The state government initially set 2018 as the deadline for completing the phase-1 of the capital city
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu has backed the financial package announced by Union finance minister Arun Jaitley on September 7. And, re-endorsed the Centre's move on the floor of the state legislative Assembly the following day, amid protests from opposition YSR Congress members.By announcing an additional set of financial benefits for the state on top of the entitlements already incorporated in the AP Reorganisation Act, 2013, the central government showed a way for its regional ally to distance itself from the demand for special category status, that the Centre has turned down on several occasions.The eagerness with which the Andhra government had sought to support the financial package, followed by the statements like 'the state would not gain anything more than this even if the special category status was given', has bestowed unusual unanimity in relations between the Centre and the TDP government on the question of special status, for the first time in the past t
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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, who was in Mumbai to participate in a Make in India event, spoke about how hard his government and the people of the state were working now that they were part of a new state (in 2014, the state of Telangana was carved out of undivided Andhra Pradesh). He joked that just like the people of the state, their ruling deity, Tirupati Balaji, was also working harder. His resting period has been cut down and he is available for darshan longer than before.