Having set lofty goals for his reign, Andhra Pradesh chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu released nine white papers on various issues to vouch for the progress made over the past five years. They set the ball rolling for political machinations in the state. The government’s rhetorical answer to its shortcomings has been that sans a capital city like Hyderabad, the state is revenue deficit. But the government’s budget has seen a steady growth of revenue.
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Though the majority of the population in Dharmavaram belongs to the weaver community, it has been practically unrepresented in the Legislative Assembly, barring Kasetti Srinivasulu, who won in 1952 as member of the Praja Party of Prakasam Panthulu (the first chief minister of AP) and Pallem Srinivasulu who won as an Independent.
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The three other districts that fall under Rayalaseema — Kurnool, Chittoor and Kadapa — are also perennially drought-prone. But Anantapuramu is so severely affected that only Jaisalmer in Rajasthan is drier. In 2018, Anantapuramu recorded just 272.8 mm rainfall (the lowest in the last century), which is half the average (550 mm) it receives.
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According to the horticulture department officials, the estimated yield this year is about 40 per cent less as a result of unseasonal rains. But more than the low produce, what’s worrying farmers is that pulp industries are not receptive in lifting stocks. (For more click below):
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State government, however, has reimbursed farmers Rs 2,885 crore in the last
decade against a loss of Rs 30,290 crore on input costs, the peasants’ front
estimated. Add to that the Rs 60,000 crore they would have received, selling
the produce and the notional loss reaches Rs 1 lakh crore.( For more click
below):
https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/agriculture/drought-but-why-area-under-cultivation-has-halved-in-andhra-pradesh-s-ananthapuramu-63361 (For more click
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https://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Opinion/2019-03-01/Dwindling-farmlands-of-Anantapur/504361(published courtesy from Down To Earth)
Since the worm can wreak
havoc on around 80 crops especially cereals, researchers at Institute of
Frontier Technology (IFT) associated with the Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural
University (ANGRAU) in Tirupati are a worried lot. (For more click
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In 1969,
Mahalanobis estimated at 20 acres limit the country would have a surplus land
of 6.30 crore acres. But the 7th plan estimated the extent of
surplus lands at 72 lakh acres. The issue has been on government agenda from
day one going by the public pronouncements but never acted upon, says S. Malla
Reddy, vice president of All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) affiliated to the CPI(Marxist). (For more click
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The campaign for Telangana polls is literally in the air. A
visit to the Sircilla constituency shows makeshift campaign vehicles of parties
blaring out rehashed folk songs. A local reporter says that the original tunes
were composed by the cultural wing of left-wing extremists, which drew the ire
of the law enforcement agencies. They were “mainstreamed” in the wake of the
statehood movement. (For more click below):
Tribal areas in the country
have been theatres of conflict for decades now. At 10.4 crore, tribes account
for 8.6 percent of the country’s population as per 2011 census. The forests
they largely inhabit account for 25 percent of the land area. With the
government owning 95 percent of the forests any policy made on them has a
direct bearing on this vulnerable section. (For
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The Telangana assembly passed the private Universities Bill
on March 28, paving the way for private universities to set up shop. Teacher
training institutes have not made any appointments. The supervisory officers on
teachers is 90% short. In the light of these facts, the TRS government’s free KG
to PG education remains a mirage. (For more click below):
