Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has directed the government machinery to intensify efforts toward housing for all, welfare delivery and social empowerment.
Speaking on the second day of the Seventh District Collectors’ conference in Amaravati on Friday, he instructed officials to ensure housing for all eligible beneficiaries through construction, land allocation and regularisation measures. By August 15, collective housewarming ceremonies should be conducted for 2.5 lakh houses, followed by another 2.38 lakh houses by December, he said while setting a target of constructing an additional 10 lakh houses by December 2027.
Stating that nearly 2 lakh families were expected to require house sites, Naidu instructed officials to provide 3 cents of land in rural areas and 2 cents in urban areas to the poor. He directed authorities to regularise houses constructed on government lands and hill regions, stating that any policy bottlenecks could be brought before the Cabinet for approval.
Welfare benefits
The government would examine extending all welfare benefits applicable to Scheduled Castes to the Budaga Jangam community, pending approvals from the Centre regarding SC inclusion demands. A special commission was constituted to study backwardness among BC communities and appropriate reservations in local bodies would be implemented based on the commission’s recommendations, according to the Chief Minister.
He instructed the district collectors to focus on livelihood generation through rural auto nagar clusters across constituencies with significant minority populations, transforming them into livelihood and industrial hubs. He also called for integration of welfare programmes such as Jaladhara and fodder development with central government schemes, according to a release.
Published on May 8, 2026