There appears to have been the greatest looting in Andhra Pradesh's history between 2019 and 2024. sakshi Daily, which jagan Mohan reddy owns and whose wife Bharti reddy serves as chairperson, reaped significant benefits. sakshi received advertising worth 403 crores during a five-year period, whereas the combined advertisements of the other newspapers came to 488 crores, as disclosed to the Assembly. 

The government has granted sakshi ads costing 371 crores directly, while collectors and other authorities have contributed the remaining advertisements worth 32.75 crore. sakshi received a total of Rs. 403 crores in funding. The publication with the highest circulation should receive more ads, per the guidelines. eenadu ought to receive the majority of the adverts as a result. In addition to sakshi, a number of National media outlets received disobeying ads in order for them to publish surveys and stories supporting the ysr Congress.
 
In addition, the government declined to pay the outstanding debts owed to media outlets like Eenadu. They even stopped accepting the government adverts later on. In addition to these ad hoaxes, we also know that 3.78 lakh volunteers and staff members who worked with ward or village sachivalayams (secretariats) were given a Rs 200 monthly stipend by the then-Jagan government to subscribe to newspapers. Orally, they instructed that sakshi should be the newspaper. sakshi makes about 7.5 crore each month and 90 crore annually. sakshi increased both its earnings and circulation in this way.
 


 

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