Overview

• The Group of Ministers includes seven senior state ministers and is convened by the Revenue Department’s Special Chief Secretary
• The first meeting is scheduled for August 13 at the Secretariat in Amaravati
• The panel will assess naming disputes, administrative practicality and public access to district headquarters
• Citizens and elected representatives have been invited to submit representations ahead of the inaugural meeting
• The review responds to complaints of procedural flaws in the 2019–24 reorganisation that expanded Andhra Pradesh’s districts from 13 to 26