AP CM launches Jagananna Amma Vodi scheme to disburse financial aid of Rs 6,393 cr

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday launched the Jagananna Amma Vodi scheme for the fourth year, under which financial assistance of Rs 6,393 crore will be deposited into the bank accounts of 43 lakh beneficiaries, at Kurupam in Parvathipuram Manyam district.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday launched the 'Jagananna Amma Vodi' scheme for the fourth year, under which financial assistance of Rs 6,393 crore will be deposited into the bank accounts of 43 lakh beneficiaries, at Kurupam in Parvathipuram Manyam district. Spanning 10 days, Amma Vodi will be distributed in all the mandals benefiting more than 83 lakh students studying in classes 1 to 12 across the state. ''Your child's (Jagan) government has moved forward with the determination to see that our children rule this world. As part of this aim, I'm executing this Amma Vodi scheme from here,'' said Reddy. Under the Amma Vodi scheme, eligible mothers who send their children to schools will receive Rs 15,000 financial aid to meet the educational expenses. The state has credited a total of Rs 26,067 crore under Jagananna Amma Vodi scheme, including Rs 6,393 crore disbursal set in motion today. Calling the mothers of these lakhs of students as his sisters, the Chief Minister congratulated them for encouraging education and sending their children to school. With a plethora of schemes promoting education, Reddy said his government has eliminated the discrimination existing between public schools and private schools, including making the latter to compete with the former.

According to Reddy, the ''revolutionary changes'' he has ushered into the education sector bore fruit. The number of government school students who secured top 10 ranks in tenth standard rose from 25 in 2022 to 67 in 2023 and students who secured 75 per cent marks increased from 63,275 to 67,114. he said. Further, he stated that the number of students who bagged first class grades rose to 70.16 per cent. Meanwhile, training his guns on TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu, Jana Sena founder Pawan Kalyan and a section of media houses, Reddy said that these people were unable to ''digest the good'' which he is doing for the masses. Naidu, despite being the chief minister for three times, did not do anything good but brings a manifesto before polls to later throw it into the dustbin, he claimed.