Draft of 'Sunrise AP Vision 2029' document released

Vijayawada: Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday released the draft of 'Sunrise Andhra Pradesh Vision 2029' document that envisions to "remould" the state into a" happy and globallycompetitive society" by 2029.

"The people of Andhra Pradesh en vision transforming their state into happy, inclusive, responsible, globallycompetitive and innovationdriven society through structural transformation and by sustaining double-digit economic growth to become one amongst the three best states in India by 2022 and the best state by 2029," the vision statement said.

Unveiled at the two-day conference of District Collectors here, it said, Andhra Pradesh will also adopt the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 2030, to direct and drive the social and economic development policies and programmes in the state.

SDG-2030 contains 17 goals and 169 targets like ending poverty and hunger, improving health and education, making cities more sustainable and combating climate change. "As some of the goals and targets in SDG-2030 are not of direct relevance to Andhra Pradesh, the state government has customised those into 12 goals and 115 targets that are directly consequential and on which the state will initiate action," the statement said.-PTI