Telangana disappointed over Union Budget

Hyderabad | Friday | 2nd February, 2018

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Hyderabad: Telangana on Thursday expressed its disappointment over the meagre allocations made for the state in the Union Budget for 2018-19. State Forest Minister Jogu Ramanna said the budget presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley dashed all hopes of the state. The ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) termed the budget “disappointing” for the state. He said the Centre had also not allocated funds for implementation of ongoing schemes in Telangana and the meagre allocations for the state includes Rs 10 crore for the Tribal University and Rs 75 crore for the Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad. “There is no transparency in the budget..