From Western Australia to India: Visakhapatnam Diaries

Advised the Western Australia Government on its largest-ever India mission (110 members, 75 businesses), driving key business outcomes and enhancing market visibility.

Andhra Pradesh (AP), on India’s southeast coast, ranks among India’s most business-friendly and one of India’s fastest growing states. Since AP’s bifurcation into two separate States of Telangana and AP in 2014, the State government is aggressively promoting a range of sectors, including agriculture (employing 62 per cent of the State’s population), horticulture, aquaculture, food processing, life sciences, textiles, electronics and IT, aerospace and defence, automobiles and auto-components, petroleum, chemicals, energy, and mining. AP has been one of the foremost States to have developed sector-specific policies. The State’s single window clearance system has been regarded a model for other States. Forming industrial clusters and developing infrastructure, such as biotech parks, textile parks and hardware parks has been the State's key strategy to attract investments in various industries. AP provides ample growth opportunities due to the availability of ports, large parcels of land for expansion, etc.” – India Economic Strategy, 2035


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