WATCH: KT Rama Rao showcases Telangana as global growth model at Bridge India Week 2025 in London

Projects Telangana as global case study in sustainable growth, innovation and inclusive governance

Hyderabad: Despite being in the opposition, BRS working president KT Rama Rao made a strong pitch for investments in India, especially in progressive States like Telangana, calling it a “fine balance between development and welfare.”

He projected Telangana as a global case study in sustainable growth, innovation and inclusive governance. “We have shown the world that remarkable transformation is possible with visionary leadership and people-centric policies,” he said, delivering the keynote address on ‘Why Telangana Matters: Steady Growth and Navigating the Global Economic Landscape’ at the prestigious Bridge India Week 2025 conference in London on Friday.

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Rama Rao explained Telangana’s rise from 12th to first in per capita income within a decade, marking a 156 per cent increase. He attributed this to the BRS government’s balanced approach between development and welfare under former Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao’s leadership. “No other State has achieved this scale of inclusive progress in independent India,” he said.

He cited the Kaleshwaram project, calling it India’s answer to China’s Three Gorges Dam, as a feat of engineering and political will, completed in just three years with full compliance and rehabilitation. “It now irrigates 45 lakh acres seasonally,” he said.

Calling Telangana an innovation-driven economy, he said under Mission Bhagiratha, it became the first State to ensure safe drinking water to every household using surface water, a milestone still unachieved elsewhere in India.

The BRS working president showcased Hyderabad’s emergence as a tech hub, with global giants such as Google, Amazon and Microsoft establishing their largest campuses outside the US. “From 3.2 lakh IT jobs in 2014, we grew to 10 lakh jobs and quadrupled IT exports to Rs 2.41 lakh crore by 2023,” he added.

Through the TS-iPASS system, Telangana approved 28,000 industrial units and attracted Rs 3.5 lakh crore in investments, creating 24 lakh jobs. “This is governance driven by policy, not personality. It is about minimum government and maximum governance,” he asserted, urging investors to explore Telangana for its proven, business-friendly ecosystem.