As a first step, Government of Andhra Pradesh has identified 19 small and medium size Public and Co-operative Enterprises for restructuring, downsizing and even closure.

The 19 State Level Public Enterprises on the Phase I reform list under APERP is detailed below:

 

S No	Enterprise	Time Table for Implementation
		By 1999	By 2000	By 2001
1.	Nandyal Spg Mills	Privatise
2.	Rajahmundry Spg Mills	Privatise
3.	Nellore Spg Mills	Privatise
4.	Adilabad Spg Mills	Privatise
5.	Nizam Sugars Ltd.		Privatise
6.	Allwyn Watches Ltd.		Privatise
7.	APS Irrigation Dev. Corp. Ltd.			Privatise
8.	APS Agro Inds. Dev. Corp. Ltd.		Restructure & Privatise
9.	APS Meat & Poultry Dev. Corp. Ltd.		Restructure & Privatise
10.	APS Small Inds. Dev. Corp.	Close
11.	AP Handicrafts Dev. Corp.			Close
12.	AP Textile Dev. Corp.		Close
13.	Parchur Coop Spg Mills			Privatise
14.	Chirala Coop Spg Mills			Privatise
15.	Chilakaluripet Coop Spg Mills			Privatise
16.	Hanuman Junction Coop Sugar Mill			Privatise
17.	ASM Coop Sugar Mill			Privatise
18.	Nagarjuna Coop Sugar Mill			Privatise
19.	Nandyal Coop Sugar Mill			Privatise

Implementation of Social Safety Net:

The Public Enterprise Reform in the State has a humane dimension. Job loss trauma is mitigated by better severance package under VRS. The benefits under this voluntary retirement scheme are more beneficial to the workers than the compensation paid under ID Act, which is the normal entitlement.

Social Safety Net Programmes are put in place to moderate the social impact of the retrenched workers in P.E.Reform under Phase-I Action Plan. This programme will include counselling, retraining and limited follow up services. The Institute of Public Enterprise has been appointed as a Nodal Agency to conduct counselling and survey. The counselling is taken up for the workers and training is organised in areas in which they are interested and for which they are suitable so that they can find avenues in the emerging labour market. Assistance is also provided for rehabilitating them through self-employment or private employment.

It is proposed to cover 1500 workers under this programme with an amount of Rs.2.52 crores.