Union Budget: TRS leaders upset with Centre for not allocating funds for flagship programmes

Union Budget: TRS leaders upset with Centre for not allocating funds for flagship programmes
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Expressing disappointment over the meagre allocations made for Telangana in the Union Budget for 2018-19, the ruling TRS party leaders stated injustice was meted to the state with no allocation for its flagship programmes such as Mission Kakatiya, Mission Bhagiratha or the for prestigious irrigation project Kaleswaram.

Expressing disappointment over the meagre allocations made for Telangana in the Union Budget for 2018-19, the ruling TRS party leaders stated injustice was meted to the state with no allocation for its flagship programmes such as Mission Kakatiya, Mission Bhagiratha or the for prestigious irrigation project Kaleswaram.

Telangana Forest Minister Jogu Ramanna said the budget presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has no transparency, the state has got nothing.

Claiming the budget dashed all hopes of the state, he said the Centre did not allocate any funds even for implementation of ongoing schemes in Telangana and the meagre allocations for the state made were for the Tribal University -Rs 10 crore and for the Indian Institute of Technology in Hyderabad - Rs 75 crore.

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