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Andhra Pradesh powers ahead with major EV mobility MoU
VISAKHAPATNAM: Andhra Pradesh has hit the accelerator on its clean transport ambitions, signing an MoU that puts the state firmly in the fast lane of India’s electric mobility race.
A consortium of ThunderPlus, ETO Motors and Roqit has inked a Rs 515 crore agreement with the Andhra Pradesh Government at the Partnership Summit in Visakhapatnam, setting the wheels in motion for one of India’s most ambitious state-led EV mobility and charging programmes. The pact, formalised with the Andhra Pradesh Economic Development Board, is expected to generate more than 5,000 jobs, including 1,450 direct roles, with a strong focus on women-led employment.
Endorsed by chief minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu in the presence of Industries and Commerce minister TG Bharath, the initiative aims to create the country’s first fully integrated multi-modal EV ecosystem. This blueprint ties together EV manufacturing, city and intercity electric transport, statewide charging infrastructure and a unified digital ticketing platform.
ThunderPlus, the consortium lead, will build the core charging backbone. Plans include urban charging hubs, large depots for electric buses, and park-and-charge points across residential, commercial and metro zones. For highways, the company will install 120 kW chargers every 25 kilometres and 1 MW ultra-fast chargers every 100 kilometres to support electric buses, trucks and long-haul logistics. It has already set up a 3 MW ultra-fast hub in Vijayawada and 0.5 MW sites in Nellajarla and Visakhapatnam, and is advancing works along the Vizag–Chennai Industrial Corridor.
The rollout begins in two clusters, the Amaravati Capital Region, covering Gannavaram Airport, Vijayawada, Amaravati and Guntur, and the Visakhapatnam Urban Region spanning NAD Junction, Pendurty, Simhachalam and Dwarakanagar. These will form the first operational corridors of the state’s integrated EV shuttle system. A sizeable share of the newly created jobs will be reserved for women in operations, charging station management, software, customer support and mobility services.
ThunderPlus CEO Rajeev YSR said the partnership marks a pivotal stride towards making Andhra Pradesh the clean mobility capital of India, adding that the integrated approach will serve as a model other states could emulate. ETO Motors CEO Nirmal Reddy said the unified mobility system will ensure reliable, sustainable commuting for lakhs of citizens. Roqit’s leadership emphasised that its single ticketing platform will bring all transport modes into one seamless app.
Positioning Andhra Pradesh as a national frontrunner in electric mobility, the consortium will work with APEDB, municipal bodies, transport departments and industrial corridor authorities to ensure the programme’s rapid and scalable implementation.
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LTM to upgrade India’s tax analytics platform with Nvidia AI
BlueVerse platform to drive real-time insights and digital governance
MUMBAI: LTM, formerly LTIMindtree and awaiting shareholder approval for its name change, has teamed up with Nvidia to modernise India’s national tax analytics platform, backing the government’s seven-year Insight 2.0 mandate.
The collaboration will support the Central Board of Direct Taxes in overhauling tax administration through scalable artificial intelligence and advanced analytics. Under the programme, LTM will deploy a secure cloud environment powered by Nvidia’s AI infrastructure to enable real-time insights and simplified data workloads.
At the heart of the initiative is LTM’s proprietary BlueVerse platform, which will act as the intelligence layer across the tax system. The platform is designed to integrate AI across operations, powering features such as a smart citizen portal, automated campaign management, enhanced case workflows and AI-driven helpdesk support.
The overhaul aims to strengthen governance, curb revenue leakages, improve compliance and deliver a smoother experience for taxpayers: a long-standing pain point in India’s tax administration.
“This collaboration brings together Nvidia’s AI capabilities and our BlueVerse platform to build a transparent, resilient and citizen-friendly tax system at scale,” said LTM chief delivery officer Gururaj Deshpande.
Nvidia vice-president of data centre GPU business Yogesh Agrawal, said accelerated computing and full-stack AI are unlocking new efficiencies for public-sector modernisation. “The integration enables secure, high-performance and scalable digital governance for a programme of national importance,” he said.
For LTM, the project reinforces its push to position itself as a partner in large-scale digital governance, as governments increasingly turn to AI-led platforms to modernise public services.
