Yeswanth (యశ్వంత్)

𝐂𝐁𝐍’𝐬 𝐆𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐳𝐲 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐯𝐬 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐡𝐫𝐚 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐡’𝐬 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲; 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐓𝐚𝐱 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐔𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 What we have been witnessing during the period of the TDP alliance Government are unprecedented levels of corruption and lawlessness, which the State Government attempts to conceal by putting forth a misleading narrative of rapid economic progress. However, the statistics present a very unambiguous picture of distress. -One such example is with respect to energy demand. As per orders passed by the APERC, the 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐞 by DISCOMs during FY 2023-24 is 71,722 MU and 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 is 79,758 MU and the corresponding figures for FY 2025-26 are 70,885 MU and 78,546 MU. This clearly shows a reduction in power demand over the two year period. -In any growing economy, the power demand is expected to increase at a healthy pace owing to power requirement of new industries added, increased capacity utilization of the existing industries and of higher consumption by households due to their enhanced purchasing power. But in Andhra Pradesh over the last two years we witnessed a reduction in power demand, clearly exposing the sluggishness in the economy. -Further, figures concerning power demand are not the only statistics that reflect an economic slowdown. The State’s own tax revenues during FY 2023-24 were Rs. 85,922.36 crores and the provisional figures for FY 2025-26 released by the CAG also indicate the State’s own tax revenues to be Rs. 86,552.65 crores, indicating a CAGR over a two year period of only 0.15%, clearly evidencing fall in consumption and investment over the last two years. -The economic slowdown is very adversely impacting the employment conditions as evidenced by AP ranking 4th in the Country amongst the States in terms of unemployment in the first quarter of FY 2026-27 and 3rd in the Country in the second quarter of FY 2026-27. These figures clearly indicate the worsening situation in Andhra Pradesh, yet Mr. @ncbn boasts of generating 23 lakh jobs.