The Chairman, CII National Development Council & Managing Director, TATA Steel Processing and Distribution Limited Mr.Sandipan Chakravorty called on the Chief Minister Mr.N.Kiran Kumar Reddy at the Camp Office on Friday.   CII has setup a Development Council with an objective to work in select naxal affected districts to create employment and self–employment opportunities.  The members of the delegation explained to the Chief Minister that the focus of their work is to identify skills opportunities based on local needs and natural resources. 

Most of the districts identified are in the Eastern Region - West Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand and Chattisgarh and Khammam and Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. CII has now prepared district development plans for Khammam and Visakhapatnam. CII is keen to initiate few development projects in these districts with the support of Government of Andhra Pradesh and local District administration.

These district development plans brought out details of the jobs and identified the list of the industries which have potential in the local districts and infrastructure that need to be created in the districts. 

The delegation requested the Government of Andhra Pradesh to form a joint taskforce with CII to initiate the development projects in these two districts, which would help to monitor the progress. The delegation expressed their willingness to work with Government in areas of Education and Livelihoods which consists of Self Employment, Promoting industry in the local district, strengthening the local industry through trainings and workshops and Skill development.