Telangana improving on sustainability ratings: Jayesh Ranjan

TS Industries Principal Secretary says the State has achieved its goals with respect to drinking water, power supply

Hyderabad: Telangana ranks sixth in sustainability ratings undertaken by policy thinktank Niti Aayog. The State has improved its score to 69 from 67 out of 100 points compared to last year, said Industries Principal Secretary Jayesh Ranjan.

In terms of housing for all, which is one of the sustainable development goals (SDG), the State was doing good work with its flagship 2BHK scheme but had some distance to cover in the ensuing decade. With respect to provision of clean drinking water and power supply, the State had already achieved the goals, he said.

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Addressing a press conference on Monday to announce The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) Sustainability Summit 2021 in October, he said, “The sustainability goals of entrepreneurs have to be implemented by 2030. There should not be any let-up in the efforts and the disruption caused by the pandemic should not delay their implementation. The TiE Sustainability Summit becomes relevant in this context as it will look to give a direction to the work happening in the implementation of these sustainability goals.”

The State is also working to empower women through SHGs and it has also started women-centric entrepreneurship incubator in the form of WE Hub. “Achieving all the SDG goals needs participation of multiple stakeholders and cannot be done by the government alone,” he said urging TiE and people associated with the implementation of SDGs to bring all stakeholders on to a single platform.

Claudio Ansorena, Ambassador of Costa Rica, which is one of the partners of the event, said: “Solutions have to be global. All countries need to collaborate and share. We chose to work with India and Israel as our shared values is common such as democracy, peace, sustainability and environment.”

“We are the first carbon neutral country. We have prohibited oil exploration. Our tourism is eco- tourism. Our beaches are the cleanest beaches. Costa Rica is a leader in sustainable environmental issues,” he said.

Dr Ron Malka, Ambassador of Israel, who participated virtually, said education and innovation are key to sustainability.

The event

Manohar Reddy, Chair TSS 2021 and President of TiE Hyderabad, said, the event, which will be world’s largest summit where entrepreneurship meets sustainability, will be held from October 4 to 6.

About 20,000 startups and entrepreneurs, more than 200 investors and several speakers, sport personalities, spiritual and wellness gurus will be attend the event . About 25 TiE chapters from the Americas, Europe, Africa, India, and APAC will be part of the event that will focus on water, energy, agriculture and technology. It will look to engaging entrepreneurs, policy makers, regulators, governments and non-profits and foundations.

With this TiE Sustainability Summit, Hyderabad could potentially become the destination for startups in the sustainability sector, said Murali Bukkapatnam, Chair, Host Committee, TSS 2021.

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