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6.6.4 Industry and industrial policies notes

5 notes, in reading order.

  1. 6.6.4.1AP Industrial Development Policy 4.0 (2024–29): project categories, incentives and targets

    The AP Industrial Development Policy (4.0) 2024-29 sorts projects by fixed capital investment, gives bigger and longer subsidies to larger projects, and aims to double manufacturing GVA to ₹7.3 lakh crore with ₹30 lakh crore of investment.

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  2. 6.6.4.2Sectoral policies 2024–29: MSME, electronics, food processing, textiles, electric mobility and drones

    Alongside the main industrial policy, AP issued sector policies for 2024-29, each with its own headline target: MSMEs ("Champion State", USD 12 billion exports), electronics (USD 50 billion production), food processing (3 lakh jobs), textiles (₹10,000 crore), e-mobility and drones (Drone City at Orvakal).

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  3. 6.6.4.3Investment promotion in AP: APEDB, SIPB, single desk, BRAP rankings and investment summits

    AP courts investors through the Economic Development Board (APEDB), clears big projects through the CM-chaired SIPB and a single-desk portal, has ranked at or near the top of DPIIT's BRAP, and uses large summits in Visakhapatnam to collect investment commitments.

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  4. 6.6.4.4MSMEs, handlooms and exports of AP: units, RAMP, PMEGP, clusters and export profile

    Lakhs of small units, central schemes such as PMEGP and RAMP, famous handloom clusters and a narrow but strong export basket (tobacco, marine products, pharma, fertilisers) make up AP's small-industry and export economy.

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  5. 6.6.4.5Minerals and mining in AP: deposits, mineral revenue, block auctions, DMF and sand policy

    AP is rich in industrial minerals (barytes, limestone, granite, mica, beach sands) and has uranium, gold and hydrocarbons; mineral revenue is about ₹3,400 crore a year, new blocks are auctioned under the MMDR Act, and sand has been supplied "free" (at cost) since July 2024.

    Standard · 7 min · Full course

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