March2021

TELANGANA Forest cover in Telangana has increased by 3.67 per cent: Minister Indrakaran Reddy   The forest cover in Telangana has gone up by 3.67 per cent due to implementation of Haritha Haram programme as part of which 179 crore saplings have been planted and another 38 crore seedlings have been rejuvenated. He said as against the … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana CM congratulates ISRO for successful launch of PSLV-C51   Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao  congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for successful launch of PSLV- C51. The Chief Minister said that with the launch of PSLV- C51, the first dedicated commercial satellite.   India’s Polar rocket on Sunday successfully launched Amazonia-1 of Brazil and 18 other … Read more

TELANGANA IOC to set up mega biorefineries in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh   As part of its transition from fossil-fuels to a multi-source, clean energy play, public sector oil & gas giant, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOC), plans to set up two mega bio-refineries in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.   These second generation (2G) bio-refineries, which will extract ethanol … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana set up over 15,000 industries: KT Rama Rao Industries and municipal administration and urban development (MAUD) minister KT Rama Rao on Tuesday said that in the last six years, the state established 15,326 industries under TS-iPass and 11,974 industries have commenced operations.   The minister also said that an estimated 15, 52,678 people were expected to … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana’s GST collection rises 17% 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 2020, and the collection went up to Rs 4,166 crore in March 2021, registering a growth of 17%. Among the southern … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana eyes Rs 75 crore investment, 4 lakh jobs in electronics   Industries minister KT Rama Rao said the government is targeting to provide jobs to four lakh unemployed youth in electronic and electric vehicle sectors by attracting about Rs 75,000 crore investment in next four years. He said already 1.60 lakh people were employed in about 250 … Read more

TELANGANA 13th century Trimurthi sculpture found in Telangana’s Nalgonda   Archaeologists have found a rare sculpture of Trimurthi in Nalgonda district when the villagers were clearing the debris in Yogananda Narasimha Swamy temple at Nomula village in Nakrekal mandal.   The Trimurthi sculpture carved out in black granite stone is one of its kind in Telangana, he said. The sculpture is unique … Read more

TELANGANA AGI glaspac invests Rs 55 crore in specialty glass division   Manufacturer of integrated container glass, AGI glaspac, on Monday announced its partnership with a Germany tech giant Horn Glass Industries AG to build a new furnace for the company’s Bhongir plant in Telangana. The technology will cost Rs 55 crores and it is a part of the recent Rs 220 crore … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana Inter board launches career guidance portal The Telangana State Board of Intermediate Education (TSBIE) on Monday launched a career portal to provide career guidance to students of second-year intermediate. The portal will have comprehensive information about 350+ career choices, 1,500 entrance examinations for different universities, 30,000 colleges and vocational institutes across the country. … Read more

TELANGANA Centre not extending support to Telangana: KT Rama Rao   Telangana is at the top among states, spending Rs 45,000 crore for various welfare activities in a year, and the only state which has welfare schemes for every section of the society, IT and municipal administration minister KT Rama Rao said. He said eleven states and even … Read more