CM KCR Called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Honourable Chief Minister Sri K Chandrashekhar called on Honourable Prime Minister Sri Narendra Modi in New Delhi today evening and was with him for more than an hour and submitted memorandums on various twenty-two issues. The contents of the letters which the CM discussed with PM are as detailed below:

1.  Release of Rs. 450 crore - 5th instalment of Assistance for backward districts in Telangana as per State Reorganisation Act.

2.  Revival of Cement Corporation of India, Adilabad District with the help of NHAI (National Highways Authority of India)

3.  Enhancement of number of Judges in Telangana High Court from 24 to 42

4.  Establishment of Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in Telangana

5.  Sanction of Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER)

6.  Sanction of 23 Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNV) in new Districts

7.  Pending Railway Projects in Telangana State: Requirement of funds for completion and expediting the work

8.  Financial Assistance to Mission Kakatiya and Mission Bhagiratha as recommended by NITI Aayog (Rs 5000 crores and Rs 19205 crore)

9.  Setting up of Steel Plant at Bayyaram in Khammam District – Reorganisation Act provided for it.

10.   Release of funds for National Investment and Manufacturing       

        Zone (NIMZ) at Zaheerabad, Medak District

11.   Setting up of National Institute of Design (NID) at

        Hyderabad (Its location was shifted to Vishakhapatnam

        after bifurcation)

12.   Sub-categorisation of SC’s in State of Telangana (Assembly

        resolution)

13.   Sanction of IIIT under PPP model at Karimnagar

14.   Enhancement of reservations for BC’s in employment and

        education

(BC 37%, SC 15% , ST 10%)

15.   33% Reservation for OBCs and Women in Parliament and

        State Legislatures: Assembly Resolution

16.   Development of Hyderabad – Nagpur & Warangal-

        Hyderabad Industrial Corridors

17.   PMGSY (Prime Minister Gram Sadak Yojana) Allotment of

        funds for upgrading 4000 Km for better connectivity in

        backward regions

18.   Road Works in Left Wing Extremism affected areas: GoI

        should bear full cost instead of 60:40 ratio

19.   Full central funding for Tribal University as Central

        University in Warangal

20.   One-time Grant-in-Aid of Rs.1000 Crores for the Warangal

         Textile Park

21.   Ramappa Temple- Declaration of World Heritage Site

22.   Flood flow canal -sanction of revised cost

        CM also called on Home Minister Amit Shaw and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and discussed on various state issues.

-Press note