January 12, 2016: The Amara Raja Group (ARG) and the Government of Andhra Pradesh (GoAP) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for direct investment in Andhra Pradesh.

This was announced at the 22nd CII Partnership Summit & 1st Sunrise Andhra Pradesh Investment held in Visakhapatnam on 11th Jan 2016. Under the terms of the MoU, ARG and GoAP have committed to an investment of approximately Rs 5,000 crore, expected to generate approximately 10,000 new jobs over a period of 2-3 years directly, and 20,000 jobs indirectly.

Signing the agreement, Dr Ramachandra Naidu Galla, Chairman, Amara Raja Group, highlighted the importance of improving infrastructure and accelerating industrial development in Andhra Pradesh, and welcomed mutual cooperation for facilitating investments in Andhra Pradesh. “At Amara Raja we always had the focus on development of the State; this MoU provides us a great opportunity to help create the infrastructure for rapid industrialisation. With the cooperation of the GoAP, we are confident that we will be able to make the state an industrial hub and attract investment from both national and global players,” Dr Galla said.

Speaking on the occasion, Jayadev Galla, Vice Chairman of Amara Raja Group said, “This effort is a very important collaborative effort by Industry and government which paves for all round industrial development and employment opportunities for the people of the state.”

The MoU will achieve the following:

*Enable investment of approximately Rs 5000 crore, over the next two-three years in the fields of electronics, energy storage, automobile components, IT and telecom components, food processing, infrastructure and services
*Create 10,000 jobs directly and 20,000 jobs indirectly
*Facilitate provision of necessary assistance by the GoAP for Amara Raja Group, and improve the investment environment, and
*GoAP support for the company’s increased participation in significant projects in Andhra Pradesh, wherever feasible.

Amara Raja is amongst India's leading business conglomerates with interests spanning verticals from the production of lead acid batteries, power conversion products, sheet metal products, precision components, electronic products, infrastructure development, industrial services to food processing.