Andhra Pradesh happy with my rule: Jagan Mohan Reddy

Amaravati: Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Sunday said that more than 85 per cent of the households in Andhra Pradesh were benefited by the schemes implemented by the YSR Congress Party government during the last two years in the state.

Speaking on the occasion of completion of two years in office as the Chief Minister, Jagan said that out of 1,64,68,591 households, 1,41,52,386 were benefited by one or the other schemes of the government and Rs 95,528 crore has been directly given to the people through the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) schemes and another Rs 37,197 crore indirectly through other schemes like YSR Arogyasri, Jagananna Thodu, Gorumudda, and YSR Sampoorna Poshana, etc, totalling to Rs 1.31 lakh crore, he added.

The Chief Minister said that this Rs 1.3 lakh crore has been spent without any scope for corruption with transparency and every scheme has been delivered at the doorstep of the beneficiaries.

On the occasion, Jagan released a letter and a document highlighting the poll promises his government had fulfilled so far. He said he has completed two years in office by the grace of God and people's support and added that his two years' term was satisfactory.

Jagan said all these schemes were implemented with the help of every village/ward volunteer, every employee of village/ward secretariats and government employees including the District Collectors. He said two documents will be shared to every house through volunteers -- the letter written to the women in a family which will have details of schemes benefitting the family and the other containing the details of the election manifesto promises that were fulfilled in the last two years of governance. He said he has considered election manifesto as the Bible, Quran and Gita and worked to fulfill every promise made in it.

The Chief Minister said he was proud to say that 94.5 percent of the election promises were fulfilled and it will be shared to every household as a document. He said women were the beneficiaries of 66 percent of the welfare schemes and all these details will be shared to every household through volunteers. Thanking everyone for their support during the last two years, he said he had prayed to the God to give strength to fulfill all the dreams in the coming three years.