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Hans India
15-07-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
AIYF demands job notifications, unemployment allowance
Kurnool: The All India Youth Federation (AIYF) on Monday staged a dramatic protest in front of the Kurnool District Collectorate, demanding the immediate release of job notifications and implementation of the promised unemployment allowance. The protest, led by AIYF District Secretary K. Srinivasulu, saw youth activists demonstrating half-naked and holding empty food plates, highlighting their distress over unfulfilled electoral promises. Addressing the gathering, Srinivasulu criticised Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu for failing to deliver on his pre-election assurances. 'Before the elections, the Chief Minister promised to create 20 lakh jobs and provide an unemployment allowance of Rs 3,000 per month. Now, after coming to power, he is citing financial constraints. With over four decades of political experience, was he unaware of the financial burden these promises entailed?' he questioned. He demanded that all vacant posts in government departments be filled immediately and a white paper be released on employment and livelihood plans for the youth. The AIYF also urged the government to declare Amaravati a free zone to ensure job opportunities are accessible to youth from all 26 districts of the state. Attempting to submit a memorandum, AIYF leaders were stopped by the police at the Collectorate gate, leading to a brief scuffle. The protest witnessed participation from several leaders, including AIYF city secretary Bisanna, AISF district president Somanna, AITUC city secretary Chandrasekhar, and AIYF members C Ramesh, Peddayya, Anjeet Goud, Raju, Jaffer Patel, Upendra, Nagaraju, Srikanth, Akhil, Kalakhar, Muniswamy, Ravi, Hussain Basha, Nageswara Rao, Babji, Shiva, Naveen, Prabhakar, and Kumaru.
The Hindu
25-06-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
Officials assure Chittoor district mango farmers of fair price
The State government is committed to bringing justice for mango farmers, and they should shed all fears about the minimum support price for their produce being supplied to the pulp industries, asserted State Horticulture and Sericulture Director K. Srinivasulu and Chittoor District Collector Sumit Kumar. The two officials on Wednesday inspected three prominent pulp processing factories in the district. The officials inspected the Jain Irrigation Systems at Gangadhara Nellore, Food Infrastructure Industries at Gudipala, and Sriram Foods in Chittoor. The duo held interactions with officials of the three factories and mango farmers, urging both to streamline procurement and ensure smooth operations. Mr. Sumit Kumar said that the government started procurement of the Totapuri mango variety from the first harvest in June and this would continue till the last week of August. 'As of now, close to 40% of the crop has been harvested, and it is expected to cross 60% by the first week of July. Given the bumper yield this year across multiple States, including A.P., Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Gujarat, and Maharashtra, it has adversely impacted the demand everywhere,' the Collector said. As a farmer-friendly move and to bail them out from the crisis, the State came out with a gesture of ₹4 a kg as a subsidy, this would be directly credited to their bank accounts, and the restrictions on acreage were also lifted. Under this arrangement, more than 85,000 metric tonnes of mangoes had already been supplied to various processing factories in the district. 'We have deployed senior revenue and police officials at the pulp units and ramps to supervise the token-based procurement system. At present, this system could handle 1,500 tonnes per day in every factory,' Mr. Sumit Kumar said. The Collector called on the mango farmers to strictly follow the schedule of harvesting as stipulated by the district administration and clarified that subsidy would be applicable throughout the season.
