: Andhra Pradesh minister Nara Lokesh, who has been named the chairman of a Group of Ministers on job creation, has got cracking on the job, meeting potential investors in the state. He met clean energy giant Suzlon Energy Ltd's representatives, led by Group CEO JP Chalasani, to discuss their forthcoming investment and plans for job creation in Andhra Pradesh, official sources said. In the meeting, Chalasani expressed their keen intent to expand their wind turbine manufacturing facility, develop large wind power plants, and develop a skill development programme to help Andhra achieve its goal of 7.
5 lakh jobs in renewable energy sector. Lokesh was recently appointed as the Chairman of a group of ministers to create 20 lakh jobs by 2029. In this role, in recent days, Nara Lokesh has worked on bringing leading corporations to create jobs across various sectors such as IT, steel, and renewable energy.
Tata Consultancy Services is developing a 10,000-seater campus in Visakhapatnam, ArcelorMittal/Nippon Steel has committed to invest Rs 1.4 lakh crore in setting up a 17.8 million tonnes greenfield steel plant that will generate about 40,000 jobs in Nakkapalli, and Vedanta Group firm Serentica Global has committed to develop 10 GW of renewable energy capacity that would result in about Rs 60,000 crore investment and 40,000 jobs.
The minister last week visited the US and engaged with leading corporates to sell the Andhra story to them and engage on new investments that can result in .