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The Andhra Pradesh authorities has informed the Assembly that it has engaged 32 experts comprising 20 advisors and 12 consultants, and this strategical squad incurs a combined monthly expenditure of astir ₹70.45 lakh for the exchequer.
During the question hr of the ongoing Budget league connected Thursday, YSRCP MLAs Tatiparthi Chandrasekhar, Buchepalli Siva Prasad Reddy and Matsyarasa Visweswara Raju sought the details of advisors and consultants appointed by the State authorities betwixt June 2024 and February 2026.
As the members were not contiguous successful the House erstwhile the question was taken up, the Chair announced that the question was deemed answered.
The government, successful its reply, said the advisory sheet is led by 5 honorary advisors who clasp the Cabinet fertile but bash not gully immoderate wage oregon allowances. This radical includes erstwhile ISRO Chairman Sreedhara Panicker Somanath for abstraction technology; erstwhile DRDO main Dr. G. Satheesh Reddy for aerospace and defence. Other honorary members see Suchitra Ella for handlooms and handicrafts; Dr. K.P.C. Gandhi for forensics; and Dr. Manthena Satyanarayana Raju for yoga and naturopathy.
Outside of the honorary roles, 5 different advisors clasp Cabinet fertile with a wage of ₹2 lakh per period positive further allowances. These positions are filled by M.A. Sharif for number affairs, Chaganti Koteswara Rao for students’ morals and values, Dr. Nori Dattatreyudu for crab care, and Ch. Seetharamanjaneya Prasad for endowments, and Pochampally Sridhar Rao for wide communications.
The authorities has besides appointed 10 different advisors with varying wage scales to negociate circumstantial departments.
Notable among them are retired IPS serviceman R.P. Thakur and retired IFS serviceman Ashok Kumar Jain, who oversee operations astatine A.P. Bhavan successful New Delhi, with a monthly wage of ₹3.5 lakh each. Ms. Seeta Sharma receives the highest consolidated wage among the advisors astatine ₹5 lakh per period for her relation successful planetary skilling and mobility.
A squad of 12 consultants has besides been deployed to supply method and operational support. The consultancy squad includes elder experts earning ₹2.4 lakh per month, specified arsenic D. Shalaem Raju for public-private partnerships and Unnam Akhil Chowdary for the CID. The Finance Department has utilised respective mid-level consultants, with salaries ranging from ₹1.5 lakh to ₹2 lakh.
This recruitment reflects a wide absorption connected infrastructure and specialised governance, with important resources allocated to h2o resources, finance, and tourism.
The full monthly wage for the full radical stands astatine ₹52.91 lakh, portion the monthly allowances full ₹17.54 lakh. These appointments correspond the administration’s committedness to integrating nonrecreational expertise into the State’s enforcement framework.
