Ramakrishna Rao

Telangana's monthly salary and pension bill has quadrupled to Rs 6,000 crore in a decade, with power utility chief engineers earning up to Rs 7 lakh and senior Class 4 employees around Rs 2 lakh. This surge, driven by successive pay revisions, has intensified competition for government jobs, despite the state's strong economic performance and revenue growth.

Children and youngsters of Saidapet have a reason to cheer. A 32-ground plot on Kodambakkam Road which was virtually abandoned after being stuck in legal tangles since 1976 will now be cleared of shrubs and developed into a playground at a cost of 45 crore.

National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) announced a credit plan for Rs 47,431.88 crore financial credit to refinance priority sectors in Gujarat during the year 2012-13.

The Telangana High Court has issued notices to Chief Secretary K Ramakrishna Rao, former Special CS (Education) N Sridhar, and Public Libraries Director S Srinivasachary in a contempt case. They are required to appear in court on July 24th to explain their failure to implement a previous court order regarding payments to part-time sweepers.

The finance department is holding a meeting on Wednesday to discuss the state budget for the year 202324. The meeting will begin at 11 am and will go on until 6 pm. Representatives from 20 departments, including municipal administration and urban development, transportation, revenue endowments, panchayat raj, and others will attend the meeting. Several meetings have taken place in the last few months, and the finance department has directed other departments to submit their proposals for both the revised estimates of 202223 and the budget estimates for 202324. The finance department wanted the departments to look into new avenues for increasing their receipts and reducing leakages which would help the state earn more nontax revenue. Officials were tasked with improving employee performance by establishing required performance indicators at each level and presenting proposals for new schemes.

HYDERABAD: The state government schools will soon have a modernised curriculum for classes I to V, with more stress given to interactive learning sessions between the teacher and students.

GUNTUR: Nearly 30 villagers, alleged to be sympathisers of the People's War,were taken into custody by the Machavaram police in connection with the raid at Morjampadu village two days ago.

Visakhapatnam: Former Vice-President of India, M Venkaiah Naidu, unveiled the renaming of GITAM School of Humanities and Social Sciences (GSHS) building as Koneru Ramakrishna Rao building. Padma Shri Koneru Ramkrishna Raowas an iconic Gandhian scholar, and an educationist. TNN

In a gesture that would go a long way in encouraging donation of organs, 60 men and women pledged their bodies to Andhra Medical College (AMC) here on Tuesday.

The newest state of India, Telangana, has a young population like the rest of the country. But, there may be a rapid change over the next 15 years with the proportion of people in the age group of 40 and above expected to rise by 42.5%, resulting in a 15.