HYDERABAD: Asserting that his government was serving as a bridge connecting society with its aspirations, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Tuesday said his vision was to position Telangana not merely as a gateway to India but to the world.
He sought the support and cooperation of the people to achieve the goal of a one-trillion US dollar economy by 2034 and a three-trillion-dollar economy by 2047.
Addressing a gathering after unfurling the national flag at the Parade Ground as part of the formation day celebrations, Revanth said that over the past two-and-a-half years, his government had taken policy decisions and implemented programmes aimed at fulfilling the aspirations of farmers, youth and women while ensuring social justice and the welfare of SCs, STs, BCs, minorities and economically weaker sections among the upper castes.
“The government accorded equal priority to development and welfare and I can proudly say that Telangana is the only state implementing numerous welfare schemes and has emerged as a role model for the country,” he added.
He said: “We are serving as the bridge connecting society to its aspirations. It is the reason we do not consider this opportunity people have bestowed upon us merely as ‘power’. We do not perceive ourselves as rulers, rather as servants fulfilling our duties. We firmly believe and act upon the principle that a government is not merely the exercise of authority by a select few, but the collective representative of 4 crore Telangana people.”
Highlighting achievements in the agriculture sector, Revanth said Telangana was expected to record a foodgrain output of 236.87 lakh metric tonnes in 2025-26. Stressing the need for crop diversification, he urged farmers to move towards varied cultivation practices. He said the government had spent Rs 1,56,496 crore on agriculture and farmer welfare during the past two-and-a-half years, including Rs 82,840 crore on paddy procurement since December 2023.
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Stating that several irrigation projects launched under the Congress government’s ‘Jalayagnam’ initiative as well as projects taken up after 2014 remained incomplete, Revanth said the government was committed to completing them through necessary land acquisition.
“We are making concerted efforts to revive the Pranahita-Chevella project, which is a boon for Telangana. I recently wrote a letter to the Maharashtra chief minister on the Tummidihatti barrage. Following discussions, we will formulate and implement an action plan to construct the Tummidihatti Barrage,” he said.
The chief minister said the government had filled 67,763 government vacancies in a record period.
He added that the Telangana Public Service Commission would issue notifications this month to fill vacancies in the Engineering, Pollution Control Board, Forest, Town and Country Planning, and Education departments, and that the recruitment process would continue on a regular basis.