Andhra Pradesh Aims to Achieve 15% Growth in 2016-17

The Andhra Pradesh government today said it aims to achieve 15 per cent growth during 2016- 17.

The target was set during Chief Minister N Chadrababu Naidu’s meeting with the heads and secretaries of all departments at the Secretariat today, a government statement said.

Mr Naidu suggested setting up performance indicators on the lines of the Malaysian Government for monitoring performance of departments and sectors in the state government. According to this, sectors will be evaluated based on red, yellow and green bands.

Recalling the disaster management efforts during recent incessant rains in Nellore, Chittoor and Kadapa districts, the Chief Minister stressed on increasing storage capacity of water tanks, it said.

Underlining the need to revamp the delivery system and staffing for future, Naidu pointed out the dire need for integration among all the departments at state level, district, mandal as well as village level.

“In spite of allotting huge funds for welfare programs, delivery mechanism is weak. We need to speed this up and improve performance by ensuring delivery. Our approach has to be need-based and result-oriented,” he was quoted as saying in the release.

The Chief Minister expressed satisfaction that agriculture and allied sectors performed well in this quarter.

He also stressed on the need to strengthen horticulture and fisheries, to achieve better results in the state.

Stressing on establishing a multi-pronged approach to strengthen skill development in the state, Mr Naidu suggested appointing an agency to evaluate the state’s position in skill management.

“Skill, knowledge, capacity building is crucial for achieving the double-digit growth”, he added.

State ministers, members from 150 government departments, 33 secretaries, 20 ministries and local administrative agencies were present in the meeting, the release said.