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Chevella MP G. Ranjit Reddy has urged the Central government to incentivise the better performing states in health front and not let them feel punished.
Speaking in the Lok Sabha on demands on Wednesday, he said that Telangana was one of the best performing states on the health indicators and should be encouraged with incentives to perform further better. Revealing some data, he said the crude birth rate in Telangana is 17 per 1,000 against the national average of 20 while the total fertility rate in Telangana is 1.6 against the national average of 2.2.
Similarly, under five mortality in Telangana is 32 per 1,000 live births against the national average of 50 and infant mortality is 27 against national average of 32. Underweight children in Telangana are 29% against the national average of 36%.
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The Telangana government has not responded so far to the Central government’s proposal to set up a Sainik school in Warangal.
Minister of State for Defence Shripad Naik stated this in Parliament to a question from Nalgonda MP and TPCC chief N. Uttam Kumar Reddy and Chevella MP G. Ranjit Reddy.
Mr. Uttam Reddy said that the Defence Minister revealed that the Ministry has accorded “in-principle” approval and signed the Memorandum of Agreement on March 2, 2017, for opening of the Sainik school at Warangal District. Thereafter, there has been no response from the government of Telangana, till date.
TTD’s Chilkur Veda Pathasala project makes no headway
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Proposal to alienate land, which was first made in 2010, has been gathering dust at the CCLA since 2015
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A view of the Sri Venkateswara Veda Pathasala that functions from the first floor of an anganwadi at Chilkur in Hyderabad. | Photo Credit:
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Proposal to alienate land, which was first made in 2010, has been gathering dust at the CCLA since 2015
More than a decade has elapsed since the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) took the first step for the establishment of a Veda Pathasala at Chilkur village, near Hyderabad, and yet there is not much headway on the project.
‘TS has 226 railway police posts vacant’
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There are 226 vacancies in the railway police in Telangana as of now out of the total sanctioned strength of 638 posts, according to Union Minister for Railways Piyush Goyal.
Replying to a question from Chevella MP G. Ranjit Reddy in the Lok Sabha, the Minister said that 226 posts are lying vacant in different ranks in Telangana. He said the Government Railway Police (GRP) is the wing of State government concerned and the responsibility of filling up the GRP vacancies rests with the State governments.