Rayalaseema is a region in Andhra Pradesh that comprises of eight districts that includes Chittoor and Tirupati. Weather experts at the National Atmospheric Research Laboratory (NARL) located in Gadanki, Chittoor district of the Rayalaseema region state that the changes in precipitation patterns have been visible since 2012, owing to a slow change in the IICZ (Inter Tropical Convergent Zone), a result of climate change. They say that the changes caused by anthropogenic activities cannot be denied any more.

https://india.mongabay.com/2022/05/unprecedented-rainfall-and-pesticide-usage-lead-to-low-mango-yields-in-andhra-pradesh-districts/

 

 

 

The problems are multi-dimensional lack of readily available inputs prepared from dung of animals, leaves of trees like neem among others places a limit on the farmers who intend to take it up in a larger area of their land.

https://www.news9live.com/state/andhra-pradesh/impact-of-organic-farming-in-kurnool-farmers-bemoan-shortfalls-in-execution-lack-of-marketing-avenues-168461

https://www.news9live.com/state/andhra-pradesh/impact-of-organic-farming-in-kurnool-farmers-bemoan-shortfalls-in-execution-lack-of-marketing-avenues-168461

The problems are multi-dimensional lack of readily available inputs prepared from dung of animals, leaves of trees like neem among others places a limit on the farmers who intend to take it up in a larger area of their land.

https://www.news9live.com/state/andhra-pradesh/impact-of-organic-farming-in-kurnool-farmers-bemoan-shortfalls-in-execution-lack-of-marketing-avenues-168461

 

 

Lime prices may be burning holes in middle-class pockets, but has that translated into super profits for farmers? Cultivators in Andhra Pradesh, the largest supplier of the citrus, are not exactly a happy lot.

Their experience is another case study of how extreme weather can add to farm worries.

https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/agriculture/excess-rainfall-in-nov-dec-early-heat-why-lime-production-was-hit-in-andhra-india-s-largest-producer-82399

The education budget allocation has fallen since the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh in 2014 (Table 1). This does not augur well for Andhra Pradesh, which has a literacy rate of 66.4% – lower than Bihar’s 70.9%, as per the National Sample Survey 2017-18. As per the 2021-22 socio-economic survey, the state’s literacy rate (67.35%) is also lower than the national average (72.98%). Moreover, the 2011 census pegged the state at the 31st position in literacy. 

https://thewire.in/education/andhra-pradesh-marginal-rise-education-budget

“By allocating less than 11% of the budget towards education from 2015-16 onwards, the government has diverted Rs 30,000 crore over the years to other areas. By allocating merely one-fourth of that amount, the government is patting itself on the back,” rues K. Venugopal, chief editor of the magazine of Telangana Progressive Teachers Federation (TPTF).

 https://thewire.in/education/telangana-education-gets-a-raw-deal-yet-again-in-the-state-budget

Though AP has fared better compared to others in allocation to healthcare, it has failed its doctors. The UGC pay scales were due to them from 2016.

But the doctors did not get this benefit until March 1, 2021, that too without being paid the arrears. This, doctors said, halved the pension of doctors who retired before this date as PRC was delayed and pension is paid based on basic pay.

https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/health/how-effective-has-andhra-pradesh-s-aarogyasri-scheme-been-81839

Also appeared in HansIndia: 

https://www.thehansindia.com/hans/opinion/news-analysis/how-effective-has-aps-aarogyasri-scheme-been-732887

 

Narasimhulu’s death by suicide is far from unusual in Andhra Pradesh. The state has the dubious distinction of having the third highest number of suicides by farmers in the country. Andhra Pradesh also has the highest indebtedness among agricultural households in the country, according to the Situation Assessment of Agricultural Households and Land and Livestock Holdings in Rural India, 2019 report.

https://thewire.in/agriculture/andhra-pradesh-cultivators-rights-act-fails-tenant-farmers-proves-sceptics-right