Vijayawada, Dec. 4 -- The thirteenth Andhra Pradesh State Investment Promotion Board headed by Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday approved investments to a tune of Rs 20,444 crore providing employment opportunities to 56,278 youth.

The Chief Minister directed the officials to ensure that the projects go into implementation mode within 45 days after signing the MoUs.

He said Andhra Pradesh has been attracting investments in a big way with the introduction of speed of doing business and maintaining transparency in giving clearances.

The Chief Minister highlighted that Rs 7.69 crore worth MoUs signed during Visakha CII partnership summit were going to get into implementation phase. He directed that foundations should be laid for...