Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh Cabinet on Friday approved the new PRC to State Government employees in the cabinet meeting under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy.

The cabinet also approved enhancement of Government employees’ age limit from 60 years to 62 years. Amidst the agitations carried out by the NGOs organizations on their resentment over the new PRC.

Information and Public Relations Minister Perni Nani briefed the cabinet decisions to the media persons after the cabinet meeting that the cabinet approves an agreement with IndiGo Airlines to operate flights from Kadapa and Kurnool airports, IndiGo airline will operate four services a week starting from March 27^th.

The Cabinet also gave a nod for the allocation of five acres of land in Tirupati to ace badminton player Kidambi Srikanth for setting up an academy. It also approved sanction of 50 acres of land to Regional Agricultural Research Station (RARS) at Anakapalle under Acharya N.G. Ranga University.

The cabinet also approved the Government decision in calling for bids for handling the operational maintenance of Krishnapatnam power plant for 25 years to reduce the operational expenditure. The Government also provided an option for the Genco employees working in the plant to return to Genco.

The Cabinet gave in-principle approval for the construction of 16 new medical colleges with an expenditure of Rs 7,880 crore and development of the existing medical colleges at a cost of Rs 3,820 crore. It also sanctioned eight additional Directors of medical education posts along with 78 posts in dispensaries under the Ayush Department.

The Cabinet gave its approval for the launch of EBC Nestam on January 25^th, where women aged between 45-60 years belonging to unreserved castes will be receiving Rs 15K per annum as financial aid. Towards this initiative, the government has identified 3.92 lakh beneficiaries and sanctioned Rs 589 crore. It also approved a Rs 5K crore loan for AP State Civil Supplies Corporation to ease the payment for farmers against crop procurements without delay, he said.