Overview

• Naidu met Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal on June 15 in Amaravati to press central support for Andhra Pradesh’s agricultural and aquaculture sectors.
• Andhra Pradesh is procuring 20 million kg of HD and White Burley tobacco at a cost of Rs300 crore and has asked the Tobacco Board for a Rs150 crore share.
• The state government has established seven AP Markfed centres across Bapatla, Guntur, Palnadu and Prakasam to facilitate purchases from 1.31 lakh hectares of tobacco cultivation.
• Naidu warned that lowering crude palm oil import duty to 10% is suppressing domestic prices and urged a policy rollback to protect local growers.
• He also called for diplomatic efforts to ease the US’s 27% tariff on seafood exports and for cutting GST on mango pulp from 12% to 5% to aid mango farmers and processors.