March2021

TELANGANA Telangana’s GST collection rises 17% compared to March 2020   According to the latest figures on GST collection released by the Union government, the state government had collected Rs 3,562 crore in March 2020, and the collection went up to Rs 4,166 crore in March 2021, registering a growth of 17%. Among the southern … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana CM forms nodal agency to put devpt work on fast track   To find solutions for problems and also for the integrated development of surrounding areas of Hyderabad, including Medchal-Malkajgiri and Rangareddy districts, which are rapidly developing, Telangana CM K Chandrashekhar Rao has decided to constitute a nodal agency headed by chief secretary Somesh Kumar.   The agency … Read more

TELANGANA Centre not extending support to Telangana: KT Rama Rao   Telangana is at the top among states, spending Rs 45,000 crore for various welfare activities in a year, and the only state which has welfare schemes for every section of the society, IT and municipal administration minister KT Rama Rao said. He said eleven states and even … Read more

TELANGANA IOC to set up mega biorefineries in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh   As part of its transition from fossil-fuels to a multi-source, clean energy play, public sector oil & gas giant, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOC), plans to set up two mega bio-refineries in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.   These second generation (2G) bio-refineries, which will extract ethanol … Read more

TELANGANA Land acquisition for RRR to cost Telangana govt up to Rs 2,500 crore   Land acquisition for the proposed Regional Ring Road (RRR) is going to cost a bomb to the Telangana government. Of the estimated cost of Rs 16,000 crore for the project, the state may end up spending anywhere between Rs 2,000 crore … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana set up over 15,000 industries: KT Rama Rao Industries and municipal administration and urban development (MAUD) minister KT Rama Rao on Tuesday said that in the last six years, the state established 15,326 industries under TS-iPass and 11,974 industries have commenced operations.   The minister also said that an estimated 15, 52,678 people were expected to … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana: At $2 billion, largest IT hub to come up at Kokapet   In what is one of the largest private IT park developments in the making in Hyderabad and perhaps in the country, Hyderabad-based My Home Group is firming up plans for a 30-35 million sq feet project at a cost of around $2 billion … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana counters Centre, vax wastage 0.76%   Telangana health authorities said the vaccine wastage in the state was just 0.76 % and said the Centre got it wrong in their calculations. Days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi pointed out wastage of vaccines and later Union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan clarified that Telangana’s Covid vaccine wastage was the highest in … Read more

TELANGANA Centre spends only Rs 210 crore on Aasara pensions: Telangana   Setting the record straight against the brouhaha created by over central aid to the welfare schemes in Telangana, the state government on Monday informed the state assembly that only Rs 210 crore is being extended by the Centre for Aasara pensions.     The state government is spending Rs … Read more

TELANGANA GI Tag for Pochampally Ikkat Pochampally Ikkat has been granted Geographical Indiaction (GI) Status. Pochampally Ikkat: Pochampally Ikat or resist dyeing involves a sequence of tying and dyeing the bundled yarn parts into a predetermined color scheme before weaving. During the Nizam era, they were exported to Myanmar (Burma), West Asia and East Africa, … Read more