Centre Urged to Set Up Defence Cluster in AP

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- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @Vijayawada

ON the second day of his visit to the national capital, HRD and IT Minister Nara Lokesh called on several Union Ministers, besides meeting a delegation of Google.

Lokesh called on Union Minister for Defence Rajnath Singh at the latter's residence, and explained in detail the development activities being undertaken by the TDP-led NDA government in the State. He urged the Union Minister to set up a defence cluster in Andhra Pradesh, and sought the Centre's cooperation to establish some units in the State against the backdrop of huge investments in the defence sector, which will generate large-scale employment opportunities for the youth. He also appealed to establish the NCC Directorate in AP.

He told the Defence Minister that the State is brought on track, which was in chaos due to the faulty policies adopted by the previous government, and briefed him how the works in the capital city of Amaravati and Polavaram are moving on a progressive path with the Centre's cooperation.

The TDP-led NDA government is working hard to take the State towards a development path in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of Viksit Bharat, he said.