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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu connected Friday directed officials to hole a broad study connected the worth of minerals disposable crossed the State, emphasising that worth summation was cardinal to generating higher revenues.
Reviewing the functioning of the Mines Department and the Free Sand Policy astatine the Secretariat connected Friday, the Chief Minister said Andhra Pradesh should emulate models similar Odisha, which earns implicit ₹50,000 crore annually from minerals done value-added processing. Andhra Pradesh could perchance make ₹20,000 crore to ₹30,000 crore done akin initiatives, helium said.
Mr. Naidu instructed the section to measure the full mineral wealthiness of the State, and analyse mining operations utilizing outer imagery and drone-based technologies. Permits and excavation activities should beryllium regularly monitored done analytics to guarantee transparency and efficiency. Beach soil minerals and dense mineral mining could output precocious gross done value-added products. Also, behaviour a survey connected robust ore proviso for the upcoming alloy works successful Kadapa, ensuring section sourcing for concern growth, helium said.
Concessions
The Chief Minister directed the formulation of a dedicated argumentation to allot mining leases to the Vaddera assemblage and their cooperative societies. He asked officials to hole proposals for the adjacent Cabinet gathering to reserve 15% of mining leases for the assemblage and widen 50% concessions connected seigniorage and premium charges. The goal, helium said, was to guarantee economical empowerment of the backward Vaddera community.
Reiterating that the escaped soil argumentation should payment the public, Mr. Naidu ordered strict enforcement of regulations to forestall misuse. Sand loading and transport costs should beryllium kept minimal, and availability ensured adjacent to the last-mile beneficiary. Regular inspections of soil depots and enhanced CCTV surveillance astatine inter-State borders to forestall amerciable transport were required. The Real-Time Governance System (RTGS) volition proceed to show soil organisation crossed the State, helium said.
The officials reported that 66.5 lakh metric tonnes of soil had been stocked for the season, with 43 lakh tonnes presently disposable crossed banal points. They said that the section had acceptable a gross people of ₹3,320 crore for 2025–26, with an expected 34% summation implicit the erstwhile year. Production of large minerals similar manganese accounts for much than 72% of revenues, they said.
Mines and Geology Minister Kollu Ravindra, Principal Secretary Mukesh Kumar Meena, and elder officials were present
