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Telangana is the fastest growing State in India recording 14.9% Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) growth in 2018-19. Our State Industrial policy TS i-PASS is rated amongst the best in the country.
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Safety
"Telangana has highest number of CCTV cameras, 64% of total in India"
SHE TEAMS has been introduced in Telangana state with a moto to provide safety and security to women in Telangana and to make Hyderabad a SAFE AND SMART CITY.
The program of SHE teams was launched on 24th October, 2014 with the aim of curbing eveteasing in all aspects, in all forms, at all places, providing safety and security to women in the society, facilitating healthy environment for womens mobility thereby building up confidence in women to fulfill the Telangana Government commitment of safe and secure Hyderabad City to women.
- Telangana Government is committed to safe and secured Hyderabad City for women.
Zero tolerance policy towards women safety. - 100 SHE TEAMS are working under direct supervision of Smt. Shikha Goel IPS, Addl. Commissioner of Police, Crimes & SIT
- Places and timings where eve teasing is prominent are identified and plotted. These places are under surveillance of these teams. Stalkers are identified and brought to the CCS Police Station.
- Counseling is done along with stalker family members in the Police station.
- His activity sheet is prepared and kept in central data base and his activities are monitored on a daily basis.
- Legal action will be initiated as per provisions of Law.
Stringent action will be initiated (Nirbhaya Act), if he comes to adverse notice again and again, repeatedly. - Victims name and identity will be kept confidential.
- Dial 100 will be the help line to lodge all complaints by the victims in this regard.
- SHE TEAMS which are already in the field will swing into action immediately after receiving the call. In addition to acting on their own, Awareness programmes will be conducted through out the Hyderabad City to women to come out openly and also inform men to know about the consequences of teasing or sexual harassment and stringent laws existing to protect women at open places, on transit, at work places.
- Appeal to public transport drivers and conductors, MMTS Trains, to either inform to dial 100 or take vehicle to nearest police station on information from women of teasing.
Quality of Living
Hyderabad has the lowest cost of living and rental costs than most other major Industrial Hubs (Asia)
Cost of Living | Pune | Delhi-NCR | Hyderabad | Mumbai | Bangalore |
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Cost of Living | 25.59 | 26.74 | 23.91 | 26.85 | 25.89 |
Rent Index | 7.09 | 7.94 | 6.15 | 19.84 | 8.37 |
Cost of Living+Rent | 16.82 | 17.83 | 15.49 | 23.53 | 17.59 |
Groceries Index | 25.79 | 24.81 | 24.58 | 25.26 | 26.17 |
Restaurant Index | 19.96 | 22.97 | 15.65 | 23.98 | 18.94 |
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JLL: GLOBAL CITY MOMENTUM INDEX
Lifestyle Index | Delhi NCR | Mumbai | Pune | Bengaluru | Hyderabad | Chennai |
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Quality of Living | 162 | 154 | 143 | 149 | 143 | 151 |
Cost of Living | 20.40 ● | 24.95 ● | 17.76 ● | 18.29 | 16.13 ● | 16.25 ● |
Languages Spoken | Hindi, English, Marathi, Konkani, Gujrati | Hindi, English, Marathi, Konkani, Gujrati | Hindi, English, Marathi, Gujrati | Kannada, English, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam | Telugu, Urdu, Hindi, English | English, Tamil |
Property Rates (Avg Price per Sq.ft) | 3K-28K / Sqft ● | 6K-63K / Sqft ● | 2.5K-14K / Sqft ● | 3K-17K / Sqft ● | 4K-11.7K / Sqft ● | 2.2K-19K / Sqft ● |
Rent Rates 2BHK ( Rent Range) | 5K-62K ● | 6K-1.6L ● | 5K-30K ● | 6K-47K | 6K-30K ● | 6K-33K ● |
Public Transport | Metro,Buses ● | Suburban Rail, Metro, Bus ● | Bus ● | Bus, Metro ● | Bus, Metro ● | Bus, Metro, Suburban Rail ● |
Urban Mobility Index | 31.5 | 42.1 | – | 40.5 | 43 | 41.7 |
City Momentum Index | 6th ● | 20th ● | 12th ● | 2nd ● | 1st ● | 5th ● |
Avg Daily Commute Speed | 20.6 Kmph ● | 18.5 Kmph ● | 19.9 Kmph ● | 18.7 Kmph ● | 21.2 Kmph ● | 25.7 Kmph ● |
Avg One-Way Commute | 20 Km in 60 minutes ● | 17 Km in 55 minutes ● | 16 Km in 50 minutes ● | 15 Km in 49 minutes ● | 18 Km in 50 minutes ● | 21 Km in 50 minutes ● |
Morning Peak Hours to work (Average Travel Time) | 8am (87 minutes) ● | 9am (65 minutes) ● | 9am (51 minutes) ● | 9am (65 minutes) ● | 9am (58 minutes) ● | 9am (63 minutes) ● |
Air Quality Index (PM 2.5 levels) | 319 ● | 328 ● | 96 ● | 93 ● | 97 ● | 103 ● |
Composite Water Management Index | 20 ● | – | 56 ● | 59 ● | 74 ● | 58 ● |
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● 1.Mercer’s 21st Quality of Living, 2019 2. Mercer’s 25th Cost of Living Survey 2019. 3. Real-Estate-Property-Rates-Index (99 acres) 4. Arthur D.Little Urban Mobility Index 3.0 5. JLL City Momentum Index 2020. 6. Moveinsync, “Travel Time Report 2019. 7. Real Time Air Quality Index. 8. Niti Aayog, Report On The Composite Water Management Index 2.0 -(Catenon Analysis) |
Digital Infrastructure
Multiple initiatives have been taken by Telangana government to digitally connected ecosystem in the state.

Government has partnered with various ISPs to install ~3000 hotspots across the city – The highest in the country. Similar setup is being planned in other cities and municipalities in Telangana State.

T-Fiber aims to connect every household, government institution and private enterprise across the rural part of the state through optical fiber connectivity. Connectivity to 47+ lakh households and 1+ lakh public & private enterprises across 10 Zones (31 Districts), 584 Mandals (Block), 8778 Gram Panchayats and 10,128 Villages.

Largest Citizen Service Delivery Platform in the country with over 4500+ centres, available in 5-10 km distance of almost every citizen in Telangana.

T-App: A comprehensive m-Governance solution for Anytime, Anywhere, Anyhow delivery of G2C, VAS and B2C services.
Airport
- The strategically located, Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Hyderabad has placed the city prominently on the global aviation map, thereby contributing to the prosperity, growth and all-round economic development of the region. RGIA has been awarded the Leadership Energy and Environment Design (LEED) ‘Silver’ rating for its eco-friendly design.
- The airport has a Modular integrated Cargo facility spread over 14,330 Sq.mt and has the capacity to handle 1, 50,000 MT per annum. Other facilities include an Aerospace SEZ with an operational MRO facility and an Aviation academy. The Airport has won the most sought after ACI ASQ world number 1 award four times in its 10-year-long journey. It has been consistently ranked among the top ten in the world, in surveys conducted by AirHelp. RGIA is designed to cater up to 12 million passengers per annum (MPPA) which can be developed phase-wise to cater to an ultimate capacity of 40 MPPA. It is one of the busiest airports in the country.
- Telangana has one operating airport, Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), Shamshabad owned and operated by International Airport Limited. In September 2019, GMR Hyderabad International Airport Limited (GHIAL), which is the operator of the world’s third fastest growing airport in the 15 million passengers per annum (MPPA) or more category, planned to expand its capacity to handle 50 million passengers a year with an investment of Rs 8,500 crore (US$ 1.22 billion). Passenger traffic at Hyderabad airport increased by 17.9 per cent year-on-year to 21.40 million in FY19. Aircraft movement and passenger traffic at the airport was 1,56,618 and 18.80 million, respectively in 2019-20. As per statistics of Airports Authority of India, freight traffic at Hyderabad airport increased by 7.4 per cent year-on-year to 144,126 metric tonnes in FY19. Freight traffic handled by Hyderabad airport stood at 69,766 metric tonnes 2019-20.

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INVEST TELANGANA CELL,
Industries and Commerce Department,
3rd Floor, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Telangana Secretariat Rd, Central Secretariat, Khairtabad, Hyderabad, Telangana 500022
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