Several key decisions were taken by the Andhra Pradesh Cabinet which convened for a meeting at the Secretariat in Velagapudi on Wednesday. The meeting was chaired by Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy.
Disclosing the details, Information and Public Relations (I&PR) Minister Chelluboyina Venugopala Krishna said that the Cabinet approved the Bills relating to the Guaranteed Pension Scheme for government employees and Regularisation of Contract Employees besides the amendment bills of A.P. Vaidya Vidhana Parishad, Endowments, PoT of assigned lands, Private Universities, APSSG, APGST and Bhoodan Acts. It has also approved the Jagananna Aarogya Suraksha programme that will run for 45 days from September 30, he said.
The Minister said that the Cabinet has decided to introduce the Jagananna Civil Services Incentive Programme and allot 50 per cent seats to tribal youth in Kurupam Engineering College. Under the programme, the government will award incentives of ₹1 lakh and ₹1.50 lakh to candidates who pass the UPSC Preliminary and Mains examinations respectively, he said.
