Central Assistance
Government of India is providing funds under Special
Central Assistance to the State Government for taking up
schemes for the benefit of Scheduled Castes and the funds
are utilized for providing subsidy and for non-recurring
items. An amount of Rs.49.78 crore was allocated under
Special Central Assistance.
Enhancement of Subsidy
The Government have enhanced the subsidy component
for economic support schemes and the subsidy component
is 60% or Rs 1.00 lakh (whichever less) in case of the self
employment schemes.
E-payments
The Government have issued orders to all welfare
departments, government corporations and participating
banks to implement the bank-linked subsidy schemes
through e-payment system of direct release of subsidy to
beneficiaries loan account from the head office, avoiding
all the intermediary levels.
Innovative activities
National Scheduled Caste & Finance Development
Corporation & National Safai Karamcharis & Finance
Development Corporation
The broad objective is to enable easy access to credit for
SC educated un-employed poor youth belonging to SCs
at cheaper rate of interest for self employment units and
to identify entrepreneurial capabilities among them. With
a view to encourage SC educated youth, the APSCCFC
has revived the self employment programmes with the
loan assistance from NSFDC during the year 2015-16.

An amount of Rs 26.01 crore. sanctioned for the benefit
of 3531 beneficiaries is earmarked under SC action plan
2015-16 for NSFDC schemes. An amount of Rs 21.02
crore. sanctioned for the benefit of 2111 beneficiaries is
earmarked under SCAP 2015-16 for NSKFDC schemes.
Chandranna Cheyutha
Objectives
to encourage skill development for SC youth by providing
employability linked training programs.
to encourage standardization in the certification process
and initiate a process of creating a registry of skills
Enable and mobilize a large number of SC youth in the
state to take up skill training and become employable
and earn their livelihood.
Around 30,000 SC Youth in the state with an approximate
cost of Rs.45 crore were benefited under this programme..
Land Purchase Scheme

Social Welfare Empowerment & Tribal Welfare
Empowerment, has taken a conscious decision to
implement the land purchase scheme in convergence with
SERP (Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty) with a
systematic approach to reduce the incidence of poverty
among poor persons below the poverty line belonging to the
Scheduled Caste persons in the State. The Main objective
of this Scheme is to empower the poor Agricultural
Scheduled Caste Women in the society by providing means
of livelihood as well as economic security. An amount of
Rs 419.40 crore is provided under SCAP 2015-16 for the
beneficiaries of 8388 SC families for purchase an extent of
12582 acres of Agriculture land.
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Tribal Welfare
ST population (2011 Census)-27.40 lakh
Ashram Schools-331
Hostels-189
Enrolment-1.02lakh
Best Available Schools-65
Enrolment-4,149
The tribal population of Andhra Pradesh according to
2011 Census is 27.40 lakh constituting about 5.53% of the
total population of the State. The scheduled areas extends
over 14,132.56 sq.kms which is about 8.82% of total area
of the State with 4,737 villages spread in Srikakulam,
Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, East Godavari and West
Godavari districts. There are 34 ST communities living in
the State. Of the 27.40 lakh tribal population, 10.54 lakh are
found in the above mentioned 5 districts. The ST literacy
rate is 48.83% (Female 39.40, Male 58.37). Government
accorded high priority for development of tribals. Major
focus is on education, health, skill development and
creation of social infrastructure including road connectivity
and supply of drinking water in inaccessible tribal areas.
Important Goals
A perspective plan is prepared envisaging 3 broad aims
translated into 19 goals in tune with the MDGs and SDGs.
Project based with 81 ongoing and new projects in the areas
of infrastructure development including housing Schemes
benefitting individuals for poverty alleviation and social
empowerment with an estimated cost of Rs. 23766.98
crore for 7 year period
Residential Education
Government is keen on providing quality residential
education to all ST children. Proposed to convert the all
the TW hostels into residential schools in a phased manner.
During the year 2015-16 it is proposed to convert 30 hostels
into ashram schools in scheduled areas and 50 Hostels in

to Residential Schools in non scheduled areas benefiting
11,600 ST students.
Quality Initiatives under Education:

Zonal level and state level Science Fairs were conducted
during 2015-16. English speaking through story telling,
training of teachers in English through British Council,
to Adolescents Education and career guidance in coordination with UNICEF was undertaken. Incubation
centers are proposed to be established in TW Residential
institutions to train up the students in soft skills, life skills,
job oriented skills etc.,
Economic Support Schemes:

It is proposed to cover 20,000 beneficiaries for effective
implementation of the Economic Support schemes. Under
this scheme, selected ST beneficiary / ST group will be
provided financial assistance 60% to 90% of the unit
cost subject to a maximum of Rs. 1.00 lakh for creation
of livelihood activities. Beneficiaries registration is done
online through beneficiary monitoring system (OBMMS).
An amount of Rs. 34.00 crore is allocated towards providing
financial assistance to 20,000 ST families.
Skill Development:
Under this programme, 6,000 ST youth will be provided
training for skill upgradation including direct placements.
3212 ST youth were trained and provided placement
upto October, 2015. Government issued orders on May,
2015 for utilization of 28 Youth Training Centres as
Skill Development Centres of Excellence. MoU between
Tribal Welfare Department (TRICOR) and AP State
Skill Development Centre (APSSDC) is under process for
providing skill upgradation trainings for employability of
ST youth. 352 Teacher posts filled with local STs through
special DSC. 1741 ST youth imparted pre examination
training in military & para military services
Coffee Project:
Total cost of project is Rs. 526.16 crore and subsidy from
Coffee Board is Rs.160.360 crore. Subsidy from TSP is
Rs.364.008 crore. Beneficiary Contribution is Rs.1.792
crores. Duration of the Project is 2015-16 to 2024-25 (7+3
years maintenance). Compensation paid to 31,050 farmers
HIGHLIGHTS

SSC Results
92.62%
in Hud hud cyclone is Rs.29 crore.
IT Initiatives:
Infrastructure Works:
To enhance service delivery systems to reach up to the last

mile taken up through e-Hostels, e-pass, web- portals etc.,
Biometric Attendance implemented in Kurnool district
on 8.10.15 by ap online on pilot basis. Daily Attendance
captured on android based mobiles/ online. Bogus
attendance was controlled. Financial accounting system
introduced in TRICOR & Gurukulam. Online monitoring
of Post Matric, Pre-matric scholarships, Corporate
colleges, BAS schemes, NTR Vidyonnati, Giriputrika
Kalyana Yojana schemes. Student academic & attendance
monitoring system introduced in Gurukulam.
During the year 2015-16 it is proposed to provide basic

infrastructure facilities like connectivity to unconnected
habitations, Drinking water to all habitations and in
educational infrastructure in tribal areas wherever
necessary. An amount of Rs. 127.00 crores is allocated for
325 works providing the infrastructure in tribal areas during
the year 2015-16. 76 works are completed.
An amount of Rs.27.00 crore is allocated for taking up
27 Road works under NABARD. 6 works completed. 121
ST habitations connected with benefiting of a population
43836 with a cost of Rs.52.36 crore 97.92 Kms length of
the road work taken up with an expenditure of Rs.1271.16
lakhs
701 habitations are provided with safe drinking water
with a cost of Rs.51.65 crore, benefiting a population of
41139. Of these, 653 habitations are fully covered and 48
habitations partially covered.
Additional accommodation is provided for 1,05,595 ST
boarders with a cost of Rs.384.14 crore. Various institutions
such as PHCs, Sub centers, CHNCs, GCC depots provided
with government accommodation with a cost of Rs. 148.16
crore. Urgent repairs carried out in 544 Institutions with a
cost of Rs.8.46 crore.
Post-Matric Scholarships:
The Government have indicated a budget provision of Rs.
101.00 Crs. for providing scholarships to benefit 50,000 ST
students. Students registration for sanction of scholarships
is through online.
Educational Institutions (Hostels &

Ashram Schools):
There are 331 Ashram Schools, 7 converted Ashram
Schools, 189 Hostels, 3 IWCH-3 (including (7) merged
mandals) and 1,02,247 students have been enrolled so far.
An amount of Rs. 429.72 crore is provided in Budget for
2015-16 towards diet and other maintenance charges. 3939
ST students are admitted in 65 Best Available Schools.
Gurukulam:
Gurukulam has secured 02 seats in IITs, 06 seats in NITs
and 01 in Medicine during 2015. In EAMCET 2015,
Gurukulam has achieved 56 seats in reputed engineering
colleges.
Results during 2014-15

92.62 pass % (91.42 state average) pass in SSC with Gr.A16% in 2015 against 5% in 2014. 87.20 pass % (72.07 state
average) in Intermediate with Gr.A-45% , Gr.B-43%
Alluri Seetha Ramaraju Museum:

Foundation stone laid for the museum in the four acres
of land in Visakhapatnam on 03.07.2015. Rs.25.00 crore
sanctioned for the Museum. Expert group constituted
for collection and finalization of artifacts. 3 to 4 galleries
exclusively for 3D digital art based on tribal themes through
global tender.
Girijan Cooperative Corporation (GCC)

Ltd.:
GCC has procured Rs.550.59 Lakhs worth Minor Forest
Produce and Agricultural Produce, supplied Rs.1247.92
lakhs of essential commodities and Rs.5497.89 lakhs worth
domestic requirements through GCC owned DR depots
(Fair price shops).
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The important activities are:

Tribal Sub Plan (TSP):
Andhra Pradesh is the first state to enact AP SCSP and
TSP Act,2013 to provide legal backing for allocation,
expenditure and monitoring of TSP. Regular Nodal Agency
Meetings are being conducted under the chairmanship of
the Honble Minister for Social Welfare and Tribal Welfare
Empowerment.
An amount of is Rs.1150.04 crore allocated to the
department and Rs. 836.45 crore was released towards
educational programs. For implementation of welfare
programmes an amount of Rs.1500.26 crore is allotted
Minorities Welfare
As a secular country, the Governments endeavour has
always been to ensure progress to all population, including
the Minorities. Several schemes and policies have been
put in place to ensure up-liftment of Minorities under the
aegis of the Minorities Finance Corporation. Development
of Minorities requires attention from several angles. The
minority population is mostly urban-based. A large segment
of the Minority population is below poverty line. The share
of Minorities in different economic support schemes has
also been very low. Minorities.
Minorities Welfare
The primary objective of the department is socio economic
development and educational advancement of minorities
in the state. The department has taken up various schemes
for improvement in livelihoods, educational upliftment and
imparting training for enhancing employment opportunities
for the minorities.
Scholarships:
Government is providing Scholarships both MTF and
RTF to the post matric students covering Intermediate,
Graduation, Postgraduation, diploma courses like
Polytechnic, Nursing etc., professional courses like MBBS,
B.Tech, MBA, MCA etc., on saturation basis. During the
year 2014-15, 1,06,896 students applied. For the year 201516, 1,01,001 students applied online and still registration
is going on. RTF of Rs.85.9 crores have been released
under Tribal Sub Plan (TSP) to various line departments

and an amount of Rs. 933.51 Crore is incurred expenditure
by the 38 line departments covering 127 schemes.
Providing quality education to ST Students, committed
to implement TSP in true letter and spirit, providing safe
drinking water to all ST habitations, providing connectivity
to unconnected villages, electrification of un electrified
ST habitations, empowering ST households by providing
economic support, capacity building and skill upgradation
of ST youth and committed towards gender empowerment
by providing necessary support in education, health
improvement, income Generation, capacity building and
skill upgradation.
from April, 2015 to November, 2015. MTF of Rs.35.74

crores is released upto November, 2015. An amount of
Rs.27.91crore was released to Pre-Matric students of
Andhra Pradesh.
Dulhan Scheme:
Government introduced a new scheme Dulhan scheme
duly dispensing Mass Marriage Scheme enhansing
financial assistance from Rs.25,000/- to Rs.50,000/-.the
objective of the scheme is socio economic development of
poor minorities girls for BPL families under this scheme a
sum of Rs.50,000 is provided to the bride bank account
directly through online. An amount of Rs.15.75 lakh was
released towards for implementation of Dulhan scheme in
the state upto Nov, 2015.
Minorities Welfare Hostels:

There are 06 Prematric Minorities Hostels and 09 Post
matric Hostels are functioning aiming the educational and
social development of the poorest of the poor minority
students. Rs.2.00 crores have been released to all the
Districts for maintenance of Minorities Welfare Hostels.
Residential Schools:
There are 6 residential schools in the state aiming the
educational and social development in Minotity students
with residential amenity. An amount of Rs.2.25 crores have
been released to A.P. Residential Schools in the state upto
Nov, 2015.
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MSDP:
The Multi Sectoral Development Program(MSDP) aims
at improving the Socio economic conditions of Minorities
and providing basic amenities to them for improving the
quality of life of the people and reducing imbalances in
the identified minorities concentration areas during the
12th Five Year Plan period. The Government of India
sanctioned Rs.53.04 crore and released Rs.22.67 crore as
1st installment to the State and distributed to identified
blocks and towns. 5 blocks are identified viz; Rayachoti in
YSR district and Atmakur, Chagalamarri, Nandikotkur,
Sirivel in Kurnool District. 6 towns are identified viz; Adoni
in Kurnool District, Guntakal and Kadiri in Anantapur
District, Proddutur and Rayachoti in YSR Kadapa District,
Narasaraopeta in Guntur District.
APSMFC
The Andhra Pradesh State Minorities Finance
Corporation (APSMFC) Limited encourages the socio
economic development of weaker sections of minorities
viz., Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and
Parsis, educational development skill up gradation through
training developing confidence among minorities of being
important stakeholders in nation buildings. Assistance is
provided through banks for which the corporation provides
subsidy component under economic assistance for setting
up business, industry, service, agriculture and allied viable
activities and grant in aid for welfare schemes.
Schemes of the Corporation

Subsidy for Bankable Scheme:
The scheme is being implemented for minorities to setup
viable Self-employment scheme. Maximum unit cost allowed
is upto Rs.2,50,000/- in general scheme and Rs.3,00,000/in Transport Scheme. The corporation provides subsidy for
loans sanctioned by Banks. The Subsidy @ 50% of the total
loan subject to maximum of Rs. 1,00,000/-.
During the financial year 2014-15, 3,010 persons benefitted
with subsidy of Rs. 1832.70 lakhs. So far 44,246 beneficiaries
got registered online for assistance and identification camps
are in progress.
Tatkal Scheme:
Minority women particularly widows, divorcees, destitutes,
orphans physically challenged and victims of any atrocities
will be assisted under this scheme. Maximum unit cost

allowed is upto Rs.20,000/-, subsidy component 75% of
Unit cost maximum upto Rs. 15,000/-. During the year
2015-16, 2000 Minority unprivileged women beneficiaries
were benefited with State Government Subsidy amounting
to Rs.300.00 lakhs. So far 3,878 beneficiaries registered
online for assistance for which Joint identification camps
are in progress.
Small Loan Scheme:

Under the scheme small vendors and hawkers who require
small financial assistance to start a small self employment
activity for their livelihood will be covered. Maximum unit
cost allowed upto Rs.20,000/-, subsidy component 75%
of Unit Cost maximum upto Rs. 15,000 During the year
2015-16, 6000 needy Minorities will be benefited with
State Government Subsidy amounting to Rs. 900.00 lakhs.
So far 13,268 beneficiaries registered online for assistance
for which Joint identification camps are in progress.
Adarana Scheme:
To assist Minority artisans opting for servicing / technical
trades (traditional/ modern) such as tailoring, embroidery,
weaving, goldsmith, blacksmith, carpentry, wooden carving,
cycles & scooter mechanism etc, financial assistance is
extended for their livelihood. 9,823 Minority Artisans will
be benefited with State government subsidy amounting
to Rs. 1050.00 lakhs during 2015-16. So far 10,691
beneficiaries registered online for assistance for which Joint
identification camps are in progress.
Dukan-Makan :
The objective is to provide Pucca House with work place
along with working capital for running own business.
During the year 2015-16, 1,000 Minority beneficiaries
will be benefited of which 500 from Urban and 500 from
Rural areas with State Government Subsidy amounting to
Rs. 818.00 lakhs.
Training & Employment

placement:
and
The day scholar trainees are eligible for stipend of Rs.350/for month. The residential trainees are eligible for free
lodging and boarding. During the year 2014-15, 5,384
minorities trained in different courses with an expenditure
of Rs. 265.72 lakhs.
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During the year 2015-16 5,714 minority persons to be

trained in various vocational and skill development activities.
Training institutions have been finalized and applications
are invited from the eligible Minority candidates.
Financial Assistance to Minority Law

graduates:
Law graduates training scheme is extended to Minorities
in which Minority Law graduates to undergo Training
in Administration of Justice. During the period, every
Minority Law Graduate shall be paid a stipend of
Rs.1,000/- per month uniformly for all 3 years, an amount
of Rs.6,000/- towards purchase of Books and Furniture as
one time grant in the 1st year. An amount of Rs.2,000/- per
annum will be sanctioned to the candidate under training
for Administration of Justice, for attending seminars,
workshops, symposiums etc., that enhances advocacy
skills of the candidate and enrollment fee of Rs.585/-and
wherein the enrollment fee will be reimbursed to them.
During the year 2015-16, 26 law graduates were trained in
administration of justice.
Central Schemes
scholarship
- Pre-Matric
Pre Matric Scholarship are sanctioned to the Minority

Students pursuing studies from class I to X whose Parent
/ Guardians income from all sources does not exceed
Rs.1.00 lakh per annum and students must have secured
not less than 50% marks in the previous final examination.
The range of Scholarship amount to be sanctioned to dayscholars from Class I to V is Rs. 1000/- and Class VI to X
Rs.5000/- and for hostellers from VI to X Class boarding
charges Rs. 6,000/-.
During the year 2014-15, 1,31,069 students were sanctioned
scholarships for an amount of Rs. 27.95 cores. Whereas in
the year 2015-16, 2,59,356 Students registered online for
GOI Pre Matric Scholarships.
Post-Matric scholarship:
The post Matric scholarships are awarded for students in
government or private higher secondary school/ college/
university, including such residential institutes of the
government and eligible private institutes. It will also cover
technical and vocational courses in Industrial Training
Institutes/ Industrial Training Centres affiliated with the
National Council for Vocational Training (NCVT) of
classes XI and XII level. During the year 2014-15, 5,515

students were sanctioned scholarships with an amount of
Rs. 3.77 crores. 15,216 Students registered online for GOI
Post Matric Scholarships, of which 12,843 scholarships are
sanctioned during 2015-16.
Merit cum Means Based Scholarship:

Financial assistance was given to pursue graduate level
or post graduate level technical and professional courses
from a recognized institution. Course fee and Maintenance
allowance will be credited/ transferred directly into the
bank account of selected students. Reimbursement of
tuition fees is Rs.20,000 and maintenance allowance is Rs.
5,000/- to the students belonging to Minorities. During the
year 2014-15, 286 students were sanctioned scholarship
with an amount of Rs. 85.00 lakhs. In the year 201516, 1,565 students registered online for GOI Post Matric
Scholarships, of which 1237 scholarships were sanctioned.
From the year 2015-16 onwards all GOI Scholarships shall
be released through Direct Benefit Transfer System (DBT).
APSCFC
The Andhra Pradesh State Christian Minorities Finance
Corporation (APSCFC) Limited was incorporated under
the Companies Act, 1956 in the year 2010 to assist the
weaker sections of Christians for their Socio-economic
development by providing Scholarships, Training,
Employment and Placement for unemployed youth.
Economic Support Scheme

Under this scheme, self-employment activities are supported
where the maximum unit cost is up to Rs. 2,50,000/-. The
Corporation provides a subsidy @ 50% of the total unit
subject to a maximum of Rs.1,00,000/-. An amount of
Rs. 2.61 crore was released during the year 2015-16 up to
November, 2015, benefitting 347 persons.
Training and Employment

APSCMFC offers intensive training programmes to create
gainful employment opportunities for the Unemployed
Christian youth. APSCMFC offers industry specific training
across sectors including IT and ITES, Hotel Management,
Retail, Engineering etc., at exclusive skills centres through
multimedia content. Mobilization of unemployed youth
Christian youth is under process.
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Holly land Pilgrimage
Centre for Educational Development of Minorities has

regions located at Kurnool, Guntur and Visakhapatnam
and implementing three major state government sponsored
projects.
State Haj Committee makes arrangements for Muslims Haj

pilgrimage right from the processing of Haj applications
forms, to returning from Saudi Arabia. It imparts Haj
training, arranges Meningitis Vaccine, provides Haj Guide
books in Urdu and Telugu, makes arrangements for the
departure and arrival at Haj camp embarkation point etc.,
from the point of exit to Saudi Arabia and other activities
for the benefit of Haj pilgrims. An amount of Rs. 2.00
crore was provided as grant-in-aid to the Haj Committee
during the year 2015-2016, 5451 pilgrims proceeded Haj
during the year 2015.
A.
An integrated project on improving
performance of minority school children:
Khadimul Hujjaj
Online registrations have started under Holly land

Pilgrimage
Centre for Educational Development of

Minorities
classroom
Provides special free coaching in core subjects of

Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Biology, English and
Telugu / Social Studies to X class Urdu / Telugu
medium minority students at 40 centres in 9 districts
of the State viz., Anthapuramu, Chittoor, Guntur, YSR
Kadapa, Krishna, Kurnool, SPSNellore, Prakasam and
Visakhapatnam and 1812 beneficiaries were benefitted
under this scheme
Providing 4000 free workbooks and question banks
to X class Urdu medium coaching and non-coaching
students in all districts. The pass percentage of coaching
students in SSC-2015 was 92%.
B. A comprehensive project for improving participation
and performance of minority candidates in competitive
entrance examinations:
Free Coaching and study material to 1417 students
seeking admission to courses like POLYCET, DEECET,
EAMCET, ICET, EdCET, etc.
C. Chamak Scheme: Free coaching to minorities for job
oriented competitive examinations
Provides free coaching to job-oriented competitive
examinations like. UPSC Civil Ser- vices (Prelims), APPSC
Group I, II & IV examinations, NET, DSC, APTET,
VRO/VRA, Police recruitment, Banking services, etc.
777 persons were benefited under this scheme
An amount of Rs.600.00 lakhs has been sanctioned for
implementation of the above schemes for the year 2015-16.
A.P. State Haj Committee

The AP State Haj Committee is constituted for making
arrangements for the Haj pilgrimage of Muslims. The AP
Every year the AP State Haj Committee deputes the

Khadimul Hujjaj (Haj Volunteers) to assist Haj Pilgrims
in Makkah Mukarramah and Madina Munawwarah. 18
Volunteers were deputed in 2015.
Andhra Pradesh State Wakf Board

Government have sanctioned funds to Construction /
Repairs of Mosques, Edghas, Dargahs, Ashoor Khanas
(Peerla Chavidi) and Compound walls to Burial Grounds
etc., in the State of Andhra Pradesh and Maintenance
allowance to Muslim Divorced Women. An amount of
Rs.492.50 lakhs (Rupees Four Crores Ninety Two Lakhs
and Fifty Thousand Only) was provided for implementation
of these schemes in the year 2015-16.
Urdu Academy
Constituted by the Government of Andhra Pradesh in
1975 for Promotion, Protection and development of Urdu
Language and Literature.
Preserving/promotion of Urdu language

Urdu Academy is implementing the Schemes viz., financial
assistance to publication of urdu manuscripts, urdu libraries
in shape of books, urdu news agencies, urdu periodicals,
urdu writers & journalists, printing of urdu books,
urdu voluntary organisations, urdu teaching & learning
programmes, maqdoom award, life time achievement
award, Moulana Abul Kalam Azad National Award, best
urdu teachers award, best urdu students award, awards
on printed urdu books, printing of rare urdu books, urdu
text books, Qaumi Zaban ( monthly magazine of Urdu
Academy), providing infrastructure facilities to urdu schools.
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Vocational training in urdu computer

education
Construction of Urdu Ghar cum

Shadikhanas:-
The Urdu Academy is maintaining 36 Computer Training

Centres and 36 Urdu Libraries with 79 employeesworking
in Academic library. The Computer Training Centres
have been recognised by the A.P. State board of Technical
Education. The duration of course is 6 months. The
intake capacity of each of computer centres is 70 students.
54 urdu ghar cum shadikhanas are functioning in the state.

Urdu Academy has been releasing the funds to the District
Collectors as per the Government Orders issued from time
to time for construction/ completion of Urdu Ghar-cumShadikhanas in the State.
Urdu Academy is providing financial aid to Small Urdu

News Papers, Magazines, Journals, Weeklies, etc,. in shape
of Advertisement and Printing of Calendars, Urdu Dairies,
Broachers etc,.
Youth Services
Youth Welfare schemes are implemented in accordance with
the aspirations and needs of the youth. The department
organized Youth Festivals at Divisional, District and
State Level, National Youth Week Celebrations including
Tribal & Multi-Cultural Youth Festivals, youth exchange
programmes, celebrations of National importance days
with coordination of other departments.
Youth Festivals:
Youth Festivals have been organised in all the divisions from
October, 2015. An amount of Rs.50,000/- per division and
Rs.1.00 lakh per district is sanctioned towards conduct of
these festivals.
National Integration Camp

Under the National Programme for Youth and Adolescent
Development (NPYAD), Youth Exchange Programmes,
blood, eyes and other organs donation camps, observance
of national importance days, coordination with Army and
Allied Authorities in conduct of Recruitment Rallies, initial
maintenance support for the maintenance of youth hostels
have been taken up.
Other Activities:
National Youth Week Celebrations commemorating the
Swami Vivekananda from 12th to 18th January, 2016 has
been organized in all the Districts and State Level as well
and workshops and seminars will be organized during the
week long celebrations to have the aspirations of youth in
conducting more number of youth welfare programmes/
activities.
HIGHLIGHTS

Housing
Housing
Multiplies
effect of
GVA
scheme besides taking up few BSUP projects along with

local bodies under JNNURM.
Andhra Pradesh has been the pioneer in implementing

Housing for all that proposes to further the objectives
of National housing policy of Shelter for all and is
committed to make Housing for all a reality. The key
principles followed for implementing the housing program
are:
Providing affordable housing with adequate amenities
and healthy environment for economically weaker
sections
Complementing construction of housing with provision
of basic services to ensure clean and comfortable cities
and towns
The pioneering efforts of the State Housing Corporation
Limited (APSHCL) motivated and educated beneficiaries
to eliminate exploitation by middlemen, reduced cost
of construction by encouraging adoption of cost-effective
and eco-friendly technologies, and in capacity building and
utilization of human resources from rural and urban poor.
APSHCL encourages production and usage of cost
effective and eco-friendly materials by beneficiaries to meet
the demand of building materials and also minimize cost of
construction. 52 Nirmithi Kendras/ Sub Nirmithi Kendras
were established all over the State for spreading awareness
about the use of such materials and technologies. Building
components such as sand cement blocks, fal-G Blocks, precast door & window frames, cement Jallies, RCC rafters etc.,
have been produced and utilized for the housing program
taken up by the corporation so far.
AP State also encouraged woman groups in establishment of
building centers in Rural Areas which are aimed at creating
employment generation for women groups and keeping
the cost effective building materials available at the door
step of the villagers /beneficiaries of housing. APSHCL
is the executing agency for taking up urban houses in all
the municipalities under the centrally sponsored IHSDP
Under IHSDP 24,194 houses were sanctioned with a

project cost of Rs. 387.77 Crores out of which, 20,829
houses are completed with an expenditure of Rs.324.78
Crores. Under BSUP 11,959 houses were sanctioned with
a project cost of 319.74 Crores out of which 10,351 houses
are completed with an expenditure of Rs.228.61 Crores.
Weaker Section Housing Program

65,76,553 houses have been completed comprising
60,02,439 in rural areas and 5,74,114 in urban areas under
weaker section housing program, since inception till the
end of December 2015. District wise ad Year wise details
of Houses constructed during the year 2015-16 (upto Dec
2015 ) are given in Annexure 8.20 and Annexure 8.21.
AP Housing Board
A.P. Housing Board has extended its activities to the district
headquarters and other urban areas in the districts. The
main objective of establishing the A.P. Housing Board is to
provide housing accommodation to the needy people at an
affordable price, recover the cost from the allottees.
The board has so far constructed 24982 houses / flats
at a cost of about Rs.500 Crore. Besides construction of
houses/flats, Board has also provided 1296 developed plots
under sites and services schemes at several places so as to
facilitate allottees to have the houses/ flats of their choice.
The district wise details of houses constructed up to 201516 up to Nov 2015 are given in Annexure 8.22.
On going Schemes and New projects

The APHB is taking up 6 projects comprising 700 houses of
different categories with a project cost of Rs.181.35 crore in
various districts. Further 4 projects consisting of 192 houses
and 2 commercial projects and the same are at different
levels are shown in Table 8.24.
Table 8.24: Status of the Projects

Item
Ongoing Projects
New Projects
Commercial complexes
Total
Source: AP Housing Board
Projects
6
4
2
12
Number of Houses /flats

HIG
MIG-II MIG-I Others
99
304
297
62
49
81
2
161
353
378
2
Cost of the project (Rs. in crore)

Total
700
192
2
894
181.35
39.26
26.73
247.34
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Special Schemes
Rajiv Gruhakalpa Scheme
Special Schemes are also being taken up for Class- IV

Government employees, Organised Industrial Workers,
Employees under Shops and Establishments and
construction workers etc., under Hire Purchase Scheme.
Out of 3 places notified, demand received only at one place
i.e., Bhavanipuram, Vijayawada. Tenders are finalized and
an agreement is in conclusion stage. The details of the
special schemes are shown in Table 8.25.
The APHB has taken up 4240 units with a project cost

of Rs.59.95 crores in West Godavari, Guntur, Nellore,
Kurnool districts in the state.
Table 8.25: Special Schemes

Division/Place
Flats
notified
Cost Rs.in
Lakhs
Demand
received
Madhurawada
(Visakhapatnam)
570
11.5
Bhavanipuram
(Vijayawada)
150
1.32
91
Kallurupalli
(Nellore)
100
10.5
Total
820
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Joint Venture Projects taken up in

Public-Private Partnership model:
APHB taken up Joint Venture Projects (JVPs) under
Revenue sharing model. Three Joint Venture Projects with
an extent of 223.47 acres were taken up with a project cost
of Rs.126.43 crores.
Source: AP Housing Board
Public Health
And Municipal
Engineering
Public Health & Municipal Engineering Department was
constituted in June, 1960 by amalgamating the following
services.
water supply on par with National Standards. In addition to

the above, the technical control over all Engineering Works
in 110 Municipalities including 13 Municipal Corporations
of the state is exercised by Engineerin-Chief (PH). The
operation and maintenance of Water Supply & Sewerage
Schemes is being attended by the respective Municipalities
and Municipal Corporations.
Status of Water Supply
2. Andhra Municipal Engineering Service
As per the standards stipulated in Central Public Health

Engineering Environmental Organization (CPHEEO)
manual, the rate of drinking water supply to be maintained
is as follows:
3. Sanitary Engineering Branch of P.W.D
Town with Under-ground drainage -
1. Local Government Service of Ex-Hyderabad

Government (including district water works)
Urban Water Supply and Sanitation

The Department is in charge of investigation, design,
preparation of estimates and plans and execution of water
supply and sewerage schemes in all 110 municipalities
including and 13 Municipal Corporations.
Water Supply Improvements Schemes are being taken up in
Urban Local bodies from time to time to improve per capita
135 LPCD
Town without Under-ground drainage 70 LPCD

The State Government is giving top priority to provide
protected drinking water to all urban local bodies by
strengthening existing infrastructure and service levels. 35
water supply schemes with an estimated cost of Rs.833.99
crore were completed adding 368.92 MLD of water, thereby
increasing the average water supply from 63 LPCD to 85
LPCD. With the increase in water supply approximately
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34.90 lakhs of population were benefitted and have access

to safe and clean water.
The normal daily water supply in various Urban Local
Bodies varies from 40 LPCD to 150 LPCD and the water
supply is regulated. The status of water supply is shown in
Table 8.26.
Table 8.26: Status of Water Supply
Frequency of supply
No. of ULBs
Daily
75
Alternate Days
30
Once in three days and above
Total
110
36,578 bore wells are functioning and catering to the water

supply needs of the habitants in all ULBs. At present, 689
tankers make 4523 trips per day to un-served areas.
JNNURM
Government of India launched the JNNURM in 200506 with a budgetary provision of Rs.50,000 crore for a
period of seven years. The mission will cover 65 cities/
urban agglomerations. The mission aims to encourage
reform and fast track infrastructure development. The
focus is on improving efficiency in urban infrastructure
and services delivery mechanism, community participation,
accountability of ULBs/ Parastatal agency towards citizens.
Schemes under Implementation
A. Urban Infrastructure Development

Scheme for Small and Medium Towns
This is a component of JNNURM programme launched to
provide Urban Infrastructure in Water Supply, under ground
drainage, storm water drains, solid waste management and
transportation in Non-mission Urban local bodies (ULBs)
in a planned manner.
The scheme applies to all ULBs in A.P. excluding mission
cities like Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam and Tirupati.
The funding pattern is in the ratio of 80:10:10 between
Government of India, Government of Andhra Pradesh
and ULB.
52 projects costing Rs.1,902.43 crores were sanctioned
covering 49 ULBs. Out of which, 41 are in the water sector
costing Rs.1547.89 crore; 4 under sewerage sector costing
Rs.211.12 crore; 4 under storm water costing Rs.89.48

crore; 2 under roads costing Rs.50.07 crore and 1 under
Solid Waste Management costing Rs.3.87 crore. Out of
these 52 projects, 37 Projects of water supply schemes were
completed in the 37 ULBs benefitting 35 lakh of population
for supply of safe and clean potable water. One project of
UGD was completed benefitting 0.65 lakhs of population
for scientific disposal of sewage and sullage, which is
properly collected from communities without causing any
health or environmental problems. 3 projects of Storm
Water Drainage completed in 3 ULBs benefitting 3.65
lakhs of population for effective discharging of the storm
water during the heavy rains or storms without inundating
the surrounding areas. 2 projects under Road sector are
completed and the remaining projects are in progress.
B. Integrated Housing Slum

Development Program
It is mainly aimed to improve infrastructure facilities
in slum areas. 17 projects costing Rs.213.28 crore were
sanctioned covering 17 ULBs. The funding pattern is
80:10:10 between Central Government, State Government
and ULB. All the 17 projects are completed and benefitting
the population residing in 265 slums for improvement of
infrastructure facilities duly increasing the standards of
living, of all the habitants of these Slum areas.
C. Urban Infrastructure and Governance

Three schemes have been sanctioned under the UI&G. Two
in storm water drains sector costing Rs.77.04 Crore and
one in underground drainage costing Rs.19.00 crore. All
the schemes are completed, benefiting the people around
4.6 lakhs in 2 ULBs, developing hygienic environment by
safe disposal of sullage and storm water.
Under Ground Drainage Schemes

At present 8 ULBs i.e. Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada,
Tirupathi, Rajahmundry, Kadapa, Pulivendula, Puttaparthi
& Tadipathri Underground Drainage Schemes are
functioning with a total treatment capacity of 295.00 MLD.
Construction of sewage treatment plants in 3 ULBs are in
progress at Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada &Yemmiganur
to add Additional Sewage capacity 177.8 MLD and are
proposed to be completed by March 2016.
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Housing and Urban Development

Corporation Grant
sector costing Rs.171.74 crore and 2 in Storm Water

costing Rs.108.77 crore.
12 schemes are under progress with HUDCO loan (11WS & 1-UGD) at a cost of Rs.454.06 crore. Out of these,
10 water supply schemes completed in 10 ULBs covering
approximately 14.81 lakhs population providing clean
and potable water for drinking and 1 UGD completed
benefiting 1.00 lakhs of population.
APMDP Projects:
AP Projects
On-going Schemes:
Six Water supply projects are sanctioned with APMDP from

2012-13 with a cost of Rs.1105.62 crores. Funding Pattern
is 70:20:10 between World Bank, State Government and
ULB. All the schemes are in progress.
State Level Steering Committee cleared 10 schemes

proposed under JNNURM-UIDSSMT. But GoI has not
sanctioned these schemes as the funds provided for Andhra
Pradesh under JNNURM have been exhausted. The State
Government decided to meet the expenditure of these
projects from Plan funds. Out of the 10 projects, 5 are in
water sector costing Rs.128.29 crore, 3 in Sewerage
9 water supply schemes in 9 ULBs costing Rs.890.88 crores

are aimed to be completed for benefitting 17.00 lakhs
population. 2 schemes costing Rs.152.40 crores are aimed
to complete in 2 ULBs under UGD Sector for benefitting
5.20 lakhs population. 1 scheme costing Rs.27.70 crores is
aimed to complete under Storm Water Drainage Sector for
benefitting 1 lakh population during 2015-16.
Rural Water Supply
RWS ongoing programme 2015-16
The Government is determined to solve drinking water

problem in rural areas and also aim to provide:
Delivery of adequate, safe and potable drinking water to
all rural people.
Supply of safe water to fluoride, brackish and other
polluted habitations
Upgradation of all habitations to fully covered status
Special focus on sustainability of sources/schemes
Proper sanitation facilities to all habitations
Various State and Central Government programmes
such as NRDWP, Finance Commission, Swachh Bharat
Mission and other external agencies provide the funds for
implementing schemes/works for providing drinking
water and sanitation facilities to habitations. Funds are also
being tapped in the form of loans from NABARD, World
Bank etc.,
Rural Water Supply infrastructure

created
There were 1,84,904 bore wells fitted with Hand pumps,
30,233 PWS Schemes and 483 CPWS Schemes (including
Sri Satya Sai Schemes) existing as on 01.04.2015. 2819
habitations were covered incurring an expenditure of
Rs.775.10 crores under all grants during 2014-15.
2287 works were taken up at a cost of Rs.2576.72 crore

to cover 8,168 habitations, of which 2851 habitations are
targeted for coverage during 2015-16. 637 habitations are
covered duly incurring an expenditure of Rs.219.38 crore
under all programmes up to Sep, 2015.
World Bank Assistance Programme

A project has been sanctioned for 5 years in 3 districts to
provide drinking water facilities in quality affected, not
covered and partially covered habitations with World Bank
Assistance. It is proposed to cover 964 habitations with
685 SVS/MVS works with an amount of Rs.328.72 crore
in Visakhapatnam, Prakasam, and Kadapa districts of
Andhra Pradesh. Out of which, 668 works are completed
covering 766 habitations duly incurring an expenditure of
Rs 197.91 crores up to March, 2015. During 2015-16, 17
works are ongoing with a cost of Rs.130.81 crores to cover
198 habitations.
Swachh Bharat Mission

Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) was renamed as Nirmal
Bharat Abhiyan (NBA) with effect from 1.4.2012 with
modified guidelines and objectives to accelerate further the
sanitation coverage in rural areas, so as to comprehensively
cover the rural community with renewed strategies under
the Program. Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan, which is renamed as

Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM-G) from 2nd October,2014,
envisages covering the entire community for saturated
outcomes with a view to create Nirmal Gram Panchayats
(NGPs).
To achieve 100% rural sanitation in the State, Government
have taken up construction of Individual Household
Latrines (IHHLs), School toilets and Anganwadi toilets as
units. In order to have more coverage in rural areas, the unit
cost of IHHL (size 3X4) is increased to Rs.12,000/-from
2nd October,2014, with Central share of Rs.9,000/- and
State share of Rs.3,000/- and Rs.15,000/- with Central
share of Rs.9,000/- and State share of Rs.6,000/- for
IHHL of size 4X6.
Municipal
Administration
Urban Sanitation Door to Door
Garbage Collection
There are 110 Urban Local Bodies i.e., 13 Municipal
Corporations, 72 Municipalities and 25 Nagara panchayaths
in the State. As per 2011 census, urban population of the
state is 132.23 lakhs. The total garbage generation in the
State in 110 ULBs ie., 1,86,067 M.Ts and Waste lifted is
1,74,718 M.Ts per month or to the tune of 93.90%. Out of
total 3393 wards, door to door garbage collection is covered
in 3197 wards or to tune of 94.22% of wards covered by
door to door garbage collection.
Municipal Solid Waste Management

(MSWM)
All the ULBs have procured the equipment for effective
handling of the solid waste i.e., plastic bins (for Pushcarts/
Tricycles), push carts, tri cycles, autos etc., by utilizing the
13th finance commission grants and perpetual continuation
of the MSWM initiatives like Parichayam (Know your
worker), Pin Point Programme, Wall Writings regarding
details of sanitary staff, involvement of all stakeholders of
the community, i.e., RWAs, SHGs, NGOs, students, senior
citizens etc., and campaign of reduce, reuse and recycle
etc., remarkable change is witnessed in sanitation and
Solid waste management in the state and the quantity of
HIGHLIGHTS
Urbanisation
29.47%
Government of India had sanctioned construction of

68,38,831 Individual Household Latrines (IHHLs). Of
which 29.25 lakh IHHLs have been completed up to March,
2015. The Government of India, tentatively allocated an
amount of Rs.200.00 crores under SBM (G) and released
an amount of Rs.101.45 crore for the year 2015-16.
So far 1,77,137 Individual Household Latrines (IHHLs) are
constructed as against the target of 15.22 lakh, incurring
an expenditure of Rs.265.71 crore including OB during
the year 2015-16.
garbage generation is also reduced. 100% households are

covered by door to door collection in certain ULBs in the
State i.e., Bobbili, Salur, Palamaneru, Ponnur, Tadipatri,
Guntakal and Tenali etc. The dumping sites of Bobbili,
Salur, Guntakal, Nadyal and Palamenru were converted
as beautiful parks. Compost Plants were also established
in several ULBs, Bio gas plants are established in Bobbili,
Salur, Palacole, Eluru, Narasapur, Vijayawada, Guntur
and Tenali. In addition to this a process has already been
commenced for setting up of waste to energy projects
/plants at 10 different locations i.e. Visakhapatnam,
Vizianagaram, Tadepalligudem, Guntur, Machilipatnam,
Tirupathi, Nellore, Kurnool, Anantapur and Kadapa in the
State for processing the Municipal Solid Waste around 4471
Mts of solid waste generated in 53 ULBs. The Swachha
Andhra Corporation is exclusively established to deal with
sanitation and solid waste management matters. To improve
the sanitation conditions and to arrest open defecation, the
Swachha Andhra Corporation has sanctioned 1,63,381
individual house hold toilets, of which 47,559 units were
already constructed in 110 ULBs.
Smart Cities Smart Wards

A Smart Village/Ward encompasses sustainable and
inclusive development of all sections of its community,
primarily aimed to harness the benefits of information
technology for the rural folks. The initiative is a community
effort to mobilize the collective strengths of people from
various streams and integrate it with information technology
to provide benefits to the rural community. The 100 per cent
achievement of the following basic amenities, outcomes
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and services in a definite time frame, is a non-negotiable

condition for moving towards Smart Village-Smart Ward.
This initiative of Smart Village and Smart Ward towards
Smart AP is undertaken in all the habitations in rural areas
also. Adoption of villages by partners is encouraging with
over 14,000 partners(General and sectoral) have shown
interest and became partners in rural and urban areas.
The Smart Andhra Pradesh Foundation (SAPF) is a
registered society established by the Government to
help achieve the goal of transforming the lives of its
people through double digit growth along with inclusive
development. The Foundation (SAPF) would play a
strategic and catalytic role in realizing the vision of the
state leadership. The Foundation would work closely with
policy makers (state/national) and other key stakeholders
including the private sector, civil society for implementing
various innovative social and economic development
initiatives for sustainable development of the state.
1. Homes for all with access to toilet, safe-drinking
water, and regular power
2. Every household has diversified livelihood opportunities
and/or micro-enterprise
3. SHGs and youths have access to skills development
and Village Enterprise Development with bank and
market linkages
4. End open defecation
5. Has functional solid/liquid waste management system
15. Every GP/Ward has green trees all over its geographic
boundaries
16. Every GP/Ward has functional water conservation
and harvesting structures
17. Every GP/Ward has functional Information Centre,
Computer Lab, and Mee-Seva Centre
18. Every GP/Ward has telecom/internet connectivity
19. Gram Sabha/Ward Sabha are held four times a year
with minimum two-thirds attendance
20. Every GP/Ward has a functional grievance redressal
system
Smart Village-Smart Ward towards Smart Andhra Pradesh
initiative focuses on improved resource-use efficiency,
empowered local self-governance, access to assured basic
amenities and responsible individual and community
behavior to build a vibrant and happy society. To learn
best practices from others be it an individual, a community,
a gram panchayat/ward, a city or a country, being a
continuous process, acquiring better processes and better
equipment with latest knowhow. Details are shown in
Annexure 8.23.
14th Finance Commission Grants

The grant being released is two types 1) basic grant and
2) performance grant. The FFC has recommended Rs
3635.80 crore to the ULBs.
6. End all preventable maternal deaths and infant deaths
Salient features:
7. 100 per cent institutional deliveries
The ULBs should be required to spend the grant only

on the basic services water supply, sanitation including
septage management, sewerage, storm water drainage and
solid waste management, street lighting, local body roads
and footpaths, parks, playgrounds, burial and cremation
grounds (Para 9.56).
8. Zero school drop outs of boys and girls up to 12th class

9. Functional toilet, potable water, electricity available
in Anganwadi Centres, schools, health centres, GP/
Ward buildings
10. Malnutrition free (children below 9 years of age)
11. No girl-child marriages (girls below 18 years of age)
12. Every farm has soil health card, enriched essential
micro-nutrients and diversification with livestock and
trees
13. Every village household has a functional bank account/
PM Jan Dhan Bank Account
14. Every GP/Ward has its own dynamic development
plan prepared by community participation
The criteria for distribution of grants is basing on 2011

census population data with a weight of 90 percent and
10% of weightage for area of the ULB (Para 9.64).
The division between basic and performance grant is on
80:20 basis (Para 9.70).
The basic grant for ULBs will be divided into tire-wise shares
and distributed across each tire, namely the Municipal
Corporations(tire I ULBs), Municipalities (tire II ULBs),
and Nagarpanchayats (tire III ULBs) using the formula
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given by SFC so given. If the State Finance Commission

recommendations are not existing, 2011 census population
with a weight of 90 per cent and area with a weight of
10 per cent and distributed among the different entities in
each tire in proportion to the population of 2011 and area
in the ratio of 90:10.
To create an enabling environment for private sector

participation in Capex (capital expenditure) and Opex
(operation and maintenance)
Performance grant
2.48 lakh applications were received from 1.76 lakh eligible

households. Of which 1.74 lakh households have been
sanctioned and 1.38 lakh have been grounded and 0.74
lakh units completed upto December, 2015. An amount of
Rs.103.83 crore has been released to the house holds.
Making available data on local bodies receipt and

expenditure through audited accounts. Improvement
in own revenues; and measure and publish service level
benchmarks (SLB) for basic services. This grant will be
disbursed from the second year of award period 2016-17
onwards. To be eligible for performance grants, the ULBs
will have to submit audited annual accounts that relate to a
year not earlier than two years preceding the year in which
the ULB seeks to claim the performance grant. It will also
have to show an increase in the revenues of the ULB over
the preceding year, as reflected in the audited accounts.
Action plan for distribution of basic grant among ULBs as
per the recommendations of the Finance Commission for
the year 2015-16. Guidelines for dispersal of performance
grants to ULBs from the year 2016-17. Government
released an amount of Rs.174.46 crores as first installment
for the year 2015-16the same was released to the All ULBs.
Swachha Andhra Corporation

Swachha Andhra Corporation was established on
01.05.2015 after launching of Swachh Bharat Mission
(SBM) 02.10.2014 and taking up the activities in ULBs with
a target to achieve 100% by Oct 2019 i.e. 150th birthday
of Mahatma Gandhiji. Swachha Andhra Corporation was
incorporated under Companies Act, functioning under
MA&UD department is coordinating with the ULBs with
regard to implement Swachh Bharat Mission.
Objectives
Elimination of open defecation
Eradication of Manual Scavenging
Modern and Scientific Municipal Solid Waste
Management
To effect behavioral change regarding healthy sanitation
practices
Generate awareness about sanitation and its linkage
with public health
Capacity Augmentation for ULBs
Achievements:
Individual Household Toilets
Community Toilets:
Unit cost of Community Toilet is Rs.65,000 (State share
60% and GoI share 40%). 148 units were completed as
against the target of 463 and 59 are in progress. Rs.15 crore
was released to ULBs.
Waste to Energy Projects

These projects are comes under the category of 3rd
component of SBM objectives i.e. Municipal Solid Waste
(MSW) Management in modern and scientific approach.
3 waste to energy projects were awarded on 03.12.2015
by NREDCAP (Energy department). These projects are
expected to come in to operation by Aug2018 and through
which 39% of MSW generated would be processed under
scientific methods.
AP Municipal Development Project

The Andhra Pradesh Municipal Development Project
(APMDP) is a world Bank (IBRD) aided project with an
estimated cost of Rs.1218.24 crore which aims at creating
sustainable urban infrastructure in the urban areas as
well as creating managerial capabilities along the policy
makers and the people who provide services to the urban
population.
The following are the components of the project
Component A
State level policy and institutional development support
with an estimated cost of Rs.5.70 crore. Two consultants
were appointed to undertake study of municipal reforms
(NGO contract & firm contract) with an agreement value
of Rs.3.90 crores and the works are in progress.
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Component B
Federations were organized up to November, 2015.
Capacity enhancement component for enhancing the

financial and technical capacity and operating system of all
ULBs with an estimated cost of Rs.99.30 crore.
61,960 Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) are also organized

into 6,196 exclusive SHGs, 79 Town Vikalangula Samakyas
(TVSs) and 111 Parents Associations of Persons with Mental
Rehabilitation (PAPWMRs) were formed in the State.
Component C
Urban infrastructure investment with an estimated cost of
Rs. 1065.00 crore to finance Comprehensive water supply
improvement projects identified by ULBs to improve urban
services or operational efficiency with an estimated cost of
Rs.1015 crore.
Component D
Project management technical assistance is with an
estimated cost of Rs. 45.60 crore for ensuring the quality of
sub project preparation, implementation, and monitoring
of the projects.
Financial Progress
So far an amount of Rs 442.75 crore distributed up to the
end of November 2015. The project achieved disbursement
progress of 36.34% for the same period. Financial progress
of the project has been picked up recently from 21.18% in
March 2015 to 36.34% in November 2015.
Mission for Elimination of Poverty in

Municipal Areas
National Urban Livelihood Mission
(NULM):
The Government of India has restructured the SJSRY
scheme as NULM and is being implemented with effect
from 01-04-2014 in 32 eligible towns / cities. The Mission
is aimed at reducing poverty and vulnerability of urban
poor households by enabling them to access gainful selfemployment and skilled wage employment opportunities,
resulting in an appreciable improvement in their livelihoods
on a sustainable basis, through building strong grassroot
level institutions of the poor.
a) Social Mobilization and Institutional

Development (SM & ID):
The main objective of MEPMA is to organize poor women
into Self Help Groups s by covering all families living
in slums and enable them to become self-reliant. A total
of 6,619 Slum Level Federations and 135 Town Level
b) Employment through Skill Training

and Placement (EST & P):
It is proposed to provide placement linked skill trainings
to 40,000 beneficiaries in 32 NULM towns during the
year 2015-16 with 50% placements. Trainings started
in 29 towns. The target for 2014-15 is 33,600 and 6,614
unemployed poor youth were trained during 2014-15 and
2,980 placed in 2015-16 under STEP-UP programme of
SJSRY.
c) Self Employment Programme (SEP):

This programme focuses on providing assistance to
individual urban poor beneficiaries for setting up gainful
self employment ventures and micro enterprises with
interest subvention with an upper limit of Rs 2.00 lakh
cost per unit. The target for the year 2015-16 was 9000, of
which 2232 SEP units loan have been sanctioned.
Shelter for Urban Homeless (SUH):

The main objective of SUH is Providing 24X7 all weather
shelter to Urban Homeless with all amenities. 18 shelters
are functioning under this scheme. During 2015-16, 12
shelters were sanctioned by State Level Sanction Committee
in 12 ULBs with an amount of Rs.130.30 lakhs shelters.
Scheme of Support to Urban Street

Vendors (SUSV):
Strengthening and sustainability of livelihoods of Street
Vendors (SVs) has been proposed to be implemented in all
ULBs in the State as a part of the national policy on urban
street vendors. 54,649 Street Vendors were profiled. Town
Vending Committees have been formed in 110 ULBs. ID
cards have been issued to 13,045 street vendors.
SHGs Bank Linkage

SHGs-Bank Linkage programme has made MEPMA, one of
the premier players in micro financing segment in the state.
MEPMA facilitated SHG Bank Linkage worth more than
Rs.878.00 crore to 26,030 Self Help Groups in 2015-16.
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Vaddi Leni Runalu

The Scheme is introduced in place of Pavala Vaddi w.e.f.
1.1.2012 to reduce interest burden on the urban poor for
the loans taken by the Self Help Groups (SHGs) from the
Banks for improving profitability of SHG enterprises and
to encourage better payment. An amount of Rs.97.92 crore
has been given to eligible SHGs 2015-16 (upto Nov, 2015).
Sthree Nidhi:
The scheme aims to provide credit gap funding in
addition to regular bank linkage. An amount of Rs.41.48
Cr was given to 4490 SHGs as soft loan under the scheme.
Capital infusion:
An amount of Rs. 10,000/- per each SHG member is
being sanctioned under this scheme. In the 1st phase @
Rs. 3000/- (30% of Rs. 10,000/-) per member has been
released. So far an amount of Rs. 460.75 crores released
to15, 36,837 SHG members.
Aam Adhmi Bima Yojana (Janasri

Bhima Yojana):
3.29 lakh SHG women were enrolled under this programme
and 41,759 students were awarded scholarships for the year
2015-16.
SHG Livelihoods EDP Trainings

During the year 2015-16, emphasis is laid on providing
livelihoods to the SHGs and SLFs through market tie-ups
MEPMA has planned to give EDP trainings on convergence
mode to SHG and SLF Women on large scale based.
During the year 2015-16, 36,234 members were trained in
Entrepreneur Development Programme through ALEAP,
APITCO, KVK, Andhra Bank, Canara Bank, Andhra
Mahila Sabha and NGOs etc, in advanced tailoring, food
processing, jute product, handicrafts, readymade garments,
glass paintings, bangles making and catering etc., livelihood
units are grounded though SHG Bank Linkage and SHG
Corpus benefitting 76,542 SHG members.
City Livelihood Centres:

During the year 2015-16, 35 City Livelihood Centres were
started in all NULM ULBs. As per NULM guidelines the
first installment of Rs. 3.00 lakhs per CLC was released
for 35 CLCs for procurement of computer , phone with

net connection and recruitment of staff. Services started
in all CLCs.
Common Facility center/Production

Centers
After completion of EDP Trainings, handholding support
will be provided for development of entrepreneurship
amongst the SHG women. 42 Production centers were
established in all districts and activities like tailoring, making
of jute products and pickles have been taken up.
Generic Medical Stores

During the year 2015-16, 52 Generic Medical Stores
grounded in the ULBs.
MEPMA Bazars
MEPMA has facilitated urban SHGs for participation
in Regional SARAS in collaboration with District Rural
Development Authority (DRDA) and also facilitated for
participation in the exhibition held in Pragathi Maidan,
New Delhi and regularly participating in Numaish
exhibition conducted by Exhibition Society Hyderabad
to encourage the market for SWASAKTHI Brand SHG
products.
129 swasakthi canteens have been established through SHG
Women in all districts at Collectorates, Hospital Premises,
Municipal Offices, Market Yards, MRO offices and other
public places.
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana

Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) has been discontinued and
subsumed under new scheme Housing for All by 2022
as Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. Housing department is
designated as the Nodal agency for implementation of the
scheme in the state.
RAY project status:

Initially 6 projects with a total cost of Rs.154.87 crore were
sanctioned by GoI. After discontinuation of RAY scheme
ongoing projects of Suryatejanagar in GVMC, NSC Bose
Nagar in VMC were approved by GoI to subsume under
Housing for All.
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Rural Development
It is possible to increase productivity of degraded lands
with proper planning, scientific approach and efficient
management and create huge employment opportunities
for the poor. It is firmly believed that development
of degraded lands is an important input required for
eradication of poverty. The Commissionerate of Rural
Development implements Rural Development programmes
like Watershed Development programme, Self Help
Groups and related programmes and Mahatma Gandhi
National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. As per
the 2011 census, rural population of Andhra Pradesh is
349.67 lakh representing 70.53% of total population.
Watershed development programmes (DPAP, DDP, IWDP,
IWMP), Comprehensive Land Development Programmes
(NTR Jala Siri under RIDF XIII, XV & XVII) and
Wage Employment Programmes (MGNREGS) are being
implemented in the State. All these programmes are being
implemented and monitored through software solution
RAGAS (Rashtra Grameena Abhivridhi Samacharam).
The entire data is uploaded every day into central server and
reports displayed on respective websites, thereby bringing
in transparency and accountability in these programmes.
Watershed Development Programmes

Watershed development programmes are being
implemented in the State for over two decades. Watershed
programmes are concentrated only in rainfed areas which
have undulating terrain and are prone for degradation of
soil (soil erosion). These areas are generally characterized by
very poor groundwater sources. The programme envisages
demarking 500 hectare area as a micro watershed. The
watershed so delineated is treated for conservation of soil
and moisture by following the ridge to valley approach.
Watershed development programmes are being
implemented under Centrally Sponsored Schemes of DPAP,
DDP and IWDP to combat recurring drought conditions
in the state. Watershed Development Projects has brought
all schemes under one umbrella following cluster approach
wherein, contiguous areas up to 5,000 ha. were to be taken
up for treatment from 2008. 3,933 watersheds covering
an area of 19.67 lakh ha has been taken up for watershed
development, of which 3907 watersheds with an extent of

19.54 lakh ha. were completed. 432 water shed projects
with an extent of 18.10 lakh ha.are under progress under
IWMP.
A series of structures like sunken pits, rock fill dams,
percolation tanks, check dams, farm ponds, earthen bunding,
vegetative barriers, plantations etc., are constructed to
reduce velocity of water and allow percolation. They also
control soil erosion and improve vegetative cover on the
land so as to augment productivity.
Integrated Watershed Management

Programme
The major objective of the IWMP program is to improve
the ground water level by constructing the water harvesting
structures like mini percolation tank, percolation tank and
check dams etc. The main aim of IWMP is to restore
ecological balance by harnessing, conserving and developing
degraded natural resource such as soil, vegetative cover
and water. Prevention of soil run-off, regeneration of
natural vegetation, rain water harvesting and recharging of
ground water table are few outcomes of these programs.
This enables multi-cropping, introduction of diverse agrobased activities, and help provide sustainable livelihoods to
people in watershed areas. IWMP programme has defined
appropriate institutional arrangements, budget allocations,
capacity building strategies and project management
cycle. The proposed processes integrate gender, equity
and livelihood concerns in the framework of Watershed
development programme. Details about the achievements
under this programme are shown in Table 8.27.
Table 8.27 : Watershed development under IWMP
Item
No. of
watersheds
Expenditure
(Rs. cr)
2014-15
2015-16 up to
October 2015
432 Projects to be
sactioned
585.19
107.65
Total
432
692.84
Source: Rural Development department
Component wise progress under IWMP and activities

taken up under Natural Resource Management (NRM) are
shown in Annexure 8. 24.
HIGHLIGHTS

Activities taken up under Production Systems

Improvement (PSI):
Sl. Activity
No.
No. of
Activities
19370
Expenditure No. of
(Rs crore)
beneficiaries
benefitted
29.06
60500
28489
11.8
2945
0.45
50804
41.31
Agriculture
activities
2
Animal
Husbandry
activities
3
Other
line dept.
activities
Total
60500
Activities taken up under Livelihoods for Assetless:

Sl.
No.
Activity
No. of
Expenditure
Beneficiaries
(Rs crore)
benefitted
Dairy activities
16411
42.06
Small Ruminants
12956
33.21
Petty Business
6910
17.71
Skilled Business
2591
6.64
Agriculture
4319
11.07
43187
110.69
Total
NTR Jala Siri ( RIDF XVII):
Objective
To consolidate the gains made in the land development
project of MGNREGS and to ensure sustainable and
comprehensive development of the land securing
livelihoods it is proposed to implement Indira Jala Prabha
(IJP) a project to provide irrigation facilities, under RIDFXVII and in convergence with MGNREGS. NTR Jala Siri
(NTR JS) a MGNREGA- RIDF convergence project, aims
at changing 2.31 lakh acres of fallow and uncultivated land
in to irrigated lands. The project shall be taken up in all the
districts in the state.
Government has initially sanctioned an amount of Rs.
198.80 crores under RIDF-XVII and convergence of
Rs.197.03 crores from MGNREGS for Indira Jala Prabha.
The Project will be completed in 3 years. So far Rs.120.22
crores has been released and incurred an expenditure of
Rs.149.15 crores. During the year 2015-16(upto Oct-2015)
Rs.15.78 crores expenditure had been incurred under
previous year balances.
NTR JALASRI-II
1.34
lakh Borewells
MGNREGS
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee
Act gives legal guarantee of providing at least 100 days
of wage employment to rural households whose adult
members are willing to do unskilled manual labour. The
objective of the Act is to supplement wage employment
opportunities in rural areas and build up durable assets in
the process. It aims at providing not less than one hundred
days of unskilled manual work as a guaranteed employment
in a financial year to every household in rural areas as
per demand, resulting in creation of productive assets of
prescribed quality and durability and strengthening the
livelihood resource base of the poor, proactively ensuring
social inclusion and strengthening PR institutions. This
programme is being implemented in all districts of the state.
All the works executed are grounded into four categories viz
a) Public works relating to Natural Resources Management,
b) Individual assets for vulnerable sections, c) Common
infrastructure for NRLM compliant self help groups and d)
Rural Infrastructure. This is a centrally sponsored scheme
with 90:10 central and state share respectively.
It is acknowledged that MGNREGA, despite its benefits as a welltargeted social insurance mechanism and for rural development,
suffers from significant leakage. To reduce leakages and payment
delays, Andhra Pradesh introduced direct benefit transfers, so
that salaries would be paid directly to workers, with biometric
Smartcards to reduce the scope of siphoning of funds via registering
ghost workers.
The Smartcards program was a tremendous success, reducing
payment delays by 19 per cent, increasing MGNREGA wages by
24 per cent and reducing leakages by 35 per cent.
Economic survey of India-2016
Performance of MGNREGS
MGNREGS is being implemented in 13,085 Gram
Panchayats in 661 Mandals of 13 districts. 82.94 lakh job
cards were issued covering 1.76 crore wage seekers since
inception of the scheme. 5.03 lakh Srama Shakti Sanghams
have been formed with 60 lakh households covering 88.50
lakh wage seekers. In recognition of the performance
under MGNREGS, Andhra Pradesh has been awarded
National Award for effective initiatives in transparency
and accountability in 2014-15. Over view of MGNREGS
during 2015-16 (up to Oct 2015) are shown in Table 8.28
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MIS (Web) Reports
Table 8.28: Overview of MGNREGS-AP

During 201516 (upto Oct
2015)
Cumulative
performance
No of Job Cards issued

(lakhs)
1.12
82.94.
No. of Works
Completed(lakhs)
1.62
30.87
2544.35
22,459
No. of Households
provided wage
employment(Lakhs)
32.57
60
No. of wageseekers
provided
employment(Lakhs)
53.92
116
Total person days

generated (crore)
14.32
155.4
Persondays generated
for SC(crore)
3.33
37
for ST(crore)
1.65
17.93.
for BC(crore)
6.93
75.12 .
Total No. of households

completed 100
days(lakhs)
2.41
44.13
44
120.30
99.9
Particulars
Total Expenditure (Rs.

in crore)
Average no. of days

employment provided
per HH
Average Wage rate per
day per person (Rs.)
Source: Rural Development Department
Best Practices
End to End IT Utilization

Rashtriya Grameenabhivruddhi
Samacharam
The use of ICT becomes necessary especially in registration
of wage seekers, estimation of works, disbursement of
wages and effective monitoring for ensuring transparency
in the execution of MGNREGS in Andhra Pradesh. The
transaction based software issues job cards, maintains shelf
of projects, generates estimates, issues work commencement
letters, updates muster rolls and generates pay orders.
Web reports provide detailed information under

various sections and subsections covering all aspects of
MGNREGS activities. The user can access all reports in
the website www.nrega.ap.gov.in which offers information
related to employment generation, physical and financial
performance.
Electronic Fund Management System

e-FMS was established to put in place an efficient
mechanism for online money transfers and to address the
difficulty in handling various accounts at various levels
and to address accountability issues. This system helps in
avoiding parking of funds in some places and empowers
all blocks and panchayats uninterrupted access to funds
through a central server.
Electronic Muster and Measurement

System
e-MMS is designed to ensure complete transparency in
implementation of MGNREGS programme by obtaining
electronic data directly from worksite to the website
on day to day basis from all villages. The musters and
measurements information is sent electronically through
mobile technology. e-MMS is being implemented in all
districts. Live musters are uploaded to the server directly
from the field and can be viewed on the web on day to day
basis.
Shrama Shakti Sangham (Labour

Groups)
10-30 labourers are formed into labour groups in this group
system. Providing continuous assured employment for
poor rural Households for 100 days is the key objective
for the formation of SSS groups. These groups were created
for better cohesiveness, coordination and better worksite
management. Fudging of muster rolls and fake entries
can be easily identified and avoided through this. SSS
federations formed at the village level will ensure higher
level of labour participation, build confidence among the
wage seekers and also empowers the SSS groups. 9449
SSS federations have been formed with 1.24 lakh groups in
5461 GPs of 410 mandals.
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Quality Control cell
Social Audit follow-up action:
Government of Andhra Pradesh constituted a separate

Quality Control Cell with a retired Engineer-in-chief
as Chief Quality Control Officer for ensuring quality of
created durable assets. Teams were formed with Senior
Quality Control Officers and Junior Quality Control
Officers to conduct inspections and submit reports on
execution. They not only check the quality but also build
the capacity of technical assistants and engineering
consultants.
Rs.132.56 crore was covered by financial deviation in social

audit (including convergence department). Rs. 58.73
crore has been determined as misappropriation(Personal
Hearing) and so far Rs. 20.40 crore has been recovered,
but still Rs. 38.32 is yet to be recovered where as Rs. 51.64
crore has to be finalized. 58,534 disciplinary cases were
disposed off where 685 functionaries were suspended,
20316 functionaries were removed and 32119 punishments
were imposed and 6099 were acquitted out of 82 FIR
being filed. 18,944 disciplinary cases were filed against
FTEs, MPDOs and engineers etc.. are still pending .
Grievance Redressal
Call center with toll free numbers 155321 & 1800-200-4455
have been established for registering any grievance of the
wage seekers to be redressed. All forms of the complaints
are maintained electronically at RDCC (RD Call Centre)
platform through different templates development in the
software. Grivance day every monday is being conducted
at mandal / district level during which grievances directly
received and being resolved. On every 3rd Wednesday
at mandal level and 3rd Friday at District level. Meetings
are conducted receiving/reviewing/resolving complaints
under APNA (Andhra Pradesh NGOs alliance).
Meekosam Website
It is a forum for Public Grievance and redressal system
(PGRS), launched on 26th may 2015 with an integration
with 19 Departments in one single forum by www.
meekosam.ap.gov.in - web portal, for people to report
problems, grievances, complaints. All the reports and
suggestions will be viewed by the respective departments.
Complainer can track the status of their grievance online
or call the toll free number 1100/1800-425-4440. A call
centre has been set up to register or find out your grievance
application.
Social Audit
A full-fledged social audit unit system was established at
the State level with exclusive Staff. So far, 10 rounds of
social audit have been conducted in 13 districts. This is an
effective initiative to check corruption and to enhance the
accountability to people.
Vigilance Teams
A strong vigilance wing was established to ensure
transparency and accountability. Special Vigilance wing
was formed at the State and district level for taking up
follow-up on Social Audit findings. District vigilance teams
are positioned to strengthen vigilance and social audit
follow up.
Mobile Courts
The A.P. Promotion of Social Audit and Prevention of
Corrupt Practices, Act 3 of 2012, was promulgated for
speedy trial of offences committed by personnel indulging in
corrupt practices in the implementation of the programme
including those identified by Social Audit. Efforts are
being made to launch criminal prosecution against persons
involved in misappropriation in the implementation of the
scheme through Special Mobile Courts.
Direct Benefit Transfers:

Payments through smartcards was initiated to ensure that
intended wage seeker receives timely payments and also to
ensure that the right beneficiary receives the wage payments.
Payments to labour in villages are being done through a
biometric identification process with the help of Smart
Cards. This process makes use of finger print technology to
issue biometric smart cards to each beneficiary at the village
level. The current mode of payment will be migrated from
the biometric authenticated payment system to Aadhaar
based payments through postal dept. and banks. In all
proposed 13,084 GPs, disbursement through BC model.
An amount of Rs.8894 crore. was disbursed through
Smartcards so far.
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Special provisions to PwDs:

Separate groups (Vikalangula SSS) are formed with persons
with disabilities and provisions like 30% additional wage
rate, preference to PwDs in the selection of mates are being
extended.
Special Strategy ITDAs (Tribal

Region)
progress and 6.31 lakh acres have been completed. Rs.

1500.5 crore has been incurred as expenditure.
Horticulture:
During 2015-16 it is proposed to take up 81,500 acres under
Horticulture plantation programme, 109 Lakhs seedlings
in bund plantation and to cover 1,554 beneficiaries in IPT
Plantations.
Apart from implementation through Programme Officer/

MPDO, certain works are also taken up through Project
Officer ITDAs. Works like Check dams, roads, GP
buildings & mandal buildings in ITDA areas are taken
up through ITDAs. Horticulture is given importance and
plantations like Coffee, Mango, Rubber and Cashew were
predominantly taken up in ITDA areas.
Bund Plantation:
Special Strategy Chenchu

Primitive Tribal Group
Green Village Concept:
Out of 33 tribal groups in Andhra Pradesh, 8 groups

are recognized as Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups
(PVTG). Among 8 PVTGs, Chenchu are also recognized
as PVTG by Government of India in the year 1975. The
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee
Scheme (MGNREGS) Chenchu Special Project has been
implementing since May, 2009 to address the cases of
extreme poverty, hunger & starvation and to arrest distress
migration among Chenchu.
An amount of Rs.43.20 crore expenditure has been
incurred in the Chenchu areas since implementation of
MGNREGS and 33.24 lakh person days were generated
by Chenchus.
Expenditure on Assets under MGNREGS

Land Development (cumulative):
10.5 lakh acres of fallow land belonging to 3.83 lakh SC/
ST/Small & Marginal farmers has been identified for
development with an outlay of Rs.7067.04 crore. Out of
the total identified area, works in 1.75 lakh acres are in
progress and 7.30 lakh acres completed. Total expenditure
incurred was Rs.2481.4 crore.
8.70 lakh acres of degraded cultivable land belonging to
3.40 lakh SC/ST/SM farmers has been identified for
development with an estimated cost of Rs. 3532 crore. Out
of the total identified area, works in 1.03 lakh acres is in
Estimates have been generated for 59,783 farmers by

covering an area of 1.13 lakh acres for 2015-16. Pitting
completed in 41,602 acres and planting completed in
13,671 acres. Rs.27.36 crore expenditure was incurred
during this year.
It is proposed to take up all types of plantations covering

all vacant lands in the GPs. During the first phase it is
proposed to take up 175 GPs in all Districts in convergence
with Forest department. It requires 18.7 Lakhs tall seedlings.
The seedlings are being supplied by the Forest department.
Avenue Plantation:
It is proposed to take up Avenue plantation in 4,309 Kms
of PMGSY roads, 650 Kms of Nation highway roads and
1,682 Kms of state Highway roads in convergence with
Forest Department.
Homestead Plantation:
It is proposed to take up Homestead plantations in 25 lakhs
of Households and the proposals submitted to Govt. and
the plants being procured through the tendering process.
Solid waste Management works

Govt. of India has made certain amendments to the
Schedule I & II of the MGNREG Act, duly including
the Solid and Liquid Waste Management under Rural
Sanitation related works under Rural Infrastructure
category (Category-D).
Solid waste management in rural areas includes collection
and segregation of solid waste, provision for conversion of
biodegradable solid waste in to vermi compost and land fill
arrangements to non degradable solid waste. Liquid waste
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management includes construction of pucca drains or

underground pipeline and collection of same to a distance
point and to take up low cost preliminary treatment for
reuse the same for agricultural purpose. So far, 1394 Gram
panchayats are selected to take up this project. Estimates
were generated for 844 works worth of 2840.5 lakhs.
Individual household latrines (IHHL):

It was decided to take up 25,000 IHHLs per district under
NREGA in certain Gram Panchayats in saturation mode.
The targets were communicated to Collectors. Upto August
2015 1,06,438 IHHLs were under progress.
Progress as per Action Plan:

The progress under Water Conservation Mission ( Neeru
Chettu) is as follows:
Under Water Harvesting Structures Renovation of MI
tanks, Check Dams, Check Walls, Percolation/Mini
Percolation tanks, Farm Ponds/Dugout Ponds, CCT/
Staggered Trenches etc. taken up. The revised target
for the financial year 2015-16 is 84,920 with an of
Rs.1385.90 crore. Under Soil Moisture Conservation
(SMC) Works, the action plan for 2015-16 is 16,051 with
an estimation of Rs.528.66 crore. Achievement upto
November, 2015 under Water Conservation works is
71,484 with an expenditure of Rs.1077.00 crores.
Under Greening of works (Plantation works - Chettu),
Horticulture Plantations, Bund Plantations, Block
Plantations, Avenue Plantations, Plantations in
Community lands for landless Poor (IPT) will be
taken up. The target for the financial year 2015-16 is
43,666 acres with an estimated cost of Rs.845 crores.
Achievement upto November, 2015, 22,168 acres with
an expenditure of Rs.185.15 crores.
Convergence
The Rural Development department is also implementing
MGNREGS in convergence with the various line
departments like Panchayat Raj & Engineering Dept. for
Construction of GP buildings & Mandal buildings, Roads
works etc. and Forest Department for raising of seedlings
for horticulture and bund plantation, ITDAs for effective
implementation in ITDA areas, RWS dept. for individual
household latrines.
Road Connectivity Project:

Connectivity of Roads to habitations with cross drainage
works, agricultural fields and burial ground, CC Roads
with underground drainage system (in convergence with
13th &14th Finance commission grant 50% MGNREGS
and 50% from 13th and 14th FC Funds). Out of 55,616
km length of Internal Roads, 22,083 km of CC pavement
already done and balance of 33,533 km length of roads is
under progress.
As a result of convergence with PR & TWED Departments
technical support durable assets like 1880 BNRGSK
buildings at GP Level, 317 BNRGSK buildings at Mandal
Level, 27446 Rural Connectivity roads to unconnected
habitations and 8101 Pucca Internal CC roads to SC/ST
colonies are created upto the end of September, 2015 under
MGNREGS. Further 1333 BNRGSK buildings at GP
level, 241 BNRGSK buildings at Mandal Level, 3181 Rural
Connectivity roads to unconnected habitations and 8503
Pucca Internal roads to SC/ST colonies are in progress.
Out of the total estimate cost of Rs.4325.87crore, an
amount of Rs.2464.42 crore was spent for the above works.
During 2015-16, Government decided to provide Pucca
Internal CC roads with drainage system under MGNREGS
in convergence with Finance Commission Funds and other
funds with a sharing pattern of 50:50 (MGNREGS: FC
funds / local funds) after approval of Gram Sabha and
following MGNREG Act provisions.
Key decisions taken during the year:

Wage rate enhanced to Rs. 180/- from Rs. 169/-.
All the wage payments will be directly credited into
the wage seekers accounts and are paid only based on
biometric authentication.
Involving SSS Federations in planning process for
identification of works.
Main focus on 123 IPPE (Intensive Participatory
Planning Exercise) Mandals.
To take up dumping yards for Solid Waste Management
Works in convergence with PR dept.
Different types of convergence works to be taken up
involving the line departments.
Postal Recurring deposit of 10% of the wage amount
from the wage seekers wage earnings to inculcate savings
culture and to provide financial security.
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Registration of Wage seekers those completed 50 days

of work as building and other construction worker to get
the benefits of the scheme.
IPPE 2 (Intensive Participatory

Planning Exercise - 2)
IPPE platform will be utilized for convergence with four
other major Rural Development programmes namely;
National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), Deen Dayal
Upadhaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY),
National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) and Indira
Awaas Yojana (IAY) to create a base for livelihoods. Focusing
on the livelihoods of the poorest households in each village
identified based on the SECC database. While all PRA
tools used and planning processes followed in IPPE 1 will
be repeated there shall be further emphasis on:
Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty

Government of Andhra Pradeshs womens empowerment
and poverty eradication agenda intends to ensure that
disadvantaged communities in both rural and urban areas
shall be empowered to overcome all social, economic,
cultural and psychological barriers through self-managed
organizations. Implemented through Society for Elimination
of Rural Poverty (SERP) and Mission for Elimination of
Poverty in Municipal Areas (MEPMA), this movement has
achieved significant poverty reduction and social capital
creation over the last decade through a holistic approach
of facilitating and promoting empowerment, creating
opportunities, providing mechanism for social security,
and working for equity. Community Based Organisations
(CBOs) have built up enormous financial capital base
through savings corpus. Besides this, the human capital
aspect of the SHG members has been built over the years
and is continuously in the process of being strengthened
through various programs and initiatives.
Institution Building
There are 68,39,694 members in 6,80,650 rural SHGs and
18,39,435 members in 1,92,773 urban SHGs exclusively
for women. 27,893 Village Organizations (VOs), 695
Mandal Samakhyas (MSs), 13 Zilla Samakhyas (ZSs) and
6456 Slum-level Federations (SLFs) and 135 Town-level
Federations (TLFs) have come into existence in the 13
districts as on January 2016. The total Corpus of the SHG
members is Rs. 1100 and Rs. 4393 crore respectively for

urban and rural SHGs which amounts to Rs.5493 crore
of Corpus since inception. The federated structure of the
institutions is given below:
Chandranna Cheyutha - Investment

Capital
SHG Bank linkage has been a successful programme in
Andhra Pradesh with almost a third of the SHG bank
linkage in the country being delivered here. During 201516, over Rs.6700 crore of bank linkage has been facilitated
against a target of Rs.12288 crore Details of SHG Bank
Linkage status upto January 2016 are shown in Table 8.29.
Table 8.29 SHG Bank Linkage Status during 2015-16 (upto
Jan 2016)
Item
Target
Achievement
Urban
2,551
1,099
Rural
9,737
5,659
Total
12,288
6,758
Source: SERP Rural Development
Government decided to undertake a capital infusion of Rs.1

lakh per SHG to renew a focus on livelihoods and provide
sufficient leveraging strength to SHGs. The decision of
infusing capital is a paradigm shift from the archetypical
loan waiver scheme. The amount infused as capital into the
SHG at the rate of Rs 10,000 per member (Rs 10,000 x
No. of members in the SHG) will add to the existing corpus
of the SHG. A giant leap in SHG bank-linkage envisaged
in the coming years is now a possibility with the infusion
of further capital, without which it would not have been
possible given the slow process of periodical savings of Rs
50 a month per member.
An amount of Rs.8400 crores has been sanctioned to
84 lakh SHG Women @ Rs.10,000 per member under
capital infusion, out of which Rs.2,423.35 crores has been
released to 81,25,283 both rural and urban SHG members
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in the first phase. In addition to the above, an amount

of Rs 1338.83 crore was paid to 6,20,956 SHGs by the
Government towards Interest Redemption Grant for the
period from February 2014 to April 2015, taking the total
scale of Capital Infusion to Rs. 10298.63 crore.
Family Investment Opportunity Survey

In order to leverage the capital infused into DWCRA
groups, SERP is facilitating an intensive Family Investment
Opportunities Survey (FIOS) so that need based credit
mapping can be done, facilitating productive as well
as necessary subsistence credit to families with a clear
objective in mind. SERP aims to build the household level
investment plans of the members which are linked closely
to the social and economic aspirations of the family. All
SHG enterprises operating across farm and non-farm
sectors to be facilitated with sector experts to support the
management of the verticals, and with credit, marketing
and value chain linkages. This exercise is expected to be
complete by March 2016.
Diversified Livelihoods Strategy

Community Based Organisations have built up enormous
financial capital base through savings corpus. In addition to
this, huge credit has been provided to CBOs through bank
linkages. It becomes imperative that this credit and these
capacities are converted into productive outcomes for the
SHG members as well as for the economy around them.
This would involve a segregated livelihoods strategy for over
80l SHG members at different scales of capacity. SERPs
livelihood strategy is therefore, now focused at three levelson household based livelihoods grounding, supporting and
nurturing SHG linked enterprises and businesses and finally,
on building value chains, second generation institutions and
verticals around sectors that can create high value for the
SHG members in terms of income increase. Livelihoods
approach is shown below.
Livelihoods Approach
Nature
Farm & Non-Farm
High ValueAddition
High Value Products
extended markets
Low value products
local markets
Approach
Technical Support
Financial Linkage
Separate straegies for local
markets, fairs and bazaars as
well as higher value markets
Enterprise Based
Livelihoods
Nature
Individual/Small
Dispersed Collectives
Agricultural and
Horticultural Proudcts
Procurement and
Trading
Nature
Household Focused
Food Security CMSA
Based NTFP Based,
Small Ruminants and
Diary
Approach
Aggregate demand
Supply and quality control
Focus on increasing scale
NABARD, SFAC, SIDBI
Approach
Linkage with Govt. schemes
Small scale financing
Intensive nurturing and hand
holding at community level
Trading/Value Chain
Based Livelihoods
Livelihoods of
Sustenance
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Primary Sector Based Producer Groups:

SHGs social mobilization and credit linkages have now
reached a stage of maturity. Added to this, is the GoAPs
conviction that Farmers Producer Organisations (FPOs)
are the next level of institutions in order to harness higher
value chain based returns in the primary sector. A natural
corollary of these two ideas is that established institutions
of the poor such as SHGs participate actively in the FPO
development under the Primary Sector Mission driven by
the Government of Andhra Pradesh. This potential of
SHGs can be further enhanced by building them into a
network of producer companies/organisations where their
capacities are built to function as autonomous stand-alone
institutions. This network becomes integral to strengthen
the value chain of commodities like milk, vegetables,
banana and also quality seed production for cultivation.
As Government FPOs intends to build 125 Producer
companies covering 2.5- 3lakh producers in Primary Sector
based activities. SERP and CBOs will be harnessed to
provide the base to FPOs: FPO strategy for SHG member
linked enterprises is expected to be detailed rolled out is
shown in Table 8. 30.
Table 8.30 Roll out of FPO Strategy
Value chain
FPOs
Members
2015-16 2019-20 2015-16 2019-20
Paddy+Green
gram/Black
gram
11
Red gram+
Groundnut
20
8000
40000
Chillies
4000
16000
Vegetables
10
12000
20000
Turmeric
2000
6000
Cashew
2000
6000
Coffee
2000
6000
Small
ruminants
22
4000
44000
Dairy
13
2000
26000
Back yard
Poultry
10
2000
20000
Fisheries
2000
6000
Total
31
125
62000
250000
Source: SERP, Rural Development
30
22000
60000
SHG Enterprise Strategy Comprehensive

platform for SHG enterprises-Rural retail
chains
SERP has undertaken a non farm micro enterprise survey
which attempts to map livelihoods of SHG members.
From the survey, clearly, the largest share of activities is in
petty businesses (33%) and dairy (20%) followed by textiles
(16%). The other segments where SHG members are
engaged are food products, forest based and agriculture/
horticulture related activities. As far as the agenda of
developing the second generation institutions for the
SHG members is concerned, development of enterprises
and the consequent retail chains form an important part
of it. SERPs goals in this regard aims at connecting rural
producers and enterprises with the rural consumers and
their income enhancement thereby enhancing the quality
of consumption.
SERP seeks to build a solid, world class SHG member
based production/ enterprise platform which will lead
to SHG enterprises being able to link with markets, and
compete on product quality, experience and service. The
key theme for this strategy would be to work on providing
linkages across the board- from design to business strategy,
from markets to branding.
Achievements
Enterprises
2015-16
Grounding
of
1,02,000 number of livelihoods have been created by

facilitating credit linkage from banks, Stree Nidhi and
other sources.
141 Generics stores have been established in major
towns and rural centres with a view to reducing medical
expenditure and supporting SHG enterprise by 31st
December.
1,11,957 livestock units have been grounded under
milch animals and small ruminants.
Canteens, Hotels and small food outlets provide a steady
source of income to the SHG women 1,059 canteens
have been established at bus stations, offices, hospitals,
colleges and other high density areas. Training has been
provided to SHG caterers.
Textile Garments & Fashion Designing, Training
cum Production Units have been established with the
objective of imparting the Fashion Industry Based self
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employment and job oriented skill trainings for SHG

women. The aim is to provide employment to individuals
who are not engaged in any economic Improvement of
Enterprises
24,877 Government schools sanitation are being
managed by SHG federations. In addition to the actual
hygiene services, backward linkages with hygiene
enterprises have also been undertaken with SHGs.
Concrete Mixers are used for proper mixing of material
used in laying Cement roads. Along with other related
equipment like vibrators, shovels etc, the concrete
mixtures earn a daily rent of Rs.800-1200 /- works
from executing agencies. 100 concrete mixtures were
procured by SHG federations / individual members and
grounded on the eve of Republic Day on January 26th.
Skill Development
So far, 690 SHG caterers have been trained through
SIHM, Tirupati and College of Home Science, SVU.
11,182 women have been imparted training on sewing
machines.
27,534 members have been trained in Entrepreneur
Development Programme through ALEAP, APITCO,
KVK, Andhra Bank, Canara Bank, Andhra Mahila
Sabha and NGOs etc, in advanced tailoring, food
processing, jute product, handicrafts, readymade
garments, glass paintings, bangle making and catering
etc.
Startup Village Enterprise Programme (SVEP), a sub
scheme under NRLM, MoRD, GoI has been rolled
out to provide support for Start- up to one crore village
enterprises and direct employment to two crore people.
The SVEP aims at helping the rural poor come out of
poverty by helping them set up enterprises and providing
support till the enterprises stabilize.
Through this programme the supported enterprises
will be provided with business skills, exposure, loans for
starting and business support during the first 6 critical
months by using SHGs federations. These skills will be
imparted by local youth (community resource persons
Enterprises promotion CRPs-Eps) who will be trained
in the requisite skills.
Objective is to help rural poor to set up their
enterprises by developing a sustainable model for
village entrepreneurship promotion through enterprise

advisory services. These enterprises may be individual
or group enterprises covering manufacturing, services
and trading. It covers traditional and new skills.
SVEP programme has been taken up in Kuppam
and Srikalahasti clusters of Chittoor district and
Cheepurupalli and Srungavarapukota clusters of
Vizinagaram district. 7200 enterprises will be facilitated
in these 4 clusters in 4 years with a budget of Rs.17.93
crores.
International Labour Organisation (ILO) has developed
modules to train the project staff on micro enterprises
promotion. Generate Your Business Idea (GYB), Start
Your Business (SYB), Improve Your Business (IYB) will
be covered in 10 training sessions spanning over 10 days.
2 batches trainings have been completed on these
modules by the ILO master trainers , of which 40 staff
have been trained.
Market Access
33.76 lakh metric tonnes of Paddy procured from
2,09,442 farmers with a cost of Rs.4701.27 crores by
SHG federations and the commission to SHGs equal
106.17 crores.
To address the gaps in availability of services to the
urban poor and to create a platform where the urban
poor can offer their goods and services in an organized
manner to the potential buyers City Livelihood Centres
(CLC) has been created. 35 CLCs have been established
in 32 NULM ULBs and 10 to 40 Services started in each
CLC.
Rural and Urban SHGs have been provided with market
access through regular DWCRA Bazaars, SARAS
exhibitions in the Godavari Pushkarams. SARAS
exhibitions have been held in other states also.
POP Strategy- Unnathi Programme

Since the inception of Unnathi the livelihood assets were
provided to 1,07,357 households so far, by incurring an
expenditure of Rs.212.96 crore by mobilizing funds from
various sources including APRPRP, Stree Nidhi- PoP tie
up and IWMP. Government of Andhra Pradesh have also
released an amount of Rs.71.04 crore to SERP under SCSP
and Rs. 22.02 crore under TSP for providing livelihoods to
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NTR BAROSA
43
Lakh
Pensions
27,373 SC families and 9,002 ST families under Unnathi

programme. PoP were facilitated with IWMP funds by
benefitting 21,573 PoP families with an amount of Rs.53.75
crore and with NRLM funds, 3,349 Ultra poor BC, OC
and minority families benefitted with an amount of Rs.9.36
crore up to May, 2015 and through other funds 46,060 PoP
families were benefited with an amount of Rs.56.79 crore
since inception.
In the year 2014-15 livelihood assets were provided to
13,617 households so far, incurring an expenditure of
Rs.3,704.01 lakhs by mobilizing funds from various sources
including SC-Sub plan, ST-Sub plan funds from State
Govt, IWMP and NRLM funds. Sector wise lively hoods
are shown in chart 8.4
Weavers, Toddy Tappers and AIDS patients and from Rs.

500 to Rs. 1000 per month, to Persons with Disabilities
(PwD) having 40-79% disability and to Rs. 1500 per
month to those with 80% disability and above, in spite of
challenging financial conditions. NTR Bharosa has turned
public service delivery into a reality- at the door step of the
beneficiary with timely and hassle-free delivery of services
month on month, at a huge scale of over 43 lakh pensioners
and an annual outlay of Rs. 5400 Crores.
Implementation of pension portability was started to enable
a pensioner to withdraw his pension amount anywhere
in the State. A Total of 3,25,000 new pensions were
sanctioned based on eligibility. Tab based distributions of
payments at the doorsteps of pensioners has been initiated
in all districts from August, 2015 onwards.
This is a first of its kind initiative in the entire country in
public service delivery where the Government is going
to the doorstep of each beneficiary, making pensions an
entitlement in the truest sense of the word. The CORE
(Chief Minister Office Real-time Executive) dashboard
has been developed to monitor pensions closely. 98.5% of
Pensions in the state are Aadhaar authenticated- a category
wise distribution of pensions releases (Physical as well as
Financial) has been provided for the month of December
2015. District wise category wise pensions distributed upto
December 2015 are given in Annexure 8.25.
In the financial year of 2015-16, It is planned for grounding

of livelihoods by 654 Village Organisations in 140 rural
mandals of the State benefitting about 7,800 SC households
with an average unit cost of Rs.35,000/, with a total cost of
Rs. 2732.49 Lakhs of SC Sub Plan funds. Similarly around
3,150 PVTG families of STs will be provided livelihoods in
72 Rural mandals with an amount of Rs. 1104.93 Lakhs of
Tribal Sub Plan funds by the 274 Village Organisations.
Insurance
In addition to pensions, SERP also implements insurance
schemes in order to further the objective of social security.
The principal schemes implemented by SERP are shown
in Table 8.31
Table 8.31 Principal schemes implemented by
SERP
For protection from life cycle risks/ perils
Social Security
Life and disability insurance cover
Pensions: Social Safety Nets for Poor and Vulnerable

NTR Bharosa- Efficient, Transparent Delivery of
Pensions at the Doorstep of the Poor
Cattle insurance cover
State Government is committed to securing a dignified life

to all the poor, the old and infirm to support their minimum
needs to bring happiness in their lives. In pursuit of this
overarching goal, NTR Bharosa social security pensions
have been introduced enhancing social security amounts
from Rs. 200 to Rs. 1000 per month to Old Age, Widow,
57 Lakhs
1.85 Lakhs
Group credit linked life insurance
5.84 lakhs
For promotion of old age income and security

protection
Abhaya hastham
Swavalambhan
35.4 Lakhs
1.5 Lakhs
Insurance plus- For providing sensitive support beyond

claim settlement
Source: SERP, Rural Development
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Human Development
The Community Managed Health & Nutrition Project is a
comprehensive package of community based interventions.
As part of it, following interventions have been undertaken:
2650 Nutrition cum Day Care Centers (NDCC) have
been established in the state.
Among the women enrolled, 57,688 Institutional
deliveries were conducted since inception. 10,891
Institutional deliveries have been done during the year
2015-16 (upto October, 2015).
62,118 children born with >2.5 kgs weight since
inception. 11,066 children born with >2.5 KGs during
the year 2015-16 up to October, 2015.
89,769 children born with underweight since inception.
15,872 underweight children were born during the year
2015-16 up to October 2015.
As part of the Community Managed Educational Services
(CMES): 870 Balabadis have been functioning under SCSP.
1,607 Balabadis have been functioning under NRLM.
Inclusive development for Persons with

Disabilities Objectives
Enhancing livelihood opportunities and Quality of life
for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) and their caregivers.
Ensure optimum utilization of residual abilities by PwDs
Improve capacities of PwDs to access and avail various
entitlements and services offered by the government
Mainstreaming Disability Concerns in Policy making
and line activities
Under Inclusive development of Persons with Disability
scheme, 27,720 SHGs of disabled formed with 2,65,164
members. For fresh recording of disability under
SADAREM programme 5,93,221 lakh PwDs, assessed
with disability certificates. Bank Linkage accessed to PwDs
to a credit of Rs. 257.92 crores since inception. Provision
of assessment, treatment and rehabilitation services were
made through Community Managed Rehabilitation
Services (CMRS) through 56 neighborhood centers.
14786 PwDs are availing therapy services by the
Qualified professionals at their door step (Mandals).
2623 surgical corrections were carried out with the
collaboration of different organisation like BIRD
Thirupati, Dwraka Thirumala & Prema Hospitals.
13397 assistive devices issued to PwDs like Tricycles,

Wheelchairs, Cructches ,Calipers, Blind sticks Hearing
Aids,CP chairs, Walkers etc, from Social CIF and
convergence with different organisations and NGOs.
2228 children with Delayed Development were availing
early intervention support services at door step through
qualified professionals & CRPs.
55598 PwDs have been covered under JBY insurance in
the year 2013-14.
6340 PwDs as Social Capital (CRPs, leaders, activists,
trainers) were developed in the state. They are guides
to rest of the country for the development activities for
Disabled.
Gender
Members of Social Action Committees and Community
reporters of Navodayam (A magazine run by SHG
women in Chitoor district) visited one hundred households
of poor women trapped into sex work and documented their
case studies. Poor women had been trafficked from their
villages in Kadiri, Nallamada Nalla cheruvu, Thanakallu
mandals of Ananthapur District to Bombay, Delhi, Pune
and Banglore etc. Victims have returned to their homes
through state police rescue operations, or through Local
NGOs or on their own efforts.
Prevention activities for all SHG women and adolescent girls
in 22 identified mandals of Ananthapur, Kadapa, Chittoor
districts in Andhra Pradesh. 6000 women belonging to sex
workers or rescued women or high risk families will get
special focus for financial assistance for alternate livelihood.
Women rescued by the police, NGOs or on their own from
the clutches of the traffickers in these mandals.
Digital Literacy Program

The Government of AP has Launched the Digital
Literacy program for DWCRA members on 19.11.2015 at
Vijayawada with the support of partner agencies that is,
Intel and Airtel. The objective of this program is to impart
basic ICT skills relevant to the need of the trainee, which
would enable the citizen to use IT and related applications
and participate actively to enhance opportunities for their
livelihood. The person shall be able to access information,
knowledge and skill through the use of digital technologies.
The objective of this programme to make SHG Women
IT literate before March 2016, so that they all can operate
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Digital access devices (like mobiles ,tablets, etc.), send and

receive emails and search Internet for information, access
services etc. After the training to master trainers/ cluster
level, training to all CBO leaders initially at village level are
going to be taken up to achieve the targeted women.
Andhra Pradesh Rural Inclusive Growth

Project
SERP has a long history of association with the World
Bank, and this is continuing with their funding of the
multi-sectoral, challenging Andhra Pradesh Rural Inclusive
Growth Project (APRIGP) to be implemented in the 150
most backward Mandals (representing all politico-agroclimatic regions of the State), with a total funding of Rs.
643 crore. The locations for the project were selected based
on value chain potential and inclusion deficit in accessing
services and entitlements and entitlements. The project will
cover about 10,000 villages and 7 lakh POP and SC/ST
Households,.
The proposed project aims to achieve rural inclusive growth
and is built on 3 key pillars namely:
Livelihood Promotion through a value chain approach
in key livelihood sectors
Life cycle approach to the achievement of MDGs in
Health & Education
Leveraging the existing institutional platforms of
the poor to ensure reliable and universal access to
entitlements.
This project is expected to improve incomes of over
2,50,000 producers and improve quality of life for citizens
across the mandals through focused, converged, Human
Development and Entitlements interventions.
SERP aims to leverage this strongly by building household
level investment plans linked closely to the economic and
social aspirations of the family. Bringing in sector experts to
support the management of the verticals strategy designed
to bring all SHG enterprises operating across farm and nonfarm sectors and facilitating them with credit, marketing
and value chain linkages will be the future of the SHG
evolution in the state.
Massive efforts in the form of the digital and mobile literacy
campaign and adult literacy campaign are expected to
support the planned economic and social empowerment of
SHG members. APRIGP, the third phase of collaboration
with the world bank is also expected to yield multi-sectoral

results in some of the most difficult terrains of the statelearnings from which are expected to inform policy and
implementation across the state.
Success Stories
Leadership through Various Levels
A woman namely Pilla Tanuja, born in a poor family
in Bommuru village of Rajahmundry Rural Mandal
Samakhya, in East Godavari district. has been engaged
in various business activities.along with her husband but
were not successful. They gradually took up the sudda
(limestone) business. she procures from the various mines
and sell it to potential markets. Besides that business, she
had been a SHG member. Being a SHG member it has
given own identity and she took a loan of Rs. 1 lakh in last
seven years only because of the SHG.
She was selected as the SHG leader first and then elected
as the Village Organisation (VO) President. Then she was
elected as the Mandal Samakhya (MS) President. Currently
she is the Treasurer in the Zilla Samkhya (ZS). She had a
chance to speak on the stage in one of the meetings of the
Chief Minister. There, she could share this experience of
evolving from a simple woman to a ZS Treasurer and also
spoke on the seven missions launched in Andhra Pradesh
state.
Dress Designing for Women

Smt. K. Krishna Veni aged 30 years,of a middle class
family hails from Ananthapuramu town, of Anantapur
Dt. She studied SSC. To overcome financial problems
she decided to learn skills in Dress Designing.With small
investment she had chosen Dress designing because she
wanted to setup a small unit at her place of residence.
She attended RUDSETI Dress Designing training
programme for women. During the training programme,
she had exhibited talent and participated in behavioral and
entrepreneurial inputs. After completion of training, an
amount of Rs.30,000/- was financed by Syndicate Bank,
Ananthapuramu for purchasing 2 sewing machines and
other items of the business. Now she is earning Rs. 8,000/per month and leading a decent life. She proudly said that
RUDSETIs training has changed her into a successful
entrepreneur.
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3.Special training: Milk Selling Business

S. Dhanalakshmi chanced upon a business idea when she
noticed the growing demand for milk..She decided to
start a milk selling business. However, instead of buying
milch animals, Dhanalakshmi borrowed Rs. 1,00,000 from
various sources and paid the owners of milch animals
advance amount so that she could procure milk from them..

She started supplying milk to the residents of her village.
As of today,she sells 300 litres of milk per day at a margin
Rs.12 and she plans to expand her business gradually. She
found a gap and plugged it. It shows that one should have
business sense rather than special skills.
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Poverty
Poverty
9.2%
significantly higher that of the official estimate and the

difference was attributable primarily to a change in the
definition of the poverty line.
Several development paradigms, including the Millennium

Development Goals(MDGs) and the more recent
Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs), emphasize
reduction of poverty in all its dimensions. Poverty
alleviation continued to be the central objective of state
and central government initiatives. While poverty has been
interpreted and measured by experts in several methods,
various dimensions of poverty have been discussed in the
recent past.
Andhra Pradesh enjoys the legacy for introducing and

implementing innovative poverty alleviation programmes.
Apart from general economic policies, targeted poverty
alleviation programmes for womens empowerment,
providing housing and other infrastructure like pensions,
land distribution and health insurance helping the poor
in various dimensions. Increasing budgetary allocations,
improving delivery systems in poverty alleviation programs
and effective monitoring can help reduce severity of poverty.
Broadly, poverty is a state where a person is unable to

maintain a minimum socially accepted level of standard
of living. Although there is a diversified opinion on the
definition and measurement of poverty, it is regarded as the
root cause for low levels of health and educational outcomes,
poor access to clean water and sanitation, inadequate
physical security, lack of voice, and insufficient capacity and
opportunity for mobility. The concept and measurement of
poverty have undergone changes over decades. The official
estimates of poverty for the period 1973-74 to 2011-12 are
placed in the Annexure 9.1.
NITI Aayog has categorized the states into five classes

based on their relative poverty head count positions in
2011-12 with scales of <10%, 10-20%, 20-30%, 30-40%
and >40%. As per this classification, Andhra Pradesh in
terms of urban poverty is placed in the range of <10%
along with the states of Goa, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh,
J&K, Mizoram, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Meghalaya.
However, with reference to rural poverty, Andhra Pradesh
is placed in the range of 10-20% along with the states of
Haryana, Meghalaya, Rajasthan, J&K, Nagaland, Tripura,
Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand. With better and more focused
implementation of various livelihood and employment
generating schemes in the recent past, poverty in Andhra
Pradesh is expected to further decline both in respect of
rural and urban areas.
Several Committees and expert groups have studied the

poverty measurement methodologies in the past. The
recent expert group under the Chairmanship of Prof.
Suresh D. Tendulkar recommended using poverty lines
which are substantially higher than earlier ones. As per
the latest estimates of the Planning Commission released
in July 2013 for the year 2011-12, the poverty ratios for
rural and urban areas of united Andhra Pradesh were
10.96% and 5.81% respectively and combined ratio stands
at 9.20%. The corresponding figures for All India during
the same period were 25.70%, 13.70% for rural and urban
areas and the combined was 21.92%. Annexure 9.1 depicts
the percentage of people below the poverty line in united
Andhra Pradesh and at All India level for different time
periods.
However, following widespread criticism that the
government grossly underestimated the number of poor in
the country by choosing an unrealistic poverty line for such
estimates, the then Central Government had commissioned
Dr. C. Rangarajans Committee. The Committee estimated
that nearly one in three Indians was poor in 2011-12. The
number of poor as per the Rangarajans Committee is
Employment & Unemployment

The Quinquennial Survey on Employment and
Unemployment collected information on several variables
to capture the multidimensional aspects of employment
and unemployment in the country and is regarded as one
of the most important surveys conducted by National
Sample Survey Office (NSSO), the latest being the one
held in 2011-12 (NSS 68th Round). Persons, including the
unpaid helpers who assist and engaged in any economic
activity are termed as workers.
Labour Force
Persons categorized as working (employed) and also those
who are seeking or available for work (unemployed) together
constitute the labour force. The Labour Force Participation
Rate (LFPR) is defined as the number of persons in the
labour force per 1000 persons. The estimates of Labour
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Force Participation Rate based on current daily status are

presented in Annexure 9.2. Labour Force Participation rates
for both rural and urban areas in Andhra Pradesh were
higher compared with all India levels. However, over the
years, the LFPR of all persons of rural areas have shown a
decline, urban LFPR has shown improvement. The trend
is visible both in Andhra Pradesh(combined state) as well
as India.
Work Force (Employed)
than the proportion of unemployed, which is nearly the

number of unemployed per 1000 persons in the population
as a whole.
Unemployment rates based on the usual principal and
subsidiary status have shown a mixed trend during the
period 1993-94 to 2011-12 in Andhra Pradesh and at
All India level. Details about the unemployment rates
on usual (principal and subsidiary) status of
various
rounds for Andhra Pradesh and All India are presented in
Annexure-9.4.
Persons engaged in any economic activity constitute the

work force. The number of persons employed per 1000
persons is known as Work Force Participation rate (WFPR).
The work force participation rate per 1000 persons is based
on current daily status. As per the current daily status, a
person is considered working (employed) for the entire day
if he/she had worked for 4 hours or more during a day.
Work force participation rates in 2011-12 compared with
the rates in 2009-10 have increased both in rural and urban
areas of Andhra Pradesh. Details are given in Annexure.9.3.
After an initial rise in the rural and urban unemployment

rates between 1993-94 to 1999-2000 in Andhra Pradesh,
there has been considerable moderation in the rural and
urban unemployment rates from 1999-2000 to 2004-05.
However, while in urban areas declining unemployment
trend continued till 2009-10, it again went up by 201112. The rural unemployment increased quite alarmingly
during the period 2004-05 to 2009-10 and remained at the
same higher level in 2011-12.
Apart from the quantum of employment, the quality

of employment also remains a concern in the state.
Problems such as wage rate, seasonality, job insecurity,
illiteracy, occupational hazards etc., continue in the state.
Around 94% of the workers in A.P. are in the unorganized
sector. Further, demographic dividend, which is one of
the indicators of future economic growth, is expected to
increase the working age group in the state and reduce
dependency ratio. Reduction in dependency ratio is likely
to increase savings and investments. Shifting workforce
from Agriculture to non-form sector is the best way of
enhancing income levels of the poor by creating quality nonagriculture work opportunities through skill development in
rural areas.
Employment and
Training
Unemployment
A total of 76,874 candidates were enrolled, 1521 vacancies

notified to Employment exchanges and 150 candidates
were placed. The district-wise registration details are given
in Annexure 9.5.
The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) provides

Unemployment estimates on the basis of the Quinquennial
surveys. Persons are considered unemployed, if he/she was
not working, but was available for work for a relatively long
time during the reference period.
Unemployment rate is defined as the number of persons
unemployed per 1000 persons in the labour force. This in
effect gives the unutilized portion of labour force. It is a
more refined indicator of unemployment in population
Employment in organized sector

As per the Employment Marketing Information (EMI)
collected by Employment exchanges in Andhra Pradesh, by
the end of December, 2015, there are 9,244 establishments in
organized sector in Andhra Pradesh providing employment
to 8.60 lakh persons. Of the total establishments, 6,470 are
in public sector (with employment of 6.04 lakh persons) and
2,774 (with employment of 2.56 lakh persons)are in private
sector.
Training in Vocational trades

Candidates are being trained in various vocational trades
under Craftsmen training scheme by providing them
employable training skills. The scheme intends to meet man
power requirements of industries and also aims to reduce
unemployment among educated youth. Training is being
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imparted in 78 Government Industrial Training institutes

and 420 private ITCs. The total intake capacity of students
in Government ITIs in 2015-16 was 12,586 and that for
Private ITCs, it was 54,887.
Training was imparted to 2260 members in Multi- skilling
courses and 2145 persons were trained in the regular trades
under Craftsmen Training scheme. All the pass-out trainees
in the 17 ITIs under the project were given placements by
the local industries.
ITIs as Centers of Excellence

31 ITIs have been covered in all under the scheme for
up-gradation as Centers of Excellence / Trades in a
phased manner. Training is imparted to 900 persons in
multi-skilling courses (CoE) and 7000 trainees of regular
Craftsmen Training scheme (CTS) Trades. All the passed
out trainees of these 31 ITIs are given placements by the
local industries. Five Principals from different ITIs have
been selected for training at ITE, Singapore.
Modular Employable Skills

Modular Employable Skills under Skill Development
Initiative is a GoI scheme. The main feature of this scheme is
providing skill upgradation (training) in vocational trades to
school dropouts and to persons with good work experience
but without formal education and a issuing a certificate
in the fields of their work. There are 68 sectors and 558
courses designed under Modular Employable Skills (MES).
7,551 candidates were trained and another 211 are under
training in 2015-16. There are 530 Vocational Training
Providers(VTPs) registered under the scheme.
Tribal Sub Plan

The Govt. has taken up Infrastructure Development in
Residential Industrial Training Institutes (RTTIs) for S.T.s
at K.R.Puram, W.G. District & remaining 4 RITIs and
allocated Rs. 1.57 crore under Tribal Sub Plan for 2015-16
to construct new buildings, procurement of machinery and
equipment, library books etc.
Schedule Caste Sub Plan

The Govt. has taken up up-gradation of Residential ITIs
for S.Cs, Kadapa & RITI, Macherla under S.C.S.P. for
2015-16 and allocated Rs.7.86 crores. It is proposed to
construct Kitchen, dining and security room, procurement
of machinery and equipment etc.
Apprenticeship:
Region-wise Apprentice seats located and utilized in the
Public and Private Sectors in the State are given in Table
9.1
Table 9.1 Apprentice seats located and utilized in
the Public and Private Sectors
Region
No. of Apprentices
located
No. of seats
utilized.
Vizag
3048
2490
Kakinada
3437
3060
Guntur
3775
1207
Tirupathi
1852
1327
12,112
8084
Total
Skill Development
The Andhra Pradesh State Skill Development Corporation
(APSSDC) is an implementing arm of Skill Development
entrepreneurship and Innovation department. APSSDC
was set up to skill 2 crore people in Andhra Pradesh in next
10 15 years with a vision to be the best state in India
and to be competing with the best in the world by 2022,
when India celebrates its 75th year of Independence and
to achieve status of fully developed state. The mission of
the department is to skill 20 million people in 15 years by
meeting skilled human power demands of all missions and
shape Andhra Pradesh as a skilled workforce and knowledge
hub for the world. The role of the Skill development
department is to bring in expertise, training of trainers,
legislation / policy, rope in placement/ staffing agencies,
explore opportunities outside state/country, coordinate with
NSDC/GoI, comprehensive portal, CSS funds, coordinate
/ support skill requirements of 7 Missions, establish state
chapter of sector skill councils. In the set up phase it has
been planned for scaling up of operations process and
procedures, pilot studies for new innovative programmes,
kick start training programmes and running existing ones.
In the growth phase, scaling up and improving efficiency
of existing programmes and implementing new innovative
programmes out of the pilots are being aimed. Thus target
from 2015-16 to 2019-2020 is projected at 50 lakh at the
rate of 10 lakh per year and 2 crore in fifteen year target i.e.
by the year 2039.
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Structure of the Mission:
for employers to offer jobs.

The activities managed by the skill development mission
are:
A committee with District Collector, DRDA, APSSDC,

EGMM, CSR, Vice Chancellors, industries, private etc.,
has been constituted and the functions of committee is to
prepare district action plan, coordinate training programs,
identify and provide idle infrastructure, 500/1000 capacity
centre under PMKVY, coordinate requirements of local
Industries, operationalisation of YTCs and other training
spaces. APSSDC central campus, integrated school (with
vocational skills), Skill development university, training of
trainer institute (with residential facilities),manufacturing
and R&D setup, industrial centers of excellence,
entrepreneurship and incubation facilities, residential
campus with capacity to host 20,000 trainees, land-intensive
training programs, industrial consortiums and state-of-art
sector skill councils.
Roadmap
Setup phase
Growth phase Stabilizing phase
Setting up
operations,
processes and
procedures.
Pilot studies for
new innovative
programs.
Kick-starting new
training programs
and running the
existing programs.
Scaling
up and
improving
efficiency
of existing
programs.
Implementing
new
innovative
programs out
of the pilots
Focused on quality
enhancement.
Working on better
operations.
Improving
efficiency and
productivity
Ensuring
sustainability of
programs.
The Skill development mission also has linkage with Mission

coordinators/constituent
departments and nominate
a coordinator, articulate demand for skilled workforce,
earmark a portion of the budget for skilling activities. A
career counselling helpline is being launched as a statewise service. This call centre is planned at Parivartan
bhavan, Guntur district and APSSDC has tied up with
Nirmaan vidya helpline for this service. Udyog ratham is
a mobile van planned and is a unique and easily accessible
mode for candidates to register for job and skill training and
Siemens centers:
There is big gap in employability levels of engineers and
diploma holders due to less exposure to hi-end, industryrelevant technology.
Focus on automotive, heavy engineering, aerospace,
energy, naval and other manufacturing sectors.
Unique Hub & Spoke cluster model with plan for 6
clusters in the state, with total 36 centres
Each geographic and industrial region is being covered
and placement opportunities are available across the globe.
These centres are to be operationalised by April 2016
ESDM DEITY - APSSDC has been designated as the
State Implementing Agency (SIA) for the skill training
in the Electronics System Design and Manufacturing
(ESDM) sector, a scheme of department of Electronics and
IT, Govt of India. 23 training partners have been selected
with 14 job roles under this scheme by APSSDC with an
initial target of around 1500 youth.
IT Sector - MoU signed with NASSCOM for launching
courses in Cyber Security and Data Analytics, MoT
program for the faculty members of 35 universities/colleges
are under progress.
Tribal Welfare Department MoU signed with Tribal
welfare department to train tribal youth in 18 youth
training centres (YTCs), conducted Bhavitha program
and mobilised around 2500 youth.
Jain Irrigation - Drip irrigation service and maintenance
entrepreneur being developed
UN Women - Training housemaids for overseas placement.
ToT organized logistic sector skill council - logistic trainings skilling activities in the ports, airport terminals, warehouses,
capital region project etc.
Key International Partnerships
MoU signed with UN women for training of women
migrating from AP. The first MoT workshop organized
during 30th Nov to 2nd Dec. 2015 is an initiative to
benefit more than 30,000 women who migrate to middle
east from AP.
Partnership with UNDP to develop handicrafts cluster
in Narsapur through industries foundation. Scoping visit
and consultative workshop completed through funding
by UNDP. Training and value-addition models to start
in coming year targeting around 5000 women artisans.
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MoU with McKinsey Social Initiative for implementing

their Generation Skill Programme in India. An
international skill and industry linked training
programme first time being implemented in India.
Advance Discussions with Chicago State University
for linkage in IT related ToT programmes, community
college link-up, etc.
MoU in discussion with Tata Strive the skilling
initiative of Tata Sons for partnering in all stages of skill
training, including running a full-fledged skill training
centre involving different courses by Tata companies.
Plan to train more than 2000 candidates every year. All
trainings under their CSR, only space by APSSDC.
Several other partners like IL&FS, Involute, CIPET,

Gram Tarang also partnering in same mode where only
space is being provided by APSSDC and trainings being
conducted by them through own funding.
MoU with ATDC (Apparel Training and Design
Centre), GoI for training related to garment and textile
sector.
MoU with Tally for Tally ERP course for degree
students. Two TOT workshops were completed.
MoU with Samsung for training of faculty and students
for the Taizen application development programme in
colleges all over the state.
Key highlights of other impact initiatives.

Tribal Training
Capital Area Skill development Programs
Leveraging YTCs for tribal skill development (12 training centres)

Standardized screening workshop
Screening of 8,500 tribal youth and aptitude driven training
Infrastructure will be utilized for various training programs by
private partners
Basic skills to specialized training
Surveyor training
Construction related training
Tie-up with leading industry partners for on-job
training in construction and allied
Compulsory safety training
Major focus on in trade services to quickly get the
required skilled workforce
Municipal area SDCs & services centres
Make in India linked programs
Define standards for a typical municipal SDC facility

Setup 110 municipal SDCs
Majority to use existing colleges and polytechnics
Connecting the SDCs together through internet
Implementing ESDm (DIETY, GoI)

Food and marine Processing
Renewable Energy
Construction
App & Software, design skill training and training for IoT
(Internet of Things)
Performance of Skill Development is given in Table 9.2
People trained under each institutes are

shown in Table 9.3
Table 9.2 Performance of Skill Development

Indicators
No. of people trained
Table 9.3 Entity wise people trained
2015-16
Target
Achievement
89,375
73324
88
87
540
409
40
93
No. of entrepreneurship models
International Collaborations
50
20
No. of partnership initiated (industry and

academy)
No. of Skill Development Centres
established
Placed / Settled (%)
Innovative projects / practices

Source: Skill development department
Entity
Achievement
APSSDC
11200
EGMM
6366
MEPMA
12222
SDCs
2927
JKCs
16005
PMKVY
24604
Total
73324
Source: Skill development department
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CHAPTER
10
STRATEGIES
FOR ACHIEVING VISION
HIGHLIGHTS

Mission-based approach
As part of holistic and long term development strategy,
plans have been drawn to provide basic social & economic
infrastructure, create human and institutional capacity and
focus on the growth areas in identified sectors for increased
resource use efficiency through a mission-based approach.
The Government of Andhra Pradesh has launched Mission
Based Approach for leveraging the sectoral strengths to
propel the state into higher growth bracket.
The Government realizing the importance of an intensive
development approach has constituted seven Missions
that would seamlessly work to achieve vision outcomes
with measurable targets. The seven Missions would
ensure a bottom-up planning and lay special emphasis
on the backward areas of the State to achieve equitable
growth and development. The Missions would strive
towards overcoming structural inadequacies, creation of
citizen-centric and business-centric environment through
transparency and good governance.
The development process of the state has witnessed
implementation of several schemes/ programmes aimed at
improving infrastructure and the welfare of people. Despite
concerted efforts, gaps between the realized outcomes
and ultimate achievable potential continue to exist.
Year 2029
AP Best State
inIndia
Inadequate institutional capacity, missing coordination

among the departments and lack of targeted approach
have been identified as the key obstacles in achieving the
desired outcomes. Each mission works through a logical
framework or result framework approach and has clearly
defined objectives, components, implementation timelines
and milestones as well as measurable outcomes. The crux
of the mission approach is to attain optimum levels of
performance in identified sectors with increased resource
use efficiency.
Vision:
Andhra Pradesh, is in the process of transformation as
Sunrise state and growth targets are being set to achieve
them in defined timeframe under Vision 2029. The seven
missions, five grids and five campaign modes put in place
are the growth vehicles and the state marching ahead with
a mission based approach, targeting double digit growth on
a sustainable basis. Sustaining double digit growth for the
next 14 years is imperative to ensure that Andhra Pradesh
will be one among the top three performing states by
2022, the best in the country by 2029 and the best global
destination by 2050. Preparation of Vision-2029 document
is coming to the final stages.
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register an Impressive growth rate of 10.99% in the GSDP

for the year 2015-16, compared to Indias growth rate of
7.6%. The growth rate in the Gross Value Added(GVA)
stands at 10.50%.
New capital city Amaravati

Drought proofing - Inclusive growth
Low Hanging Fruits
Investment and Growth Planning with forward looking
reforms
Use of Technology and PEMANDU
Enhancing Happiness Index
Smart AP
Growth vehicles:
7 Missions, 5 Grids and 5 Campaigns
Double Digit growth

The growth achievements during the 1st and 2nd quarters
of 2015-16 are quite inspiring. The state is devising
strategies that result in double digit growth in a sustained
manner. It is a notable achievement that the state has
successfully achieved double digit growth in the current year.
Implementation of appropriate policies and programmes
by the state, as per the advance estimates, have enabled to
The inspiring aspect of the growth scenario is that all the

three sectors of economy, viz., Agriculture, Industry and
Services have shown favourable trends. Drought conditions
prevailed due to deficit rainfall rendered agriculture in
the state record a fall in production of food grains and
pulses and thereby pushing the growth in this sub sector
into the negative territory. However, impressive growth
performance in Fisheries(32.78%),Livestock(11.22%) and
Horticulture(9.96%) sub sectors during year helped the
agriculture and allied sector to post an overall healthy
growth rate of 8.40%. All the subsectors of the Industry
sector have been instrumental in posting a noteworthy
growth rate of 11.13% in Industry sector. Construction
sector, identified as one of the most promising growth
engines and envisioned to contribute significantly to the
GSDP, has registered an encouraging growth rate of
9.46%. Services sector, conventionally regarded as the
major GSDP contributor, grew at 11.39%.
Frame work for Double Digit inclusive Growth for AP (2015-2029)

Economic
Development Board
State Enterprises
Architecture
Key Performance
Indicators
Mission bsed approacha
Primary Sector
Mission
Industry
Sector Mission
Service Sector
Mission
7 Missions
Migate drought
through water
conservaon
Enhance state-wide
road connecvity
Create SEZa and
NIMZs
Development of
ITIRs and electronic
clusters
100% fibre opc
connecvity & high
speed broadband
Primary Sector Mission
Industry Sector Mission
Storage processing
& value addion
Create a pool of trained, knowledgeable and skilled human resources

Establish world class centres of excellences
Foster innovaon and research
Service Sector Mission
Knowledge & Skill

Development Mission
Social Empowerment
Mission
Urban Infrastructure
Mission
Infrastructure Mission
Ensure growth with equity (Happiness Index)

Enhance quality of life with a focus on health, sanitaon
Promote healthy lifestyle
Create amenies for Urban growth & Tier II & Tier III Cies
Enhance urban amenies with inbuilt social safeguards
Improve transportaon, housing and employment in urban areas
Develop infrastructure for primary, secondary and terary sectors
Facilitate development of industrial infrastructure including logiscs
(Industrial Corridors)
Janmabhoomi - Maa Vooru /

Smart Village Smart Ward &
Grievance Management
Five Campaigns
Badi Pilistondi /School is
Calling
Pedarikam Pai Gelupu /
Victory over Poverty
Aarogyam Parisubhrata /
Health & Sanitation
Neeru Chettu / Water &
Trees
Polam Pilistondi / Revival of
Agriculture
Five Grids
Water
Grid
Power
Grid
Gas Grid
Roads
Grid
Optic
Fibre Grid
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Andhra Pradesh, rich in natural and human resources, is

keen to leverage its strengths through district specific growth
strategies and achieve double digit growth targets. While
focus will be on Coast-led growth, manufacturing, agroprocessing, pharma, development of physical infrastructure
like ports, airports and river ways are some of the key areas
identified for pushing the growth significantly.
Need and importance of a robust M&E

Set up:
The departments have been conventionally furnishing
the outcome budgets on annual basis for monitoring the
financial, physical progress and outputs for key schemes.
A comprehensive monitoring and evaluation (M&E)
framework is introduced for the first time in the State to
monitor the growth in terms of the long-term vision of the
state in addition to the annual plan monitoring. The M&E
framework also establishes benchmarks for peer comparison
with the other states on one hand and the ranking on the
global indicators on the other hand to establish the global
competitiveness of the state of Andhra Pradesh. The M&E
framework will be Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)
compliant as when it will be adopted. The framework is
built around multilevel monitoring linked to the functions
discharged at the particular administrative hierarchy.
A set of indicators pertaining largely to the input and
output level will be at the department level and the
departments would review the progress in respect of
these indicators elaborately at their respective levels
The monitoring at Chief Secretary and Honble Chief
Minister level will be performed Mission wise. The
performance on this category of indicators, largely
comprising of the outcome and output indicators is
intended for reporting by the Mission Coordinators to
Chief Secretary and Honble Chief Minister.
In addition to the departments grouped at the Mission
level, certain departments whose indicators do not
directly fall under any of the seven missions but require
periodic monitoring have been broadly classified
as Economic (including revenue generating) and
Governance (including regulatory departments)
The grievances, CMs Assurances and issues pertaining
to each of the departments shall also be monitored at
mission level.
Key Performance Indicators:

A formal Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Framework
with Key Performance Indicators (KPI) is put in place
to review the performance of the respective Missions
(and departments concerned) and for timely addressing
the bottlenecks and concerns of the departments. The
Departments have prepared the State level action plan for
the double digit growth. Reviews by the Chief Secretary
and Chief Ministers helped the action plans of departments
mission-wise to firm up the targets.
Progress monitoring on a quarterly

basis:
The government having recognized the importance of
monitoring has put in place a structured monitoring system
for reviewing the performance, bottlenecks and strategies
involving all the stakeholders. So as to ensure that results
are achieved as per targets envisaged, the progress is being
reviewed on a quarterly basis in the District Collectors
Conference, paving the way for better results in the
subsequent quarters.
Best Practices and Perception Surveys

Moving away from conventional practices, my government
is taking up Stakeholder perception surveys to capture
the pulse of the people with reference to implementation
of various programmes and governance issues to take
midcourse corrections. Adoption of best practices from
across the states is taken up in the state. Periodic monitoring
of Key Performance Indicators at the apex level is helping
the departments to re-orient themselves to improve their
performance.
Best Practices
The government is keen to capture the best practices and
replicate relevant ones duly customizing to the local and
situations. The best practices pertaining to various sectors
and found anywhere on the globe are being captured
periodically. In all, 26 best practices have been tracked in
the recent past through the quarterly assessment reports
and the exclusive volume on Best Practices in the Statesome case studies prepared by the state at the behest of
the NITI Aayog, Government of India, New Delhi during
the visit of Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog to the state during
December, 2015.
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The following are the best practices identified and

documented so far:
1. Transformation of Agricultural Extension using ICT
tools Tamilnadu
2. Green Revolution Company Limited for implementation
of Micro Irrigation Scheme Gujarat
3. Cold Chain Management: Doing It Smarter
4. Initiatives of Industrial Development Karnataka Escort officers promote and facilitate investments, and assist
investors
Sustainable Development Goals

Building on the Millennium Development Goals, the
Nation is gearing for the Sustainable Development Goals.
India as a member country of the United Nations has also
adopted the Sustainable Development Goal as the guiding
framework for its National Development Agenda till 2030.

5. Gujarat Industrial Extension Bureau Gujarat

6. Andhra Pradesh Single Desk Portal - Andhra Pradesh
7. Innovation Tracker for Large & Mega Projects - Andhra
Pradesh
8. Fodder & Productivity Andhra Pradesh
9. Fish Farming - Enhancing from incomes in upland areas
of Krishna district, AP
Global Bench Marking
10. Dairy Farming - An income enhancing activity in

Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh
World Bank for Ease of Doing Business
11. Rythu Kosam - Agricultural Transformation in Andhra

Pradesh
12. Hydroponics Green Fodder Cultivation, an alternative
to fodder deal with crisis - A Srikakulam district, Andhra
Pradesh experience
13. Making Horticulture Profitable - Haryana
WEF for global competitiveness

PEMANDU, Malaysia for governance and monitoring

Sustainable
Development
Goals
(SDG)
for
comprehensive, inclusive and sustainable growth
monitoring
KPI for real time monitoring
Public Perception Surveys
14. Breed Development & ICS Maharashtra
Transformation the PEMANDU model
15. Shrimp Culture
With an intent to make rapid transformation, the state

is replicating the successful Malaysian model of Big Fast
Results(BFR) of the PEMANDU duly customizing the
methodology to suit to the local requirements. The model
has pre-lab, lab and post-lab phases and the experts in the
area will be trained to learn the methods. The Education
and Retail sector labs are being completed and steps are
being taken to undertake the labs in the sectors of urban
development and Governance as well.
16. Revival of Defunct Lift Irrigation Schemes

17. Neeru Chettu
18. Inter linking of Rivers - Pattiseema Lift Scheme
19. Polavaram Right Main Canal
20. Real Time monitoring and integration of ground water
levels: Efforts by GoAP
21. 24x7 Power Supply
22. Coal Optimization and Blending Strategy
23. R&M and O&M in Generation Plants
24. Loss Reduction in Transmission and Distribution
25. Energy Efficiency
26. Preventive vigilance for good governance
Key growth strategies of departments:

Some of the key strategies of identified departments relating
to the missions of Primary sector, Industry, Infrastructure,
Social empowerment and Service sector and which have a
direct impact on achievement of double digit growth are
presented in the following paragraphs.
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Agriculture:

Preparation of Village level action plan :

Developing Crop Models
100% crop booking by MPEOs/AEOs
Convergence of schemes and implemented in a cluster
mode for better utilisation of resources.
Farmer Producers Organisations(FPOs)
Positioning of seeds
Positioning of other inputs fertilizers and Micronutrients
Dry spell mitigation :
Panta Sanjivani - Encouraging farm ponds.
Creating dead furrow for water conservation.
Life saving irrigation with raingun /sprinkler (or) any
other locally practiced devices.
Encouraging intercropping / mixed cropping / poly
cropping to avoid risk and better water use efficiency.
Reforms in Extension:
Weather and crop advisory by University
Farm Mechanization.
Horticulture -Strategies
Identification of crop clusters specific to the district
and focus on improving productivity through specific
interventions
Effective utilization of Micro irrigation systems by
adoption of fertigation and agronomic services in 4.5
lakh Ha.
Production Plan of high value flowers and vegetables
under Poly house & Shade net Clusters.
Establishing required post harvest infrastructure and
processing units for value addition to various horticulture
crops.
Promotion of FPOs for aggregation of inputs, value
chain development and Marketing.
Preparation of short ,medium and long term plans
focussing on growth engines of Horticulture
Facilitate linkages with MNCs for integrated end to end
solutions.
Micro Nutrient application & Fertigation through drip
systems to increase productivity.
Focus on extension and training to farmers.
Productivity Of Horticulture Crops Global, India Vs Andhra Pradesh

Crop
Mango
Orange
Top Three Countries

Pakisthan
Kenya (48.8) Brazil(16.0)
(11.2)
Turkey (36.3)
S.Africa (35.8) USA (32.6)
Tomato
Indonesia
(58.9)
Guatemala
(89.8)
USA (88.0)
Onion
USA (54.6)
Guatemala
(40.9)
Indonesia
(86.7)
Spain (82.1)
Netherlands
(49.7)
Banana
Papaya
U.P.(16.4)
K.N. (22.3)
Top Three States

Jharkhand
K.N. (9.7)
(10.1)
Rajasthan
Punjab (21.6)
(20.5)
A.p.
(9.0.)
(13.5)
India (37.0)
M.P (66.0)
Gujarat (63.5) M.H (58.2)
(35.0)
China (58.4)
A.P (80.0)
K.N. (70.5)
Gujarat(60.5)
(80.0)
Brazil (60.7)
K.N. (33.9)
M.P (29.5)
Gujarat (28.2)
(20.0)
Egypt (33.7)
Gujarat (25.4) M.P (24.1)
Bihar (24.0)
(18.0)
Sustainable Supply Chain
Livestock Sector - Status & Strategy
SHGS / VOs become strong links in the supply chain
62.54 Lakh farm families (50% of total households) are

engaged in Livestock rearing activities
Bulk buyers can also reach out to them or vice-a-versa

SHGs/ VOs may channelize certain volumes to super
markets and other bulk buyers - like exporters
Huge contribution to GSDP
SHGs / VOs may also supply to processing units
Fodder Security Policy (outlay Rs.250 Cr) under

implementation Massive Silage Production
The aggregation efficiency is increased due to grassroots

operation
Focus on 400 High Milk Potential Villages Marketing

& Value Addition
500 Additional Breeding Centers and Sexed Semen Lab
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NCDC Loans (Rs.325 Cr) to Sheep and Goat rearers
Fisheries Sector-Strategies
Mobile Veterinary Services in 44 Divisional Head

Quarters
Fisheries is prioritised growth engine under Primary

Sector Mission for focussed attention.
FPO formation in 155 Clusters involving 2 Lakh women
Fisheries Policy 2015-2020- Provisions made for fiscal

benefits covering the categories of
Restructuring the Department to suit present day needs
Andhra Pradesh Rank in Indias Fishery Sector
st
1
th
4
Fish and prawn production,

Fresh water fish production
Brackish water shrimp Production
Marine
fish
production
42% of marine exports of India in 2014-15

(Approx. Rs. 14000 crores out of 33441
crores in India)
6.04% contribution to GSDP
( Rs 21000 cr in 2014-15)
(a) Processing Units

(b) Aquaculture Pond/ Farm
(c) Feed/ Equipment Manufacturing
(d) Aqua Labs/ Disease Diagnostic Labs, welfare of
fishers etc.
Targets fish/Prawn production increased from 19.74
Lakh Tonnes valued Rs.21325 Crores in 2014-15 to 40
lakh Tonnes valued Rs.80,000 Crores by 2020.
Promote Blue revolution through a multi-pronged
approach for enhancement of productivity and
production in aquaculture sector
Captive seed nurseries in 5000 MI tanks through SHGs/
GPs/Cooperative Societies.
Introduction of Cage Culture in reservoirs and seed
stocking in potential tanks and reservoirs for enhancing
productivity and production
Promotion of diversified aquaculture for Mud Crab,
Seabass, Grouper, Cobia, GIFT Tilapia, Scampi,
Pangassius etc.
Disease Management- Strengthening of existing
Government and Private labs
Establishment of:
Aquatic Quarantine Facility Centres,
Brooders Multiplication Centres for L.vannamei shrimp,
hatcheries for GIFT Tilapia,
Pangassius, Mud Crab, Seabass, Grouper, Cobia,
Scampi under PPP mode / Private / Public Sectors.
Panchayat Raj
I. Resource Mobilisation in Gram Panchayats
II. Solid Waste Management in 659 GPs
III. Digital Panchayat Citizen Services (G2C)
IV. GP Plan in the context of Smart Village
V. LED Street Lighting in 659 GPs
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Water Resources
Tourism
Tourism is going to be one of the important growth engines
in the state that not only adds value but also indentified as
a sector providing employment opportunities . Under this
sector, huge investments are expected proposals worth Rs.

11467 crores are being tracked. Of this, Rs. 3629 crore
worth proposals either grounded or in the pipeline.
Status of Investments vis--vis Mission Objectives

Projects Under Implementation
(Large) 16-17
FY 15-16
17-18
18-19
Investment Targets
19-20
10K cr
Project Shelf Identified
36K cr
Investments being tracked

(by Jan 2016)
Operational/
under trial - Rs.
318 cr
11.4 K cr
Grounded - Rs. 1204 cr
INR 1522 cr
INR 3629 cr
Pipeline/ Under
Implementation - Rs. 2,107 cr
Preliminary Stage - Rs. 7838 cr
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Investments worth INR 3629 Cr.

Grounded/ in-pipeline/ in
advanced stages
Investments being tracked

INR 11467 Cr.
Private Investment Grounded/ In-Pipeline

S. No.
District
Total Projects
Projects
Grounded
Investment
Projects
In-Pipeline
Srikakulam
Vizianagaram
165
Visakhapatnam
17
1032.07
11
East Godavari
11
548.74
West Godavari
Krishna
13
1169.34
Guntur
225
Prakasam
10.05
1
-
Kurnool
0.14
10
Ananthapuramu
11
Kadapa
11.34
2
3
12
Nellore
3.22
13
Chittoor
10
464.35
Total
64
3629
31
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Urban Development
Urbanisation is recognized as a pre-requisite for higher
growth and hence for economic development. Andhra
Pradesh with relatively lower urban share(29.47%) is
focusing on smaller and medium towns besides the
smart cities. Studies show that countries like US, USA,
South Korea, Italy and China with higher sustainable
urbanization rates have higher per capita incomes. Similar
trends are evident in case of different districts of Andhra
Pradesh also, as districts like Visakhapatnam, Chittoor,

Krishna which have relatively higher urbanization, enjoy
better per capita incomes.
It is also pertinent to note that cities are critical for inclusive
growth. The Urban strategy of the state categorizes
development of cities in Andhra Pradesh into five types
Productive cities, Inclusive cities, Sustainable cities, Smart
cities and Well-governed cities.
Strategy - Urban Development

Cities are critical for inclusive growth
Accountable, efficient
and transparent
governance;
empowers citizen &
supports growth
Productive
Cities
Wellgoverned
Cities
Increase
efficiency, reduce cost of
service delivery and improve
quality of life
of citizens
Smart Cities
National and International Hubs for Production

and Business and provide large employment
opportunities
Inclusive
Cities
Andhra
Pradesh Cities
Sustainable
Cities
Have access to basic

services & equitable
social life
Conservation of
natural resources and
enhancing the
liveability
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School Education- New initiatives:

Integrated U-DISE and Child Info Data base ready
KPI based monitoring through CGG Web Portal put in place
GIS based School Database launched - Schools latitudes-longitudes captured and uploaded on a special drive
Online academic monitoring through HAS Technologies application covering 352 KGBV and 70,100 Students
Online Mid-Day Meal monitoring system put in place
Microsoft MoU has been entered to monitor and track school dropouts in the State as well as analyze the likely dropouts.
3880 Model Primary Schools established after RRR (Rationalization and Resource Redistribution) of primary schools.
UP and High schools proposed for rationalization during summer vacations.
Higher Education:
Higher Education as a Growth Engine

Higher Education as a powerful Growth
Engine
Tier I:
Strengthening
existing Institutions
Tier II:
Establishing new
institutions
(i) Development of HR of AP
which will attract investments
& service industry
(ii)Attracting domestic &
foreign students
Three-Pronged approach to Private Investments

1. Creation of legislative
framework and regulations
through AP Private
Universities Act (Jan 2016)
I. Private
Universities Act
(Jan 2016)
II. Establishment of
Education City Policy
and infrastructure
development
approach (Jan/Feb
2016)
HE as
Growth Engine
Strategy for
Investments
II.
Education
City
24-09-2015
III. New Universities

Investors Meets with
Honble CM either
one-on-one or in a
joint meeting
(January 2016): HE
Investor Summit
III.
Investors Meets
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Key Challenges and Initiatives:

AmaravatiPeoples Capital
Bhogapuram International Airport
Machilipatnam Port
Bhavanapadu Port
Growth Corridors
Beach Corridor Project
Social & Urban Infrastructure Projects
Coast/port led growth Gateway to south Asia
Logistics capital of India
Ease of doing business
Ranked 2 in the country by World Bank
Single Desk Portal one stop portal for G2B services
Creating enabling ecosystem for industrial investors
Labor reforms carried out under Industrial Dispute Act,
Labor Act and Factories Act
Ambitious skill development program linked to industries
More than 25 forward looking policies approved by the
cabinet so far
Power:
resulting in savings of 20 MU. Targeted to be completed

by June 2016
Extending LED street lights to all panchayats would
result in annual savings of 74 MU. Programme to be
extended in all Panchayats
Replacement of conventional agricultural pump sets
taken up as a pilot project in East Godavari District has
resulted in 30% energy savings & higher water discharge
Programme to be extended to entire state with the
DISCOMs planning to replace 1 lakh inefficient
Pumpsets with 5 star rated energy efficient pumpsets
over the next year
Renewable energy:
Solar Parks: Anantapur, Kurnool & Kadapa1000 MW
each. Wind Power
Solar Pump sets: 2800 have been commissioned and
remaining 1389 will be installed by March 2016.
Planned for 10000 for next year.
Improving the power supply reduction in the

interruptions from 1250 minutes per year to 100 minutes
per year
Solar Roof Top: Installations on Government

buildings (approximately 30 MW). 4.05 MW has been
synchronized with the grid and another 10.04 MW to be
synchronized soon
Bring down T&D losses to single digit
Green Energy Corridor:
Completion of electrification of remaining 4.61 lakh

households by March 2016
Energization of pending agricultural bore wells on

priority
Energy efficiency:
1.87 crore LED bulbs distributed with a saving of 1120 MU
per annum. Entire distribution to be completed by March
2016.
3 lakh street lights replaced in 59 urban local bodies
Waste to Energy Plants: Already awarded in

Visakhapatnam, Tirupati& Guntur. Remaining 7
clusters will be awarded shortly.
Ports and Logistics park:

Port Policy announced and State Sagarmala Committee
constituted & tax on bunkering reduced to 1%
Maritime Board Bill passed by the Assembly and sent to
Central Government
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Industries
Projects Under Implementation (Large)
(Civil Works, Machinery Erected, Trial Production)
District
Anantapur
Chittoor
East
Godavari
Guntur
Kadapa
Krishna
Kurnool
Nellore
Prakasam
Srikakulam
Visakhapatnam
Vizianagaram
West
Godavari
Total
No of
Industries
1
9
6
Investment
Employment
11
3,123
1,077
500
7,060
4,172
1
1
8
2
7
3
2
21
1
49
11
274
2,040
980
208
505
9,830
40
306
425
2,950
1,950
3,884
1,230
360
9,330
2,000
283
1,709
66
18,431
35,885
Rs.18,431 Crore
Under implementation
&
Employment generation
potential 35,886
Attracting investments
About 66 large industries with an investment of Rs. 18,431 crore with a potential employment of 35,886 are under
implementation. Of these, Visakhapatnam alone accounts for more than 50% of the total investment and a quarter of total
potential employment. Chittoor, Kurnool and East Godavari attracted relatively higher investment after Visakhapatnam.
Single Desk Portal
Fast Track Approvals through Single Desk Portal

In Manual process, average time taken to obtain approvals was 50-90 days
After Single Desk Portal, average time is 15-21 days
Single Desk Portal
16 Departments
24 Approvals
19 Approvals within
4 Spot Approvals
5 Approvals within
Days
Days
15
21
* For Green industries; SLA 15 days for Orange and 21 days for Red industries
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With launching of the fast track Single Desk portal, the

average time taken to obtain for approvals has reduced
considerably from 50-90 days to 15-21 days.
strengths of the districts and is going in a big way focusing

on agri-business emphasizing value addition and supply
chain management.
Food processing
The products of the mega agri. business projects cut across

sectors and spread throughout the state and include sea
foods, fruit processing and mega food parks.
Andhra Pradesh state is committed to leverage the local
Mega Agri Business Projects in 2016

Vijayanagar Nutraceuticals in Srikakulam is proposing to process 1 Lakh
coconuts per day to make 12 value added products.
Investment
- INR 100 Crore
Employment- 3000
Jains in Kurnool is developing 2-crore tissue culture plants, banana pulp and onion
dehydration in Rayalseema
Investment
- INR 380 Crore
Employment- 5000
Sam Agritech in Ananthapur would be exporting pomegranate arils to

developed markets such as UK / USA
Investment
- INR 40 Crore
Employment- 300
Britannia Ltd. Is planning to set up biscuits plant in Kuppam to provide direct employment to 1200 locals
Investment
- INR 140 Crore
Employment- 1200
SH Mega Food Park in Visakhapatnam with a capacity of crushing 10 Lakhs

eggs per day and processing of 100 tons broiler per day.
Investment
- INR 120 Crore
Employment- 2000
An Integrated Food Park for cashew with ultra modern infrastructure is

proposed in Vizinagram by North East Impex.
Investment
- Rs 100 Crore
Employment- 3000
Nekkanti Sea Foods in Nellore is processing per day 100 Ton of pre cooked shrimp/fish.
Of the total food processing units existing, east

Godavari(877) and Ananthapur(722) account for highest
share where as Vizianagaram(47) falling behind the rest.
Majority of the units relate to agriculture sector(1679),
followed by horticulture(1301) and Dairy & Poultry (315)

sectors. 873 new units were filed under Single Desk Policy
since April, 2015.
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Information Technology
Key IT e-governance initiatives:
CORE Dashboard (Aug 2014)
Real-time info on 80 Govt programs
e-Cabinet
Paperless Cabinet meetings since Sept 14
e-PDS
Biometric-based Public Distribution System
Mee Kosam
Online Grievance Redressal System
e-Office
Mee Bhoomi
Farmer Loan Waiver
M-Panchayat
In the pipeline:
AP FibreNet
e-CM
e-Nidhi
e-pragathi:
The e-Pragathi AP state enterprise Architecture (APSEA),
a massive programme covering 33 departments, 315
agencies and 745 services is schedule to be implemented/
rolled out within a span of 2 years and provides better
services to the citizens and business. This is a framework to
provide integrated services to citizens through a free flow
of information and to usher in an era of good governance
characterized by efficiency, effectiveness, transparency and
for sight.
e- Pragati
GROUP APPLICATIONS
Land Management
72
Projects
14
Packages
4 Waves
e-Procurement
Land Hub
People Hub
Cloud
Urban
Infrastructure
Industry
e-Office
Project Portfolio
Management System
IT Application and
Infrastructure Management System
Date Centre
e-Biz, Disaster Mgt, Building Permission, EMS.,
Dashboards
State Portals
Whole-ofGovernment
Perspective
Cross-cutting Services
Sector Promotion
e-Highway
The
Big
Picture
Service
Work Management
Skills
Primary
Social Benefits
SEVEN MISSIONS
Social
ePragati
Other Depts.
& Agencies
Citizen Interface
CFMS
Unified Contact
Centre
Legal Case
Management System
HRMS
GIS Hub
Entity Hub
IT Security
Management System
e-Cabinet
Payment
Gateway
AP FibreNet
Language
Localisation
MeeSeva
loT Hub
Certificate-less
Governance
Disaster Recovery
Productivity
Establishment
Core Data
Support
Infrastructure
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238 ANNEXURES
Andhra Pradesh at a Glance 2014-15

Sl .No
Particulars
Units
Total
Rural
Urban
Geographical Area
000sq.Km
162.97
158.85
4.12
Population As Per 2011 Census

1
Population (In Lakh)
Persons
495.77
349.67
146.10
Males
248.30
175.38
72.92
Females
247.47
174.29
73.18
Decennial Growth Rate (2001-2011)
9.21
1.49
33.35
Literacy Rate
Persons
67.35
62.37
79.17
Males
74.77
70.48
85.00
Females
59.96
54.25
73.42
No.
997
994
1,004
304
224
3593
Sex Ratio (Females Per 1000 Males)
Density (Persons Per Sq.Kms)
Households
No in Lakhs
127.19
90.65
36.54
Proportion of Urban Area to The Total

Area of the State
100.00
97.47
2.53
Districts
No.
13
--
--
Revenue Division
No.
49
--
--
10
Statutory Towns as Per 2011 Census
No.
83
--
--
11
Census Towns as Per 2011 Census
No.
112
--
--
12
Revenue Mandals
No.
670
661
13
Revenue Villages
No.
17,398
--
--
14
Gram Panchayats
No.
12,918
--
--
15
Municipal Corporations
No.
13
--
--
16
Municipalities /Nagar Panchayats
No.
97
--
--
17
Villages As Per 2011 Census
No.
17366
--
--
a.
Inhabited Villages
No.
16452
--
b.
Un Inhabited
Villages
No.
914
--
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annexures-Macro Economic Aggregates
Annexure - 2.1 Gross Value Added by Economic Activity of Andhra Pradesh at Current Basic Prices
(Rs.Crore)
Sl.No.
INDUSTRY
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
Agriculture, Livestock, Forestry & Fishing
1.1 A
Crops (Agri and Horti)
52041
61230
71382
77106
80251
1.1B
Livestock
27588
33442
36039
42775
49361
3246
3414
3639
4215
4375
1.2
Forestry & Logging
1.3
Fishing & Aquaculture
11877
14519
18573
22707
30099
Agriculture Sector
94751
112605
129633
146803
164086
Mining & Quarrying
14162
14590
12262
13154
15744
Manufacturing
50706
42377
44138
47817
52316
Electricity,Gas ,Water Supply & Other

Utility Services
10765
7130
11383
15645
17083
Construction
36234
36761
39932
44889
46500
111867
100859
107715
121506
131643
26736
31792
40176
44566
50635
Industry Sector
6
Trade& Repair Services ,Hotel &

Restaurants
Transport, Storage & communication & services related to broadcasting
7.1
Railways
7.2
7.3
8
2643
3037
3345
4173
4164
Transport by Other means & Storage
24524
28629
33098
37474
41285
Communication & services related to

broadcasting
5402
6214
7773
9322
11150
Financing,Insurance,Real estate & Professional Services
8.1
Banking & Insurance
14256
15843
17736
19184
22513
8.2
Real estate, Ownership of Dwellings &

Professional Services
28161
33891
38749
45076
52394
Community,Social & Personal Services

13938
15525
17614
24259
28529
9.1
9.2
Public Administration
Other Services
27304
30639
36235
41534
51247
Services Sector
142963
165570
194725
225587
261917
GVA at Basic Prices
349581
379034
432073
493896
557646
Source: Directorate of Economics and Statistics, AP and CSO, New Delhi
240

Annexure - 2.2 Percentage contribution in Gross Value Added by Economic Activity of Andhra Pradesh at Current Basic Prices
(percentage of share)
Sl.No.
INDUSTRY
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
1.1 A
14.89
16.15
16.52
15.61
14.39
1.1B
Livestock
7.89
8.82
8.34
8.66
8.85
1.2
Forestry & Logging
0.93
0.90
0.84
0.85
0.78
1.3
3.40
3.83
4.30
4.60
5.40
27.10
29.71
30.00
29.72
29.42
4.05
3.85
2.84
2.66
2.82
Agriculture Sector
2
Mining & Quarrying
Manufacturing
Electricity,Gas ,Water Supply &
Other Utility Services
14.50
11.18
10.22
9.68
9.38
3.08
1.88
2.63
3.17
3.06
Construction
10.36
9.70
9.24
9.09
8.34
Industry Sector
32.00
26.61
24.93
24.60
23.61
7.65
8.39
9.30
9.02
9.08
4
5

Restaurants
7.1
Railways
0.76
0.80
0.77
0.84
0.75
7.2
7.02
7.55
7.66
7.59
7.40
7.3

broadcasting
1.55
1.64
1.80
1.89
2.00
8.1
Banking & Insurance
4.08
4.18
4.10
3.88
4.04
8.2
Real estate, Ownership of Dwellings

& Professional Services
8.06
8.94
8.97
9.13
9.40
Community, Social & Personal Services
9.1
3.99
4.10
4.08
4.91
5.12
9.2
Other Services
7.81
8.08
8.39
8.41
9.19
Services Sector
40.90
43.68
45.07
45.68
46.97
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
GVA at Basic Prices
241
Annexure - 2.3 Gross Value Added by Economic Activity of Andhra Pradesh at Current Basic Prices
(% change over previous year)
Sl.No.
INDUSTRY
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
1.1 A
Crops(Agri and Horti)
17.66
16.58
8.02
4.08
1.1B
Livestock
21.22
7.77
18.69
15.40
5.18
6.60
15.83
3.79
1.2
Forestry & Logging
1.3
22.25
27.92
22.25
32.56
Agriculture Sector
18.84
15.12
13.25
11.77
3.02
-15.96
7.28
19.69
Mining & Quarrying
Manufacturing
-16.43
4.16
8.34
9.41
Electricity,Gas ,Water Supply & Other Utility Services
-33.77
59.64
37.45
9.19
Construction
1.45
8.63
12.41
3.59
Industry Sector
-9.84
6.80
12.80
8.34
Trade& Repair Services ,Hotel & Restaurants
18.91
26.37
10.93
13.62
7.1
Railways
14.92
10.13
24.76
-0.21
7.2
16.74
15.61
13.22
10.17
7.3
Communication & services related to broadcasting
15.04
25.09
19.92
19.61
Financing, Insurance,Real estate & Professional Services
8.1
Banking & Insurance
11.13
11.95
8.17
17.35
8.2
Real estate, Ownership of Dwellings & Professional

Services
20.34
14.33
16.33
16.24
9.1
11.39
13.46
37.72
17.60
9.2
Other Services
12.22
18.26
14.62
23.39
Services Sector
15.81
17.61
15.85
16.10
8.43
13.99
14.31
12.91
GVA at Basic Prices

242

Annexure - 2.4 Gross Value Added by Economic Activity of Andhra Pradesh at Constant Basic Prices with 2011-12 as Base year
(Rs. Crore)
Sl.No.
INDUSTRY
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
1.1 A
52041
52583
60811
60499
60690
1.1B
Livestock
27588
29247
29723
31217
34719
3246
3197
3154
3129
3108
1.2
Forestry & Logging
1.3
11877
13546
15516
17621
23397
Agriculture Sector
94751
98572
109204
112465
121915
Mining & Quarrying
14162
14284
12063
13587
15079
Manufacturing
50706
40202
40565
42820
47453

Utility Services
10765
7345
11013
14251
16629
Construction
36234
34532
36491
38387
42016
111867
96363
100131
109045
121178
26736
29781
35214
38404
43255
Industry Sector
6

Restaurants
7.1
Railways
7.2
7.3
8
2643
2897
3104
3564
3484
24524
26779
28920
31880
34445

broadcasting
5402
5845
6825
7968
9337
8.1
Banking & Insurance
14256
15528
16235
17542
19226
8.2

28161
31546
34069
37796
41381
9.1
13938
14478
15516
20337
23124
9.2
Other Services
27304
28255
31062
33187
38140
Services Sector
142963
155108
170944
190678
212391
GVA at Basic Prices
349581
350043
380280
412188
455484
243
Annexure - 2.5 Gross Value Added by Economic Activity of Andhra Pradesh at Constant Basic Prices with 2011-12 as Base Year
Sl.No.
INDUSTRY
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
1.1 A
1.04
15.65
-0.51
0.32
1.1B
Livestock
6.01
1.63
5.03
11.22
1.2
Forestry & Logging
-1.52
-1.33
-0.80
-0.66
1.3
14.06
14.55
13.56
32.78
Agriculture Sector
4.03
10.79
2.99
8.40
Mining & Quarrying
0.86
-15.55
12.64
10.98
Manufacturing
-20.72
0.90
5.56
10.82
Electricity,Gas ,Water Supply & Other Utility Services
-31.77
49.93
29.41
16.69
Construction
-4.70
5.67
5.19
9.46
-13.86
3.91
8.90
11.13
11.39
18.24
9.06
12.63
Industry Sector
6
7.1
Railways
9.62
7.14
14.82
-2.24
7.2
9.19
8.00
10.24
8.05
7.3
8.19
16.78
16.74
17.18
8.92
4.55
8.05
9.60
12.02
8.00
10.94
9.49
8.1
Banking & Insurance
8.2

Services
9.1
3.88
7.17
31.07
13.70
9.2
Other Services
3.48
9.93
6.84
14.92
Services Sector
8.50
10.21
11.54
11.39
GVA at Basic Prices
0.13
8.64
8.39
10.50
244

Annexure - 2.6 Gross State Domestic Product of Andhra Pradesh at Current Prices
(Rs. Crore)
Sl.No.
Estimates
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
GVA at Basic Prices
349581
379034
432073
493896
557646
Growth
8.43
13.99
14.31
12.91
Product Taxes
42439
46565
51414
54278
61245
Product Subsdies
12790
14638
14993
15252
15515
GSDP = GVA at Basic

Prices+Product Taxes-Product
Subsidies
379230
410961
468494
532922
603376
8.37
14.00
13.75
13.22
339338
369957
421684
479890
542456
68866
74639
84579
95689
107532
8.38
13.32
13.14
12.38
Growth
NSDP
Per Capita Income-NSDP
(Rupees)
Per Capita Income -Growth

Annexure - 2.6 A Gross State Domestic Product of Andhra Pradesh at Constant (2011-12) Prices
(Rs. Crore)
Sl.No.
Estimates
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
GVA at Basic Prices
349581
350043
380280
412188
455484
2
3
Growth
Product Taxes
42439
0.13
43155
8.64
44616
8.39
45291
10.50
51104
Product Subsdies
12790
13575
13010
12727
12947
GSDP = GVA at Basic

Prices+Product Taxes-Product
Subsidies
379230
379623
411886
444752
493641
0.10
8.50
7.98
10.99
339338
340666
369253
398407
441337
68866
68730
74062
79441
87487
-0.20
7.76
7.26
10.13
Growth
6
NSDP
Per Capita Income-NSDP
(Rupees)
Per Capita Income -Growth

245
Annexure - 2.7 Gross Value Added by Economic Activity of All India at Current Basic Prices
(GVA in Rs.Crore)
Sl.No.
INDUSTRY
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
1.1 A
982026
1090587
1232116
1252412
1271235
1.1B
Livestock
327301
375254
429662
500405
557293
1.2
Forestry & Logging
124461
135048
143084
138137
146228
1.3
68027
79908
97590
104297
107936
1501816
1680797
1902452
1995251
2082692
261035
285780
295978
304300
315585
1409986
1573632
1714730
1845541
1995079
Agriculture Sector
2
Mining & Quarrying
Manufacturing

Utility Services
186668
215538
255812
288935
319390
Construction
777363
847573
931680
1003903
1009764
2635052
2922523
3198200
3442678
3639818
883582
1054598
1197668
1352240
1481140
Industry Sector
6

Restaurants
7.1
Railways
7.2
7.3
8
61150
72297
78799
92213
87450
342454
394224
432586
487957
490092

broadcasting
125930
142969
179782
207959
219052
480226
536819
602214
650360
691405
1050465
1243348
1480551
1708919
1834127
8.1
Banking & Insurance
8.2

9.1
491155
544637
609657
708535
779772
9.2
Other Services
534827
617811
698905
826296
946758
Services Sector
3969788
4606703
5280162
6034480
6529796
GVA at Basic Prices
8106656
9210023
10380813
11472409
12252306
246

Annexure - 2.8 Gross Value Added by Economic Activity of All India at Current Basic
(percentage of share)
Sl.No.
INDUSTRY
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
1.1 A
12.11
11.84
11.87
10.92
10.38
1.1B
Livestock
4.04
4.07
4.14
4.36
4.55
1.2
Forestry & Logging
1.54
1.47
1.38
1.20
1.19
1.3
0.84
0.87
0.94
0.91
0.88
18.53
18.25
18.33
17.39
17.00
3.22
3.10
2.85
2.65
2.58
17.39
17.09
16.52
16.09
16.28
Agriculture Sector
2
Mining & Quarrying
Manufacturing
Electricity,Gas ,Water Supply &

Other Utility Services
2.30
2.34
2.46
2.52
2.61
Construction
9.59
9.20
8.98
8.75
8.24
Industry Sector
32.50
31.73
30.81
30.01
29.71

Restaurants
10.90
11.45
11.54
11.79
12.09
7.1
Railways
0.75
0.78
0.76
0.80
0.71
7.2
4.22
4.28
4.17
4.25
4.00
7.3
Communication & services related

to broadcasting
1.55
1.55
1.73
1.81
1.79
5.92
5.83
5.80
5.67
5.64
12.96
13.50
14.26
14.90
14.97
8.1
Banking & Insurance
8.2

Community, Social & Personal Services
9.1
6.06
5.91
5.87
6.18
6.36
9.2
Other Services
6.60
6.71
6.73
7.20
7.73
Services Sector
48.97
50.02
50.86
52.60
53.29
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
GVA at Basic Prices
247
Annexure - 2.9 Gross Value Added by Economic Activity of All India at Current Basic Prices
Sl.No.
INDUSTRY
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
1.1 A
11.05
12.98
1.65
1.50
1.1B
Livestock
14.65
14.50
16.46
11.37
8.51
5.95
-3.46
5.86
1.2
Forestry & Logging
1.3
17.47
22.13
6.87
3.49
Agriculture Sector
11.92
13.19
4.88
4.38
9.48
3.57
2.81
3.71
Mining & Quarrying
Manufacturing
11.61
8.97
7.63
8.10
Electricity,Gas ,Water Supply & Other Utility

Services
15.47
18.69
12.95
10.54
Construction
9.03
9.92
7.75
0.58
Industry Sector
10.91
9.43
7.64
5.73
19.35
13.57
12.91
9.53
7.1
Railways
18.23
8.99
17.02
-5.17
7.2
15.12
9.73
12.80
0.44
7.3
8
8.1
8.2
9
13.53
25.75
15.67
5.33

Banking & Insurance
18.36
Services
11.78
12.18
19.08
7.99
15.42
6.31
7.33
9.1
10.89
11.94
16.22
10.05
9.2
Other Services
15.52
13.13
18.23
14.58
Services Sector
16.04
14.62
14.29
8.21
GVA at Basic Prices
13.61
12.71
10.52
6.80
248

Annexure - 2.10 Gross Value Added by Economic Activity of All India at Constant Basic Prices with 2011-12 as New Base
(Rs.Crore)
Sl.No.
INDUSTRY
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
1.1 A
982026
983873
1025082
992159
977890
1.1B
Livestock
327301
344333
363448
389846
420180
1.2
Forestry & Logging
124461
124830
122946
121681
120686
1.3
68027
71362
76760
80607
83280
1501816
1524398
1588237
1584293
1602036
261035
259683
267378
296328
316811
1409986
1495268
1579721
1667069
1825371
Agriculture Sector
2
Mining & Quarrying
Manufacturing

Utility Services
186668
191876
200861
216970
229681
Construction
777363
782256
818494
854636
886179
2635052
2729083
2866454
3035002
3258041
883582
980398
1051089
1163083
1317310
Industry Sector
6

Restaurants
7.1
Railways
7.2
7.3
8
61150
68958
73100
78752
76991
342454
365718
386884
412697
425809

broadcasting
125930
134534
158771
179465
187757
480226
526156
551258
594691
651752
1050465
1149436
1292812
1444769
1597491
8.1
Banking & Insurance
8.2

9.1
491155
499136
515352
565871
594297
9.2
Other Services
534827
568734
600414
668866
726096
Services Sector
3969788
4293071
4629679
5108195
5577502
GVA at Basic Prices
8106656
8546552
9084369
9727490
10437579
249
Annexure - 2.11 Gross Value Added by Economic Activity of All India at Constant Basic Prices with 2011-12 as New Base
Sl.No.
INDUSTRY
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
1
1.1 A
1.1B
1.2
1.3
2
3
4
5
6
7
7.1
7.2
7.3
8
8.1
8.2
9
9.1
9.2

0.19
Livestock
5.20
Forestry & Logging
0.30
4.90
Agriculture Sector
1.50
Mining & Quarrying
-0.52
Manufacturing
6.05
Electricity,Gas ,Water Supply & Other Utility
2.79
Services
Construction
0.63
Industry Sector
3.57
10.96
Railways
12.77
6.79
5.79
6.83
18.02
Banking & Insurance
9.56
4.77
9.42
12.47
Services
Other Services
Services Sector
GVA at Basic Prices
1.63
6.34
8.14
5.43
4.19
5.55
-1.51
7.56
4.19
2.96
5.65
-3.21
7.26
-1.03
5.01
-0.25
10.83
5.53
-1.44
7.78
-0.82
3.32
1.12
6.91
9.50
4.68
8.02
5.86
4.63
5.03
7.21
4.42
5.88
10.65
3.69
7.35
13.26
6.01
3.25
5.57
7.84
6.29
7.73
-2.24
6.67
13.03
3.18
4.62
7.88
9.60
11.75
10.57
9.80
11.40
10.34
7.08
5.02
8.56
9.19
7.30

Annexure - 2.12 Gross Domestic Product of All India at Current Prices
(Rs.Crore)
Sl.No.
1
1
2
3
4
Estimates
2
GVA at Basic Prices
Growth
Taxes on Products including import
duties
Less Subsidies on Products
GDP (1+2-3)
Growth
2011-12
3
8106656
890060
260677
8736039
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
4
9210023
13.61
1057977
5
10380813
12.71
1201322
6
11472409
10.52
1350361
7
12252306
6.80
1643688
316656
9951344
13.91
309371
11272764
13.28
334565
12488205
10.78
328802
13567192
8.64
250

Annexure - 2.12 A Gross Domestic Product of All India at Constant (2011-12) Prices
(Rs.Crore)
Sl.No.
Estimates
1
1
2
GVA at Basic Prices
Growth
Taxes on Products including import
duties
Less Subsidies on Products
GDP (1+2-3)
Growth
2
3
4
2011-12
2012-13
3
8106656
890060
260677
8736039
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
4
8546552
5.43
974172
5
9084369
6.29
1025799
6
9727490
7.08
1108339
7
10437579
7.30
1193486
293845
9226879
5.62
270734
9839434
6.64
283679
10552150
7.24
280102
11350963
7.57

Annexure - 2.13 Net State Domestic Product (NSDP), Net Domestic Product (NDP) and Per Capita Income of Andhra Pradesh
and All India at Current and Constant (2011-12) Prices
Andhra Pradesh
Year
1
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15 (FRE)
2015-16 (AE)
All India
NSDP at
Current
Prices
(Rs. Crs.)
NSDP at
Constant
(2011-12)
Prices
(Rs. Crs.)
Per Capita
Income
(NSDP) at
Current
Prices (Rs.)
Per Capita
Income
(NSDP)at
Constant
(2011-12)
Prices (Rs.)
NDP at
Current
Prices
(Rs. Crs.)
NDP at
Constant
(2011-12)
Prices
(Rs. Crs.)
2
339338
369957
421684
479890
542456
3
339338
340666
369253
398407
441337
4
68866
74639
84579
95689
107532
5
68866
68730
74062
79441
87487
6
7818898
8891378
10074292
11155025
12118824
7
7818898
8217675
8737681
9359476
10071224
Per Capita
Income
(NNI)at
Current
Prices (Rs.)
Per Capita
Income
(NNI)at
Constant
(2011-12)
Prices (Rs.)
8
63460
71050
79412
86879
93231
9
63460
65664
68867
72889
77431

A.2.14 District Wise Gross Value Added of Andhra Pradesh at Current Basic Prices
(Rs.Crore)
Sl No
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
District
Srikakulam
Vizianagaram
Visakahapatnam
East Godavari
West Godavari
Krishna
Guntur
Prakasam
SPS Nellore
YSR
Kurnool
Ananthapuramu
Chittoor
Andhra Pradesh
Source: Directorate of Economics and Statistics, AP
2011-12
14306
12591
47907
38533
29656
37744
36096
24255
20956
16864
21416
23773
25484
349581
2012-13
15148
14631
46599
42992
32768
42415
37794
26285
23517
17533
24532
25829
28991
379034
2013-14
16716
16364
51299
46959
36494
49785
44148
29705
27422
20811
29846
29137
33388
432073
2014-15 (FRE)
18213
18742
57499
50940
44230
58056
50295
33741
31721
24722
33134
34536
38067
493896
251
A.2.15 District Wise Gross Value Added of Andhra Pradesh at Constant Basic Prices Basic Prices with 2011-12 as Base year
(Rs.Crore)
Sl No
District
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
Srikakulam
14306
13915
14698
15243
Vizianagaram
12591
13606
14469
15309
Visakahapatnam
47907
43868
46091
48830
East Godavari
38533
38730
41006
43609
West Godavari
29656
29293
31714
35942
Krishna
37744
39421
44001
48082
Guntur
36096
35414
39251
42641
Prakasam
24255
24257
26110
28085
SPS Nellore
20956
22542
24136
26192
10
YSR
16864
16066
18045
20203
11
Kurnool
21416
22066
25935
27553
12
Ananthapuramu
23773
23851
25489
28633
13
Chittoor
25484
27014
29333
31867
349581
350043
380279
412188
Andhra Pradesh
A.2.16 District Per Capita Income based on NDDP at Current Prices Basic Prices
(in Rupees)
Sl No
1
Srikakulam
District
2011-12
51645
2012-13
54904
2013-14
60264
2014-15
64971
52865
60857
67607
76623
105362
102601
112074
124717
Vizianagaram
Visakahapatnam
East Godavari
71120
79233
85948
92451
West Godavari
72811
80787
89583
107606
Krishna
81851
91753
106499
122773
Guntur
72760
75760
88028
99162
Prakasam
70792
76783
86395
97104
SPS Nellore
69460
77691
90107
103140
10
YSR
57317
59558
70299
82734
11
Kurnool
52324
59975
72742
79781
12
Ananthapuramu
56869
62226
69801
81742
13
Chittoor
60032
67766
77710
87355
Andhra Pradesh
68866
74639
84579
95689
252

A.2.17 District Per Capita income based on NDDP at Constant Basic Prices with 2011-12 as Base year
(in Rupees)
Sl No
1
Srikakulam
2
Vizianagaram
Visakahapatnam
4
5
District
2011-12
51645
2012-13
50321
2013-14
52762
2014-15
54139
52865
56474
59477
62194
105362
96337
100104
105174
East Godavari
71120
71139
74677
78826
West Godavari
72811
72003
77479
86981
Krishna
81851
85092
93645
101003
Guntur
72760
70808
77930
83692
Prakasam
70792
70673
75662
80516
SPS Nellore
69460
74196
78888
84650
10
YSR
57317
54450
60670
67283
11
Kurnool
52324
53806
62941
66080
12
Ananthapuramu
56869
57257
60744
67491
13
Chittoor
60032
62939
67851
72797
Andhra Pradesh
68866
68730
74063
79442
A.2.18 Gross Value Added of Agriculture Sector at Current Basic Prices

(in Rupees)
Sl No
1
Srikakulam
District
2011-12
3433
2012-13
4316
2013-14
4309
2014-15
4215
Vizianagaram
3528
4276
4419
5271
Visakahapatnam
4643
5263
5873
6814
East Godavari
9697
12500
13253
14791
West Godavari
12022
15056
16483
20015
Krishna
11937
14069
15919
18053
Guntur
12213
12178
14815
16152
Prakasam
8148
9668
11503
12823
SPS Nellore
6301
7476
8792
10142
10
YSR
4142
4125
5539
7006
11
Kurnool
5879
7826
10822
11756
12
Ananthapuramu
6435
8582
9471
10625
13
Chittoor
6374
7271
8435
9138
94751
112605
129633
146803
Andhra Pradesh
253
A.2.19 Gross Value Added of Agriculture Sector at Constant Basic Prices with 2011-12 as Base year
(Rs.Lakhs)
Sl No
1
Srikakulam
District
2011-12
3433
2012-13
3763
2013-14
3659
2014-15
3311
3868
3783
3797
Vizianagaram
3528
Visakahapatnam
4643
4557
4901
4986
East Godavari
9697
10262
10688
11220
West Godavari
12022
12903
13873
15171
Krishna
11937
12673
13608
13622
Guntur
12213
11297
13004
13240
Prakasam
8148
8660
9909
10310
SPS Nellore
6301
6406
7488
7601
10
YSR
4142
3622
4414
4938
11
Kurnool
5879
6665
9008
9364
12
Ananthapuramu
6435
7497
7918
7919
13
Chittoor
6374
6400
6952
6986
94751
98572
109204
112465
2011-12
4274
2012-13
3308
2013-14
3561
2014-15
4035
2996
3448
3858
4198
Andhra Pradesh
A.2.20 Gross Value Added of Industry Sector at Current Basic Prices

(Rs.Lakhs)
Sl No
1
Srikakulam
District
Vizianagaram
Visakahapatnam
25736
21062
21648
22641
East Godavari
14688
13827
14118
14140
West Godavari
6707
5141
5204
6002
Krishna
8797
8602
10688
12518
Guntur
9628
9130
9856
11484
Prakasam
7831
6939
6837
7977
SPS Nellore
5615
5373
6078
7210
10
YSR
5496
5176
5605
6278
11
Kurnool
5508
5234
5501
6269
12
Ananthapuramu
6988
5288
5650
7916
13
Chittoor
7604
8330
9111
10839
111867
100859
107715
121506
Andhra Pradesh
254

A.2.21 Gross Value Added of Industry Sector at Constant Basic Prices with 2011-12 as Base year
(Rs.Lakhs)
Sl No
District
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
Srikakulam
4274
3109
3281
3530
Vizianagaram
2996
3272
3590
3707
Visakahapatnam
25736
20324
20294
20113
East Godavari
14688
12853
13120
13764
West Godavari
6707
4608
4846
5343
Krishna
8797
8251
10033
11213
Guntur
9628
8665
9147
10227
Prakasam
7831
6528
6227
6845
SPS Nellore
5615
6139
5629
6434
10
YSR
5496
4732
5155
5610
11
Kurnool
5508
4660
5073
5436
12
Ananthapuramu
6988
5151
5259
7222
13
Chittoor
Andhra Pradesh
7604
8070
8479
9601
111867
96363
100131
109045
A.2.22 Gross Value Added of Services Sector at Current Basic Prices

(Rs.Lakhs)
Sl No
District
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
Srikakulam
6599
7524
8846
9963
Vizianagaram
6067
6907
8087
9272
Visakahapatnam
17528
20275
23778
28044
East Godavari
14148
16665
19588
22009
West Godavari
10927
12571
14807
18214
Krishna
17010
19745
23178
27485
Guntur
14255
16486
19477
22659
Prakasam
8276
9678
11365
12941
SPS Nellore
9039
10668
12551
14369
10
YSR
7226
8231
9668
11437
11
Kurnool
10029
11471
13523
15108
12
Ananthapuramu
10350
11959
14016
15995
13
Chittoor
Andhra Pradesh
11506
13390
15841
18090
142963
165570
194725
225587
255
A.2.23 Gross Value Added of Services Sector at Constant Basic Prices with 2011-12 as Base year
(Rs.Lakhs)
Sl No
District
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
Srikakulam
6599
7043
7758
8402
Vizianagaram
6067
6466
7096
7804
Visakahapatnam
17528
18986
20897
23731
East Godavari
14148
15615
17199
18625
West Godavari
10927
11782
12996
15428
Krishna
17010
18497
20360
23247
Guntur
14255
15452
17100
19174
Prakasam
8276
9069
9974
10929
SPS Nellore
9039
9997
11020
12156
10
YSR
7226
7712
8476
9655
11
Kurnool
10029
10741
11854
12753
12
Ananthapuramu
10350
11203
12312
13492
13
Chittoor
11506
12543
13902
15280
142963
155108
170944
190678
Andhra Pradesh
256

annexures-Public Finance
A - 3.1: States Own Tax Revenue (Rs. Crores)

SN Tax/Revenue
FY 2014-15 Accounts#
2015-16 (RE)
Sales Tax
21672
32840
State Excise
3642
4680
Taxes on Motor Vehicles
1423
1977
Stamps and Registration
2561
3500
Land Revenue
28
632
Professional Tax
185
302
Electricity Duty
118
190
NALA
130
175
Other Taxes and Duties
97
127
29857
44423
811
414
371
1087
72
1200
3955
2015-16 (RE)
1359
1072
154
1136
95
1525
5341
15557
11446
4071
11998
11542
11542
456
10
446
588
466
466
-
2015-16 (RE)
30116
21894
8222
9760
8500
8500
1260
1260
1000
-772
-772
-
Total
#From 2nd June 2014 to March 2015.
Source Finance Department
A - 3.2: States Own Non-Tax Revenue (Rs. Crores)
SN
1
2
3
4
5
6
Tax/Revenue
Mines and Minerals
Forests
Interest Receipts
Education
Medical and Health
Others
Total
A - 3.3: Resource Flows from the Centre to the State (Rs. Crores)
SN
I
a
b
II
a
1
2
b
1
2
III
IV
a
b
Item
Finance Commission
Tax share (Devolution)
Grants
Plan Assistance and EAP
Normal Plan Assistance
Grants
Loans
Externally Aided Projects
Grants
Loans
Non-Plan Grants
Non-Plan Loans
Small Savings (Net)
Others
Total
28569
40104
257
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A 3.4: Composition of Total Expenditure (Rs.Crores)

SN
Item
Revenue Expenditure
Capital Outlay
Net lending (Loans & Advances)
2015-16 (RE)
75246
93521
6520
12559
Total Expenditure*
914
306
86906
106425
* Total Expenditure excludes public debt repayments

Annexure 3.5: Composition of Total Debt (Rs Crores)
SN
Item
2015-16 (RE)
1
2
Central Loans
16858
14210
Market loans
78440
95453
Small Saving Loans
15178
14405
PF
14822
15770
Others
31175
30277
Total*
156472
170115
29.36
28.19
Debt outstanding as percent of GSDP

Total Debt includes un-apportioned amount of Rs.52021 crores.
Annexure 3.6: Deficits and Interest Payments (Rs. Crores)
SN
Item
Interest Payments
Revenue deficit/surplus
Fiscal Deficit
2015-16 (RE)
7903
9478
-13777
- 4140
20746
17005

A 4.1: Average daily retail prices of essential commodities
Year
Rice (II sort)
Red gram Dal

(II sort)
1
2
3
2004-05
10.22
27.18
2005-06
10.75
26.36
2006-07
11.28
28.00
2007-08
11.77
34.35
2008-09
14.68
40.43
2009-10
17.23
63.42
2010-11
17.73
58.47
2011-12
18.34
55.30
2012-13
21.55
59.21
2013-14
24.78
63.22
2014-15
25.84
70.31
Aprl to Nov
26.38
115.51
2015
Source: Directorate of Economics and Statistics, AP.
(in Rs)
G.Nut Oil
Tamarind
(without seed)
Dry Red
Chillies Gr.II)
Onions Gr-II
4
53.79
51.28
57.77
69.60
69.59
66.63
80.13
92.89
115.52
102.69
92.73
104.33
5
40.69
30.10
40.88
28.62
34.99
35.26
54.43
76.09
57.24
64.34
72.36
77.60
6
30.66
27.91
54.46
47.53
55.98
60.51
62.74
92.59
63.90
77.01
83.80
104.85
7
5.52
7.26
6.91
9.66
10.21
12.93
16.66
10.79
13.14
22.87
19.36
29.01
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A 4.2 : Consumer price index numbers for rural, urban and combined (Combined State)
Month
(Base: 2010=100)
Andhra Pradesh
All India
Rural
Urban
Combined
Rural
Urban
Combined
Apr-15
123
121
122
122
120
121
May-15
124
122
123
122
121
122
Jun-15
126
125
126
124
122
123
Jul-15
127
125
126
125
122
124
Aug-15
128
125
127
126
123
125
Sep-15
129
126
128
127
124
125
Oct-15
130
127
129
128
124
126
Nov-15
132
128
131
128
125
127
Average
127
125
126
125
123
124
Source: Central Statistics Office, Government of India, New Delhi. & Directorate of Economics and Statistics, AP
A.4.3: Ration shops, Ration Cards and Deepam Connections up to October 2015
Ration Cards
Sl.
No.
District
Ration
Shops
White
Pink
AAY
cards
(units in Number)
Distribution of Rice in
Mts (White+ AAY)
LPG connections under

Deepam Scheme
Srikakulam
1989
704513
58271
51002
12869.975
150771
Vizianagaram
1309
564210
45074
86869
11620.380
139320
Visakapatnam
2012
1007425
212459
76963
18399.215
220307
East Godavari
2854
1410206
165162
89145
23100.445
298215
West Godavari
2088
1049864
111455
73106
17508.820
261598
Krishna
2148
1062417
166580
67436
17939.545
266247
Guntur
2709
1214306
153625
77101
20163.320
265151
Prakasam
2117
787674
86060
49205
13437.470
173553
S.P.S. Nellore
1877
752922
111299
62477
13252.540
160667
10
Y.S.R
1725
639462
77892
59254
11935.710
174932
11
Kurnool
2409
980180
73659
58536
18352.415
167978
12
Anantapuramu
2885
916691
82376
107078
18825.735
264632
889825
135801
89212
17628.495
13
Chittoor
Total
2831
28953
Source:Civil Supplies Department
11979695 1479713
947384 215034.065
276621
2819992
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A 5.1 : Land utilisation particulars
Year
Forest
Barren &
Uncultivable
Land
(Area in Lakh Hectares)
Land put
to Non
Agricultural
Uses
Permanent
pastures
and other
Grazing
Lands
Misc.Tree
crops and
Groves not
included in
Net Area
Sown
Culturable
Waste
Other
Fallow
Lands
Current
Fallow
Net
Area
Sown
Geographical
Area
10
11
2008-09
34.67
14.30
18.33
2.59
1.83
4.78
7.00
9.44
67.26
160.20
2009-10
34.67
14.25
18.47
2.58
1.80
4.76
8.19
14.23
61.25
160.20
2010-11
34.87
14.09
19.00
2.52
1.76
4.59
7.10
8.31
67.96
160.20
2011-12
34.87
14.07
19.21
2.50
1.75
4.49
7.32
10.37
65.62
160.20
2012-13
34.84
13.43
19.87
2.12
1.65
4.14
8.19
11.34
64.62
160.20
2013-14
34.93
13.41
19.82
2.12
1.60
3.92
7.92
10.87
65.61
160.20
2014-15
36.63
13.51
20.02
2.14
1.60
3.92
8.58
14.01
62.35
162.76

A 5.2 : District wise Land utilisation particulars 2014-15
District
Forest
Barren &
Uncultivable
Land
(Area in Lakh Hectares)
Land put
to Non
Agricultural Uses
Permanent
pasture
and other
Grazing
Lands
Misc. Tree
crops and
Groves not
include in
Net Area
Sown
Culturable
Waste
Other
Fallow
Lands
Current
Fallow
Net
Area
Sown
Geographical
Area
10
11
Srikakulam
0.69
0.48
1.02
0.01
0.07
0.01
0.15
0.39
3.02
5.84
Vizianagaram
1.19
0.73
0.78
0.05
0.11
0.04
0.23
0.78
2.63
6.54
Visakapatnam
4.41
1.30
1.09
0.03
0.34
0.10
0.43
0.59
2.87
11.16
East Godavari
4.41
0.85
1.55
0.22
0.08
0.18
0.52
0.43
4.36
12.60
West Godavari
1.33
0.41
1.20
0.13
0.08
0.17
0.12
0.39
4.68
8.51
Krishna
0.76
0.37
1.52
0.11
0.09
0.24
0.24
0.29
5.11
8.73
Guntur
1.62
0.32
1.61
0.16
0.24
0.27
0.38
0.39
6.40
11.39
Prakasam
4.59
1.54
1.82
0.56
0.04
0.65
1.27
0.70
6.45
17.62
SPS Nellore
2.72
0.83
3.07
0.35
0.07
0.43
1.05
1.16
3.40
13.08
YSR
5.01
2.22
1.82
0.09
0.07
0.46
0.83
1.29
3.57
15.36
Kurnool
3.41
1.27
1.42
0.03
0.02
0.47
0.71
1.22
9.10
17.65
Anantapuramu
1.97
1.66
1.50
0.06
0.09
0.49
0.87
2.09
10.40
19.13
4.52
1.53
1.57
0.34
0.30
0.46
1.21
1.50
3.72
15.15
Total
Chittoor
36.63
13.51
20.02
2.14
1.60
3.92
8.58
14.01
62.35
162.76
% of total
Geographical
Area
22.51
8.30
12.30
1.31
0.98
2.41
5.27
8.61
38.31
100.00
260

A.5.3 Season wise Rainfall
Normal
(in Mm)
South west
Monsoon (June to
Sep)
North East Monsoon

(Oct to Dec)
Winter period (Jan

& Feb)
Hot weather period

(Mar to May)
Total (June to May)
556.0
296.0
15.7
98.3
966.0
Year
Actual
% of
deviation
to normal
Actual
% of
deviation
to normal
Actual
% of
deviation
to normal
Actual
% of
deviation
to normal
Actual
% of
deviation
to normal
10
11
2008-09
567.5
241.6
-18
0.2
-99
61.3
-39
870.6
-10
2009-10
427.8
-23
228.5
-23
12.3
-22
148.4
50
817.0
-16
2010-11
755.6
35
456.1
54
15.8
90.7
-8
1318.2
36
2011-12
498.7
-10
174.3
-41
24.7
57
65.4
-34
763.1
-21
2012-13
586.0
356.8
20
33.4
113
60.7
-39
1036.9
2013-14
518.9
-7
359.1
21
1.2
-92
88.9
-12
968.1
2014-15
355.7
-36
170.0
-43
2.5
-84
77.9
-21
606.1
-37
2015-16
523.0
-6
287.2
-3
4.3
-73
Source: Directorate of Economics & Statistics, AP

A 5.4 : District wise Rainfall during South-West Monsoon and North-East Monsoon
Sl.
No.
District
1
1
2
Srikakulam
(in mm.)
South-West Monsoon
North-East Monsoon
(June to September 2015)
(October to December 2015)
Normal
Actual
4
706
641
% Deviation
Normal
Actual
-9
276
% Deviation
8
83
-70
Vizianagaram
693
808
17
246
100
-59
Visakapatnam
713
880
23
297
161
-46
East Godavari
768
814
398
182
-54
West Godavari
792
738
-7
239
156
-35
Krishna
685
643
-6
249
164
-34
Guntur
526
518
-1
229
104
-54
Prakasam
388
343
-12
394
254
-35
SPS Nellore
331
307
-7
661
952
44
Coastal Andhra
622
632
332
240
-28
10
YSR
439
341
-22
395
748
89
11
Kurnool
394
346
-12
251
429
71
12
Anantapuramu
338
320
-6
155
195
25
13
Chittoor
455
332
-27
150
77
-48
Rayalaseema
407
335
-18
238
362
52
556
523
-6
296
287
-3
Andhra Pradesh
261
A. 5.5: Category wise Soil types in the state

SlNo.
Soil Category
Area (000 Ha)
Percentage
1
2
Gravelly clayey moderately deep Red soils
305
1.90
Gravelly clayey moderately deep desert soils
891
5.56
Gravelly clayey moderately deep grass land soils
166
1.04
Gravelly clayey shallow dark brown soils
872
5.42
Gravelly loam to gravelly clayey shallow dark brown soils
44
0.27
Gravelly loamy dark brown moderately deep soils
479
2.99
Gravelly loamy moderately deep grass land soils
409
2.55
Moderately deep black clayey soils
225
1.40
Moderately deep calcareous moist clayey soils
140
0.87
10
Moderately deep calcareous black soils
1559
9.73
11
Clayey moderately deep wet soils
12
Clayey to gravelly clayey moderately deep dark brown soils
13
14
15
16
0.02
3040
18.98
Dark grayish brown moderately deep moist stratified soils
22
0.14
Dark grayish brown moderately deep stratified loamy soils
21
0.13
Loamy to clayey skeletal deep Reddish brown soils
3282
20.49
Loamy to gravelly clay deep dark reddish brown soils
1214
7.58
17
Shallow gravelly Red soils
1696
10.59
18
Shallow loamy to gravelly clay Red soils
100
0.62
19
Deep black clayey soils
1200
7.49
20
Fine loamy gravelly clayey shallow Reddish brown soils
214
1.34
21
Light gray deep sandy soils
111
0.69
22
Very dark brown moderately deep wetsilty soils
31
0.19
Total
16276
Source: AP Space Application Centre

A 5.6 : Area and production of foodgrains
Year
Area (in Lakh Hects.)
Production (in Lakh Tonnes)
2008-09
42.70
166.17
2009-10
39.93
141.81
2010-11
45.56
149.93
2011-12
41.80
147.72
2012-13
41.56
139.25
2013-14
42.82
156.90
2014-15
39.63
160.03
2015-16*
41.30
137.56
Source : Directorate of Economics and Statistics, AP
100.00
262

*As per 2nd Advance Estimates (P)

A. 5.7 Season wise area under selected crops
Sl. Crop
No.
1
1
2
Paddy
Jowar
Bajra
Maize
Ragi
Other Millets including

Wheat
Season
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16*
10
Kharif
Pulses
Total Food Grains
Groundnut
1468
1797
1710
1530
1706
1635
1399
Rabi
858
975
636
679
877
759
660
Total
2326
2772
2346
2209
2583
2394
2059
Kharif
65
28
28
33
37
44
Rabi
96
79
120
136
85
105
125
Total
161
88
148
164
118
142
169
Kharif
26
45
29
54
47
25
33
Rabi
Total
29
48
32
57
49
28
37
45
49
82
91
110
100
75
Rabi
Kharif
168
184
190
218
242
203
160
Total
213
233
272
309
352
303
235
Kharif
37
35
35
34
37
29
27
Rabi
Total
43
40
40
39
42
34
32
Kharif
24
28
27
36
227
18
47
335
Rabi
7
Thousand Hectares
Total
26
30
29
38
562
20
50
Kharif
231
394
230
246
230
198
361
Rabi
989
979
1082
1092
878
845
1187
Total
1220
1373
1312
1338
1108
1043
1548
Kharif
1873
2328
2141
2018
2190
2041
1986
Rabi
2120
2228
2039
2136
2091
1922
2144
Total
3993
4556
4180
4154
4281
3963
4130
Kharif
974
1317
1033
1042
1086
804
682
Rabi
114
109
103
115
90
70
85
Total
1088
1426
1136
1157
1176
874
767
Castor
Kharif
47
83
151
105
48
48
50
10
Sesamum
Kharif
31
70
27
21
28
21
28
Total Oil Seeds
Rabi
30
28
26
23
33
64
39
Total
61
98
53
44
61
85
67
1178
1556
1275
1236
1238
944
849
Rabi
Kharif
362
314
271
253
199
189
164
Total
1540
1870
1546
1489
1437
1133
1013
263

A 5.8 : Season-wise production of selected crops(Thousand Tonnes)
Sl.
No.
Crop
1
1
2
Paddy
Jowar
Bajra
Maize
Ragi
Other Millets incl.

Wheat
Season
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16*
10
Kharif
Pulses
Total Food Grains
Groundnut
5962
7803
6066
6536
7647
6228
Rabi
4874
5860
3813
4227
5449
5037
4182
Total
11354
11822
11616
10293
11985
12684
10410
77
13
61
73
58
55
96
Rabi
Kharif
164
144
291
339
207
290
313
Total
241
157
352
412
265
345
409
Kharif
40
80
45
95
78
32
50
Rabi
Total
45
88
51
99
81
39
56
164
203
283
364
408
329
267
Rabi
Kharif
1231
1681
1480
1547
1810
1609
1266
Total
1395
1884
1763
1911
2218
1938
1533
41
40
29
36
36
27
26
Kharif
Rabi
11
Total
52
47
38
42
44
34
34
Kharif
12
26
17
34
19
13
46
Rabi
7
6480
Total
14
28
19
36
20
15
49
Kharif
112
144
80
123
130
115
204
Rabi
983
822
853
1010
942
835
1061
Total
1095
966
933
1133
1072
950
1265
Kharif
6913
6468
8317
6789
7266
8217
6917
Rabi
7268
8525
6455
7136
8424
7786
6839
Total
14181
14993
14772
13925
15690
16003
13756
360
856
355
540
681
330
590
Kharif
Rabi
288
250
227
240
199
163
198
Total
648
1106
582
780
880
493
788
Castor
Kharif
24
70
13
47
25
27
26
10
Sesamum
Kharif
12
13
Total Oil Seeds
Rabi
22
12
Total
15
19
13
13
19
28
18
1275
1995
1393
1668
1933
1677
2434
Rabi
Kharif
484
377
350
320
265
226
241
Total
1759
2372
1743
1988
2198
1903
2675
264

*As per 2nd Advance Estimates(P)

A 5.9 : Season-wise productivity of selected crops
Sl.
No.
Crop
1
1
2
Paddy
Jowar
Bajra
Maize
Ragi
Groundnut
Season
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16*
10
Kharif
Castor
Sesamum
Total Oil Seeds
4414
3318
4563
3964
3831
4677
4452
Rabi
5680
6010
5995
6225
6213
6636
6336
Total
4881
4264
4951
4659
4641
5298
5056
Kharif
1179
1447
2151
2652
1747
1487
2183
Rabi
1715
1809
2430
2481
2411
2770
2500
Total
1498
1773
2376
2509
2227
2435
2420
Kharif
1527
1796
1573
1751
1654
1289
1529
Rabi
2181
2268
2051
1504
1654
1924
1529
Total
1582
1832
1620
1740
1654
1366
1529
Kharif
3655
4148
3467
4006
3711
3292
3556
Rabi
7310
9117
7759
7086
7478
7910
7910
Total
6539
8073
6473
6182
6301
6390
6523
Kharif
1091
1143
825
1044
983
952
977
Rabi
1859
1473
1767
1451
1512
1500
1521
Total
1196
1183
944
1091
1048
1029
1063
Kharif
Rabi
(Kgs./Hectare)
370
650
344
627
627
410
865
2530
2279
2219
2308
2210
2325
2325
Total
595
775
513
753
748
564
1027
Kharif
511
839
104
478
527
575
500
Kharif
249
168
226
195
449
272
214
Rabi
234
259
279
250
175
347
296
Total
241
193
252
218
311
328
269
Kharif
1082
1282
1093
1350
1561
1776
2867
Rabi
1337
1201
1292
1265
1332
1196
1470
Total
1142
1268
1127
1335
1530
1680
2641
265

A 5.10 : Source-wise gross area irrigated
(Area in lakh hectares)
S.No
1
1
2
3
4
5
6
Year
Canals
Tanks
2
3
4
2008-09
20.01
4.40
2009-10
16.96
3.03
2010-11
19.99
4.50
2011-12
17.84
3.94
2012-13
15.63
3.79
2013-14
19.56
3.77
16.23
7
2014-15
18.82
3.27
Wells
5
Others
6
Total
7
14.36
15.01
15.61
15.99
16.34
1.42
1.33
1.43
1.44
1.35
40.19
36.33
41.53
39.21
37.11
1.40
15.32
40.96
1.45
38.86
A 5.10A : Source -wise ,district wisegross area irrigated 2014-15

District
Srikakulam
Canals
Tanks
Wells
Others
Total
1.18
0.64
0.28
0.07
2.17
Vizianagaram
0.45
0.85
0.52
0.04
1.86
Visakahapatnam
0.59
0.33
0.38
0.24
1.54
East Godavari
3.37
0.25
1.14
0.18
4.94
West Godavari
3.15
0.15
2.79
0.15
6.24
Krishna
2.42
0.18
1.09
0.14
3.83
Guntur
3.57
0.09
1.42
0.22
5.30
Prakasham
0.98
0.04
1.21
0.09
2.32
SPS Nellore
1.42
0.50
0.99
0.07
2.98
YSR
0.22
0.00
1.35
0.03
1.60
Kurnool
1.21
0.10
1.34
0.21
2.86
Ananthapuramu
0.23
0.01
1.27
0.01
1.52
Chittoor
0.03
0.13
1.54
0.00
1.70
18.82
3.27
15.32
1.45
38.86
Andhra Pradesh

A 5.11 : Source-wise net area irrigated (Area in lakh hectares)
Sl. No.
1
Year
Canals
Tanks
Wells
Others
Total
2008-09
13.96
4.10
10.13
1.19
29.38
2009-10
13.08
2.75
10.24
1.15
27.22
2010-11
14.31
4.12
10.66
1.21
30.30
2011-12
14.92
3.67
11.22
1.24
31.05
2012-13
11.75
3.46
11.58
1.22
28.01
2013-14
14.30
3.39
11.21
1.24
30.14
2014-15
14.29
2.93
10.80
1.25
29.27
266

A 5.11A : Source wise, district wise net area irrigated 2014-15

District
Canals
Tanks
Wells
Others
Total
Srikakulam
1.14
0.59
0.08
0.06
1.87
Vizianagaram
0.40
0.76
0.35
0.04
1.55
Visakahapatnam
0.46
0.26
0.19
0.23
1.14
East Godavari
1.78
0.21
0.63
0.18
2.80
West Godavari
1.68
0.13
1.73
0.08
3.62
Krishna
2.05
0.14
0.64
0.11
2.94
Guntur
3.29
0.09
0.80
0.19
4.37
Prakasham
0.95
0.04
1.16
0.09
2.24
SPS Nellore
0.97
0.48
0.82
0.07
2.34
YSR
0.22
1.14
0.02
1.38
Kurnool
1.10
0.09
1.09
0.18
2.46
Ananthapuramu
0.22
0.01
1.02
0.01
1.26
0.03
0.12
1.15
0.00
1.30
14.29
2.93
10.80
1.25
29.27
Chittoor
Andhra Pradesh
A 5.12 : Distribution of Land holdings by size classes, 2005-06 and 2010-11

Size
Group
No. of Holdings
(Lakh)
2005-06
2010-11
Percentage to Total
2005-06
2010-11
Area (Lakh Hect.)

2005-06
2010-11
Percentage to Total
2005-06
Average Size of
Holdings (Hect.)
2010-11
2005-06
2010-11
10
11
Marginal
46.19
49.84
64.00
65.40
20.01
21.60
24.44
26.68
Small
14.92
15.91
20.68
20.88
21.11
22.51
25.78
27.80
1.41
1.41
8.13
7.96
11.27
10.44
21.52
21.00
26.27
25.94
2.65
2.64
Semimedium
0.43
0.43
Medium
2.64
2.30
3.66
3.02
14.91
12.82
18.21
15.83
5.65
5.57
Large
0.28
0.20
0.39
0.26
4.34
3.04
5.30
3.75
15.50
15.20
Total
72.16
76.21
100.00
100.00
81.89
80.97
100.00
100.00
1.13
1.06
267
A 5.13 : Distribution of Land holdings by size classes, 2010-11

Marginal
Small
Semi Medium
District
Holdings
Area
Holdings
Area
1
Srikakulam
Vizianagaram
Visakapatnam
East Godavari
West Godavari
Krishna
Guntur
Prakasam
SPS Nellore
Y.S.R
Kurnool
Ananthapuramu
Chittoor
Total
2
4.27
3.45
3.61
5.63
4.29
3.96
5.36
3.79
3.09
2.42
2.82
2.59
4.55
49.84
3
1.57
1.28
1.37
2.04
1.73
1.73
2.48
1.82
1.32
1.21
1.58
1.47
1.99
21.60
4
0.71
0.67
0.69
0.87
0.87
0.98
1.51
1.70
0.92
1.23
1.88
2.44
1.44
15.91
5
0.97
0.93
0.95
1.20
1.21
1.36
2.09
2.43
1.29
1.77
2.68
3.59
2.03
22.51
Holdings
6
0.22
0.26
0.32
0.37
0.38
0.44
0.58
0.93
0.40
0.62
1.12
1.75
0.55
7.96
Area
7
0.58
0.71
0.87
0.99
1.01
1.19
1.56
2.48
1.07
1.62
3.03
4.47
1.42
21.00
(Holdings in Lakh Nos and Area in Lakh Hectares)

Medium
Holdings
Large
Area
8
0.05
0.07
0.12
0.11
0.11
0.13
0.14
0.26
0.14
0.13
0.46
0.46
0.12
2.30
Holdings
9
0.28
0.41
0.65
0.63
0.61
0.70
0.76
1.46
0.78
0.70
2.62
2.58
0.64
12.82
10
0.00
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.02
0.02
0.01
0.04
0.04
0.01
0.20
Total
Holdings
Area
11
0.09
0.10
0.16
0.16
0.13
0.10
0.12
0.30
0.32
0.12
0.59
0.67
0.18
3.04
12
5.26
4.47
4.75
6.99
5.66
5.52
7.61
6.71
4.57
4.41
6.33
7.28
6.67
76.21
Area
13
3.49
3.42
4.00
5.01
4.70
5.08
7.01
8.48
4.79
5.42
10.50
12.78
6.26
80.97
Average
size of
Holdings
(Ha)
14
0.66
0.77
0.84
0.72
0.83
0.92
0.92
1.26
1.05
1.23
1.66
1.76
0.94
1.06

A 5.14 : Consumption of fertilizers
Product
(Lakh MTs.)
2014-15
Allotment
Urea
DAP
MOP
Complex
SSP
Others
Total
2015-16
Consumption
16.75
2.83
2.82
12.08
1.98
0.79
37.25
16.58
4.79
2.73
12.77
4.07
1.82
42.76
Allotment
17.50
4.70
3.50
13.50
4.00
1.23
44.43
Consumption
14.48
3.32
2.26
11.28
2.03
0.55
33.92
A 5.15 : Consumption of fertilizers in terms of Nutrients

S. No
Year
1
2004-05
2
2005-06
3
2006-07
4
2007-08
5
2008-09
6
2009-10
7
2010-11
8
2011-12
9
2012-13
10
2013-14
11
2014-15
12
2015-16
(Lakh MTs.)
P
7.34
8.75
8.50
8.98
9.86
10.21
10.82
11.11
9.93
11.35
10.76
9.58
K
3.67
4.24
4.27
4.34
5.25
5.62
6.28
6.18
4.40
4.61
4.44
4.54
Total
2.04
2.24
2.04
2.64
3.06
3.09
3.05
2.15
1.71
1.84
2.19
1.88
13.05
15.23
14.81
15.96
18.17
18.92
20.16
19.44
16.04
17.80
17.39
16.00
268

A.5.16: National Agricultural Insurance Scheme

Sl.
Year
No.
1
2
2
2004-05
Season
3
Kharif
Rabi
3
2005-06 Kharif
Rabi
4
2006-07 Kharif
Rabi
5
2007-08 Kharif
Rabi
6
2008-09 Kharif
Rabi
7
2009-10 NAIS(K)
WBCIS(K)
Rabi
11
2010-11 NAIS(K)
WBCIS(K)
NAIS(R)
WBCIS(R)
MNAIS(R)
12
2011-12 NAIS(K)
WBCIS(K)
MNAIS(K)
NAIS(R)
WBCIS(R)
MNAIS(R)
13
2012-13 NAIS(K)
WBCIS(K)
MNAIS(K)
NAIS(R)
WBCIS(R)
MNAIS(R)
14
2013-14 MNAIS(K)
WBCIS(K)
NAIS(K)
NAIS ( R )
MNAIS ( R )
WBCIS ( R )
15
2014-15 MNAIS ( K )
WBCIS ( K)
MNAIS ( R )
NAIS ( R )
WBCIS ( R )
Total
178.82
Farmers
Area Covered
Covered
in Ha.
4
5
15.88
26.01
1.15
1.93
13.94
24.64
1.19
1.79
14.10
23.06
1.67
2.75
15.12
25.38
1.11
1.87
11.93
20.49
2.48
4.65
18.92
29.41
0.17
0.12
1.38
2.24
16.35
25.12
0.18
0.18
2.85
3.77
0.0016
0.0032
0.31
0.36
9.87
12.43
7.69
13.56
0.22
0.30
2.09
3.30
0.09
0.029
0.46
0.69
5.31
7.27
7.74
13.51
4.93
4.85
0.86
1.19
0.09
0.08
0.26
0.33
4.76
4.80
7.05
12.30
3.48
3.51
0.91
1.15
0.15
0.16
0.07
0.09
1.68
1.86
0.93
1.68
0.99
1.13
0.43
0.70
0.03
0.04
278.73
4621164
(figures in lakhs& Rs.in lakhs)

Sum
Insured
6
245977
19615
235818
21932
269838
33795
304508
26313
243298
53173
420387
14306
39955
440002
9680
66035
236
12596
293520
272767
10785
74959
6384
27155
187109
330151
200815
37864
5510
13773
2156
328750
112240
41684
7913
4647
78681
45459
59803
18487
3088
243636
Full
Premium
7
7123
402
6910
450
7762
741
9357
554
7805
1103
12948
1159
849
13546
949
1356
28
771
8245
27260
578
1525
367
1107
616
33000
15926
761
637
681
24227
32869
3183
815
402
536
9338
4544
2480
370
356
100495
Premium
Subsidy
8
430
25
426
27
457
33
571
32
454
62
809
35
53
844
474
76
14
183
630
17620
327
89
515
416
51
21367
7847
35
319
280
14034
21316
248
815
169
268
5613
2272
1063
18
178
529998.8
Claim
9
4463.79
351
49030
334
52866
1754
678
396
77897
3616
51895
1734
2190
75046
66
6274
44
44
13973
16046
21
8213
975
491
4715
28632
42451
14781
886
257
32755
25213
5266
280
280
446
1127
4512
65.29
No. of farmers
benefited
10
0.93
0.12
6.43
0.08
6.00
0.35
0.12
0.09
6.81
0.48
8.40
0.16
0.44
7.45
0.03
0.45
0.00
0.01
1.72
5.69
0.01
0.58
0.07
0.09
0.61
5.80
2.77
0.17
0.07
0.04
2.56
5.01
0.64
0.10
0.02
0.05
0.16
0.78
Under Progress
Under Progress
Under Progress
269
A 5.17 : Disbursement of Agriculture Credit as on 30th September 2015
(Amount in Rs Crore.)
Sl.
No.
District
Short term
production loans
Agricultural term loans Including

Infrastructure and Ancillary Activities
Total Agriculture
loans disbursed
% of Achievement
Srikakulam
1171.22
329.89
1501.11
49.96
Vizianagaram
973.97
176.96
1150.93
56.03
Visakhapatanm
1293.04
643.01
1936.05
88.41
East Godavari
3855.86
1089.48
4945.34
56.44
West Godavari
4222.03
1116.48
5338.51
61.54
Krishna
2230.27
788.98
3019.25
49.68
Guntur
4740.06
923.76
5663.82
62.73
Prakasam
2232.12
692.93
2925.05
64.57
SPS Nellore
1498.58
634.05
2132.63
55.46
10
Y.S.R
1844.60
502.02
2346.62
62.86
11
Kurnool
2246.38
416.82
2663.20
58.83
12
Ananthapuramu
3386.10
499.74
3885.84
89.13
13
Chittoor
2284.59
465.51
2750.10
61.32
31978.82
8279.63
40258.45
61.68
Total
Source: Finance (Institutional Finance) Department

A.5.18 : Loan and Other Eligibility Cards issued and credit extended to licensed cultivators during 2015-16(upto Sep,2015)
Sl.
No
District
No. of LECs issued

Renewal of old LECs
No.of licensed cultivators sanctioned crop loans
New LECs
Total
Cultivators
Amount (Rs in Cr)
Srikakulam
Vizianagaram
Visakhapatnam
5043
9921
14964
1498
2.91
East Godavari
84288
16833
101121
39887
81.84
West Godavari
110650
112603
223253
23067
43.93
Krishna
6037
9369
15406
1024
2.94
Guntur
3210
7630
10840
653
3.26
Prakasam
13996
13996
689
2.28
Nellore
6364
1971
8335
202
1.05
10
Kurnool
12282
10179
22461
10
0.07
11
Anantapur
417
3024
3441
650
1.99
12
Kadapa
4158
1186
5344
715
2.12
13
Chitoor
Total
7846
7644
15490
670
2.01
10830
4997
15827
707
0.82
2475
2961
5436
241
1.66
267596
188318
455914
70013
146.88
270

A.5.19 District wise Eligible farmers under debt redemption scheme during 2015-16.
S. No
District Name
No of Accounts
No of Eligible farmers
Eligible amount (Rs. in crore)
Srikakulam
277674
184108
387.03
Vizianagaram
208172
150844
308.58
Visakhapatnam
219155
164397
326.35
East Godavari
441964
295334
605.09
West Godavari
483483
313033
627.29
Krishna
436945
276836
568.20
Guntur
661693
394130
917.84
Prakasam
448459
266741
588.06
SPS Nellore
279681
179581
394.26
10
Kurnool
427131
314928
679.89
11
Anantapuramu
346860
219324
457.47
12
YSR
802351
521879
1054.87
13
Chittoor
367117
230839
510.89
4872
3383
7.57
5405557
3515357
7433.39
Additional mandals of Khammam

added to AP
Total
Source:Agriculture Department
A 5.20 Component wise physical and financial targets and achievements under ATMA during the year 2015-16 (upto 31-10-2015)
(Amount Rs. in lakhs)
S. No.
Components
State level activities (Trgs. to Extn. functionaries)
District level activities
a)
Trainings to Farmers
b)
Demos
c)
Exposure visits
d)
Capacity building of FIGs
e)
Farmer Awards
f)
g)
h)
i)
j)
Other activities
k)
Admn. Expenses & Salaries
Targets
Achievements
Physical
Physical
20
19.578
3830
857
92.531
6125
2814
97.586
535
29
11.058
1245
157
7.123
170
0.000
Kisan Melas
26
23
17.300
Farmer Scientist Interaction
26
10
1.950
Field Days
170
97
10.850
Farm schools
170
56
13.263
60
138
239.468
Total
Source:Agriculture Department
78
Financial
691.278
12357
4181
1201.985
271
A 5.21 : Area and production of major Horticulture crops

Sl.
No
Name of the Crop
Fresh Fruits
2014-15 (3rd Estimates)

Area in Ha
2015-16 (1st AE)
Production MTs
Area in Ha
547845
9124222
Banana
80908
Mango
315653
Production MTs
561055
9678620
3573093
76939
3466921
2766066
327059
3070666
Lime/lemon
38076
494078
39363
516602
Sweet Orange
72502
1209468
73867
1233677
Custard Apple
1427
7998
1268
9113
Grapes
617
11190
732
13260
Guava
6211
98924
6187
99638
Papaya
8689
667568
10082
935306
Pomegranate
Sapota
Pineapple
Jackfruit
Ber
Aonl/Amla
Others
B
(Area in Hectares & Production in Tonnes)
Vegetables
Beans
Bitterguard
Bhendi
Bottlegourd
Brinjal
Cabbage
Capsicum
5384
77557
6916
95752
11128
135446
11701
139775
2791
35963
3141
45515
39
540
185
6398
1059
19208
1216
21798
847
9109
879
9379
2514
18014
1520
14820
238988
4516314
248457
5695245
13900
122109
15350
154326
5769
64862
6868
100081
18598
211302
18404
229466
4031
41635
2347
33304
17243
381008
16965
415218
1846
36202
1986
31276
101
1120
69
1523
Carrot
2376
38639
2244
43974
Cauliflower
2881
40113
2610
33263
Cucumber
4923
98140
4977
87456
Parwal/Pointed
Guard
1520
106000
1451
32029
689
7492
737
13501
Radish
Pumpkin
185
4037
206
4585
Elephant Foot Yam
3184
171221
3669
212090
Watermelon
8731
252812
8933
232475
Muskmelon
6111
145460
6200
136400
Onion
38372
575580
45002
895586
Garlic
Peas
Potato
Sweet Potato
25
85
21
106
2632
43633
2564
38192
782
13244
776
13771
272

Sl.
No
Name of the Crop
Production MTs
16977
258406
10895
162634
51850
1425158
57672
2259992
Chillies Green
13339
231348
14891
253478
Others
22923
246708
23620
310519
Flowers
14387
103319
16561
132397
Chrysanthemum
2224
20263
2511
22670
Jasmine
2459
13219
2706
14417
Marigold
5050
39474
6435
59264
516
2757
481
2918
Tube Rose
1034
11180
1180
16000
Crossandera
1700
6801
1867
7587
Others
1404
12382
1381
12459
417515
2011061
426643
2214234
1220
1815
1300
1935
124184
100865
123794
100473
Plantation Crops
Cashewnut
Cocoa
17280
11993
22440
15362
Coconut (Lakh
nuts)
106009
14741
104556
14593
Oilpalm
111622
1873508
117353
2073584
Coffee
57200
22880
57200
22880
Spices
220697
1205188
221352
1089820
Ajwan
Chillies(Dried)
Coriander
10826
10826
6950
6950
135044
649360
142672
763562
23008
31535
19795
33751
Ginger
1172
22455
1209
23692
Pepper
16000
2400
16000
2400
Tamarind
10793
68609
6702
68192
Betelvine
3351
49427
3162
42554
Turmeric
17152
358081
21513
124229
3351
12496
3349
24490
450
1188
510
8972
Other Spices
F
Area in Ha
Tomato
Arecanut
2015-16 (1st AE)
Production MTs
Tapioca
Rose (lakh Nos)
2014-15 (3rd Estimates)

Area in Ha
Medicinal &
Aromatic Plants
Palm Rosa
20
Lemon Grass
150
300
170
304
Other Medicinal
Plants
300
888
320
8666
1439882
16961293
1474578
18819288
Grand Total
Note: Total Production excludes Coconut and Cut flowers.
273
A 5.22 : Livestock population as per 2012 census

Sl. No.
District
Cattle
Buffaloes
Sheep
Goat
Pig
Poultry
Srikakulam
790026
126328
575046
212300
4725
2726062
Vizianagaram
481634
220646
252610
173751
10151
3537875
Visakhapatanm
408432
218675
423123
324024
7938
5714509
East Godavari
375247
642208
246722
292201
32153
13987575
West Godavari
188107
620184
436810
193218
10327
16206532
Krishna
79420
696118
508061
151118
10187
11751991
Guntur
110071
1007942
621122
213249
9222
6975527
Prakasam
74845
970366
1406578
406239
10076
1237864
SPS Nellore
115968
624664
1051938
351426
5364
1491093
10
Y.S.R
139141
466933
1403224
457896
9309
1562509
11
Kurnool
408623
412812
1504671
506173
17787
1201430
12
Ananthapuramu
617270
371127
3879840
785210
21777
1589278
13
Chittoor
926865
84368
1250077
428721
8285
12600851
4715649
6462371
13559822
4495526
157301
80583096
Total

A 5.23 : Production estimates@ of Milk, Eggs and Meat
Sl. No.
Year
Milk (000 M.Ts.)
Meat (000 M.Ts.)
Eggs (Lakh Nos.)
2003-04
4727.07
191.84
82011
2004-05
5358.35
229.89
107601
2005-06
5290.28
263.72
101077
2006-07
5505.66
272.41
95218
2007-08
6193.23
313.25
105058
2008-09
6640.02
310.45
108925
2009-10
7237.82
349.43
113932
2010-11
7734.39
383.65
116383
2011-12
8402.04
440.06
122440
10
2012-13
8810.00
477.65
128740
11
2013-14
9082.73
488.75
127269
12
2014-15
9656.15
527.66
130958
13
2015-16 (upto Sep,2015)
5153.04
274.933
66857

@ Estimates based on sample surveys; Eggs includes both commercial and desi and Meat includes chicken meat
274

A 5.24 : Production estimates@ of Milk, Meat and Eggs during 2015-16 (upto Sep,2015)
Sl. No.
District
Milk (000 M.Ts.)
Meat (000 M.Ts.)
Eggs (Lakh Nos.)
Srikakulam
248.27
8784
711
Vizianagaram
247.00
11936
1711
Visakhapatanm
278.10
17139
4712
East Godavari
451.35
21607
19326
West Godavari
477.21
16086
12799
Krishna
589.00
31786
10695
Guntur
562.54
25523
7063
Prakasam
562.00
32866
1210
SPS Nellore
273.66
11263
924
10
Y.S.R
189.00
13000
782
11
Kurnool
444.37
33444
744
12
Ananthapuramu
308.40
21693
1031
13
Chittoor
522.14
29806
5150
5153.04
274933
66857
Total
@ Estimates based on sample surveys; Eggs includes both commercial and desi and Meat includes chicken meat
A 5.25: District wise Animal Husbandry institutions in the year 2015-16
Sl
No
DISTRICT
Veterinary
Policlinic
Super Specialty
Veterinary Hospital
Veterinary
Hospital
Veterinary
Dispensaries
Rural Live
Stock Units
Total
Srikakulam
13
83
99
196
Vizianagaram
11
69
74
155
Visakhapatnam
16
87
62
165
East Godavari
15
151
80
247
West Godavari
11
102
92
206
Krishna
17
114
189
322
Guntur
16
126
138
281
Prakasam
119
103
231
SPS Nellore
15
101
100
217
10
YSR
12
102
131
247
11
Kurnool
15
121
205
342
12
Ananthapuramu
16
110
61
188
13
Chittoor
15
135
171
322
12
180
1420
1505
3119
Total
Source: Directorate of Animal Husbandry Department
275
A.5.26 Fodder development during 2015-16 up to October 2015.

Sl.
No
District
Fodder seed
Distributed in MTs
Area brought under fodder

cultivation in acres
Expected fodder
yield in LMTs
Expenditure in
Rs.lakhs
Srikakulam
50.00
2500
0.1
18.00
Vizainagaram
45.00
2250
0.09
16.20
Visakapatnam
100.00
5000
0.2
36.00
East Godavari
100.00
5000
0.2
36.00
West Godavari
100.00
5000
0.2
36.00
Krishna
100.00
5000
0.2
36.00
Guntur
45.00
2250
0.09
16.20
Prakasam
120.00
6000
0.24
43.20
Nellore
100.00
5000
0.2
36.00
10
YSR
200.00
10000
0.4
72.00
11
Kurnool
12
Ananthapuramu
13
60.00
3000
0.12
21.60
350.00
17500
0.7
126.00
Chittoor
355.00
17750
0.71
127.80
TOTAL
1725.00
86250
3.45
621.00

A.5.27. Fodder requirement & availability situation from July 2015- December 2015
Sl.
No
1
District
Total Livestock
units (Lakhs)
Fodder Requirement
(LMTs)
Fodder availability from

all sources (LMTs)
Fodder deficit/ surplus

(LMTs)
Srikakulam
9.97
8.99
8.98
-0.01
Vizianagaram
5.53
4.98
5.11
0.13
Vishakapatnam
9.34
8.40
8.62
0.22
East Godavari
10.61
9.74
11.23
1.49
West Godavari
10.15
12.15
12.62
0.47
Krishna
8.60
7.74
7.99
0.25
Guntur
13.23
11.91
11.92
0.01
Prakasam
14.29
13.08
13.35
0.27
Nellore
10.21
9.39
8.64
-0.75
10
YSR Kadapa
11
Kurnool
12
Ananthapur
13
Chittoor
TOTAL
8.92
7.71
7.23
-0.48
11.48
10.22
10.33
0.11
8.92
8.03
3.01
-5.02
12.05
10.84
10.19
-0.65
133.30
123.18
119.22
-3.96
276

A.5.28: Animal Husbandry performance indicators, 2015-16 (upto Oct,2015)

Sl. No
Indicator
Units
Target (upto
Oct, 2015)
Achievement (upto
Oct, 2015)
% of Achievement
Curative Treatment
Lakh Nos.
195.14
217.15
111.28
Preventive Treatment
Lakh Nos.
245.06
296.17
120.86
Castrations
Lakh Nos.
1.58
2.02
127.85
Vaccinations
Lakh Nos.
322.14
370.39
114.98
Artificial Inseminations (Depts Centres)
Lakh Nos.
10.05
9.86
98.11
Artificial Inseminations (Gopala Mitras)
Lakh Nos.
10.78
10.99
101.95
Calf Births
Lakh Nos.
4.00
4.54
113.50
Fodder Development
Lakh Acs.
2.95
4.19
142.03
Rythu Sadassus
Nos.
23.28
27.99
120.23
Fertility Camps
Nos.
5.35
7.42
138.69
8
10

A 5.29 : Fish and Prawn production
(Tonnes)
Sl. No
Year
Marine Fish (incl.Marine Shrimp)
Inland Fish (incl.fresh water prawn &

brackish water shrimp)
Total
2000-01
182502
317191
499693
2001-02
204940
369067
574007
2002-03
248295
526900
775195
2003-04
263926
596793
860719
2004-05
210732
558472
769204
2005-06
218836
595351
814187
2006-07
240711
601366
842077
2007-08
254892
682777
937669
10
2008-09
291160
810326
1101486
11
2009-10
293150
865084
1158234
12
2010-11
290553
1133259
1423812
13
2011-12
379417
1023269
1402686
13
2012-13
414349
1174101
1588450
14
2013-14
438246
1330537
1768783
15
2014-15
475401
1503177
1978578
16
2015-16
(upto Dec,15)
328043
1299532
1627575
Source: Commissioner of Fisheries Department

A.5.30:District-wise Forest area
(Sq.Kms)
277
Sl
No.
District
Very Dense
Forest
Moderate
Dense
Forest
Scrub
Forest
Open Forest
Non Forest
Water
Bodies
Total
Srikakulam
0.00
11.52
216.03
315.53
174.91
3.72
721.71
Vizianagaram
0.06
530.41
490.42
121.47
73.75
3.17
1219.28
Visaakhapatnam
104.65
2221.76
1212.97
735.72
352.40
3.87
4631.37
East Godavari
192.24
2997.77
873.40
175.84
319.43
154.29
4712.97
West Godavari
92.11
876.99
83.67
135.47
60.61
0.88
1249.72
Krishna
0.00
2.99
369.65
172.76
47.27
51.85
644.52
Guntur
1.21
129.25
344.73
1182.31
128.06
40.65
1826.20
Prakasam
30.43
670.41
2020.32
1688.32
61.05
9.14
4479.67
SPS Nellore
50.80
486.64
464.68
1073.78
273.15
30.91
2379.96
10
YSR
103.58
1060.41
2218.77
1456.98
206.29
6.87
5052.90
11
Kurnool
6.32
973.39
830.88
742.73
939.41
62.04
3554.77
12
Ananthapuramu
0.00
5.18
70.80
767.27
1098.46
3.89
1945.60
13
Chittoor
69.85
1843.50
1742.23
673.60
165.69
1.23
4496.10
Total
651.25
11810.22
10938.55
9241.77
3900.49
372.51
36914.78

A 5.31 : Revenue achieved from forest produce
Sl No.
Description
(Rs.Lakh)
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16 (upto Nov,15)
Timber
126.84
118.79
247.528
309.647
Bamboo
1121.87
1299.93
1274.539
730.695
Firewood & Charcoal
51.34
38.927
27.398
2.527
Other Forest Produce
10.63
6.319
28.768
9.430
Beedi Leaves
30.33
13.34
5.156
0.020
Teak Plants
1659.97
1273.59
1208.053
819.080
Cashew Plants
39.87
43.66
32.717
6.690
Other Plantations
231.74
1063.03
265.457
79.537
Red Sanders
370.50
12.02
0.000
0.000
10
Thinnings
Departmental extractions
2.92
28.76
49.370
1.560
3646.01
3898.37
3138.986
1959.186

A. 5. 32 : Protected areas of the forest department in the State
278

Sl.
No
Protected Area
District
Sanctuary Area
in Sq.Kms.
Coringa WLS
East Godavari
235.700
Kolleru WLS
West Godavari & Krishna
308.550
Krishna WLS
Krishna, Guntur
194.810
Rajiv Gandhi WLS (Tiger Reserve)
Kurnool, Prakasam & Guntur
Rollapadu WLS
Kurnool
GundlaBrahmeswara WLS (Extended Core)
Kurnool &Prakasam
Sri Lankamalleswara WLS
YSR
Nelapattu WLS
SPS Nellore
4.580
Pulicat WLS
SPS Nellore
600.000
10
Koundinya WLS
Chittoor
357.600
11
Sri Venkateshwara WLS
Chittoor, YSR
525.970
12
Sri Venkateshwara NP(Part of S.V.WLS)
Chittoor, YSR
13
Kambalakonda WLS
Visakhapatnam
1401.720
6.140
1194.000
464.420
71.390
14
Sri PenusilaNarasimha WLS
SPSR Nellore & YSR
15
Rajiv Gandhi NP
YSR
1030.850
16
Papikonda NP
East Godavari and Khammam part & West Godavari
2.300
Total
1012.858
7410.888

A.5.33 :Progress on compensatory afforestation under forest (conservation) Act 1980
Sl.
No.
Item
Area Diverted in Ha
C.A. Stipulation in Ha
In Forest Land in Ha
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
27349.690
30430.501
26317.056
3861.361
4434.681
4187.86
In Non Forest Land in Ha
29758.614
31168.504
28812.185
Total
33619.975
35603.185
33000.045
2047.277
1980.132
2336.379
Addl C.A. Penal C.A. & Safety Zone in Ha
Financial amount required to be deposited by user agency (Rs in La.)
33793.661
39692.656
45950.158
Fund made available by user agency (Rs in Lakhs.)
34315.113
40323.408
46448.993
Implementation of stipulation Area afforested in Ha

5245.488
6156.308
5844.925
On Forest Land in Ha
On Non Forest land in Ha
25072.921
26106.381
24364.413
Total
30318.409
32262.689
30209.338
Amount spent (Rs in Lakhs)
19004.005
27786.432
18226.583
Balance area to be afforested in Ha

805.71
1162.686
725.600
On Non Forest land in Ha
On Forest Land in Ha
4675.884
7461.274
4484.482
Total
5481.594
8623.960
5210.082
Source:- Forest Department
279
A.5.34 :District-wise achievements made under Sericulture sector ( Dec- 2015)

Sl.
No.
District
Employment
Generation
(lakh Nos)
Mulberry
(cumulative
area in acres)
DFLs Brushing
BV & CB)
(in lakh)
Cocoon Production Raw Silk Production Sericulture

(BV & CB)
(BV & CB)
Farmers
(in MTs.)
(in MTs.)
(Number)
7
Srikakulam
1480
296.00
0.361
18.206
2.688
187
Vizianagaram
Visakhapatnam
East Godavari
West Godavari
Krishna
Guntur
Prakasham
SPS Nellore
10
YSR
11
Kurnool
11960
2392.00
7.212
401.622
57.261
1005
12
Anatapuramu
155515
31103.00
197.525
11681.85
1579.444
24903
13
Chittoor
152895
30579.00
185.536
11191.072
1518.404
26925
Total
364035
72857.25
412.469
24650.341
3346.957
57333
1675
335.00
0.558
29.283
4.198
224
1812.5
362.50
0.433
18.349
2.712
284
6200
1240.00
4.249
253.652
36.076
597
5150
1030.00
3.354
210.85
29.45
409
3057.5
611.50
2.061
117.253
16.656
270
3775
755.00
1.601
90.27
12.509
278
11230
2246.00
6.081
329.313
45.978
1057
2380
476.00
0.686
57.088
7.724
317
6905
1381.00
2.812
251.534
33.857
877
Source: Sericulture Department

A.5.35 :District wise collection of Market fee (Amount Rs. in lakhs)
Sl. No
District
2014-15
2015-16 (up to Oct 2015)
Srikakulam
1826.83
840.84
Vizianagaram
1153.11
420.72
Visakhapatnam
1138.95
509.60
East Godavari
5215.85
2401.75
West Godavari
5847.46
2626.14
Krishna
4866.05
1998.24
Guntur
10756.09
6048.95
Prakasam
2740.16
1132.83
SPS Nellore
1639.17
757.16
10
YSR
1641.31
1193.81
11
Kurnool
1341.37
728.33
12
Ananthapuramu
1194.36
573.02
13
Chittoor
Total
Source: Commissioner, Agricultural Marketing
4393.18
2296.14
43753.89
21527.53
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A.5.36 : District wise Godowns in Agriculture Market Committees

Sl. No
Name of the District
No.of Godowns
Capacity (MTs)
Utilization (MTs)
Srikakulam
53
34500
23600
Vizianagaram
50
30460
17740
Visakhapatnam
26
13860
9260
East Godavari
53
40885
28080
West Godavari
96
66810
50450
Krishna
174
166000
136350
Guntur
161
119805
92855
Prakasam
69
59030
41545
Nellore
52
46250
39660
10
Kurnool
97
90860
62580
11
Anantapur
75
45810
29480
12
Kadapa
48
33390
22290
13
Chittoor
Andhra Pradesh
73
37600
14950
1027
785260
568840
Source: Commissioner, Agricultural Marketing
A 6.1 : Large & Mega Industrial Projects gone in to production

Up to March, 2015
District
Units
(No.)
Investment
(Rs. Crore)
1
2
Srikakulam
99
Vizianagaram
62
Visakhapatnam
192
East Godavari
217
West Godavari
160
Krishna
169
Guntur
204
Prakasam
84
SPS Nellore
144
YSR
43
Kurnool
138
Ananthapuramu
92
Chittoor
158
Andhra Pradesh
1762
3
1341
3142
15574
13855
1977
5285
6180
1717
5085
5960
6644
5782
4750
77292
Employment
(No.)
4
14563
33848
67967
49893
26592
32515
44303
16436
39058
17189
21417
26619
35878
426278
During 2015-16 (upto Sep,

2015)
EmployUnits Investment
ment
(Nos.) (Rs. Crore)
(Nos.)
5
6
7
1
154
174
0
0
0
2
1600
3180
1
25
250
2
74
300
5
421
2650
3
95
355
2
39
260
2
236
209
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
1325
1850
22
3969
9228
Total
Units
8
100
62
194
218
162
174
207
86
146
43
138
92
162
1784
Investment
(Rs. Crore)
9
1496
3142
17174
13880
2051
5706
6275
1756
5320
5960
6644
5782
6075
81261
Employment
(Nos.)
10
14737
33848
71147
50143
26892
35165
44658
16696
39267
17189
21417
26619
37728
435506
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A 6.2 : Micro Small and Medium Enterprises established

2014-15
District
Units
(No.)
Investment
(Rs. Crore)
Employment
(No.)
1
Srikakulam
Vizianagaram
Visakhapatnam
East Godavari
West Godavari
Krishna
Guntur
Prakasam
SPS Nellore
YSR
Kurnool
Ananthapuramu
Chittoor
Andhra Pradesh
2
15
115
517
92
121
497
492
243
83
162
119
172
219
2847
3
7.69
89.98
488.8
68.27
116.36
236.67
315.14
195.38
93.99
99.27
77.49
76.9
153.33
2019.27
4
209
2,105
11,378
1,592
2,203
5,673
6,364
3,645
1,379
1,994
1,112
1,476
3,266
42,396
2015-16 (upto Sep, 2015)

InvestEmployment
Units
ment
(Rs.
(Nos.)
(Nos.)
Crore)
5
6
7
68
45.45
1,958
91
79.44
2,155
217
484.24
6,638
281
168.4
4,068
86
45.28
955
214
86.07
2,110
364
127.92
3,853
144
108.04
1,980
221
174.51
2,550
60
30.13
698
45
18.47
462
121
74.95
2,657
76
149.84
3,568
1988 1592.74 33,652
Total
Investment
(Rs.
Crore)
8
53
169
973
237
162
323
443
303
269
129
96
152
303
3612
Employment
(Nos.)
9
2,167
4,260
18,016
5,660
3,158
7,783
10,217
5,625
3,929
2,692
1,574
4,133
6,834
76,048
No of units
established
upto Sep
2015 Udyog
Aadhar
10
46
61
360
203
94
306
325
295
218
74
270
204
132
2488
Source: Industries Department.

A.6.3: Status of Special Economic Zones as on 30-9-2015
Sl.
No
District
SEZs Employment
(No)
(No)
3
Value of
Production*
(Rs Cr)
Investment
including
FDIs (Rs Cr)
Physical
Exports*
(Rs Cr)
Imports*
(Rs Cr)
Srikakulam
1,684
53.76
796.20
47.33
168.2
Vizianagaram
Visakhapatnam
43,891
3,145.35
12,867.76
2,393.38
2,011.98
East Godavari
1,401
159.04
464.58
156.08
0.23
West Godavari
Krishna
397
12.64
79.81
12.64
0.16
Guntur
Prakasham
1,577
278.74
363.18
248.84
53.03
SPSR Nellore
11,554
340.20
891.44
269.99
219.09
10
YSR Kadapa
11
Kurnool
12
Ananthapuramu
13
Chittoor
Andhra Pradesh
2,391
305.58
1,722.67
226.68
103.62
19
62,895
4,295.31
17,185.64
3,354.94
2,556.31
* The information is for Financial Year 2015-16 till 30.09.2015

Source: AP Industries Infrastructure Corporation
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A 6.4 : Index of Industrial Production (Base Year =

2004-05)
Sl.
No
Industry
Code
Industry Group
Weight
15
Food Products & Beverages
103.8
April- April2011- 2012- 2013- 2014- Oct

Oct
12
13
14
15
2014- 201515
16
5
10
180.0
174.9
158.7
211.4
130.5
146.5
% of
Growth
over
2014-15
April-Oct
11
12.3
16
Tobacco products.
30.0
90.8
85.7
88.8
109.1
107.7
98.7
-8.4
17
Textiles.
26.0
151.1
129.7
123.3
127.4
112.1
106.3
-5.2
18
Wearing Apparel, Dressing &

Dying of Fur
0.7
254.8
321.3
357.2
368.1
173.2
201.5
16.3
19
Tanning and Dressing of Leather

& Products
0.4
95.4
81.6
61.6
46.5
24.6
16.5
-32.9
20
Wood and Wood Products &

Cork
1.1
151.8
155.6
170.4
137.1
96.8
54.3
-43.9
21
Paper & Paper Products
17.0
239.4
240.8
239.2
208.4
141.3
160.3
13.4
22
Publishing, Printing, &

Reproduction of recorded Media
10.3
138.3
132.9
81.8
72.5
49.2
38.9
-20.9
23
Coke, Refined Petrolium
51.6
119.2
111.6
116.4
132.1
109.9
100.4
-8.6
10
24
Chemicals & Chemical Fertilisers
86.0
133.7
122.1
136.6
132.3
115.5
116.0
0.4
11
25
Rubber & Plastic Products.
21.7
251.2
247.8
245.7
210.1
191.3
208.5
9.0
12
26
Other Non-Metallic Products.
40.7
143.8
131.1
151.8
148.8
120.2
143.7
19.6
13
27
Basic Metals
151.7
144.6
127.3
142.1
133.8
98.1
103.5
5.5
14
28
Fabricated Metal Products
10.2
147.2
135.6
146.3
128.2
191.3
190.9
-0.2
15
29
Machinery & Equipment
19.8
229.0
214.2
145.9
107.8
13.8
17.6
27.5
30
Office Accounting & Computing

Machinery
0.3
155.1
161.7
180.7
177.9
91.4
112.6
23.2
16
17
31
Electrical Machinery & Parts
30.0
131.9
147.7
150.6
183.2
193.4
268.2
38.7
18
32
Radio, Television
12.3
133.1
155.0
139.9
156.8
147.5
159.2
7.9
19
33
Medical, Precision & Optical
1.8
58.5
69.2
72.8
77.7
110.5
154.7
40.0
20
34
Motor Vehicles, Trailers
6.9
211.2
216.6
228.3
207.0
85.8
92.2
7.5
21
35
Other Transport Equipment
6.2
151.3
116.8
116.7
115.1
64.9
83.7
29.0
22
113.8
106.2
89.3
112.3
33.1
44.4
34.1
36
Mining & Quarrying
Furniture, Manufacturing n.e.c

212
153.0
215.0
178.6
161.0
432.3
396.8
-8.2
II
Manufacturing
631
153.0
144.0
145.6
151.9
116.5
125.8
8.0
III
Electricity
157
159.0
150.4
156.1
178.0
170.9
181.4
6.1
1000
161.0
160.1
154.2
158.9
192.0
191.9
-0.1
General Index
Source : Directorate of Economics & Statistics, AP

2.5
283
A.6.5:Annual Survey of Industries

Sl.
No.
Item
Unit
3
2007-08
2008-09
Factories
Fixed Capital
Rs. Crores
36642.72
(17.17)
Working Capital
Rs. Crores
Outstanding Loans
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
9742
(-2.31)
10358
(6.32)
11195
(8.08)
12549
(12.09)
44680.42
(21.94)
90087.59
(101.63)
104194.94
(15.66)
185818.93
(78.34)
135942.23
(-26.84)
7689.79
(-18.34)
11152.40
(45.03)
9456.18
(-15.21)
4364.89
(-53.84)
16077.87
(268.35)
16383.94
(1.90)
Rs. Crores
17380.98
(-2.27)
21649.47
(24.56)
24399.47
(12.70)
34128.63
(39.87)
33970.17
(-0.46)
52312.89
(53.99)
All Workers
No.
327307
(9.76)
358070
(9.40)
354628
(-0.96)
488432
(37.73)
369554
(-24.33)
405564
(9.74)
All Employees
No.
406226
(11.23)
449426
(10.63)
439780
(-2.15)
609827
(38.67)
455007
(-25.39)
500799
(10.06)
Wages to workers
Rs. crores
2107.56
(35.44)
2165.17
(2.73)
2586.85
(19.48)
3284.18
(26.96)
3744.71
(14.02)
4442.75
(18.64)
Total Emolument
Rs. crores
3497.85
(40.37)
3619.35
(3.47)
4416.16
(22.02)
5203.02
(17.82)
6695.52
(28.69)
7629.16
(13.94)
Fuel etc. consumed
Rs. Crores
4744.18
(16.16)
5948.65
(25.39)
7423.31
(24.79)
7099.43
(-4.36)
8828.53
(24.36)
12806.87
(45.06)
10
Material consumed
Rs. Crores
75052.04
(8.47)
94805.96
(26.32)
85131.89
(-10.20)
102645.64
(20.57)
132228.67
(28.82)
141083
(6.70)
11
Total Input
Rs. Crores
88672.22
(7.24)
112981.02
(27.41)
105922.45
(-6.25)
126565.34
(19.49)
167855.77
(32.62)
183526.99
(9.33)
12
Products by Products Rs. Crores
99679.67
(10.59)
122834.37
(23.23)
120669.95
(-1.76)
151704.72
(25.72)
184554.29
(21.65)
185564.97
(0.54)
13
Total Output.
Rs. Crores 107835.42

(6.84)
131834.12
(22.25)
131721.23
(-0.09)
165084.48
(25.33)
206118.86
(24.86)
215029.62
(4.32)
14
Depreciation
Rs. Crores
2765.33
(18.56)
3052.20
(10.37)
7249.62
(137.52)
6358.19
(-12.30)
6677.51
(5.02)
7893.05
(18.20)
15
Net Value Added
Rs. Crores
16397.87
(3.02)
15800.89
(-3.64)
18549.15
(17.39)
32160.95
(73.38)
31585.58
(-1.79)
23609.58
(-25.25)
16
Gross Value Added
Rs. Crores
19163.20
(5.00)
Source : Directorate of Economics & Statistics, AP
18853.09
(-1.62)
25798.77
(36.84)
38519.14
(49.31)
38263.09
(-0.66)
31502.63
(-17.67)
No.
9815 (5.47) 9972 (1.60)
Figures in brackets indicate percentage of increase / decrease over the previous year
The above data relating to the Pooled data of Central and State Sample Survey of the ASI results
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A 6.6 : Production of Crude Oil, Natural Gas and Limestone

Sl.
No.
1
1
Year
Crude Oil
(Tonnes)
Growth Rate
(%)
Natural Gas
(mcm)
Growth Rate
(%)
Limestone
(000 Tonnes)
Growth Rate
(%)
2011-12
303584
--
1353
--
65036
--
2012-13
295329
-2.72
1228
-9.24
61367
-5.64
2013-14
274030
-7.21
1143
-6.92
61471
0.17
2014-15
256662
-6.33*
514
55.03*
31925
48.06**
2015-16 up
to Oct,2015
125639
---
259
---
167562
---
Source: Directorate of Mines and Geology, AP.

(*) Due to Nagaram blow out, ONGC has closed 40 oil/gas wells. Hence the production decreased.
(**) Due to lack of market, the Cement Industries are running with 50% working capacity. Hence, Limestone production
decreased.
A 6.7 : Mineral Revenue (Rs.lakh)
Sl. No
District
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16 (up to Oct, 15)
1
1
Srikakulam
4467.91
4389.38
4358.84
2359.15
Vizianagaram
1719.45
2062.00
2164.48
853.65
Visakhapatnam
3179.18
3287.06
4108.55
2053.30
East Godavari
3665.09
2838.94
4537.67
2587.29
West Godavari
1279.27
1449.44
1797.13
1143.19
Krishna
7609.31
7263.10
7414.32
4094.77
Guntur
Prakasam
SPS Nellore
7061.81
6864.83
7032.14
4931.94
13138.22
13000.49
13359.04
8516.50
3505.53
3556.40
2967.49
1585.66
10
YSR
12996.82
11474.73
10840.50
6847.99
11
Kurnool
12947.08
11715.57
13880.55
7494.13
12
Ananthapuramu
4709.99
4093.42
4687.62
2667.34
13
Chittoor
4885.14
6120.97
6292.03
3088.88
Sub Total
81164.80
78116.32
83440.36
48223.78*
Oil and Gas
12100.70
8993.56
11869.92
22486.88
Sand
12163.66
---
---
Cess on MBL
1438.45
1353.87
1300.89
906.48
Grand Total
106867.61
88463.75
96611.17
71617.14
Source: Directorate of Mines and Geology, AP
285
A 6.8 : Industrial Unrest in 2014

Sl.
No.
1
Industry
Nature of
unrest
Date
No. of
Workers
No of days
unrest
No. of
Mandays Lost
7
Chittivalasa Jute Mill, Chittilvalasa,

Visakhapatnam District.
Lockout
Since
20.4.2009
5200
234
1216800
M/s. Sai Rayalaseema Paper Mill,

Gondiparla, Kurnool.
Lockout
Since
10.7.2013
395
234
92430
Triveni Glass Industries Kondagudem

Gouripatnam W.G. Dist.
Strike
26.09.2014
218
872
Facor Alloys Ltd., Garividi

Vizianagaram Dist.
Lockout
4.02.2014
996
186
185256
Sri Lakshmi Srinivasa Jute Mills (Aruna Strike

Unit) Vizianagaram Dist.
22.05.2014
2800
113
316400
Sri Lakshmi Srinivasa Jute Mills East

Coast Unit Vizianagaram Dist.
Strike
31.05.2014
2750
105
288750
Navya Jute Mills Mallampeta Bobbili

Vizianagaram Dist.
Strike
8.08.2014
265
26
6890
Swarnandhra Jute Mills Varisam

Pydibhimavaram Srikakulam Dist.
Lockout
Since
29.06.2014
218
80
17440
Srikakulam Jute Mills Ltd., Cheedipeta

G Sigadam Srikakulam Dist.
Lockout
Since
28.06.2014
200
81
16200
13042
1063
2141038
Total
Source: Labour Department
286

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A 7.1 : Irrigation Potential Created upto December 2015

(lakh Acres)
Sl.
No
District
Major
Irrigation
Medium
Irrigation
Total
Minor
Irrigation
APSIDC
Total
Srikakulam
3.56
0.30
3.86
2.75
0.23
6.84
Vijayanagaram
0.43
0.93
1.36
2.21
0.09
3.66
Visakhapatnam
0.35
0.39
0.74
2.31
0.06
3.11
East Godavari
7.34
0.93
8.27
1.30
0.40
9.98
West Godavari
7.54
0.53
8.07
1.12
0.43
9.62
Krishna
10.27
0.16
10.43
1.04
1.12
12.58
Guntur
11.87
11.87
0.32
2.16
14.35
Prakasam
5.76
0.48
6.24
1.40
0.15
7.79
SPS Nellore
5.94
0.20
6.14
2.83
1.47
10.44
10
YSR
3.52
0.60
4.12
1.08
0.07
5.26
11
Kurnool
6.01
0.37
6.38
0.80
0.66
7.84
12
Anantapuramu
1.74
0.41
2.15
1.42
0.17
3.74
13
Chittoor
0.23
0.22
0.45
3.00
0.02
3.48
4.02
4.02
70.08
25.60
7.03
Anicuts and open head

channels in Minor
Irrigation
64.56
Source: Water Resource Department
5.52
102.71
287
A 7.2 : Irrigation Potential under Major & Medium Projects (AIBP)

Irrigation Potential (Ha)
Targeted IP under AIBP
Sl.
No
Name of the Project
Ultimate
IP
IP
created
prior to
AIBP
New
Stabilisation
Total
under
AIBP
Cumulative
Expenditure
Cumulative Rs in crore
up to
IP creation
(Oct.2015)
(up to
Oct.2015)
8
A. Projects Completed under AIBP

1
Cheyyeru (Annamayya)
5261
5261
5261
5261
40.744
Somsila
167670
129195
38475
38475
37099
570.640
NSP
895000
821915
27944
27944
25071
91.701
Madduvalasa
9996
6071
9996
9996
99.190
Vamsadhara Ph-I St -II
25204
8094
17110
17110
17110
73.241
Swarnamukhi
4656
4656
4656
3651
41.12
Veligallu
9713
9713
9713
9713
65.962
113155
107901
982.598
Sub Total (Completed)
1117500
959204 109230
3925
3925
B. Projects deleted under AIBP

8
Kanupur canal
7638
7077
561
561
0.71
C. Projects Ongoing under AIBP

9
Yerracalva
9996
3035
6961
6961
3035
74.597
1710
1100
610
610
610
8.935
32400
32400
32400
26730
491.562
9164
9164
9164
9164
149.444
13 Tarakarama thirthasgar
10000
6693
3307
10000
155.687
14 Thotapalli Barrage
74463
48563
25900
74463
25900
558.131
15 Tadipudi LIS
83609
83609
83609
62138
376.518
16 Pushkara
75235
4051
71184
71184
54674
437.058
10 Maddigedda
11 Gundalakamma
12 Musurumilli
Sub Total (Ongoing)
296577
Grand Total
1421715
Source: Water Resource Department
8186 259184
29207
288391
182251
2251.932
974467 368975
33132
402107
290152
3235.24
288

A 7.3 : Minor Irrigation Census

(Numbers)
Sl.
No.
Type of Source
1st Census
(1986-87)
2nd Census
(1993-94)
3rd Census
(2000-01)
4th Census
(2006-07)
% Variation
of 2nd over
1st Census
% Variation
of 3rd over
2nd Census
% Variation
of 4th over
3rd Census
Dug Wells
385569
454602
449946
376617
17.90
-1.02
-16.30
Shallow Tube
Wells
98664
172983
232741
321203
75.33
34.55
38.01
Deep Tube Wells
12666
29987
83013
218801
136.75
176.83
163.57
Surface Flow
Irrigation Schemes
46020
45297
44292
45204
-1.57
-2.22
2.06
Surface Lift
Irrigation Schemes
6362
7168
8994
10671
12.67
25.47
18.65
549281
710037
818986
972496
29.27
15.34
18.74
Total

A.7. 4 Ground water Level Ranges in (percentage)
Depth to Water Level Ranges
Sl. No
District
During May-2015 (%)
During Jan-2016 (%)
0 3m
3 8m
>8m
0 3m
3 8m
>8m
Srikakulam
18
60
23
36
48
17
Vijayanagaram
12
64
24
22
57
22
Visakhapatnam
16
38
46
24
51
24
East Godavari
23
38
38
34
38
28
West Godavari
12
25
63
12
21
68
Krishna
16
54
30
16
46
37
Guntur
27
39
33
20
42
39
Prakasam
25
68
17
34
49
SPS Nellore
15
41
44
60
35
10
YSR
12
88
15
41
44
11
Kurnool
13
41
46
10
35
54
12
Anantapuramu
11
87
23
73
13
Chittoor
10
88
26
36
38
11
32
57
21
37
42
Total
Source: Ground water Department
289
A 7.5 : Power Generation and Distribution

Sl.
No.
ITEM
Unit
AP as on
31-3-2015
During
2015-16
AP as on
30-09-2015
Installed Capacity
a)
A.P. GENCO
1
2
3
b)
MW
4821.44
Thermal
2348.15
2348.15
Hydel
1671.29
1671.29
Wind
2.00
AP Power Development Corp. Ltd.
800.00
34.29
800.00
5621.44
2.00
800.00
800.00
Joint Sector
Gas (A.P.G.P.C.L.)58.8x58.32%
34.29
c)
Private Sector
2950.11
235.14
3185.25
Gas-IPPS
1150.31
116.84
1267.15
Small Hydro
89.10
Wind
1016.22
103.00
1119.22
Bagasse Co-Generation & Bio-mass Projects
421.14
421.14
Mini Power Plants
78.79
78.79
Solar
Others (Iso.Gas Wells+Waste Heat+Indl.Waste +Municipal Waste)
89.10
134.85
7.80
142.65
59.70
7.50
67.20
66.59
1746.45
d)
Share from Central Sector
1679.86
Ramagundam STPS
399.28
399.28
195.83
195.83
461.10
461.10
211.77
211.77
147.31
147.31
Talcher (Ph-II) Unit - 3,4,5,6
Simhadri TPS
Simhadri Expansion
Neyveli Lignite Corporation
Vallur Stage I &II (1000MW)
65.73
65.73
M.A.P.P.(Madras Atomic Power Plant)
20.12
20.12
Kaiga Nuclear Power Plant - I - IV
128.72
128.72
KudamKulam Unit I
50.00
50.00
10
Tuticorin Unit I 500MW

Total (A.P.GENCO + Private + Central)
Energy Generated (Cumulative)
Thermal
MU
0.00
66.59
66.59
9485.7
1101.73
10587.43
16281.86
10309.43
Hydel
3178.61
1141.79
TOTAL
19460.47
11451.22
Energy purchased and imported (including Others energy handled)
MU
28862.85
13757.82
Energy available for use (2+3)
MU
48323.32
25209.04
Maximum Demand during the year (At Generation Terminal)
MW
6784 (17- 6847 (0703-2015) 07-2015)
Max. Grid Consumption during the year
MU
153.94
(28-032015)
156.44
(10-072015)
290

Per capita consumption
Length of Lines
Kwh
3
APTRANSCO Lines
1003
4
19395.73
299.99
19695.72
a)
400 kV
Ckm
2400.37
179.84
2580.21
b)
220 kV
8394.74
0.00
8394.74
132 kV
c)
DISCOMs Lines upto Aug,2015
8600.62
120.15
8720.77
497352.4
7289.26
504641.6
d)
33 kV
km
24083.64
232.56
24316.20
e)
11 kV
184499.31
3242.72
187742.03
LT
f)
Total
288769.41
3813.98
292583.39
516460.72
7589.25
524337.34
APTRANSCO Sub Stations
a)
400 kV
No.
b)
220 kV
No.
71
71
c)
132 kV
No.
169
172
No.
2633
44
2677
2879
47
2926
No.
621171
37372
658543
a) Towns
No.
195
195
b) Villages
No.
16499
16499
c) Hamlets
No.
23475
23475
d)Tribal Hamlets\Habitations
No.
5136
5137
d) Dalitwadas
No.
36309
36309
e) Weaker Section Colonies
No.
21725
21725
Lakh Nos.
126.48
2.27
128.75
11.04
0.32
11.36
DISCOMs
d)
33 kV
10
Distribution Transformers(including RESCO up to Sep 2015)
11
Electrification of Towns, Villages, Hamlets etc. (As per 2011 Census)
Total
12
Consumers Served
a) Domestic
b) Non-domestic
c) Industrial
1.34
0.02
1.36
d) Cottage Industries
0.16
0.00
0.16
15.09
0.40
15.49
0.91
0.02
0.93
1.05
0.01
1.06
Nos.
2205
182
2387
e) Agriculture Services
f) Public Lighting / Local Bodies
g) General Purpose
h)Temporary
L.T.Total
Lakh Nos.
156.11
3.04
159.15
H.T.Total
Lakh Nos.
0.08
0.00
0.08
Grand Total
Lakh Nos.
156.19
3.04
159.23
Source: A.P. TRANSCO

* Provisional
291
A 7.6 : Registered Motor Vehicles

(Numbers)
Sl. No.
Class of Vehicle
As on March 2013
As on March 2014
As on March 2015
As on Dec, 2015
Auto Rickshaws
309844
351396
397126
429902
Contract Carriage
Vehicles
2533
2737
3022
3153
Educational
Institute Buses
17614
19248
20471
21818
Goods Carriage
421576
461866
499408
527433
Maxi Cabs
15814
18601
20087
20410
Motor Cycles
4871760
5431832
6147523
6650311
Motor Cars
388304
434516
486307
524429
Motor Cabs
47555
50580
53237
55996
Private Service
Vehicles
1529
1633
1735
1767
10
Stage Carriage
Vehicles
11978
12225
13041
13484
11
Tractor And
Trailers
181880
200144
220017
233442
12
Others (transport
& non transport)
13989
17365
20288
22957
6284376
7002143
7882262
8505102
Total
Source: Transport Department
292

A 7.7 : APSRTC Performance

Sl.
No.
Item
Unit
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16 (upto
Oct, 2015)
10
Buses on Road (Held as on

last day)
No.
12095
12241
12471
12281
12235
12229
11962
Avg. Buses operated
No.
11820
12052
12079
12229
10147
12023
11967
Scheduled Buses (As on last

day)
No.
11426
11518
11635
11513
11337
11193
11157
Kms. Operated
Kms.
163
170
170
172
138
165
93
Seat / Kms.
No.
8130
8378
8299
8341
6665
7885
4453
Passenger / Kms.
No.
5842
5597
5617
5294
4231
5480
3219
Passengers Carried
Crs.
211
209
218
216
182
232
137
Occupation Ratio
69
67
70
69
67
70
72
Accidents
No.
1739
1879
1583
1532
1080
1320
615
10
Accident Rate (Per lakh kms.)
No.
0.11
0.11
0.09
0.09
0.08
0.08
0.08
11
HSD oil Km.Pl
Kms.
5.30
5.20
5.21
5.22
5.21
5.23
5.18
12
LUB oil Km Pl
Kms.
3828
3113
3566
5351
5407
5183
5490
13
Employees
62683
64089
64639
64127
63141
61806
60006
14
Staff per Bus
5.83
5.87
5.77
5.76
5.62
5.54
5.52
No.
Source: Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation

A 7.8 : Post Offices in the State as on 30th March 2015
Sl. No.
District
Head Post
Offices
Mukhya Dak
Ghars
Sub Post
Offices
Branch Post
Offices
Total
Srikakulam
65
490
558
Vizianagaram
72
615
690
Visakhapatanm
109
567
680
East Godavari
147
700
853
West Godavari
143
609
759
Krishna
161
659
826
Guntur
158
696
860
Prakasam
123
797
925
SPS Nellore
101
675
779
10
Y.S.R
106
723
833
11
Kurnool
109
657
769
12
Ananthapuramu
120
818
942
13
Chittoor
119
777
901
51
1533
8783
10375
Total
Source: Chief Postmaster General
293
A 7.9 : Status of Telephone Connections 2015-16 (up to Oct,2015)

Sl.
No.
District
Telephone
Exchanges
(LL+WLL)
Land Line
Connections
Public
Telephones
(Local+STD)
Wireless
Subsribers (prepaid
& postpaid)
Wireless Subsribers
(WLL) (prepaid &
postpaid)
33
Srikakulam
123
21372
523
337127
1413
Vizianagaram
119
25285
725
368159
1886
Visakhapatanm
171
97812
1215
728115
4902
East Godavari
202
102615
3170
815693
3583
West Godavari
204
100718
6022
550259
2020
Krishna
235
133518
5227
571537
1993
Guntur
223
109756
3275
454724
1388
Prakasam
185
32037
748
233627
888
SPS Nellore
195
52162
1338
319994
1840
10
Y.S.R
139
22627
537
301965
1209
11
Kurnool
220
39744
1494
407554
599
12
Ananthapuramu
174
38465
1205
463304
988
13
Chittoor
237
53986
1351
454684
1549
2427
830097
26830
6006742
24258
Total
Source: CGM, Telecom, BSNL

A 7.10 : District wise No of Bank branches, Deposits, Advances as on 30th September 2015
Sl No
District.
Deposits (Rs.Crore)
Advances (Rs.Crore)
Credit-Deposit Ratio
Srikakulam
278
6177.12
5690.67
92.12
Vizianagaram
285
5581.59
4682.04
83.88
Visakhapatanm
700
34675.58
29325.93
84.57
East Godavari
724
18229.16
24783.18
135.95
West Godavari
572
13138.77
21425.36
163.07
Krishna
753
25745.38
28681.65
111.41
Guntur
738
19839.40
27195.68
137.08
Prakasam
439
9153.75
14296.17
156.18
SPS Nellore
397
9462.06
14840.92
156.85
10
Y.S.R
358
9350.85
9414.07
100.68
11
Kurnool
439
10956.72
11818.79
107.87
12
Ananthapuramu
438
13647.18
12424.18
91.04
13
Chittoor
558
29857.50
15716.82
52.64
6679
205815.06
220295.46
107.04
Total
No. of Branches
Source: Finance (Institutional Finance) Department
294

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A 8.1 : Population
Sl.
No.
District
1961
1971
1981
1991
2001*
2011*
Srikakulam
2340878
2589991
1959352
2321126
2537593
2703114
Vizianagaram
Not Formed
1804196
2110943
2249254
2344474
Visakhapatnam
2290759
2805366
2576474
3285092
3832336
4290589
East Godavari
2608375
3087262
3701040
4541222
5021502
5285824
West Godavari
1978257
2374306
2873958
3517568
3857768
3995742
Krishna
2076956
2493574
3048463
3698833
4187841
4517398
Guntur
3009900
2844488
3434724
4106999
4465144
4887813
Prakasam
Not Formed
1919995
2329571
2759166
3059423
3397448
SPS Nellore
2033679
1609617
2014879
2392260
2668564
2963557
10
Y.S.R
1342015
1577267
1933304
2267769
2601797
2882469
11
Kurnool
1908740
1982090
2407299
2973024
3529494
4053463
12
Ananthapuramu
1767464
2115321
2548012
3183814
3640478
4081148
13
Chittoor
1914639
2285536
2737316
3261118
3745875
4174064
ANDHRA PRADESH
23271662
27684813
33368588
40418934
45397069
49577103
INDIA
439234771
548159652
683329097
846421039
1028610328
1210854977
Source: Census of India

*Data merged from Khammam villages
A 8.2 : Percentage Decadal Variation of Population and Sex Ratio
Sl.
No.
District
Percent Decadal Variation

1961-71 1971-81 1981-91
1991-01
Sex Ratio ( No. of Females per 1000 Males)

2001-11* 1961
1991
10.70
18.46
9.33
6.52
1037
1025
1023
1012
1014
1015
Vizianagaram
12.65
13.50
17.00
6.55
4.23
1006
1000
1009
1019
Visakhapatnam
22.26
26.56
27.50
16.66
11.96
1005
997
981
975
985
1006
East Godavari
18.36
19.88
22.70
7.93
5.26
999
996
993
998
993
1007
West Godavari
20.02
21.04
22.39
8.13
3.58
992
994
991
994
991
1004
Krishna
20.06
22.25
21.33
13.22
7.87
962
964
971
969
978
992
Guntur
22.23
20.75
19.57
8.72
9.47
976
974
973
970
984
1003
Prakasam
14.85
21.33
18.44
10.88
11.05
987
978
970
971
981
SPS Nellore
15.53
23.78
18.73
11.55
11.05
997
985
978
980
984
985
10 Y.S.R
17.53
22.57
17.45
14.58
10.79
957
958
959
955
974
985
11 Kurnool
26.17
21.45
23.50
18.72
14.85
979
969
962
953
965
988
12 Ananthapuramu
19.68
20.46
24.84
14.45
12.10
946
947
946
946
958
977
13 Chittoor
19.00
20.72
19.14
14.86
11.43
957
960
966
966
982
997
ANDHRA PRADESH 18.88
20.53
21.13
11.89
9.21
985
981
978
976
983
997
24.66
23.85
21.54
17.72
941
930
934
927
933
943
11
2011*
13.80
10
2001*
Srikakulam
24.80
1981
INDIA
1971
12
13
295
A 8.3 : Percentage of Urban Population to Total Population and Density of Population

Percent of Urban Population to Total Population
Sl.
District
No.
1971
1981
1991
2001*
Density of Population ( Persons per Sq. Km.)
2011*
1961
1971
1981
1991
10
2001*
11
2011*
Srikakulam
10.65
10.89
12.50
10.98
16.16
232
266
336
398
435
12
463
13
Vizianagaram
15.94
17.22
18.33
20.94
276
323
344
359
Visakhapatnam
22.30
31.28
39.83
39.95
47.45
171
204
231
294
343
384
East Godavari
19.23
22.21
23.80
22.94
24.85
241
282
342
420
392
413
West Godavari
17.71
20.77
20.71
19.46
20.24
254
305
371
454
454
470
Krishna
27.25
32.54
35.82
32.08
40.81
238
286
349
424
480
518
Guntur
24.98
27.53
28.89
28.80
33.81
201
250
302
360
392
429
Prakasam
11.07
14.99
16.45
15.28
19.56
109
132
156
174
193
SPS Nellore
15.77
20.76
23.79
22.45
28.94
99
123
154
183
204
227
10 Y.S.R
14.18
19.37
24.03
22.59
33.97
87
103
126
148
169
188
11 Kurnool
20.30
24.49
25.84
23.16
28.35
80
105
136
168
200
230
12 Ananthapuramu
17.77
20.84
23.50
25.26
28.07
92
111
133
166
190
213
13 Chittoor
13.45
16.88
19.80
21.65
29.50
126
145
181
215
247
275
ANDHRA PRADESH
18.35
22.14
24.77
24.13
29.47
146
173
208
252
279
304
INDIA
17.98
19.51
22.87
25.49
31.14
144
177
216
273
325
368

A 8.4 : Literacy Rates (Percentage of Literates to Population ages 7 years and above)
1981
Sl.
District
No.
1
Males
2
Fe-males
4
2001
Total
Males
5
Fe-males
7
2011
Total
Males
8
Fe-males
10
Total
11
Srikakulam
32.65
13.02
22.72
67.19
43.68
55.31
71.61
52.08
61.74
Vizianagaram
30.98
12.55
21.74
62.37
39.91
51.07
68.15
49.87
58.89
Visakhapatnam
36.49
18.99
27.83
69.68
50.12
59.96
74.56
59.34
66.91
East Godavari
41.71
28.86
35.31
69.54
60.30
64.93
74.10
66.95
70.50
West Godavari
43.58
31.59
37.61
77.68
68.55
73.13
77.65
71.01
74.32
Krishna
48.60
34.61
41.71
74.39
63.19
68.85
78.30
69.18
73.74
Guntur
45.25
26.60
36.06
71.24
53.74
62.54
74.79
60.09
67.40
Prakasam
40.52
18.01
29.39
69.35
45.08
57.38
72.92
53.11
63.08
SPS Nellore
41.04
23.09
32.16
73.67
56.38
65.08
75.74
61.99
68.90
10 Y.S.R
43.91
17.77
31.11
75.83
49.54
62.83
77.78
56.77
67.30
11 Kurnool
39.96
17.06
28.73
65.96
40.03
53.22
70.10
49.78
59.97
12 Ananthapuramu
40.84
16.52
29.02
68.38
43.34
56.13
73.02
53.97
63.57
13 Chittoor
43.06
20.24
31.85
77.62
55.78
66.77
79.83
63.28
71.53
ANDHRA PRADESH 39.26
20.39
29.94
71.28
52.72
62.07
74.77
59.96
67.35
24.82
36.23
75.26
53.67
64.84
80.88
64.63
72.98
INDIA
46.89

*Data with merged villages in E. Godavari & W. Godavari Districts from Khammam District
296

A 8.5 : Enrolment of Children in Schools

Sl.No
Year
1
1
Pre Primary
I-V Classes
2000-01
VI-VIII Classes
122747
5159190
IX-X
XI-XII
Classes
Classes
1150000
1066508
Total
2717
7501162
2001-02
239959
4888813
1261983
1159476
2659
7552890
2002-03
236448
4645175
1378157
1263455
2523
7525758
2003-04
157497
4286794
1382624
1395761
2666
7225342
2004-05
36199
2039848
665865
709635
1242
3452789
2005-06
154391
3955616
1387230
1598020
3443
7098700
2006-07
285781
3920406
1387937
1639163
3569
7236856
2007-08
267712
3814748
1376052
1670370
2785
7131667
2008-09
281988
3775763
1341770
1708002
6139
7113662
10
2009-10
162415
3808746
1323400
1728719
9765
7033045
11
2010-11
158537
3827465
1355780
1709061
11487
7062330
12
2011-12
23416
786908
279710
332618
7245
1429897
13
2012-13
168192
3810085
1417557
1783305
18771
7197910
14
2013-14
163138
3851333
2097833
1195459
29504
7337267
15
2014-15
87309
3747680
2098400
1263420
35962
7232771
16
2015-16
NA
3548246
2072730
1281701
NA
6902677
Source: Commissiner of School Education

A 8.6 : School Dropout Rates
Year
Class I - V
Class I - VIII
Class I - X
Boys
Girls
Total
Boys
Girls
Total
Boys
Girls
2001-02
27.31
29.46
28.36
52.42
60.46
56.30
NA
NA
NA
2002-03
26.33
25.58
25.97
47.05
53.64
50.29
68.34
74.23
71.16
2003-04
29.51
30.34
29.92
47.65
53.45
50.53
64.92
71.13
67.91
2004-05
21.84
22.79
22.31
45.91
50.39
48.12
61.91
67.35
64.55
2005-06
17.09
17.59
17.36
42.45
46.20
44.31
60.85
66.18
63.48
2006-07
19.05
19.15
19.11
37.22
40.54
38.87
60.78
65.18
62.96
2007-08
11.85
11.64
11.75
29.66
32.85
31.25
59.21
62.72
60.95
2008-09
8.10
7.26
7.69
29.24
30.43
29.83
54.97
57.75
56.35
2009-10
9.27
8.58
8.93
20.69
21.38
21.03
49.31
51.08
50.18
2010-11
10.56
9.33
9.95
15.35
15.99
15.66
42.95
45.44
44.19
2011-12
7.51
7.40
7.45
14.94
14.96
14.95
41.23
42.75
41.98
2012-13
5.83
6.34
6.08
20.33
20.42
20.38
32.84
34.00
33.41
2013-14
3.16
3.25
3.20
19.37
18.95
19.16
26.20
27.48
26.83
2014-15
4.88
4.30
4.60
14.91
16.59
15.74
24.54
25.93
25.23
2015-16
8.57
8.97
8.76
18.42
10.96
14.75
23.12
24.64
23.87
Total
10
297
A 8.7 : Performance in SSC Examinations

Number Appeared
Year
1
Number Passed
Pass Percentage
Boys
Girls
Total
Boys
Girls
Total
Boys
Girls
Total
10
2000-01
174757
127726
302483
111233
82107
193340
63.65
64.28
63.92
2001-02
183514
138698
322212
122201
91380
213581
66.59
65.88
66.29
2002-03
193433
148901
342334
141232
108858
250090
73.01
73.11
73.05
2003-04
214246
168937
383183
167131
131088
298219
78.01
77.60
77.83
2005-06
236549
193610
430159
166777
137064
303841
70.50
70.79
70.63
2006-07
261978
231124
493102
188119
165477
353596
71.81
71.60
71.71
2007-08
265305
237482
502787
203398
181870
385268
76.67
76.58
76.63
2008-09
273666
249858
523524
214909
196248
411157
78.53
78.54
78.54
2009-10
279757
260708
540463
227018
211017
438030
81.15
80.94
81.05
2010-11
278864
263042
541906
232721
218535
451256
83.45
83.08
83.27
2011-12
282479
266004
548483
248083
235776
483859
87.82
88.64
88.22
2012-13
287170
267540
554710
258624
242509
501133
90.06
90.64
90.34
2013-14
290016
272297
562313
263423
249167
512590
90.08
91.50
91.20
2014-15
310958
295617
606575
283433
271103
554536
91.15
91.71
91.42
A 8.8 : Category- wise and District-wise Junior Colleges in the State 2015-16
District
GovPriPri-vate
GovtComVocaernvate
Un-aidModel
posite
tional
ment
Aided
ed
Govt.
Voc In-cen- APRColtive
JC
leges
DiGovt Social Tribal

sa-bled Co-op- Railof
Wel- WelWel- erative way
India fare
fare
fare
Total
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
Srikakulam
43
14
89
11
11
177
Vizianagaram
22
16
77
32
173
Visakhapatnam
36
185
50
10
314
East Godavari
42
13
194
81
12
363
West Godavari
32
131
58
260
Krishna
24
14
14
207
32
12
326
Guntur
22
14
23
18
195
34
331
Prakasam
30
11
12
107
20
11
200
S.P.S..Nellore
26
10
125
12
10
203
Y.S.R.
25
10
23
102
18
13
205
Kurnool
42
36
10
122
21
10
261
Anantapuramu
41
25
111
12
10
220
Chittoor
59
18
174
23
11
11
307
ANDHRA
PRADESH
444
163
131
68
1819
400
84
130
35
40
3340
Source: Intermediate Education Department
298

A 8.9 : District-wise General and Vocational courses results in Junior Colleges 2014-15
Sl.
No
District
General
Vocational
Appeared
Pass
Appeared
Pass
%
8
1 Srikakulam
26288
15433
58.70
1293
1074
83.10
2 Vizianagaram
20604
11958
58.00
1766
1289
73.00
3 Vishakhapatnam
44771
31313
69.90
3402
2153
63.30
4 East Godavari
41823
23798
56.90
5872
2513
42.80
5 West Godavari
29157
19132
65.60
3425
1477
43.10
6 Krishna
62418
48475
77.70
1365
850
62.30
7 Guntur
46947
32085
68.30
925
473
51.10
8 Prakasam
23581
14494
61.50
842
454
53.90
9 SPS Nellore
25974
18574
71.50
848
601
70.90
10 YSR
21694
11749
54.20
701
502
71.60
11 Kurnool
34942
21139
60.50
2098
1292
61.60
12 Anantapuramu
28970
16552
57.13
1971
1265
64.18
13 Chittoor
41482
26765
64.50
2794
1826
65.40
448651
291467
65.00
27302
15769
57.80
Total
Source: Intermediate Education Department

A.8.10 : Category Wise Enrolment of Students in Govt Degree Colleges 2015-16

Sl
No
1
1
Govt.
Degree
Colleges
District
2
Srikakulam
Men
3
12
Women
4
3621
Total
5
3832
SC
6
7453
ST
7
1310
BC
8
960
OC
9
4724
10
459
Vizianagaram
930
864
1794
213
354
1121
103
Visakhapatnam
12
4108
4036
8144
904
2771
3046
1423
East-Godavari
15
5058
4869
9927
2715
1001
4235
1976
West-Godavari
15
2961
2231
5192
1783
347
2005
1057
Krishna
2264
1547
3811
1326
149
1521
815
Guntur
1028
2218
3246
1158
243
1035
810
Prakasam
1093
1144
2237
993
166
643
435
SPS Nellore
1275
1501
2776
1290
176
879
431
12
2844
2556
5400
1554
147
1874
1825
10 YSR
11 Kurnool
14
3431
3954
7385
2705
446
3102
1132
12 Anantapuramu
13
11900
6744
18644
4810
1293
9648
2893
13 Chittoor
16
5741
4290
10031
4095
396
4091
1377
ANDHRA PRADESH
146
46254
39786
86040
24856
8449
37924
14836
Source: Commissioner, Collegiate Education

299

A.8.11: Category Wise Enrolment of Students in Private Aided Degree Colleges 2015-16
Sl
No
Govt.
Degree
Colleges
District
Men
Women
Total
SC
ST
BC
OC
10
Srikakulam
250
117
367
30
61
246
30
Vizianagaram
5582
3071
8653
1065
606
5949
1033
Visakhapatnam
5167
4553
9720
1044
439
4700
3537
East-Godavari
11
6524
4610
11134
2777
388
4624
3345
West-Godawari
14
8049
8976
16897
3534
327
7532
5334
Krishna
24
11343
11596
22915
3819
521
7010
11541
Guntur
32
13706
6180
19886
4925
884
5250
8623
Prakasam
2953
568
3521
933
167
1319
1002
SPS Nellore
2268
1589
3857
1543
209
1341
710
10
YSR
2512
2646
5158
1114
83
1659
2302
11
Kurnool
8370
3663
12033
2452
224
4912
4445
12
Anantapuramu
3201
2035
5236
466
91
1679
3000
13
Chittoor
939
349
1288
349
177
44
718
141
70864
49929
120665
24051
4177
46265
45620
ANDHRA PRADESH
Source: Commissioner, Collegiate Education

A 8.12: Jawahar Bala Aarogya Raksha
S.
No.
Intervention
2015-16 (upto October, 2015)
Schools Screening
44632
Screening Children (in lakh Nos)
40.02
Children Treated by PHC/UHC MOs team
66699
Referral to higher centres
31488
Treated Surgical. a) Aarogyasree & b) Non Aarogyasree.
Non Aarogyasree.
Eye Screening
18424
Spectacles Distributed
Albendazole Tabs (in lakh Nos)
59.53
Iron Folic Acid Tabs(Big & Small)
RBSK-777.30, RKSK-1034.68
(in lakh Nos)
(in a process of procurement)
10
IEC posters
250000 (Chinnari & Vidyardhi Aarogyam)
11
School Health and Education Record
Approximate 18 lakhs (in the FY 2014-15 cards were not printed so

1st, 2nd, 6th, 7th & 11th Class children & students included)
12
No. of Aarogya Clubs
49640
13
No. of Schools having sick & Referral Registers.
49640
14
RBSK Target:(in lakh Nos)
108.55
15
Mobile Health Teams:
450
16
District Early Intervention Centre
16
17
No. of Chinnari Doctors (UPS & HS)
213338
18
No. of CHNCs
225
Source: Commissioner of Family Welfare
300

A 8.13 : Family Welfare Program

(Nos. Lakh)
Item
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16 (upto Oct,

2015)
IUD
2.03
1.86
1.85
1.91
0.98
Oral Pill Users
1.29
1.44
1.26
1.40
1.41
Contraceptive Condoms Users
2.96
2.38
2.04
2.13
2.27
Vasectomies
0.04
0.04
0.02
0.03
0.009
Tubectomies
3.17
3.09
2.94
2.89
1.46
Total Sterilization
3.22
3.13
2.96
2.92
1.47
0.017
0.016
0.015
0.021
0.012
by 24 hours PHC
0.48
0.46
0.49
0.54
0.27
Beneficiaries under
Janani Suraksha
Yojana
1.49
2.14
2.43
2.62
1.29
TT (Pregnant
Women)
10.22
9.47
9.34
8.69
6.12
DPT
8.28
8.18
8.09
8.13
3.42
Polio
8.28
8.22
8.09
8.11
4.48
BCG
8.47
8.29
8.29
798
4.55
Measles
8.07
8.15
7.81
7.98
4.77
Full Immunisation
8.03
8.15
7.79
7.96
4.77
Hepatitis -B
8.14
8.19
8.08
8.10
3.25
Vitamin - A
4.87
5.96
7.74
8.52
4.71
Emergency cases
transported
4.99W
6.05
5.96
5.99
4.18
Medical Termination
of Pregnancy
Deliveries conducted
Source: Commissioner Family Welfare
301
A 8.14 : Health Camps conducted under NTR Vaidya Seva Scheme up to Dec, 2015 (lakhs)
Sl.
No
Cards
covered
District
Camps
Conducted
Patient
Screened
Patient
Reffered
Out - patient
In - patient
Thereapies
preauthed
Srikakulam
7.84
0.02
3.31
0.15
1.40
1.17
1.10
Vizianagaram
6.60
0.02
3.38
0.13
1.34
1.08
1.00
Visakhapatnam
11.07
0.02
3.86
0.18
2.17
1.68
1.55
East Godavari
14.98
0.02
5.01
0.16
4.42
2.69
2.47
West Godavari
11.44
0.02
4.21
0.15
5.10
1.98
1.85
Krishna
11.40
0.02
3.44
0.16
4.00
2.26
2.10
Guntur
13.10
0.02
3.65
0.17
5.60
2.46
2.22
Prakasam
8.44
0.02
3.34
0.13
3.33
1.52
1.38
SPS Nellore
8.29
0.02
3.61
0.13
4.15
1.81
1.62
10
Y.S.R.
7.04
0.02
3.46
0.15
1.94
1.22
1.09
11
Kurnool
10.59
0.02
4.11
0.14
1.20
1.39
1.26
12
Ananthapuramu
10.34
0.02
4.05
0.20
1.30
1.13
1.04
13
Chittoor
9.85
0.02
4.80
0.23
3.76
1.45
1.29
130.98
0.24
50.23
2.08
39.70
21.86
19.99
Andhra Pradesh
Source: NTR Vaidya seva

A.8.15 :ICTC Program performance of Non Ante Natal Clients in 2015-16(Apr-Sep)
S.
No
District
Non ANC
Pre Test
Tested
Positives
Sero positivity %
Srikakulam
33,118
33,093
541
1.6
Vizianagaram
32,802
32,808
424
1.3
Visakhapatnam
50,090
49,970
1,062
2.1
East Godavari
44,134
43,808
1,877
4.3
West Godavari
38,562
38,576
1,020
2.6
Krishna
53,092
52,928
1,260
2.4
Guntur
46,023
45,978
2,233
4.9
Prakasam
24,840
24,790
647
2.6
SPS Nellore
34,238
34,242
805
2.4
10
YSR
35,750
36,156
512
1.4
11
Kurnool
24,753
24,765
468
1.9
12
Anantapuramu
39,033
38,436
681
1.8
13
Chittoor
Andhra Pradesh
33,235
34,667
1,212
3.5
4,89,670
4,90,217
12,742
2.6
302

A.8.16 :ICTC Program performance Ante Natal Clients in 2015-16(Apr-Sep)

S.
No
ANC
Dist
ANC Reg
Pre Test
Tested
Positives
Seropositivity %
Srikakulam
21,118
23,678
23,669
23
0.1
Vizianagaram
24,751
24,610
24,596
14
0.1
Visakhapatnam
30,514
27,480
27,384
37
0.1
East Godavari
55,158
48,123
48,094
72
0.1
West Godavari
39,646
39,888
39,593
89
0.2
Krishna
48,317
48,531
48,386
33
0.1
Guntur
45,089
45,313
45,244
53
0.1
Prakasam
29,323
29,603
29,854
27
0.1
SPS Nellore
30,250
30,446
30,446
22
0.1
10
YSR
29,286
29,625
29,572
34
0.1
11
Kurnool
33,995
27,800
27,840
40
0.1
12
Anantapuramu
53,687
53,572
53,482
48
0.1
13
Chittoor
47,417
54,393
53,786
42
0.1
488,551
483,062
481,946
534
0.1
Grand Total

A.8.17: Ante Retroviral Therapy Program performance

Pre ART
S.
No
District
Alive on ART
2014-15
2015-16(upto
Sep,2015)
2014-15
2015-16(upto
Sep,2015)
6
Srikakulam
893
510
633
319
Vizianagaram
919
461
440
298
Visakhapatnam
2272
993
1129
551
East Godavari
3265
1989
1393
1114
West Godavari
2586
992
1100
497
Krishna
3414
1146
1760
560
Guntur
3604
1703
1528
838
Prakasam
2090
771
1074
379
SPS Nellore
1420
662
671
355
10
YSR
1101
453
495
162
11
Kurnool
1638
607
783
381
12
Anantapuramu
944
736
530
437
13
Chittoor
1503
690
760
352
Grand Total
25649
11713
12296
6243
303
A.8.18: Achievement of Supplementary Nutrition Programme 2015-16 upto October 2015

Sl.
No
No. of ICDS
Projects
District
Physical Achievement
7m to 3 years
3-6 years
Total
Preg/Lact
Srikakulam
18
92967
70262
46484
209713
Vizianagaram
17
73366
50012
41918
165296
Visakhapatnam
25
109991
97630
58444
266065
East Godavari
28
150992
117608
82306
350906
West Godavari
18
95415
88347
55827
239589
Krishna
21
99027
77260
56682
232969
Guntur
23
135839
125181
70505
331525
Prakasam
21
109183
98956
58975
267114
SPS Nellore
17
81212
72097
48229
201538
10
YSR
15
126810
74777
56981
258568
11
Kurnool
16
94715
84945
51590
231250
12
Ananthapuramu
17
130978
109385
74997
315360
13
Chittoor
Andhra Pradesh
21
171973
122370
94236
388579
257
1472468
1188830
797174
3458472
Source: Women Development & Child Welfare Department

A.8.19 District wise status of Community Based events conducted 2014-15
CB event conducted /No of beneficiaries
covered
Sl
No
District
AWCs organized CB
events
No of pregnant
women felicitated in
seemanthalu
No of 6+ children
initiated complementary feeding through
Annaprasana
No of participants
(family members
village heads, PRI
members)
Srikakulam
4192
20948
14813
11983
Vizianagaram
3729
18488
6007
29023
Visakhapatnam
4952
49000
3688
97482
East Godavari
5546
45362
3636
316685
West Godavari
3889
42021
10607
57984
Prakasam
4244
66311
28063
50489
YSR
3621
52001
11314
77309
Kurnool
3549
86309
83117
1050233
Ananthapuramu
5126
33817
14520
117512
10
Chittoor
4768
14617
6958
36788
Total
43,616
4,28,874
1,82,723
18,45,488
Source: Women Development & Child Welfare Department
304

A 8.20 : Houses Completed under Weaker Sections Housing Programme

Sl.
District
No.
1
1
2014-15
Rural
2
Srikakulam
Urban
3
2015-16 (upto Dec 2015)

Total
2100
48
Rural
5
2148
Urban
6
3042
Total
7
58
8
3100
Vizianagaram
1473
41
1514
3573
111
3684
Visakhapatnam
1319
68
1387
4408
60
4468
East Godavari
3942
1339
5281
4807
1073
5880
2381
West Godavari
1842
165
2007
2210
171
Krishna
1662
33
1695
1947
49
1996
Guntur
1293
1220
2513
2545
165
2710
Prakasam
1772
63
1835
2159
68
2227
SPS Nellore
1358
65
1423
2534
53
2587
11
YSR
2676
357
3033
2093
113
2206
13
Kurnool
1726
269
1995
5957
48
6005
12
Anantapuramu
1765
75
1840
3304
52
3356
10
Chittoor
2122
549
2671
2944
712
3656
Total:
25050
4292
29342
41523
2733
44256
Source: Housing Department

A 8.21 : Number of Houses Completed under Weaker Sections Housing Programme
Sl.
No.
1
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
Year
2
1993-94
1994-95
1995-96
1996-97
1997-98
1998-99
1999-2000
2000-01
2001-02
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16 (upto Dec2015)
Total
Source: A.P. State Housing Corporation Limited.
Rural
Urban
Total
3
116592
96292
207156
251180
148043
228657
146278
143730
127893
145957
238261
48960
114315
169372
314143
1080766
431649
288017
273189
253315
214046
25050
41523
5104384
4
19051
22215
21214
17809
4884
16897
14785
6873
1463
6611
14813
19415
46170
66863
21729
67808
36944
23325
23643
19689
17912
4292
2733
497138
5
135643
118507
228370
268989
152927
245554
161063
150603
129356
152568
253074
68375
160485
236235
335872
1148574
468593
311342
296832
273004
231958
29342
44256
5601522
305
A 8.22 : Houses Constructed 2015-16 up to Nov, 2015 (AP State Housing Board)
Sl.
No.
District
HIG
MIG
LIG
(800-1400 Sft)
(400-650 Sft)
(250-400 Sft)
EWS
Total
Developed
Plots
Srikakulam
971
524
153
1648
13
Vijayanagaram
414
564
15
996
100
Vishakhapatnam
195
2081
1650
237
4163
166
East Godavari
135
773
968
187
2063
10
West Godavari
176
902
1075
523
2676
154
Krishna
564
2325
795
3684
49
Guntur
115
525
267
907
Prakasam
405
263
674
SPS Nellore
60
596
1295
100
2051
355
10
YSR
422
412
857
1691
70
11
Kurnool
215
856
839
246
2156
12
Ananthapuramu
26
576
1130
105
1837
376
179
13
Chittor
12
Total
1929
Percentage
7.72
11015
44.09
245
436
10472
1566
24982
1296
41.92
6.27
100.00
Source: AP State Housing Board

A.8.23 District wise initiatives of Smart ward towards Smart Andhra
Sl
No
District
No. of Wards
No. of Wards for

which applications received.
General
Partnered
Financial Commitment Indicated (Rs.lakhs)
Partnered
Srikakulam
147
124
119
2173.89
Vizianagaram
149
146
133
701.16
Visakhapatnam
190
503
185
323
1406.35
East Godavari
364
270
244
20
2270.37
West Godavari
291
174
139
32
1083.67
Krishna
277
255
80
141
2350.84
Guntur
429
282
210
72
9627.73
Prakasam
225
293
214
72
3278.81
Nellore
218
138
93
36
328.36
10
Chittoor
269
234
110
117
1297.75
11
Cuddapah
256
188
122
57
301.44
12
Anantapur
373
248
171
64
1964.13
13
Kurnool
271
240
181
122
3353.18
Total :
3459
3101
1938
1063
30137.71
Source: Municipal Administration And Urban Development Department
306

A. 8.24. Component wise progress under IWMP and activities taken up under Natural Resource Management
SI.
No.
Name of the Structure
No. of Activities
Expenditure (Rs.
Crores)
Check Dam
2660
70.19
Check Wall
637
5.91
Percolation Tanks (PTs)
1342
29.78
Mini Percolation Tanks (MPTs)
1485
8.60
Farm Ponds
8835
31.58
Dugout Ponds & Percolation Ponds
12927
54.05
Repairs to Existing Water Harvesting Structures
2922
25.03
Rock Fill Dams (RFDs)
7695
32.89
Loose Boulder Structures (LBSs)
9340
11.92
10
Water Absorption Trench (WAT)
1244
6.23
11
Staggered contour Trench (SCT)
1397
15.01
12
Peripheral trench
52
1.25
13
Horticulture (Acres)
48136
181.64
14
Other Plantation (Afforestration)
10384
37.83
15
Others (Earthen bunding, Sunken
678
0.53
109734
512.44
Total
No. of Beneficiaries
66,658
66,658
Source: Rural Development Department

A 8.25 : NTR Bharosa - Category wise Pensions distributed up to Dec 2015
(Number)
S.
No
District
OldAge
Weavers
Disabled
(>80)
Disabled
widow
(<80)
5
Toddy
ART Pensions
Grand
Total
Toppers
Srikakulam
145015
4173
8212
23425
98090
659
8
2303
281877
10
Vizianagaram
123694
2321
15576
21059
94156
993
2346
260145
Visakhapatnam
154698
2354
12532
26028
127901
1072
3420
328005
East Godavari
235199
8657
25531
37843
175921
3295
5415
491861
West Godavari
192607
3339
26021
19353
106365
1996
3683
353364
Krishna
149660
5292
23484
24126
136168
2754
3328
344812
Guntur
193022
6598
20367
23126
130100
895
5409
379517
Prakasam
159716
6556
13502
19893
95830
158
4043
299698
SPS Nellore
121242
4728
9265
21582
95416
948
2586
255767
11
YSR
130144
8913
11299
21317
81008
52
1402
254135
13
Kurnool
150131
3725
21503
19143
124765
163
269
319699
12
Ananthapuramu
213174
11651
17410
39166
118774
193
3185
403553
10
Chittoor
210539
5766
17855
29640
135588
306
2342
402036
2178841
74073
222557
325701
1520082
13484
39731
4374469
Total
Source: SERP - Rural Development Department
307
Poverty, employment and unemployment
A 9.1 : Poverty in Andhra Pradesh** and All India

Year
Andhra Pradesh
All India
Rural
Urban
Combined
Rural
Urban
Combined
Percentage of People below Poverty Line

1973-74#
48.41
50.61
48.86
56.44
49.01
54.88
1977-78#
38.11
42.55
39.31
53.07
45.24
51.32
1983#
26.53
36.30
28.91
45.65
40.79
44.48
1987-88#
20.92
40.11
25.86
39.09
38.20
38.86
1993-94#
15.92
38.33
22.19
37.27
32.36
35.97
2004-05#
11.20
28.00
15.80
23.30
25.70
27.50
1993-94*
48.10
35.20
44.60
50.10
31.80
45.30
2004-05*
32.30
23.40
29.90
41.80
25.70
37.20
2009-10*
22.80
17.70
21.10
33.80
20.90
29.80
2011-12*
10.96
5.81
9.20
25.70
13.70
21.92
Number of People below Poverty Line
(Lakh)
1973-74#
178.21
47.48
225.69
2612.90
600.46
3213.36
1977-78#
149.13
48.41
197.54
2642.47
646.48
3288.95
1983#
114.34
50.24
164.58
2519.57
709.40
3228.97
1987-88#
96.38
64.05
160.43
2318.80
751.69
3070.49
1993-94#
79.49
74.47
153.97
2440.31
763.37
3203.68
2004-05*
187.07
51.33
238.80
3266.63
807.59
4076.10
2009-10*
127.90
48.70
176.60
2782.10
764.70
3546.80
2011-12*
61.80
16.98
78.78
2166.58
531.25
2697.83
Source: Planning Commission, Government of India.

Note: * As per Tendulkar Committee report #As per Lakadawala Methodology Report
**For united Andhra Pradesh
308

A 9.2 : Labour Force Participation Rates per 1000 Population (Current daily status)
Andhra Pradesh
Year
All India
Males
Females
Persons
Males
Females
Persons
1
Rural
1999-2000
582
387
484
515
220
370
2004-05
586
399
492
531
237
387
2009-10
578
376
477
536
197
371
2011-12
584
375
477
534
180
361
1999-2000
517
158
341
528
123
335
2004-05
567
210
388
561
150
364
2009-10
545
170
363
550
129
350
2011-12
567
166
368
555
136
354
Urban
Source: National Sample Survey Office, Government of India.

A 9.3 : Work Force Participation Rates per 1000 Population (Current daily status)
Year
1
Males
2
Andhra Pradesh
Females
3
Persons
4
Rural
1999-2000
535
355
445
2004-05
528
350
439
2009-10
536
347
441
2011-12
555
354
452
Urban
1999-2000
480
144
315
2004-05
523
192
358
2009-10
522
154
343
2011-12
536
150
345
Source: National Sample Survey Office, Government of India.
All India
Females
6
Males
5
Persons
7
478
488
501
504
204
216
182
169
344
355
346
340
490
519
522
528
111
133
117
125
309
334
329
335
A 9.4 : Unemployment Rates* on usual Principal and Subsidiary status

NSSO Round
Andhra Pradesh
Rural
All India
Urban
Rural
Urban
50th Round (1993-94)
30
12
45
55th Round (1999-2000)
39
15
47
61st Round (2004-2005)
36
17
45
66th Round (2009-2010)
12
31
16
34
68th Round (2011-12)
12
43
17
34
Source: National Sample Survey Office Reports

Note: Unemployment rate is number of unemployed based on Principal Status + Subsidiary Status (PS+SS) per 1000
population of labour force
309
A 9.5 : Employment Registrations and Live Register at the end of December, 2015
Sl. No.
1
Employment Exchanges
2
Live registrations
4
Srikakulam
48,989
Vizianagaram
55,337
Visakhapatnam
East Godavari
1,09,875
74,771
West Godavari
54,046
Krishna
66,137
Guntur
50,739
Prakasam
52,044
SPS Nellore
54,476
10
YSR
63,309
11
Kurnool
97,900
12
Anantapuramu
50,933
13
Chittoor
56,350
Professional & Executive Exchange
48,757
Total
Source: Employment and Training Department
8,83,668
310

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The main aim of State Mineral Policy is to serve as a

The state has been divided into 736 watersheds (which

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Coastal Andhra region recorded a net rise of 1.35 metres

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for a period of 5 years from the date of commencement of

Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

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Family Welfare Department provides Maternal Health

Several schemes like National Leprosy Eradication

Dr NTR Vaidya Seva

A.P. Vaidya Vidhana Parishad

AIDS Control Society

Women Development and Child Welfare

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Backward Class Welfare

At present, there are 897 government B.C. hostels, (692

Government is providing Scholarships both MTF and

Rural Water Supply and Sanitation

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61,960 Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) are also organized

The poverty ratios for rural and urban areas of united

Employment & Training