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Telangana concludes last phase of Rs 17,000-cr farm loan waiver

Hyderabad, 12 April: Even as the recently elected BJP government in Uttar Pradesh prepares to implement the farm loan waiver to keep its election promise, the Telangana government has issued orders for release of the full and final trache of Rs 4,000 crore to banks towards a similar loan waiver scheme costing Rs 17,000 crore to the state exchequer.Though states repaying bank loans of farmers did not begin with the country's youngest state, the state government, however, was among the first to innovatively execute the scheme through a staggered payment mode as a state budget can not handle such a huge financial burden in one go.Both Telangana Rashtra Samithi(TRS) and Telugu Desam Party(TDP) went to elections by promising the farm loan waiver among other things to electorate in 2014 just ahead of the formal bifurcation of the undivided Andhra Pradesh and emerged victorious in Telangana and the truncated AP respectively.Telangana government had identified 3.6 million beneficiaries for .

Telangana to buy 8 mn sheep to boost incomes of traditional communities

Hyderabad, 11 April: In a strategy to use the traditional rural occupations as a means to improve the incomes of people dependent on those professions, Telangana government has chalked out a massive programme of procuring 8 million sheep for distribution among Yadav and Kuruma communities in the state.The government is going to spend a whopping Rs 5,000 crore on this programme, which would be implemented just in two years with first phase roll-out some time in June, 2017. Under the programme the government would distribute 4 lakh units, each unit comprising of 20 sheep and one ram to individuals aged 18 years and above for rearing to earn by multiplying their number. The government will give 75 percent subsidy on each unit costing Rs 1,25 lakh while the beneficiary has to contribute Rs 31,250 on his part. Unlike the past schemes, this programme is being implemented without any bank linkage, meaning the government as well as the beneficiary will have to make their contributions ...

BJP eyes surge in Telangana, to go it alone in 2019 polls

Party is preparing for 2019 Lok Sabha polls, and Assembly elections, which it expects to be pre-term

Telangana Assembly to pass two bills to enhance reservation for STs, Muslims

State CM assures house his govt will enhance quota to Muslims and STs to 12% each

Telangana govt builds houses for MLAs, each costing around Rs 1 cr

It has evoked sharp response from opposition which termed it a criminal waste of public money

Telangana joins UDAY scheme, discoms to get Rs 890 cr interest relief

Under UDAY scheme, state govt will take over 75% of the discoms' total debt of Rs 11,897 cr

CM Chandrasekhar Rao launches housing scheme for two villages in Telangana

Erravalli and Narsannapet will be developed as cashless villages

Telangana is poised to be the State of 21st century: State commerce minister

Telangana pitches itself as favourable destination for investment at International trade fair

Telangana-AP face-off on asset-sharing continues

Most of the assets in question are located in Hyderabad

KCR leads Telangana's surge to the top

Newly-formed state has in a short span of time become an investor-friendly destination

Telangana government expects stress on state finances

Telangana is expected to get Rs 13,995 crore as its share in Central taxes for the current financial year.

Another Telangana-Andhra row, but this time over buildings

The two Telugu states have already locked horns on sharing river waters and distributing assets of various institutions

Telangana Governor supports people-friendly policing

Telangana police organised the first such run to remember the sacrifices made by men and women of the police forces in the country

Telangana gets 21 new districts

CM K Chandrasekhar Rao cut a ribbon in the new district of Siddipet, carved out of his native Medak district

Telangana invites investment in various sectors

HP India's Neelam Dhawan has agreed to develop one town in Telangana as a smart city on a pilot basis

Telangana govt inflated projects cost many times, alleges Digvijaya Singh

State govt have increased the value of each project by 100 to 200 times, they are taking everyone for a ride, not fulfilling their election promises, said Digvijay

Telangana govt inks agreement with ISRO

It is to boost the content of 'Mana TV' for the benefit of viewers in the state

Techies get themselves locked up in Telangana museum jail

'Feel the Jail' idea has been floating in since the 200-year-old Sangareddy District Central Jail got converted into a museum

Telangana death toll due to heavy rains rises to 11

A total of 17 NDRF teams comprising around 550 personnel have been deployed by the Centre

Rain havoc in Telangana: Death toll rises to 8 in Medak

Efforts are being made to rescue two other persons stranded near Mambojipally village in the district