Amaravati: Retired IAS officer M Samuel, who is already serving as an advisor to Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, has been given the additional and all-important assignment to oversee the implementation of Navaratnalu scheme as vice-chairman for the said committee. The State government issued orders to this effect on Saturday.

The appointment of a top bureaucrat to the said role, instead of a politician, suggests that YS Jagan accords a greater significance towards the implementation of Navaratnalu, which he had promised during electioneering.

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Being in the Chief Minister's Office, he will coordinate with all the departments to ensure that promises made as part of Navaratnalu are implemented as planned. Samuel will have a Cabinet rank and will be in the said position for a period of three years, the government order stated.

Navaratnalu are a list of nine welfare schemes which YSRCP had promised in the run-up to the elections. These include fee reimbursement, YSR Raithu Bharosa, Aarogya Sri among others.

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