AP Government committed strides towards honouring Rs.1072 cr for welfare schemes

• RS 137 CR DISBURSED TO 3.39 LAKH MISSED OUT BENEFICIARIES THIS YEAR
• CM YS JAGAN MOHAN REDDY GRANTS APPROVAL FOR THE RELEASE OF NEW PENSIONS, RICE CARDS AND AAROGYASRI CARDS TO 3.10 LAKH PEOPLE TOTALING RS 935 CRORES
• “ONE OF THE ONLY GOVERNMENT IMPLEMENTING SCHEMES IN A 100% SATURATION MODE TO ENSURE EVERY ELIGIBLE BENEFECIARY GETS BENEFITTED”: CM YS JAGAN MOHAN REDDY
• “THE CREDIBILITY OF WHAT WE DO AS A GOVERNMENT PLAYS A KEY FACTOR”: CM YS JAGAN MOHAN REDDY

Tadepalli, Andhra Pradesh, July 19, 2022: Ensuring that no eligible person is left out under any government announced schemes, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy disbursed Rs. 137 crores to 3,39,096 missed out beneficiaries through DBT at the camp office in Tadepalli on Tuesday. The government will also be distributing 2,99,085 new pension cards under ‘YSR Pension Kanuka’ with an additional expenditure of Rs 935 crores per annum. As many as 7,051 rice cards are sanctioned afresh by taking the total number of rice cards to 1,45,47,036. Nearly 3,035 new YSR Aarogyasri cards are sanctioned taking the total cards to 1,41,12,752.
 
Speaking to some of the beneficiaries and district collectors across the state, through video conference, Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy said “The government has ensured credibility without any prejudice and injustice done to the public, be it in distribution of ration cards, pension cards, or any other welfare related schemes. When compared to the previous government, the number of beneficiaries through these welfare schemes have only increased in lakhs. Without any traces of corruption or mediators, we have ensured that the money disbursement is directly sent to the accounts of the beneficiaries.”
 
The Andhra Pradesh government is the only state government that is implementing schemes in a 100% saturation mode ensuring all the eligible get benefitted. In a first of its kind initiative, the list of all the beneficiaries is displayed in the village/ward secretariats for social audits and the entire process is done in a transparent manner with no discrimination on basis of caste, community, religion, or party. If found eligible after verification, they are paid immediately after June for all the welfare schemes implemented between December and May. For all the schemes implemented between June and November, the left outs are being paid in December.