The Telangana Cabinet approved several important policy decisions focusing on social justice, urban development, women’s empowerment and governance reforms at its meeting held on Thursday chaired by Chief Minister Revanth Reddy.
The Cabinet decided to establish the Future City Development Authority (FCDA) to oversee the development of a 30,000-acre urban hub between Nagarjunasagar Highway and Srisailam Highway. The new urban zone will consist of seven mandals and 56 villages, with 36 of the villages transferred from the HMDA to the FCDA.
The government sanctioned 90 posts for FCDA, which will include both regular and outsourced posts.
The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority’s (HMDA) limits have been expanded up to the Regional Ring Road (RRR), bringing 11 districts, 104 mandals and 1,355 villages under it. With this expansion, an additional 332 revenue villages have been included in HMDA’s purview.
The Cabinet approved the Indira Mahila Shakti Mission 2025, aimed at empowering one crore women across Telangana.
The Cabinet gave its approval for the draft Bill on SC categorisation as per the recommendations of the Justice Shamim Akhtar Commission. The Commission, which submitted its second report on March 2, upheld the recommendations given in its first report on February 3 without any modifications.
After reviewing 71 representations from various groups, the Cabinet held discussions on the legal aspects and directed officials to finalise the draft Bill after consulting legal experts to avoid problems.
The Cabinet also approved increasing BC reservations to 42 per cent. Two separate Bills were prepared – one ensuring 42 per cent reservations in local self-rule bodies and another in education and government jobs.
The government decided to withdraw the earlier Bill approving 36 per cent reservation to avoid conflict with the new proposal.
The mission integrates all Self-Help Groups under a unified framework, replacing the earlier system where rural SHGs operated under SERP and urban groups under MEPMA.
The retirement age for SHG members has been raised from 60 to 65 years, while the minimum joining age has been lowered from 18 to 15 years.
The government decided to establish a dedicated board for the Yadadri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple like the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) Board. Amendments will be made to the Telangana Charitable and Hindu Religious Institutions and Endowments Act, 1987, to facilitate this.
The Telangana Tourism Policy 2025–2030 has also been approved, focusing on developing 27 special tourism zones and attracting investments of Rs 15,000 crore in the next five years.
The policy aims to generate three lakh jobs in the tourism sector. The Miss World 2025 event, scheduled for May 2025, will be hosted in Hyderabad and is expected to see the participation of 140 countries.
The Cabinet approved the appointment of Grama Palana Officers (GPOs) in 10,954 villages to improve local governance. Each revenue village will have a designated GPO, with preference given to former Village Revenue Assistants (VRAs) and Village Revenue Officers (VROs).
The capacity of Gandhamalla Reservoir has been revised from 4.28 TMCs to 1.41 TMCs to mitigate flooding risks in surrounding villages.
In a move to improve the healthcare infrastructure, 5.15 acres in Peddagolkonda of Shamshabad mandal was allocated for a 100-bed ESI hospital.
Recognising sporting excellence, the Cabinet approved a government job for Paralympics 2024 bronze medallist Deepthi Jivanji.
The government also sanctioned 361 new posts for revenue divisions and 495 posts (330 regular and 165 outsourcing) for the Telangana Residential Educational Institutions Society (TREIS).
