Andhra government has spent ₹76,000 crore on pensions so far, says Naidu in Repalle

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu addresses a public meeting during the pension distribution programme in Repalle in Bapatla district on Thursday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday (October 1, 2026) said his government was working with the responsibility of ensuring justice to the poor while simultaneously pursuing development, and said he believed a Chief Minister should be a “common man” who understood people’s problems and worked to address them.

Participating in the NTR Bharosa pensions distribution programme, he addressed a public meeting as part of the “service to the poor” initiative in Repalle in Bapatla district. Mr. Naidu said he had been taking part in the pension programme on the first of every month for the past 28 months. He said officials and elected representatives were also reaching out to people on the first day of every month.

Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu speaks to a woman at the pension distribution programme in Repalle in Bapatla district on Thursday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

He said the government was providing economic security to the poor through pensions and had so far spent ₹76,000 crore on pensions. The government, he said, was approaching poverty from a humanitarian rather than merely an economic perspective and was working to improve living standards.