AP’s SGDP rose to Rs 13,17,000 crore, says finance minister
Deccan ChronicleVijayawada: Finance Minister Buggana Rajendranath said on Friday that AP’s gross domestic product increased largely to Rs 13,17,000 crore in 2022-23 from Rs 9,25,000 crore in 2019-20. During the Covid period, agricultural and industrial activities were not suspended in AP, unlike in other states, and appropriate protective measures were taken by the state government," the minister claimed in the state Assembly. Rajendranath said that in the last two years, the additional gross domestic production has increased under which, in 2021-22, it was Rs 1.77,000 crore; and in 2022-23 it increased to Rs 1.83,000 crore. Some 62 per cent of the state people are in agriculture sector and agriculture and allied sectors and the government was spending Rs 10,000 crore to provide free electricity for agriculture besides providing insurance, fertilisers, and good seeds to the farmers and agriculturists on time.