Overview
- Ministers approved the contract for the ₹212 crore Lok Bhavan complex in Amaravati, which will house the Governor’s residence, durbar hall, offices, guest houses and staff quarters.
- The cabinet ratified a ₹532.57 crore phase‑III upgrade linking the Seed Access Road to NH‑16 with a six‑lane elevated corridor, bridges and underpasses, and granted administrative sanction for 506 urban water projects costing ₹9,514.63 crore.
- Eleven high‑technology proposals worth ₹1,421.2 crore won clearance, including seven quantum projects in the planned Quantum Valley in Amaravati, with firms such as QpiAI and Qubitech and an estimated 3,057 direct jobs.
- Fourteen industrial proposals worth about ₹15,000 crore were cleared, featuring IFFCO Kisan’s ~₹9,400 crore SEZ and ReNew Photovoltaics’ ₹3,990 crore solar wafer unit, with the government projecting more than one lakh direct and indirect jobs.
- Tourism and governance measures advanced, including land leases for Hyatt and Hilton projects in Visakhapatnam, revival of a luxury resort at Tirupati under Svara Hotels, and approval of a draft Prisons and Correctional Services Act, 2025.