Human Resource and Social Development PDF
Human Resource and Social Development PDF
Human Resource and Social Development PDF
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Andhra Pradesh
AP Secretariat – 522503
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OBJECTIVE
In the modern context of development, Human Capital forms the base of economic growth.
Therefore, in order to achieve state of Andhra Pradesh’s vision to become ‘Social &
Knowledge Capital’ of the country and leapfrog into a knowledge economy to attain
exponential growth – the need for an efficient, resilient and healthy social sector in the state
is indispensable.
The objective of this white paper is to underscore the industrious efforts undertaken by the
present government for systematic transformation of Education, Health and Social Welfare in
the state.
INTRODUCTION
The Human Development approach puts people at the center of development agenda, where
economic growth and wealth are considered a means to development, not an end by itself.
Essentially, the purpose of development is to improve human lives by not only enhancing
income but also expanding the range of things that a person can be and can do i.e. to be
healthy & well nourished, to be knowledgeable, to be athletic and to actively participate in
community life.
In the state of Andhra Pradesh (according to census 2011) with 50% of its population under
25 years of age, the present population demographics provides a huge opportunity as well
as responsibility for human and social development progress in the state.
Therefore, under Social Empowerment and Knowledge Mission, the present government has
undertaken the responsibility to invest necessary resources required to improve health &
social welfare, to improve sports facilities, to provide quality education and to provide skill
enhancement opportunities in the state.
An efficient and healthy human resources & social development sector in the state
encompasses –
• An inclusive, quality and affordable Education – Education (School & Higher) in every
sense is one of the fundamental factors of development and to achieve sustainable
economic development, substantial investment in Education is a must.
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• Healthcare, Welfare, and Nutrition for all – Better health is central to human happiness
and well-being. It makes an important contribution to economic progress as a healthy
population contributes more productively in the development of the state. Therefore, the
present government has put the special impetus on building a sprawling primary
healthcare infrastructure in the state through 7548 Sub Centers, 1147 Primary health
centers, 28 area hospitals, and 13 district hospitals to ensure quality healthcare to every
citizen in the state.
• Excellence in sports for all citizens - The State of AP has the vision to develop a sports
culture that celebrates and promotes participation and excellence in sports for all citizens
of AP. The bifurcation of the State of Andhra Pradesh presented an opportunity to embark
on a new journey with new goals and inclusive philosophy under the vision to provide
every citizen a Right to play, perform and peak.
• With 67.66 literacy rate, Andhra Pradesh was at 31st position out of 35 states and union
territories, as per census in 2011
• National Achievement Survey (NAS) 2014 & 2015 put Andhra Pradesh at 13th ,14th and
23rd in 3rd class, 5th class, and 8th class respectively.
• More than 80% of students studying in Govt schools were located in rural areas
• Comparatively higher dropout rates of 6.27%, 5.47% and 3.81% in Primary, Upper
Primary & Secondary in 2015-16
• More than 70% of the total population (4,93,86,799) residing in rural areas
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• Lack of Convergence: The lack of convergence of schemes, for various initiatives in the
context of tribal, rural and urban for nutrition specific and nutrition sensitive programs.
Bifurcation had drastically reduced the state’s capabilities to provide essential development
infrastructure to its citizens, leaving an arduous task for the present government to turn
around the condition of Education, Healthcare, Welfare and Sports infrastructure in the state
of Andhra Pradesh.
EDUCATION
Budget Allocation for School Education has increased from Rs.12,595 Cr in 2014-15 to
Rs.21,612 Cr. in 2018-19. Budget for Higher Education has Rs.3087 Cr in 2014-15 to Rs.3349Cr
in 2018-19. The Overall budget allocated to the Education department has increased from Rs.
15,681 crore in 2014-15 to Rs. 24,961 crore in 2018-19.
SCHOOL EDUCATION
To improve equity and quality of School Education in the state following policies and schemes
were undertaken in School Education by the present government
Several enrolment drives such as Mana Vooru, Mana Badi, Badi Pilushondi were launched in
the state to improve enrolment and retention of students. As a result, Gross Enrolment Ratio
(GER) for Primary, Upper Primary and Secondary has improved to 85.61%, 83.96% and 79.15%
(an increase of average 3-4%) respectively as per the Unified District Information on School
Education (U-DISE) data of Andhra Pradesh for 2017-18.
To improve student retention and reduce dropout rates, Interventions such as Vidyarthi
Nestham which included data analysis to identify dropout influence factors, AP-GER mobile
application for ground truthing of household and UDISE data and mainstreaming through
Residential & Non-Residential Special Training Centres (RSTCs & NRSTCs), Madrasas and
Seasonal Hostels were undertaken and as a result, there has been a significant reduction in
student dropout rates in 2017-18. Student dropout rates in 2017-18 have come down to 0%,
0.43% and 3.44% at Primary, Upper Primary & Secondary compared to rate of 6.27%, 5.47%
and 3.81% in 2015-16.
The Teacher Pupil Ratio (TPR) in Andhra Pradesh is above the National average at 1:22 at
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Primary Level and 1:27 at Secondary Level against the norm of 1:30 and 1:35 at Primary and
Secondary levels respectively. Efforts have been taken to ensure School and Class level TPR
through appropriate rationalization and consolidation of schools and better teacher
deployment. Teacher recruitment has been taken up in 2014 whereby 9862 teachers were
recruited and is proposed to recruit 7,729 teachers during 2018-19.
Special efforts have been put on improving Learning Outcomes for Elementary and Secondary
education as measured in Andhra Pradesh State performance ranking in the National
Achievement Survey (NAS). There has been a significant improvement in AP rank and
performance in NAS–2017 as indicated below. In Class 10, NAS, AP State performance is 1st
in Mathematics 2nd in overall performance in all subjects. SSC pass % has increased from
91.16%in March – 2014 to 94.48% in March – 2018. There has been a significant improvement
in AP rank and performance in NAS – 2017 as indicated below.
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(NAS 2014) Mathematics 7
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SSC pass % has increased from 91.16% in March – 2014 to 94.48% in March – 2018. In Annual
Status of Education Report (ASER), 2016, performance in Mathematics improved with at least
48.10% students able to do subtraction in 2016, against 39.70% in 2014.
Furthermore, measures such as the Online Student Performance Tracking System is put in
place and assessment results are widely disseminated.
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propelled the Head Teachers to make special efforts to improve the SSC examination
performance of their respective schools.
In order to encourage student performance, number and scale of Pratibha Awards for
meritorious students in SSC Examinations have been enhanced 339 Medals @ of 30/District
to 4026 @ of 6 Medals/Mandal. The scholarship amount is increased by 100% from Rs.10,000
given in 4 installments to Rs.20,000 given in one installment along with a Tablet, Merit
Certificate, and Gold Medal
Harnessing technology to improve the quality of education and classroom pedagogy has
been one of the key priorities of the present government. In the last 4 years, 3640 Digital
Classrooms have been set up. Also, 1217 Virtual Classrooms have been established with the
aim to provide top quality education in schools in distant and remote areas. Digital Content,
aligned to School Education Curriculum is being made available free of cost to all Government
school students and teachers
Integrated Data Management Systems and other technology initiatives have been
implemented in the School Education Department since 2014, such as:
• Real time monitoring of Mid-Day Meal attendance covering about 35,00,000 students
in 45,528 schools; enhanced quality of MDM by way of introducing serving of Egg for
5 Days, centralized supply of Dal, Oil etc.
• Computer Based Online Tests for admission, Teacher Eligibility, Recruitment Tests.
• Online Teacher Transfer System & AP e-Knowledge Exchange Portal is established for
teacher professional development with online courses, forums and digital content
repository.
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4.IMPROVING INFRASTRUCTURE
Several Additional Class Rooms, Thousands of School Toilets were constructed supported by
Coporate Social Responsibility initiative. Furnoture is provided in 100% High Schools which
are identified as SSC Examination Centers. Hybrid Annuity Model is being implemented at an
estimated value of Rs.4848 crores for enhancing school infrastructure by way of Additional
Class Rooms (33,145), Toilets, Furniture (40,665 schools), major and minor repairs to
Government School buildings, etc. Large scale construction of school compound walls (Target
- 21,249) and improvement of School Play Grounds is underway in convergence with
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). Rs.100 crores
have been allocated for School Toilet Maintenance.
Teachers are key to ensuring quality education to all students. In the last 4 years the
Government has taken several policy initiatives to enhance and improve teacher service
conditions, motivate and build their knowledge and skills and extend benefits to Teachers
working in Government Schools, including:
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Best Teachers awards selection systematised. The award amount is increased to
Rs.20,000/- from Rs.3,000. A shawl, Tablet and Gol Medal are awarded to the Best
Teachers.
Performance Based Objective, transparent Teacher Transfer System is established.
Inter-district transfers based on Spouse and Mutual basis approved benefiting a
several hundreds of teachers.
Rationalisation norms for teacher deployment improved giving 5 teachers for 80 and
above enrolment in primary schools, minimum 9 teachers for High Schools with 50 to
240 enrolment, etc.
Andhra Pradesh eKnowledge Exchange Portal (APeKX) is established for teacher
professional development with online courses, forums and digital content repository.
8. AMMAKU VANDANAM
“Ammaku Vandanam” Programme is being celebrated in every school, on Vasantha
Panchami Day from the Academic year 2017-18 onwards, as declared by the Hon’ble Chief
Minister, Govt. of AP at the National Women’s Parliament held at Amaravati with main
intention to pay tribute to mothers and respect motherhood.
INTERMEDIATE EDUCATION
• The Department provides free textbooks to students in Government junior colleges
so as to make Intermediate Education more accessible. In 2018-19, over 15 lakh
books were distributed to nearly 2.9 lakh beneficiaries.
• Govt. has sanctioned 248 works/Projects under RIDF 18,19,20,22 and 23 with an
estimated cost of Rs.254.72 crores under RIDF NABARD Assistance to the
Intermediate Education.
• Efforts are being made to introduce Digital Class Rooms and English Language
Laboratories Govt. Junior Colleges in the State for the benefit of students.
• Steps are taken to distribute sanitary napkins to girls students in all Government/
Aided Junior Colleges in the State
HIGHER EDUCATION
To make higher Education inclusive, quality and affordable following policies and schemes
were undertaken in Higher Education by the present government:
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1.BENCHMARKING INSTITUTIONS IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL RANKING
FRAMEWORKS
Since 2016, Government of Andhra Pradesh has put forward a systematic approach towards
assessment and evaluation of the standards and quality of the Educational Institutions. In this
regard, massive exercises were undertaken in universities and colleges to prepare, apply and
continuously improve their rankings and accreditation year on year.
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Table. 2 - Status of accreditations of universities & colleges in the state
since bifurcation
Sri Venkateshwara
University got
accredited for the first
time A+ in 2017-18
As on today, 18
Colleges with After bifurcation in
colleges have been
potential for 2014-15, number of new CPE
recognized by UGC as
excellence (CPE) colleges added is 9
CPE
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2. PRATIBHA AWARDS
To encourage performance among students and teachers, Pratibha Awards and Best Teacher
Awards are given. 9125 Pratibha Awards have been awarded to Meritorious Students and 295
Best Teacher Awards have been given to teacher for excellence.
The state government has put the special impetus on the establishment of national
institutions and reputed private institutions in the state. The government, on its part, provided
2912 acres of valuable land and released Rs.131.33 crores for land acquisition and
construction of 11 national institutions such as IITs, NITs, AIIMS etc. Till Academic Year 2018-
19, Ten national institutions have started operations.
To facilitate the establishment of high quality, research oriented and industry relevant private
universities, the present government enacted Andhra Pradesh Private Universities Act in 2016.
Since then, Department of Higher Education has issued 11 Letter of Intents (expression of
interest) to private institutions of good reputation in India and abroad such as VIT, SRM,
Centurion, KREA etc to establish greenfield private universities in the state bringing quality
education in technology, medicine and liberal arts to the students of Andhra Pradesh. The
initiative is expected to bring investments worth Rs.11,360 crores with the student strength
of over 1,72,982 in 10 years.
Six Institutes of Eminence (IOE) have been allotted to the state which will be provided with
required autonomy and support to evolve into world class institutions in due course of time.
Foundation stone has been laid for the construction of Cluster University at Kurnool and
Cluster University Act has to be passed by Government. About 7 new Government Degree
College and a Polytechnic College have been sanctioned.
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provide teachers and students an easier, faster and more affordable way to access learning
resources.
As a result, the present government undertook the initiative to build digital and virtual
classrooms in every college and polytechnics in the state. While there was no digital
infrastructure in classrooms in 2014-15, Government due to its progressive policies and
persistent efforts have equipped 46 Government Degree Colleges and Sixty two (62)
Government Polytechnics are provided with Virtual Class rooms.. Industrial Seminars have
been initiated through virtual class rooms. Polytechnics located in remote and non-Industrial
areas are benefitted from these seminars. In the span of two months 20 Industrial seminars
have been hosted by eminent Industrialists benefitting 7432 students from various branches
in the Polytechnics. All the Government Polytechnics are equipped with Digital Class rooms.
Availability of quality teachers in remote areas has been the biggest impediment to the
accessibility of quality Education in rural areas. Therefore, to combat this problem,
Government has built 191 virtual classrooms in Government Degree Colleges which enable
teachers to virtually teach students residing in distant or remote geographic locations.
For the first time in 2018-19, online admission have been taken up for Government and Aided
Degree Colleges across the state making it easier, cost effective and transparent for student
seeking admissions for UG courses.
During the year 2018-19, about 400 faculty members in GDCs have trained at NIT Warangal
on Massive Open Online Courses MOOC/MOODLE/Kahoot/Plickers and Open Educational
Resources (OER) to equip them to use these advance tools of teaching/learning. During
training, content generation and course development is also being taught. This 400 faculty
member will act as Master trainers and further teach other faculty and students across the
state.
1. State Universities: Total 1385 teaching posts ( Professor – 100, Associate Prof – 175,
Assistant Professors - 1110)
2. Collegiate Education: 361 lecturers have been recruited (during 2018) and an induction
training for 2 weeks have been arranged at APHRDI. And about 308 faculty members’
notification is going to be issued shortly by APPSC.
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6. RASHTRA UCHHATAR SHIKSHA ABHIYAN (RUSA)
For strengthening infrastructure in the higher education under RUSA I, Rs. 247 crore were
sanctioned as Infrastructure Grants. Under RUSA II Rs.128 crores were sanctioned as
Infrastructure Grants to GDCs. There has been an increase in amenities for students with
additional seminar halls, waiting room, toilets and sports facilities. As part of developing
‘Green Campus’, renewable energy source has been utilized by installing ‘Solar Equipment’
in 47 colleges out of 56 which adds value to RUSA project in making eco-friendly campus.
Other achievements include improvement in attendance by introducing biometric system in
all RUSA colleges, setting up of Fibre Grid Network with 10 Mbps leased line & 100 Mbps Wi-
fi Campus etc.
RUSA initiatives:
8.66 Lakh beneficiaries have been covered over the last 4 years and 1,78,649 students and
unemployed youth have been placed till now in the following training programmes
conducted by APSSDC and Education Department –
• 131 Jawahar Knowledge Centres (JKCs) are established in the degree colleges across
the state providing 250 hours of job-oriented training to students. In the various job
fairs conducted, 18,727 of trained students have been offered placements.
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• For Communication & Employability Skills, Andhra Pradesh Government partnered
with the British Council to provide English Communication skills to 86000 students and
2000 teachers across the state. As a result, companies such as Concentrix have
preferred trained students offering them better packages
8. JNANABHERI
With a vision to transform Andhra Pradesh into a knowledge hub and to create a wealth of
skilled human capital within the State, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Sri. N
Chandrababu Naidu has visited various Higher Education Institutions to address ultimate
beneficiaries of our education system i.e. the students and sensitize them towards the
evolving role of Higher Education in improving the quality of life for the citizens of Andhra
Pradesh.
The visit amongst other things aims at (i) Spreading awareness among the students regarding
the state government’s initiatives with respect to higher education, (ii) Gaining feedback from
the students on the existing state of higher education and deliberating on a roadmap for the
future, (iii) Promote a holistic development of students with emphasis on sports and extra-
curricular activities, (iv) Create greater awareness among students about the social and
economic return on investment in higher education, (v) Promoting a spirit of entrepreneurship
among students.
Five state universities namely, Acharya Nagarjuna University (Guntur), Andhra University
(Visakhapatnam), Krishna University (Krishna), Sri Venkateswara University (Chittoor) and Yogi
Vemana University (Kadapa) have successfully organised the program with participation from
2,563 faculty members and 57,260 students.
9. OTHER INITIATIVES
To provide an ecosystem to the students and the faculty to develop their scientific
temperament and creative thinking “AP POLY TECH FEST “ is introduced from 2018-19. At the
District level 2771 projects were displayed and from among them 309 best projects were
selected and displayed at State Fest held in Vishakapatnam on 23rd and 24th Sept-2018.
Efforts have been made to introduce new systems to improve the learning experience of
Students. AP State is the first state to introduce Choice based Credit System in India in 2015-
16. This give wide choice and freedom to students to acquire more credit and skills. This will
encourage multi-disciplinary learning. Furthermore, the burden of studying has lessened with
the introduction of semester system in the academic year.
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25 new Market oriented restructured courses were designed and introduced in autonomous
college from 2017-18 academic year onwards. Some of the prominent courses are Data
Science, Internet of things, Aquaculture Technology, Seed Technology and Functional English.
Polytechnic Curriculum has been revised and made Industry relevant from 2017. Six months
compulsory Industrial Training has been introduced in the new curriculum.
In 2017 and 2018, 3-day Transforming Education Conference for Humanity (TECH) was held
in Visakhapatnam in 2017-18, organised by UNESCO MGIEP, and supported by the State
Government of Andhra Pradesh and the MHRD, GOI under the theme - Digital pedagogies
for building peaceful and sustainable societies. During the conference, a Partnership
Agreement was signed between UNESCO MGIEP and Government of Andhra Pradesh for
creation of AP Intelligent Global Hub for Digital Pedagogies (IGHDP) at Kummaripalem,
Visakhapatnam. During 2018, the conference saw the participation of 50 countries and
over 1000 delegates. The foundation stone of I-Hub has been laid in Visakhapatnam
district by Hon’ble Chief Minister on 13th December 2018.
a. Launch of Samsung Smart Classes for all the B.Ed and D.Ed colleges,
b. Launch first global universal screening app for Dyslexia: DALI,
c. Announcement of Design University for Intelligent Global Hub for Digital Pedagogies;
d. Adoption of Vizag Declaration calling for Guidelines on Digital Learning.
The Government of A.P. is providing health services to the people through its various
institutions and implementing various programmes to strengthen the health care delivery
systems at all levels.
HMFW Department has been providing primary health services in 7548 Sub centers and 1147
Primary health centers, Secondary health services through 195 Community Health Centers,
28 Area Hospitals, 13 District Hospitals, and Tertiary health services through 23 Teaching
hospitals.
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To strengthen the healthcare delivery within the state, the following are the major
programmes/schemes that are being implemented by the Government : -
Talli Bidda Express, through dedicated vehicles, provides transportation services (from
hospital to home) to new mothers who deliver at Government hospitals. This service
provides safe and hygienic transportation and contributes in reduction of MMR and IMR.
Postnatal women, child and one attendant are transported from Government facility to
home.
Progress:
7,19,512 postnatal women have utilized Talli-Bidda Services since the inception of this
program. A fleet of 279 vehicles is used across the state.
To reduce Infant Mortality Rate (IMR), all the pregnant women who deliver in public
health facilities are provided with NTR baby kit immediately after the delivery. The
following items are included in baby kit:
Baby wrap, Baby Towel, Antiseptic Lotion (for hand wash of the mother), Umbrella net
A total of 6,91,489 have been provided so far.
CSC stands for “Primary Medical Care on wheels”. Any village with no existing
health facilities within 5 km radius (13,573 identified) is provided medical services on fixed
days every month with the help of 292 Mobile Medical Units. Diabetes, hypertension,
epilepsy, communicable diseases, ANC/ PNC checkups and other common ailments are
investigated and treated.
A doctor, a nurse, a lab technician and a pharmacist are mandatorily available in the mobile
medical unit. 50 types of drugs are dispensed and 9 diagnostic tests including ECG are
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conducted at CSC.
Progress:
4,02,912 clinics have been conducted, 13,079,243 patients have availed these services
4,676,926 tests have been conducted, 10,489,515 medicines have been issued.CSC
ensures availability and accessibility to medical services for the needy in remote
villages.
The Dialysis Programme was rolled out in 2016 as part of the National Health
Mission (NHM) to provide free dialysis services to the poor. In addition to the existing
centers functioning with state support, dialysis centers are established in all the 13 districts
through PPP mode, making quality services accessible to the kidney disease patients which
otherwise is an unbearable expenditure to them lifelong.
Progress: -
More than 1,09,601 sessions conducted till date with 5946 unique patients have utilized
free dialysis
In total 48 free dialysis centers are functioning across 13 districts in Govt sector
All Dialysis patients are provided a monthly pension of Rs 2,500/- under NTR Bharosa
scheme. The pension facility has also been extended to patients undergoing dialysis in
Private Hospitals empanelled under NTR Vaidya Seva.
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Endocrinology. This is followed by lab tests and dispense of drugs at the pharmacy. A total
of 32 diagnostics tests including dengue, malaria and TB are carried out here.
Progress:
75,76,281 out patients are provided medical services and 7,17,881 tele consultancies
are conducted
11,51,556 immunizations are completed
Till date 22,13,658 biochemistry tests, 22,24,003 clinical pathology tests and 4,45,114
haematology tests have been conducted
NTR Vaidya Pariksha Laboratory Services aims at providing Free Diagnostic Tests
to the patients visiting Government hospitals. This helps in increasing the patient care and
reducing the Out of Pocket Expenditure for the beneficiaries. Currently, there are 105 Labs
in operation which includes 7 Mother Labs & 98 Processing Labs spread across all the 13
districts. All 105 labs are ISO 9001:2015 certified and all the 7 mother labs have NABL
Accreditation.
Progress:
Tele radiology services are provided through digitalization of X-ray film, transmission of the
data through Licensed Software. In the remote hub a qualified radiologist will do the study
and detailed report with digital signature will be sent back online to the institution. This
facility is available in CHCs, Area and District Hospitals across the State in 113 locations.
Progress:-
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A total of 13,20,405 patients availed the service
CT Scan machines are installed under PPP mode at 15 locations and 5 centres are provided
with tele-reporting facility. Further, 13 MRI scanners are being installed in District Hospitals
and Teaching Hospitals. AH Paderu and AH Parvathipuram which are mainly serving Tribal
population are also among these hospitals.
Progress: -
Progress: -
Teaching/ Specialty/ District Hospitals have an uptime of 99% as against the target of
95%
Area/ Community Hospitals have an uptime of 99% as against the target of 90%
Primary Health Centers have uptime of 99.7% as against the target of 80%
108 Emergency Response Service is a 24/7 free service for any emergency involving
people. Toll Free number is accessible from landline and Mobile. There are total 468
ambulances for service. Salient features of the service:
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Tab in ambulances to ensure e-patient care record and real time reporting of
emergency patient details
Provision of health sector skill council training certification for EMTs
Uberisation of 108 services introduced with 177 private ambulances joined to the
existing 468 fleet as on 27th December 2018.
This program aims in providing high quality eye care to affected population. 115
e-Eye centers have been established. This service is delivered in a hub and spoke model
and services typically delivered through these centers include checking of Fundus,
retinopathy, glaucoma, refraction.The beneficiary visits the nearest e- Eye clinic to get their
eyes checked. A report is generated at the hub and treatment is initiated based on the
report. Correction glasses/ spectacles are then provided free of cost based on the report
recommendations.
Progress:
6,67,796 beneficiary visits, 6,25,932 refraction checks, 1,55,013 Fundus checks have
been completed, and 4,55,522 spectacles have been issued
Clean and hygienic bed sheets and pillow covers with seven different color codes for 7 days
are supplied to Government hospitals in the state. This program covers 13,298 beds across
the state, with 6,06,829 bedsheets. Bedsheets are replaced after 60 washes with new ones.
Process:
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Two medical officers (MBBS & AYUSH) and two ANMs in each team will conduct
screening
Child health details are captured in real time and electronic health record is
maintained on dedicated website.
Each child is provided with a dedicated health booklet for five years
All the out of school children are also screened at respective schools and AWCs in
the village on priority.
450 mobile health teams should cover 29,87,039 children from birth to 5 years at 55,606 AWCs
and 40,10,869 students from 1st to 10th standard at 46,967 in Government and
government aided schools and 2,21,122 students at 664 Government junior colleges.
Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RTPCR) is highly sensitive and diagnose TB in
more than 90% of the symptomatics and detects Rifampicin resistance within 1 hour,
whereas the conventional methods take two months for detection of Drug resistance
TB.
By using RTPCR technology through TrueNat Machine, TB and drug resistance is
diagnosed very early and by initiating early treatment the spread of the disease can be
stopped.
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This app improves Patient Safety, reduces the cases of lost prescriptions, improves
medication adherence, enables auto maintenance of medication history – accessible
to any doctor.
So far 8300 chemists and 1850 doctors are dispensing drugs through this app as on
27th December 2018.
16. Mahaprasthanam:
Dignified transportation of the dead bodies from the hospitals to the residence of
the deceased within the state started since 20.06.2017. Presently 53 vehicles are placed in
11 teaching hospitals and 6 APVVP hospitals. A total No. of 30,671 trips and distance of
28,85,969 Km. have been covered by these vehicles.
A policy for scientific sanitation, security, pest & rodent control was started in June
2016 across the state covering 11 Teaching Hospitals, 11 Specialty Hospitals, 8 District
Hospitals, 33 Area Hospitals, 3 MCH Centers and 2CHCs. A HSMS application is used to
collate various checkpoints of measurable items and is then used to generate average
sanitation scores.
Sanitation & Hygiene level in the hospitals have improved more than 70% when
compared to previous years
100% Negative Swab Cultures in all hospital structures, CFU (Coliform Units) better
than Airport & Cinema Halls
A total of 115 CHCs have been brought under the sanitation program and remaining
80 CHCs would be covered in January 2019.
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iii. Facility management system (FMS) :
Facility management system was introduced in all Teaching Hospitals in the State.
These services consists of 428 front desk manager and Multipurpose Health workers. Who
manage e-registration of OP, IP in the hospitals.
To ensure patient safety, Andhra Pradesh is the first state in the country to use auto-
disable syringes for all clinical purposes starting from 16th August 2018. Auto disable
syringe ensure that a syringe is used only once. This will help in strengthening and
lowering burden of infections by breaking cycle of cross infection.
HM&FW Dept have signed a tripartite agreement with NREDCAP and two service
providers empanelled by SECI (Solar Energy Corporation of India) on 25-02-2018
during CII Partnership Summit 2018 to take up solar roof top projects under RESCO
route, without any investment by the Department.
8 MW capacity projects have been proposed in the first phase covering 23 Area
Hospitals & 22 Teaching Hospitals covering all 13 Districts.
With Zero investment from HM&FW Dept, there will be Savings on Electrivity Bill
expenditure of Rs 4 Crore per annum. Further, the projects contribute to reduction of
7350 tons of CO2 per annum or 1.84 lakh tons over a period of 25 years.
To enhance healthcare delivery system and promote continuous quality and patient
safety based on national and international standards through process of self and external
evaluation, Govt. Of AP has entered MOU with Quality council of India, for accreditation
of 15 Teaching hospitals under DME, AP. 8 hospitals have completed pre-assessment for
NABH.7 Hospitals are performing internal self-assessments and preparing for pre-
assessment.
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vii. NQAS (National Quality Assurance Standards) for DH/AH/CHC:
National Quality Assurance Standards are the set of standards envisaged to improve
quality healthcare delivery in the public health facilities under NHM as per Operational
Guidelines for Quality Assurance 2013. Quality Assurance Programme started in 2015-16,
NQAS is an Accreditation on par with NABH, recognized by The International Society for
Quality in Healthcare (ISQua).
Till date, 6 out of 7 District hospitals, 13 out of 34 Area hospitals, 2 out of 3 Mother
and Child Hospitals) have been assessed by NHSRC and Certified by MoHFW, GoI. For FY
2018-19, 65 more facilities are in pipeline for certification.
For uniform supply of uninterrupted Medical Oxygen State wide policy was
adopted and MOU was signed (for all teaching hospitals in the State of Andhra Pradesh
under PPP mode with effect from September 2018). Service provider will ensure
uninterruptable supply of Liquid Medical oxygen (LMO) to all teaching hospitals in the
State of Andhra Pradesh and also responsible for the operation, management and
maintenance of the medical oxygen supply system.
Increase of Essential Medicine List has been increased from 564 (2014-15) to 751
(2018-19).
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Drug Budget has been increased from 194.8 crores (2014-15) to 402.56 crores (2018-
19). Also the number of beneficiaries is increased from 1.1. crores (2014-15) to 2.65
crores (2018-19).
The existing system of issuing disability certificates was entirely revamped by Business
Process Re-engineering to enable beneficiaries get certificates without any hassles and
intermediaries. 55 hospitals have been identified speciality wise as SADAREM centres and 589
specialist doctors are provided with digital Keys. Certificates are issued every Friday between
12.30PM to 4.30PM.
13 Blood collection and transportation vehicles are functioning across the state. Improved
voluntary blood collection is from 73% (2014-15) to 83% (2018-19). The totals blood
collection increased from 4,33,112 units (2014-15) to 5,24,523 units (2018-19) . AP Blood
Cell App has been introduced and is functioning. So far, 30,426 users are actively using
the app. The number of blood banks have increased from 110 (2014-15) to 147 (2018-19)
and Blood storage centers from 54 (2014-15) to 104 (2018-19).
ANMs can use this application to screen members of a community for conditions
such as Pregnancy, Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases, Immunizations,
Family Planning etc.
It integrates with PrajaSadhikara Survey of GoAP and RCH portal of GoI.
Helps the officials in managing day to day work eliminating the need of multiple
applications and reducing/ Eliminating paper work. Multilingual App including Telugu
language ensuring ease of use
12,500 New Tablet PCs is provided to all ANMs along with biometric facility, GPS
tracking, mobile device management and ANM Digi across the state in last week of
October.
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Health and Wellness Centers:
AMTZ has been dedicated to the nation by the Hon’ble Chief Minister on 13th December,
2018. The zone has developed as excellent eco system for medical devices manufacturing and
has also developed the backward and forward linkages, which includes the process of testing
of medical equipments, certification, regulation, marketing as well as research and
development backup.
10 National organizations / centers were brought to the zone by pursuing with different
ministries in Govt. of India. They are as follows:
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7. Bio-Valley Incubator (DBT, Govt. of India);
In addition to this
In addition to this
Scientific Industrial Laboratories and Centres are also established in the Zone and
manufacturing companies have also come to the zone.
With this, AMTZ is now known as the Medical Technology Capital of India.
The 4th WHO Global Forum for Medical Devices was hosted successfully from 13-15th
December, 2018 at AMTZ. It was attended by over 1049 delegates from over 90
countries.
II. Infrastructure
i. Expenditure on Infrastructure
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The APMSIDC is an executing agency which takes-up construction of all medical
buildings from Sub Centre to Medical College and along with repairs and renovations to
the Hospitals and the details of the sanctions are as detailed below:
5 bedded SNCUs,with Pediatrician and 5 staff nurses, in 18 CHCs and 3 AHs are
established in ITDA areas, to provide care to sick new born and reduce IMR. 28 categories
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of equipment are available for neonatal care and all drugs and consumables at free of
cost. Maintenance of EHR and real time capturing of services is done. With this all 26 AH
& CHCs in Tribal areas are having SNCUs.
40 sub centers located in interior and 6- 9 KMs away from the road points (20 in ITDA Paderu
and 10 each in ITDA Rampachodavaram and ITDA Parvathipuram) are converted into E
sub centres with medical officer services on telemedicine mode and drug vending
machines for drug dispensing with the help of the ANM are established.
4. Feeder Ambulances:
To shift the patients from remote and inaccessible ITDA areas to nearest 108
ambulances, 122 Feeder Ambulances services are initiated in 7 ITDAs. These feeder
ambulances are intended to save the time to reach in shifting the patient to 108
ambulances and save the lives of the critical patients and pregnant women. The Pilot is
trained in emergency health management techniques and to use the golden hour to save
the patient life. These feeder ambulances were equipped with lifesaving drugs and surgical
consumables and the details of services and monitoring of fleet movement is captured on
real time.
Progress:
20,241 cases have been transported using 108 Bike Services with a total of 2,02,143 km
has been travelled by the 108 bikes.
Seven District Hospitals are being provided with state of art 20 bedded Hybrid ICU
/ HDUs along with equipment and manpower. Obstetric ICU/HDU is provided at 6 high
load delivery centres. A 50 bedded MCH centre is sanctioned to Adoni. Three more
hospitals at Kandukur, Kadiri and Vinukonda are being equipped with high end Obstetric
equipment. 145 Labour Rooms in CHCs are being strengthened by equipping them with
additional equipment.
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2. Gynaec units:
With a view to provide enhanced& strengthened services under DR. NTR Vaidya
Seva, Government is implementing 1044 (873 Surgical and 171 Medical) procedures to
the poor people who are Below Poverty Line in 455 empaneled hospitals. The total number
of patients benefited under the Trust is 12,00,706 with expenditure of 5,330 crores as on
2018.
2. Arogya Raksha:
The State Government has introduced employee health schemes to provide health
coverage to the state government employees, pensioners and their dependents. The
premium contribution is 50:50 between the state government and employees or
pensioners. The financial coverage of Rs. 2.00 Lakh is entitled for the employee or
pensioner through government and Corporate Network Hospitals for 1885 procedures.
The total number of patients benefited under the scheme is 2,80,207 with expenditure of
860 crores as on 2018.
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4. Working Journalists Health Scheme:
The State Government has introduced Working Journalists Health Schemes to provide
health coverage to accredited journalists identified by I&PR Department. The premium
contribution is 50:50 between the state government and journalists. The financial coverage
of Rs. 2.00 Lakh is entitled for the beneficiary through government and Corporate Network
Hospitals for 1885 procedures. The total number of patients benefited under the scheme
is 7601 with expenditure of 2.70 crores as on 2018.
The residents within the Amaravati capital city area who are residing as on 08.12.2014
shall be provided free medical facilities subject to certain conditions as stated therein and
the scheme shall be implemented by Dr. NTR Vaidya Seva Trust. The Trust is providing
services under this scheme to the residents of CRDA region covering 37,569 families on
the guidelines of Dr. NTR Vaidya Seva Scheme.
NTR Cancer Trust is registered by Govt. of AP to establish cancer care centers in all the
districts
7. Clinical Audit:
To ensure quality in healthcare services and to bring transparency, the Govt. of AP has
initiated clinical audit through third party agency. 2 (two) percent of claim paid cases in
both public and private empanelled hospitals will be audited.
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VI. Out of pocket expenditure:
Out of pocket expenditure on health is defined as the payment made by the user at
the point of service for seeking healthcare. It is one of the measure of Universal health
coverage which means affordable, accessible and equitable healthcare. The survey is
designed with a specific to capture utilization and expenditure details of sickness or
disease with special focus on chronic illness; treatment underwent (out-patient, inpatient,
and delivery) with type of public or private provider; expenditure incurred against service
delivery for the components like: service fee/consultation fee, medicines, diagnostics,
transport, other expenditures for lodging, attendant etc.
Baseline survey was conducted in 2015. Various interventions in health sector has been
launched in January 2016. To capture change the end survey was conducted in August
2017 i.e. after 20 months of interventions
This survey was conducted in selected 26 villages and 14 urban areas across all 13
districts
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Key findings from Major Indicators:
The per capita OOPe on healthcare reduced by 79%, i.e., from 5,770 (2015) to 1,205
(2017)
1. The budget for the health department was Rs. 4,387.94 Crores for the financial year
2014-2015. This has nearly doubled (increased by 93%) for 2018-2019 with Rs.
8,463.51 Crores.
MHC program is for screening of men and woman above 30 years for early
detection on 7 major non-communicable diseases namely oral cancer, cervical cancer,
breast cancer, prostate cancer, diabetes, hypertension, vision, hormonal disorders. 12,000
ANMs are trained for screening for the above mentioned NCDs. Any suspected case is
referred to 57 identified referral hospitals for diagnosis and treatment.
Progress: -
19,93,727 screened till date, all screened men and women are provided Health card
59,019 were referred to 57 identified referral hospitals for diagnosis and treatment
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Districts, mandals and villages with highest prevalence of the mentioned diseases are
identified for policy and administrative interventions, i.e., brown rice was introduced in
the top 57 mandals with high diabetes prevalence.
1. For Malaria:
a. During the period from January to December (Till 17thDecember), in 2017, a total
of 16,147 malaria cases have been registered in the state, whereas in 2018, a
total of 5,629 malaria cases have been registered during the same period. 2018
has registered 65% lower than cases registered in 2017 in the same period.
2. For Dengue:
a. During the period from January to December (Till 17thDecember), in 2017, a total
of 4,665 dengue cases have been registered in the state, whereas in 2018, a total
of 3,895 dengue cases have been registered during the same period. 2018 has
registered 16.5% lesser than cases registered in 2017 in the same period.
25.02 lakhs long lasting impregnated nets were distributed in all the ITDA areas and high risk
plain areas of all the districts. Screening tests for malaria are available up to the level of
ASHA. Screening for dengue is done at all PHCs. All the positive cases are referred for
confirmation by MAC ELLISA test in all the district hospitals and teaching hospitals. H1N1
testing facility is now available across 18 centers in all the districts.
1. Health Bulletin:
State, district and village level health bulletins were launched on March 4, 2018. The main
objective of this bulletin is to educate the people of Andhra Pradesh about the major
health problems that are prevalent in the region and to help them to take necessary
precautions to stay healthy. The bulletins also aim at creating awareness amongst the
people about health programs and services that they can avail at various public facilities
free of cost. It is also used to communicate health tips that ensure prevention of seasonal
diseases. The subsequent editions of these health bulletins are being launched on the 7th
of every month.
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2. Swasthya Vidya Vahini:
Progress
Survey results from West Godavari show that about 80% of population has good knowledge
levels on WASH, whereas 70% of population is practicing and have awareness on the same.
X. Medical Education:
The number of under graduate seats in 11 government Medical Colleges is 1750 and 2050 in
18 private medical colleges. 140 BDS seats in government dental colleges and 1300 in
private dental colleges. Last year there is an increase in PG intake by 138 and now the
number of post Graduate seats is 831 in government side and in private side 894 seats. In
addition to the above, 62 Super Specialty seats are also available.
The HM&FW department has entered into MOU with Sri Satyasai Institute of Higher
Medical Sciences of Puttaparthi to send MD/MS post graduates from the Government
Medical Colleges for short term training (Observership) programme in Super speciality
branches on rotation in nine (9) departments like Cardiology, CTVS, Plastic surgery,
Urology, Ophthalmology, orthopaedics, anaesthesia, Radiology and Pathology. About 350
postgraduates will be benefitted from this programme.
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B. DNB:
The HM&FW department have started DNB programs which is presently conducted in 3
District Hospitals viz DH Vizianagaram, DH Eluru and DH Nandyala under which 50 Post
Graduates students are getting trained in different specialities.
G.O.Ms.No.224, HM & FW (C2) Dept., Dt: 30.11.2018 has been issued for the establishment of
Visakha Institute of Medical Science (VIMS) as a 400-bedded premier institute of Medical
services and Medical Education with 874 posts sanctioned.
AYUSH
The AYUSH Department provide its services through 729 Dispensaries and 4 Teaching
Hospitals. A mini pharmacy at Dr. NRS Govt. Ayurvedic College, Vijayawada is established
with 14 specialist doctors, 13 Yoga instructors for School Health Program, 1 Supervisor
and 6 workers. The Department also publishes “AYUSH Vignan”.
KCC is the data analytics wing for the Health, Medical and Family Welfare department,
Government of Andhra Pradesh. It is dedicated towards
1) Uddanam Kidney Research Center with George Institute for Global Health,
New Delhi established at VIMS, Visakhapatnam to study, test, operationalize
preventive approach for CKD of undermined Etiology (CKDu) in AP.
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2) Health Sector Skill Council to train and provide certification by conducting
the online examination for all the technicians and paramedics working with
Service Providers of various PPPs implemented in AP.
3) CSIO partnership for Bio-medical equipment for finalization of BER
equipment for condemnation.
The HM&FW Department in order to boost the performance of various PPP programs have
entered into MoUs with various knowledge partners aiming to ensure quality
implementation of the programmes. These Institutions conduct independent evaluation
of the programme and give inputs to improve quality and efficiency of programmes.
Govt.of India
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6 Chandranna Sanchara Chikitsa Centre for Public
Health,Tata Trust
A total of 5523 medical, paramedical and class IV are recruited in last three years on
regular/contract/outsourced basis.
Further the government has permitted recruitment of 205 CAS specialists through APPSC, 155
CAS specialists and 35 DAS under APVVP and 1171 CAS for regular recruitment under
Director of Public Health and DME through department.
Government has also enhanced the Salaries of contractual and out Sourcing Employees of
Medical, Para Medical and Non-Medical. Government has enhanced Honorarium of ASHA
workers from performance based to fixed honorarium of Rs. 3000/- per Month and
performance based to a limit of Rs 5600/- per month and a total of upto Rs.8600/- Per
Month.
A. e Sub Center:
To provide assured qualitative health care services by a Medical Officer through Telemedicine
at the door steps of Sub-Centers by leveraging Technology.
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The main components for the e-Subcenter includes – 1) Multi-para monitor machine (7 tests),
2) Drug Vending Machine (40 drugs dispensing capability), 3) Desktop with Tele
Conference equipment, 4) Internet Connectivity, 5) Hub with doctors (zone-wise) and 6)
Refurbishment (minor civil repairs, painting, toilet provision with water supply etc.) of Sub-
centers whenever necessary.
The department has received awards both at national and international level for its excellent
performance in different categories.
Table of Awards:
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Sl No Name of the Awarded To Awarded by Date of Award given
Award Indiviudal/ Agency award for
institution excellency
Name in
is 90% for
medical
equipment
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Sl No Name of the Awarded To Awarded by Date of Award given
Award Indiviudal/ Agency award for
institution excellency
Name in
10 1st Prize for IPD IPD Services National June 1st Prize for IPD
services Summit services
2017
among Big Best among Big
States, Practice States
National Good and
Summit Best Republic
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Sl No Name of the Awarded To Awarded by Date of Award given
Award Indiviudal/ Agency award for
institution excellency
Name in
Practice Practices
Good and and
Republic Innovatio
Practices and n, GoI
Innovation,
GoI
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Sl No Name of the Awarded To Awarded by Date of Award given
Award Indiviudal/ Agency award for
institution excellency
Name in
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Sl No Name of the Awarded To Awarded by Date of Award given
Award Indiviudal/ Agency award for
institution excellency
Name in
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Sl No Name of the Awarded To Awarded by Date of Award given
Award Indiviudal/ Agency award for
institution excellency
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Sl No Name of the Awarded To Awarded by Date of Award given
Award Indiviudal/ Agency award for
institution excellency
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services to
citizens
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Sl No Name of the Awarded To Awarded by Date of Award given
Award Indiviudal/ Agency award for
institution excellency
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Engineering
and Medical
Technology
globally
1.NUTRITION SERVICES
• The government has introduced ‘Balamrutham’ for the <3 years age group children
• Scaled up spot feeding of pregnant and lactating women from 153 ICDS projects to
257 projects across the state
• The government has launched State Nutrition Mission (2016-2026) with a focus on
reduction of Infant Mortality Rate and Maternal Mortality Rate in the state
• The state has developed a dedicated document for the approach in ‘multi-sectoral
nutrition action plan’ towards malnutrition free villages
• All the commodities under Supplementary Nutrition Program are linked to Electronic
Point of Sale (ePOs) and supply chain management has been stabilized to control
pilferages
2.CONVERGENCE
• 1650 Nutri-Gardens have been developed in convergence with Panchayath Raj & Rural
Development under MGNREGS
• All the Gram Panchayaths are being involved for nutrition and health care support to
the pregnant women and malnourished children
• ‘Bala Sanjeevani’ additional supplementation has been introduced and all the
pregnant, lactating women having hb (gr/dl) <11 are being provided with millet based,
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protein, energy nutrition supplementation across scheduled caste, scheduled tribe and
general communities in the state
• Every malnourished child in SC, ST and general categories is being provided every day
Egg and milk (100 ml) with the convergence efforts by Scheduled Caste and Scheduled
Tribe Sub Plan and from General funds
• The state government has adopted tribal areas specific strategy to reduce malnutrition
among children and women, extension activities for providing nutrition are being taken
up for the hilltop and hard to reach areas
• Urban pre-schools have been focused with merging of nearby Anganwadi centers, the
curriculum design and classroom transaction is redesigned, significant improvement in
terms of children enrolment and learning focus has been achieved with the support
from municipal administration and urban development department
• Anganwadi building construction has been taken up with top most priority under the
MGNREGS funds, so far the state has completed construction of 18,301 (during 2014
to till date) Anganwadi buildings
• The basis facilities for drinking water, electricity and functional toilets at Anganwadi
centers are focused and above 90% of the Anganwadi centres are now having these 3
basic facilities
• To address the malnutrition challenges among children <5 years, the state government
has adopted child-centric approach with tracking of every child’s nutrition status on
regular basis through Nutri-TASC (www.nhts.ap.gov.in)
• The government has introduced tracking of every child and women undernutrition
tracking system (nutri-TASC) aligned to the Chief Minister’s Online Real time Executive
dashboard, e-pragathi analytics and linked with Real Time Governance System (RTGS)
• All the 55,607 Anganwadi workers are provided with smartphones for data updation
on a real time basis; 2227 Supervisors are provided smartphones for dashboard
monitoring and handholding support during monitoring
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• The governance systems are improved by the implementation of Biometric
Attendance, e-Office, Video & Audio Conference. CFMS has brought last-mile visibility
in financial accounting.
• The state is focusing on achieving ‘zero hunger’; good health and well-being of all;
gender equality; clean water and sanitation to make malnutrition free villages
• The state is set to reduce 2% of reduction every year for Low-Birth weight, stunting,
and underweight among children
• The state government has adopted ‘convergence approach’ to achieve the desired
results under SDGs for reduction of malnutrition among children and women
Under NTR Vidyonnathi Program, free IAS coaching is provided at any of the top IAS
institutes. 72 people availed this scheme from 2014-15 to 2018-19. Another important
mechanism of intervention was Scholarships. Between 2014-15 to 2018-19, 22,234 pre-metric
scholarships were given and 5123 post metric scholarship was given. The government also
enhanced the Scholarship (MTF) rates to differently abled students under post-matric
scholarships schemes. The diet charges and cosmetic charges such as haircut charge and
stitching charge also have been substantially increased for boarders of hostels and residential
schools.
5379 people were also provided assistance for their wedding under Chandranna Pelli Kanuka.
In addition to this new initiative have been taken such as the establishment of two home for
the blind person in Ananthpuramu and Kakinada. A new Braille Press has been established in
Guntur so as to manufacture and supply braille notebooks and textbooks.
SPORTS
The Sports Authority of Andhra Pradesh is determinedly working towards improving the
sports infrastructure and capabilities in the state. To provide elite training to selected athletes
and coaches by engaging international level foreign coaches for athletics discipline Project
Gaandiva was launched. Under this, a Centre of Excellence in athletics is established with a
projected cost of Rs.100.00 Crores for 5 years and incurring cost of Rs. 27.60 crores in the first
year of its operation.
To encourage sportsmanship among children in the age group of 12 -18, 6 Sports Academies
were established under Project Panchajanya. 600 promising sportspersons (both boys and
girls) in the said age group are currently trained in 19 sports disciplines. As a leading initiative,
efforts are being made to develop water sports capabilities such as rowing, canoeing, and
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kayaking in the state with help of AP Police Department. In addition to these initiative,
financial assistance is also being provided to sportsman under various schemes of the
department.
Improving infrastructure has also been the focus of sports initiative in the state. For this N.T.R.
Kreeda Vikas Kendrams (KVK) are being established to provide sports facilities to the children,
youth, men and women in all the 175 Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh sanctioned
with an estimated cost of Rs345.10 crores. Already 3 KVK are functioning.
CULTURE
Financial help to 22 Literary and Cultural 641 Literary and Cultural organization
4
Literary and Cultural organization were were given Rs.4,46,72,000/- (Rupees
organization given Four Crore Forty Six Lakhs Seventy Two
Thousand only/- )
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Twenty Five Lakhs for each district to
celebrate Ugadi and Rupees 1 Crore for
Sankranthi is being released. Dasara is
being celebrated in all Shilparamamas
of the state.
Establishment of APSC&CC:
Andhra Pradesh State Creativity and Culture Commission has been established in the
G.O.M.S No.27, Dated to provide flexibility in taking dessions and conducting cultural
activities.
New Initiatives:
1. Aanada Lahari:
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Department is conducting Aananda Lahari Programme in all Urban areas in the state on
every Sunday due to which the happiness index has grown from 17% to 33%.
2. Yuva Samskruthi:
The target group of this programme is youth. There will be three components
1. C to C (Culture to College)
2. C& C (College & Culture)
3. C is C (College is Culture)
4. Amaravthi Chandrudu
This programme is being conducted on Pournami (Full Moon) day. Thousands of college
students are participating.
5. Gruhinikala:
This is intended for house wives who want to learn any art form and perform
6. Bala Prathiba:
Every Saturday auditorium in GVR Music college is earmarked for child artists.
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2. Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) for Primary, Upper Primary and Secondary has improved
to 85.61%, 83.96%, and 79.15% respectively as per the Unified District Information on
School Education (U-DISE) data of Andhra Pradesh for 2017-18.
4. Dropout rates in 2017-18 have come down to 0%, 0.43% and 3.44% at Primary, Upper
Primary & Secondary compared to rate of 6.27%, 5.47% and 3.81% in 2015-16.
5. To improve the quality of School Education, 3640 digital classrooms have been set up
in schools providing computer and high-speed connectivity to the classrooms. Also,
1217 virtual classrooms have been established in the state to bring quality teaching in
schools in distant and remote areas
8. The impetus on improving girl education through Badikosta program under which
several initiatives such as the construction of girls hostels, bicycle distribution (3,81,142
bicycles were distributed) & self-defense were undertaken
10. Built data infrastructure in the form of School Information Management System, which
serves as the technology backbone supporting all the programs undertaken by School
Education.
2. In the year 2018-19, 16 Govt. Jr. Colleges one from each district and additional in
Krishna & Nellore are selected as Centers for excellence to provide EAMCET/IIT/NEET
coaching to the students on par with corporate colleges and also providing study
material to them
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3. In the year 2017-18, 5 Govt. Junior Colleges are selected by NITI Aayog for Atal
Tinkering Labs granting 20 lakhs to each college
4. Mid Day Meal facility is launched from this academic year in A.P. from 01.08.2018 to
avoid malnutrition among the poor students studying in Govt. Jr. Colleges. An amount
of Rs. 23 Crores have been sanctioned for this scheme The number of students
benefiting is 153000. This shall be the first of its kind scheme in the entire country
at +2 stage
6. The curriculum is revised in General & Vocational streams in 2017-18 on par with
NEET/JEE/CA syllabus and with Industrial & entrepreneurship requirement
8. 402 Govt. Junior Colleges out of 450 were provided with own buildings during 2014
and 2018
9. 185 Govt. Junior Colleges were provided with English Medium Sections from 2011516
to 2018-19
10. 100% of Government Junior Colleges were provided with internet / Wi-Fi connectivity
during the last 4 ½ years
11. Free EAMCET coaching classes to meritorious students conducted in May 2016
12. Yoga & Meditation Classes were conducted weekly once in all Junior Colleges since
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initiative is expected to bring investments worth Rs.11,360 crores with the student
strength of over 1,72,982 in 10 years.
3. 6 Institutes of Eminence (IOE) have been selected by MHRD, GoI to the state
which will be provided with be provided with required autonomy and support to
evolve into world class institutions in due course of time.
4. According to latest AISHE (All India Survey on Higher Education) Report for the
year 2017-18, Gross Enrolment Ratio of Andhra Pradesh is 30.9, above the
national average of 25.2, and has improved from 28.4 in 2010-11
5. By 2017-18, Six (6) universities have come in top 100 in NIRF national rankings
compared to none participating in rankings till the year 2015. Also, Andhra
University & Sri Venkateshwara University have broken into top 50 in NIRF
national rankings.
6. 10 state universities out of 16 have received NAAC accreditation with 4
universities achieving A+ & A grades
7. 46 Government Degree Colleges and 84 Government Polytechnics (100%) have
been provided with Digital Classrooms providing access to digital infrastructure
and high speed internet connectivity.
8. The government has built 191 virtual classrooms in Government Degree Colleges
(100%) and in 62 Government Polytechnics which enable the teachers to virtually
teach students studying in educational institutions in distant or inaccessible
geographic locations.
9. Skill upgradation through industry relevant courses and training to more than 8
lakhs beneficiaries in the state providing employment to 1,78,649 students till
now. Industry tie-ups with renowned knowledge partners such as Siemens,
Dassault Systems, Cisco, British Council etc to provide training in technology and
communication skills
10. Through various capacity building programs for teacher and principal, training
have been initiated in collaboration with institutions such as TISS, BC-ELF, ISB ,
ASCI, CIPS., NUEPA, APHRDI and NIT Warangal Under this 1860 faculty members
have been trained since 2014 onwards
11. Foreign collaborations with Wright State University, Ohio USA to provide a 75%
fee reduction for students of Andhra Pradesh. Collaborations with University of
California, Berkeley and Curtin University to increase foreign student’s
participation in the state.
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ACHIEVEMENTS IN HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
1. Decrease in MMR from 83 (2014-15) to 65.81 (2018-19).
2. Decrease in IMR from 37 (2014) to 10.51 (2018-19).
3. Talli Bidda Express, a new initiative with 279 vehicles has dropped back 719,512
post-natal women.
4. Free Dialysis centers increased from 14 to 48 centers which has treated 5946
number of patients.
5. Mukhyamantri e-Eye Kendram, another new initiative for quality eye-care
established in 115 centers and have covered 6,67,796 beneficiaries.
6. Linen and laundry services introduced for first time in all Teaching Hospitals and 4
APVVP Hospital.
7. Increase in four Antinatal check-ups to Pregnant women from 74% (2014-15) to
81% (2018-19).
8. Increase in surgeries in Government hospitals by 173% in 2018-19 (11.99 lakhs)
compared to 2014-15. (4.39 lakhs).
9. Increase in Lab diagnostic tests in public health facilities by 120% in 2018-19 (3.25
crores) compared to 2014-15 (1.48 crores).
10. Increase in percentage of Institutional deliveries from 97% (2014-15) to 99.2%
(2018-19).
11. Increase in fully immunization (1-5 years) from 79.78% (2014-15) to 112.95 %
(2018-19).
12. Increase in fully immunization (0-1 years) from 95.07% (2014-15) to 101.22 %
(2018-19).
13. Increase in the Out Patients percentage by 51.05% in public health facilities in 2018-
19 (65,875,752) compared to 2014-15 (43,611,539).
14. Increase in the In Patients percentage in public health facilities by 36.67% in 2018-
19 (3,452,592) compared to 2014-15 (2,526,211).
15. Decrease in the Malaria cases to 73.25% in 2018-19 (5,638 cases) compared to
2014-15 (21,077 cases).
16. Increase in NQAS certification from 0 to 25 hospitals (District Hospitals and Area
Hospitals).NABH accreditation pre-assessment of 8 Teaching Hospitals has been
completed.
17. Decrease in per capita Out Of Pocket Expenditure on healthcare from INR 5770
(2015) to INR 587.31 (2018) which is 90%.
18. Mahaprasthanam – dignified transportation of 30,671 deceased from the
government hospitals with a fleet of 53 vehicles.
19. Solar roof top in 45 government hospitals.
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20. All 153 PHCs in tribal areas are converted into 24 X 7 PHCs.
21. 122 feeder ambulances services are introduced in remote and inaccessible ITDA
areas.
22. Release of State, District and Village Health Bulletins on 7th of every month to
increase public awareness on health education & prevention.
23. Establishment of Andhra Pradesh MedTech Zone Limited (AMTZ), a first-of-its-kind
enterprise in India under the Government of Andhra Pradesh dedicated to Medical
Device Manufacturing.
2. >90% Anganwadi centers having basic 3 facilities (54,906 AWCs having drinking
water facility, 54,697 AWCs having Electricity facility and 54, 906 AWCs having
toilet facility)
9. The department has achieved 2 positions in the public satisfaction for service
delivery in the survey taken up by the government through RTGS
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3. Computer Society of India-Nihilent Award for effective implementation of
eGovernance, 2018.
4. India skills report 2019, which is a joint initiative by CII (Confederation of Indian
Industry), Wheelbox & PeopleStrong, Andhra Pradesh emerged as the no. 1 state in
the country in terms of employability. Employability of engineering graduates rose to
63.11% in 2018 from 42.08% in 2017.
5. Degree Colleges in the state received Unnat Bharat Abhiyan award by UGC and 5
Degree Colleges received Swatch Bharat awards.
8. 500 students trained in Gaming & Animation course offered by Kajaani University
Finland and 13 games developed by trainees have been published in Google Play Store.
2. The department has got best performing state award under Poshan Abhiyaan from the
Ministry of Women and Child Development Government of India
3. The department has achieved second highest position under public satisfaction for
service delivery, received recognition from Hon’ble Chief Minister during Janma
Bhoomi Maa Vooru program
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The Department of School Education has identified the following key areas for interventions
to accelerate and improve learning outcomes of students and significantly improve school
education:
Design and implement pre-school curriculum and Teacher Training program
Undertake Curriculum revision for all Grades integrating Happiness Curriculum, ICT
approaches, application of science and technology, developing 21 st Century Skills
(Communication, Critical thinking, collaboration, etc.) Gender sensitivity, Physical
literacy, Disaster Management, Safety and Security for School Children, etc.
Conduct of high-quality assessments, ensure granular analysis for tracking student
performance in various assessments; Dissemination of student performance insights
subject wise, school wise, Mandal and District wise and usage by all stakeholders
Extend the Special Projects to other districts, implement systematic Remedial Program
for low performing students.
Enhance quality of Teacher education, provide high quality teaching resources and
focused online and offline trainings to Teachers on key academic gap areas.
Establish Digital Education Corporation and strengthen technology integration in
classroom teaching and learning through expansion of Digital Class Rooms (DCR),
Virtual Class Rooms (VCR), implement Personalised Adaptive Learning (PAL) Models at
scale, extend QR codes in Text Books for all Grades, digital content, enhanced services
through AP eKnowledge Exchange Portal for subject teachers, etc.
Badi Parivartana’s vision is to move towards ‘child-centric’ school education with a goal to
create an all-enabling ecosystem that can ensure ‘happy, fulfilled, resilient and responsible
students, who are future ready’.
Higher Education in Andhra Pradesh has seen tremendous growth in the last 5 years as
evidenced in the annual reports of AISHE (All India Survey on Higher Education) which has
shown continuous improvement in indicators such as Student Teacher Ratio (from 17 to 19),
the number of universities (from 28 to 34) and GER (SCs & STs) increasing by on an average
1% point.
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In the next 5 years, present government envisions to continuously improve the quality of
Higher Education in the state by strengthening state institutions and empowering private
ones, improving Gross Enrollment Ratio and reducing gender inequality in Higher Education.
The government will strive to improve the employability of students through industryoriented
curriculums, compulsory internships, and improved pedagogy through technological
interventions.
Health and Family Welfare Department with the support of more than 1400 public health
facilities 7500 Sub Centers and 22 new initiatives, HM&FW is continuously striving to
provide quality & affordable healthcare to the citizens and make the state - “Arogya
Andhra Pradesh – Ananda Andhra Pradesh”.
The Culture Department has taken more initiative to further growth in culture space. In this
regard 43.91 acres of land to be acquired with an estimation cost of Rs.23 Crores to
Kuchipudi Natyaramam. GO’s were issued to establish 7 academies namely,
1. Sahitya academy
2. Sangeeta Nrutya Academy
3. Nataka Academy
4. Folk and Creativity Academy
5. Drusya Kalala Academy
6. History Academy
7. Science and Technology Academy
out of which Nataka Academy was formed and started functioning. Remaining six will bekept
in shortly.
The present government, taking clues from Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
adopted by UN, has ensured that strategies to build economic growth go hand-in-hand
with strategies developed to address social needs such as -
Enrolment drives such as Mana Vooru, Mana Badi, Badi Pilustondi were launched in
the state to improve enrolment and retention of students. As a result, Gross Enrolment
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Ratio (GER) for Primary, Upper Primary and Secondary has improved to 85.61%, 83.96%
and 79.15% (an increase of average 3-4%) respectively as per the Unified District
Information on School Education (U-DISE) data of Andhra Pradesh for 2017-18. The
government envisages to reach 100% enrolment in the coming years.
With the effective schemes and policies undertaken by the present government, MMR
and IMR have decreased from 83(2014-15) to 65.81(2018-19) and from 37(2014-15) to
10.51(2018-19). Moreover, the government has built an efficient health infrastructure
comprising of 1400 public health facilities, 7500 Sub Centres and 22 new initiatives to
provide quality and affordable healthcare with the vision to develop Andhra Pradesh
as ‘Arogya Andhra Pradesh.
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While there has been steady growth in human and social development for the last 5 years,
the challenges ahead are immense as the role of Human Resources Development (HRD) to
achieve sustainable economic and social development is constantly evolving and will continue
to evolve over the next decade. The present government is committed to realize the full
potential of human capital in the state and take giant strides towards its vision of making
Andhra Pradesh a social, knowledge capital and thus, the best state in the country.
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