Maintaining that it is after many years that India has a stable Government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday advised bureaucrats, whom he termed ‘future leaders’, to learn continuously and make use of technology in enabling overall development.
Naidu was addressing senior IAS officers at the lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (lBSNAA) in Mussoorie during the inaugural session of 11th round of a three-week mandatory Phase-V Mid-career training programme that started on Monday.
“Those who can learn continuously can make wonders. I am still a student. I learn from society, common man and administrators like you,” he said citing his own example.
Presenting Andhra Pradesh’s case study, Naidu shared with the officers his strategy to make the State the best in the country by 2029. Highlighting the importance of technology in development, he showcased the implementation of latest technologies like Internet of Things (IoT), machine learning, drones, sensors and geo-tagging to improve governance. He also talked about the concept of ‘uberisation’ on how to utilise assets more efficiently.
He pointed out that India has three advantages; demographic dividend, largest English speaking population and Information technology (IT)’. “One out of four IT professionals in the world is Indian and out of every four Indian IT professionals, one is from Andhra Pradesh,” he
outlined.
He further said, “Through Fiber grid, we want to reach the last mile by connecting every home in the State. AP is leading with steady growth rate. In the first quarter, AP has achieved 11.72 per cent growth rate while the country’s average is 5.6 per cent. We have selected ten sectors as growth engines contributing the maximum growth of the State,” he added.
He showcased the ‘CM Core dashboard’ built to facilitate real-time governance where the State can monitor welfare schemes and other Government services in real time. “To promote good governance, we are using CM Connect, Praishkara Vedika, Kaizala and People First applications to address public grievances. We want to ultimately achieve 80 per cent plus public satisfaction levels’, he added.
Outlining the importance of environment, he said the State is aiming to achieve 50 per cent green cover by 2029. “We are developing a smartwater grid by conserving water and linking of rivers’, he said. “Andhra Pradesh has achieved 100 per cent electrification and 24/7 power supply to every household. Now, we are going for smart power grid with the help of technology”, he added.
On his dream capital Amaravati, Naidu said, “I had the fortune of building a brownfield city, Cyberabad. Now, I am building a Greenfield city, Amaravati. My State, Andhra Pradesh is a new State, only three years old. It is like a small child. I will nurture it carefully.”