AP Report 2019-final

Status Report - Union’s Commitment to Andhra Pradesh
For the first five years the investment
requirements would be Rs. 72,300 Crore, of
which the private components from outside
would be about Rs. 36,100 Crore, leaving
another Rs. 36,100 Crore from public sector.
To sum up, the state of Andhra Pradesh would
target a compensation of Rs. 1.03 Lakh Crore
in the next five years. This along with the
internal savings and external private sector
investments would ensure that the State is on
the desired growth path. If the State aims at
removing the regional disparities, it should
invest almost 85% of this within the backward
regions. However, if the state maintains the
ratio of PCGSDP of BR and State average at
90% throughout, it would need to invest one
third of the total in BR regions.
be disaggregated by seven districts using
district specific per capita GSDP gap.
The socio-economic indicators of North-
Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions of
Andhra Pradesh amply illustrate the relative
backwardness of these areas. The real
developmental lag of Andhra Pradesh is largely
attributable to these sub-regions whose
indicators are comparable to, or worse than,
those of the Special Category States. Low
literacy levels, high gender gap in literacy, poor
water supply and other indicators of poverty
and backwardness in these districts clearly
justify special attention to the development
needs of these areas.
It may be noted that estimates vary with the
assumptions about COR and TFP growth rate.
The estimates of investments are made at
2017-18 prices and need appropriate
adjustments for inflation. The estimates can
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