TELANGANA

For the first time,Telanganas world heritage site Ramappa temple, iconic Yadadri temple, Golconda Fort, ,Qutub Shahi tombs, Thousand pillars temple, Samakka Sarakka Jatara, Budhavaman, and urban eco-park,Kaleshwaram project, were showcased at theWorld Travel Market 2022being held in London from November 7 to 9.

TheWorld travel marketis one of the largest international travel exhibitions.
The Telangana government has taken some space at Indian Pavilion for exhibiting the Telangana tourist spaces and also culture like Bathukamma.

The Telangana tourism department officials held a meeting with the Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) on Monday and invited them to visit Telangana.

Nature lovers will soon get a chance now get to explore wildlife atAmrabad Tiger Reserve.

The forest department has a plan to help citizens enjoytrekking, junglesafari. It is providing accommodation to let people spend a day in the wild.

The Tiger Stay Package will allow one to explore the and Fauna. There are chances of spotting tigers, leopards, Sambar, Spotted Deer, Wild Dogs, and other wild animals and rare birds during safari and trekking. Those going on safari will get to see the breathtaking view of the region from Farahabad view point.

The Health profile of every citizen ofTelanganawill be prepared soon and the initiative launched on a pilot basis in Sircilla andMuluguassembly constituencies has already concluded, CMK Chandrashekhar Raosaid.

He also noted that once the project was completed at the state level, access to health profile of any citizen will just be a click away.

According to him, the number of MBBS seats in the state has reached 6,800 from 2,800 in 2014.

There were only five government medical colleges in the state when the state was formed in 2014.

State Election Commission has decided to have a dry run of a “Mobile-Based e-voting system”.

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The requirement to conduct Polls amidst of pandemic has to lead the government to initiate this process.

This will help the voters to vote from the comfort of their homes.

This Mobile Based E-Voting will be held in the Khammam district of Telangana on 20 October.

This will be the first time for India to have a Mobile based e-voting process.

The Voters have to register themselves between 8 October to 18 October.

The company implementing this is the technologies wing of the IT Electronics and Communications (ITE&C) department of the Telangana government and technical development by the ‘Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC)’.

TSEC evote App

This smartphone application follows a minimalist design approach, supporting both English and Telugu languages.

The system can’t be misused because it binds a tool ID and number to a particular citizen registration process. Only that device will be used during voting.

A mobile-based e-voting system will make use of Artificial Intelligence for a three-factor authentication of the valid voter.

Blockchain (Distributed Ledger) technology has been used to secure de-identified and encrypted votes to maintain them as immutable records.

But this years Growth rate is less than the countrys overall growth rate of 32% in July this year against the same period last year.

According to data on GST collection from the Union Government, neighbouring Andhra Pradesh reported a 28% increase, higher than in July this year.
Tamil Nadu had the highest growth rate among southern states in GST collection, with a 36% increase in July this year. While Keralas GST collection growth stood at 27% in July 2021, Karnataka had the lowest growth at 12% in the same period.
During the second Covid-19 pandemic, the Telangana governments goods and Services tax (GST) collection has improved with a 17 percent increase this March when compared to March 2020.

According to the Union governments GST collection figures, the State Government collected Rs 3,562 crore in March 2020 and it has gone up to Rs 4,166 crore in March this year.

Except a few months, GST collection in Telangana has been steadily increasing since July last year. The state had a negative growth rate in November 2020, with a 5 % decrease in GST collection compared to November 2019. GST collection figures for October 2020 and 2019 were Rs 3,175 crore and Rs 3,349 crore respectively.

While Quadria Capital will initially invest around Rs 600 crore in picking up a minority stake in Maxivision, it will later follow this up with an of up to Rs 700 crore for an additional stake in the eyecare chain.
The fundraise is expected to helpMaxivisionnot only scale up operations through organic and inorganic Growth but will also help it cater to the growing demand for eyecare in the largely underserved tier-2 and tier-3 markets.

Maxivision, which was set up in 1996, operates 42 centres in six states of south, including Telangana andAndhra Pradesh, and west India. Quadria said it sees an opportunity for Maxivision to scale up through accretive tuck-in acquisitions of standalone clinics, especially in states such as Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat, Kerala andMadhya Pradesh.

Power demand has gone up exponentially inTelanganaafter the TRS government began providing 24×7 free power to the Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture sector. Over five lakh new agriculture connections have been added in the state since 2014.

Agriculture power demand has witnessed a steep 62% jump in the past few years, especially after the government began providing uninterrupted power supply to the agriculture sector.

According to official records, there were 19 lakh agriculture connections at the time of formation of in 2014. In the past seven years, 5.86 lakh new connections 3.65 lakh in Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Company Limited (TSSPDCL) and 2.49 lakh in Telangana Northern Power Distribution Company Limited (TSNPDCL) were added. The twin power distribution companies now have over 12 lakh agriculture connections each in their jurisdiction.

The area nder cultivation has increased from 17.62 lakh acres in 2017-2018 to 35.27 lakh acres in 2020-2021, a Growth rate of 100%.

Taiwanese electronics giantFoxconnInterconnect Technology laid the foundation for a new manufacturing facility inTelanganaas part of its $500-million plans for the state.

The company is the worlds most lucrative and biggest contract manufacturer and has been making products ofAppleas well as other companies such as Xiaomi and Sony through its existing factories in India.

The proposed electronics manufacturing facility atKongara Kalannear Hyderabad is part of the expansion strategy of the Taiwanese firm, the State Government said. Demonstrating the Telangana Speed, I am happy to announce the groundbreaking of first of Foxconns Plants in Telangana at Kongara Kalan.

While there is a shortage of supply ofCovid-19vaccines ahead of the launch of vaccination drive for 18-44-year-olds, data on supply ofvaccine dosesshow that has received the lowest number of doses among southern states. While the state has performed better than several states in terms ofvaccine wastage.

Maharashtra leads the charts for Vaccines supplied to states with 1.63 crorevaccinedoses received, followed by Uttar Pradesh with 1.37 crore doses. Apart from Maharashtra and UP, Rajasthan (1.36 crore); Gujarat (1.29 crore); and West Bengal (1.13 crore) are the only states to have received over one crore doses so far. Karnataka is close with 98.47 lakh doses received so far.Andhra Pradeshhas received over 65 lakh doses while Tamil Nadu too has received a similar amount.

Telangana is far behind compared to its southern counterparts. Delhi one of theepicentres for Covid-19 has only received 38 lakh doses so far, has a vaccine wastage of around 3.5 per cent. Except 10 states, of which one is Telangana, other states are not likely to receive supplies in coming days.