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AP to sign 303 MoUs involving Rs.9.89 lakh crore investments: CM

Visakhapatnam, Nov 12 (UNI) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday announced that 303 Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) involving investments of Rs.9.89 lakh crore would be signed at the CII Partnership Summit here, taking the total investment proposals attracted by the State since 2024 to Rs.32.49 lakh crore.
Addressing the summit, he said the State had attracted 714 investment proposals worth Rs.22.60 lakh crore even before the summit.
Of these, land and incentive approvals had been granted for 526 projects involving Rs.17.10 lakh crore, while 303 projects worth Rs.7.30 lakh crore had reached the construction-ready stage. Nearly 58 per cent of the approved projects had achieved construction readiness in terms of numbers, he said.
Naidu said the government was developing a quantum computing manufacturing facility over 250 acres in Amaravati.
The Amaravati Quantum Valley, being positioned as the first project of its kind in South Asia, would be inaugurated on February 3, 2027.
The State had set a target of generating 160 GW of renewable energy, with approvals already secured for 114 GW. In the electronics sector, the government aimed to achieve annual production worth Rs.4.20 lakh crore, while projects worth Rs.31,926 crore in electronics and home appliances manufacturing had received approval.
The government had also set investment targets of Rs.50,000 crore in aerospace and defence, Rs.25,000 crore in the space sector and Rs.30,000 crore in food processing.
Andhra Pradesh was targeting a 20 per cent share in the country's port cargo handling, with emphasis on expanding port capacity, railway connectivity and shipbuilding clusters.
Investor protection, the Jan Vishwas framework, escrow mechanisms and speed of doing business were the key elements of the government's strategy to attract investments, he said.
The Polavaram project would be completed by March 2027 and dedicated to the nation, he added.
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