Chief minister Chandrababu Naidu set an ambitious growth target of 15% for the financial year 2016-17. He asked all Secretaries and Heads of Department of Andhra Pradesh to gear up their departments to achieve the goal. He cautioned that he would keep watch on the performance of all department and sectors.
Chief minister Naidu today addressed a high-level meeting in Hyderabad to review the various developmental programs under implementation in the state. This is his first such a meeting in Hyderabad, after he switched over to Vijayawada.
From now onwards Naidu intends to measure the performance of all government departments and give bands Red , Yellow and Green- based on their performance. To assess the performance, Naidu said in the meeting, the government intends to set up Labs on the lines of those set up in Malaysia, to monitor the performance of departments and sectors. The Chief Minister called the meeting a stepping-stone in bringing in accountability in all departments, in order to achieve desired double-digit growth. He called for an analysis of economic, health, social and regulatory indicators on regular basis.
The Chief Minister appreciated officials for the successful implementation the housing schemes in the state. “Due to planned networking and timely response by officials and district collectors, we were able to get Rs 2,800 crore subsidy on Government of India’s schemes; this is a learning experience for all the departments” he added. Underlining the need to revamp the delivery system and staffing for future, the Chief Minister pointed out the dire need for integration between departments at state level and district, mandal as well as village levels. He said, “In spite of allotting huge funds for welfare programs, delivery mechanism is weak. We need to speed this up and improve performance by ensuring quality delivery. Our approach has to be need-based and result-oriented.” Stressing on establishing a multi-pronged approach to strengthen skill development in the state, the Chief Minister suggested appointing an agency to evaluate the state’s position in skill management. “Skill, knowledge, capacity building are crucial for achieving the double-digit growth”, he said. Naidu, however, expressed satisfaction over the performance of agriculture and allied sectors in this quarter. He also stressed on the need to strengthen horticulture and fisheries, to achieve higher growth rate in the state.
State ministers, members from 150 government departments, 33 secretaries, 20 ministries and local administrative agencies were present in the meeting.
