Andhra Pradesh Invites UAE Investment in Rayalaseema Horticulture Hub Plan

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu met UAE Minister of Economy and Tourism Abdullah bin Touq Al Marri during the CII Partnership Summit in Visakhapatnam. Naidu presented a plan to develop Rayalaseema as a <b>global horticulture hub</b> with an investment of about ₹1 lakh crore, citing fruit exports from the region. He invited Andhra Pradesh to join a food cluster planned by UAE agrifood company Silal and asked Dubai-based Floormaster to speed up plans for an industry in Chittoor. Naidu also discussed establishing a WIPO-Andhra Pradesh Academy with World Intellectual Property Organization Director General Daren Tang, including training on intellectual property and support for GI tags for handloom and handicraft products.