Archive · 10 Oct 2026
Centre Urges Andhra Pradesh to Accelerate Regulatory Reforms
Officials in Andhra Pradesh are working to make government rules easier to follow.
They reviewed 28 areas where changes are planned, and work has started on 20 of them.
Some proposals would make it easier to open private schools and universities.
Others could reduce the number of permits businesses need.
Small businesses may be able to start operating by declaring that they meet the rules.
Officials also discussed quicker approvals for industries considered low-risk.
The state chief secretary told departments to remove unnecessary steps and delays.
The changes are intended to make it easier to do business.
Union Steel Secretary Sandeep Pundrik and Andhra Pradesh Chief Secretary G. Sai Prasad urged officials to speed up regulatory reforms.
At a Friday review meeting in the AP Secretariat, officials assessed the second phase of efforts to reduce regulatory burdens.
Twenty of 28 priority reform areas are in various stages of implementation.
Proposals include simplifying private-school rules, easing requirements for private universities, and allowing MSMEs to begin operations based on self-declarations.
Officials also reviewed reducing business licences and NOCs, streamlining low-risk industry approvals, and simplifying Legal Metrology procedures.
- Who
- Union Steel Secretary Sandeep Pundrik, Andhra Pradesh Chief Secretary G. Sai Prasad, and officials from relevant departments.
- What
- They reviewed progress on regulatory reforms and called for faster implementation.
- When
- Friday; the article does not specify the date.
- Where
- The Andhra Pradesh Secretariat in Vijayawada.
- Why
- To reduce regulatory burdens, ease compliance, and improve the ease of doing business.
Reform proposals
Existing requirements
School recognition
Reform proposals
Officials reviewed a proposal to replace the essentiality certificate with self-certification and simplify infrastructure-related norms.
Existing requirements
The article describes the current system as requiring an essentiality certificate and rules concerning infrastructure, playgrounds, and laboratories.
Business approvals
Reform proposals
Officials favoured fewer NOCs and licences, self-declarations for MSMEs to begin operations, and simpler approvals for low-risk industries.
Existing requirements
The article says businesses currently face multiple NOCs, licences, and approval or inspection procedures.
- Priority reform areas
- 28
- Areas showing progress
- 20, at various stages of implementation
- Reform phase
- Second phase of measures to reduce regulatory burdens
- Departments involved
- School education, higher education, industries, commerce, and legal metrology
- Business reforms discussed
- Reducing NOCs and licences, self-declarations for MSMEs, and simpler procedures for low-risk industries
- School reform proposal
- Replace the essentiality certificate for school recognition with self-certification