As of May 2015, the name of the new Andhra Pradesh capital is likely to be ______.

The correct choice is: “Amaravathi”

After the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh in 2014 (Hyderabad went to Telangana), the Andhra Pradesh government chose a site on the banks of the Krishna river, between Vijayawada and Guntur, for its new capital. In April 2015 the state announced that the new capital would be called Amaravati (Amaravathi), after the ancient Satavahana capital and Buddhist centre nearby. Prime Minister Modi laid its foundation stone in October 2015.

“Badrachala” (Bhadrachalam, a temple town now in Telangana), “Krishna Nagar” and “Varshavathi” were not the chosen names.