Andhra Pradesh State IT and HRD Minister Nara Lokesh has said that the government aims to create five lakh jobs in the IT sector in a period of five years.

Answering questions from MLAs in the Assembly on November 21, Lokesh pointed out that the then TDP government had initiated the establishment of more than 150 IT companies in Andhra Pradesh between 2014 and 2019 and about 50,000 companies. make jobs

Focusing on Visakhapatnam, several conferences were held during this period and an agreement was signed with the Adani Group to set up a data center.

Even a place was allotted and Bhumi Puja was performed. But, everything stopped with the change of government,” he recalled.

The minister observed that neither any industry was established nor any conference was organized for industrial development during the YSRCP tenure.

Lokesh alleged that leaders in the previous government had stooped to the level when industrialists came forward to set up their units in the state.

As a result, no one has shown interest in investing in the state, he said.

“After the formation of the coalition government in the state, we started meeting entrepreneurs to invite investment in Andhra Pradesh,” claimed Lokesh.

Further, “We can proudly say that 20 per cent of IT employees in the world are from Telugu speaking states and this is thanks to the initiative taken by Chandrababu Naidu,” the minister said.

He also said that everything is set for his stay. TCS office in Vizag in three months.

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This article is written by Senior Journalist Lakkoju Nagesh Babu