Amravati, 6 February:The government is taking steps to implement the P-4 (Public-Private-People-Partnership) policy in the state from the upcoming Ugadi, said Chief Secretary K. Vijayanand. He reviewed the P-4 policy with his officials and district collectors who participated virtually at the State Secretariat on Thursday. Speaking on this occasion, the CS said that the P-4 policy will be implemented with the aim of eradicating poverty. He said that the main objective of the P-4 policy is to move forward with the aim of helping the top 10 percent of the economically developed sections of the society by the bottom 20 percent of the poor
He said that suggestions and advice from the public are being received for the formulation of complete policies and a special portal is also being created for this. He said that the P-4 policy will be implemented based on these suggestions and advice. The CS said that the government will invite industrialists, NRIs and others who come forward to help the poor to the P-4 inaugural program to be held on Ugadi and bring them all under one umbrella to initiate the implementation of P-4.
As part of SwarnaAndhra Vision-2047, CS Vijayanand clarified that the goal of achieving a growth rate of 15 percent every year is to prepare vision plans at the settlement, village, mandal, constituency and district levels. He also instructed the district collectors to appoint a district level officer as the nodal officer for each constituency. He said that the nodal officer will be assisted by a team of 6 members, i.e. 5 from the village ward secretariats and a professional from the Planning Department. He said that the details will have to be collected through a special questionnaire by the Planning Department and the consultancy survey will have to be collected from February 7th to 22nd. During this time, the Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Department will hold village assemblies and panchayat meetings, the Planning Department will hold meetings with various public representatives,
NGOs and experts at the district level under the leadership of the in-charge minister, and the Education Department will provide information to students at the school and college levels. He said that essay writing, personality competitions, and a marathon on the need for poverty eradication in district centers through the municipal department should be organized.
Lands should be identify for the establishment of 500 compressed biogas plants (CBP) in the state
In the wake of Reliance coming forward to set up 500 compressed biogas plants in the state, CS Vijayanand directed the district collectors to take immediate steps to identify the places required for their establishment. He said that 25 acres of land would be required for each plant and proposals should be sent to the CCLA for advance position. He said that appropriate steps should be taken for the establishment of these by fully involving farmers' producer associations, self-help groups, and forest conservation committees.
Steps to set up an MSME park for each constituency
CS Vijayanand instructed the officials to conduct a survey by March 15 to set up an MSME park for each assembly constituency in the state. He said that MDOs and Municipal Commissioners should monitor the EMSME survey to ensure that it is conducted properly.
Earlier in the meeting, State Planning and Finance Principal Secretary Piyush Kumar explained through a PowerPoint presentation the implementation of the P-4 policy and the issues to be taken for the formulation of settlement, village, mandal, constituency and district plans as part of the Swarna Andhra 2047 Vision Plan. Similarly, Industries and Commerce Secretary Dr. N. Yuvraj explained through a PowerPoint presentation the steps to be taken regarding the conduct of the MSME survey.
IT and RTGS Secretary K. Bhaskar, RTGS CEO Dinesh Kumar, Veerapandian, Keerthi, Shiva Prasad, Ananta Shankar and other officials participated in this meeting, while several secretaries and district collectors participated virtually.
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