TELANGANA

TheTelanganagovernment is losing anywhere between 100 crore and 150 crore every month to liquor smugglers who sneak in booze from states where it is comparatively cheap.
Sources in the government told STOI that given ‘s need for financial Resources, especially for its cash-guzzling welfare schemes, it can’t afford this massive leak. Excise earnings are the main source of r

Maximum non-duty liquor reaches Telangana fromHaryana, Goa, Odisha, Maharashtra and Karnataka states, all of which sell it at much lower rates. The biggest concern is Haryana, especially liquor from Gurgaon. Excise officials recovered 87 bottles from RAILWAY coach attendants on the Hissar-Secunderabad Express recently. Similarly, excise Police officials seized nearly 1,600 bottles from a container vehicle, which had a secret room behind the driver’s seat and stored in a godown in Medchal-Malkajgiri district.
Liquor from Haryana is cheaper as the excise duty is low. Telangana collects 200% to 250% permit fee on liquor manufactured above the state’s requirement. In Haryana, manufacturers are allowed to produce more liquor by paying a lower fee.

TheTelangana governmentwill set up 6,575 procurement centres in the state during Yasangi to procure 90 lakh metric tonnes of paddy.

In all, the civil supplies corporation procured 3.93 crore metric tonnes of paddy worth Rs 68,000 crore at minimum support price between 2014-15 and 2020-21 Vaanakalam.

The corporation chairman sought to advise farmers to cultivate crops that had demand in the market.

TheFood Corporation of India(Fci) may not purchase boiled rice in future and in Yasangi too, as it is not evincing interest to purchase boiled rice.

From , boiled rice used to be transported toWest Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Odisha.

The plan to link Godavari-Cauvery rivers will be confined to unutilised water in Chhattisgarh for now.

The Union ministry of Jal Shakti has decided to draw water fromand Andhra Pradesh only after conducting hydrology studies at Icchampally as demanded by the Telangana government.

During the recent meeting on inter-linking ofGodavarivia Krishna and Pennar basins, the Telangana government questioned the claims of the National Water Development Agency (NWDA) that 175 tmc ft of water is available in Godavari at Ichhampally in the state and can be diverted for the purpose.

The Jal Shakti ministry is in a fix over its claims on the availability of 175 tmc ft of water in Godavari at Icchampally as the Central Water Commission (Cwc) has given different figures for different projects and kept Telangana schemes on hold.

As per the original plan, NWDC proposed to draw 247 tmc ft from Godavari and divert it to Krishna and Pennar basins as part of linking of Godavari and Cauvery river basins. It was proposed to draw 2.2 tmc ft of water daily from Godavari which would be first diverted to Krishna at Nagarjuna Sagar and from there to Pennar river during the south-west monsoon.

Telanganarecorded the second lowest Growth rate in terms ofGSTcollection in February at 8%. earned 4,424 crore GST revenue (4,113 crore in February 2022), whileHimachal Pradeshhad the lowest growth rate of 5% in the country.

According to the latest GST collection figures released by the finance department on Wednesday, other southern states fared better as their GST collection went up by at least 4% over and above that of Telangana’s. Kerala (12%),Andhra Pradesh(13%), Karnataka (18%) andTamil Nadu(19%) thus stole a march over Telangana in GST collection, sources said.

Though Telangana’s growth rate is low, overall GST collection for the year is on track, said officials. According to the Comptroller and Auditor General’s report (up to January), the state earned 34,729 crore or nearly 82% of the total budget (2022-23) estimates.

Telangana saw a decrease in revenue from key taxes beginning in March 2020 as a result of Covid-19. Following a decline in revenues in 2020-21, revenue recovery was observed in all of the major individual taxes that comprise the state’s own tax revenue (SOTR) in both 2021-22 and 2022-23, sales tax (VAT), state goods and Services tax (SGST), stamps and registration fees, motor vehicle tax and excise.

The President of India Smt. Droupadi Murmu, laid the foundation stone for the project Development of Pilgrimage Facilities at Bhadrachalam Group of Temples today at Sri Seetha Ramachandra Swamivari Devasthanam, Bhadrachalam in the Bhadradri Kothagudem District of the state of . She also laid the foundation stone for another project called Development of Pilgrimage and Heritage Infrastructure of UNESCO World Heritage Site at Rudreshwara (Ramappa) Temple at Mulugu in the state. Both these projects have been approved under the PRASHAD (National Mission on Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual Heritage Augmentation Drive) Scheme of the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India.

The temple at Bhadrachalam,Sri Seetha Ramchandra Swamyvari Devasthanam, is said to be more than 350 years old and is closely associated with epic of Ramayana. It is believed that Lord Rama with his wife Goddess Sita and brother Lakshmana spent some part of their 14 years of exile at a village called Parnasala, a part of Dandakaranya forest near Bhadrachalam Temple. The project Development of Pilgrimage Facilities at Bhadrachalam Group of Temples, Telangana has been approved by the Ministry of Tourism at an estimated cost of Rs 41.38 Crores.

Incwill reap the benefits of the series of announcements made by theUnionfinance minister on boosting digitisation, spending on DEFENCE sector, incentives for MSMEs and the overall thrust on the sunrise opportunities in areas such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), geospatial systems, drones, semiconductor, space economy, genomics and clean mobility systems, among others, said Industry leaders.

However,TelanganaInc leaders rued the fact that no key project of national importance was sanctioned for the state.

The government initiative directing to clear 75% of procurement bills within 10 days and settlement of delayed payments through conciliation and end-to-end e-billing system for procurement is a welcome step. Introduction of PLI scheme in the solar sector will strengthen domestic manufacturing of solar modules.

For stability, a bandwidth of a 2-6% rate is good. This, however, varies with time for many reasons. Indias inflation rate is influenced by fuel prices. Inflation is understood as a consistent spurt in prices and the poor cannot afford a price rise, so its critical to keep inflation levels within the desired ban dwidth. Going byGST collectionsand GDP figures, India is relatively safe. Also, we are not an export-driven economy and inflation rates were brought down between February and March.

As per data, Telanganas vegetable inflation in rural areas between April and October is very high, hovering around 20%. In the same p eriod, the corresponding figure (rural vegetable inflation) for the country was just 6%. Agriculturists say price benefits not being passed on to consumers or cultivation not meeting demand.

Countrys Average consumer price index is calculated after taking an average of inflation rates in states. Different weightages are assigned to five major inflation baskets, including food and beverages, betel, tobacco and other Intoxicants, housing, clothing and footwear, fuel and Light. There are sub-baskets within these five like Cereals. Now, each basket is assigned a weightage, which is determin ed by the weightage assigned to each basket in these states. If a particular basket is given a high weightage in a particular state, inflation rate will be high.