Union Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday asserted that there should be no room for any confusion over the issue of according special category status to Andhra Pradesh as the Central government had no intention of going back on this aspect. He said he had taken up the special status issue along with various other aspects with members of the Niti Ayog (National Institution for Transforming India) governing council.
The discussed issues included according special status, announcing special packages and also incentives for the industrial growth in the State.
During his visit to the Swarna Bharath Trust in the district, Mr. Venkaiah Naidu told reporters that the Niti Ayog members would submit a report soon on the AP issues to the Prime Minister.
After perusing the same, the Prime Minister would make a statement on the special status issue also, he added.
Mr. Venkaiah Naidu pointed out that about nine States have been seeking the special status for the sake of taking Central support in different areas including poverty alleviation, industrial development and so on.
Stating that there would be a special session of the Parliament in September, Mr. Naidu said the Government would take up the Land Acquisition Bill for passage regardless of the viewpoints of the opposition parties.
Earlier, Mr. Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated a medical camp organised on the premises of the Swarna Bharath Trust near Nellore city. Speaking on the occasion, he expressed concern over the rodent bit incident in which a child died in a government hospital in Andhra Pradesh.
Making a strong case of good facilities, Mr. Naidu said that there as a need for developing basic facilities in the government hospitals which needed to be changed in totality.
Mr. Naidu said that among the major causes for farmers’ suicides across the country were rising medical and educational costs.
