Overview
- Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu met a central team led by Steel Secretary Sandeep Poundrik to review the Centre’s Phase-2 deregulation plan, and Poundrik said the state’s pitch was more advanced than the national framework.
- Naidu told officials to cut more than 800 rules to fewer than 100 to keep required permits in single digits.
- He set an end-of-May deadline to put the changes in place through ordinances with a target of reducing approval times by 40 percent.
- The plan calls for simpler forest clearances, replacement of the National Building Code with state fire safety norms, and removal of duplicate licensing systems.
- The state will extend one-time registration to lifetime validity, mandate end-to-end online approvals, and prepare for a Phase-3 push on technology and AI starting in June.