Telengana IT & Panchatat Raj  minister  K. T. Rama Rao said today that a record 25 projects were given clearance through the T PASS policy in  just  30 days in the state based on self certification. Addressing the meeting  National Seminar on 'Make in India - Opportunities and Challenges' organised by the The Federation of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FTAPCCI)  he said    the state has a total land bank of 2.5 lakh acres of which 1.4 lakh acres are available readily.

He said  though the state inherited a power deficit state  steps have been taken to  add power through short term strategy of power purchase and also the medium strategy of renewal energy of Rs. 6.4 per unit  .” A  comprehensive water grid project for drinking water has been launched and scheduled to be completed in one year to end the drinking water problems for common man and industrial water needs of the industries”.

R KT R said the state had launched  two mega initiatives - building of State of Art Pharma City in Musheerabad and Building of state of Art Textile Park near Warangal and also planned  3  industrial corridors are planned. A  task force to review the taxation structure has been set up and also a corpus  fund  created to promote SC/ST entrepreneurship with 200 crores.

The IT minister who is the key architect of Bangaru Telangana campaign  next to CM K Chandrasekhar  Rao urged the  big corporate to take up citizen oriented works in villages under their  CSR fund. He said the state government had on cards to organise a  global investment meet Jan next year.

Sri Shiv Kumar Rungta, President, FTAPCCI, Sri Anil Reddy Vennam, Senior Vice President, Sri Ravindra Modi, Vice President, Sri Abhay Kumar Jain, Chairman, IPR & Corporate Law Committee, FTAPCCI, Dr Asho Kumar Kedia, Chairman, IT Committee, FTAPCCI, Sri Hari Govind Prasad, Chairman, Banking Committee, FTAPCCI, Sri Suraj Prasad Agarwal, Past President, FTAPCCI, Sri Meela Jayadev, Chairman, Direct Taxes Committee, FTAPCCI  also participated at the occasion.