Centre must grant special category status to AP

AP Chief Minister demanded the Centre to grant special category status to the state, saying that there would be 'no compromise' on that. Chandra Babu said addressing a meeting on the May Day celebration bifurcation of state was not wished. Hence, the Centre should liberally aid our state. The UPA government promised special category status to Andhra Pradesh for five years but we wanted it for ten years. It is the responsibility of the Centre to fulfill that. The Chief Minister launched 'Chandranna Beema Padhakam' on the occasion of International Workers Day. Under this scheme each worker would get an accidental insurance cover of INR 50,000. Chief Minister said in this scheme around 1.5 crore workers in unorganized sector covered in the state. Enrollment of workers under this scheme would be completed in coming three months and implementation would begin on Independence Day i.e August 15th.

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