Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister talks tough on corruption
Not even one per cent will be tolerated in the implementation of welfare schemes, says Chandrababu Naidu
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday made it clear that even one per cent corruption in the implementation of welfare schemes will not be tolerated.
He directed government officers and employees to discharge their duties with the ‘people first’ policy, keeping public opinion and expectations in mind.
Chairing a review meeting at the State Secretariat here after gathering public opinion on the functioning of various government wings, the Chief Minister made it clear that the word of the beneficiaries is final. He stated that the feedback that he gets from the ground level will only be taken into consideration.
Expressing happiness over the public satisfaction with the implementation of the policies from the ground level to the top level in certain departments, the Chief Minister felt that these results could be achieved following the best practices in the departments concerned and appreciated the heads and other officers of these wings.
At the same time, the Chief Minister was unhappy that certain departments could not achieve the expected results in these seven months and directed the officers to conduct an in-depth study for the reasons and take necessary corrective steps.
The Chief Minister, who held the review meeting following a survey conducted on 10 different issues in these departments, made it amply clear that the service part should be accelerated and quality, be improved.
In the presentation made by the officers to the Chief Minister, 90.20 per cent of beneficiaries expressed satisfaction with pension distribution at their homes on the 1st of every month while 87.48 per cent of beneficiaries were happy over the manner of the pension distributors.
However, 15.6 per cent of pensioners complained of corruption in some places. About Anna Canteens 91 per cent were happy with the quality, 82 per cent satisfied with the maintenance of cleanliness while 84 per cent were content with a timely supply of food.
Similarly, 89.92 per cent farmers in the State were happy with the grain procurement system while 30 per cent expressed dissatisfaction over the supply of gunny bags and 84 per cent of farmers were totally happy with the reasonable price offered for their farm products.
After making a presentation on other wings, the Chief Minister directed the officers to initiate steps to see to it that the satisfaction level in the supply of sand and fertilizers should further go up.
Though 78 per cent of the people were happy with the supply of sand, the Chief Minister felt that the system of free sand should be further increased and that the satisfactory level should be 100 per cent.
