Andhra Pradesh cabinet decides to revamp village, ward secretariats

The Andhra Pradesh state cabinet chaired by chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday decided to revamp the existing village and ward secretariats to improve their efficiency in extending various services to the people.

- Srinivasa Rao Apparasu

HYDERABAD:

Briefing reporters after the cabinet meeting, state information and public relations minister Kolusu Parthasarathy said the cabinet decided to rationalise 11,162 village secretariats and 3,842 ward secretariats established by the previous YSR Congress party government and readjust their staff.

"At present, each village secretariat has 11 employees and each ward secretariat has 10 employees. The cabinet decided to readjust them to enhance the effectiveness of real-time governance at the village and ward levels," the minister said.

Accordingly, these secretariats would be categorised into three types: Category A comprises secretariats with a population above 3,501 and each of them will have eight employees; Category B secretariats are for a population between 2,501 and 3,500 and each of them will have seven employees; and Category C has secretariats with a population below 2,500 and they will have six employees each. "Surplus employees will be redeployed to other departments based on their eligibility," he said.