AP Eng Jan 2018 30th_Layout 1 12/30/2017 3:09 PM Page 1 Downloaded from http://SmartPrep.in AP Eng Jan 2018 30th_Layout 1 12/30/2017 3:09 PM Page 2 Downloaded from http://SmartPrep.in esigns for the memorial centre for Dr B R Ambedkar which is coming up Ambedkar in Amarvati capital city are in the final stage. The State Government released two designs for the proposed Dr B R Ambedkar Smruti Vanam, and Smruthi completed an online poll to select the best design. A 20 acre site was identi - fied on ceremonial axis of Amaravati capital city. The Smruthi Vanam consists Vanam of a Memoral Centre of international standards, celebrating the achieve - ments of Dr B R Ambedkar. The two designs, Icon and Park, offer a breath - taking view of the memorial. The park is shaped as a ceremonial axis on the Dlines of Rajpath Memorial in New Delhi. The project has two components, the Memorial Programme and the Convention Programme. The Ambedkar Smriti Vanam, coming up with an outlay of Rs 97.28 crore, would be a new landmark destination in the capital city of Amaravati. AP Eng Jan 2018 30th_Layout 1 12/30/2017 3:09 PM Page 3 Downloaded from http://SmartPrep.in C O N T E N T S Shaking hands with 10 Telugu Films South Korea To Watch Out For 28 In 2018 6 The visit to South Korea is one more step in CM Chandrababu Naidu's efforts to bolster the manufacturing sector in AP to generate incomes and increase the economic profile of the state. 5 High growth rate in agri 16 and allied sectors CM’s 24 Social Network Happening Andhra CM's family declares assets Various developments across the 32 state of Andhra Pradesh. Bonanza for Pension scheme for 18 Visakhapatnam transgenders 11 city 30 Godavari-Pennar link - Wireless Internet Tech - 12 age is next 20 Amazing nology to Andhra Andhra Pradesh Guidelines for 13 AP Pioneers Digital Direct Selling in AP 18 Connectivity of India New Assembly will have 14 a tower design 34 Kapu quota Bill passed by Assembly Literary reminiscences Of Gurazada Apparao Pantulu 26 Downloaded from http://SmartPrep.in EDITORIAL ANDHRA PRADESH Published Monthly In English & Telugu Volume:13 January 2018 Issue:8 Salivahana Era 1939 Tech-tonic Shift everaging technology for socio‐economic uplift of the fledgling Commissioner state of Andhra Pradesh has been the focus of the Government led S Venkateswar IIS Lby Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu. The launch of the Real Time Governance State Center recently at the Andhra Pradesh Secretariat in Editor a bid to provide ‘seamless and frictionless’ real time governance is the Ramesh Kandula culmination of these efforts. Executive Editor Described as a fully‐functional and highly evolved ecosystem of tech‐ Naresh Nunna nology and skill, the Centre operates with data input from people hub ‐ Cover Page which hosts the data of all the households in the state. The info Real Time Governance contained in the system is in turn linked with various Government departments . Second Cover Ambedkar Smruthi Vanam The initiative to make all the data and information accessible from the Third Cover respective digital portals even as the Government aims to go paperless Month in pics by 31st March is part of the same mission. The process of data integration by various departments has begun in right earnest, which when com‐ Fourth Cover APIIC Advt on Sunrise State pleted can empower the Government to target schemes more scientifi‐ cally and with optimal benefit to the population. Published by: The ambitious AP Fiber Grid, launched by the President of India Ram Nath Information & Public Relations Kovind, is expected to bring about a bandwidth revolution in the state, Department leading to rapid connectivity. About 1.3 crore households, 50,000 Government of Andhra Pradesh schools, 10,000 government offices and 5,000 public health centres will Hyderabad - 500 028 be connected under the project, fundamentally changing the way the Ph: 040-23300258 Government and the citizens interact. IT and Panchayat Raj Minister N Lokesh has provided ample evidence of Views expressed by various how village‐level grievances such as roads or drains can be addressed authors in this issue reflect their through the effective use of social media. He received 10,111 complaints personal opinions. through social network sites till date, 70 percent of which were tackled by the Minister through personal monitoring. Design The proof of the pudding lies in the achievement of 33 Gram Panchayats Karthik Beesu of Andhra Pradesh which were identified among 83 most developed Pan‐ chayats across the country on development index, in a baseline survey Photos: done by Union Rural Development Ministry under Antyodaya Scheme. T.Srinivasa Reddy, Vijayawada No other government in the country has so productively used technology Printed at for not only economic uplift of the citizens but also for betterment of Caxton Offset Pvt. Ltd. their living standards. The cynics may wallow in their gripe, but the Hyderabad results on the ground speak louder. Each Issue : Rs 20/- Annual Subscription : Rs 220/- Email: [email protected] Ramesh Kandula www.ipr.ap.nic.in Editor Ramesh Babu Kandula M/s Caxton Offset Pvt. Ltd Printed and Published by on behalf of Director/Commissioner, Information and Public Relations Dept.; Printed at ., 11.5.416/3, Red Hills, Hyderabad - 500 004; Published at Of�ice of Director/Commissioner , I&PR Dept, Govt of Andhra Pradesh, Samachar Bhavan, AC Guards, Hyderabad - 500028. Editor: Ramesh Babu Kandula. Ph: 040-23300258. 4 JANUARY 2018 AP Eng Jan 2018 30th_Layout 1 12/30/2017 3:09 PM Page 5 Downloaded from http://SmartPrep.in CM's family declares assets The CM with family members. In an effort to he family members of Chief Ambassador car worth Rs 1.52 lakh. He has improve trans - Minister N Chandrababu Naidu a residential building in Hyderabad worth parency in public declared their assets for seventh of Rs 7.75 crore. life, Chief Minister year in a row. Telugu Desam Nara Bhuvaneswari, the Chief Minister's Chandrababu Naidu Party (TDP) national general wife, owns net assets worth Rs 25.41 crore, secretary and Information Technology and while the liabilities are Rs 20.90 crore. She has been declaring Panchayat Raj Minister Nara Lokesh made owns an Audi car worth Rs 91.93 lakh and assets of each and the announcement on behalf of the family. has Rs 7.44 lakh in savings account. everyone of his At a press conference, Lokesh said while he Replying to queries, Lokesh said that before family members for has total assets of Rs 26.39 crore, bank questioning the property details announced loans and advances accounted for Rs 11.17 by him, the opposition leaders should the last seven years. crore, leaving his net assets at Rs 15.21 emulate the example of the Chief Minister crore. His wife, Nara Brahmani owns net and declare their assets. The Minister said assets to the tune of Rs 15.01 crore. The that he has been challenging the critics to liabilities stood at Rs 36.14 lakh. Nara come for a debate on the assets and bank Devansh, his son, has fixed deposits and deposits owned by his family. But no one house property worth Rs 11.54 crore. was coming forward. Neither had they dis - Chief Ministe Chandrababu Naidu has more losed the details of thier properties, he said. liabilities than assets. His total liabilities are “We are declaring the assets taking the ac - Rs 5.64 crore, while the net assets are Rs quisition value into account. Present mar -v 2.53 crore. Naidu took a housing loan of Rs ket value is not being taken into JANUARY 2018 5.60 crore from Bank of Baroda and has Rs consideration as it keeps fluctuating,” he 5 40 lakh in savings account and owns explained. T AP Eng Jan 2018 30th_Layout 1 12/30/2017 3:09 PM Page 6 Downloaded from http://SmartPrep.in CM's three-day visit kindles interest in AP SHAKING HANDS WITH SOUTH KOREA The CM’s delegation received a warm welcome during their South Korea tour. he three-day visit of the Korean automotive company Kia high-level delegation led by Motors is in the process of beginning The visit to South Chief Minister N Chan - works on its greenfield plant in Andhra Korea is one more drababu Naidu to the East- Pradesh, where it plans to invest over step in CM Chandra- Asian economic $1.1 billion. Various ancillary units of babu Naidu's powerhouse South Korea paid rich Kia Motors have confirmed their plans dividends in terms of exposing the to invest about Rs 4,995.2 crore with efforts to bolster the slew of opportunities Andhra Pradesh potential to generate 7,171 jobs. manufacturing can offer for investment as well as The Chief Minister appealed to the sector in Andhra economic and technological coopera - Korean companies to draw inspiration Pradesh for generat - tion. The Chief Minister and his team from Kia Motors and come forward to ing incomes and kicked off their whirlwind tour to invest in the State. The Government increasing the South Korea in December first week on was providing many facilities and cre - a positive note by entering into a letter ating the ecosystem for growth of in - economic profile of of intent (LoI) with a group of 37 com - the state. dustry. When some representatives panies. sought clarifications over the invest - The Andhra Pradesh Economic Devel - ment climate, Naidu said, “I assure you opment Board (EDB) entered into the again that any problems faced by you LoI and the group of companies will be solved immediately.