Andhra Pradesh Approves Land: Andhra Pradesh is preparing land for several new factories and technology projects. The state Cabinet has approved land allotments and financial support for companies planning to invest in different districts. The projects include solar manufacturing plants, defence units, data centres and electronics facilities.
What Did the Cabinet Approve?
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu chaired a Cabinet meeting on October 29, 2026. The meeting covered 48 proposals, including industrial investments and land allotments. The full list of decisions hasn’t been made public because the Model Code of Conduct is in force for local elections.
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In Visakhapatnam, 5.84 acres of GVMC land at Adavivaram and Mudasarlova have been approved for a data centre project. The land will be leased to Vizag Hyperscale Data Centre Park Ltd, linked to Adani Infra and Google’s data centre plans. The company will pay 3% of the land value as rent, with a 5% increase every five years.
In Anakapalli, Substrate Capital has received land and incentives for its ₹1,222.6-crore project at Atchutapuram. In Vizianagaram, Steel Exchange India will get incentives for its ₹5,194-crore steel plant. The project is expected to create 3,000 jobs.
Kurnool and Nellore Get Major Projects
Kurnool will get several new solar, steel and energy projects. Jakson Integrated Solar has received 290 acres in Orvakal for its ₹6,863-crore factory. It will make solar cells and other materials and could provide 2,000 jobs.
Renaissance Solar and Electronic Materials has also received 91.10 acres for its ₹3,700-crore plant. Other projects include Jai Raj Ispat’s steel unit and Windora Energy’s 500 MW wind power project.
Reliance Consumer Products will set up a ₹2,606-crore beverage plant at Orvakal. It is expected to create 1,200 jobs.
Nellore will get new defence factories. Sunshine Energetics has received 455.91 acres at Allampadu for a ₹466-crore project. It could create around 300 jobs.
Munish Defence Solutions has received 250 acres at Duttaluru for a ₹269.25-crore factory to make explosives and other materials. Aditya Precitech has also received land in the same defence cluster for making defence and aerospace parts. The Cabinet has also approved 29.94 acres at Vadlapudi for APIIC.
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Nellore district collector Himanshu Shukla said, “Nellore has vast tracts of barren, non-agricultural land available at competitive prices, making it an attractive destination for defence industries.”
Tirupati and Other Districts
In Tirupati, Teachmint Technologies received approval for a land allotment for its planned ₹55-crore investment. The Bengaluru-based company is known for its digital classroom products.
The Cabinet also approved around 250 acres in Palnadu for a quantum hardware manufacturing park under Amaravati Quantum Valley. Shree Cement received 452 acres at S. Uppalapadu in Kadapa. APIIC received 50 acres in Annamayya and 46.22 acres in Chittoor for future industrial use. In Anantapur, 265.17 acres were approved for APGENCO’s 950 MW pumped-storage project.
