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Telangana Panchayat Raj Bill 2018 Details, Wikipedia

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Telangana Panchayat Raj Bill 2018 Details, Wikipedia: Telangana Legislative Assembly 29th 2018 passed the Telangana Panchayat Raj Bill 2018. Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao said the bill was aimed at making the gram panchayatis achieve prosperity, clean and green.

“Devolution of funds to the Gram Panchayats, municipalities and municipal corporations would start by this financial year. This is a new chapter,” he said.

Telangana Panchayat Raj Bill 2018

Telangana Panchayat Raj Bill 2018

There would be 12,751 Gram Panchayatis after the passage of the bill, he said.

The Telangana government on Wednesday introduced the Telangana Panchayat Raj Bill 2018, which aims at creating and strengthening gram panchayats, Mandal Praja Parishads and Zilla Parishads in the State.
The much-awaited and one-of-its-kind Bill was introduced in the Legislative Assembly by Minister for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Jupally Krishna Rao.

Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has been focussing his attention not merely on economic empowerment of rural Telangana, but has also been making efforts to strengthen it, and the legislation is expected to deliver on the latter issue.

Telangana Panchayat Raj Bill Highlights

It also provides for the formation of new gram panchayats by the Assembly. 

The Bill also provides for joint cheque power for the Sarpanch and Upa-sarpanch

New Bill facilitates co-option of three members — one retired employee or a senior citizen, one village organisation president and one donor. 

Telangana Panchayat Raj Bill 2018 also provides for time-bound issue of layout permissions — to be sanctioned within 15 days from the date of application. 

The Minister said 4,380 new GPs are going to be formed in the State by bifurcating existing GPs, thus raising the total number of GPs to 12,741.

They include 1,311 GPs for SCs.  onstitution of new GPs was made by taking habitations with less than a population of 500 also.

The government made Rs 1,200 crore budgetary allocations for GPs.

Telangana Panchayat Raj Bill Cabinet sub-committee

The seven-member Cabinet sub-committee headed by Panchayat Raj Minister J Krishna Rao has prepared the draft bill. The committee comprises Agriculture Minister Pocharam Srinivas Reddy, IT and Industries Minister KT Rama Rao, Housing Minister A Indrakaran Reddy, Finance Minister Eatala Rajender, Roads & Buildings Minister Tummala Nageshwar Rao and Irrigation Minister T Harish Rao.

CM KCR Speech New Telangana Panchayat Raj Bill in Assembly

CM KCR Bus Yatra after Assembly Session

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CM KCR Bus Yatra: Telangana State CM Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao will launch his bus yatra of districts after the conclusion of the budget session of the State Legislative Assembly. He will start his tour from Rajendranagar Assembly constituency.

CM KCR Bus Yatra

The CM KCR bus yatra means that the administration will be on wheels.

KCR Bus Yatra

“I will start bus yatra after the Assembly session. I will accord sanction on the spot for major works like roads,” Rao said at a public meeting at Myladeverapalli in Rajendranagar mandal on Friday. Rao inducted TDP MLA Prakash Goud into the TRS by offering him his party kanduva.

Addressing a meeting later, Rao announced his programmes. “I am going to Mumbai on March 8 to sign pacts with the Maharashtra government on irrigation projects.

After the budget session, my tour of districts by bus will commence,” he said. Rao assured that there would be no power cuts in Telangana in future.

“The TRS always keeps its word. The irrigation projects will be completed on time. Every house will get potable water,” Rao said. He recalled that the social security pension, Asara, beneficiaries increased in Telangana state. “Earlier, Rangareddy district used to get Rs 7 crore for pensions.

Now, the same district is getting Rs 35 crore.” Rao said welfare would be the top priority and get a major chunk in the state budget for 2016-17.

He assured local farmers that the problems arising out of implementation of GO No.111 would be resolved soon.

KCR is Most Popular CM in India

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KCR is Most Popular CM in India, As per the Mood of the Nation (MOTN) Opinion Poll conducted by India Today Group and Cicero, K Chandrashekar Rao emerged as the Most Popular Chief Minister in the country with 83% of respondents voting in favor of him.

Most Popular CM in India

Most Popular CM in India

Notably, KCR failed to compete with other popular CMs in the country during the previous survey.

Arvind Kejriwal, Akhilesh Yadav and Chandrababu Naidu were ranked one, two and three respectively in the Best CM category conducted a year ago.

While Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi have 8% of people’s support in August 2015. Now, That has gone up to a remarkable 22% within few months.

When asked about the choice of Prime Minister in the next term, Around 40% of respondents voted for Narendra Modi.

825 crore Budget for Krishna Pushkaralu says CM KCR

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The Government of Telangana is planning to conduct Krishna Pushkaralu in a big way for 12 days from August 12 to 23 2016. The Pushkarams will be conducted in Mahbubnagar and Nalgonda districts. The officials pegged the estimations at Rs 825.16 crore for all arrangements for the spiritual extravaganza.

Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao decided to allot the required funds in 2016-17 Budget itself and asked the officials to provide the best arrangements to the devotees coming from various places.

The officials estimated that about Rs 744.85 crore would be required for laying new roads, expansion of existing roads under various departments including Roads and Buildings, Panchayat Raj and Irrigation and works related to bathing ghats, putting up drinking water taps, other structures, sprucing up temples nearby and making renovations for the purpose.

Besides allotting these funds in the forthcoming budget in March, the Chief Minister decided to release special funds of Rs 80.31 crore.

The Chief Minister directed the officials to release funds on time and ensure that there would be no fund paucity with regard to providing the best facilities to the devotees.

The government wanted to conduct the Pushkaralu in a grand manner in two districts as a large number of people from various places would throng the area.

According to sources, large chunk of funds will go to laying roads in the two districts. It is learnt that the officials were asked to spring into action to lay roads from Nagarjuna Sagar and other areas connecting the places of Pushkaralu in in Nalgonda and Mahbubnagar districts and about 50 Pushkar ghats were being planned for the event in both the districts.

Govt plans Pharma University in Telangana State

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Government plans to establish a pharma university in Telangana State in addition to the proposed Pharma City near here, Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao said here today.

Pharma University in Telangana State

Govt plans Pharma University in Telangana State

“The purpose of the Pharma City is to bring all pharma industrial units at one place to overcome the pollution problem,” a release from Chief Minister’s office quoted him as saying.

Rao made the comments during a meeting with a two-member delegation of Ferring Pharma.

Ferring Pharmaceuticals has plans to invest USD 100-250 million for a plant in Telangana, the release said.

“A two-member delegation of Ferring Pharma, which has a global turnover and a full-fledged centre with manufacturing, R &D and supporting services, represented by its chairman Frederik Paulsen and CMD, India Dr Ashok Alate called on the Chief Minister with an investment proposal of 100-250 million USD,” it said.

Stressing on the need to control pollution in production of bulk drugs, Rao said the government has undertaken a study as to how pharma production is managed in Scandinavia, European countries and United States to adopt the best practices.

“Chairman and CMD of Ferring Pharma told CM that theirs is an R&D Unit and they would like to concentrate in Telangana in future more. They also assured the CM that their unit will be of zero discharge as no pollution is allowed to go outside and will be treated within the premises,” the release said.

Ferring Pharma has nine plants worldwide in countries like Argentina, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Israel, Mexico, Scotland and Switzerland besides nine more R&D Units in other countries, according to the release.

They have two plants in India, in Maharashtra, and now would like to establish one in Telangana.

The company’s global turnover is 1.5 billion euros, the release added.

Grama Jyoti Programme in all villages from Aug 17

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Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao said that the proposed Grama Jyoti programme should be implemented in all villages from August 17 and plans for development of villages during the next four years should be prepared at grama sabhas.

Grama Jyoti Programme in all villages from Aug 17

Grama Jyoti Programme in all villages from Aug 17

He was reviewing arrangements for Grama Jyoti launch in villages with chief secretary Rajeev Sharma, Panchyat Raj principal secretary Raymond Peter, commissioner Anita Ramachandran and principal secretary in the CMO Narsing Rao at a meeting held in Secretariat here on Wednesday.

He suggested them to release funds to villages depending on the plans prepared in tune with the population of the village. He asked them to apprise the people how much funds were released to villages for executing which work.

He directed them to purchase 25000 rickshaws for garbage lifting and dispatch them to villages depending on the population. As part of Grama Jyoti, saplings should be planted in large numbers.

He decided to hold meetings with change agents shortly. He went through the draft policy on Grama Jyoti.