KCR top CM in India as per Modi's survey

KCR top CM in India as per Modi's survey

PM Modi had ordered the survey to gauge the performance of various states and CM's in implementing development programmes.

The outcome of the survey reportedly ordered by Modi on the performance of Chief Ministers in the country has created a political buzz in the two Telugu states.

While Telangana state CM KCR has apparently been ranked first in the country, Andhra Pradesh CM N. Chandrababu Naidu was ranked Thirteen.

While Andhra Pradesh government sources claimed that Mr Naidu was ranked fifth and not thirteen, sources from the TS said that the fifth position had gone to Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal. They said that Madya Pradesh CM Shivraj Chauhan, Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh was ranked second and third and Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben fifth.

Modi had ordered the survey by the IB and some private agencies, to gauge the performance of various states and CMs in implementing development programmes. The survey was taken up in all states and Union Territories between April and June this year and the report was submitted to the Prime Minister recently.

The report assumes significance in the backdrop of the PM convening an Inter-State Council meeting in New Delhi on July 16, which is being held after a gap of ten years. Sources said Modi is expected to make a reference to the survey report in the meeting.

Telangana state sources said the novel schemes being implemented by Mr KCR such as Mission Bhagiratha, Mission Kakatiya, Haritha Haram, Kalyana Lakshmi and Shaadi Mubarak etc., ensured that he was ranked the No. 1 CM in the country.

They said that the Modi and several Union ministers have on several occasions showered praises on Mission Bhagiratha, aimed to supply drinking water to every household in Telangana State by laying 1.25 lakh km pipelines by 2018 — the largest in the country — by spending over Rs 40,000 crore, Mission Kakatiya, aimed to restore 45,000-odd lakes by spending Rs 25,000 crore in 5 years, and plantation of 230 crore saplings to increase green cover in Telangana State from 27 per cent to 33 per cent in five years, and have asked other states to emulate them.

“These three schemes of the Telangana government, the first of their kinds in the country, stood out among all other schemes being implemented in the rest of the country and helped Mr KCR attain first rank among all CMs,” the sources said.