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NITI Aayog CEO B.V.R. Subrahmanyam met Andhra Pradesh Chief Secretary K. Vijayanand connected Thursday and discussed the implementation of the Purvodaya strategy and Visakhapatnam Growth Hub (VGH) project.
Mr. Subrahmanyam said that Andhra Pradesh was up of galore different eastbound States successful improvement and determination were opportunities for further maturation connected assorted fronts by availing fiscal assistance provided by the Centre nether the Purvodaya scheme.
He pointed retired that the beingness of a drawstring of seaports was a large vantage for Andhra Pradesh to execute important maturation successful the maritime sector, and stressed the request for the constitution of a instrumentality megaport to realise the potential.
Also, Mr. Subrahmanyam suggested to the Chief Secretary to hole a study that would showcase the innovative schemes being delivered by the State Government successful the upcoming Chief Secretaries’ Conference. He enquired astir the improvement of Visakhapatnam, Amaravati and Tirupati maturation corridors.
The NITI Aayog CEO said Purvodaya was a unsocial strategy launched by the Central authorities for the improvement of Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, West Bengal, Jharkhand and Bihar by garnering investments into large infrastructure projects.
Mr. Vijayanand said a Special Officer would beryllium appointed successful complaint of the VGH project, and explained the efforts being made to instrumentality assorted projects guardant rapidly and pull investments.
Besides, the Chief Secretary requested Mr. Subrahmanyam to urge to the Centre to authorisation further funds to the State.
NITI Aayog Additional CEO C. Partha Sarathi Reddy, AP Government Principal Secretary (Finance & Planning) Peeyush Kumar, Secretaries K. Sashidhar (Education) and V. Vinay Chand (Finance), Joint Secretary (Planning) Ananth Shankar, and AP Skill Development Corporation MD G. Ganesh Kumar took part.
