Chandrababu Gives Investment Push in AP, Reviews Key Projects

A meeting of the State Investment Promotion Board (SIPB) was held under the chairmanship of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu. The meeting reviewed investment proposals across industries, energy, tourism, IT, electronics, food processing and infrastructure. The Chief Minister directed officials to focus on converting previously signed agreements into actual investments and ensuring that production begins at the proposed units. Officials informed him that 519 projects had commenced operations out of the 714 agreements signed so far.

Chandrababu also directed officials to establish a convention centre in Visakhapatnam to host an investment summit. He highlighted the importance of investments, infrastructure development and food processing in establishing Rayalaseema as a global horticulture hub. He called for greater focus on ports, airports and east-west connectivity, while stressing the need to develop an ecosystem around semiconductor manufacturing units. Ministers Nara Lokesh, TG Bharath, Anagani Satyaprasad, Gottipati Ravi Kumar, Narayana and Kandula Durgesh attended the meeting virtually.