Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy said he would ask the central government to allot Rs 20,000 crore under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission-2 (JNNURM-2).
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Category: Infrastructure Finance
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AP govt to ask centre to allot Rs 220 bn for JNNURM-2
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy said he would ask the central government to allot Rs 20,000 crore under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission-2 (JNNURM-2). Reddy is learnt to have discussed this at a meeting of the state-level steering committee (SLSC). The centre may launch the

