Former Planning Commission member Ch Hanumantha Rao says previous governments in undivided Andhra Pradesh had shown higher expenditure in ...
Former Planning Commission member Ch Hanumantha Rao says previous governments in undivided Andhra Pradesh had shown higher expenditure in Andhra region
Hyderabad: Noted economist and former member of the Planning Commission, Ch Hanumantha Rao on Saturday exhorted the Telangana government to compete with globalised economies for rapid growth and sustainable development. He expressed concern over the economic injustice meted out to Telangana for the past six decades.
Rao also cautioned the State government not to go by the statistics that were being shown to project Telangana as a surplus State. Telangana had been shown as surplus because the previous governments in undivided Andhra Pradesh had shown higher expenditure in Andhra region.
Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao filling up the entry form as volunteers looking on at the TRS orientation meeting near Nagarjuna Sagar in Nalgonda district on Saturday
Addressing a three-day training classes for the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leaders including Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, Ministers, MLAs, MLCs and ZP chairpersons at Vijaya Vihar in Nargarjuna Sagar, Rao patted the State government on its back for its flagship programme of Mission Kakatiya to provide timely waters to rural farm sector besides strengthening Panchayat Raj system for proper development at rural areas.
He also asked the leaders to focus on eradicating poverty through welfare and implementation of KG to PG Education, another scheme that would eventually help overcoming poverty. “During Rajiv Gandhi’s regime at the Centre, we had a plan of replacing the Planning Commission with another body for making changes which went in vain,” he recalled. Now the need of the hour was to use IT and rise up to the expectations of people by providing them jobs and mobilising resources as Telangana geography was viable for making ample use of human sources, he added
Former Chief Election Commissioner, James Michael Lyngdoh said the democracy could reign in supreme through good governance for development. He expressed concern that though India had tremendous youth force, they were incapable of competing at global level.
Democracy would be fructified through good governance with a focus on welfare of the poor besides a stimulus in State growth, he remarked. It was imperative for the leaders to vie among themselves to offer unswerving, flawless and spotless regime and ensure delivery of goods to the unreached. Senior leaders should guide juniors for good governance and remain successful, he said.
