Amaravati, Jun 15 (PTI) Andhra Pradesh IT and Electronics Minister Nara Lokesh on Saturday said a new investor-friendly Information Technology policy will be implemented in the state soon.

Lokesh held a review meeting with senior IT and Electronics officials and inquired about the kind of incentives extended to companies for inviting them to set up shop in the state.

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"If you submit these details at the earliest possible, a new investor-friendly IT policy will be adopted soon," Lokesh told the officials, according to a press release.

He directed officials to formulate a plan to transform the port city of Visakhapatnam into an IT hub and the temple town of Tirupati into an electronics hub.

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Further, he tasked the officials to initiate steps to invite major IT and electronics companies to set up units in the southern state.

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