Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu assured industry leaders that the state remains “accessible to industrialists” and focused on ensuring “ease and speed of doing business,” as per a report by The New Indian Express.
Naidu was speaking at the CII–Global Capability Centre (GCC) Business Summit in Visakhapatnam, where he shared the stage with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and released a CII report.
Highlighting Andhra Pradesh’s skilled workforce and strategic potential, Naidu expressed confidence that the state could achieve double-digit growth with the Centre and state governments working under the same party.
The state has launched initiatives such as “One Family–One Entrepreneur” and the Ratan Tata Innovation Hub to nurture entrepreneurship and innovation.
Naidu also announced:
A proposed Hyderabad–Amaravati–Chennai bullet train
Development of Amaravati’s greenfield capital linking Vijayawada and Guntur
A Google Data Centre coming up in Visakhapatnam next month
India’s first Quantum Valley under development
The “Sanjeevani Project” with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for digital health records
He said the government’s “Data Lake” initiative interconnects departments, while citizen services leverage WhatsApp governance and feedback-based ratings to ensure accountability. Praising the Centre’s GST reforms, Naidu called them a “game-changer.”