TELANGANA

Yazdani, who conserved the Ajanta and Ellora cave paintings for posterity, renovated the dilapidated Ramappa temple and it is his conservation efforts that have now fetched the world heritage tag to the Kakatiyan temple of the 13th century.

Yazdani was one of the founders of the archaeology department in the erstwhile Nizam state. The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) in its report to the online extended 44th session of the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO, which is currently on at Fuzhou in China, specifically makes a reference to the conservation of the temple complex by the Nizam government to state that the condition of the temple is now in a satisfactory state.

The number of Rythu Bandhu beneficiaries is set to touch the 70 lakh mark in the ongoing kharif season, on account of the addition of five lakh farmers. The will start crediting the Rythu Bandhu aid, of Rs 5,000 per acre, to farmers accounts from Monday. The government has mobilised RS 7,720 crore for the scheme.

The number of beneficiaries will increase due to Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Raos decision to extend the scheme to tribal recipients of podu land pattas from June 30.

It will result in addition of 1.5 lakh farmers and 4 lakh acres. This apart, all farmers who purchased land after kharif in 2022 will be included in the beneficiaries list.

This is the 11th instalment of Rythu Bandhu since May 2018. The government has disbursed RS 65,910 crore in 10 instalments so far, ahead of this kharif.

India’s startup stateTelanganahas featured among the top 100 emerging startup Ecosystems globally, retaining its position in the 61-70 rank category but falling behind Chennai and Pune in the 10th edition of the Global Startup Ecosystem Report (GSER) 2022 that was released recently.

Last year, Hyderabad had featured on the rankings, scoring in the 61-70 ranks along with Mumbai, Pune and Chennai, but this year the city was replaced by , albeit in the same rank range as last year.

However, Telangana’s startup ecosystem stood among the top 10 in the Global Ecosystem in Affordable Talent and Asian Ecosystem in Funding, while it featured in the top 15 in terms of the Global Ecosystem in Bang for Buck, as per the report.

As per the report, Telangana saw a total early stage funding to the tune of $273 million in the H22019-2021 period as compared to the global Average of $687 million, and its ecosystem value during the period stood at around $4.8 billion as against the global average of $28.6 billion.

The has asked the banks operating in the state to help boost theeconomic activityinTelanganaby extending moreloansfor purchase of vehicles, computers, electronic goods and garments in a drive mode, as it would be beneficial to both the bankers and the state.

Chief secretary Somesh Kumar suggested proactive measures from the former towards increasing economic activities in the state for accelerated Growth of the states economy.
He also asked the bankers to organiseloanmelas, open counters in shopping malls, offer additional interest rebates on sales, simplify loan process and documentation, introduce new schemes for extending loans and fast-track DECISION MAKING to boost consumption.

Earlier, the chief secretary held discussions with stakeholders of retailers, shopping malls, tourist operators and hospitality sector in the state and sought their suggestions for revival of the economy.

Tech startupDunzoDigital is leading a consortium along with experts to pilotdrone deliveryofmedicinesin the state ofTelangana.

The consortium will conduct experimental BVLOS (Beyond Visual Line of Sight ) drone delivery flights for the ‘Medicine from the Sky Project.’ It aims at serving different districts in the state of Telangana for medical supplies. The drone delivery system will focus on an end-to-end ecosystem for drone-based logistic transportation and utilize the existing Logistics Network of the state.

Launched by the Telangana government and theWorld Economic Forum, the program aims at creating a large-scale impact and helping curb the spread of Covid-19 in the state. This will also help later support the delivery of essentials like Vaccines and medicines.

The stateagriculture departmenthas stated that this rainy season an additional 28 lakh acres will be brought under cultivation. According to the plan of the department, a total of 1.62 crore acres will be brought under cultivation as against 1.34 crore acres last season.

The department has made it clear there is no need to follow regulated farming formula this time around aspaddy cultivationshould be brought down. According to the plan, thecultivation of cottonandred gramwill increase.

Paddy is generally the highest grown crop in the state during the rainy season and instructions were given to seed companies to supply BT seeds from June second week onwards.
The Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture department also suggested reducing paddy cultivation by 5 lakh acres compared to last years 53 lakh acres.

The plan aims to increase red gram cultivation by 13 lakh acres, thereby ensuring it is cultivated in 24 lakh acres as against 11 lakh acres grown last year. Maize, grown in 2.25 lakh acres last year, would be maintained at the around the same level at 2.29 lakh acres this year.

Energy ministerG JagadishReddy on Sunday said theBJPgovernment at the centre was pushing to implement time of day (ToD) power tariff policy, which would overburden commercial and domestic consumers in the states.

As per the ToD tariff system, consumers will need to pay more for power consumed during peak hours, and pay less for non-peak hours. This ToD policy is aimed at discouraging high power consumption during peak hours.

had 190 percent excessCovidmortality rate during the first and second wave, according to a research study.

It also revealed that the all-India excess mortality was six to seven times higher than official figures.

The research study published in the eminent scientific journal, Science, showed that there were 21,000 excess deaths during 2021 as against 11,000 excess deaths in the year preceding the pandemic in Telangana. This showed that there were 10,000 excess deaths, which stands at 190 per cent.

Hyderabad had reported most number of Covid-19 deaths, only due to serious cases from districts and other states being referred to tertiary care hospitals in the city. However, the study did not mention the figures city-wise. The data provided was only of state-wise figures and national Average.

In case of another Telugu-speaking state, Andhra Pradesh, there were 51,000 excess deaths during 2021 in comparison to 36,000 excess deaths during 2018-2019. This in other words mean AP has recorded 140 percent relative excess deaths. However, Andhra Pradesh had less number of excess deaths during the Covid-19 period, compared to Telangana.

Telangana stood third in the country in terms of relative excess deaths, below Gujarat (230 per cent) and Madhya Pradesh (215 per cent).