Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He met the prime minister along with Union civil aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu and minister of state for communications and rural development Dr. Chandrashekhar Pemmasani.During the meeting, Naidu thanked PM Modi for key Union Budget announcements, including an allocation of âč15,000 crore for new capital’s development.The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief discussed Andhra Pradesh’s financial status with the prime minister in detail and sought more central government support to tackle fiscal challenges, boost economic activity and increase the state’s GDP.According to an official data, Andhra Pradesh’s public debt has risen from 31.02 per cent of the Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) in 2019-20 to 33.32 per cent in 2023-24, indicating worsening fiscal health over the last five years.
