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Telangana: Administration, Schemes and Current Affairs

How Telangana is governed, from the Governor and Assembly to gram panchayats, the main welfare schemes running in 2026, and key Telangana events of 2025 and 2026.

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How Telangana Is Governed

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Major Telangana Welfare Schemes (2026)

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Telangana Current Affairs 2025 and 2026

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1. How Telangana Is Governed

Telangana follows the same constitutional structure as other Indian states, with some features of its own, such as a Legislative Council and a separate High Court since 2019. This lesson covers the state government, legislature, judiciary and local bodies. Names of office-holders are correct as of October 2026.

Executive

The Governor is the constitutional head of the state. Shiv Pratap Shukla took oath as Governor of Telangana on 11 March 2026, succeeding Jishnu Dev Varma.
The first Governor of Telangana was E. S. L. Narasimhan (2014 to 2019). Tamilisai Soundararajan served from 2019 to 2024, and Jishnu Dev Varma from July 2024 to March 2026.
The Chief Minister heads the Council of Ministers. A. Revanth Reddy has been Chief Minister since 7 December 2023. The first Chief Minister was K. Chandrashekar Rao (2014 to 2023).
Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka is the Deputy Chief Minister and holds the finance portfolio.
The state secretariat in Hyderabad is named the Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Telangana State Secretariat. It was opened in 2023.

Legislature and judiciary

Telangana has a bicameral legislature. The Legislative Assembly has 119 elected seats and the Legislative Council has 40 seats.
Telangana elects 17 members to the Lok Sabha and 7 members to the Rajya Sabha.
The High Court for the State of Telangana sits in Hyderabad. It became a separate High Court on 1 January 2019; before that, one High Court served both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
The last Assembly election was held in November 2023. The Assembly's normal term is five years.

Districts and local bodies

Each of the 33 districts is headed by a District Collector. Districts are divided into revenue divisions (under a Revenue Divisional Officer) and mandals (under a Tahsildar).
Rural local bodies work under the Telangana Panchayat Raj Act, 2018, in three tiers: gram panchayat (village), mandal parishad (mandal) and zilla parishad (district).
Members elected to mandal parishads are called MPTCs and those elected to zilla parishads are called ZPTCs.
Towns and cities are governed under the Telangana Municipalities Act, 2019 and municipal corporation laws. The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is the largest urban body.
Gram panchayat elections were held in three phases in December 2025 (11, 14 and 17 December), conducted by the Telangana State Election Commission.

Quick facts

Governor (Oct 2026): Shiv Pratap Shukla (since 11 March 2026)
Chief Minister (Oct 2026): A. Revanth Reddy (since 7 December 2023)
Deputy CM and Finance: Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka
Assembly / Council: 119 / 40 seats
Lok Sabha / Rajya Sabha: 17 / 7 seats
High Court of Telangana: Hyderabad; separate from 1 January 2019
Panchayat Raj law: Telangana Panchayat Raj Act, 2018

💡 Office-holders change. In the week before your exam, check the current Governor, Chief Minister and Chief Justice on official websites.

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2. Major Telangana Welfare Schemes (2026)

Welfare schemes are a favourite exam topic. This lesson lists the main schemes run by the Telangana government in 2026 and what each one gives. It also mentions some earlier schemes as history, because older question papers ask about them.

The 'six guarantees' schemes

Mahalakshmi: free travel for women and girls in state-run TGSRTC buses (from December 2023) and a cooking gas cylinder at Rs 500 for eligible families.
Gruha Jyothi: free electricity up to 200 units a month for eligible households.
Rythu Bharosa: investment support of Rs 12,000 per acre per year for farmers, paid in two seasons. It was launched on 26 January 2025.
Indiramma Atmiya Bharosa: Rs 12,000 a year for landless agricultural labour families, also launched on 26 January 2025.
Indiramma Indlu (housing): Rs 5 lakh assistance to eligible homeless families to build a house.
Cheyutha: social security pensions for the elderly, widows, persons with disabilities and other groups. The 2026-27 budget provided for two lakh new pensions.

Other current schemes

Rajiv Aarogyasri: health insurance for poor families; the cover was raised to Rs 10 lakh per family per year in December 2023.
New ration cards were issued from January 2025, and fine rice (sanna biyyam) is supplied through ration shops.
Indiramma Family Life Insurance: announced in the 2026-27 budget, with Rs 5 lakh life cover per family, starting June 2026.
Education: Young India Integrated Residential Schools (planned one per Assembly constituency), Young India Skills University, and a breakfast scheme for students announced in the 2026-27 budget.
Kalyana Lakshmi and Shaadi Mubarak give marriage assistance to eligible families.

Earlier schemes (history)

Rythu Bandhu (2018) gave investment support to farmers per acre. It was replaced by Rythu Bharosa.
Mission Kakatiya (2015) aimed to restore old village tanks, named after the Kakatiya tank-building tradition.
Mission Bhagiratha aimed to supply safe drinking water by pipeline to every household.
Telangana Ku Haritha Haram (2015) was a large tree-planting programme. Dalit Bandhu (2021) gave grants to Scheduled Caste families to start businesses.

Quick facts

Mahalakshmi: Free TGSRTC bus travel for women; Rs 500 gas cylinder
Gruha Jyothi: Free power up to 200 units a month
Rythu Bharosa: Rs 12,000 per acre per year (from 26 Jan 2025)
Indiramma Atmiya Bharosa: Rs 12,000 a year for landless farm labour families
Indiramma Indlu: Rs 5 lakh for building a house
Rajiv Aarogyasri: Health cover up to Rs 10 lakh
Rythu Bandhu: Earlier farm support scheme (2018), replaced by Rythu Bharosa

💡 Make a three-column table: scheme name, who benefits, and the amount. Exams usually test exactly these three things.

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3. Telangana Current Affairs 2025 and 2026

This lesson covers important Telangana events from 2025 to October 2026: budgets, the caste survey, reservation decisions, elections, summits and festivals. Facts are stated neutrally. For national and world events, use our Current Affairs 2025 and 2026 courses.

Budgets

Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka presented the 2026-27 budget on 20 March 2026, with a total outlay of about Rs 3.24 lakh crore (Rs 3,24,234 crore).
The 2025-26 budget had a total outlay of about Rs 3.04 lakh crore.
In the 2026-27 budget, about Rs 50,713 crore was set aside for the six guarantees, including Rs 18,000 crore for Rythu Bharosa.
The fiscal deficit for 2026-27 was estimated at about 3% of GSDP.

Caste survey and reservations

Telangana conducted a door-to-door Socio-Economic, Education, Employment, Political and Caste (SEEEPC) survey in late 2024.
According to the survey, Backward Classes (including Muslim BCs) form about 56% of the population, Scheduled Castes about 17.4% and Scheduled Tribes about 10.4%.
In 2025 the Assembly passed bills to raise BC reservation to 42% in education, jobs and local bodies. Their implementation has been the subject of legal and political debate.
On 14 April 2025 Telangana became the first state to implement sub-categorisation of Scheduled Castes, following the Supreme Court's 2024 ruling. SCs were divided into three groups within the 15% SC quota.

Other key events

Gram panchayat elections were held in three phases in December 2025.
The Telangana Rising Global Summit was held on 8 and 9 December 2025 at Bharat Future City near Hyderabad, where the 'Telangana Rising 2047' vision was presented.
The Medaram Sammakka Saralamma Maha Jatara was held from 28 to 31 January 2026.
Shiv Pratap Shukla took oath as Governor on 11 March 2026.
The National Turmeric Board was launched with headquarters at Nizamabad in January 2025.
Poet Ande Sri, writer of the state song 'Jaya Jaya He Telangana', passed away on 10 November 2025.

Quick facts

Budget 2026-27: About Rs 3.24 lakh crore; presented 20 March 2026
Budget 2025-26: About Rs 3.04 lakh crore
SEEEPC survey: BCs about 56%, SCs about 17.4%, STs about 10.4%
SC sub-categorisation: First state to implement, 14 April 2025
BC reservation bills: 42% proposed (2025)
Telangana Rising Global Summit: 8-9 December 2025, Bharat Future City
Medaram Maha Jatara 2026: 28 to 31 January 2026

💡 Current affairs questions often ask 'first state to' and 'how much'. Note both for every event you read.

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