Chapter 12 — Andhra Pradesh current affairs through 10 October 2026

Coverage window: State records published or effective by 10 October 2026

Revision checked: 11 October 2026

Question set: CA26-AP-001 to CA26-AP-045

This chapter focuses on Andhra Pradesh records that can be checked in state budget documents, a dated Finance Department circular, district administration updates and a Government Order hosted by APCRDA. It does not treat a headline, tender notice or budget estimate as proof of completed work. For every state item, learn the issuing authority, date, status and the exact amount or administrative step supported by the record.

1. Andhra Pradesh Budget 2026–27: read the labels first

The official Finance Department’s Budget at a Glance presents 2026–27 as Budget Estimates (BE). It shows total receipts of ₹3,32,205.33 crore and total expenditure of the same amount. Within receipts, revenue receipts are estimated at ₹2,34,140.14 crore. Within expenditure, revenue expenditure is ₹2,56,142.64 crore and capital expenditure is ₹48,697.71 crore. The estimates are plans and projections for the financial year; they are not audited outturns.

The budget document reports a revenue deficit of ₹22,002.50 crore and a fiscal deficit of ₹75,868.09 crore. Expressed as shares of the state’s estimated GSDP, the budget gives 1.11% and 3.84%, respectively. The corresponding GSDP estimate is ₹19,75,073 crore. Keep both the rupee amount and the percentage label. The revenue deficit compares revenue receipts with revenue expenditure; the fiscal-deficit measure includes the broader borrowing requirement after the stated accounting adjustments. They are not interchangeable.

Major revenue-receipt entries include state tax revenue of ₹1,25,845.78 crore and the state’s share of central taxes of ₹64,362.16 crore. A candidate should distinguish these from public debt and other capital receipts. A simple source-side revision card is: “Which source? Which budget stage? Which year? What unit?” The official table separately displays accounts for 2024–25, BE 2025–26, RE 2025–26 and BE 2026–27. Never take a value from one column and label it as another.

The published departmental allocation chart is also a budget-stage presentation. For example, it lists School Education, BC Welfare, Panchayat Raj and Rural Development, Health and Water Resources among major departmental allocations. A department’s allocation is not the same as expenditure already incurred, beneficiaries reached or a measured outcome. To study implementation, use later release orders, treasury expenditure reports, audited accounts or the programme’s outcome indicators.

2. District and mandal budget outreach: what the circular says

A Finance (Budget-I) Department circular dated 11 March 2026 describes a structured Budget Outreach Programme at district and Assembly constituency levels. It states that the Appropriation Bill had been passed and asks departments to prepare district-wise and constituency-wise material from the 2026–27 Budget Estimates. It says the relevant NIDHI portal formats were pre-populated with BE allocations under revenue and capital heads. Heads of Departments were asked to distribute the indicated allocations by district; district Chief Planning Officers were to coordinate mandal-level distribution with district officers; and the District Collector was to verify and approve the resulting distribution for constituency-level reports. The circular gave 5 p.m. on 13 March as a data-entry deadline.

Keep that administrative sequence straight: state appropriation and BE provisions → department distribution → district and mandal compilation → collector verification/approval → constituency-level report. The circular describes allocation-distribution work. It does not prove that the allocations were released, drawn from treasury, spent, or converted into a service outcome. Those stages need separate records.

The circular instructs departments to distribute the indicated totals across 28 districts. That number is consistent with the district structure in force on the circular’s date. Andhra Pradesh’s 2022 reorganisation had raised the count from 13 to 26. Final notifications then created Markapuram and Polavaram districts with effect from 31 December 2025, taking the total to 28. The Alluri Sitharama Raju District Administration records that Polavaram was formed from 12 mandals of the former Alluri district, while the restructured Alluri district has 11 mandals and its headquarters at Paderu. The state’s Social Security Pensions portal lists Markapuram and Polavaram in its current district roster. Therefore, the March 2026 circular is not inconsistent with the structure then in force. Keep the timeline attached to the count: 13 before the 2022 exercise; 26 after the 2022 reorganisation; 28 from 31 December 2025. Sources CA26-048, CA26-069, CA26-070 and CA26-071.

3. Annadata Sukhibhava–PM-KISAN: distinguish the combined amount

The Tirupati District Agriculture page describes Annadata Sukhibhava–PM-KISAN as an annual assistance framework of ₹20,000 per farmer family, including ₹6,000 provided by the Union Government under PM-KISAN. It separately says landless cultivators receive ₹20,000 per year from the state budget. Eligibility descriptions on the page include small and marginal farmers, tenant farmers and landless cultivators; candidates should check the current operational order for detailed definitions and exclusions before advising an applicant.

A dated Eluru District release from 20 June 2026 reports the first instalment for financial year 2026–27. It gives an Eluru district total of ₹105.69 crore to 1,60,968 farmers. The report’s district figures divide this into ₹80.48 crore under Annadata Sukhibhava for 1,60,968 farmer families and ₹25.21 crore under PM-KISAN for 1,26,041 farmers. It says the per-person amounts in that instalment were ₹5,000 under the state scheme and ₹2,000 under PM-KISAN for eligible recipients. The state-level programme was held at Linganguntla village in Chilakaluripet mandal; the Eluru district account also describes a district event at Narayanapuram in Unguturu constituency.

Do not multiply the first-instalment amount and call it the complete annual benefit. The annual combined frame and a particular instalment are different facts. Nor does a district beneficiary count equal a state-wide beneficiary total. The amounts in the Eluru report are district-specific administrative figures and must remain labelled as such.

4. APCRDA Government Order: a review committee, not a project launch

Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department G.O.Rt.No.50, dated 23 January 2026, constituted a district-level committee to review exemptions under the Amaravati Land Pooling Scheme. The order names the Guntur Joint Collector as chair; a Special Deputy Collector nominated by the Revenue Department as convenor; and the Assistant Director of Survey and Land Records, District Panchayat Officer and District Project Manager for Disaster Management, Guntur, as members.

The terms of reference include field verification of exemptions exceeding 10 cents outside the gramakantam area, review of grievances and checking new grievances. The committee was directed to submit a report within 60 days. This is an administrative review order. It is not a new land-pooling scheme, a capital-city construction completion certificate or a final ruling on every individual grievance. For such questions, identify the specific order and the task it creates.

5. Quick source and status method for AP current affairs

When an AP update appears in an exam digest, open the original source and record five fields: (1) issuing authority; (2) order or publication date; (3) place and jurisdiction; (4) status verb; and (5) amount, unit and period. A Budget Estimate is not actual spending. An allocation-distribution memo is not a release order. A district release should not be converted into a statewide total. A committee’s mandate is not its later finding. If two official records disagree, preserve the conflict and seek the later or legally controlling record before presenting a number as current.

Andhra Pradesh event card

Quick recall

• Which AP budget numbers are estimates, and what is the difference between revenue deficit and fiscal deficit?
• Which source supplied the state’s share of central taxes, and which was state tax revenue?
• What does the 11 March Finance circular say about the NIDHI workflow and its deadline?
• How did Andhra Pradesh’s district count change between the 2022 reorganisation and 31 December 2025?
• How does the ₹20,000 annual Annadata Sukhibhava–PM-KISAN description relate to the ₹7,000 first instalment?
• Which figures in the June release are Eluru district figures?
• What did APCRDA G.O.Rt.No.50 require the committee to review, and when was it dated?

Complete the 45 original questions. On every numerical item, write the unit, budget stage, period and geographic scope before selecting an option.

Figure 12.1 — Andhra Pradesh: scope and status. Original teaching visual; schematic, not to scale unless the chapter specifies units.

Original practice questions

1. What were the total receipts in Andhra Pradesh’s Budget Estimates for 2026–27?

A. ₹3,32,205.33 crore

B. ₹2,34,140.14 crore

C. ₹2,56,142.64 crore

D. ₹48,697.71 crore

Answer: A. The Budget at a Glance lists total receipts of ₹3,32,205.33 crore for BE 2026–27. Source CA26-047.

2. What total expenditure did Andhra Pradesh budget for 2026–27?

A. ₹2,34,140.14 crore

B. ₹3,32,205.33 crore

C. ₹75,868.09 crore

D. ₹19,75,073 crore

Answer: B. Total expenditure is estimated at ₹3,32,205.33 crore. It is a budget estimate, not audited spending. Source CA26-047.

3. In the state Budget at a Glance, “BE 2026–27” means:

A. Audited account for 2026–27

B. Revised Estimate for 2025–26

C. Budget Estimate for financial year 2026–27

D. Monthly cash expenditure in March 2026

Answer: C. BE means Budget Estimate. Accounts, revised estimates and budget estimates are different columns. Source CA26-047.

4. What revenue receipts were estimated for Andhra Pradesh in 2026–27?

A. ₹2,56,142.64 crore

B. ₹48,697.71 crore

C. ₹3,32,205.33 crore

D. ₹2,34,140.14 crore

Answer: D. The official table gives revenue receipts of ₹2,34,140.14 crore. Source CA26-047.

5. What revenue expenditure was estimated in the state’s 2026–27 budget?

A. ₹2,56,142.64 crore

B. ₹2,34,140.14 crore

C. ₹48,697.71 crore

D. ₹75,868.09 crore

Answer: A. Revenue expenditure is budgeted at ₹2,56,142.64 crore. Source CA26-047.

6. What capital expenditure was estimated for 2026–27?

A. ₹22,002.50 crore

B. ₹48,697.71 crore

C. ₹64,362.16 crore

D. ₹1,25,845.78 crore

Answer: B. The Budget at a Glance lists capital expenditure of ₹48,697.71 crore. Source CA26-047.

7. What revenue deficit amount appears in Andhra Pradesh’s 2026–27 BE?

A. ₹75,868.09 crore

B. ₹48,697.71 crore

C. ₹22,002.50 crore

D. ₹3,32,205.33 crore

Answer: C. The budget estimates a revenue deficit of ₹22,002.50 crore. Source CA26-047.

8. What fiscal deficit amount appears in the state’s 2026–27 BE?

A. ₹22,002.50 crore

B. ₹48,697.71 crore

C. ₹64,362.16 crore

D. ₹75,868.09 crore

Answer: D. The budget gives a fiscal deficit of ₹75,868.09 crore. Source CA26-047.

9. The state budget gives revenue deficit and fiscal deficit as what shares of estimated GSDP?

A. 1.11% and 3.84%, respectively

B. 3.84% and 1.11%, respectively

C. 2.33% and 4.57%, respectively

D. 4.57% and 2.33%, respectively

Answer: A. The 2026–27 BE column reports revenue deficit at 1.11% and fiscal deficit at 3.84% of GSDP. Source CA26-047.

10. What GSDP estimate is used in Andhra Pradesh’s 2026–27 budget table?

A. ₹3,32,205.33 crore

B. ₹19,75,073 crore

C. ₹75,868.09 crore

D. ₹1,25,845.78 crore

Answer: B. The Budget at a Glance lists estimated GSDP of ₹19,75,073 crore. Source CA26-047.

11. What state tax revenue was estimated for 2026–27?

A. ₹64,362.16 crore

B. ₹11,473.98 crore

C. ₹1,25,845.78 crore

D. ₹2,34,140.14 crore

Answer: C. The 2026–27 BE table lists tax revenue at ₹1,25,845.78 crore. Source CA26-047.

12. What amount was estimated as Andhra Pradesh’s share of central taxes?

A. ₹1,25,845.78 crore

B. ₹48,697.71 crore

C. ₹22,002.50 crore

D. ₹64,362.16 crore

Answer: D. The state’s share of central taxes is ₹64,362.16 crore in the 2026–27 BE column. Source CA26-047.

13. Which statement correctly distinguishes the AP budget’s BE 2026–27 column from audited accounts?

A. BE is an estimate for the coming financial year

B. BE is an audited account for a completed year

C. BE is a district-level expenditure receipt

D. BE is the same as the revised estimate for 2025–26

Answer: A. Budget Estimates are projections for the stated financial year; audited accounts report completed transactions. Source CA26-047.

14. Which document on the AP Finance Department’s official budget index is titled “Andhra Pradesh Budget in Brief 2026–27”?

A. Volume II

B. Volume VI

C. Volume IV

D. Volume IX

Answer: B. The Finance Department index identifies the Budget in Brief as Volume VI. Source CA26-047.

15. Why should a budget allocation not be reported automatically as money already spent?

A. Every allocation is an audited outcome on the same date

B. Capital expenditure is excluded from all budgets

C. Allocation and expenditure are different stages and require different records

D. State budgets contain no estimates

Answer: C. An allocation is a provision; release, drawal, spending and outcome each require evidence. Source CA26-047 and CA26-048.

16. On what date was the AP Finance Department’s 2026–27 budget outreach circular issued?

A. 13 March 2026

B. 20 June 2026

C. 23 January 2026

D. 11 March 2026

Answer: D. Circular Memo No. 3176307/Budget 2026–27/Outreach/01 is dated 11 March 2026. Source CA26-048.

17. Which department issued the budget outreach memo?

A. Finance (Budget-I) Department

B. School Education Department

C. APCRDA Survey Department

D. Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India

Answer: A. The heading identifies the Government of Andhra Pradesh Finance (Budget-I) Department. Source CA26-048.

18. What budget stage did the March circular say had been finalised by passage of the Appropriation Bill?

A. Audited expenditure for financial year 2026–27

B. Budget provisions for financial year 2026–27

C. The state’s final accounts through 2030

D. A new district boundary order

Answer: B. The circular says the Appropriation Bill had been passed, finalising the budget provisions for the ensuing year. Source CA26-048.

19. Which portal did the circular say contained pre-populated formats for budget distribution?

A. APCRDA online grievances only

B. PM-KISAN portal

C. NIDHI

D. ISRO launch portal

Answer: C. The memo says online formats were available in the NIDHI portal. Source CA26-048.

20. The outreach programme was intended to prepare budget material at which levels?

A. International and provincial levels

B. Only village school level

C. Only central ministry level

D. District and Assembly constituency levels

Answer: D. The circular specifies district and Assembly constituency outreach. Source CA26-048.

21. Which officials were asked to distribute indicated BE allocations across districts?

A. Heads of Departments

B. Olympic Council of Asia delegates

C. University examination observers

D. Lok Sabha presiding officers

Answer: A. The memo assigns the district-wise distribution task to Heads of Departments. Source CA26-048.

22. Who was asked to coordinate mandal-wise distribution with district officers?

A. District Project Managers for Disaster Management only

B. Chief Planning Officers of the districts

C. State Finance Commission members only

D. APCRDA tender bidders

Answer: B. The circular directs district Chief Planning Officers to coordinate with district-level officers for mandal distribution. Source CA26-048.

23. What role did the circular assign to the District Collector in the distribution workflow?

A. Audit the final statewide accounts for 2026–27

B. Approve PM-KISAN instalments for every state

C. Verify and approve the distribution so constituency reports can be generated

D. Issue the Appropriation Act

Answer: C. The memo says the Collector verifies and approves the district-level distribution for constituency reports. Source CA26-048.

24. What deadline did the circular set for online data entry and submission?

A. 5 p.m. on 11 March 2026

B. 5 p.m. on 20 June 2026

C. 5 p.m. on 23 January 2026

D. 5 p.m. on 13 March 2026

Answer: D. The deadline in the memo was 5 p.m. on 13 March 2026. Source CA26-048.

25. Which pair of districts raised Andhra Pradesh’s total from 26 to 28 with effect from 31 December 2025?

A. Polavaram and Markapuram

B. Alluri Sitharama Raju and Markapuram

C. Polavaram and Annamayya

D. Markapuram and Nandyal

Answer: A. The final 2025 district reorganisation created Polavaram and Markapuram, effective 31 December 2025. The March 2026 budget circular’s reference to 28 districts is consistent with that timeline. Sources CA26-048, CA26-069 and CA26-071.

26. What annual combined assistance does the Tirupati District Agriculture page describe under Annadata Sukhibhava–PM-KISAN?

A. ₹6,000 per farmer family

B. ₹20,000 per farmer family

C. ₹5,000 per farmer family

D. ₹2,000 per farmer family

Answer: B. The district Agriculture page describes ₹20,000 annually under the combined framework. Source CA26-049.

27. How much of the stated ₹20,000 annual combined assistance is identified as the Union PM-KISAN benefit?

A. ₹20,000

B. ₹5,000

C. ₹6,000

D. ₹2,000

Answer: C. The state district page says the amount includes ₹6,000 provided by the Union Government under PM-KISAN. Source CA26-049.

28. What annual state-budget assistance does the Tirupati district page describe for landless cultivators?

A. ₹6,000

B. ₹5,000

C. ₹2,000

D. ₹20,000

Answer: D. The page separately describes ₹20,000 per year from the state budget for landless cultivators. Source CA26-049.

29. According to Eluru District’s 20 June 2026 release, what was the first-instalment amount under Annadata Sukhibhava per eligible farmer family?

A. ₹5,000

B. ₹2,000

C. ₹6,000

D. ₹20,000

Answer: A. The district release reports ₹5,000 under the state scheme in that first instalment. Source CA26-050.

30. What PM-KISAN amount per eligible recipient did Eluru District report for the first instalment?

A. ₹5,000

B. ₹2,000

C. ₹6,000

D. ₹20,000

Answer: B. The release states ₹2,000 under PM-KISAN for eligible recipients in the first instalment. Source CA26-050.

31. The ₹5,000 state amount and ₹2,000 PM-KISAN amount in Eluru’s June release together equal:

A. ₹20,000

B. ₹6,000

C. ₹7,000

D. ₹5,000

Answer: C. The reported first-instalment components total ₹7,000 for a recipient eligible for both. Source CA26-050.

32. How many farmers did the Eluru District release report receiving ₹105.69 crore in total assistance?

A. 1,26,041

B. 13,910

C. 11,695

D. 1,60,968

Answer: D. The district release reports ₹105.69 crore across 1,60,968 farmers under its stated combined district figures. Source CA26-050.

33. What total assistance did Eluru District report for the first instalment on 20 June 2026?

A. ₹105.69 crore

B. ₹80.48 crore

C. ₹25.21 crore

D. ₹6.96 crore

Answer: A. The release gives a district-wide combined figure of ₹105.69 crore. Source CA26-050.

34. What Annadata Sukhibhava amount did Eluru District report for its 1,60,968 farmer families?

A. ₹25.21 crore

B. ₹80.48 crore

C. ₹105.69 crore

D. ₹2.34 crore

Answer: B. The district report gives ₹80.48 crore under Annadata Sukhibhava. Source CA26-050.

35. What PM-KISAN amount did Eluru District report in its June first-instalment breakdown?

A. ₹80.48 crore

B. ₹105.69 crore

C. ₹25.21 crore

D. ₹6.96 crore

Answer: C. The release reports ₹25.21 crore under PM-KISAN. Source CA26-050.

36. How many Eluru District farmers did the release identify under its PM-KISAN component?

A. 1,60,968

B. 13,910

C. 11,695

D. 1,26,041

Answer: D. The district release names 1,26,041 PM-KISAN recipients. Source CA26-050.

37. Where did the state-level first-instalment programme described by Eluru District take place?

A. Linganguntla village, Chilakaluripet mandal

B. Narayanapuram village, Unguturu constituency

C. Rayapudi village, Amaravati

D. Nagoya City Mizuho Park

Answer: A. The release locates the state-level programme at Linganguntla in Chilakaluripet mandal. It separately describes an Eluru district event at Narayanapuram. Source CA26-050.

38. Which figure in the June release is specific to Eluru District rather than a statewide beneficiary total?

A. All Indian PM-KISAN beneficiaries

B. 1,60,968 farmers and ₹105.69 crore

C. The national budget’s total receipts

D. The Asian Games medal tally

Answer: B. The figures are explicitly reported for Eluru District. Do not convert district data into a state total. Source CA26-050.

39. Which statement best separates the annual combined scheme amount from the reported first instalment?

A. ₹7,000 is the annual amount and ₹20,000 the monthly amount

B. ₹20,000 is the Eluru district total

C. ₹20,000 is the annual combined frame; ₹7,000 was the reported first instalment for those eligible for both components

D. They refer to the same figure and period

Answer: C. The sources describe different time periods: annual assistance and a first instalment. Source CA26-049 and CA26-050.

40. Which Government Order constituted a district committee to review Amaravati Land Pooling Scheme exemptions?

A. Circular Memo No.3176307 only

B. G.O.Ms.No.19

C. G.O.Rt.No.29

D. G.O.Rt.No.50

Answer: D. APCRDA’s posted order is G.O.Rt.No.50 in the Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department. Source CA26-051.

41. On what date was APCRDA G.O.Rt.No.50 issued?

A. 23 January 2026

B. 11 March 2026

C. 20 June 2026

D. 13 March 2026

Answer: A. The order is dated 23 January 2026. Source CA26-051.

42. Who was named chair of the G.O.Rt.No.50 district-level committee?

A. District Collector, Eluru

B. Joint Collector, Guntur District

C. Chief Planning Officer, Tirupati

D. Commissioner, APCRDA

Answer: B. The order names the Guntur Joint Collector as committee chair. Source CA26-051.

43. Who was named convenor of the committee under G.O.Rt.No.50?

A. The Olympic Council of Asia secretary

B. The Tirupati District Agriculture Officer

C. A Special Deputy Collector nominated by the Revenue Department

D. The state Finance Minister

Answer: C. The order identifies a Revenue Department-nominated Special Deputy Collector as convenor. Source CA26-051.

44. The committee’s field verification covered exemptions exceeding what extent outside gramakantam, subject to the order’s stated terms?

A. 10 acres

B. 60 cents

C. 28 cents

D. 10 cents

Answer: D. The order’s terms refer to extents exceeding 10 cents outside gramakantam. Source CA26-051.

45. Within what period was the committee directed to submit its report?

A. 60 days from the date of the order

B. 11 months

C. 5 working days

D. 20 years

Answer: A. G.O.Rt.No.50 directs a report within 60 days from its issue date. Source CA26-051.