Key Sectors

• The Andhra Pradesh government allocated Rs. 31,256.36 crore (US$ 4.29 billion) for various agriculture related schemes for the year 2021-22.
• In March 2021, the Andhra Pradesh government announced that the state was looking o build self-sufficiency in petrochemical products and drive economies of scale in the downstream chemical industries.
• In February 2021, the state government approved seven new ESI (Employees’ State Insurance) hospitals. Of these, construction of a 100-bed ESI hospital in Vizianagaram is estimated to be completed by March 2023.
• Andhra Pradesh is home to many global and national pharma players, and various companies have set up their manufacturing hubs in different cities of the state. Pharmaceutical exports from the state stood at Rs. 14,219.51 crore (US$ 1.94 billion) in 2019-20 period until September. In September 2020, Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation Ltd. (APIIC) signed an MoU with CSIR-IICT, a premier R&D institute in the country to set up a bulk drug pharma park in the state.
• The presence of rich climatic and soil conditions makes Andhra Pradesh a major agricultural belt. Few of the leading crops produced in the state include rice, chilly, oilseeds, cotton, pulses, and gram.
• Andhra Pradesh ranked first in egg production, fourth in meat production and fourth in milk production in the country during 2018-19. It is also home to a thriving fisheries industry and employs about 1.45 million people and contributes 36% of the total value of sea food export from the country.
• The state’s export of marine products increased to US$ 1,932.43 million in 2018-19 and reached US$ 2,193.25 million in 2019-20 (till February 2020).
• Andhra Pradesh is one of the largest producers of brackish water shrimps and freshwater prawns. 
• On September 7, 2020, the State government signed MoUs with the Netherlands government and seven companies in food processing, marketing and technologies, to benefit the horticulture and aquaculture farmers across the State.
• As of April 2020, the state had 1,532 primary health centres, 7,459 sub-centres, 47 sub-district hospitals and 26 district hospitals.
• According to the Director General of Hydrocarbons (DGH), Andhra Pradesh has huge oil and natural gas reserves. Production of crude oil and natural gas in the state was recorded at 216.51 thousand metric tonnes and 847 million cubic metres (MCM) during 2019-20, respectively. The state’s Krishna-Godavari basin, spread over an area of nearly 52,000 sq kms, has a total hydrocarbon resource base of 1,130 million metric tonnes. To promote investment in the industry, Andhra Pradesh Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemicals Investment Region (PCPIR) is being set up.
• Andhra Pradesh is known for its pristine beaches, sacred places of worship, lush green forests, spicy cuisine, and hospitable people. In 2019, domestic tourist arrivals in the state stood at 195.8 million, while foreign tourist arrivals stood at 0.23 million.
• In September 2020, The Andhra Pradesh government issued the ‘AP Tourism Trade (Registration and Facilitation) Guidelines, 2020’ to position the state as a premier tourist destination by improving the standard of services.