Telangana Finance Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka Presents Rs. 3.04 Lakh Crore Budget for FY26.
Budget
On 19 March 2025, Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, the Deputy Chief Minister (Dy CM) and Finance Minister (FM) of Telangana, presented the state’s budget for the financial year 2025-26 (FY26) with a total outlay of Rs 3,04,965 crore, marking a 5% increase from the previous year’s budget of Rs 2,91,000 crore for FY25.
- A total of Rs 2,26,982 crore has been allocated for revenue expenditure and Rs 36,504 crore has been set aside for capital expenditure (CapEx).
- The Telangana economy continues to grow steadily, with a 10.1% increase in the state's Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) and a 9.6% rise in per capita income compared to the previous financial year.
- The state's per capita income is 1.8% higher than the national average.
Main Point :- (i) The Telangana government has allocated Rs 24,439 crore for the Agriculture Department, including schemes like Rythu Bharosa and Indiramma Abhaya Hastham, and Rs 23,373 crore for irrigation projects in the FY26 budget.
(ii) The 'Mega Master Plan 2050' has been introduced to decentralize growth, focusing on greenfield industrial clusters in Ranga Reddy and Mahabubnagar districts.
(iii) Telangana will develop India’s first Net-Zero Future City, setting a new benchmark for sustainable and smart urbanization.
About Telangana
Chief Minister (CM) : Revanth Reddy
Governor :Jishnu Dev Varma
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