Background
The State Government of Andhra Pradesh is keen to develop the level of physical and social infrastructure in the State. This pioneering legislation has been enacted by the Andhra Pradesh State Government with a view to enable and thereby encourage and promote the private sector to invest in the development of the infrastructure sector in the State of Andhra Pradesh. Infrastructures like airports, ports, highways require huge investments. The State Government alone cannot provide for such huge investments, In that circumstances, the development of such infrastructure can be achieved with private sector participation and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on varied arrangements which include but are not limited to Build-and-Transfer (BT), Build-Lease-and-Transfer (BLT), Build-Operate-and-Transfer (BOT), Build-Own-and-Operate (BOO), Build-Own-Operate-Transfer (BOOT), Build-Transfer-and-Operate (BTO), Contract-Add-and-Operate (CAO), Develop-Operate-and-Transfer (DOT),
