Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu said on Friday that the Andhra Pradesh government was moving toward a goal of making the state a "Knowledge hub" by leveraging emerging technologies such as AI, asserting that technologies were part of life.

Describing Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a visionary, he said the country was fortunate to have such a PM who is promoting information technology in a big way and has built a brand for Indians globally.

"I want to make Andhra Pradesh a knowledge hub. Historical information we have on the cloud, Artificial Intelligence is matured and real time information you can collect through various devices," he said, while addressing DeepTech/GovTech Innovation Conclave 2024 here.

Naidu said the government was in the process of preparing 'Swarnandhra Pradesh Vision-2047' based on ten principles such as 'zero poverty, P4 approach (public-private-people-partnership', under which the state is aiming to achieve a growth rate of 15 per cent annually.

The second quarter growth stood at 8.75 per cent against the national average of eight per cent, he said.

"We are monitoring everything in real time," he said.

According to Naidu, the earlier population was a liability, and now it has become an asset.

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