Telangana Budget 2026-27| Energy sector allocation remains same as demand on rise

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The Telangana authorities has kept the allocation to vigor assemblage for 2026-27 astir the aforesaid arsenic compared to the ongoing fiscal concluding this month-end — ₹21,285 crore against ₹21,221 crore allocated for 2025-26.

According to the fund estimates presented to the Assembly connected Friday by Deputy Chief Minister M. Bhatti Vikramarka, the allocation for 2026-27 includes ₹14,000 crore for subsidy with a lion’s stock of it going to energise cultivation pump-sets escaped and immoderate tiny magnitude to different categories specified arsenic tiny standard industries, handlooms and others. The allocation for subsidies was ₹11,500 crore for 2025-26.

For escaped powerfulness proviso up to 200 units of vigor each period to eligible households, an allocation of ₹2,080 crore is made. He explained however the powerfulness utilities person handled highest load of 18,228 megawatt connected the transmission/distribution strategy and met vigor request of 344.4 cardinal units (341.08 MU net) connected March 13 (recently) without immoderate interruption arsenic the utilities person 23,187 MW installed capableness linked.

Besides, the allocation for 2026-27 includes ₹1,000 crore each assistance to Telangana Genco and Telangana Transco and different ₹1,000 crore each to green/new vigor argumentation promotion and 100% solarisation of villages.

As portion of the propulsion being fixed to renewable/green vigor projects, Mr. Vikramarka said the authorities was readying 11,460 MW capableness of pumped retention hydel different greenish procreation units (other than solar). To guarantee sustainable proviso of vigor it has plans to found artillery vigor retention systems of 1,500 MWh capableness each astatine Maheshwaram and Chotuppal, to statesman with.

The Deputy CM announced the constitution of the 3rd Discom purely to grip agriculture and assistance irrigation connections and it would commencement functioning from April.

Under Indira Soura Giri Jala Vikasam, the authorities has plans to supply star pump-sets with 100% subsidy to 2.1 lakh tribal farmers and ₹600 crore allocation has been made successful the fund for the purpose. The strategy would assistance tribal farmers instrumentality up plantation crops successful astir 6 lakh acres of ‘podu’ lands.

A aviator task is already being implemented successful Achampet and aft studying its modalities the authorities would replicate it crossed the State.