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Telangana authorities projected an allocation of ₹33,688 crore to the Panchayat Raj and Rural Development department, from the the total outlay of ₹3.24 lakh crore for the 2026-27 budget. This constitutes 10.39% of the full budget. The allocation is ₹2,083 crore much than ₹31,605 crore to the section successful 2025–26.
Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka connected Friday (March 20, 2026) said the State authorities was entering a caller signifier successful the improvement of Panchayat Raj , reiterating its committedness to agrarian development. Presenting the Budget for 2026–27 successful the Legislative Assembly, helium emphasised that the State’s advancement was linked to the improvement of villages and noted that the Budget accorded peculiar precedence to agrarian employment.
“The State tin make lone erstwhile villages develop. That is wherefore this Budget has fixed peculiar accent to agrarian employment,” helium said.
The Minister said the authorities had drawn up proposals to construct, make and support selected agrarian roads nether the Panchayat Raj Engineering section done the Hybrid Annuity Mode (HAM). “For the existent fiscal year, operation of 2,980 km of roads has been proposed,” helium added.
Mr. Vikramarka said the authorities aimed to alteration 1 crore women from self-help groups (SHGs) nether Indira Kranthi Patham into millionaires by facilitating slope loans worthy ₹1 lakh crore implicit 5 years. Loans amounting to ₹57,938 crore had already been facilitated. Under the Vaddi Leni Runalu (interest-free loans) scheme, an involvement subsidy of ₹1,329 crore had been released to municipality and agrarian SHGs since December 2023.
He criticised the Union authorities for bringing VB-G RAM G successful spot of MGNREGA, stating that it could erstwhile again trigger migration and adversely interaction livelihoods, peculiarly of SC, ST and BC communities.
Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Minister D. Anasuya (Seethakka) thanked the State authorities for allocating the highest funds to the PR&RD department, and highlighted the enhanced outlay nether the Vaddi Leni Runalu (VLR) strategy arsenic good arsenic the propulsion for agrarian roadworthy improvement done the Hybrid Annuity Mode (HAM).
