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Giving details of the cabinet decisions, state IT and information and public relations minister Palle Raghunatha Reddy said the government has decided to transfer the officers at all levels for the sake of providing a pure and transparent governance to the people.
" Those who are working in their existing positions had developed certain fixed opinions about the issues and responsibilities. We will not keep any officer in the existing place as a matter of a non-discriminatory gesture," the minister said without elaborating any further.
The government also decided to launch 'NTR canteens in towns and cities on the lines of Amma canteens in Tamil Nadu, to provide break-fast and lunch to people at a discounted price. The government also decided to launch generic medicines stores that sell drugs at a cheaper price. A cabinet sub-committee will be constituted to study the proposal before rolling out NTR canteens and medicine stores, the minister said.
Setting aside the present practice of auctioning sand reaches to the highest bidders, the government has decided to undertake sand quarrying through the state-owned mineral development corporation (APMDC) in partnership with women self help groups(SHGs). The government will share 25 per cent of the sales revenue with the SHGs, the minister said.
The cabinet, headed by chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu, has approved a proposal to allot over 1.100 acres of land to the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for setting up defence manufacturing units in Chittoor district. It has also decided to facilitate large size solar power parks in Anantapur, Guntur districts, according to the minister.
