December 2020

TELANGANA Senior Telangana Rastra Samiti leader N Narasimhaiah passes away   In Telangana, senior leader of the ruling Telangana Rastra Samiti (TRS) and Member of Legislative Assembly, N. Narasimhaiah passed away.   He served as floor leader of the CPI-M twice in the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh Assembly while representing Nakrekal constituency.   He lost election … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana may get Covid vaccine shots from 3 firms, say health officials   Covid vaccine roll-out in the state in January will be a mixed bag with shots from different companies to be administered to four categories of beneficiaries. In all probability, vaccines from three different companies will be available.   Meanwhile, officials training district … Read more

TELANGANA 70% of Telangana farm produce sold outside market yards’   For farmers in Telangana, rules under the new Farmer’s Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020, is not significant, officials and experts said on Sunday as 70% of transactions are already happening outside market yards. Instead, there is a growing concern that the … Read more

TELANGANA Govt. plans to publish village-level statistical data   Vice-Chairman of the Telangana State Planning Board B. Vinod Kumar has stated that the Telangana State Development Planning Society would soon bring out a statistical abstract on village-level information to enable planners script road map for their comprehensive development on a fast-track.   Mr. Vinod Kumar … Read more

TELANGANA Centre grants T addl borrowing limit of Rs 2.5k cr Reeling under the Covid-induced economic slowdown, the state has raised Rs 34,000 crore so far in the form of bonds. On Sunday, the state was sanctioned an additional borrowing limit of Rs 2,508 crore by the Centre. The state government had feasibility to raise … Read more

TELANGANA Foundation Stone For Tihan-IIT Was Laid   The Union Minister of Education virtually laid the foundation stone for “TiHAN-IIT Hyderabad”. This is India’s first testbed for Autonomous Navigation Systems (Terrestrial and Aerial).   The TiHAN Foundation established at IIT Hyderabad is a multi-departmental project provided by researchers in the Electrical, Computer Science, Mechanical and … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana got Rs 689 crore as GST compensation   As part of the special release from the Centre towards Goods and Services Tax (GST) compensation, the Telangana government has so far received Rs 689 crore. The central government released the eighth instalment of Rs 6,000 crore to states to meet the GST compensation shortfall. … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana govt to prepare district-wise action plan for road safety   The state government has issued orders to constitute a team to study various aspects related to the outer ring road (ORR) with focus on fencing, crossings, signages, illumination and automatic number plate registration cameras-based speed enforcement at vulnerable locations to minimise accidents. The government has … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana cites loss to end direct purchase of crops from farmers   At a time when farmers are protesting new farm laws and demanding Minimum Support Price (MSP) in the country, Telangana said on Sunday it will not purchase agricultural produce from procurement centres from next year as it has incurred massive losses. Chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana to focus on alternative crops to maize for Yasangi The State government has decided to discourage cultivation of maize for the second successive agricultural season in a row keeping in view the prevailing adverse marketing conditions for the crop with huge stock of the crop lying at national and international level. Thanking the … Read more