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General Forum: Govt. and Politics | | Is Chandrababu Naidu really taking the state forward? | |
| Kousik..U need to follow th eprinciple:EXPRESS LESS..
(I told U already 1001 times) :P
Posted by: Mr. Siri Siri At: 1, May 2003 2:33:32 PM IST
Hello Chandrababu is Developing only in the Hyderabad not in the AP.he was only Hyderabad Chief minister.he Transfer all the funds to hyd.
Posted by: Mr. Mandava At: 1, May 2003 2:08:45 PM IST
hey Koushik ..Imagine urself as CM for Oneday..as in "Okae Okkadu "cinema..
and tell us WHAT U CAN DO to develop AP.
Posted by: Mr. Siri Siri At: 1, May 2003 2:00:36 PM IST
Destination of FDI in 2001, By State
State Amount in US$m
New Delhi 1,537
Maharashtra 665
Karnataka 291
Tamil Nadu 165
Andhra Pradesh 75
ALready developed states naturally get more FDI..AP is developing...........
Posted by: Mr. Siri Siri At: 1, May 2003 9:11:48 AM IST
A have alredy given U the facts and figures in the previous postings to gauge the govt..I hope U read them
Posted by: Mr. Siri Siri At: 30, Apr 2003 3:52:21 PM IST
Try 2 use ur brain and think of the performance of the past and present govt..Y depend on some "Loca,illiterate"ppl's opinion?
Nobody is perfect..no plan is perfect..we only have to see RELATIVELY..Got it??
BTW..I am waitig for your PLAN of action for implementing a minor project properly..plz give your ideas..and dont run "Beat about the bush 4.0" or "Dont know 2.0"
Posted by: Mr. Siri Siri At: 30, Apr 2003 3:46:52 PM IST
What is this "!!!!!!!!"
Look DEar Koushik..giving speach like yours is easy..but implementing projects is not that easy..
How can a CM implement,say,a project to allocate Housing sites to the poor,without the fund being diverted to the hands of THUGS?
Give your plan of action.
Posted by: Mr. Siri Siri At: 30, Apr 2003 3:36:33 PM IST
FINANCILA EXPRESS
Saturday, January 11, 2003
‘I Want To Make The State A Model For Others To Follow’
The chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, Chandrababu Naidu was in the news this week for being at the forefront of the just concluded Ninth Partnership Summit of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in Hyderabad. He was also voted the
best chief minister
in the country in a poll conducted by The Financial Express during the Summit. But even as Mr Naidu rides the popularity graph amongst industry and foreign investors, he is aware that he still needs to keep pushing further. In an exclusive interview with GEORGE SKARIA, Mr Naidu shared his thoughts on the agenda ahead. Excerpts:
Congratulations, Mr Naidu, on the overwhelming majority with which you have been voted as the best performing chief minister in the country. What is your own assessment of why you have been able to make a difference?
I have always been supporting reforms. As the finance minister, Mr Jaswant Singh has rightly mentioned, reform is not an end product. It is a continuous process. Therefore, for the betterment of the people, you have to keep pushing along the reforms road. And if you go on doing and sustaining that, then it will give you excellent results.
And I am not talking just about economic reforms, but those in other areas like labour as well as administrative areas. However, it is very difficult to change people and their mindsets. But if you keep continuously doing it, then I believe that things will happen and make a difference.
Where do you draw this conviction from, to keep pushing ahead with reforms?
Yes, I have so many problems. And my time is also very important. I have to meet people and work for them. But we also have to get more investments. And if you have to get more investment into the state, then you have to interact more with industry.
All over the world, various countries are going in for reforms. It is with the same spirit that I have taken up reforms here, with the objective of eradicating poverty, developing Andhra Pradesh and distributing wealth.
These are my concerns today. That is why I have tried to bring in so many ideas.
And to translate these ideas into ground realities, one of the things that I must do is to participate in summits like these (Partnership Summit).
How do you generate these ideas? Where do you draw them from?
I have an open mind and I try to implement the ideas that I get. I also travel a lot and pick up many ideas during these tours.
One feedback that we had was that most of the development that has happened in recent years has been in the urban areas? Do you agree?
That is not correct. In fact, I can say that in the last six to seven years,
I have been focusing more on human resource development. For ex- ample, after every 1 km I have started elementary schools and every 5 km a high school. I have constructed nearly 40,000 school buildings and also recruited 1,75,000 teachers. I also have a very ambitious plan to make Andhra Pradesh a fully literate state by 2005. That is our target. There is also the mid-day meal scheme for children.
I have also built excellent rural infrastructure: roads, village cement roads, water schemes and drains. These are the various infrastructure projects that are there. Further, I am also looking at how to develop greater employment generation in the rural areas. We now have a programme in co-ordination with the corporate sector to start employment generation programmes for the rural poor. We have 4.5 lakh women organisations with 60 lakh working women. For the youth, we want to promote self-employment. And for marketing of the products from these ventures, I want to seek the support of the corporate sector.
You have often been billed as the CEO of Andhra Pradesh. Your comment.
I believe that decentralisation is part of my working style. In the Partnership Summit, for example, I did not spend much time on organisational issues. I have given some ideas to my officers and my ministers. They have actually looked after the details. I participated in some of the events and some one-on-one meetings. Like that, I try to decentralise my work. But I also want accountability at various levels.
At the Partnership Summit you spent a lot of time and were sitting through various sessions. Isn’t that a reflection of a certain degree of looking at the details?
I participated in the inaugural and valedictory sessions and one or two other sessions where I had to promote Andhra Pradesh. I also participated in one or two dinners and some one-on-one meetings with foreign ministers and industrialists. That’s quite a lot.
How do you cope with this punishing work schedule?
I do exercises everyday in the morning for about one hour and 30 minutes. These include walking on the treadmill at 6.5 km speed for half hour to 45 minutes. Then I do some breathing exercises and meditation. In the evenings, I sometimes work till about 10 p.m.
I have very simple food habits. In the afternoon I prefer some phulka with one or two vegetable dishes. At night, I take only fruits.
You have often been referred to as a prime ministerial candidate. What’s your ambition?
No, I do not have any ambition (for that position). Andhra Pradesh in size is equal to one European country. If I do well here, then it will have a tremendous impact. I want to make this state a model for others to follow. I am now seeing that all the dreams that I had are slowly becoming realities. I am very happy with what I am doing.
But suppose, out of national political compulsions, you need to take up the job. What will your approach be?
There are so many leaders in Delhi. Mine is a regional party. I have a responsibility here.
You have been selling Andhra Pradesh and have tried getting a lot of benefits from the Centre. What is your priority for the state today?
First, you have to go for more reforms. India is a rich country, but the people are poor. Leaders are unable to give direction. We have not been able to motivate our people. That is our biggest challenge. Indians are very entrepreneurial and highly skilled. They can do wonders provided we give them an opportunity. I have been constantly working in that direction.
Take the telecom sector, I have been fighting for the last seven years for various benefits. I am happy with what this government did three years back. If you look at the companies like VSNL and BSNL, they have been forced to reduced the rates. Reforms in the aviation and labour sectors are also important.
Posted by: Mr. Siri Siri At: 30, Apr 2003 12:17:50 PM IST
Some of the projects on offer in the state::
These included among others the Mega Industrial Park Parawada (Visakhapatnam), Hardware Park at Hyderabad. Visakhapatnam Industrial Water Supply Scheme, Integrated International Convention Centre- Golf Course with Villas and The State-of-the art hotels at Hyderabad, Growth Centre, Hindupur, Ananthapur District, Andhra Pradesh, Financial Services Centre, Hyderabad, Biotech Park at Turkapally.
Central government had approved the setting up of a Special Economic Zone in the state between Kakinada and Vishakapatnam
Set up Andhra Pradesh Investment Promotion Centre in the premises of Andhra Bhavan, New Delhi to help promote investment into the state.
Posted by: Mr. Siri Siri At: 30, Apr 2003 12:12:00 PM IST
Reforms in power sector were imperative for infrastructure development .The electricity regulatory commission was in place, the State Electricity Department aimed to generate an additional 1870 MWs power by 2003.
On the Public sector reforms initiated in the state,the government was encouraging VRS, of the 25 Public Sector Units (PSUs), in the State, four had already been privatized, ten were in advanced stage of being privatized, eight sick units had been closed and three were being restructured
Labour reforms had been introduced in the state. Andhra Pradesh had introduced a number of administrative reforms, including e-government. The state government had also set up a Centre for Good Governance.
In technical education, especially engineering, the state was a leader with 174 engineering colleges.
The state had interesting growth statistics, the growth rate of GSDP of Andhra Pradesh for 2000-2001 was 6.5 percent as against the national GDP growth rate of 5.2 percent, similarly while the per capita income of Andhra Pradesh grew at 5.7 percent during the same time period, the national per capita income grew at 3.6 percent .This had been possible because of the state level reforms.
AP state had always been working in tandem with the central government and one such example was the Andhra Pradesh state government working with the Centre government for building infrastructural facilities for international airport in the state.
Mr. Sanjiv Goenka, President CII said that the Andhra Pradesh government had set up a benchmark for accountability, for development and that the Chief Minister, Mr. Chandrababu Naidu had a vision and a plan to execute that vision.
Posted by: Mr. Siri Siri At: 30, Apr 2003 12:04:23 PM IST
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