Workers busy completing the interior of the main venue of the 30th CII Partnership Summit on AU Engineering College grounds in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday.
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As Visakhapatnam city gears up for the 30th CII Partnership Summit-2025 on the AU Engineering College Grounds on November 14-15, a question making rounds is why an investor should invest in Andhra Pradesh.
According to industrialists, the main requirements for setting up an industrial unit are land, power, water, transport, manpower and raw materials. “These are apart from the easy upfront support that the government provides, irrespective of its political affiliation,” said O. Naresh Kumar, an IT entrepreneur and vice-president of Rushikonda IT Park Association.
As per the latest available data, the Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC) has over 44,000 acres specifically designated for industrial development in 20 districts. Tirupati district has over 10,000 acres, followed by Anakapalli with over 8,000 acres and Kadapa with over 6,000 acres. Bapatla district has the least land with less than 70 acres.
A significant portion of the available land (over 92%) is strategically located near three National Industrial Corridors: Bengaluru-Hyderabad, Chennai-Bengaluru and Chennai-Visakhapatnam. The State has a policy to set up 175 MSME (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) industrial parks, with over 3,500 acres earmarked for this purpose. This apart, the government also has a long-term plan to consolidate additional land bank, which is likely to reach a total of 10 lakh acres in the future.
On the power front, the State will become a green energy generator once the NTPC Green Hydrogen Hub project near Visakhapatnam is completed. Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation of this project in January 2025, and it is expected to be operational by 2032. It is designed to produce 1,500 tonnes per day (TPD) of green hydrogen and 7,500 TPD of green hydrogen derivatives (including green methanol, green urea and sustainable aviation fuel).
Entrance of the main venue of the 30th CII Partnership Summit on AU Engineering College grounds in Visakhapatnam.
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V. RAJU
Polavaram irrigation project is the only major water resource of the State. According to the revised timeline, the State expect to receive water from the project by the end of December 2027.
The greenfield international airport at Bhogapuram, about 45 km from Visakhapatnam city, is also in the final stages of completion and is scheduled to begin operations by June 2026. The new South Coast railway zone and four major ports, including the Visakhapatnam Port Trust, are added assets of the State.
As for mineral deposits, Andhra Pradesh has the world’s largest single-bedded barite deposit at Mangampeta in Kadapa district, which accounts for about 28% of the world’s reserves. Other important mineral resources include limestone (Kurnool and Guntur), manganese (Vizianagaram), bauxite (East Godavari and Alluri Sitarama Raju) and deposits of 15 rare earth elements discovered in Anantapur.
“As per the SBI research report titled The Coming of (a Turbulent) Age: The Great Global Gold Rush, Jonnagiri gold mine, India’s first large private gold mine in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh, can yield 750 kg of gold annually. The report highlights discovery of new gold mines in the country,” a mineral industrialist participating in the CII summit told The Hindu on the condition of anonymity on Wednesday (November 12).
Published – November 12, 2025 09:10 pm IST
