Telangana richest state in India: KCR

Telangana richest state in India: KCR

Peddi Reddy Joins TRS

Koride.Mahesh@timesgroup.com

Hyderabad:  31.07.2021 

Claiming that Telangana is the richest state in the country, chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao said the state’s per capita income is over Rs 2.2 lakh which is higher than the national per capita income (GDP) of Rs 1 lakh.

He said Telangana stands next only to Karnataka’s GSDP in the country. He said GSDP of Telangana in 2020-21 was Rs 9.78 lakh crore and 17 per cent of the state’s GSDP contribution comes from agriculture sector alone. He claimed there were no starvation deaths in the state. Farmer suicides have also come down considerably in the state which the Centre confirmed in Parliament, he said.

The TRS president said Telangana would become another Kashmir once Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme (PRLIS) and Sitarama LI Project are completed. “Some leaders do not understand this and have been making allegations on the government,” KCR said while addressing party workers at Telangana Bhavan after inviting former minister E Peddi Reddy and 30 leaders from various parties into TRS on Friday.

Taking potshots at some leaders for having apprehensions on Dalit Bandhu, KCR said the government would implement the scheme at any cost.

“Opposition parties are worried about their fate as the scheme will be implemented all over the state. It was supposed to be launched last year, but got delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Now, the government is ready to spend Rs 1 lakh crore on the scheme,” KCR said.

Former minister E Peddi Reddy joining the TRS in the presence of CM K Chandrasekhar Rao on Friday

State cabinet to meet on August 1

Hyderabad:

Telangana cabinet will meet on August 1 at 2 pm at the Pragati Bhavan. The cabinet is likely to discuss and approve Dalit Bandhu scheme pilot project, filling vacancies in various government departments among other issues. TNN