Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan named the ambassador for health care programme in Andhra Pradesh

On January 6, 2015 in Hyderabad, Amitabh Bachchan has been made the brand

ambassador for the medical and health department of Andhra Pradesh, stated by Kamineni Srinivas.

The promotion of the areas of the same shall be decided gradually.

Suggestions from experts were being taken and the work is on for the improvement of the health care sector of the state under the guidance of Srinivas, the BJP member in the Chandrababu Naidu cabinet.

An action plan is to be prepared for proper growth in the health  care sector. This shall be done by experts of the committee who shall meet once every two months for working on the same. 

Each of the 13 district headquarters that are under the public-private partnership shall have super specialty hospitals established. 

AP Government Releases Rs 13 Crore for Organising Sankranti Festival and Chandranna Sankranthi Kanuka

Andhra Pradesh government has released Rs 13 crore for organising the 'Sankranti Sambarulu' in the state, Finance Minister Yanamala Ramakrishnudu said today.

The state's culture department has released 1 crore for each of the 13 districts in the state to organize the sankranthi festival. Competitions would be organised at gram panchayat level, focusing on rural sports like kabadi and valley ball, and special competitions for women on cooking food items wouls also be held at mandal level from january 13.
He also reviewed the arrangements for distrubution of food items to the poor in the name of " Chandranna Sankranthi Kanuka " through fair price shops in the district and instructed for the process to be completed by january 12 so that the people could celebrate the festival.

solar pump sets to be installed for AP farmers with subsided cost

 Andhra Pradesh government has set a target to install 7,000 solar agricultural pump sets in the state during the current financial year to reduce the grid power consumption by farmers, a senior official has said.

The farmers will be provided solar pump sets at a subsidised cost, Kamalakar Babu, Vice Chairman and Managing Director of New and Renewable Energy Development Corporation of Andhra Pradesh (NREDCAP), told reporters.

The cost of a 5HP pump set is Rs 4.90 lakhs, out of which a farmer has to pay Rs 55,000 and the remaining cost would be borne jointly by the Union government and the Andhra Pradesh Power Distribution Company, he said.

Likewise, the cost of a 3HP pump set is Rs 3.20 lakhs for which farmers have to pay Rs 40,000 as their contribution, he said.

The scheme is being promoted by NREDCAP, AP Power Distribution Company, agriculture and allied departments to reduce the grid power consumption in the agricultural sector.