Jagananna Ammavodi

Jagananna Ammavodi is a program launched by the Government of Andhra Pradesh to encourage parents to send their children to school by depositing ₹13,000 rupees of financial assistance in the bank account of student's mother.

Development
Jagananna Ammavodi was launched by Chief minister of Andhra Pradesh Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on 9 January 2020 with a budget of ₹ 6,455.80 crore for the academic year 2019–20. The scheme benefits students of around 43 lakh households. Second phase of the scheme was launched on 11th Jan 2021 with a budget of ₹6673 crore benefiting 45 lakh people. The initial eligibility criteria which included 75% of mandatory attendance was relaxed due to COVID-19 pandemic.

The scheme
Under the scheme, an amount of ₹15,000 is deposited into the bank account of beneficiary's mother.

Students studying in all the government, private aided, private unaided and residential schools/junior colleges are eligible to avail the scheme whereas dropouts, income tax payers and government employees have been considered ineligible.