Hyderabad, Dec. 9 -- Deputy chief minister Bhatti Vikramarka Mallu, on Tuesday, December 9, while addressing the Telangana Rising Global Summit, said that achieving a USD 3 trillion economy is only possible when investment is combined with innovation.

Addressing the Capital and Productivity panel as the chief guest, the deputy CM said that Telangana needs to grow at least 16 times its current economic size. He called the 2047 Vision, not just a document but "a pledge to our future."

"We have set the ambitious target of making Telangana a 3-trillion-dollar economy by 2047. Writing numbers on paper is easy. but the real question is-how?"

According to Bhatti, growth at such a massive scale is not possible by only building infrastructure a...