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Tata Sons proposes iconic investment in AP Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Sri N. Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday met with Cyrus Mistry, Chairman, TataSons, who proposed to make an iconic investment in the State.The Chief Minister had a series of meetings and interactions on Day 2 of Davos Summit. The Sri Lankan Prime Minister, Sri RanilWickramasinghe, during his meeting, invited the Chief Minister for dinner during his stay in Davos to have a detailed meeting. Naidu and Mistry discussed possible areas of collaboration in the state. During their interaction, Cyrus Mistry proposed to make an iconic investment in Andhra Pradesh. During the interaction, the Tata Sons Chairman recollected his association with the state and talked about his love for Andhra food and culture. Meeting 1: CM asks for best practices in urban development and living Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Sri N. Chandrababu Naidu began his day with a session on “Future of Urban Development and Services.”He was

Seeks to build Brand AP image Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu is leading a State delegation to World Economic Forum's 46th annual meeting to be held during January 20 to 23 in Davos, Switzerland. After recently setting the stage of flow of investments with the CII Partnership Summit in Vizag earlier this month, the WEF meet at Davos is another effort at building Brand AP. Building on “Brand AP”, the Chief Minister mission at the event, where heads of state and CEOs take part, is aimed at projecting Andhra Pradesh as an ideal investment destination. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan, are among those invited from India to attend the Summit. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister is the only State head who has been invited. For the WEF event on the “Mastering the Fourth Industrial Revolution,” the Chief Minister will take part as a special guest and attend the session along with ministers of other countries and CEOs

Seeking to improve use of ICT, drive digital inclusion and provide better citizen services, Andhra Pradesh Government signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Microsoft India during a breakfast meeting hosted by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu for technology giant's CEO Satya Nadella at the former's residence here on Monday. According to the MoU, Microsoft India will provide technical knowledge to A.P. Government and support building three proof-of-concept (PoC) solutions by applying Microsoft Azure Machine Learning and Advanced Visualization method in the fields of education, agriculture and eCitizen services. The PoC solutions will be built and deployed to address specific problems within each of the fields to achieve better outcomes for the State. It would use the lab method for data gathering, analysis, predictive analysis and policy planning, according to an official release from the Chief Minister's office. Continuing its commitment to support t

The Park will house a common manufacturing facility centre to act as a hub for the SME sector enabling it to flourish as a cluster. The exact location of the park is yet to be decided. The Andhra Pradesh State Government has in principle decided to develop a dedicated 200-acre industrial park for manufacturing of medical devices. Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu said the Park will house a common manufacturing facility centre to act as a hub for the SME sector enabling it to flourish as a cluster. Though the Government was yet to zero in on the exact location of the medical devices park, the focus of the facility would be on creating an eco system for manufacture of high-end medical devices with an eye on the export market. This was announced by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu at a meeting with the representatives of Association of Indian Medical Device Manufacturers (AIMED) during his recent visit to New Delhi. The decision comes after the association was able to

New Delhi : Andhra Pradesh today signed a pactwith World Economic Forum under which the Geneva-based organisation will help the state assess its competitiveness. The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), signed during the National Strategy Day on India event of WEF, paves the way for a future collaboration that will allow the state government and its partners to assess competitiveness. Drawing on the work of the Forum in benchmarking competitiveness, particularly through the use of the Global Competitiveness Index (GCI), the Andhra Pradesh government and its partners will assess the competitiveness - both strengths and weaknesses - of the state's economy. The assessment will provide key data for the design of evidence-based policies and reforms, and allow comparison with other economies of similar size or at a similar stage of development. "Collaboration with the World Economic Forum will provide us with the methodology, tools and knowledge to design better po

Walk to work, cycle to work features to make Amaravati a green capital, says Naidu Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has underscored the need for evolving measures to face serious challenges that are likely to be thrown up by the rapid pace of urbanisation. “Urbanisation is a reality, and it is unstoppable. Close to 80 per cent of the GDP is expected to come from urban areas in the near future,” he said, stressing the need for governments to gear up for meeting challenges. Mr. Naidu was delivering the keynote address at a meeting convened by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in New Delhi on Wednesday. He recalled how he developed Hyderabad into an economic and IT hub during his earlier stint as Chief Minister of the united State and said that he had suggested some structural changes in urban development, including generation of energy through solid wastes, as convenor of the sub-group of the Swachch Bharat Mission. The Chief Minister said people had given him an op

VIJAYAWADA: A delegation of Dutch industrialists and businessmen headed by Netherlands Ambassador to India Alfonsus Stoelinga on Thursday called on Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and evinced interest in investing in AP. The delegation, after discussions with the CM, decided to set up a joint working group to devise a road map. Naidu briefed the delegation on various initiatives his government has taken in 10 sectors to attract investments. The 10 sectors are: Agro-food processing, life sciences, textiles-apparel, electronics, mineral industry, aerospace, energy, leather, petroleum, chemicals, petro-chemicals and automobiles. The chief minister told the delegation that in AP apart from natural and human resources, there was enough land, power supply and connectivity. The chief minister praised Netherlands for occupying second position in the world in export of agriculture products. If AP laid focus on mechanisation of agriculture, the state could become unbeatable i

 చంద్రబాబుతో సమావేశమైన నెదర్లాండ్స్ రాయబారి అల్ఫాన్సస్ స్టోలింగ ఆగ్రో ప్రాసెసింగ్, ఆక్వా రంగాలపై ఆసక్తి    సిఎం చంద్రబాబుపై ప్రశంసలు విజయవాడ , అక్టోబర్ 29: ఆంధ్రప్రదేశ్‌లో పెట్టుబడులు పెట్టేందుకు పలు డచ్ కంపెనీలు సంసిద్ధత వ్యక్తం చేశాయి. నెదర్లాండ్స్ రాయబారి అల్ఫాన్సస్ స్టోలింగ ఆధ్వర్యంలో డచ్ వాణిజ్య, పారిశ్రామికవేత్తల బృందం గురువారం ముఖ్యమంత్రి నారా చంద్రబాబు నాయుడుతో సమావేశమైంది. కొత్త రాష్ట్రంలో పరిశ్రమల స్థాపనకు, వాణిజ్య కార్యకలాపాలు సాగించేందుకు ఆసక్తి కనబరిచారు. దీనిపై ఒక రోడ్ మ్యాప్ రూపొందించేందుకు జాయింట్ వర్కింగ్ గ్రూపును ఏర్పాటు చేయాలని సమావేశంలో నిర్ణయించారు. 16 నెలల పసికూనగా ఉన్న కొత్త రాష్ట్రాన్ని అభివృద్ధి చేయడానికి ముఖ్యంగా 10 రంగాలపై దృష్టి పెట్టామని ముఖ్యమంత్రి ఈ బృందానికి చెప్పారు.  ఆగ్రో ఫుడ్ ప్రాసెసింగ్, లైఫ్ సైనె్సస్, టెక్స్‌టైల్స్ అప్పారల్స్, ఎలక్ట్రానిక్స్, మినరల్ ఇండస్ట్రీ, ఎయిరోస్పేస్, ఎనర్జీ, లెదర్, పెట్రో కెమికల్స్, ఆటోమొబైల్ రంగాలలో ఇక్కడ విస్తృత అవకాశాలు ఉన్నాయని వివరించారు. సహజ వనరులు, మానవ వనరులతోపాటు విద్యుత్, భూమి, కనెక్టివిటీలో ఏపి అగ

Rs. 1,800-cr. harbour proposed at Antarvedi to cater tothe maintenance needs of dredgers from entire South Asia. On the dais of the foundation stone laying ceremony of the capital city Amaravati last week, Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu had announced that the Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) would soon to set up a Dredging Harbour at Antarvedi in East Godavari district. Three weeks before this announcement, a group of senior officials from the DCI inspected the proposed site at Antarvedi along with the local officials and elected representatives. With the officials expressing willingness to allocate 200 acres of government land for the project, decks seems to be cleared for the construction of the dredging harbour, the first of its kind in the country and third in the world. In all likelihood, works pertaining to the project will be commenced within six months from now. The Rs. 1,800-crore dredging harbour-cum-training centre can take care of the maintenance part

The soil and water was brought from 16,000 villages of the state A day before laying the foundation stone for Andhra Pradesh capital Amaravati, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday sprinkled soil and water brought from all over the state. Flying in a helicopter, the chief minister sprinkled soil and water over the area where the capital city is to be built. The soil and water brought from 16,000 villages of the state and from holy places of all the religions were mixed and sprinkled in a symbol of collective participation in what is described as "people's capital". Amid the chanting of Vedic hymns by a priest in the chopper, Naidu threw soil and water towards the ground. "Honoured to create an emotional bond with Amaravati through soil, water from 16,000 villages ManaNeeruManaMatti," tweeted Naidu. Naidu also made an aerial survey of Uddandarayunipalem village in Guntur district, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundat

F ifty-four-year-old N Chandrababu Naidu, who was humbled on Tuesday when   Andhra Pradesh voted him out   as the state's chief minister, has been the most visible face of India's economic reforms and information technology revolution. He managed to coax global IT giants Microsoft, IBM, Dell, Computer Associates and Oracle to set up shop in Hyderabad, when India hardly featured on global IT majors' radar. Naidu made an impressive presentation before global CEOs and convinced them to invest in his state. But despite his growth-oriented policies, Naidu suffered a massive defeat at the hustings as the Andhra Pradesh voter cast his mandate in favour of the emotive issue of a separate Telengana state, which has been 'starved of development funds.' Naidu, however, won international and domestic acclaim for taking Hyderabad places, making it a major for information technology hub. He was ranked amongst most innovative reformers in India, who implemented e-govern