AMARAVATI: Andhra Pradesh's cabinet meets at the Secretariat at 10:30 AM on Tuesday, chaired by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu. Approval of proposals from the State Investment Promotion Board (SIPB) and preparations for the Visakhapatnam Partnership Summit top the agenda. Chief Secretary Sai Prasad had told departments to send their proposals to the cabinet wing by November 9.
Naidu is expected to assign ministers key responsibilities for the summit. After the formal agenda, the cabinet is also likely to discuss the local body elections and conditions on the ground.
The summit
- The 31st CII Partnership Summit is on November 12 and 13 at the Andhra University Engineering College Grounds, with preparatory industry meetings on November 11.
- Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal will attend; Goyal chairs the summit and Naidu is co-chair.
- Naidu said representatives from 58 countries are expected, including about 16 foreign ministers.
- The state says six regional summits produced 194 MoUs worth ₹86,522 crore, expected to create about 1.4 lakh jobs.
Naidu said 272 projects worth ₹6 lakh crore have already started operations and that projects worth ₹17 lakh crore have been approved. Separately, the schedule for gram panchayat elections is due on November 13.
