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November 16, 2025

In two days of the 30th CII Partnership Summit, the Andhra Pradesh government has signed hundreds of MoUs with corporates attracting investments of over ₹11 lakh crore and counting.

- RAJIV MEMANI , PRESIDENT, CII

The signed deals are likely to create 1.3 million jobs in the state across several sectors. In a conversation with FE's Manu Kaushik, president of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Rajiv Memani talked about the event's outcome, corporate performance outlook, weak private capex and consumption trends. Excerpts:

There are MoUs worth over ₹11 lakh crore signed in past two days, with some big-ticket investments made by companies like Reliance Industries. How do you rate the current CII Partnership Summit as compared to the previous editions?

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