Fact Check: Chandrababu Naidu claims Andhra Pradesh will create 23 lakh crore jobs? No, it was a verbal slip
A clip from an NDTV interview of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu is going viral, claiming he said investments would generate “23 lakh crore jobs.”
By - M Ramesh Naik
Claim:The video shows Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu claiming that investments in his state will create 23 lakh crore jobs.
Fact:The claim is misleading. The statement was a verbal slip during the interview, which Naidu immediately corrected to “23 lakh jobs.”
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu attended the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos in January 2026, where he promoted the state as a global investment destination, highlighting sectors such as artificial intelligence, infrastructure and manufacturing.
During the visit, Naidu stated that Andhra Pradesh had secured investment commitments worth nearly Rs 20 lakh crore over the past 18 months through memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with companies including Google, IBM and Wipro, with the aim of accelerating economic growth and employment generation.
Amid these discussions, a short clip from Naidu’s exclusive interview with NDTV began circulating widely on social media. In the clip, Naidu is heard saying that the investments would generate “23 lakh crore jobs,” prompting ridicule and criticism online.
One X user shared the clip alongside population figures, claiming, “The population of Andhra Pradesh is 8 crore. India’s population is 150 crore. The world population is 800 crore. But CM Chandrababu is claiming he alone created 20 lakh crore jobs in Andhra Pradesh.” (Archive)
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Fact Check
NewsMeter found that the claim is misleading. The viral clip selectively edits the interview and omits Naidu’s immediate correction.
A review of the full NDTV interview on X, uploaded on January 21, 2026, shows that at around the 7:58-minute mark, Naidu initially misspeaks while discussing employment potential from investments, stating “23 lakh crore jobs.” Within moments, he corrects himself and clarifies that the expected employment generation is “23 lakh jobs.”
#NDTVAtDavos | Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu (@ncbn) outlines his vision for the state's future in the exclusive conversation with NDTV's editor-in-chief @rahulkanwal pic.twitter.com/ps7RG3vBMa
— NDTV (@ndtv) January 21, 2026
The interview, conducted by NDTV Editor-in-Chief Rahul Kanwal, focused on Andhra Pradesh’s development roadmap, infrastructure expansion and long-term wealth creation strategy. Naidu repeatedly stressed people-centric growth, employment generation and sustainable economic planning.
The shortened clips circulating online remove this clarification and present the verbal slip as a standalone claim, thereby distorting the context of the conversation.
Chandrababu Naidu did not claim that Andhra Pradesh would generate 23 lakh crore jobs. The viral video captures a brief verbal slip from an NDTV interview, which he immediately corrected to 23 lakh jobs. The claim circulating on social media is misleading.
