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Telangana government to fill up 85000 jobs soon: KCR

The Dollar Business Bureau The government of Telangana would shortly be taking measures to fill up around 85,000 government jobs, Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao said on Tuesday. “On this happy and auspicious occasion of the Independence Day, I would like to give good news to the unemployed youth. I am happy to announce that besides 27,660 appointments so far we made, measures are being taken to make appointments for another 84,876 jobs shortly,” Rao said. The Chief Minister further said during the agitation for the separate Telangana state, it was promised that around one lakh jobs would be provided and recruitments of over 1.12 lakh are being made till now. Rao also said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Ivanka Trump, daughter of US President Donald Trump, ...

PM lays stone for NTPCs power plant in Telangana

The Dollar Business Bureau Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday laid the foundation stone for the Phase I of NTPC's Rs. 10598.98 crore Telangana Super Thermal Power Project (STPP) in Ramagundam city in the Karimnagar district of Telangana. Speaking at the event, Modi said that Telangana is only a two-year-old state, but still it has been able to fulfill the people’s expectations.” “Whenever the Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has a meeting with me, he has talked about the development of the state and its issues related to water,” he said. Modi stressed on the need for cooperative federalism and said, “There was a time when dialogue between Centre and states was quite tense but now, both work together for development.” NTPC (National Thermal Power Corporation) will ...

Telangana to host global investor summit in 2017

Sharath Chowdary The Telangana government is preparing to host an investor summit in Hyderabad early next year to attract investments from all over the world, Telangana IT and Industries Minister K T Rama Rao told The Dollar Business Bureau. Speaking to the media after the release of the State Department of Industries and Commerce annual report in Hyderabad on Saturday, the minister said that the government wants to associate with all major industry bodies of the state and country to organise the investors’meet. The minister also released the annual report of Department of Mines and Geology. Telangana and particularly the city of Hyderabad have been in the news for attracting some of the prestigious projects in the country. 25 projects have been cleared ...

Telangana state records 27.45% growth in revenue

The Dollar Business Bureau Telangana has achieved a revenue growth of 27.45 per cent in the recent months, the state government announced recently. “There has been remarkable growth in all key departments”, the CM proudly announced to the media following a finance review meeting with the senior officials.  He expressed happiness at the fact that the State achieved remarkable progress despite severe drought conditions for two consecutive years. A press release from the office of the Chief Minister said that growth was excellent in the month of April and May, compared to the previous year. During April and May of the current financial year, the revenue for the departments like commercial taxes, registrations and stamps were Rs 7,687 crores which rose from ...

Telangana CM asks farmers not to grow cotton

The Dollar Business Bureau   The Telangana CM K Chandrasekhara Rao has asked the farmers not to grow cotton this kharif season due to the decline of cotton prices globally. The State government also urged the farmers to sow an alternative crop as the cotton industry was suffering huge losses all around. Thanks to many non-governmental organizations and social campaigners, the Government has a clear picture with regard to the number of farmer suicides last year. Reports show that the number of farmers committing suicide was more among those who grew cotton. These farmers resorted to such extreme steps due to severe financial problems. Keeping these numbers in mind the TS government has decided to start a full length campaign to reduce the area under ...

Pharmexcil hopes for a World Pharma Trade Centre within city limits of Hyderabad

  Jayarama Emani | The Dollar Business Recently, the Telangana Chief Minister, K Chandrasekhar Rao announced that the State government is planning to set up an international-level Pharma University and a Pharma City in over 11,000 acres area at Mucherla (outskirts of Hyderabad). The annoucement was made during The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Telangana chapter’s first-ever conference on mapping industrial growth in the newly formed State. When informed about the same, Dr P V Appaji, Director General, Pharmaceutical Export Promotion Council of India (Pharmexcil) welcoming the news told The Dollar Business, “We are happy that the State is promoting the pharma sector in a big way, however, it would be nice if the government can consider our proposal ...