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In a top level administrative shake up, the Andhra Pradesh government has announced the elevation of two senior IAS officers posted as collectors of Chittoor and Guntur districts following a State Election Commissioner (SEC) Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar diktat to relieve the two officers with immediate effect. The State Election Commission (SEC) last week sought immediate shifting of Chittoor district collector Narayan Bharat Gupta and Guntur district collector Samuel Anand Kumar. The SEC had asked the state government to hand over the charge to respective joint collectors. Accordingly, the IAS officers have reported to the state government.The state government has appointed Narayan Bharat Gupta as managing director, Andhra Pradesh State Housing Corporation Limited (APSHCL). The Andhra government has announced full additional charge of Director of Village/Ward Volunteers and Village/Ward Secretariats for the senior administrator.Further IAS officer Samuel Anand Kumar has been posted as vice … [Read more...] about Andhra shifts two senior IAS officers following SEC orders

‘No role for volunteers’He ordered that the village volunteers should neither be used for election duty nor for campaigning, and warned that negligence in issuing caste and income certificates by the MROs during the election process would be dealt with sternly. … [Read more...] about A.P. SEC sounds an alert on unanimous elections

BENGALURU: United Spirits reported a net profit of Rs 230 crore in the third quarter, down 11% from the year-ago period, as consumers continued to be wary of visiting pubs, bars and restaurants. Net sales declined 3.6%, an improvement compared to the 6.6% drop in the second quarter.“Third quarter reflects improving consumer sentiment, notwithstanding on-premise footfalls still being low, the route to market change in Andhra Pradesh and taxation-led price hikes post-Covid,” CEO Anand Kripalu said.“Despite a quicker rebound than originally expected, in the near term there are still reasons to remain cautious and, consequently, the company is not providing quantitative guidance for FY21,” Kripalu added. Gross margin was up 24bps to 44.6% due to lower commodity prices. … [Read more...] about United Spirits sees rebound, net down 11%

Blaming the parents for not monitoring the facilities available at the institutions where their wards studied, the commission insisted on formation of parents’ committees to facilitate regular interaction with the management. On the ‘hefty fee’ being collected by some institutions, especially in rural areas, he said such institutions would be sternly dealt with. As corporate education has percolated down to the mandal level, Prof. Reddy said the State-prescribed fee structure would be prominently displayed in the village secretariat buildings and at Panchayat offices. … [Read more...] about Panel to take action as students complain about lack of facilities

Control rooms set up“Election control rooms have been set up at the Collectorate and special officers appointed to monitor the web casting, ballot boxes and training for the polling staff,” said Mr. Muralidhar Reddy. District Panchayat Officer S. Nageswara Naik said the final list of sensitive and hypersensitive gram panchayats would be finalised within a few weeks to prepare an action plan for the conduct of the elections.” East Godavari SP Adnan Nayeem Asmi, Rajamahendravaram Urban SP Shemushi Bajpayee and other officials were present. … [Read more...] about Identification of hypersensitive panchayats begins