Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu said in an exclusive interview with India Today that large currency notes should be abolished to eradicate corruption. Supporting the abolition of large currency notes, Naidu suggested that even the Rs 500 notes should be banned to root out corruption. He said that the largest currency should be Rs 100 and Rs 200 notes. In a conversation with India Today TV's Consulting Editor Rajdeep Sardesai, Naidu said, "All large currency notes should be abolished. Only then can we eradicate corruption." He added, "There should be only Rs 100 and Rs 200 notes. Even Rs 500 notes should not be continued." It may be recalled that in November 2016, the Indian government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi had banned the old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes. The purpose of demonetization was to deal with black money and corruption. But it failed. Comment on the culture of fraud. On the question about the culture of fraud, Naidu said, "The word fraud is not correct. We have to understand that earlier there were not many welfare measures. NTR (former Chief Minister N "(T) Rama Rao) had announced several benefits, this is where the welfare measures started. Now wealth is being created, but the gap between the rich and the poor is widening day by day." He stressed that "welfare measures should be meaningful and their delivery should be effective." Caste and skill census When Naidu was asked about a caste census or a skill census, he supported both. He said, "A caste, skill and economic census should be done for every citizen simultaneously. Data is very powerful now. You can target through public policy." The BJP-led central government recently gave the green signal to the caste census. The government announced that the next national census will also include a caste census. Currently, only Bihar, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka have conducted a caste census. Opinion on the implementation of Hindi In an interview given to India Today earlier, Naidu had supported Hindi as the national language. When asked about it again, he reiterated his stance. He said, "The local language And mother tongue is mandatory. There can be no compromise with Tamil, Telugu, Kannada. But what is the harm in learning Hindi so that it is easier to communicate with North Indians? There is no harm in recognizing Hindi as the national language at the national level." Recently, controversies have emerged in the southern states over the use of Hindi. Locals pressured non-locals to speak in their own languages, due to which there were reports of fights and scuffles on several occasions. Explanation on Amaravati project Chandrababu Naidu's opponents accuse him of trying to grab land through the Amaravati Greenfield Project and that this project is a land scam. Regarding this, Naidu said, "Visionaries always think differently. When I started the Hyderabad project, even then the opponents criticized why I was spending so much money. Within a few months, I provided water to Hyderabad. I called the companies to Hyderabad." He proudly said, "I tell you, Hyderabad and Amravati will not only be the number one and number two cities of the country but will soon "We will soon be among the world's cities." Recently, the central government has released over Rs 4200 crore to Andhra Pradesh for the Amaravati Capital Development Project after receiving US$ 205 million from the World Bank.