NDA govt fulfilled 85% of Super Six promises: Minister
The Minister was speaking to media persons at his camp office on Saturday.
Parthasarathi said that Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu was committed to achieving 15 per cent growth of the state's economy by 2047 and that Minister Nara Lokesh had been making efforts to provide employment opportunity to 20 lakh people.
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