Many of Telangana’s 1,080 zero-population villages may not be abandoned at all. Duplication, GPS errors and conflicting entries expose flaws in Mission Antyodaya data, raising serious questions about the reliability of Union government’s rural development database
Despite Telangana’s progress in school enrolment and educational access, child absenteeism in rural schools persists, widening learning gaps and increasing dropout rates
Households in Telangana are spending around Rs 4,825 crore annually on medical treatment, mostly due to out-of-pocket expenses for hospitalisation. Rural families bear a larger share of this burden, often forced to rely on private healthcare, pushing many into debt
Despite sanctioning Rs 6,445 crore since December 2023, the Telangana Roads and Buildings Department has completed only five of 230 projects. Rural roads remain in poor condition as contractors hesitate to bid due to delays in payment and pending bills
Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao made an impassioned presentation in the State Assembly on Thursday on the need to develop rural Telangana, particularly the Dalitwadas and tribal thandas, to keep pace with the rapid progress the State has witnessed in the past seven years. The Chief Minister, while listing out the various initiatives that […]
