Telangana, being agriculture dependent economy, is one of the highest power intensive states
in India, with aper capita power consumption of over 1,727 units (as per 2017-18)
Telangana stands first in the country
as against an All Indiaper capita power consumption of 1,181 units (as
per 2018-19)
(a) Telangana State Power Generation Corporation Limited (TSGENCO)
The contracted capacity of Telangana state. including Generation Corporation of
Telangana Limited (TSGENCO) and other plants as on 01.07.2019 is 16,201 MW, which
includes the contracted capacity of private sector 7,739 MW, the state sector 5,825 MW,
TSGENC0's
central sector 2,536 MW, interstate 76 MW and joint sector 25 MW.
installed capacity of 5,825.26 MW comprises ofthermal (3,382.50 MW), hydel (2,441.76
MW) and solar (1 MW).
undertaken
Keeping in view the growing demand for power in Telangana state, TSGENCO has
5,080
capacity addition programme by establishing two new thermal power projects of
commissioned
MW and they are : Bhadradri Thermal Power Station (4x270 MW to be
commissioned
in 2019-20) and Yadadri Thermal Power Station (5x800 MW to be
in 2020-21).
(b) Transmission and Distributionof Energy in Telangana
After formation of the state, the Telangana state Transmission Corporation of Telangana
Limited (TSTRANSCO) was constituted to takecare of transmission needs of the state.
A vears after formation of the state, 112 numbers EHT substations, 833 numbers
33/ 11 KV substations are commissioned and 2.54 lakh of distribution transformers are
added (SEO-2020, GOT).
10.8.6 Literacy Rates in Telangana
of Telanganais 66.54 per cent.
According to the Population Census, 2011 the literacy rate 1
The literacy gap
between rural (57 per. cent) and urban (81 per cent) areas is 24 percentage points and the
literacy gap between male,(75 per cent) and female (58 per cent) population is 17 percentage
points.
10.8.7 Education Profile of the State
According to SocioEconomic Outlook-2020 document of Telangana government, a total
number of 40,597 schools are functioning in the state. Out of these 26,050 are run by state
government, 3,269 are welfare/residential schools, 678 are aided schools, 10,369 are in the privae
sector, 1 80 are madarsas and the remaining 51 schools are run by central government in the
State.
(a) Enrolment: During the year 2017-18, about 58.71 lakh children were enrolled in all the
schools, of them 53 per cent were enrolledin private schools, 47 per cent in government
schools including the schools run by the central government, local bodies and aided schools.
(b) Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) :Gross enrolment ratio determines the number of
students enrolled in educational institutions i.e., schools, colleges, universities etc. In
2017-18, the gross enrolment rate among children in primary schools was 98.76 for boys
and 98.05 for girls and in upper primary schools it was 87.32 for boys and 88.47 for girls.
Overall, the GER for girls was higher than boys in upper primary schools in Telangana.
(c) Pupil-Teacher Ratio (PTR) : It indicates average number of pupils per teacher at a specific
level of education in a given school-year. During 2018-19, the pupil-teacher ratio observed
was 18.90, 14.12, and 17.85 for primary, upper primary and secondary schools respectively.
The overall PTR is 17.67 for the year 2018-19.
After formation of Telangana state, the government of Telangana has been giving much
priority to the development of irigation facilities. It has been implementing various iigation projects
land. The present status
to transformthe goal of providing irrigation to at least one crore acres of
of irrigation projects in Telangana state is as follows:
A. Godavari River Basin
Project : Kaleshwaram Project has been conceived from the
(i) Kaleshwaram
Ambedkar Pranahita-Chevella Sujala Sravanthi project. Originally,
erstwhile Dr. B.R.
Pranahita-Chevella Sujala Sravanthi was proposed to utilize
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Godavari Water Dispute
of Godavari basin as per
160 TMC of allocated water at Tummidihetti(V) to divert
barrage was proposed
Tribunal (GWDT) award. A erstwhile 7 districts of Telangana
16.40 lakh acres in the
160 TMC of water to irigate Nalgonda &Rangareddy,
Adilabad, Nizamabad, Karimnagar, Medak, Warangal,
state viz., Further, it also planned to provide 10 TMC
industrial uses.
besides drinking water & TMC of drinking water to twin Cities of
drinking water to the villages enroute, 30
of
and 16
16 TMC of water for industrial use. The entire project
Secunderabad
Hyderabad & concluded for all 28 packages
into 7 links & 28 paackages, Agreements
works are divided
2007-08 and 2008-09.
during
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(A) Economic Development of India
DevelAasara
i) opment Welfare Programmes for AlII ( )
Pensions Scheme :
Ihis scheme was launched at Kothur in
The state Mahabubnagar district on Nov 3, 2014.
government
for the old aged, enhanced Aasara monthly pension from Rs. 200to Rs. 1000
the
Rs. 1500 for widows, weavers, toddy tappers and AIDS patients and Rs. 500 to
disabled persons.
iv) Mission Bhagiratha : The objective of this programme is to supply clean drinking
Krishna
water to people of the state through pipelines to their homes with waters from
and Godavari rivers. It was launched on Aug 7, 2016 in Komati Banda (v) Gaiwel.
Medak District.
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() Housing for Poor :
provides for two and three storied buildings with the 2TheBHK
'housing for the poor' plan
flats in Hyderabad and
other urban areas while they are to be built as
indenendenthouses in rural area5.
(B) SC/STs Development and Welfare Programmes
(iü)) Scheduled Castes Welfare :
scheme on 2ndOctober.
(a) Kalyana Lakshmi for SCs : The government launched this
2014. A one-time financial assistance of Rs. 51,000/- was being provided to the
bride's family at the time of marriage to meet the marriage related expenses of a
Telangana resident girl of over 18 years of age
The financial grant has been enhanced
further to Rs. 1,00,116 in 2018.
aAmbhedkar Overseas Nidhi Scheme : Under this scheme the students belonoing
o sCcommunity are provided with a scholarship grant for overseas study to the
hune of Rs. 20 lakh subject to parentat annual income limit up to Rs5 lakh
Fronomic Development of India
(iiü) Seheduled Tribes
Welfare
(a) Kalyana Lakshmi for STs: This
prooramme was launched on 2nd October 2014.
Aone-time financial assistance of Rs.
1L00.116/- shall be granted at the time of
marriage to each ST girl whoattains the age of 18 years.
(b) Eeonomic Support Schemes : Under this
scheme, financial assistance to tribal
population is provided in the fields of agriculture, horticulture, fisheries, minor
imigation, animal husbandry and self-employment.
(c)Forest Rights Act, 2006:
Under this Act, individual titles were distributed
to 93,494 forest dwellers (tribals) covering an extent of
3,00,092 acres.
(C) BCs Development and Welfare Programmes
The welfare schemes launched by the state govermment for the welfare of BCs include:
(i) Kalyana Lakshmi Scheme for BCs: The govemment extended the scheme of Kalyana
Lakshmi to backward classes (BCs) and economically backward classes (EBCs) in
the year 2016-17.
(ii) Most Backward Classes Development Corporation:
Rs. I,000 erore has been allocated in the
financial year 2018-19 and 13, 367beneliciaries were identified. Under this scheme.
funds for modern laundry units, skill development training in
the government provides
beautician courses etc.
hair styles and
(D) M
Minorities Development and Welfare Programmes (2))
The minorities viz: muslims, christians, sikhs, buddhists, parsees and jains constitute 14o
of the total populationof Telangana. In order toimprove the socio-economicconditions ot
minorities the state govemnment has formulated several schemes. Some of them are as follows:
(a) Bank Linked Subsidy Scheme: The scheme is being implemented for minorities to
set up viable self-employment business units.The financial assistance from the Telangana
the
State Minorities Finance Corporation is by way of subsidy, which is linked to
credit component from banks.
extends
(b) Training, Employment and Skill Development: The minorities department
training and skilldevelopment and arranges self-employment for minority youth through
the Minorities Finance Corporation.
(c) Shaadi Mubarak Scheme: Under this scheme, the government gives a one-time grant
of Rs.1.00,1 16/-to the eligible nminority bride's family at the time of marriage.
