Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has requested the heads of varied departments to examine the village and ward secretariats twice a month to make sure their efficient functioning within the strategy of attaining the Sustainable Improvement Objectives (SDGs).

Throughout a overview assembly on SDGs held on October 31, the Chief Minister requested the HoDs to go to a minimum of two secretariats in a month to look at Normal Working Procedures (SOPs) and revise them wherever essential whereas sustaining and updating the month-to-month data of the targets achieved utilizing know-how comparable to synthetic intelligence (AI). 

Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy emphasised the necessity for contemplating the village and ward secretariats as a ‘driving drive and make the employees concerned in attaining the SDGs’.

“There ought to be a continuing vigil on the functioning of village secretariats by the mandal-level officers. Joint Collectors and Collectors ought to make sure the efficient upkeep of data to know the place we stand when it come to attaining the targets,” mentioned the Chief Minister .

Underscoring the significance of sustaining vigil and safeguarding the Aadhaar-linked knowledge, he mentioned it could make the employees accountable. 

Citing the targets of decreasing anaemia below the YSR Sampoorna Poshana and Sampoorna Poshana Plus schemes, he mentioned that accountability didn’t finish with the implementation of the schemes. The Village Secretariats must also discover out whether or not nutritious meals is being provided to ladies, whereas monitoring their well being situation periodically, he mentioned.

Underlining the truth that no different State within the nation was spending as a lot cash as Andhra Pradesh on schooling, agriculture, ladies and baby welfare, the Chief Minister requested the officers to personal up the establishments and streamline their functioning for attaining the SDGs. 

He requested the officers to make sure zero dropout charge in faculties by monitoring the attendance of scholars usually and discussing the problem with mother and father if absence is observed for greater than three days. 

“The federal government has launched a number of reforms in schooling comparable to English as medium of instruction faculties to make fashionable schooling accessible to the poor. But, a piece of the media is vehemently opposing this for his or her egocentric targets,” mentioned Jagan Mohan Reddy. 

Referring to the situations laid down for marriages below the Kalyanamastu scheme comparable to minimal instructional qualification of tenth class whereas the bridegrooms and brides ought to cross the age of 21 and 18 respectively, the Chief Minister mentioned it could assist improve literacy and forestall baby marriages.

Chief Secretary Sameer Sharma, Particular CS (Finance) S.S. Rawat, Particular CS (Village and Ward Secretariats) Ajay Jain, Particular CS (Faculty Schooling) B. Rajasekhar, Principal Secretary (Medical and Well being) M.T. Krishna Babu, Principal Secretary (Panchayat Raj and Rural Improvement) Gopala Krishna Dwivedi, Principal Secretary (Girls and Youngster Welfare) M. Ravi Chandra, Principal Secretary (Dwelling) Harish Kumar Gupta, Planning Secretary Vijayakumar, Faculty Schooling Commissioner S. Suresh Kumar,  Commissioner (Fundamental Infrastructure in Faculties) Katamaneni Bhaskar, Commissioner (Municipal Administration) Praveen Kumar, Director (Medical and Well being) J. Nivas,  Swatchh Andhra Company MD P. Sampath Kumar, Director (Girls and Youngster Welfare) A. Siri and Director (Noon Meal Scheme ) Nidhi Meena had been amongst these current within the overview assembly.