*Review on Endownments for better governance held*

(DNS Report: P. Raja, Bureau chief, Amaravati)

Amravati, Sep 27, 2021. ( DNS Online): Mr. Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy , Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh has directed the Endowments officials to maintain corruption free governance. A review meeting was held at the camp office on Monday on the management of the Endowment (Revenue ) department. On this occasion he ordered to bring the best management practices in the temples. He said the good practices implemented in TTD should be introduced in other temples and TTD policies should be followed from online approach to preparation of quality offerings. Mainly suggested items. .

Implementing online methods can be seen without

corruption:

Online methods do good to temples:

Changes to the system include:

Donors can make donations to any of the temples online:

Large billboards should be placed in each temple announcing the methods and procedures online:

Donations from donors should be used for temple development:

Use directly to temples without going astray:

Other temples should have systems similar to TTD:

Revenue from temples should be spent on temple development without corruption:

Also focus on repairing temples regularly:

For the first time in history, the state government is spending nearly

Rs 70 crore on development work at Durgagudi:

Special attention should be paid to the accommodation of the devotees and the quality of the offerings.

Devotees should not compromise on accommodation in temples:

Make quality accommodation available to them:

One should focus on the quality of the offerings given in each temple.

Prasads should be memorable for the devotees.

Laddu preparation methods in Thirumala should be seen in other temples.

This will result in quality offerings.

Ordered to complete the formation of committees in the temples.

This will increase monitoring of

temples:

Masler plans should be drawn up for all temples:

An action plan should be drawn up for the development of other major temples including Srisailam:

Proceed by running ePlan regularly:

In the management of temples like TTD :. .

Temples Evola performance should be improved:

Improved standards of management in temples:

The development of temples depends on the performance of Evo:

Awareness and training should be given to all of them on TTD management practices:

Infrastructure deficiencies in temples and changes to be brought should be identified.

Focus on these and

make changes.

Auditing in temples should also be done transparently.

The procedures in TTD should be followed.

TTD assistance should be sought for the digitization process of online booking, kiosks, QR code payments, online room booking system etc.

For conservation of temple lands: ..

The temple lands should be surveyed and geo-tagged as part of conservation.

As part of the conservation of temple lands, a committee should be set up for each district with a Collector, SP and a Government Advocate:

On the security of temples: ..

We have installed over 47,000 CCTV cameras in about 18,000 temples in the state for

security:

Wherever there are temples, the authorities have been instructed to install CCTV cameras for their safety

An SP level officer should be appointed for vigilance and security in the revenue department.

There should be police supervision over security, etc. in temples.

Officials who implemented the removal of retirement‌ for hereditary priests

Steps must be taken to enforce the rest as well.

If the 1305 priests working in temples are guaranteed a 25 per cent increase in the minimum wage, the authorities have actually increased it by 56 per cent and 100 per cent.

The CM also directed the authorities to take appropriate action on the

implementation of the incense offering program in temples

The focus should be on the allocation of housing for all priests.

The CM directed the officers to convene a review meeting in another 2 months on the progress of the issues set out in this meeting.

The review meeting was attended by Mr. Velampally Srinivas, Endowments Minister Mr. Neerab Kumar Prasad, Land Administration Chief Commissioner, Ms. G Vani Mohan, Chief Secretary (Endowments), TDD Evo Dr KS Jawahar Reddy and executives of prominent temples in the state.