Andhra Pradesh
The 48th meeting of the Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee (CSMC) under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) on Friday has approved 371 recommendations from participating states and Union Territories for construction of 2,31,532 lakh houses with an overall investment of Rs 7,322 crore including central help of Rs 3,473 Cr. A total of 7-states/UTs participated [...] Continue Reading »
The price of sand, which is an important construction material is skyrocketing with an increase of 150% during the last four months. This alarming rise has been reported in the city of Visakhapatnam. Soon after the Andhra Pradesh state government announced its sand policy, there witnessed a sudden hike in price of sand. This is [...] Continue Reading »
The Hospitality chain The Best Western Group last day made an announcement that the opening of a budget property Ashoka Hitec City that is going to be coming up in the IT hub of Hyderabad. Gaurav Sarin who is the Associate Vice President, Business Development Best Western India, said, that Hyderabad is rich in Indian [...] Continue Reading »
Telangana Government Chief Secretary Rajeev Sharma on Monday met Central Government representatives and apprised them of the progress the L&T Metro Rail Hyderabad project has made so far. Accompanied by BV Papa Rao, Advisor to Telangana Government, the CS met with Union Cabinet Secretary and Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister and briefed them about [...] Continue Reading »
Andhra Pradesh has 32,872 acres of Government land available within a radius of 10 km from district headquarters. Deputy Chief Minister KE Krishna Murthy disclosed this in a press conference here recently. SPSR Nellore district had the highest acreage at 5,823 acres while West Godavari had the lowest at 79 acres. Krishna district, which is [...] Continue Reading »
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu today sought cooperation of Australia in helping the state government build infrastructure projects and strengthen roads and drainage networks. A delegation led by Lord Mayor of Brisbane Graham Quirk met Naidu at the CM’s Camp Office where the latter explained the “huge” investment potential in the state. The [...] Continue Reading »
Enthused by the promise made by chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu of an investor-friendly regime in AP, technology titan Wipro is expanding its Vizag campus. The company has sought the nod from the Union commerce ministry for setting up a new SEZ in AP. As per company filings with the commerce ministry, Wipro holds 1.22 [...] Continue Reading »
Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu today said Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh would be developed as ‘smart cities’. He also said that Vijayawada, Guntur and Tenali would be provided Metro rail services. Notably, the state government had recently announced that the new capital of Andhra Pradesh would be located “around Vijayawada“. As [...] Continue Reading »
A wide-ranging electronics policy has recently been unveiled by the Andhra Pradesh government, in an evident effort to capture a large chunk of the fast-growing market for electronics in India. The unveiling of the comprehensive electronics policy by the AP government comes against the backdrop of the fact that the demand for electronics is projected [...] Continue Reading »
Andhra Pradesh government is staring at an uphill task of developing a capital city for the state with an expert committee suggesting that the main government and other institutions be distributed across three different regions instead of the capital being established at any particular place. Development of a capital city has become an emotional issue [...] Continue Reading »
