Jagan vs Chandrababu: A Comparison in State Development

Development does not happen overnight. It is a continuous process. However, CM Jagan is taking the state of Andhra Pradesh on the path of development within four and a half years of coming to power. Mainly development of industrial sectors, creation of employment, establishment of medical colleges, construction of ports and fishing harbours, facilitation of industrial policies and the development of the industrial sector.

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A rare moment in history..

To make medical education accessible to every poor person, AP CM YS Jagan is taking steps to have a medical college for every parliamentary segment across the state. Rs 8,480 crore will be spent on this. Recently, five medical colleges (Vizianagaram, Rajahmundry, Eluru, Machilipatnam, Nandyala) have been opened. Earlier there were only 11 medical colleges in AP, but steps are being taken towards 28 medical colleges by adding 17 more medical colleges. Similarly, the Jagan Government has taken up the construction of ten fishing harbours and four ports with an estimated investment of Rs 3,622.86 crores which is unprecedented in the history of the country. Under the first phase, construction of fishing harbours at Juvvaladinne in Nellore district, Nizampatnam in Guntur district, Machilipatnam in Krishna district, Uppada in East Godavari district, as well as Ramayapatnam, Moolpet, Machilipatnam and Kakinada ports will be made available. Meanwhile, it is noteworthy that not even a single medical college was brought during Babu’s reign and no fishing harbours or ports were constructed.

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Record in employment.. Increase in gross product

AP has created a record in Micro, Medium and Small Scale Enterprises (MSMEs) as part of employment generation. District-wise industries have been brought for employment generation through MSMEs. About 3.9 lakh MSMEs were brought in during Jagan’s regime, but only 37,956 MSMEs were brought in during Babu’s regime. Similarly, as far as government jobs are concerned, the TDP government has appointed only 34,108 government jobs. Jagan’s government has created around 4.93 lakh jobs so far. With the measures taken by the YS Jagan government in the state, all sectors like agriculture, manufacturing, real estate etc. are developing. Due to this, the gross product of the state is also increasing massively. A report revealed that before Jagan’s coming to power, the state was ranked 16th in gross domestic product, but in these four years, it has achieved 4th rank in the state’s gross domestic product.