KCR has great vision for growth of Telangana: KTR

​Hyderabad: Information Technology Minister K T Rama Rao said that Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao has ambitious ideas and a vision that will be inclusive for the development of the State. The Minister along with Chief Secretary S K Joshi participated in an interactive session organised as part of the CII Southern Region Council Meeting in Hyderabad on Saturday.

Addressing the industrialists from across Southern Region, Minister K T Rama Rao, the State government since coming to power focused its strengths on developing three areas, Agriculture, Infrastructure and Industry and Commerce.

In the meeting, Rama Rao said, “The Farmers Investment Support Scheme, Rythu Bandhu, have been able to provide support to over 58 lakh land owners who are engaged in farming in the State. This was achieved because of the massive effort taken by the government to update the land records in the State. In just 100 days, over 95 per cent of the rural lands were cleared.” 

The schemes have been appreciated by many economists and the Central government is considering replicating these schemes. Over Rs 12,000 crore was allocated in the budget for this scheme, he added.

Complimenting this initiative, the government is about to launch Rythu Beema scheme on August 15, where farmers between the age of 18 and 60 will get life insurance cover, he said. The premium will be paid by the State government and the family will be paid an amount of Rs 5 lakh within 10 days, in case of the farmer’s accidental and natural death, Rama Rao added.

Further talking about Mission Kakatiya and Mission Bhagiratha, Rama Rao said that over 30,000 lakes of the 46,000 lakes in the State had been rejuvenated under Mission Kakatiya. He mentioned that Mission Bhagiratha, which was aimed at providing potable water to every household in the State, will be completed in the next two-three months. He said that this was one of the most ambitious project with a cost of Rs 50,000 crore, where over 140,000 kilometres pipeline is being laid across the State, to ensure that the water is supplied to over 1 crore households.

Mentioning about the State government’s ambitious green cover drive, Telanganaku Haritha Haram, Rama Rao said that the was conceived with the objective of increasing the green cover in the State, which is currently at 22 per cent to 33 per cent. He also highlighted that the State is now power surplus and that the government was able to provide 24 hours uninterrupted power supply not just to industries but to households and agriculture. 

While speaking about the level of industrial activity in the State, Rama Rao said that the government’s New industrial Policy coupled with TS-iPass had been able to attract major investments into the State over the last three years.

Chief Secretary Dr S K Joshi said that the State government was focused on holistic sustainable development. He said that the government is also focusing on improving the quality in school education system, access to better health care facilities, and highlighted the various welfare schemes initiated by the government. Joshi also emphasised that the State government had been working closely with the Police department to improve the safety of all the citizens especially SHE Teams initiative had proved to be very successful for women’s safety.