Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu directed officials to cut the number of regulations governing industrial approvals from over 800 to fewer than 100, a CMO release on Monday (April 13, 2026) said. Permissions and licences needed to set up industries should be brought down to single digits, he said.

The directive came during a review of the Centre’s Phase-2 deregulation proposals, presented by Ministry of Steel and Mines Secretary Sandeep Poundrik, who led a central delegation to Vijayawada. Mr. Naidu also held a separate review with senior State officials on the proposals, CMO said in a release.