November 2025
In short: Andhra Pradesh polity & governance current affairs for November 2025.
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Andhra Pradesh's November 2025 governance digest — the Chief Minister Employment Generation Programme (CMEGP) for MSME entrepreneurs, a public-friendly traffic-enforcement reset (challans only for repeat offenders), the Building Penalisation Scheme 2025 (G.O. Ms. 225) to regularise 1985–2025 unauthorised constructions, three new districts (Polavaram, Markapuram, Madanapalle) that take AP to 29 districts, and the killing of top Maoist commander Madvi Hidma.
November 2025 — At a Glance
November 2025 kept Andhra Pradesh's governance focus on livelihoods, urban order and the administrative map. The state readied the Chief Minister Employment Generation Programme (CMEGP) to seed MSME entrepreneurs, reset traffic enforcement to a public-friendly model — issuing challans only for repeat offenders — and notified the Building Penalisation Scheme 2025 (BPS-2025) to regularise unauthorised constructions built between 1985 and 2025. CM N. Chandrababu Naidu announced three new districts — Polavaram, Markapuram and Madanapalle — taking AP to 29 districts, while AP police killed top Maoist commander Madvi Hidma in an encounter in the ASR district hills.
1. Employment & MSME Governance
Chief Minister Employment Generation Programme (CMEGP)
- What — AP announced plans to launch the Chief Minister Employment Generation Programme (CMEGP) to promote entrepreneurship and self-employment in the manufacturing and service sectors under the MSME segment, targeting first-generation entrepreneurs.
- Higher ceilings than PMEGP — Modelled on the Centre's PMEGP but with higher investment ceilings: up to ₹75 lakh for manufacturing units (vs ₹50 lakh under PMEGP) and up to ₹25 lakh for service units (vs ₹20 lakh under PMEGP).
- Reach & delivery — Covers both rural and urban areas, aims to establish 5,000–6,000 new units annually, and will be implemented by the Department of MSME (likely through District Industries Centres / DICs).
- Common Facility Centres (CFCs) — A complementary policy for Common Facility Centres (CFCs) — shared infrastructure (machinery, testing labs, design and training centres) for MSME clusters — is being prepared, with additional State financial support beyond Central assistance.
- PMEGP context — PMEGP is a Central Sector Scheme launched in 2008, offering a subsidy of 15%–35% of project cost, with KVIC (Khadi and Village Industries Commission — a statutory body under the KVIC Act, 1956) as the nodal agency.
2. Urban Governance — Building Penalisation Scheme 2025
BPS-2025: a final window to legalise 1985–2025 constructions
- What & the G.O. — AP notified the Building Penalisation Scheme-2025 (BPS-2025) through G.O. Ms. 225 (MA&UD Department) to regularise unauthorised constructions built between 1 January 1985 and 31 August 2025 — a final, one-time opportunity replacing the low-uptake 2019 BPS.
- Scale & demand — As per the UCIMS Portal (Urban Construction Information Management System), 59,041 unauthorised buildings were identified as of 31 August 2025. Real-estate bodies CREDAI, NAREDCO and CLESA had urged a comprehensive BPS.
- How to apply — Applications must be filed online at www.bps.ap.gov.in within a 120-day window from the notification date. Initial fee is ₹10,000 per application; penalisation charges are ₹40–₹400 per sq ft, by usage, category and deviation.
- Concessions — 25% discount for constructions before 1997; 50% discount for residential buildings in notified slums.
- Exclusions — It will NOT apply to buildings on public land, environmentally restricted zones, properties with ownership disputes, or any new unauthorised construction after 31 August 2025. Covered authorities include APCRDA, VMRDA, VK-PCPIR UDA and IALAs — but the Capital City Area of APCRDA is excluded. Post-BPS enforcement includes demolition of new unauthorised buildings and criminal prosecution.
3. Redrawing the Map — Three New Districts
Polavaram, Markapuram and Madanapalle — AP now has 29 districts
- Announcement — CM N. Chandrababu Naidu announced the formation of three new districts — Polavaram, Markapuram and Madanapalle — taking AP's total to 29 districts. The government also sanctioned five new revenue divisions and one new mandal, with a detailed official notification to follow Cabinet approval.
- Nine districts unchanged — No change was proposed to 9 existing districts: Vizianagaram, Parvathipuram Manyam, Visakhapatnam, Eluru, Krishna, NTR, Guntur, Palnadu and Anantapur.
- Polavaram — HQ at Rampachodavaram; revenue divisions Rampachodavaram and Chinturu; focus on the Godavari agency/tribal belt and Polavaram project-affected areas.
- Markapuram — Revenue divisions Yerragondapalem, Markapuram, Kanigiri and Giddaluru (the Prakasam upland/Srisailam region).
- Madanapalle — Revenue divisions Madanapalle, Punganuru and Peeleru (the western Chittoor belt).
- New revenue divisions & mandal — New revenue divisions: Nakkapalli (Anakapalli), Addanki (Prakasam), Peeleru (Madanapalle), Banaganapalle (Nandyala) and Madakasira (Sri Sathya Sai); one new mandal Peddaharivanam, carved out of Adoni mandal (Kurnool). The source also flags a Srisailam mandal merger debate (Nandyala vs proposed Markapuram).
4. Law & Order and Internal Security
Public-friendly traffic enforcement
- Directive — CM N. Chandrababu Naidu held a high-level review on rising road accidents and stampede deaths and directed a public-friendly approach — challans only for repeated violations, while first-time offenders receive SMS alerts/warnings on mobile phones. He cited Kerala's traffic model (warnings before penalties, education-first).
- Wider directions — The review discussed recent stampede incidents (e.g., at Kasibugga Temple), calling for better crowd management and early-warning systems. Directions also covered immediate road repairs to eliminate potholes, drainage maintenance to prevent flooding, job melas to boost youth employment, curbing corruption in registration offices, and digital integration of e-challan systems linked to RTO databases.
Madvi Hidma, top Maoist commander, killed in encounter
- The encounter — A Special Party of the Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) district police killed Maoist commander Madvi Hidma in an encounter on 18 November 2025 (~6–7 a.m.) near Nellooru village, Maredumilli Mandal, in the Karegutta hills near the AP–Chhattisgarh–Telangana tri-junction. His wife Madkam Raje (Rajakka) and four other Maoists were also killed; combing continued.
- Who was Hidma — Born in Puvarti/Purvati village, Sukma (tribal background), Hidma was Commander of PLGA Battalion No. 1, head of the Central Military Commission (CMC), and the youngest and a rare tribal member of the Central Committee (CC); a reward of ₹50 lakh was on him. He was linked to ~26 major attacks over two decades — including 2010 Dantewada/Tadmetla (~76 CRPF deaths), 2013 Jhiram Ghati (Darbha), 2017 Sukma/Burkapal (26 CRPF), 2020 Minpa-Burkapal, and 2021 Tekulgudem-Pedagelur (22 security personnel).
- Operation Kagar context — The source ties this to Operation Kagar (2025) — a Union-led multi-state anti-Maoist offensive across Chhattisgarh, AP, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal, targeting an end to the movement by March 2026. It notes 2025 leadership losses including Basavaraju (Nambala Keshava Rao, former GS) killed in May 2025, shrinking the Central Committee from ~42 (2004) to about 12 in 2025.