Results more important than reviews, Andhra CM tells collectors

Metro India News | AMARAVATI

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday said results mattered more than reviews and directed officials to submit action taken report on the issues deliberated at the previous collectors conference. Addressing the eighth district collectors conference at the secretariat, the Chief Minister called on the collectors to remain public servants, stressing that leadership begins with taking ownership.

“Let’s remain public servants, avoiding ego…We need results, not reviews,” said Naidu, during the two-day conference scheduled on September 10 and 11. According to the CM, several structural changes were ushered in over the past 27 months in the southern state. He said the results of these initiatives were now visible.

The CM directed the IAS officers to shift from reactive governance to proactive governance, underscoring that pending files amounted to pending development. Likewise, he said pending plaints also indicate pending justice to people.

A vision without execution is only an aspiration, he said, adding that times have changed where not only delivering work is important but also countering ‘fake propaganda’. Amid alleged fake propaganda, the TDP supremo directed officials to take lead to counter misinformation.

Further, he instructed the collectors to refrain from submitting reports which mislead the government and instead present facts. Naidu also called for healthy competition among government departments as well as among districts. Let’s share the best practices and implement best policies, said Naidu, adding ‘let us move from intention to implementation’. The CM summed up his goernment's approach with the slogan ‘one state, one vision, one mission, that is Swarna Andhra (golden Andhra).