"state-budget"

Chief Minister Revanth Reddy indicated possible further arrests in the phone tapping case and said investigations would follow due process. He also spoke on the Formula-E case and hinted at education reforms, including scrapping SSC exams under a new system.

Telangana Congress government has borrowed over 59% of its annual target in under five months. Experts warn this early borrowing surge could limit financial flexibility amid concerns over lack of new projects

Officials were also instructed to submit revised estimates for the ongoing Financial Year 2024-25 again through the Finance Department portal

After the State formation, this is said to be the longest working day for the State Assembly with the previous one lasting for more than 10 hours during the previous BRS regime.

It was a shame that the government failed to pay attention to the requests made by the student unions, said PDSU district general secretary G Mastan.

The budget outlines that Rs.69,572.48 crore will be raised through various forms of debt. This amount equals to half of the State's own tax revenue estimated at Rs.1,38,181.26 crore and highlights the growing dependency on borrowing.

He also accused the Centre of creating obstacles for the State's development in utter disregard to the federal spirit of the nation

Speaking at a media conference here, Ranga Reddy said SLBC tunnel works had come to a standstill due to non-payment of bills to the contractors by the State government.

Welfare, development priorities; announcement likely on two new schemes