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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly sessions will begin on March 7. AP Governor Biswabhushan Harichandan will address the two houses of Assembly and AP Legislative Council on the opening day and the house will condole the death of Minister M. Gautam Reddy on March 8. The annual budget is likely to be introduced on March […]

Suryapet: Energy Minister G Jagadish Reddy on Monday said State government employees were playing a crucial role in the implementation of welfare schemes and development programmes. Releasing the new year diary of TNGOs Association at Suryapet, Jagadish Reddy said government employees have been striving hard to ensure that the benefits of welfare schemes reach the […]

Mahabubnagar: Mahabubnagar Municipal Council approved Rs.141.28 crore budget for the 2022-23 financial year on Tuesday. Speaking on the occasion, Tourism Minister V Srinivas Goud declared that Mahabubnagar municipality would be upgraded as Municipal Corporation shortly and this would aid in getting national and international funds for taking up different projects. He wanted the elected public […]

Hyderabad: Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy on Sunday ‘sought the cooperation of the State government to resolve issues pertaining to land acquisition and transfer of State’s share of funds for completing pending railway projects at the earliest.’ In a letter to Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Sunday, Kishan Reddy said the Central government was […]

Hyderabad: With the union Budget for 2022-23 turning out to be a major disappointment for Telangana and no major increase in revenue receipts or grants from the Centre, the State government has decided to keep its budget realistic. Officials of Finance Department have begun fine-tuning the State budget for 2022-23, maintaining a fine balance between […]

Khammam: District Collector VP Gautham on Tuesday directed officials of Sathupalli Municipality to spend 10 per cent of the estimated budget on developing greenery as per the provisions of the Telangana Municipalities Act, 2019, and urged them to make efforts to increase the revenues of the municipality in a planned manner. The Collector attended the […]

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New Delhi: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor renowned for his expansive vocabulary and penchant for “unheard” words like ‘floccinaucinihilipilification,’ which has led even the well-read make a run for their dictionaries, was on Thursday called out for spelling errors in a Twitter post. Union Minister Dr Ramdas Athawale pounced at the chance to school the Thiruvananthapuram […]