Andhra Pradesh Secretariat

{{Short description|Government building in Velagapudi, India}}

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ఆంధ్ర రాష్ట్ర సచివాలయం

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| image_caption = Andhra Pradesh Secretariat at Velagapudi during Independence day 2017

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| start_date = 12 February 2016{{cite news|title=Andhra Pradesh temporary Secretariat work to begin on February 12|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/050216/andhra-pradesh-temporary-secretariat-work-to-begin-on-february-12.html|access-date=29 June 2016|work=The Deccan Chronicle|date=5 February 2016}}

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| inauguration_date = 29 June 2016{{cite news|agency=Press Trust of India|title=4 AP departments move to temporary Secretariat in Amaravati|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/4-ap-departments-move-to-temporary-secretariat-in-amaravati-116062900985_1.html|access-date=29 June 2016|work=The Business Standard|date=29 June 2016}}

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Andhra Pradesh Secretariat is the administrative office of the employees of the state of Andhra Pradesh, located in Velagapudi.

For AP secretariat foundation stone laid & Inaugurated by the then chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu. When the State of Andhra Pradesh was formed in 1956, the Secretariat was located in an old

Nizam structure called Peshi in the capital city of Hyderabad. The Secretariat functioned like this until the bifurcation of the state into Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The building was to be shared in the ratio 58:42 by both the states which will continue until 2024 as per the Act and was to be transferred to Telangana in 2024. However, in February 2016 a Secretariat complex was inaugurated in Velagapudi, Guntur district and the Government of Andhra Pradesh started functioning from there.

File:Road towards Velagapudi from Amaravati Secretariat.jpg