Oct 2020

TELANGANA In 3 years, Rs 2,645 crore GST evasion in Telangana Central GST authorities have detected Rs 2,645 crore tax evasion over the past three years in Telangana, with infrastructure and steel firms the biggest violators. The office of the directorgeneral of GST Intelligence and local GST commissionarates found out that fake invoices were generated through shell firms based in … Read more

TELANGANA Call centres in dists for cotton procurement The agriculture department is gearing to set up call centres in each district ahead of cotton procurement season. The Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) is ready to procure cotton at 300 mills and nine market yards. The CCI will purchase cotton with 8% moisture at Rs 5,825 per quintal, with 9% … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana govt announces Rs 10,000 financial assistance to rain-affected families Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has announced the government would extend immediate Rs 10,000 financial assistance to each of the flash flood affected families as immediate relief. The CM also announced that all the houses, which were completely damaged due to rains and floods would be … Read more

TELANGANA Low digital access to Telangana, AP kids: Report   Telangana and Andhra Pradesh are among the three states in the country where the proportion of children with textbooks at home falls below 70%, stated the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) published by Pratham network, a non-government organisation working in the education sector.   The ASER … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana steps up to better ease of business rankings   With Telangana slipping to third in ease of doing business (EoDB) rankings for 2019 released in the first week of September, the state has decided to bring in reforms in departments like law, revenue, tourism, excise, civil supplies and Telangana State Film Development Corporation to attain No. 1ranking again. … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana second in per capita income growth rate in country Telangana has shown consistent increase in Per Capita Income (PCI) growth rate when compared to national average of PCI growth rate and other states over the last four years. The statistical abstract 2020 released by the state planning department showed that the four-year growth … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana plans to set up fuel stations at interchanges on ORR   The government is planning to set up fuel stations at interchange points on Outer Ring Road (ORR) among other amenities.   The government also intends to develop truck and passenger vehicles’ parking lots, vehicle service centers, office spaces, restaurants, intercity bus terminals among other … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana farmers may not benefit from farm bills: Experts Experts have raised concerns, especially for states like Telangana, about the new farm bills. A large number of small farmers, shift to paddy, poor literacy levels among the farming community to understand nitty-gritty of contract farming and getting minimum support price (MSP) for turmeric and maize … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana government issues latest guidelines for regularisation of sada Bainama The Telangana government has issued latest guidelines for submission of applications and regularisation of sada bainama category of agricultural lands located in rural areas. The scheme is not applicable for agricultural land transactions using sada bainama in Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority, Kakatiya Urban Development Authority, municipal corporations and municipalities except for … Read more

TELANGANA Now, Sada Bainama for agri properties   After announcing regularising property transactions on Sada Bainama (transactions on plain paper) in rural areas, chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao announced that the government will regularise sale and purchase of agricultural land through the same procedure in villages which were merged with municipalities and corporations free of cost.   … Read more