The Lok Sabha today passed a Bill to declare Amaravathi as the capital of Andhra Pradesh.
The Bill, the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation(Amendment) Bill, 2026, was introduced by Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai.
The Bill intends to amend Section 5 of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, which declared Hyderabad as the joint capital for Andhra Pradesh and the then newly formed Telangana, bifurcated from the former territory, for a period not exceeding 10 years.
As per Section 5(2), after the expiry of 10 years, Hyderabad shall be the capital of the State of Telangana, and there shall be a new capital for Andhra Pradesh. The 2026 amendment will substitute the words "there shall be a new capital" in Section 5(2) with the words "and Amaravati shall be the new capital".
Recently, on March 28, the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly had passed a resolution urging the Union Government to amend the 2014 Act and recognise Amaravathi as the capital of Andhra Pradesh. As per the Statement and Object of the Bill, the Bill is introduced to give effect to the said resolution.
When the YSRCP government was in power in the State, a move was made to implement a three-capital formula, with Amaravati as the legislative capital, Kurnool the judicial capital and Vishakhapatnam the executive capital. However, in 2021, the State Government withdrew the plan.