The Forum for Good Governance has requested the Information Technology department to inform about the actual number of industries that have invested in the State and the employment generated after formation of Telangana state.
In a letter addressed to Industries and IT secretary Jayesh Ranjan, FGG secretary M. Padmanabha Reddy recalled IT Minister K.T. Rama Rao’s statement that the State could attract investment to the tune of ₹3.3 lakh crore, which consequently resulted in the creation of over 22.5 lakh jobs. The forum however had doubts on the figures mentioned by the Minister and an RTI application to Industries Commissioner revealed that 23,322 industries secured clearances with likely investment of ₹ 2.67 lakh crore and 17.82 lakh jobs were proposed to be created in the process.
“The Commissioner does not have figures of the actual investment made and jobs created. In most of the cases, it is only a rough estimate,” he said.
