VIJAYAWADA: The Cabinet at its meeting on Tuesday approved the A.P. Cyber Security Policy (AP-CSP) 2017 and decided to introduce courses in cyber security, Internet of Things, machine learning, financial technologies in colleges from this academic year itself, and reckon 2017-18 as the year of e-Pragati. The CSP envisages protection to cyber and information assets in public and private spheres through various measures, including capacity-building across the departments and strengthening the law enforcement agencies to better equip them with the rising graph of cyber crimes.
The Cabinet resolved to pay an additional ₹30,000 as a special grant to building workers under the Chandranna Bima scheme. It cleared the appointment of a security audit consultant for the Intelligence Department through a limited tender system. Other decisions include allotment of 65 acres in survey number 314 at Kapuluppada village in Bheemunipatnam mandal of Visakhapatnam district to the Eastern Naval Command, making requisite changes in the letters of agreement to facilitate the establishment of campuses of Amity University, Vellore Institute of Technology, Centurion University and SRM University. The Cabinet also approved G.O. RT No. 118 issued on January 18, 2017, for creation of a committee that would sort out the issues faced by the State post-bifurcation, auctioning of 350 acres in Keesara and eight commercial establishments in Vijayawada belonging to AgriGold and allotment of 172.84 acres to Patanjali Ayurved Limited at Chinnaraopalli village of Vizianagaram district.
