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New Indian Express
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- New Indian Express
Major IAS reshuffle in Telangana sees Mittal out of Revenue
HYDERABAD: In a major bureaucratic reshuffle, the state government on Thursday transferred 33 IAS officers and two IFS officers. Orders to this effect were issued by Chief Secretary K Ramakrishna Rao. As per the orders, Navin Mittal, principal secretary, Revenue department, has been posted as principal secretary, Energy department. DS Lokesh Kumar has been given full additional charge (FAC) as secretary, Revenue department, and as chief commissioner of land administration (CCLA). N Sridhar, principal secretary, SC Development department, has been posted as principal secretary, Panchayat Raj and Rural Development department. He will also hold the post of principal secretary, Mines & Geology department. Shashank Goel, special chief secretary, Telangana Bhavan in Delhi, has been posted as resident commissioner, Telangana Bhavan, relieving Gaurav Uppal who has been posted as secretary to Government, Coordination (Government of India Projects), Telangana Bhavan, Delhi. Harichandana appointed Hyderabad Collector Harichandana Dasari, Special Secretary, Roads & Buildings (R & B) department, has been posted as Collector, Hyderabad, replacing Anudeep Durishetty, who has been appointed Collector, Khammam. Jyoti Buddha Prakash, Secretary, Registration & Stamps and Housing Department, has been posted as Secretary, SC Development department. He is also given FAC as Secretary, Planning department, and Director General, Telangana Remote Sensing Applications Centre (TGRAC). Rajeev Gandhi Hanumanthu, Collector, Nizamabad, has been posted as Special Secretary, Registration & Stamps, Revenue department. He is also given FAC as Commissioner & Inspector General (IG), Registration & Stamps; Commissioner, Survey Settlements & Land Records (SS & LA); and Project Director, Bhu Bharathi.
Hans India
04-06-2025
- Business
- Hans India
Govt showcased TG culture sans splurging on MW pageant: Min
Tourism Minister Jupally Krishna Rao on Tuesday said that the state government showcased the Telangana culture and traditions to the world without spending huge amounts of money. The Minister said that out of the Rs 31 crore spent by the government, Rs 21 crore came back from sponsors and the remaining Rs 10 crore was also committed by the sponsors and said if this money was received, the government will be spending next to nothing. He said that the government attracted the entire world by hosting the beauty pageant without spending a single rupee. The Minister alleged that the BRS leaders lied that the government spent Rs 200 crore. He also took exception to the criticism that contestants' feet were washed by local women. He clarified that while 32 out of 33 contestants washed their own feet, one of them was doing nothing, hence a local tribal woman helped the contestant in washing the feet. Referring to an old incident, Jupally questioned whether the IAS officer Venkatram Reddy was asked to wash the feet of former chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao. He challenged Harish Rao for an open debate at Telangana Bhavan or Abids and prove that the government spent Rs 200 crore on beauty pageant. He also clarified that the dinner in Chowmahalla Palace was Rs 8,250 per plate. The Minister said that the expenditure was Rs 31 crore including Rs 5 crore for license fee, Rs 25 crore for organising expenses. The funds provided by the sponsors include – Rs 5 crore by MEIL, Rs 5 crore by Auro Reality, Rs 3 crore each by MSN and Honer Homes, Rs 2 crore by Cybercity, Rs 3 crore by Salarpuria, amounting to Rs 21 crore. Stating that all steps were taken by the government was to promote Telangana tourism, Jupally said that the previous government spent Rs 115 crore on tourism promotion during its 10-year tenure. 'The BRS government spent Rs 27.84 crore alone in 2016-17. How many jobs were provided and how much employment was generated with this much spending,' he asked. Referring to the allegations that CM Revanth Reddy did not visit the fire accident spot at Gulzar Houz, Krishna Rao said that the CM sent three ministers to the spot immediately. He also asked why KCR did not go to Kondagattu when 70 persons died in the accident. The Minister said that the government did not form any inquiry committee on Miss England Milla Magee's allegations.
Indian Express
11-05-2025
- Politics
- Indian Express
Narasimha Rao statue in Delhi? Proposal gets approval of advisory body, Centre's nod awaited
A proposal to install a statue of late Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao in New Delhi recently received an important approval, months before his birth anniversary on June 28. However, the go-ahead from the Centre is awaited before the statue can be installed at the Telangana Bhavan. According to the minutes of a meeting convened by the Delhi Urban Art Commission (DUAC) on March 27, the proposal 'for the installation of a statue of P V Narasimha Rao at the Telangana Bhavan, forwarded by the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), was approved'. The DUAC, while approving the proposal that was not part of the meeting's main agenda, also recommended the repair of broken pavements around the proposed site and suitable lighting to be installed to ensure it is visible at night. The DUAC was set up in 1973 by an act of Parliament to advise the Union government on the 'matter of preserving, developing and maintaining the aesthetic quality of urban and environmental design within Delhi' and advise any local body about any project that could 'affect the skyline or the aesthetic quality of the surroundings'. While sources in the bureaucracy indicated that the Centre's instructions were awaited, officials of the Telangana Bhavan as well as the NDMC said the proposal did not originate from their end. A Telangana Bhavan official said he was not aware of any such proposal and that the Revanth Reddy-led state government was finalising a new dedicated Bhavan for the state on Ashoka Road. Since the state was formed in 2014, Telangana Bhavan has been sharing the premises with Andhra Bhavan. The official said it would 'not be appropriate to proceed with the installation of statues at this stage as the new building was in the pipeline'. 'The proposal is not the NDMC's and the council is yet to take a call on it,' NDMC chairperson Keshav Chandra told The Indian Express. Sources in the NDMC claimed to have forwarded the proposal received from the P V Narasimha Rao Memorial Foundation, which wrote to the municipal body in April 2024 seeking a site at the 'Andhra/Telangana Bhavan' to install a bronze statue of the late PM adjacent to the statue of Tanguturi Prakasam Pantulu, the first CM of Andhra Pradesh. Sources said the details — whether the statue would be installed or not, where it would come up (inside or outside the Bhavan) and when — would be decided only after a political go-ahead. Strained ties with Congress If the proposal gets a green signal from the Centre, it would be the third honour to be bestowed upon the former PM by the BJP-led NDA government. In 2015, the Union government had approved a memorial for Rao at Ekta Sthal in the Rajghat Complex. It conferred the Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian honour, on him posthumously in February 2024. Rao is not the only Congress leader that the BJP-led Centre has honoured. In January, the Centre approved the proposals to set up memorials of former President Pranab Mukherjee and former PM Manmohan Singh, also Congress icons, at the Rashtriya Smriti complex near Rajghat. Rao served as PM between 1991 and 1996 and was the first Congressman outside the Nehru-Gandhi family to have almost completed his full tenure. As PM, he oversaw the liberalisation of the economy in 1991, and it was during his tenure that the Babri Masjid was demolished in 1992. He also served as the Congress president during this period. His relationship with Sonia Gandhi was troubled, something that was not a secret in the Congress, and the latter's rise threatened his position in the party. Former Union minister K V Thomas, in his book Sonia – The Beloved of the Masses, said the two leaders had strained relations as Sonia was unhappy with the slow pace of the Rajiv Gandhi assassination probe. 'And when (Sonia) Gandhi chose to go public with her unhappiness over the probe in August 1995, it was a build-up to what she would choose two years later to enter active politics,' Thomas wrote. The fact that Gandhi and Rao did not share an easy relationship was also confirmed by former minister Natwar Singh, who recollected how Rao called him one night in May 1995 to say how he had been 'insulted' by her. Rao's strained relationship with the Congress was apparent to the public after his death in 2004, when his body was not allowed to be kept at the party headquarters. The BJP, trying to claim Rao's legacy, has repeatedly used the incident to target the Congress and accused the party of 'insulting' Rao. After the government announced a Bharat Ratna for Rao, Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed him as a 'distinguished scholar and statesman'. Damini Nath is an Assistant Editor with the national bureau of The Indian Express. She covers the housing and urban affairs and Election Commission beats. She has 11 years of experience as a reporter and sub-editor. Before joining The Indian Express in 2022, she was a reporter with The Hindu's national bureau covering culture, social justice, housing and urban affairs and the Election Commission. ... Read More
