Plan sector-specific events for attracting investors: KTR
The Hindu
Telangana Industries and IT Minister K.T. Rama Rao on Thursday urged officials of the IT and Industries departments to identify industry bodies for potential collaboration and conduct sector-specific
Telangana Industries and IT Minister K.T. Rama Rao on Thursday urged officials of the IT and Industries departments to identify industry bodies for potential collaboration and conduct sector-specific events to attract investors.
The Minister, who held discussions with frontline officers of the two departments, said this while underscoring the need to gear up to capture the evolving opportunities in a post-COVID world.
Mr. Rao’s office in a release on the meeting said the pandemic, which had disrupted the world in many ways, has also opened up several opportunities for countries like India. Progressive States like Telangana have an advantage in capturing these opportunities. “We have to build on the positive image Telangana has built over the past seven years by way of EODB top ranking and attracting marquee investments. Attracting new investments is important since it provides employment to lakhs of local youngsters,” he said.
Around 440 MBBS graduates of 2021 are not required to undergo one year of compulsory rural service as per the bond signed by them while joining the medical course through government-quota seats in 2015 as the High Court of Karnataka has said the law, enacted in 2012 for mandatory rural service, remained unenforced for 10 years as it was published in the official gazette only in July 2022.