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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 … Read more

TELANGANA Nod for Amberpet infrastructure projects   The administrative sanction for civic works and proposals for infrastructure projects that have been pending for years in the Secunderabad Lok Sabha constituency, especially in the Amberpet assembly constituency, were approved. Hundreds of families living in Arundhati Nagar, Ratna Nagar, Avanti Nagar and parts of Kvadiguda, who suffer … Read more

TELANGANA 100 colleges in Telangana accredited by NAAC   Barely 100 colleges in Telangana are now accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) and the validity of 64 colleges expired over the last 12 months. Some of them were to be assessed in 2019-2020 but the NAAC peer team visit was postponed owing to the … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana celebrates festival of cattle ‘Kanuma’ on third day of Sankranti festival In Telangana, people are celebrating Kanuma, the festival of cattle, on the third day of Sankranti festival.   On occasion, the people especially in rural areas, worship cattle and agriculture tools. Rural craftsmen and artisans who help farmers in their daily chores … Read more

TELANGANA 58% dent in Telangana’s grant-in-aid for 2015-19   Telangana has received the lowest grant-in-aid from the Centre between 2015 and 2019. Non-profit body PRS Legislative Research’s report ‘State of State Finances’, which is based on Reserve Bank of India (RBI)’s data on budget documents of various states, shows that Telangana had suffered a dent of 58% … Read more