Andhra Pradesh Cabinet clears irrigation works worth ₹344 crore, AI Living Labs initiative

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The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu astatine the Secretariat successful Amaravati connected Wednesday, approved a bid of cardinal proposals and took connected grounds 2 Self Contained Notes dated January 27, 2026, submitted by the Special Investigation Team connected ghee adulteration astatine Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams and addressed to the State government.

The authorities placed the SIT notes earlier the Cabinet and cleared aggregate administrative, legislative and infrastructure related proposals crossed departments.

In the irrigation sector, the Cabinet accorded revised administrative support for 7,189 Operation and Maintenance works for 2025-26 astatine a outgo of ₹344 crore successful respect of Major, Medium and Minor Irrigation sources, against the earlier support for 7,174 works issued done G.O.Rt.No.269 dated May 31, 2025, and consequent modification orders.

The Cabinet approved the draught Bill to amend the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands Prohibition of Transfers Act, 1977, replacing Ordinance No. 10 of 2025, and cleared amendments to applicable clauses. It besides extended by six months, up to June 30, 2026, the past day for filing applications for regularisation of encroachments successful Gajuwaka Revenue Village successful Visakhapatnam district, and for the Regularisation Scheme 2025 relating to unobjectionable authorities lands statewide.

Approval was fixed for alteration of onshore usage successful Keesarapalli village, Krishna district, successful favour of the Customs Department, and for alienation of 45.60 acres successful Eluru territory to NREDCAP for a Compressed Bio Gas plant, and 1,500 acres successful Nandyal territory for a 250 MW star powerfulness task nether the Integrated Clean Energy Policy 2024. The Cabinet besides cleared alienation of 18.57 acres successful Gudilova village, Visakhapatnam, arsenic per an earlier resolution.

In the IT sector, the Cabinet approved the Andhra Pradesh AI Living Labs initiative, including enactment of a Section 8 not for nett company, support of its Memorandum and Articles of Association, and amendment of the MoU with NVIDIA for AI hardware procurement and teaching kits. It ratified G.O.Ms.No.1 dated February 6, 2026, successful this regard.

The Cabinet approved constitution of a Disaster Recovery Centre for the AP State Data Centre astatine Tirupati nether the BOOT model, instauration of amendments to the Grama and Ward Sachivalayams Act, and improvement of Amaravati Marina connected PPP mode with a 33 twelvemonth lease framework.

Among different decisions were fixation of ₹2,39,000 arsenic portion outgo nether PMAY Gramin 2.0, refinancing of Ramayapatnam Port loans done Sagarmala Finance Corporation with State warrant support, amendments to the Panchayat Raj Act to supply further qualifying dates for electoral rolls, exclusion of 2 pumped retention projects from the APGENCO NHPC associated task scope, instauration of an Assistant Secretary station successful APTRANSCO, onshore alienation successful Tirupati for a assemblage hall, ratification of precedence irrigation works, and support of amendments to the Andhra Pradesh Fire Services Act, 1999, replacing Ordinance No. 9 of 2025.

Published - February 11, 2026 07:03 p.m. IST

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