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Hyderabad: The State government, which ensured financial empowerment of 40,000 Dalit beneficiaries in the last financial year through the path-breaking Dalit Bandhu scheme at a total cost of Rs.4,000 crore, intends to increase the coverage manifold, bringing in 1.75 lakh families under the programme net this financial year. To this effect, the State government sanctioned […]
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Hyderabad: It is imperative for aspirants to focus on everything that may have an impact on the society, region, country or the world As current affairs is a dynamic topic, it is important to grasp the topic as a whole or understand the overall picture of the event. This article is in continuation to the […]
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Hyderabad: Health Minister, T Harish Rao on Monday directed senior health officials at Niloufer and Gandhi Hospital to ensure quality healthcare services are available to poor patients. In a review meeting with senior health officials of Niloufer and Gandhi Hospital, Harish Rao said the State government this year has allocated a Rs 11,237 crore just […]
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Hyderabad: The Railways is carrying out a total 16 projects (nine new lines and seven doubling) costing Rs 31,281 crore for 2,495 km length falling fully/partly in Telangana which are under different stages of planning/ approval/ execution. Of this, 155 km length of nine new line projects at a cost of Rs 3,338 crore and […]
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Hyderabad: This article is in continuation to the last article on subject specific approach to current affairs for Telangana State Public Service Commission exams. ECONOMY • Disinvestments – Government over the last couple of years has been actively disinvesting – selling its shares in Public Sector Undertakings (PSU). All major disinvestments – PSU name, percentage […]
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Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has increased its budget by Rs 550 crore compared to the previous year. While the 2021-22 budget allocation was Rs 5,600 crore, the annual budget for 2022-23 has been increased to Rs 6,150 crore. The corporation will place this draft annual budget estimate of Rs 6,150 crore before […]
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Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Finance Minister Buggana Rajendranath on Friday presented the budget for the year 2022-23 with an outlay of Rs 2,56,257 crore, an increase of 11.50 per cent as compared to year 2021-22, and focuses on welfare. The revenue expenditure has been pegged at Rs 2,08,261 crore while the capital expenditure is estimated at […]
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Hyderabad: Centre for Dalit Studies (CDS) on Tuesday thanked the Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao for according priority for Dalit Bandhu scheme in the budget presented in the State Assembly on Monday. In a press release here, CDS chairperson Mallepalli Laxmaiah described the scheme as unique in the world and added that the scheme would […]
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Hyderabad: The State government has allocated Rs 16,085.69 crore for the Education Department in the Budget presented on Monday. Of the total, Rs 2,357.72 crore was allocated to the Higher Education Department and Rs 13,727.97 crore for the Secondary Education Department. The grant-in-aid salaries for the State universities has been increased in the Budget. Now […]
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Hyderabad: In a major boost to medical education, Telangana government has decided to establish medical colleges in all the 33 districts of the State in the next two years. The Budget presented by Finance Minister T Harish Rao, who also holds the Health Ministry portfolio, has proposed an outlay of Rs 1,000 crore to establish […]
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Hyderabad: Continuing its priority to the agriculture and allied sectors, the State government earmarked Rs 24,254 crore in the State budget for 2022-23. The primary sector comprising both these sectors, have contributed to more than 20 per cent in the State’s Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) indicating an improved income in rural areas of the […]
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Hyderabad: Cutting across the party lines, opposition parties on Monday said the budget presented by the Finance Minister T Harish Rao did not fulfill the aspirations of the people in the State. The Congress, BJP, CPI and CPM took exception to the State government for presenting the budget without the Governor’s address in the State […]
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Hyderabad: The State budget for 2022-23 struck a balance in allocation of funds for the development and welfare programmes being implemented by the Telangana government. However, there was a slightly higher allocation of funds towards benefiting the rural economy where the departments of Panchayat Raj, Agriculture and Irrigation were given priority. A significant funding was […]
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Hyderabad: Finance Minister T Harish Rao here on Monday said that it was the Telangana government which conducted 10 lakh marriages of poor girls in the country through Kalyani Lakshmi and Shaadi Mubarak schemes. An outlay of Rs. 2750 crore was being proposed towards Kalyana Lakshmi and Shaadi Mubarak scheme, he said. “This is a […]
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Hyderabad: Telangana has now come up with another new scheme to help people construct their houses in their own lands. The Government would now be extending a financial assistance of Rs 3 lakh per house, Finance Minister T Harish Rao announced during his budget speech in the Assembly on Monday. This financial assistance is in […]
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Hyderabad: The State government has proposed to allocate a budget of Rs. 9,315 crore for the Home Department for the financial year 2022-2023. Finance Minister T Harish Rao presenting the budget here said Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao believes in “if innocent are to be protected, the guilty are to be punished’. “Due to his […]
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Hyderabad: The State Cabinet on Sunday approved the State budget estimates for the financial year 2022-2023 during a meeting held at Pragati Bhavan here. The meeting was presided over by Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao. The budget session of the State Legislature which will commence from Monday, will begin without the customary address by Governor […]
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Hyderabad: Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundarajan has given her recommendation for the presentation of annual budget in the Assembly, which is slated to commence its sessions from Monday, according to a press release issued by the Raj Bhavan here on Saturday night. The gubernatorial communique assumed significance as the Telangana legislative assembly sessions would commence without […]
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Hyderabad: Less than a week before Telangana introduces its budget for 2022-23 in the Assembly on March 7, the GST revenue in the State presented a promising picture with an impressive 18 per cent growth in 2021-22 at the end of February. The State’s cumulative GST collections stood at Rs 28,987.39 crore as on February […]
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Hyderabad: Impressed by Telangana’s Rythu Bandhu, Rythu Bima, Rythu Vedika, 24 hours free power supply and Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme, a group of Tamil Nadu farmers who visited the State said they would appeal to their government to emulate the programmes. “The list of Telangana’s farmer-friendly initiatives is very impressive. It is not just about […]