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NTR the Political Reformer & Messaih of Telugus


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1. Bringing the Upa Lok Pal Bill in the first year of becoming CM in 1983. 

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After getting elected in 1983 his first legislation was the passing of Andhra Pradesh upa lok pal (civil society OMBUDSMAN) bill inspired by Scandinavian laws. The A.P. Lokayukta Act 11 of 1983 came into force with effect on November 1, 1983 .The law allows any citizen to start an investigation of any person in power (including chief minister himself) with the help of Judiciary, lawyers, community leaders and independent investigators.

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7. Right to Share Spouse’s earnings.

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Pay cheques of category 3 or lower employees can be cashed only with a spousal signature, thus creating an explicit legal right for women in their spouse’s earnings. (To avoid gambling and drinking away the check before the wife sees any money.)

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8. Computerization of TDP Organization.

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Complete computerization of TDP’s organization structure and building an organizational structure village by village to form a stable second party. Chandrababu Naidu lead this project of computerization. He built a stable coalition of non-Congress parties at the state to give a clear two-party choice for the Telugu voter.

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9. Educational reforms and Introduction of EAMCET.

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Overhauled the entire state’s education syllabus for schools. He instituted statewide entrance examinations for all disciplines of higher education vis-à-vis Engineering and Medicine to name a few called EAMCET (Engineering and Medical Common Entrance Test). Students, based on the merit of their ranks obtained in these tests, could join any state college of their choice.

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10. Reformed the Residential Education empowering Rural Youth.

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Andra Pradesh Residential Education Institutions Society founded in 1972 with two institutes was revamped under NTR’s government in 1988 with the passing of “G.O.Ms.No.363, Education (SSE.I) Department”. The institutions were founded to provide exemplary Rural and Socially disadvantaged youth with good primary education. NTR reforms to this institution expanded the number of facilities to 220, made them directly administered by Minister of Education, with a 22 member board to guide the institution. The institution especially APRJC( Andhra Pradesh Residential Junior Colleges) flourished and ended up sending five times more students to elite institutions such as IITs and BITS, making Andhra the only state that produces so many elite experts with Rural and Disadvantaged backgrounds.

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11. Creation of Special Commando Force for Andhra Pradesh. 

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NTR created a new commando force for the state and was very successful in combating naxalism both ideologically and militarily. Communal rioting in Hyderabad had been put to rest for good during his term.

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13. Took Vizag Steel Plant Live.

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Visakhapatnam steel plant, which had been struggling since its foundation went live on production during his term, in no small part, due to his active lobbying with the central government.

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14. Invited Doctors from USA to come back to India and Serve the Nation.

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He invited the worldwide medical talent and improved high end medical capabilities of NIMS and OSMANIA in Hyderabad and founded a medical university in Vijayawada

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15. Banned Patel and Patwari System which was uplifted BCs, SCs and STs in Telangana especially. 

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He did away with the feudal Patel, Patwari,  Munusobu and Karanam systems to empower elected leaders of the local government.

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18. He adorned the Tank Bund road in Hyderabad with the statues of great Telugu personalities creating a sense of heritage and pride among Telugu people.

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These statues were later demolished by Telangana Agitators.

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19. He guaranteed one light bulb per household to give educational opportunities to the lowest economic class of rural Andhra Pradesh.

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Those were days when villages and households didn’t have electricity and Mr.NTR gave electricity to every household and gave subsidy on electricity connections with one bulb.

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21. Built 500,000 houses to the poor replacing the thatched houses. 

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He started a low-income housing project and built 500,000 houses in five years to replace thatched houses. The program continued for nine more years under his successor Chandrababu Naidu and added another 1 million homes

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22. Abolished the Legislative Council calling it an unproductive expense.  

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NTR abolished the legislative council calling it an un-productive expense to the exchequer, an un-elected un-representative body used to distribute political favors to out-of-work politicians. This was revived back in 2004 by Congress party.

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25. Built Telugu Ganga Project to supply Irrigation water to Rayalaseema and Drinking water to Chennai. NTR-Telugu-ganga-Foundation-Stone-layingNTR with then Tamil Nadu CM MGR for Telugu ganga Foundation Stone laying ceremony.

NTR initiated the largest investment into irrigation systems in Andhra Pradesh since independence with the Telugu Ganga Project designed to turn Rayalaseema fertile and green and provide drinking water to Chennai.The Indian spiritual guru Sri Sathya Sai Baba supported and provided assistance to this project.

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26. Took aggressive steps against Government employees to make them work. 

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NTR reduced the retirement age for government employees to 55 from 58. He used the National Security Act (NSA) to successfully crack down on the general strike called by government employee unions demanding bringing state government employees to central government employee pay levels. He used NGO (Non-Gazetted Officers) core to conduct exams on time across the state when state government teachers union called for a strike and threatened to ruin an entire academic year for the students. He furloughed the entire work force of Housing Construction Corporation a state government organization will fully pay till retirement claiming they did absolutely no work and that closing that organization would save money even if the state gave the employees free salaries. He claimed the secretariat employees got in the way of doing people’s business and moved his office to a private ashram outside the city.

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