15 lakh families to be adopted under Andhra’s poverty alleviation programme

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu has directed officials to ensure that 15 lakh families in the state are adopted by Margadarsis (mentors) by August 15 this year under the Zero Poverty P4 mission.

At a review meeting on Wednesday, he emphasised the need to accelerate the registration of Margadarsis and the adoption process.

Stating that the P4 model is a continuation of the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) policy introduced



after the economic reforms, the Chief Minister directed that the Smart Andhra Pradesh Foundation be restructured as the Swarna Andhra P4 Foundation.

The CM highlighted Amaravati’s land pooling model as a case study for the P4 approach, noting that wealth creation was enabled for 29,000 farmers by making them partners in capital development. In the same spirit, he urged each Margadarsi to adopt a ‘Bangaru Kutumbam’ (Golden Family) and work towards their upliftment.