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Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao on Friday questioned the Centre’s continuing discrimination against the State, despite all of Telangana’s achievements in a short period of time and challenged Opposition parties to compare the welfare and development programs being implemented in Telangana with those in Congress and BJP-ruled states.
Telangana’s per capita income has increased threefold since the state’s formation, from 1.24 lakh in 2014 to Rs.3.17 lakh as of March this year, a nearly 300 percent increase, he said. On the other hand, a survey conducted by the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies revealed that corruption was least in Telangana among 13 States in the country, he said at the National Panchayat Awards presentation ceremony here on Friday.
Despite these accomplishments, financial sanctions were being imposed on Telangana. The BJP government had insisted on the implementation of power reforms, including fixing meters for agricultural pump sets if the State wanted a borrowing capacity of Rs 30,000 crore.
However, in the best interests of farmers, Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao opposed the illogical decision, adding that the Centre then continued to impose loan restrictions under the Fiscal Responsibility and Business Management Act in the middle of a fiscal year. Loans obtained by various corporations were also included under the FRBM Act, and eventually Rs.20,000 crore was cut for the State, he said.
“All this is being done due to political differences between the BRS and the BJP. The BJP is trying to make the people of Telangana suffer for its political grudges,” he said he said, adding that the Centre was also using tactics to delay payments to Sarpanches, and when they raised their voice against the State government for this, those protests were used on social media platforms to derive political mileage.
“A few leaders are also deliberately filing cases to create hurdles in the administration and create unrest in the State. This is their agenda.”
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Leaving politics aside, it was clear why Telangana was unique from other states. The integrated development initiative led by Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao saw the State launch the Palle Pragathi and Pattana Pragathi initiatives, which helped the State bag 27 awards under Swachh Survekshan rankings.
Generally, due to rapid industrial growth, the environment gets affected, but in Telangana, an increase of 7.7 per cent in green cover was registered.
Due to decentralized administration in the form of new districts, growth and development was being achieved at a faster pace. From 2015 to 2022, Telangana bagged 79 National Panchayat Awards, including seven for Zilla Parishads, 16 for Mandal parishads and 56 for Gram Panchayats.
