Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu has been making hercules efforts to provide internet, television and phone connectivity for a normal charge of Rs 149 per month through his ambitious AP Fiber Grid system is contemplating

This is part of the government’s efforts to make the state a role model for the entire country in using Information Technology along with internet of things for real time governance and transparency in implementation of welfare schemes.

Minister for Information and Public Relations, Andhra Pradesh, Dr. Palle Raghunatha Reddy claims that the state is ahead in promoting cashless transactions through introducing e-PoS devices in 29,000 fair price shops in the state and also encouraging farmers and farm hands to use the digital money through Rupay card and debit cards.

Already, the State Government has established command control room and successfully conducted Krishna Pushkarams by handling the gathering of crores of people.

The Chief Minister took initiative to monitor the big event and crowd management using “drone cameras” and “surveillance cameras and face identification devices” to curb the movement of anti-social elements. The Chief Minister has been virtually monitoring the progress of Polavaram project works using drone cameras to complete the project as per the schedule.

The state government has been taking up initiative to strengthen the primary education by introducing e-learning and e-class rooms at various government schools. To achieve the targets in promoting primary education, the state needs separate TV channel on par with MANA TV channel.

It has been successfully utilising the Community Radio Stations (CRS) to encourage villagers to speak issues concerning their lives like agricultural, health, educational, environmental, social welfare and community development.