MARCH 2022

TELANGANA CAG points on excess expenditure by Telangana government   According to the Controller and Auditor General (CAG) report for the fiscal year ending 2020, the state government has been incurring excess expenditure over authorization for the last few years, which is cause for concern. While the legislature has yet to approve an excess expenditure of Rs 84,650 crore … Read more

TELANGANA First in country, Telangana moves to index its crops   After the paddy procurement row with the Centre and the state government urging farmers to opt for alternate crops, Telangana has, for the first time in the country, began recording crop diversification patterns in the form of an index. The state grows 77 varieties, according to … Read more

TELANGANA School dropout rate till class 8 zero during 2020-21 in Telangana: Report   The dropout rate till class eight of Telangana was zero during the academic year 2020-21, revealed unified district information system for education plus (UDISE+) report 2020-21. In the report released by the department of school education and literacy, 13.9% of students … Read more

TELANGANA Roll back grid support charges for industries: CII to KTR   Expressing concern over the grid support charges proposed by the discomsRs 2.37 lakh per MW of power per month from the captive power plants, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has urged the industry minister KT Rama Rao to intervene to roll back grid support charges. The … Read more

TELANGANA New health policy to improve patient care in govt. run hospitals   The State government has announced a new health policy titled `Integrated Hospital Facility Management Services’ for improving patient care services in government hospitals.   The new policy replacing the existing policy envisaged improvement of services in government hospitals, nursing colleges & nursing … Read more

TELANGANA Over 3 lakh cases settled in National LokAdalat in Telangana   A total 3,02,768 cases were resolved through the National LokAdalat conducted across all the courts in Telangana on Saturday. Of the total tally, 19,761 cases were of pre-litigation and the remaining 2,83,007 were pending court cases in various categories, the Telangana State Legal … Read more

TELANGANA Dalit Bandhu Scheme   Dalit Bandhu is the Telangana government’s flagship programme. It is a welfare scheme for empowering Dalit families of the state and enabling entrepreneurship among them through aRs 10 lakh direct benefit transfer per family.   The Telangana government in its state budget allocated Rs 17,700 crore for the Dalit Bandhu … Read more

TELANGANA ₹100cr each for women, forest varsity The Telangana government has allocated 100 crore each for establishment of exclusive varsity for women and forest in the state. As proposed, the Koti Women’s College will be upgraded into a women’s university and the forest college at Mulugu will be turned into a university. The women’s university would enable … Read more

TELANGANA T, NSE ink MoU to help MSMEs raise funds on Emerge exchange   The Telangana government has inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the National Stock Exchange of India Ltd (NSE) to propel the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the state to the next level of growth by helping them raise funds on … Read more

TELANGANA Over half of Telangana’s wealth is in Hyderabad   The state’s wealth is concentrated in Hyderabad, which is a known fact, but here’s how. Hyderabad accounts for half of the state’s total bank deposits. The youngest state in the country — Telangana — has 6,11,401 crore in deposits spread across 5,442 commercial bank branches, with Hyderabad … Read more