Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh cabinet meeting held at the Secretariat in Velagapudi today. In the meeting, Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu announced free travel facility for women on RTC buses as part of the Stree Shakti scheme. The scheme is available for Palle Velugu, Ultra Palle Velugu, city ordinary, metro and express. Non-stop, deluxe and super luxury are not open for free travel.
During the meeting, various key topics were covered, a new bar policy was approved, with the Chief Minister emphasising his commitment to preventing benami entry into shops designated for sugarcane workers.
CM also discussed investment opportunities in Andhra Pradesh, covering aspects such as government subsidies, industrial policies, and land availability. The Chief Minister has also invited Singaporean industrialists to attend an investment conference scheduled for November in Visakhapatnam.
In relation to the upcoming free travel initiative, Civil Supplies Minister Nadendla Manohar proposed a meeting with auto drivers, to which Naidu responded positively, directing officials to arrange discussions to provide necessary support.
