HYDERABAD, March 20 -- With an emphasis on bolstering government institutions throughout the state, the education department has been given Rs 23,108 crore by the state government. Higher education funding has been raised by Rs 77 crore, from Rs 787.63 crore to Rs 865.37 crore, for state universities Telangana University, Mahatma Gandhi University (Nalgonda), Satavahana University (Karimnagar), and Palamuru University (Mahbubnagar).

7.66 lakh students in Telangana have benefited from the government's 40% rise in diet fees and 200% increase in cosmetic fees at all gurukuls, welfare department dormitories, and Kasturba Gandhi Girls' Schools. To offer skill training to one lakh people a year, up to 65 government industrial training centers ...