Experts say the state's economy is grappling with hidden debt, rising welfare costs, and lack of transparency. IMAGE: Chief Minister Revanth Reddy says Telangana faces a monthly revenue shortfall......
Election Commission on Monday withdrew the permission to the Telangana government on disbursement of financial aid to farmers under the Rythu Bandhu scheme, triggering a blame-game between the......
Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president A Revanth Reddy who is set to take over the reins of the state from Thursday will have a daunting task of making the bleak coffers ring to be able to......
Raising social security pension amounts, increasing financial assistance given under the 'Rythu Bandhu' investment support scheme for farmers and providing LPG cylinders at Rs 400 each are some of......
The Telangana Rashtra Samiti is likely to be renamed as 'Bharata Rashtra Samiti' and the state government's welfare schemes would be showcased across the country to help it emerge as a national......
Telangana govt currently provides the state's 5.83 million farmers an income support of Rs 4,000 per acre per season, irrespective of the size of their land holding Illustration: Uttam......
The experience of direct cash transfer under PM-Kisan will be useful in designing a larger scheme of DBT for farmers combining all subsidies and support for the agriculture sector in the future,......
Telangana’s Rythu Bandhu policy is an embryonic UBI, or rather embryonic QUBI (a quasi-universal basic income, pronounced Kyoo-Bee). And it could potentially also be the future of......
13 eminent economists, including former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan and current International Monetary Fund Chief Economist Gita Gopinath, in a report have asked the political establishment not to......
Alas, the 'basic income' schemes that have hit the headlines in the recent past are a far cry from the genuine article in terms of coverage and fiscal implications, says Vijay Joshi. Photograph:......