The Chief Minister Sri N.kiran Kumar Reddy has announced that the State Government is contemplating to provide 15 lakh jobs in the next three years by upgrading the skills of the unemployed youth through special skill development programmes. The Chief Minister participated as chief guest in the "Facebook India day" held at Madhapur, here today.
Speaking on this occasion, the Chief Minister stated that welfare of the poor, Agriculture, Education, Health and Employment generation are the priority sectors of the State Government. Quoting the captions wrote on the Pillars of the "Facebook" building—Be bold—Move fast – Be open – Focus on impact – Build Trust", the Chief Minister said that the Government is following these quotations and focusing on people to whom the programmes are intended to reach. The Chief Minister said that Education alone can change the lives of the people and remove social barriers and social evils. The Government is very keen on development of the Education sector. During the 'Education Fortnight', the Government is spending Rs.2500 crores on infrastructure to Schools and giving lot of thrust to education and health.
The Government successfully brought back 38,000 school dropouts out of 1.27 lakh during this education fortnight. The Chief Minister appealed to the parents to allow the children to grow on their own. "My aspirations are different from my children. Unless we enjoy the work, we cannot develop", the Chief Minister commented. The Chief Minister said that T.V, Cell Phone, Computer and Internet have changed the lives very fast. 6000 high Schools were provided with computers in the State and another 4,000 schools would be provided this year. All Government Schools will also be provided computers in a phased manner. "We have prestigious educational institutions like IIT, BITS Pilani branch, and many more institutions are coming forward to establish their branches in the State", he added. Sri Kiran Kumar Reddy said that the State Government is providing Fee reimbursement and scholarships to 27 lakh students without any caste and creed barriers to the tune of Rs.3500 crores per annum. Andhra Pradesh is the only State in the country in extending this facility in a big way. The Government has spent Rs.2800 crores so far and provided Free quality medical treatment through Rajiv Arogyasri to 10 lakh poor people, he added.
The Chief Minister informed that income generation is very important and the government is striving its best through Industry, I.T and I.T.E.S. Andhra Pradesh is the best in Pharma and I.T industry. He complimented the 'FACEBOOK' organisation for selecting Hyderabad as their second destination in the world, besides Palo Alto, Dublin and Australia. "All my family members use 'Facebook'. I will also try to find out time to operate it', the Chief Minister informed. Answering to a query from the gathering, the Chief Minister said that "In politics I am very young. Second youngest Chief Minister in the country", the Chief Minister replied. The Government would constitute a team to work with 'Face Book' to improve the Schemes and programmes to be more people-friendly, he added.
"Ours is a very pro-active Government. Our prime objective is to make Hyderabad and Andhra Pradesh as International Destination for investments. We are following transparency in implementing Government Schemes and Programmes. Prestigious "Partnership Summit" in which 1500 world's top industrialists are to participate will be held in Hyderabad and also Bio-diversity Summit of 130 countries selected our State capital and this will be held in October 2012, the Chief Minister added. Sri Ponnala Lakshmaiah, Minister for IT and Endowments said that Hyderabad and Andhra Pradesh are very advantageous for investments and focus would be given for Animation and digital gaming. Sri Sanjay Jaju, Secretary, IT and C, Sri Paul Borrud, Head of Facebook, Australia and Ms.Kirthiga Reddy, Director of online Operations, Head Office, India Facebook also participated.
Speaking on this occasion, the Chief Minister stated that welfare of the poor, Agriculture, Education, Health and Employment generation are the priority sectors of the State Government. Quoting the captions wrote on the Pillars of the "Facebook" building—Be bold—Move fast – Be open – Focus on impact – Build Trust", the Chief Minister said that the Government is following these quotations and focusing on people to whom the programmes are intended to reach. The Chief Minister said that Education alone can change the lives of the people and remove social barriers and social evils. The Government is very keen on development of the Education sector. During the 'Education Fortnight', the Government is spending Rs.2500 crores on infrastructure to Schools and giving lot of thrust to education and health.
The Government successfully brought back 38,000 school dropouts out of 1.27 lakh during this education fortnight. The Chief Minister appealed to the parents to allow the children to grow on their own. "My aspirations are different from my children. Unless we enjoy the work, we cannot develop", the Chief Minister commented. The Chief Minister said that T.V, Cell Phone, Computer and Internet have changed the lives very fast. 6000 high Schools were provided with computers in the State and another 4,000 schools would be provided this year. All Government Schools will also be provided computers in a phased manner. "We have prestigious educational institutions like IIT, BITS Pilani branch, and many more institutions are coming forward to establish their branches in the State", he added. Sri Kiran Kumar Reddy said that the State Government is providing Fee reimbursement and scholarships to 27 lakh students without any caste and creed barriers to the tune of Rs.3500 crores per annum. Andhra Pradesh is the only State in the country in extending this facility in a big way. The Government has spent Rs.2800 crores so far and provided Free quality medical treatment through Rajiv Arogyasri to 10 lakh poor people, he added.
The Chief Minister informed that income generation is very important and the government is striving its best through Industry, I.T and I.T.E.S. Andhra Pradesh is the best in Pharma and I.T industry. He complimented the 'FACEBOOK' organisation for selecting Hyderabad as their second destination in the world, besides Palo Alto, Dublin and Australia. "All my family members use 'Facebook'. I will also try to find out time to operate it', the Chief Minister informed. Answering to a query from the gathering, the Chief Minister said that "In politics I am very young. Second youngest Chief Minister in the country", the Chief Minister replied. The Government would constitute a team to work with 'Face Book' to improve the Schemes and programmes to be more people-friendly, he added.
"Ours is a very pro-active Government. Our prime objective is to make Hyderabad and Andhra Pradesh as International Destination for investments. We are following transparency in implementing Government Schemes and Programmes. Prestigious "Partnership Summit" in which 1500 world's top industrialists are to participate will be held in Hyderabad and also Bio-diversity Summit of 130 countries selected our State capital and this will be held in October 2012, the Chief Minister added. Sri Ponnala Lakshmaiah, Minister for IT and Endowments said that Hyderabad and Andhra Pradesh are very advantageous for investments and focus would be given for Animation and digital gaming. Sri Sanjay Jaju, Secretary, IT and C, Sri Paul Borrud, Head of Facebook, Australia and Ms.Kirthiga Reddy, Director of online Operations, Head Office, India Facebook also participated.
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