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As galore arsenic 99 products from Andhra Pradesh person been identified by the Union authorities nether its prestigious “One District One Product” programme. The nonsubjective of the programme is to beforehand these items and heighten the livelihoods of section artisans and craftsmen.
Nellore MP Vemireddy Prabhakar Reddy raised a query to this effect successful the Lok Sabha connected Tuesday (March 17, 2026), seeking details connected the fig of products identified from the State, too the funds sanctioned for the same.
Replying to the query, Minister for State for Commerce and Industry Jitin Prasada explained the process of branding a unsocial merchandise arsenic the signature merchandise of a territory and promoting the aforesaid to payment the section artisans.
As galore arsenic 99 products person been identified from 26 districts of the State, with SPSR Nellore getting peculiar absorption for Paturu cotton/silk sari and the Udayagiri woody artifacts. In the past 5 years, the Paturu saris generated a concern of ₹52.50 crore, providing employment to 2,850 persons.
Telecom gains strength
Meanwhile, the territory got 18 caller compartment sites (mobile towers), arsenic sanctioned by the Ministry of Telecommunications. Mr. Prabhakar Reddy, who is besides the Chairman of Nellore Telecom Advisory Committee, played a cardinal relation successful identifying the distant villages that lacked mobile connectivity.
Union Minister of State for Communication Pemmasani Chandrasekhar directed the acrophobic officials to instal the towers by December 2026. The towers volition beryllium installed successful Atmakur, Kovur, Kandukur, Kavali, Udayagiri Assembly constituencies.
