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The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, connected Thursday approved a bid of decisions aimed astatine governance reforms, infrastructure development, and payment measures.
A large item was the one-time waiver of 50% of accumulated involvement connected spot taxation arrears for 2025–26. The payment would beryllium passed connected if outgo was made successful lump sum, and the deadline was March 31, 2026.
Briefing the media, I&PR Minister Kolusu Parthasarathi said the Cabinet approved a solution to amend the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, to explicitly recognise Amaravati arsenic the State capital, including areas nether the APCRDA Act.
In a pro-livelihood initiative, quarry leases would beryllium preferentially allotted to Vaddera societies with a 50% concession connected premiums and fees. About 15% of quarries would beryllium reserved, restoring opportunities to the assemblage affected by earlier auction policies.
The Cabinet permitted SRM University astatine Neerukonda to conception buildings up to 60 metres, relaxing existing norms to enactment modern infrastructure, portion mandating strict occurrence information compliance.
Addressing judicial infrastructure, the Cabinet approved the High Court’s connection to found caller courts and make posts crossed assorted judicial levels. Based connected the High Court’s connection and aligned with Supreme Court directives, the determination aims to trim lawsuit pendency and amended the judge-to-population ratio.
The Cabinet approved a simplification successful APCPDCL’s administrative/supervision charges from 15% to 2.5% for works undertaken by the Amaravati Development Corporation Limited (ADCL), aligning them with NHAI norms. This determination comes amid accelerated infrastructure improvement successful Amaravati and aims to little task costs and easiness the fiscal load connected the State exchequer.
Additional staffing was sanctioned for a BC girls’ residential schoolhouse successful Kuppam. The Cabinet besides cleared aggregate onshore allotments for afforestation, healthcare, renewable energy, and star projects. NREDCAP was designated arsenic the nodal bureau for renewable vigor zones, portion timelines for cardinal projects were extended.
The Cabinet approved draught rules to modulate backstage coaching institutions, making registration mandatory and introducing pupil counselling systems to code intelligence wellness concerns and world pressure, thereby promoting a much accountable and student-friendly acquisition ecosystem, helium added.
