Andhra Pradesh, the rice bowl of India

1. ANDHRA PRADESH
The Rice bowl of India

2. INTRODUCTION
 Consist of 23 Districts
 Capital is Hyderabad
 Population : 7,62,10,007
 Literacy : 72.5%

3. THE RICE BOWL OF INDIA
 The economy of Andhra Pradesh is mainly
driven by agriculture
 Rice, sugarcane, cotton, mirchi (chilli
pepper), mango and tobacco are the local
crops
 77% of its crop is rice
 Andhra Pradesh produced 1,77,96,000
tonnes of rice in 2008

4. TECHNOLOGY
 Andhra Pradesh was at the Seventh position in the list of
top IT exporting states of India
 The IT sector is expanding at a rate of 52.3% every year
 The IT exports reached 19,000 million in 2006–2007
 Minerals
 The state ranks first nationwide in hydro electricity
generation (national market share 11%)

5. SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES
 Total number of SEZ in Andhra Pradesh are 103
 Number of SEZ in Telangana are 68
 Number of SEZ in Coastal Andhra are 28
 Number of SEZ in Rayalseema are 07

6. INVESTOR PROFIL
 Govt. 48.7%
 Foreign 21.2%
 Indian 30.1%

7. STATE PRIORITY AREAS
 Food processing
 Software exports
 Financial services
 Electronics
 Power
 Textiles
 Tourism

8. EXPORTS
 Rs.25,000-crore market share
 The share of software was 30%
 The Food products was 20%

9. THANK YOU…
Presented by:
Group No. 10
Sandeep A Jadagoud