Ministers should check spurious liquor menace, says Andhra Pradesh IT Minister Lokesh

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Andhra Pradesh Minister of IT and HRD Nara Lokesh connected Friday asked the Ministers to instrumentality up the work of preventing the merchantability and manufacture of spurious liquor successful the State.

Speaking astatine a meal gathering with the Ministers astatine his Undavalli residence up of the Cabinet meeting, Mr. Lokesh said the contented indispensable beryllium dealt with firmly.

“Inform maine if you are incapable to instrumentality due action,” Mr. Lokesh told the Ministers, portion expressing interest implicit the harm being caused to the party’s representation politically.

Mr. Lokesh’s proposal came successful the aftermath of the Prohibition and Excise Department precocious busting a spurious liquor manufacturing web and seizing stocks and material, astatine Mulakalacheruvu successful Annamayya district.

AI-powered information centre

During the Cabinet meeting, Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu informed the Ministers that the State was capable to pull large companies, including Google’s subsidiary, Raiden Infotech India Limited, which plans to found an AI-powered information centre successful Visakhapatnam.

He credited the accomplishment to the enactment extended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Central Government, and conveyed his gratitude to the Prime Minister portion approving the proposal.

When a Minister questioned officials astir the variations successful incentives offered to antithetic companies, the officials explained and justified the reasons.

Responding to a treatment connected the incentives to the LuLu Group, Mr. Naidu said the radical had initially withdrawn, but was present returning to put successful Andhra Pradesh.

In fact, the LuLu Group had expressed its involvement to put successful Visakhapatnam earlier 2019, but aft the enactment of the YSRCP Government, the institution withdrew 3 proposals.

“The NDA authorities has invited the institution to the State,” Mr. Naidu said, and emphasised the request to promote and physique assurance among specified planetary investors.

Deputy Chief Minister K. Pawan Kalyan, too, stressed the request to promote the investors.

Published - October 10, 2025 08:08 p.m. IST

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