Telangana minister KT Rama Rao slammed the central government for not helping small and medium-sized enterprises that have been hit by pandemic-induced lockdowns.
Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, Telangana s growth rate has outperformed the national growth rate and its share in the national Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has increased from 4.74 per cent in 2019-20 to 5 per cent this year, state Industry .