April 2021

TELANGANA Drone Delivery of Covid-19 Vaccines   The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) have granted the Telangana government conditional drone deployments for the delivery of experimental Covid-19 vaccines. The permission was given to use drones within the visual line of sight (VLOS) range. The validity period is … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana govt set to borrow Rs 47,500 crore this fiscal   Faced with a financial crunch and increasing expenditure, the Telangana government will be going for a Rs 47,500 crore loan this financial year. As part of the first instalment to raise the loans in the form of bonds, the state government has got permission to raise Rs 8,000 … Read more

TELANGANA Our Food, Telangana govt to setup 20,000 micro food processing units   Our Food, a Hyderabad-based agri-tech startup, on Friday announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Telangana government to setup over 20,000 micro food processing units at farm level across the state. As part of this agreement, Our Food will collaborate with the … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana’s GST collection rises 17% compared to March 2020   The goods and services tax (GST) collection has shown improvement — a 17% growth this March when 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 … Read more

TELANGANA Expedite report on school education: Cabinet panel   The Cabinet sub-committee on improving education and infrastructure in schools on par with corporate sector met and urged the officials to expedite the preparation of document for speedy implementation. The committee was constituted as part of the government’s efforts to enhance quality education by spending ₹2,000 … Read more

  TELANGANA Telangana government to set up 6,575 centres to procure Yasangi paddy   The Telangana government will set up 6,575 procurement centres in the state during Yasangi to procure 90 lakh metric tonnes of paddy.   In all, the civil supplies corporation procured 3.93 crore metric tonnes of paddy worth Rs 68,000 crore at minimum support … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana: Budget schools want Rs 20,000 for each student   Almost a year after physical classes gave way to virtual classes, private budget school managements are demanding that the government give Rs 20, 000 to each child for procuring devices and internet connection. TRSMA, which has launched Save Education Campaign (Save Students – Save … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana agriculture department draws plan to increase cultivation   The state agriculture department has stated that this rainy season an additional 28 lakh acres will be brought under cultivation. According to the plan of the department, a total of 1.62 crore acres will be brought under cultivation as against 1.34 crore acres last season. The department … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana can emerge as a hub of AI skills   Telangana can emerge as a hub for Artificial Intelligence (AI) talent due to various initiatives of the state-run Telangana Academy for Skill and Knowledge (TASK) as well as other educational institutions in the state such as JNTU, IIT-Hyderabad as well as IIIT Hyderabad, Jayesh … Read more

  TELANGANA Expedite report on school education: Cabinet panel   The Cabinet sub-committee on improving education and infrastructure in schools on par with corporate sector met and urged the officials to expedite the preparation of document for speedy implementation.   The committee was constituted as part of the government’s efforts to enhance quality education by … Read more