Andhra Pradesh leads India in proposed investments, takes 25% share in FY26 so far

Andhra Pradesh has cornered one-fourth of all proposed investments in the first nine months of 2025-26 financial year, according to a recent report by Bank of Baroda.

According to the report, which is based on statistics of Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), Andhra Pradesh has captured 25.3%, followed by Odisha 13.1% and Maharashtra 12.8% in proposed investments.

The report highlights that over half of India’s total proposed capital investment (51.2%) is now concentrated in just three states - Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Maharashtra - with Andhra Pradesh emerging as the clear frontrunner. Overall, investment announcements during the first three quarters of the current fiscal touched ₹26.6 lakh crore, marking an 11.5% increase compared to the same period last year.


The big ticket investments announced include Google’s $15 billion in a data centre cluster in Visakhapatnam. This is the company biggest-ever FDI in India. The Centre’s concessions to Andhra Pradesh have also helped in improving investor sentiments and drawing investments to the southern state. Interestingly, Tamil Nadu has cornered about 4.9% of proposed investments and ranks sixth after Telangana (9.5%) and Gujarat (7.1%).

Andhra Pradesh IT minister Nara Lokesh took to microblogging site X to post, “Andhra Pradesh isn’t catching up, it’s pulling ahead. This is the result of consistent reforms, speed in decision-making and an unambiguous commitment to investors. Our focus has been clear—create a predictable policy environment, enable industry at scale and deliver on the ground.”

The government attributed this performance to its investor-friendly governance, emphasis on speed of approvals, sector-focused policies and strong infrastructure push across ports, industrial corridors, logistics, energy and digital infrastructure.

Andhra Pradesh’s proactive engagement with global and domestic investors, coupled with stable policies and execution-oriented administration, has translated into large-scale investment commitments across manufacturing, renewable energy, electronics, data centres, mobility and core infrastructure.