Jagan did not overhaul Real-Time Governance Society (RTGS)

[TokyoJaani]

VIJAYAWADA: Five days after taking charge as the Chief Minister, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy overhauled key departments to drive his vision for Andhra Pradesh forward.

With ‘Navaratnalu’ and corruption-free governance being on the top of the government’s priority, Jagan, who exuded confidence to win people’s trust as a ‘good CM’ within six months to a year’s time, seemed to have quickly identified officials who could ably revamp the administrative system left in place by the Chandrababu Naidu government.

The heads of the major departments, Water Resources, Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority (APCRDA), Health and Medical, Excise, Energy, Social Welfare, and Agriculture, which are crucial to implement YSRC’s poll promises, and who have their work cut out already, have been replaced. As the State’s finances are in the red, Jagan seemed to have preferred officials who could effectively lead his pet projects including ‘YSR Pension Kanuka’, ‘YSR Arogyasri’, ‘YSR Rythu Bharosa’, liquor ban, Irrigation projects and others.

Interestingly, the CEO of Real-Time Governance Society (RTGS), which infamously fed former CM Chandrababu Naidu with data on satisfaction levels among the public, which always remained high but led to the TDP’s rout, has remained untouched.