AP Govt withdraws GO 5

Hyderabad, Aug 14 (UNI) Ahead of the Monsoon session of the State Assembly beginning on August 17, the Andhra Pradesh Government today withdrew Government Order(GO) No.5 relating to implementation of third phase of reforms in Public Sector Enterprises (PSEs), but made it clear that it would go ahead with reforms.

At a high-level meeting chaired by Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, it was decided that reforms which was initiated decades ago, would go on and would have no connection with the said GO, an official release said.

Assuring the PSE employees that ''no employee will lose his job and the Government will create lakhs of more jobs'', it said that the Government had decided to cancel the GO to remove employees' fear and not give any scope for certain parties to take advantage of the siutation and mislead them.

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