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Mass Rapid Transit Service (MRTS): MRTS is expected to carry about 1.6 million passengers per day by 2011 and 2.6 million passengers per day by 2021. The total cost for the project has been calculated at US$ 2.6 billion. The state is home to the first PPP Metro Rail Project to have been sanctioned by Government of India. The Central government has already sanctioned 20 per cent of the project cost through the Viability Gap Funding (VGF) scheme. This project is expected to reduces pollutants by about 3,100 tonnes per annum Aviation: International airport at Hyderabad and domestic airports at Visakhapatnam, Tirupati, Rajahmundry, Warangal, Vijayawada, Donakonda, Kadapa and Puttaparthy The state capital, Hyderabad, is connected to all major international destinations such as Amsterdam, Bangkok, Chicago, Frankfurt, Dubai, Singapore, Sharjah, London, Kuala Lumpur, etc., besides all major domestic destinations across India The state has a new international airport at Hyderabadthe Rajiv Gandhi International Airportnear Shamshabad (about 27 km from Hyderabad). This airport has replaced the former international airport of the city at Begumpet. It has been built by the Hyderabad International Airport Limited (HIAL), a public-private joint venture between the GMR Group, Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad, the state government of Andhra Pradesh and the Airports Authority of India (AAI). The total cost for this project is US$ 560 million and it is built on an area of 5,449 acres. Ports Andhra Pradesh is considered to be the second-highest cargo-handling state in India.
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The state has one major port at Visakhapatnam, two intermediate ports and 11 minor ports within the state Telecommunications 4,166 telephone exchanges and 5.6 million telephone connections (excluding mobile phones) were registered in the state as of March 2009. Number of public call offices as of March 2009 were 2,00,291 The state has approximately 44,000 km of fibre optic cable network across public and private sector connections. Reliance Communications has created infrastructure for providing the required bandwidth for basic telecom services and other high-end services by laying a fibre optic cable backbone of 3,000 km throughout the state Power Installed capacity as of April 2009 was 13,147.25 MW (provisional) 31,110.31 million units of energy available from various sources as of March 2009 As of April 2009, 31,751 housing colonies of the weaker section were electrified. As of April 2009, number of dalit-wadas electrified were 56,178. Per capita consumption was 703 Kwhin 2007-08. Around 26,85,559 agricultural consumers were registered as of April 2009.
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Airports Airports Education Energy/Power Health Roads Sea Ports Tourism Urban Infrastructure Others Total Upcoming Projects Grand Total
Amount (In Cr. Rs.) 2487 1026 816 1185 6076 12596 2015 21262 3954 51417 23947 75364
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Non Major Sea Port OMST Operate Maintain Share and Transfer Kakinada Deep Water Port BOOT Build Own Operate and Transfer Gangavaram Port Machilipatnam Port ( under process)
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ADMINISTRATION OF THE FUND: The Fund will be administered and managed by the Infrastructure Authority and the Infrastructure Authority will be entitled to appoint an officer or officers for the management, control and administration of the Fund. UTILISATION OF THE FUND: The Infrastructure Authority will utilise the Fund for achieving objects and purposes of this Act and for financing the activities of the Infrastructure Authority for realising the objects and purposes of the Act, time to time. OPERATION OF THE FUND: The Fund will be operated by and under the name of the Infrastructure Authority. FORMULATION OF POLICY & REGULATIONS FOR THE FUND: The Infrastructure Authority shall formulate its policy and regulations for financing, working, administration and management of the Fund. AUDIT REPORT OF THE FUND: The working of the Fund shall be subject to audit by Comptroller and Auditor General and the Infrastructure Authority shall submit a report every year as regards the working and operation of the Fund, to the State Government who will present the same before the Legislative Assembly of the State. The IDA would constitute a special Infrastructure Promotion Authority (IPA) having quasi-judicial functions, while the Task Force would undertake the executive functions outlined in the IDA. A high-level Task Force chaired by the Chief Secretary is constituted. The executive functions of the Task Force would be as follows: 1. Conceptualize new projects 2. Identify inter-sectoral linkages 3. Provide enablers for privatisation 4. Decide form and extent of Government support 5. Resolve process-related issues
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6. De-bottleneck the project development process 7. Decide issues pertaining to user levies 8. Prepare model contracts 9. Prescribe timelines for clearances and denial conditions 10.Issue rules and guidelines 11.Build public opinion
The Government will offer the following support under 3 categories to all the projects covered under this policy, viz. i) Administrative Support, wherein 1. State-level statutory clearances will be enumerated and provided within prescribed time limits. 2. Non-Statutory State level clearances will be Automatically granted if project meets required specifications. 3. Government will proved Best-effort support for all central level clearances 4. Department will undertake all Rehabilitation & Resettlement (R&B) activities and recover the cost from Developer. Asset Based Support, wherein: 1. Government owned land may be provided at concessional cost for projects in which ownership would revert to the Government 2. If Government land is not available and where it is not possible for private investors to obtain land for the project on their own, Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation Ltd. would acquire the land required for the project,charging concessional administrative expenses. 3. Government will facilitate development of linkage infrastructure for projects Foregoing of Revenue Streams, wherein the Government will : 1. Exempt all inputs required during the construction period from Sales Tax.
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2. Exempt the first Sale / Transfer from payment of Stamp duty and Registration Charges. 3. Exempt payment of Seigniorage Fees and Cess on minor minerals during construction of the project.
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New industrial policy 1. Infrastructure facilities such as Roads, Electricity, Water etc., "will be provided at the door step" of the proposed industry in the areas identified by the State Government as Industrial Areas. 2. Government also facilitates creation of allied infrastructure such as Telecommunication facilities including Internet connectivity and information Kiosks, Transportation links from Industrial Areas to Towns (bus service), Housing Complexes nearer to industries, Container Depots, Exhibition Halls by promoting private participation. 3. An Industrial Infrastructure Development Fund (IIDF) of Rs.100 crores may be created starting with the year 2000-2001 with provision for necessary step up in fund provision in the subsequent years. This money may be used only when there is no provision for taking up the Infrastructure works under the regular budget/programmes of the concerned line department. 4. 10% of the IIDF may be spent on Technology Development Cluster Development and Market support systems for the SSI and Tiny sector such as providing corpus for establishment of Technical Institutions, Incubation Centers etc. 2. Wherever industries are located in places other than Industrial Areas(isolated areas), the Government will share the cost of infrastructure up to 25% Tourism policy The present Tourism Policy outlines the framework for the enabling role of the Government and the involvement of the private sector in development of various tourism products in the State of Andhra Pradesh. The present policy has been developed by analyzing all the deficiencies so as to provide practical and modern solutions, and also by keeping in mind the best practices that have been adopted by other states in the country successfully. With the new tourism policy, the state of Andhra Pradesh should expect to benefit in the following ways: 1. Position the state competitively for attracting private sector investments in Tourism and Hospitality sectors
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2. To promote inbound tourism in all potential destinations of the state, and not just to few destinations like Tirupati, Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam, Puttaparthi, etc. 3. To target the incentives to the private sector better as per the State government's priorities in terms of geographical areas and tourism products 4. To maximize the potential of Hyderabad city to promote new tourism products 5. To give adequate focus to Aam Aadmi Tourism, Rural Tourism, Eco-tourism, Adventure tourism and Safe and Responsible tourism 6. To focus on maximum generation of employment in the sector. INCENTIVES and CONCESSIONS Concessional allotment of land Capital investment subsidy Reimbursement of stamp duty and transfer fee Reimbursement of vat Reimbursement of luxury tax Reimbursement of entertainment tax Energy incentives
INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT The following institutional arrangements are put in place to secure accelerated development of tourism in state and to address all inter departmental issues while monitoring and securing the development of tourism in the state: 1. State Tourism Promotion Board. 2. State Tourism Promotion Committee. 3. District Tourism Promotion Committee.
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Conclusion
To conclude ,AP has great scope for infrastructure GOMP is making efforts for attracting private participation .Government of Andhra Pradesh have decided to undertake Mega infrastructure projects in state to attract industries and for overall development of state. Interlinkages of infrastructure sectors is required for proper development of infrastructure in state contributing to its growth and development
Bibliography
http://www.pppinindia.com/pdf/ap_presentation.pdf http://www.aptourism.in/investments-site/TOURISM_POLICY_2010.pdf http://industriesportal.apcgg.gov.in/BusinessGuide/Documents/infrastructurepolicy.pdf http://infrastructure.gov.in/pdf/IIFCL.pdf
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