AP CM N Chandrababu At the 31st CII Partnership Summit 2026

New Delhi: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday invited domestic and foreign investors to invest in the state, saying the government is now focusing on improving the "speed of doing business". Addressing the curtain-raiser event of CII's Partnership Summit, he said huge investments are coming into the state in different sectors like technology, green energy and petrochemicals. The summit is being organised on November 12-13 in Visakhapatnam.

The chief minister also said the state will inaugurate an escrow account mechanism to ensure incentives are transferred online on a real-time basis. "Now, we are talking about speed of doing business," Naidu said, adding that all clearances will be given on a real-time basis.

"Our aim is we wanted to promote more and more entrepreneurs. From sixth class onwards, I want to introduce entrepreneurial skills in curriculum. And also AI in curriculum. So that, from elementary school education onwards, we want to promote more and more people on this. One example I'm giving you, in Andhra Pradesh, DWCRA women, this is self-help organisation. 1 crore 10 million women are working. 10 million women, by saving, they are having Rs 30,000 crore corpus. If they invest that Rs 30,000 crore, they can go up to Rs 2 lakh crore investment. We are integrating Swayam brand, they are producing common brand, just like Amul. We want to go in a big way industrialisation, micro-entrepreneurs, and common brand, and global market, these are all various areas we are working in that direction, " he said.


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