Union Minister for Finance Pranab Mukherjee will chair the meeting of Southern Zone Chief Ministers scheduled to be held on Tuesday afternoon at Jubilee Hall.
The meeting will be attended by the Chief Ministers or ministers of the southern states of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala, and of the Union Territories of Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep.
Union Minister of State for Finance Namo Narain Meena, Union Finance Ministry officials, all CEOs or CMDs of public sector banks or financial institutions, deputy governor of the Reserve Bank Of India, and the chairman of NABARD will also attend the meeting.
Chief Minister K Rosaiah on Monday held a meeting to discuss arrangements for the meeting on his return from New Delhi, and was briefed about the arrangements in place for the meeting by Chief Secretary S V Prasad, Special Chief Secretary (Finance) G Sudhir and other top officials of the Finance and Protocol Departments.
The Union Finance Minister will arrive in Hyderabad on Tuesday noon, and will directly proceed to the venue and have the session up to 4:45pm.
He is likely to interact with media persons after the meeting.