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Vijayawada, Apr 16 (UNI) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu directed officials to implement both micro and macro-level planning strategies to achieve the state’s Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) targets and emphasized the need for short, medium, and long-term planning to attain optimal productivity levels across sectors.
During a review meeting of the Finance department held at the Secretariat at Amaravati near here on Thursday, the Chief Minister stressed that field-level execution is critical to achieve the targeted 15 percent growth rate. He instructed officials to ensure the effective implementation of these plans down to the grassroots level.
The Chief Minister noted that the state is already providing essential resources such as water and electricity to the agriculture sector and industries, and called for focused efforts to further enhance productivity.
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