January 2021

TELANGANA Telangana rises 8 spots to be no. 3 in delivering justice to people   Surpassing many states, Telangana has risen to third place in the country in delivering justice. The second edition of India Justice Report (IJR), India’s only ranking of states on delivery of Justice to people, on Thursday stated that Telangana jumped eight spots to … Read more

TELANGANA Unemployment allowance scheme soon, says Telangana minister   Telangana Minister and Working president of the ruling TRS K T Rama Rao indicated that the government might soon announce the implementation of unemployment allowance scheme The TRS had promised, before the 2018 assembly elections, providing an allowance of Rs 3,016 to the unemployed youth. The … Read more

  TELANGANA Uncertainty over free water to 30,000 homes in Telangana  The Telangana government’s newly-launched free water scheme has run into trouble. About 30,000 consumers face an uncertainty over fixing of water meters. The issue has been collectively raised by over 50 residential welfare associations (RWAs) in the Malkajgiri GHMC circle with the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana spends 38% of revenue on salaries, pensions   The state government has been spending about 38% of its revenue expenditure on payment of salaries and pensions to the government employees along with other establishment expenditure. The amount is nearly 40% of the state’s own revenues that is generated through GST, excise, property registration and other sources.   The figures have been … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana promises to give jobs to STs from across state The state government informed the HC it will implement tribal empowerment policy across state and not confine it to notified Agency areas, urging it to close the contempt cases. As some of the jobs belong to those STs who gave land for Singareni, we will give … Read more

TELANGANA Centre should give progressive states like Telangana their due: KT Rama Rao   Despite being ranked among the top states in the country, progressive states like Telangana are left high and dry when it comes to central government allocation for mega projects like industrial corridors, high-speed rail or defence industrial corridors, Telangana IT & industries minister KT … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana CM announces 10% quota for Economically Weaker Sections   Two years after the Centre announced 10% reservations to the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) in the government educational institutions and recruitment, the Telangana government has decided to implement 10% quota in the state. Chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Thursday said a high-level meeting would be convened in the next … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana second in supplying tap water   Telangana stood second in the country in implementation Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), aimed at providing tap water to 100% households and initiated by the department of drinking water & sanitation working under ministry of jal shakti. According to the survey report released by the JJM on ‘functional household tap connection’ … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana retains fourth spot on Innovation Index  Telangana, which bagged big-ticket investments through the Covid-19 crisis and is acknowledged as a leader in innovation and emerging technologies, has managed to hold on to the fourth spot in the India Innovation Index 2020 rankings that were released by NITI Aayog. Telangana, which stood fourth in the Innovation Index 2019 rankings … Read more