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Special Economic Zones in Bangaru Telangana
With a view to overcoming the shortcomings experienced on account of the multiplicity of controls and clearances and to attract foreign investments, SEZs are being promoted in the State
Special Economic Zones (SEZs):
With a view to overcoming the shortcomings experienced on account of the multiplicity of controls and clearances and to attract foreign investments, SEZs are being promoted in the State. There are 67 SEZs in the State at different stages of completion.
Table: SEZs in Telangana: Details of SEZs funded by organizations
| Sl. No. | Type of SEZs | Number |
| 1 | AP MARKFED | 1 |
| 2 | Urban Development Authority | 1 |
| 3 | TSIIC - Joint Ventures | 3 |
| 4 | SEZs - TSIIC | 7 |
| 5 | Urban Development Authority Formal Approval | 12 |
| 6 | TSIIC Allottees Notified as SEZs | 17 |
| 7 | Private Developers | 27 |
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| Total | 67 |
| Box 4.2: State Level Public Enterprises in Telangana: A case Study of Telangana State Road Transport Corporation
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| There are about 29 functioning State Level Public Enterprises (SLPEs) in the combined state of Andhra Pradesh. The bifurcation process is in progress. A case study of performance of Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) is discussed below. Contrary to the popular belief that public sector undertakings would always run inefficiently without achieving its objectives, the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) stands top among the State Transport Corporations in India. TSRTC stands top in the area of physical performance in the vehicle productivity and in resource utilization indicators like vehicle utilisation, fleet utilization, average number of passengers transported, fuel efficiency, tyre life, break down rate and accident rate. The Transport needs of the people in the state were first met by a wing of Nizam Railways mainly looking after the needs of passengers connected to Railway Stations. Later on a separate Road Transport Corporation was initialized. After formation of Hyderabad State, a Corporation was created which had a fleet strength of 609 buses (16 depots) with a staff of 5,081. Over a period of time needs of transport have also increased, forcing the implementation of nationalization and increase in fleet strength year after year. As per the A.P. Re-organisation Act, TSRTC is formed which is operating 10,377 buses on 3,660routes from 95 depots. There are 357 bus stations located in the 10 districts catering to the public needs. It is operating 33.36 lakh kms per day transporting 89.43 lakh passengers with a workforce of 56,425 employees. TSRTC has 2 zonal workshops and 3 tyre retreading shops. The Zonal workshops are located at Karimnagar and Hyderabad. Tyre retreading shops are located at Karimnagar, Warangal and Hyderabad. The Corporation has introduced trend setting improvements in the quality of travel in rural and urban areas by providing newly designed ordinary coaches ‘Pallevelugu’ for rural passengers; ‘Garuda’, Garuda Plus, Indra AC &Vennela AC(Sleeper) for long distance passengers, ‘Seethala Hamsa’, ‘Metro Deluxe’ and ‘Metro Express’ for urban passengers. Buses were also introduced under JNNURM scheme for urban passengers in major cities like Hyderabad and Secunderabad. Further improving the services, TSRTC has introduced on-line ticket booking system for the convenience of passengers. |
Mines and Minerals
Mining Sector is identified as one of the growth engines of the economy and has paramount importance for overall growth and development in the general and industrial sector in particular. The Mineral consumption has been increasing over a period of time due to increase in living standards. As the State is a house for various minerals specifically coal, iron ore, limestone, dolomite, manganese etc., and as such the Government is promoting various mineral based industries in the State.
There are four reconnaissance permits for gold, diamond, base metals, precious metals, 24 prospecting license, and 517mining leases for major minerals (industrial minerals), 1205 quarry leases for cut and dressed blocks of granites and 1453 quarry leases for other minor minerals (construction minerals) in the State. Nearly 90% of the mines fall under small sector and remaining 10% under medium and large sectors.
Table 4.9: Mineral production for the year, 2014-15
| Sl. No. | Type of Mineral | Output Value (Rs. in crore) | Share in total mineral output |
| A | Major Minerals (I+II+III) | 9,530 | 60.32% |
| I | Fuel Minerals | 9,088 | 57.50% |
| 1 | Coal | 9,088 | 57.50% |
| II | Metallic Minerals | 3 | 0.00% |
| 1 | Iron Ore | 2 | 0.00% |
| 2 | Manganese Ore | 1 | 0.00% |
| III | Non-Metallic Minerals | 439 | 2.80% |
| 1 | Lime Stone | 317 | 2.00% |
| 2 | Stowing Sand | 36 | 0.20% |
| 3 | Other Non-metallic minerals | 86 | 0.50% |
| B | Minor Minerals | 6,268 | 39.70% |
| 1 | Black Granite | 1,127 | 7.10% |
| 2 | Colour Granite | 2,182 | 13.80% |
| 3 | Road Metal | 2,099 | 13.30% |
| 4 | Other minor minerals | 860 | 5.40% |
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| Grand Total (A+B) | 15,797 | 100.00% |
Source: DES, Government of Telangana.
Mines and Mineral is an important sub-sectors contributing around 4% to the total GSDP of the state and 16% to the industrial sector in the State. The value of major mineral produced, consisting of fuel, metallic & non-metallic and minor minerals produces in 2014-15 along with their share is explained in Table 4.9. The coal production is around 57.5 %, which constitutes the major share of the total mineral production, followed by colour granite with 13.8 % and Road metal with 13.3 %. The percentage share of the major minerals increased from 53.12% to 60.32% in total minerals, whereas the minor mineral share has declined from 46.88% to 39.68 in 2014-15 over 2013-14.
G. Rajendera Kumar
