‘Zero corruption’ is the ultimate goal, says Naidu

Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu holding a review meeting with officials on public feedback, at his camp office, near Vijayawada, on Saturday.
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Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu instructed the officials to identify areas where corruption was occurring in the implementation of government schemes and programmes, and take immediate action after duly probing the incidents with zero corruption as the ultimate goal.

Addressing a review meeting at his camp office on Saturday on public feedback received over the last year on various schemes through IVRS and CSDS surveys, Mr. Naidu said the people were by and large satisfied, but there was no room for complacency as the government could not afford to let them down as far as their expectations were concerned, and warned that corruption at any level and in any department would not be tolerated.

He suggested that a technical audit be conducted on the survey process and steps taken to improve satisfaction in areas having low feedback, and called for prioritising 10 major public issues such as welfare, employment generation, and roads.

Mr. Naidu instructed the officials to conduct Job Melas in all the 175 constituencies, and to make all government services available through WhatsApp Governance by August 15.

He also wanted better delivery mechanisms that would ensure the supply of ration goods to the disabled and elderly citizens at their doorstep, and sought opinion-gathering on the implementation of the Public Distribution System.