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Home›Manifestos›Telangana 2018–2023
Telangana · Completed term

BRS / TRS · 2018–2023

Bangaru Telangana — golden state
K. Chandrashekar Rao · 88/119 seats
B+
5/8
overall grade
✓ 5 delivered~ 1 partial✕ 2 failed
✓ Delivered~ Partial✕ Failed→ Ongoing● Opposition pledge
📊 Telangana — State Performance 2018–2023
GSDP 2022-23
₹13.5 lakh Cr
↑ from ₹7.5L Cr
Fastest growing large state in India for several years
GSDP growth (avg)
~16.3%
Well above national avg
Hyderabad IT boom dominant contributor
State debt
₹4.6 lakh Cr
↑ from ₹1.87L Cr
Kaleshwaram + welfare spend; debt ratio still manageable vs growth
Fiscal deficit
3.8%
Above FRBM 3% limit
Welfare-heavy budget pushed above limit
Per capita income
₹2.87 lakh
2× national average
FY2023 — highest in South India after Goa
Population
3.66 crore
↑ 7% since 2014
2023 estimate
Rythu Bandhu total
₹59,000 Cr
5-year cumulative
70 lakh farmer families covered
Unemployment rate
3.1%
Below national avg
PLFS 2022-23
BRS /
K. Chandrashekar Rao
88/119 seats · Ruling party
✓
Rythu Bandhu expansion to ₹10,000/acre/year
Delivered. ₹59,000 Cr disbursed to 70 lakh farmer families over 5 years.
✓
Mission Bhagiratha completion
Delivered. All Telangana households connected to safe piped water. Fluorosis crisis eliminated.
✓
Kaleshwaram project commissioning
Commissioned 2019. One of world's largest multi-stage lift irrigation projects. 45 lakh acres benefited.
✓
Dalit Bandhu — ₹10 lakh per Dalit family
Delivered 2021. India's largest Dalit capital support scheme. Piloted Huzurabad, expanded statewide.
✓
Aasara pensions raised to ₹2,016/month
Delivered. 52 lakh beneficiaries. Senior citizens, widows, disabled. Pension doubled from 2014 level.
~
Mission Kakatiya — complete 46,000 tanks
~24,000 tanks restored across 5 phases. Did not achieve 46,000 target.
✕
2BHK housing — 2.6 lakh homes for poor
Only ~23,000 units completed of 2.6 lakh promised. Biggest broken promise of the term.
✕
Monthly unemployment allowance for educated youth
Promised in 2018. No scheme launched during entire 5-year term.
VS
Indian National
Revanth Reddy
19/119 seats · Opposition pledges
●
Six Guarantees — 200 units free power, loan waiver, jobs, etc
Congress pledged 200 units free electricity, ₹2L farm loan waiver, 80,000 jobs, ₹2,500/month youth allowance, ₹2,000/month homemakers, ₹10L health cover
●
Kaleshwaram structural audit
Independent review of project safety after cost overruns
●
Rythu Bharosa including tenant farmers
Extend farm support to actual cultivators, not just landowners
Sources: Official party manifestos · Telangana Budget documents · CAG Audit Reports · Government Orders · News archives · rajakiyam.org