In a media briefing here after the cabinet meet today, state IT minister P Raghunath Reddy said the government also approved the metro rail project with a cost outlay of over Rs 6,000 crore.
"The cabinet has decided to lay the foundation stone on October 22 on Vijaya Dasami (Dasara). The cabinet also decided to invite our prime minister and prime ministers of Japan and Singapore," he told reporters.
It also approved new excise policy to be effective from July 1, he further said.