Lokesh on IT Development in AP : విశాఖపట్నంలో ఐటీ అభివృద్ధిపై శాసనసభ్యుల ప్రశ్నలకు ఐటీ శాఖ మంత్రి నారా లోకేశ్ సమాధానం ఇచ్చారు. ఒకే రాష్ట్రం- ఒకే రాజధాని అనే నినాదం కూటమి ప్రభుత్వానిదని లోకేశ్ స్పష్టం చేశారు. ఏపీలో 5 లక్షల ఐటీ ఉద్యోగాలు తేవడమే తన టార్గెట్ అని చెప్పారు. అదే సమయంలో అన్ని ప్రాంతాలు అభివృద్ధి చెందేలా ప్రణాళికలు చేస్తున్నామని వెల్లడించారు. విశాఖను ఐటీ హబ్గా తీర్చిదిద్దుతామని గతంలోనే హామీ ఇచ్చామని గుర్తుచేశారు. దాని కోసమే డేటా సెంటర్ పాలసీని కూడా రూపకల్పన చేశామని ఆయన వివరించారు.
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00:00We should be proud of the fact that there are at least 27 people in the world who are
00:05intelligent in the IT sector, like Mr. Chandrababu Naidu.
00:09But it is very saddening that there is not a proper ecosystem for them to work in our
00:16state.
00:17Since 2014, there has been no action, not a single conclave, not a single effort.
00:22The saddening situation is that a minister asked me the other day, whether the hen has
00:27laid an egg or not.
00:29Since then, the state of Andhra Pradesh has been in turmoil.
00:32The people in the previous government have clearly made gaps in the companies.
00:37Because of that, all those companies went back.
00:39It has been exactly five months since the Indian government was formed.
00:42In the last five months, I have been talking to all the existing IT companies.
00:47TCS has already been committed.
00:49TCS will come.
00:50In three months, TCS will start in Vishakhapatnam.
00:53Not only that, I have also spoken to Infosys.
00:56They are already looking for a move.
00:59I think I can plant a coconut in the next six months.
01:02I am hoping for that.
01:03I am working very hard.
01:04You asked for 20,000 jobs.
01:06In five years, 20,000 jobs will not be my target.
01:09Five lakh jobs will be created in Andhra Pradesh.
01:12I am working as a target for that.
01:15I have been to the US.
01:18I have met many data center organizations.
01:21In Mumbai, in Tamil Nadu, and in Telangana,
01:26the data center ecosystem was established.
01:29If we had taken the policy of that country,
01:32Vishakhapatnam data center would have become the capital of the world.
01:36The world is spending $300 billion every year.
01:41My goal is to bring $100 billion to India.
01:44Most of it should come to Andhra Pradesh.
01:48I have already started an initial discussion
01:51with the top 100 companies in IT.
01:54I think it will be profitable.
01:57I will bring them all to Vishakhapatnam.
02:00I will take the responsibility.
02:03Secondly, Fortune 500 companies in the world
02:06should also set up global delivery centers.
02:09They are also working on that.
02:12We need to bring a new policy for that.
02:15We will bring that policy next month.
02:18We are focusing on the ease of doing business
02:21and the speed of doing business.
02:24I am proud to say this.
02:27I am running behind the companies.
02:30If a data center company comes and
02:33takes a bigger plan based on our speed,
02:36I will call them and ask why they are not coming.
02:39I follow up every week.
02:42I'll call the CEO of Andhra Pradesh
02:45and congratulate him.
02:48He told me that the country is moving fast.
02:51He told me that he will set up
02:54700 centers in Andhra Pradesh.
02:57He said he is not going to stop.
03:00He said that we can create 5 lakh jobs.
03:03He said no government can stop us.
03:06He said that we can create
03:09A critical mass will come to Vishakapatnam, just like the mass in Hyderabad.
03:14Keshav sir has also given a loan to IT Electronics to clear the 500 crore rupees pending incentive in the budget.
03:22We take the responsibility of providing incentives to those companies that was not done in the assembly session.
03:28I don't have any doubt on that.