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[[File:Guntur District Court, India.jpg|thumb|left|City Court]] | [[File:Guntur District Court, India.jpg|thumb|left|City Court]] | ||
Guntur Urban and Rural police offices oversee the law and order for the city and the rural areas surrounding it.<ref name="hq">{{cite news|title=Celebrations a big hit in Guntur|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/Celebrations-a-big-hit-in-Guntur/article14394817.ece|access-date=24 June 2016|work=The Hindu|date=22 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210405164934/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/Celebrations-a-big-hit-in-Guntur/article14394817.ece|archive-date=5 April 2021}}</ref> The Guntur Urban Police is under consideration to be upgraded as Guntur Police Commissionerate.<ref>{{cite news|title=Guntur Police Commissionerate|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/decks-cleared-for-guntur-police-commissionerate/article29728900.ece|access-date=18 October 2019|work=The Hindu|date=18 October 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210405165038/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/decks-cleared-for-guntur-police-commissionerate/article29728900.ece|archive-date=5 April 2021}}</ref> The NCC Group Guntur is the [[National Cadet Corps (India)|National Cadet Corps]] of the Armed forces. It is located at Syamalanagar.<ref>{{cite web|title=NCC of Guntur|url=http://www.gunturncc.com|access-date=3 April 2017}}</ref | Guntur Urban and Rural police offices oversee the law and order for the city and the rural areas surrounding it.<ref name="hq">{{cite news|title=Celebrations a big hit in Guntur|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/Celebrations-a-big-hit-in-Guntur/article14394817.ece|access-date=24 June 2016|work=The Hindu|date=22 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210405164934/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/Celebrations-a-big-hit-in-Guntur/article14394817.ece|archive-date=5 April 2021}}</ref> The Guntur Urban Police is under consideration to be upgraded as Guntur Police Commissionerate.<ref>{{cite news|title=Guntur Police Commissionerate|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/decks-cleared-for-guntur-police-commissionerate/article29728900.ece|access-date=18 October 2019|work=The Hindu|date=18 October 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210405165038/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/decks-cleared-for-guntur-police-commissionerate/article29728900.ece|archive-date=5 April 2021}}</ref> The NCC Group Guntur is the [[National Cadet Corps (India)|National Cadet Corps]] of the Armed forces. It is located at Syamalanagar.<ref name="hq" /><ref>{{cite web|title=NCC of Guntur|url=http://www.gunturncc.com|access-date=3 April 2017}}</ref> The city also hosts one of the [[Indian Army]] recruitment and training centres.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/Army-recruitment-rally/article15145016.ece|title=Army recruitment rally|work=The Hindu|access-date=17 January 2008|location=Guntur|date=17 January 2008|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210405165140/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/Army-recruitment-rally/article15145016.ece|archive-date=5 April 2021}}</ref> The city has a new Regional Passport Centre to cater the citizens of the district and state.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/passport-seva-kendra-opened/article23841999.ece|title=Passport Seva Kendra opened|work=The Hindu|access-date=5 May 2018|location=Guntur|date=5 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109041554/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/passport-seva-kendra-opened/article23841999.ece|archive-date=9 November 2020}}</ref> | ||
The High Court was in Guntur after the separation from the erstwhile [[Madras State]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2004/07/06/stories/2004070601210900.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050216090615/http://www.thehindu.com/2004/07/06/stories/2004070601210900.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 February 2005|title=Former High Court July 06, 1954| location=Chennai, India|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=6 July 2004}}</ref> which was later moved to [[Hyderabad]] after the formation of [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/meet-to-press-for-high-court-bench-at-guntur/article3183383.ece|title=High Court bench requirement|work=The Hindu | location=Chennai, India|date=25 February 2006|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210405165337/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/meet-to-press-for-high-court-bench-at-guntur/article3183383.ece|archive-date=5 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/100416/telangana-advocates-nudge-cji-on-hc-bifurcation.html|title=Telangana advocates nudge CJI on HC bifurcation|work=Deccan Chronicle| location=Hyderabad|date=10 April 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411233708/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/100416/telangana-advocates-nudge-cji-on-hc-bifurcation.html|archive-date=11 April 2019}}</ref> After the [[Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014|bifurcation of the state]] a new High Court is set up in the capital region of the district.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/visakhapatnam/andhra-pradesh-high-court-returns-home-to-guntur-after-62-years/articleshow/67278307.cms | The High Court was in Guntur after the separation from the erstwhile [[Madras State]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2004/07/06/stories/2004070601210900.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050216090615/http://www.thehindu.com/2004/07/06/stories/2004070601210900.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 February 2005|title=Former High Court July 06, 1954| location=Chennai, India|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=6 July 2004}}</ref> which was later moved to [[Hyderabad]] after the formation of [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/meet-to-press-for-high-court-bench-at-guntur/article3183383.ece|title=High Court bench requirement|work=The Hindu | location=Chennai, India|date=25 February 2006|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210405165337/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/meet-to-press-for-high-court-bench-at-guntur/article3183383.ece|archive-date=5 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/100416/telangana-advocates-nudge-cji-on-hc-bifurcation.html|title=Telangana advocates nudge CJI on HC bifurcation|work=Deccan Chronicle| location=Hyderabad|date=10 April 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411233708/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/100416/telangana-advocates-nudge-cji-on-hc-bifurcation.html|archive-date=11 April 2019}}</ref> After the [[Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014|bifurcation of the state]] a new High Court is set up in the capital region of the district.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/visakhapatnam/andhra-pradesh-high-court-returns-home-to-guntur-after-62-years/articleshow/67278307.cms | ||
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[[File:Guntur vegetable market.jpg|thumb|right|Main market]] | [[File:Guntur vegetable market.jpg|thumb|right|Main market]] | ||
The city is headquarters to ''Agricultural Marketing Department''.<ref name="departments">{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/Guntur-will-be-HQ-of-agri-department-Minister/article14425818.ece|title=Departments moving to new Capital Region|work=The Hindu|date=16 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210405165729/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/Guntur-will-be-HQ-of-agri-department-Minister/article14425818.ece|archive-date=5 April 2021}}</ref> ''The Tobacco Board'', ''The Spices Board'' also has their headquarters located in the city.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Goswami |first1=Bhupen |title=Bengal Opposes Tea Board of India headquarter shift To Assam |url=https://www.apnnews.com/bengal-opposes-tea-board-of-india-headquarter-shift-to-assam/ |access-date=25 April 2019 |work=APN News |date=8 October 2018 |location=Guwahati|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210405165918/https://www.apnnews.com/bengal-opposes-tea-board-of-india-headquarter-shift-to-assam/ |archive-date=5 April 2021 }}</ref> ''Agriculture Market Committee Market Yard'', the largest chilly yard of Asia, generates an income of up to {{INRConvert|100|c|abbr=on}} during trading season.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Jonathan|first1=P. Samuel|title=Trading at Guntur chilli marketyard comes to a halt|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/trading-at-guntur-chilli-yard-comes-to-a-halt/article8365792.ece|access-date=27 May 2017|work=The Hindu|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317133238/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/trading-at-guntur-chilli-yard-comes-to-a-halt/article8365792.ece|archive-date=17 March 2016}}</ref | The city is headquarters to ''Agricultural Marketing Department''.<ref name="departments">{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/Guntur-will-be-HQ-of-agri-department-Minister/article14425818.ece|title=Departments moving to new Capital Region|work=The Hindu|date=16 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210405165729/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/Guntur-will-be-HQ-of-agri-department-Minister/article14425818.ece|archive-date=5 April 2021}}</ref> ''The Tobacco Board'', ''The Spices Board'' also has their headquarters located in the city.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Goswami |first1=Bhupen |title=Bengal Opposes Tea Board of India headquarter shift To Assam |url=https://www.apnnews.com/bengal-opposes-tea-board-of-india-headquarter-shift-to-assam/ |access-date=25 April 2019 |work=APN News |date=8 October 2018 |location=Guwahati|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210405165918/https://www.apnnews.com/bengal-opposes-tea-board-of-india-headquarter-shift-to-assam/ |archive-date=5 April 2021 }}</ref> ''Agriculture Market Committee Market Yard'', the largest chilly yard of Asia, generates an income of up to {{INRConvert|100|c|abbr=on}} during trading season.<ref name="largestchilliyard" /><ref>{{cite news|last1=Jonathan|first1=P. Samuel|title=Trading at Guntur chilli marketyard comes to a halt|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/trading-at-guntur-chilli-yard-comes-to-a-halt/article8365792.ece|access-date=27 May 2017|work=The Hindu|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317133238/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/trading-at-guntur-chilli-yard-comes-to-a-halt/article8365792.ece|archive-date=17 March 2016}}</ref> The spiciest Guntur chillies are exported to foreign countries and the city stands second in terms of trade, next to Mexico.<ref name="chillies">{{cite web|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/hai-hai-mirchi/233612|title= Guntur Chillies|work=Online edition of Outlook magazine-free registration required|access-date=1 August 2007}}</ref> Commercial activities are concentrated mostly on outlets such as, cinema halls, malls, jewelry, fertilisers.<ref name="chillies" /> There are also several spinning mills on the outskirts of the city.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jonathan |first1=P. Samuel |title=Highway connectivity set to improve in Guntur |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/highway-connectivity-set-to-improve-in-guntur/article25809979.ece |access-date=25 April 2019 |work=The Hindu |date=23 December 2018 |language=en-IN|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108103442/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/highway-connectivity-set-to-improve-in-guntur/article25809979.ece |archive-date=8 November 2020 }}</ref> | ||
== Culture == | == Culture == | ||