PNS|Hyderabad
Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao said that the Telangana government is taking a step forward to ensure that the increase in wealth is distributed to the needy. Formulating and implementing programmes with a humanitarian perspective and reaching welfare benefits to all at their doorsteps is our policy, he said. There is no family in the state today that has not benefited from government schemes, KCR said.
He said that as a result of government schemes, today poverty in the state has decreased and per capita income has increased. The poverty rate in Telangana which was 13.18 per cent in 2015-18, came down to 5.88 per cent in 2019-21.On the other hand, Telangana is ranked number one in the country in terms of per capita income. By continuously strengthening all sectors of the state, we were able to show the nation what development means in no time, he said.
The saying ‘What Telangana practices – the country follows’ is true. Other state governments are copying our schemes and people there want the good governance in Telangana to continue in their states as well, he said.
KCR attended as chief guest the official programme organised on the occasion of National Integration Day at the Public Gardens in Nampally here on Sunday. The CM paid floral tributes to Telangana Martyrs at the Martyrs Memorial at Gun Park.
Later, the Chief Minister accepted a police salute, hoisted the National Flag and addressed the people of Telangana.
KCR explained the evolution of the state of Hyderabad which was under dynastic rule and was merged with the Union of India on September 17, 1948. The CM said Hyderabad State continued until it was forced to merge with Andhra Pradesh in 1956.
September 17 is a special day in the history of Telangana. After India attained Independence, the then Indian government took up the official process of merger of the princely states outside the British administration with the Indian Union.
As part of that, our Hyderabad Princely State became an integral part of India on September 17, 1948. With this, autocratic rule was replaced by parliamentary democracy in Telangana, he said.
The Telangana Government decided to celebrate the merger of Hyderabad State with the Union of India as National Integration Day. Today we are organizing celebrations across the state by hoisting the national flag.
As part of the reorganization of the states in 1956, the Telangana and Andhra regions were merged and Andhra Pradesh was formed against the wishes of the people of the Telangana region. We all know its bad consequences. We started a movement to achieve a separate state of Telangana against the injustice meted out to the Telangana region. It is a great opportunity that history has given me to lead that era. With your cooperation, I was able to make the movement successful. You also placed the heavy responsibility of fulfilling the aspirations of the people in Telangana on my shoulders, he said.
I felt that my birth was blessed by the achievement of Telangana. After that, I have been carrying out the reconstruction of Telangana with commitment, he said.
The development and welfare programmes that have been going on since the formation of Telangana state on June 2, 2014, have been exemplary. The policies adopted in the new state of Telangana are comprehensive and the integrated development model that is fulfilling the interests of all sections is a role model, he said.
India is a collection of different religions, cultures, castes, language groups and tribes. National integration is a matter of political, economic, social, cultural and psychological domains. If we look at the problems facing national integration with a broad perspective, it is clear that the most important of them are economic. It is unfortunate that even after 76 years of independence, economic backwardness, poverty, unemployment and social discrimination are still plaguing our country. Besides eradicating these problems, the Telangana government is aware of the needs of the people, the CM said.
