KCR promises to fill 85,000 posts

Hyderabad: The state government will soon take steps to fill 84,976 government jobs, Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao said in his Independence Day address here on Tuesday.

"On this happy and auspicious occasion of the Independence Day, I would like to give good news to the unemployed youth. I am happy to announce that besides 27,660 appointments so far we made, measures are being taken to make appointments for another 84,876 jobs shortly," he said.

It was promised during separate Telangana agitation that about one lakh jobs would be provided in the new State, but more than 1.12 lakh recruitments are being made now, he said.

With this, 1,12,536 posts had been created which were over and above the one lakh jobs that had been promised by the TRS government, he pointed.

Unfurling the Tricolour at the historic Golconda Fort here on Independence Day, KCR said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump would attend the ‘World Industrialists Forum’ meeting to be held here from November 28 to 30. "All of us should feel happy that the State is going to be a venue for the world Industrialists Forum which will take place in Hyderabad from November 28 to November 30.

The conference would be an occasion for industrialists all over the world to exchange their views and offer help to aspiring entrepreneurs, the CM said. The government is making all efforts to make the conference a grand success, so that the name and fame of Telangana State would spread all over, he said.

The state stood first in the ‘Ease of Doing Business’ rankings, he said. "So far, with Rs 1,01,722 crores of investment has come to the State. 4,118 new industries were given industrial clearances and licenses providing employment to 2.90 lakh people," he said. For the benefit of farmers, the State government would launch a scheme for providing Rs 8,000 per acre towards input costs from next year, the Chief Minister said.

"Farmers often end in debt trap unable to pay back the loan. To overcome this problem, the government has decided to offer financial assistance for their agriculture inputs. From the next year onwards, the government would give Rs 8,000 per acre to farmers in year for two crops," he said.

The state government is conducting a comprehensive land survey, he said. The land survey was done way back in 1936 under the then Nizam and so far, no other survey ever conducted. After a gap of 81 years, the government was now conducting the survey, he said.

KCR also stressed on the need harnessing skills that passed down from generation to generation. He blamed the previous government for failing to help promote the skills. The response to the sheep distribution scheme was overwhelming, he said.

As many as seven lakh applications were received to secure benefit in the sheep rearing scheme. The State would emerge as meat exporting State with 1.47 lakhs sheep being distributed, he said.

Talking on the welfare of the weavers’ community, KCR said that comprehensive handloom and power loom policy was brought out by the government.

The Chief Minister said by the next Batukamma festival, his government would present a sari to all women who are having white ration card and entire lot would be procured from the weavers.

He also spoke about the financial assistance of Rs 1 lakh to the Nayee Brahmins. KCR said the industrial output had increased because of supply of quality power.

The government had launched a pilot project and was supplying 24-hour power to the agriculture sector in Medak, Nalgonda and Karimnagar districts.