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Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has said the State aims to implicit 10.63 lakh houses this twelvemonth and supply lodging to each eligible mediocre families by 2029, portion simultaneously driving structural reforms successful the agriculture assemblage done mechanisation, exertion adoption, and large-scale investments.
Speaking connected agriculture and lodging successful the Andhra Pradesh Assembly connected Friday, the Chief Minister besides said the authorities is promoting large-scale workplace mechanisation and introducing AI-based agronomist services to amended productivity and trim cultivation costs. He stated that investments worthy ₹14,230 crore person been mobilised successful the nutrient processing assemblage to fortify worth summation and marketplace entree for farmers.
Outlining the government’s strategy for agriculture, allied sectors, and housing, helium asserted that Andhra Pradesh contributes astir 10% to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product from agriculture alone. Around 1.5 cardinal farmers crossed 8,168 villages are presently practising earthy farming, with the authorities mounting a people to grow sum to 5 cardinal acres successful the coming years.
Five-pronged strategy
The authorities is implementing a five-pronged strategy focusing connected h2o security, demand-driven cropping, nutrient processing, marketing, and beardown organization support. He noted that 2.25 cardinal cultivation pump sets are presently operational successful the State, with 69,000 caller connections provided this year. An allocation of ₹13,722 crore has been made successful 2025–26 for escaped powerfulness proviso to farmers.
Under the ‘Annadata Sukhibhava’ scheme, ₹20,000 is being extended to each husbandman successful 3 instalments, with the State contributing ₹14,000, nearly treble the assistance provided earlier. Compensation of ₹310 crore has been extended to 4.7 cardinal farmers affected by harvest losses. The authorities besides cleared ₹10,816 crore towards paddy procurement payments wrong 24 hours and settled pending dues of ₹1,670 crore near by the erstwhile regime.
Mr. Naidu said each husbandman termination lawsuit volition beryllium audited to forestall recurrence.
The authorities is preparing a ₹30,000 crore cluster-based horticulture plan, leveraging an further ₹70,000 crore successful backstage concern to alteration Rayalaseema into a horticulture hub. Plans are afoot to found the world’s largest cocoa metropolis adjacent Eluru. With powerfulness supplied astatine ₹1.50 per unit, Andhra Pradesh is besides positioning itself arsenic an aquaculture hub.
On h2o management, the Chief Minister said groundwater levels successful Annamayya territory roseate by 6.67 metres owed to businesslike practices, contributing to a statewide mean of 7.31 metres and redeeming ₹95 crore successful powerfulness costs.
Housing irregularities
Turning to housing, Mr. Naidu alleged large-scale irregularities nether the erstwhile authorities and vowed ineligible action. The authorities volition allot escaped location sites, two cents successful municipality areas and 3 cents successful agrarian areas, to 2.2 lakh eligible families. Construction of 3 lakh houses has commenced from Rayachoti, with housewarming ceremonies planned for 3 lakh homes by Ugadi. The State aims to implicit 10.63 lakh houses this twelvemonth and guarantee lodging for each eligible mediocre families by 2029.
