Hyderabad: Files for schemes that were signed by the Chief Minister and his Cabinet during the auspicious time of inaugurating the Secretariat on April 30 remain on paper. The first file signed by Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao pertained to the implementation of the Dalit Bandhu scheme’s second phase, to extend the benefit to 1,100 beneficiaries in each Assembly segment, …
HYDERABAD: Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao will leave for Asifabad on Friday to kick off the distribution of podu land pattas to tribals. Rao was supposed to leave for Karimanagar on Thursday evening by helicopter and stay overnight in Karimnagar before leaving for Asifabad on Friday morning, but bad weather conditions forced the Chief Minister to put off the plan. …
HYDERABAD: Clear battle lines are emerging between the state government and the state forest department on the podu land pattas issue with the latter making it clear that it will stick to the Recognition of Forest Rights Act’s cut-off date of December 13, 2005. Officials said the Act is very clear, irrespective of what the government may claim when it …