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HYDERABAD: The Telangana government on Thursday opened a potential new front in the water wars with Andhra Pradesh by declaring that it will build projects on Godavari river in the state with a total storage and usage capacity of 400 tmc ft of water. Andhra Pradesh is already opposing some projects on Krishna river proposed by the Telangana government, particularly the Palamuru-Ranga Reddy lift irrigation scheme, which it says cuts into AP's share of river water. Chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao said that as the upper riparian state for Andhra Pradesh, Telangana gets a share of 953 tmc ft of water each year. "While existing projects on the river in the state can use 433 tmc ft of water, 521 tmc ft are still untapped. We have permissions to use 400 tmc ft of unutilized water and projects must be designed to utilise that," he told a meeting of senior irrigation department officials here on Thursday. Irrigation minister T Harish Rao also attended the meet. The chi

Telangana State Handicrafts trademark "Golkonda" to tie-up with Amazon for online sales

Telangana State Handicrafts Development Corporation (TSHDC) will tie up with e-commerce major Amazon to sell products online in its effort to build its trademark "Golkonda". TSHDC vice chairman and managing director Shailaja Ramaiyer said some of the major Telangana handicrafts including 'Dokra', 'Bidri' crafts, 'Nirmal' artworks, Cheriyal paintings, pearls and brass-ware would be put up on the online platform to start with. "There are several more...based on the response from the public, we will see if we can expand (the product range on offer) further," Shailaja told PTI here. She said the tie-up will take place tomorrow. Stressing that the products available on the portal are hand-made and not factory-produced, she said, "These are not machine-made products...(so) can't be replicated again and again. We are looking at niche products." After creation of Telangana, it was mutually agreed that the successor State of Andhra

The Telangana government’s move not only empowers industries...

Even as the Central government fights to create a business-friendly environment, the brand-new Telangana government led by K. Chandrasekhar Rao has walked the talk by announcing a unique and highly welcome Right to Clearance policy. This is a significant move in the new State’s industrialisation programme, and could prove to be a crucial differentiator in the near future. Akin to the Right to Information, the Right to Clearance recognises that businesses have the right to know why project proposals are being delayed and to demand redress for unnecessary procrastination. Bureaucratic red-tape and corruption have not really come to an end in India despite the death of licence raj; industries are still at the mercy of whimsical policies and procedural nightmares. The Right to Clearance will involve a provision to impose a fine of Rs.1,000 on officials for each day of delay in granting clearance to a project, besides allowing businesses to know the exact reason why a proposal is stuck.

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