TDP misleading people on State finances, says A.P. Finance Minister
The Hindu
The Minister was reacting to his predecessor Yanamala Ramakrishnudu’s accusation against the YSR Congress Party government for ‘turning Andhra Pradesh into a debt-ridden State’.
: Finance Minister Buggana Rajendranath Reddy on September 17, 2021, said the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) was misleading the people on the State finances by fudging figures and misinterpreting various economic indicators to suit it's false narrative. He alleged that his predecessor was driving the misinformation campaign against the government.
In a press release on Friday, Mr. Rajendranath Reddy said the Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) in 2019-20 was 7.23% and the growth rates in agriculture, industrial and services sectors were 7.91%, 10.24% and 6.20% respectively. These were achieved in spite of the devastating impact of the Coronavirus pandemic, he claimed.
In 2019-20, Andhra Pradesh (AP) was in the third position in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) index and 4th in the previous year (2018-19).
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