YS Jagan launches Jagananna Suraksha to reach out to every household in Andhra Pradesh

AMARAVATI: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday launched 'Jagananna Suraksha', a comprehensive initiative designed to ensure that all citizens have hassle-free access to various welfare schemes. The State Government intends to reach out to every household and resolve its issues by organising camps in each village secretariat.

The initiative involves an extensive door-to-door survey in all the 1.6 crore households across the state which will be taken up by 2.6 lakh gram & ward volunteers and 1.5 lakh village/ward secretariat officials along with elected representatives, socially and politically inclined activists to identify any issues that citizens face regarding schemes or essential certificates.

Subsequently, from July 1, one-day camps will be organised across 15,004 Village/ward secretariats in a phased manner by around 3,000 senior mandal-level government officers over a period of 30 days to address as many citizen issues as possible on the spot.

Jagananna Suraksha will cover all Government documents such as caste (integrated certificate), income, birth, death, marriage, family, transaction mutations, Aadhar linkage to phone numbers, new/split of rice card, household split, crop cultivator rights cards, which the citizens can conveniently receive in fast-track mode.

Through this initiative, the government will issue the required documents to the citizens without imposing any service charge. The entire focus of this campaign is to ensure that no eligible person is bereft of welfare scheme benefits as provided by the YSRCP Government.

Addressing the government officials virtually from the camp office, YS Jagan said, "Jagananna Suraksha will fix documentation problems of 15,000 gram/ward sachivalayams across the state. We won’t leave even 1% of citizens who might be missing out on schemes due to technical issues.’

Jagananna Suraksha - The Process

- Atleast 7 days before the camp, the village and ward volunteers will do an extensive door-to-door survey to inform the citizens about the Jagananna Suraksha programme, conduct a survey to register any issues related to any government scheme or certificates, collect related documents in advance and submit it to the sachivalayam office. The volunteers will also issue a token number for the service request raised to the citizen.

- On the day of the camp, the citizens should bring the token number provided to the sachivalayam and present it at the registration desk. Once provided, they can meet the officials to get their issue resolved or receive their certificate on the spot.

- The YSRCP government aims to address as many requests as possible during the camp day itself. However, any pending requests will be closed within the next seven days of the camp as far as possible.

- The Chief Minister's Office has been tasked to oversee camp operations, along with the Gram Sachivalayam Ward Sachivalayam (GSWS) department which will be the nodal agency. In addition, along with collectors, senior IAS officers have also assigned to oversee the process. To make the campaign more effective, sachivalayam staff and elected representatives too will provide real-time assistance and monitoring.

This proactive initiative from the YSRCP government strives to establish a robust security net for all citizens. It aims to secure the rights of women, the future of children and youth, the interests of the farmers, the respect for the elders, the upliftment of the marginalized, and to promote the entrepreneurial spirit of the self-employed and business owners.