September 2021

TELANGANA Telangana Ku Haritha Haram, biggest plantation drive in country   The Telangana government’s flagship programme Telangana Ku Haritha Haram (THH), taken up to enhance the green cover in the state is the biggest plantation drive in the country and third in the world after China and Brazil. After launching the THH, Telangana had planted 239 crore saplings in the … Read more

TELANGANA Tiger population in Telangana’s reserves on the rise but forest area shrinking   The tiger corridor from Maharashtra to Telangana’s Kawal tiger reserve has lately become a haven for tigers. The tiger population in the corridor leading to Kawal tiger reserve, especially Adilabad, Nirmal and Asifabad’s Chennur, Sirpur and Kagaznagar forest divisions, have seen an increase in tiger population in recent years. However, with multiple … Read more

    TELANGANA Survey on paddy cultivation begins in Telangana For the first time in the state, a survey is being conducted to learn about farmers’ paddy selling plans. Agriculture officials will communicate directly with farmers to determine the overall amount of produce they get, how much will they retain for their internal consumption and … Read more

TELANGANA   Hyderabad: Telangana postal department launches ‘Dak Parcel Mahotsav’ To ensure better services to its customers, in the festive season in coming days, the Telangana postal department has launched a four-month-long ‘Dak Parcel Mahotsav’ to book and deliver the gift packages and parcels to their near and dear ones, living within the country and abroad. Parcels can also be picked … Read more

  TELANGANA   Telangana inks MoU with Wingsure to provide personalised insurance, advisory services to farmers The Telangana government on Thursday said it has inked a pact with Wingsure, an insurtech venture spin-out of SRI International (formerly Stanford Research Institute), to offer personalised crop insurance products and advisory services to small, underserved farmers in the state. US-based Wingsure … Read more

TELANGANA   Hyderabad in top emerging startup ecosystems   Hi-tech Hyderabad has made it to the list of ‘Top 100 Emerging Startup Ecosystems’ globally. The rating given by the latest Global Startup Ecosystem Report (GSER) has also put Telangana among the ‘Top 20 Asian Ecosystems’ in funding and among ‘Top 15 Regional Ecosystems’ when it comes to affordable talent. … Read more

TELANGANA Tiger population in Telangana’s reserves on the rise but forest area shrinking   The tiger corridor from Maharashtra to Telangana’s Kawal tiger reserve has lately become a haven for tigers. The tiger population in the corridor leading to Kawal tiger reserve, especially Adilabad, Nirmal and Asifabad’s Chennur, Sirpur and Kagaznagar forest divisions, have seen an increase in tiger population in recent years. However, with multiple … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana bags Rs 887 crore jute sector investments   Telangana is all set to emerge as a key jute manufacturing hub in the country with the state bagging investments worth nearly Rs 900 crore from three players that will be setting up jute mills that will create nearly 10,400 direct jobs.   While Gloster Limited (formerly Kettlewell Bullen & … Read more

TELANGANA   Finance minister seeks Rs 353 crore IGST settlement from Centre to Telangana   Finance minister T Harish Rao on Friday sought 352 crore as integrated goods and services tax (IGST) settlement from the Centre to Telangana. In a letter to GST council chairman and Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Harish Rao said 13,944 crore was left unallocated and held in … Read more

  TELANGANA Kitex Group inks MoU to invest Rs 2,400 crore in Telangana   Kitex Group, which accused the Kerala government of hounding it out of the state, has decided to ramp up its investment committent in Telangana. From an initial announcement of Rs 1,000 crore in one apparel facility, the company has decided to invest Rs 2,400 crore in … Read more