DRDO To Spearhead Rural Development In Telangana

Telangana Panchayat Raj Minister Jupally Krishna Rao said that the Defence Research And Development Organization (DRDO) played a key role in rural development as it was helping villages achieve self-sufficiency through advanced technology.

Inaugurating a three-day orientation program along with DRDO and DRDA officials at TSIPARD, the minister praised the organizations for their efforts in rural development, and asked them to coordinate with other wings of the government and provide jobs to at least 60% of families in rural areas in Telangana. Rao said that this was possible with the coordinated efforts of DRDO and other related organizations.

Panchayat Raj and Rural Development wings should work on par with other wings fetching good name to the government through power supply, industrial policy, Mission Bhagiratha to give potable water to rural people, lakes restoration to irrigate crops in villages.

Taking a cue from Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao's vision of bringing the poorest of the poor to the fore and provide them with jobs, officials should reach out to rural people and help them develop at a steady pace, he said.

The minister urged the officials to initiate pension schemes for rural people, reactivate rural women's associations and involve them in government schemes.

He also asked them to provide job opportunities to villagers by employing them in sanitation, compost, soak pit construction and other works in villages.

Rao promised incentives to DRDO officers in order to motivate them.