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Telangana
Telangana is a state in South India and one of the 29 states in India. It was formed on 2 June
2014 with the city of Hyderabad as its capital.Telangana is bordered by the states of Maharashtra
to the north and North west, Chhattisgarh to the North, Karnataka to the west, and Andhra
Pradesh to the east and south.Telangana has an area of 114,840 square kilometres (44,340 sq
mi), and a population of 35,193,978 (2011 census),making it the twelfth largest state in India,
and thetwelfth most populated state in India,

Capital: Hyderabad

Governor: E. S. L. Narasimhan

Chief Minister: Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao

Statehood Day: 2nd June

Bird: Indian roller

Tree: Jammi

Flower: Tangedu

Animal: Deer

Telangana Current Affairs January 2016

Telangana become first state to accept e-motor insurance policies
Telangana becomes the first state in the country to legally accept Electronic motor insurance
policies. These policies can be stored and accessed on smart phones.
e-Vahan Bima: An electronic motor insurance policy issued in digital form with Quick Response
(QR) code.

Driving a vehicle without motor third party insurance is an offence under Motor Vehicle
Act 1988 as it pays for legal liability in case of any injury or damage to any third party life
or property caused by the use of vehicle in a public place.

Benefit: It will help the poor accident victims in the state and also ensure better compliance.
Gadkari announces Rs 41,000 cr road projects for Telangana
Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has announced the road
projects worth Rs 41,000 crore for Telangana, including two Express Highways from the
state capital Hyderabad to Bengaluru in Karnataka and Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh.

He laid down the foundation stone of 4-lane of Yadgir and Warangal section of NH-202(new
NH-163) of length 99 km costing Rs 1,424 crore.

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Foundation Stone Laid for an International Training Centre for Operational
Oceanography
The Minister of State for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences Shri. Y. S. Chowdary laid
Foundation for the building complex of the International Training Centre for Operational
Oceanography (ITCO-Ocean) at Hyderabad.

Ministry of Earth Sciences had signed a Memorandum of Agreement with IOC /

UNESCO to cooperate in capacity development programmes. This shows the confidence of
international community in Indias achievements, particularly in the field of oceanography.

BHEL commissioned 600 MW Kakatiya Thermal Power Plant Stage-II in Telangana

BHEL has commissioned 600 MW unit at Kakatiya Thermal Power Project, Telangana.

Commissioned at: Kakatiya Thermal Power Project (KTPP) at Chelpur in Warangal District
of Telangana. It is the highest rating unit in the state.

Earlier units: One coal-based unit of 500 MW commissioned by BHEL in 2010 is already
operational at KTPP.

Telangana: First State to make gender education compulsory

With an introduction of bilingual textbook, Towards a World of Equals in engineering
colleges affiliated to the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTUHyderabad),Telangana has become the introductory state in the country to make gender
education compulsory at the graduate level.

The book edited by Susie Tharu and Dr.A.Suneetha has prescribed it as the textbook for
the newly introduced mandatory course on Gender Sensitization in JNTUH.

Govt sanctioned 791 crore rupees under NDRF for drought affected Telangana
The High Level Committee (HLC) of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)
sanctioned 791 crore rupees to the drought affected Telangana.

The decision has been taken during HCL meeting, which was attended by Union Home
Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Union Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare Minister Radha Mohan Singh.

Telangana to introduce Course Credits for students

Telangana Government is set to introduce Course Credits in Secondary education for
students to take part in certain programmes, from the next academic year. These will add up as
they move on to higher classes.

Earlier, the State government signed an agreement with apex IT industry association
Nasscom for setting up Start-up Ware house at the T-Hub.

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Malayalam film actress Kalpana Ranjani passes away
Known for comic roles, Malayalam film actress Kalpana Ranjani aka Kalpana passed away in
Hyderabad due to heart attack. She was a sister of actresses Urvashi and Kalaranjini.

She had acted in 300 odd films in South Indian languages.

In 2012, she was conferred with National Award for Best Supporting Actress for
Thanichala Njan.

In 1983, she made her debut in the film industry as a child artist.

Her Malayalam hits include Ennum Eppozhum, Karnavar, Dolphins, Bangalore Days and
Spirit. Kalpana also acted notable Tamil films like Kakki Sattai, Idhaya Thiruda, Sathi
Leelavathi and Chinna Veedu.
Noted Telugu litterateur Nayani Krishnakumari passes away
Telugu litterateur Nayani Krishnakumari passed away due to ailing for some time Hyderabad.
She was 86.

She was the daughter of legendary writer Nayani Subbarao.She was an academic who
taught

in Chennai, Osmania

University and

finally

at

the

Potti

Sriramulu

Telugu

University.

Telangana Current Affairs February 2016

Govt consented to Heritage Development Projects for AP & Telangana
In a bid to improve tourist infrastructure in heritage places of Amaravati in Andhra Pradesh and
Warangal in Telangana, urban development ministry has given its stamp of approval to the
projects worth of Rs. 12 crore.

An inter-Ministerial HRIDAY National Empowered Committee approved development of

Heritage Park in Amaravati and 1000 Pillar Temple, Kazipet Durgah andPadmakshi
Temple in Warangal.

About Amaravati Heritage Park

It will be developed over an area of 3.50 acre at an outlay of Rs.7.36 crore.
Division of expenditure:
Area
Exhibition complex with four halls
22 statues
20 shops
Parking area
Pathways
Landscaping

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Amount
Rs. 92 lakh
Rs. 2 crore
Rs. 1 crore
Rs. 60 lakh
Rs. 44 lakh
Rs. 76 lakh

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Vizag to be first major port to run on solar energy
Vizag port in Hyderabad will be the first major port to run on solar energy.

VPT is currently having 2MW solar power plantswhich were built with an investment
of Rs. 60 crore.

It aims to generate 8 MW capacity solar plants.

These projects will help to overcome the burden of energy over the state.

Vienna leads the list of Worlds Best City to Live In

In accordance with the 18th Mercer Quality of Life
study, Vienna is the worlds best city to live in.

The study examined 230 global cities on the

premises of social and economic conditions, health,
education, housing and the environment, and is
used by big companies to assess

Baghdad was named as the worst city in the

Rank
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List of Indian
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Hyderabad
Pune
Bangalore
Chennai
Mumbai
Kolkata
New Delhi

cities made
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Telangana
Maharashtra
Karnataka
Tamil Nadu
Maharashtra
West Bengal
New Delhi

world.
Apple to set up first technology centre in India
Apple will be going to set up its first technology development centre in Hyderabad India.
Hyderabad is considered as the hub of technology.

The center will be set up with an amount of $25 million (Rs 150 crore) in 250000
square feet.

The Apple center will provide new job opportunities to the youth and help in Indian
Economy.

Sale of Apples product in India had crossed nearly $ 1billion.

MoU signed between Ministry of Railways and Governments of Telangana

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) had been signed between Ministry of Railways and
State Government of Telangana
Key Highlights

The MoU aims at Formation of Joint Venture Companies for Development of

Railway Infrastructure in the State of Telangana.

Setting up of Joint Ventures with states for focused project development, resource
mobilization, land acquisition, project implementation and monitoring of critical rail
projects

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Telangana Current Affairs March 2016

Telengana to illuminate 25 municipalities with LED Bulbs
The Telengana government as a part of development has decided to replace the existing bulbs
with LED in 25 municipalities within 100 days.
Flash points

A high level meeting held on Tuesday consisting of IT Minister KT Rama Rao, Energy
Minister G Jagadish Reddy, Housing Minister A Indrakaran Reddy and officials of
power sector held a discussion with ESSL to supply LED at lower prices

ESSL(Energy Savings Services Limited) is a joint venture of PSUs of ministry of

power with the objective of implementing energy efficient projects

12 lakh households of 25 municipalities are going to be supplied with LED bulbs in

the first phase

The aim of the government is to supply LED to 90 lakh households

Karimnagar, Nizamabad, Ramagundem, Waranagal and Khammam, the municipalities of

Siddipet, Siricilla, Mahbubnagar, Manchiryal, Nalgonda and Tandur, and the Gajwel
nagar panchayat are the areas to be benefitted under this project

Centres nod for Mega Food Park in Khammam

Union Government has given final approval for setting up a Mega Food Park in Khammam
District of Telanganato facilitate creation of modern infrastructure for food processing along the
value chain from the farm to the market.

This is the first Mega Food Park in Telangana and set up with the project cost of
Rs. 108.95 crore in an area of 78 acres.

These Food Processing Industries is centring on increasing the Food Processing Sector
so that agriculture sector grows and becomes the engine of growth to drive the Make in
India initiative.

India aviation show 2016 begins in Hyderabad

President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the 5th edition of the India Aviation 2016 and the
five-day biennial aviation show jointly organised by the Union Civil Aviation Ministry and the
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).

The theme of Indian civil aviation sector: Potential as global manufacturing hub.

About 25 countries and 200 major participants are expected to take part in the
Indian Aviation show at the Begumpet airport. Hyderabad.

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Leading aircraft and helicopter manufacturers such as Boeing, Airbus, Textron,AA

Embraer, Gulfstream, Dassault, Agusta Westland, Bell Helicopters, and Russian
Helicopters are participating in the show.

Telengana passed bill for hike in salary

The Chandrasekhar Rao headed Telengana government has passed the bill unanimously for hike
in salary of MLAs and MLCs.

The Telangana Payment of Salaries and Pensions and Removal of

Disqualifications(Amendment) Bill-2016 was passed, as per a recommendation of
the Committee on Amenities of the Telangana Legislature which met on March
21.

This hike will cause an added expenditure of 97 crores for the telengana government

Singareni 600 MW power unit synchronized in Telangana

Power generation in the first of two 600 MW has been synchronised at the Singareni Thermal
Power Plant (STPP) at Pegadapalli in Jaipur of Adilabad District.
Telangana, Maharashtra ink MoU for five irrigation projects
The Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between Telangana and Maharashtra
government on river Godavari Water Projects in Mumbai.

The MoU will pave the way for construction of five Barrages on Godavari River and
its tributaries Penganga and Pranahita projects which has kept aside due inter-state
disputes.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Davendra Fadnavis and Telangana Chief Minister K

Chandrasekhar Rao signed five MoUs which will include both the Ongoing and new
projects.

Telangana inks pact with French aviation trainer

To provide training to the aviation fraternity and aerospace, the agreement was signed
between Telangana industries department principal secretary Arvind Kumar and Aerocampus
Aquitaine general manager Jerome Verschave on the sidelines of the ongoing India Aviation
2016.

The agreement paving the way for institute that will come up at Begumpet Airport in
Hyderabad.

The French company plans to set up an academy to train local talent in addition to
skilled workforce for the maintenance, repair and overha

The Program aiming to train at least 1,000 students a year in aerospace and related
areas. We want this aero campus to give maximum preference to Telangana students.

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These courses will be of various durations from few weeks to one year.

Telangana Road Transport Authoritys Mobile App M-Wallet launched

Telangana State Transport Authoritys launched brand-new mobile app named M-Wallet, whichis
first of its kind in India.

The initiative is going to benefit 60 lakh driving licence holders, 80 lakh vehicle The
App was launched by IT minister KT Rama Rao and transport minister P.Mahender
Reddy.

BHEL commissions 600 MW unit of Singareni project in Adilabad

Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd has commissioned 600 MW for the State-owned Singareni
Collieries, the second largest coal mining company. The first 600 MW unit of the 2600
MW(1,200 MW) thermal power project.

The second unit of the same project is in acutting-edge stage of construction and is
expected to be commissioned soon.

Telengana Government to present 1.30 Lakh crore Budget

Telanganas Finance Minister on Monday presented the state budget in the assembly, proposing
an expenditure of Rs.1,30,415 crore for the financial year 2016-17.

Plan expenditure Rs.67,630 crore

Non-plan expenditure Rs. 62,785 crore

Revenue surplus Rs 3,381 crore

Fiscal deficit- Rs.23,467 crore

Important projects

Irrigation sector: The budget has allocated Rs.25,000 crore for the sector.

An allocation of Rs 7,861 crore has been made for Palamuru lift irrigation project

6,286 crore for Kaleswaram project

Telangana Current Affairs April 2016

Telangana unveils new ICT Policy 2016
The government of Telangana has unveiled a new ICT policy along with four other policies to
support innovation, gaming and animation, rural tech centres and growth of electronics aimed at
attracting investments while facilitating job creation.

The Policy is proposed to transform Telangana into the most preferred destination for
any IT company which is planning a new facility and enable it to make it a global hub for
technology entrepreneurship and innovation in the country.

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MoU between Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India and the
Insurance Authority,UAE
Union government has given its ex-post facto approval for the Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) that links Hyderabad based Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India
(IRDAI) and the Insurance Authority of United Arab Emirates.

The agreement pave the way for enhanced cooperation between the two bodies in the
field of insurance supervision by providing a framework for co-operation such as
channels of communication.

125-foot tall Ambedkar statue to come up in Hyderabad

Hyderabad will feature a 125-foot tall Statue of B R Ambedkar, the architect of Indian
Constitution, just beside the citys famous landAprks such as Hussian Sagar Lake and the state
secretariat, in a year from now.
J Geetha Reddy appointed as PAC Chairperson of Telangana
J Geeta Reddy, one of the oldest Congress MLAs, has been appointed as the chairman of the
Public Accounts Committee.This is the first time that a woman legislator has been appointed for
this coveted post.

She will succeed the late previous chairman and Congress MLA Ramreddy Venkat
Reddy.

Intel India inaugurates UnnatiKendras in 10 Telangana towns

Intel India has inaugurated UnnatiKendras across 10 towns in Telangana to create a blueprint
for the digitization of non-urban India.The company to set up the first Unnati
Kendra atNadimpalli village.
EkKadamUnnati Ki Aurprogramme:

On behalf of the EkKadamUnnati Ki Aurprogramme, Intel will collaborate with 10

Common Service Centres (CSCs) in the districts of Warangal, Nalgonda, Medak,
Karimnagar, Mahbubnagar, Adilabad, and Ranga Reddy.

Each centre will be equipped with Intel-powered devices, local language content, and
relevant training modules for non-urban citizens, creating opportunities for skill
development and digital empowerment.

Finance Ministers PRO & Former Journalist D.Ravinder passes away

Finance Minister Eatala Rajenders Public Relations Officer and former journalist D. Ravinder
passed away

Ravinder from Raikal of Karimnagar district, Telanagana

He worked as reporter for Etv and Saakshi Telugu news channels.

Later, he joined as PRO to the Finance Minister.

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