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Monthly Highlights
- Bhogapuram airport: PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the Alluri Sitarama Raju International Airport (Vizianagaram) on 1 August 2026; commercial flights began on 17 August under code VTZ. (Section 6.1)
- BC quota restored: Cabinet (18 August) approved 34% BC reservation in rural and 33.33% in urban local bodies; GO Ms No. 105 followed on 20 August. (Section 1.2)
- Zilla Praja Parishads to rise from 13 to 28; Mayors and municipal chairpersons to be directly elected. (Section 1.2)
- AP PPP Policy 2026 (Cabinet, 6 August) with a ₹1,500 crore Viability Gap Funding corpus; the Disha Bill, 2019 was withdrawn. (Section 1.1)