N. Chandrababu Naidu

Nara Chandrababu Naidu
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15th Chief Minister, Andhra Pradesh
Preceded by	N.T. Rama Rao
Succeeded by	Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy
Constituency	Kuppam
Personal details
Born	(1950-04-20) April 20, 1950 Naravaripally, Chittoor district Andhra Pradesh
Political party	Telugu Desam Party
Spouse	Nara Bhuvaneshwari
Children	Nara Lokesh
Residence(s)	Jubilee Hills Hyderabad, India
Salary	term = 1994 to 2004
Website	http://www.telugudesam.org

Nara Chandrababu Naidu (Template:Lang-te) (born April 20, 1950) was the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh from 1995 to 2004. He holds the record of being the longest-serving chief minister of Andhra Pradesh. He is also the founder of Heritage Foods. He is currently the leader of the opposition in the Andhra Pradesh state assembly, and the president of Telugu Desam Party (TDP), the second largest legislative party in Andhra Pradesh.

Early Life and Political Career

Mr. N. Chandrababu Naidu, was born in the Naravaripally village of Chittoor district on 20th April, 1950. His late father Sri N.K. Naidu was an agriculturist and his mother Smt.Ammanamma is a housewife. Mr. Naidu had his school education in Chandragiri and his college education at the Sri Venkateswara Arts College, Tirupati. He did his Masters in Economics from the Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati. He was working towards a Ph.D. degree at the same university, when he took to politics.

Mr. Naidu held various positions of office in his college and organized a number of social activities. Following the 1977 cyclone, which devastated Diviseema taluk of Krishna district, he actively organized donations and relief material from Chittoor district for the cyclone victims.

Mr. Naidu became a MLA (of Chandragiri constituency in 1978) at a very young age through sheer hard work. He was the youngest Minister in the Cabinet, even before he was related to NTR. He accomplished this with hard work and good reputation. He was the organizing force behind Mr. NTR when his health was not good.

Chief Ministership

The mantle of leadership fell on the shoulders of Mr. Naidu at a most critical juncture in the State's politics. Following a popular upsurge in the party, Mr. Naidu was unanimously elected as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh on 1 September 1995.Following the elections to the State assembly wherein the Telugu Desam Party led by Mr. Naidu emerged as a winner, he was sworn in on 11 October 1999 as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh for the second term.

He is son of the former and also he is educated person, he given the equal importance for the Rural Development and Urban Development. . In order to achieve greater involvement of the people in the implementation of Government programs, the Chief Minister has been encouraging the concept of Prajala Vaddaku Paalana (taking administration to the door steps of people) and Sramadanam (contribution of labour).

Rural Development

Mr. Naidu has been evincing a keen interest in rural development activities in general and, the upliftment of the poor and downtrodden sections of society in particular.While pursuing his post graduation, he worked out to lay a road from Rangampet village to Naravaripalli with the support of the people in his village, adjacent villagers and his friends. This was a real example for his leadership qualities. The entire stretch of 5KM road which could not be used at the time of rains was laid out with the voluntary support of the people. A real sign for 'Sramadhaanam', which later on became a big successful program in AP with greater involvement of the people in the implementation of Government programs.

JANMABHOOMI

Janmabhoomi is a people centered development process launched in January 1997. This process has evolved out of the experience gained through the implementation of Prajala Vaddaku Paalana (taking administration to the door steps of people) launched in November 1995 and Sramadanam (contribution of labour) launched in January 1996. It aims at establishing and ideal society, which embodies and cherishes the principles of people’s participation, equality, transparency and accountability leading to sustained economic development and excellence in all walks of life. The goal is an enhanced quality of life for every man, woman and child in the state. Fourteen Rounds of Janmabhoomi have been held so far in the State.

The following are the five core areas of Janmabhoomi:

i. Community works

ii. Primary Education

iii. Primary Health and Family Welfare

iv. Environnent Conservation

v. Responsive Gouvernance

Transportation Faculty

Road Transport is one of the vital infrastructures, which pays a dominant role in the economic development. Since 73 per cent of the population of the state live in rural areas and it is far more important to connect the village s with roads to ensure rural development. The speedy movement of the agricultural commodities to the near by markets would ensure accelerated economic activity in the rural areas thereby raising the living standards of the rural people. Keeping this in view, development of roads is being taken up. Rural Roads of 103814 km has been renovated in this programee.

Primary Education

Education is the backbone of development. Education is a life investment and not an expense. Education empowers the people and leads to a conscious and literate Society. In the developed countries the average literacy rate is 98.7 per cent, whereas the literacy rate in India is as low as 52.2 per cent (according to 1991 census) and that of Andhra Pradesh is still low at 44.09 per cent. The 53rd round of National Sample Survey (NSS) shows an increase in the country’s literacy rate from 52.2 per cent in 1991 to 62 per cent in 1997, while it increased from 44 per cent to 54 per cent.

• Additional enrolment in Primary Schools during 1997-98 6.31 lakhs

• No. of children identified for enrolment in 1998-99 7.90 lakhs

• Additional enrolment in Primary Schools during 1998-99 5.71 lakhs

Neru-Meru

The government of Andhra Pradesh has launched the Neeru Meeru Programme from 1-4-2000 to 31-10-2000 with an object of conservation and sustainable utilization of water.

As the programme of Neeru meeru was successful in phase –I. The Government has launched the Neeru Meeru Phase – II from 1-1-2000 to 31-3-2001 in this phase of Neeru Meeru priority has been given to those villages/mandals which fall inDark and Grey Zones Where water levels are at a depth of more than 20 meters .Those villages / habitations which experience water scarcity The following steps are initiated as most of the villages in the long run become potential watershed villages.

• Involving Grama sabhas / self help groups and water use associations

• Facilitating villages to pass resolutions that they are becoming Neeru Meeru villages by Committing their share of financial and physical resources

• Ensuring such a result are passed with a maximum possible with gram Panchayat members and with participation of at least 50 percent of women. At least 20 percent contribution cash or kind.

Clean and Green

He was the first social leader since Mahatma Gandhi to emphasize cleanness in public places. His government has landed Clean and Green Andhra Pradesh Campaign on 10th September 1998 to make every Habitation and Municipal Ward clean and green and to enable every man; woman and child in the State lead a healthy life. Every Third Saturday of the month is declared as Clean and Green Day. The campaign focuses on the major areas of water supply and sanitation, tree plantation and health awareness.

STRATEGY: Community awareness will be created for a clean green environment. Community based organizations will be strengthened to ensure people’s participation for sustainable development and environmental conservation. Every citizen will be motivated for achieving a clean and green environment. An intensified campaign mode will be adopted on every Clean and Green Day for the realization of the goal with greater social mobilization and community participation. However, all the activities taken up on the Clean and Green Campaign Day will be further continued with regular follow up by the departments and agencies concerned.

DEVELOPMENT OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN RURAL AREAS (DWCRA)

The scheme - DWCRA was aimed to improve the socio-economic status of the poor women in the rural areas through creation of groups of women for income-generating activities on a self-sustaining basis. The main strategy adopted under the programme was to facilitate access for poor women to employment, skill up gradation, training credit and other support services so that the DWCRA women as a group could take up income-generating activities for supplementing their incomes. It sought to encourage collective action in the form of group activities which were known to work better and were more sustainable than the individual effort. It encouraged the habit of thrift and credit among poor rural women to make them self-reliant.

Self Help Groups of Women (thrift groups) Programme has mobilized and organized 4.8 Million poor women in the rural areas into 370,000 groups. These women groups have built up a corpus fund of Rs.7.50 Billion consisting of their savings, borrowings from banks and Development of Women and Child in Rural Areas (DWCRA) revolving fund from government. The empowerment process has enabled the members of DWCRA and thrift groups in addressing poverty in all it’s dimensions. DWCRA movement has contributed to the augmentation of incomes, improvement of nutrition, and better child care of the poor women and enhanced the status of women in rural households.

Self Help Groups

Chandra Babu has also taken the initiative for setting up self-help groups like water users' associations, for involving farmers in the management of irrigation systems. Other self-help groups like Watershed Development Committees, Women’s' groups, Youth groups, Village Education Committees and Village Health Committees have also been set up. These self-help groups have significantly contributed to removing intermediaries and have been widely acknowledged for improving the condition of the poor.

Raithu Bazars

Andhra Pradesh is the second largest producer of fruits, vegetables and flowers in the Country. The predominantly grown fruit crops are mango, banana, cashewnut, sapota, guava and pomegranate. Brinjal, lady’s finger, onions, tomatoes, beans and gourds are the major vegetables produced in the State.

Regulated Market Yards for fruits and vegetables are functioning oniy at few centers in the State. The Marketing system for fruits and vegetables is in the hands of middlemen. Middlemen exist at various levels between the farmer and the consumer and exploit through malpractices in weighments, handling and payments.

The farmer's share in the consumer's rupee is estimated to be just 40 paise. In addition the estimated losses in handling of vegetables in the traditional channel of marketing are about 30 to 35%.

Large number of small farmers is unable to effectively bargain for a better price in the wholesale markets. Inefficiencies in wholesale markets result in a long chain of intermediaries, multiple handling, loss in quality and increase the gap between producer and consumer prices. Intermediaries and system inefficiencies consume a disproportionate share of consumer prices. Large number of small retailers, each handling small quantities, create high overheads leading to high margins on produce. Rythu Bazars will operate outside the purview of Agrl. Market Committees to be managed by Estate Officers and under the control of Joint Collectors.

It was therefore felt necessary to evolve an alternate marketing strategy where both growers and consumers are benefited through Rythu Bazaars. Rythu Bazaars are thus planned for direct interface between the farmers and the consumers eliminating middlemen. Rythu Bazars, if function effectively, can act as price stabilization centres.

Testimonials:

The IT baron Mr Bill Gates agreed to set up Microsoft in Hyderabad, the first of its kind any where in the world other than Silicon valley after a 40 minutes of discussion with Chandrababu Naidu. If one wonders how could he extended the initially planned 10 minute discussion to extend 40 minutes and finally convinced Bill Gates, you need to know more.

Cybertowers, the 866,000 sq.ft gigantic structure was build in a record time of 15 months as against to the initially estimated time of 24 months. The truly international standard stadiums were made ready in less than 4 months of time for Afro-Asian games. These were just few examples to mention his execution capability.

Some of the awards applauding his extreme abilities are:

IT Indian of the Millennium – India Today

Business person of the year – Economic Times

Member of the World economic forum's Dream cabinet South Asian of the year - Time Asia

One of the 50 leaders at the forefront of change in the year 2000 – Businessweek

Some of the popular programs initiated and implemented by Chandrababu Naidu:

Many of Naidu's initiatives like e-seva (an e-governance initiative), CARD(CARD is a catchy name given to the comprehensive project of computerizing the Registration & Stamps Department), are still continuing to improve the transparency and accountability in administration. Several institutes established during Naidu's tenure like IIIT, ISB, Centre for good governance, Hitec-city, Hitex, Hyderabad International Convention Center (HICC), Cyberabad commissionarate, International standards stadiums, MCHRD, Gandhi super specialty hospital, MMTS, International Airport are just a few to mention along with a modern administration to be construed to be Naidu's legacy and his contribution to AP.

Political Philosophy:

His political philosophy is 'History can not afford a political vice or civilization a holiday'. He knew too well that opportunity comes only once, and if missed, we go right back or worse. To him all power lies with people. We don't rule them, we provide them with governance and we owe them a good government reflects his inner political clarity and sense of accountability. History according to him is too full of wasted chance, and could no longer afford leaders vice. No dinners for ministers, no garlands at public functions, no personal paraphernalia, no showbiz or sycophancy. Simple and moral are the fundamentals to watch. Civilization can not afford to go to sleep; he repeats and adds we need to work incessantly. His popularity rose, not because of publicity but performance. Accountability was another factor he introduced. He went to the people, surprised as they were, to find a government at their doorstep. His surprise checks to ensure work was done and pulling up slack officials and rewarding merit won the people's hearts. Above all a transparent government. Long preached but always elusive, it was achieved. People were made partners in the development process, and equally responsible. Everyone must work and achieve. Only then the goal could be reached, but the goal now had a name: Swarnandhrapradesh.

2003 assassination attempt

On October 1, 2003, Naidu survived a land mine blast, which was believed to be part of an assassination attempt, planned by a naxal outfit, Peoples War Group, now known as CPI Maoist. He escaped with a fractured left collared bone and a hairline fracture to two of his right ribs. The incident occurred around 16:00 (IST) when Naidu was travelling in a convoy, heading to the Lord Venkateshwara temple in the Tirumala hills for the annual Brahmotsavam festival..

The explosive material used in the assassination attempt was Gel 90 and was sourced from Wardha. The State Information Technology Minister B. Gopalakrishna Reddy, Telugu Desam legislators R. Rajasekhar Reddy and Ch. Krishnamurthy, as well as the driver Srinivasa Raju, were also injured. After an extensive investigation Naidu's survival was attributed to the armored vehicle in which he was traveling.

External links

• Official Telugu Desam Party website