Telangana opens doors to investors

Bharat Future City to meet future needs

1. ■ Bharat Future City is being developed as a sustainable, environment-friendly, net-zero urban centre to address the challenges of rapid urbanisation.
2. ■ The project will play a key role in achieving Telangana's target of becoming a $3 trillion economy by 2047.
3. ■ Rainwater conservation, water recycling, solar energy, green spaces and efficient waste management will receive priority.
4. ■ Key focus sectors include AI, life sciences, healthcare, electronics, electric vehicles, data centres, space technology and advanced manufacturing.
5. ■ Companies such as Amazon, Hypervault, CtrlS, Marubeni, Sembcorp and NTT have expressed interest in investing in the project.
6. ■ Telangana offers vast investment opportunities, skilled manpower, industrial infrastructure and investor-friendly policies.
7. ■ Representatives of leading companies from infrastructure, electronics, IT, pharmaceuticals, telecom, battery storage and other sectors attended meetings with the Minister.
8. ■ Representatives from Turkey, Canada, South Africa, the UK and the US participated in the discussions.
9. ■ The government aims to convert investments into industries and industries into employment opportunities.
10. ■ Sridhar Babu asserted that a change of government at the Centre was inevitable in the next elections.

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Telangana IT and Industries Minister Duddilla Sridhar Babu has invited investors and industrialists to invest in the State, assuring them of all possible support from the government for setting up industries and expanding business operations.

On Friday, on the side-lines of the Bharat Summit 2026, the Minister held separate meetings with representatives of several leading companies from sectors including infrastructure, electronics, IT/ITeS, minerals, ESDM manufacturing, telecommunications, mobile manufacturing, engineering, urban mobility, battery cell technology, energy storage, trade facilitation, supply chain, pharmaceutical manufacturing and waste-to-energy. Representatives from Turkey, Canada, South Africa, the UK and the US also participated.

Sridhar Babu explained the vast investment opportunities available in Telangana, its industrial infrastructure, skilled workforce, investor-friendly policies and sector-specific advantages. He said the State offered a favourable environment for investments in electronics, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, clean energy, battery storage, advanced manufacturing, telecom engineering and IT/ITeS.

He urged companies to establish new operations in Telangana and expand their existing facilities. The government's objective, he said, was to convert investments into industries and industries into employment opportunities.

Rahul Gandhi is a global leader

Responding to BJP's criticism of the Bharat Summit, Sridhar Babu said Rahul Gandhi did not need any special publicity as he was already a global leader. BJP leaders' allegations that the summit was being used to promote Rahul Gandhi reflected their frustration and resentment. He said people across the country were looking towards Rahul Gandhi with hope as a leader capable of restoring democratic values that had been weakened during the NDA government's tenure.

The Telangana government had invited him to the two-day summit in his capacity as the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, he said. Attempting to politicise even this invitation reflected the BJP's bankruptcy, he added.

He said Rahul Gandhi could have occupied a higher position than Prime Minister Narendra Modi if he had aspired to become Prime Minister, but the Congress leader was not driven by a desire for power. The Nehru-Gandhi family, he said, was committed to the country's progress rather than positions of power. He recalled that Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi had sacrificed their lives for the nation.

Change of power inevitable in the country

Questioning BJP's credentials on sacrifice, Sridhar Babu said neither the party nor its parent organisation had participated in the freedom struggle. He alleged that leaders of the erstwhile Jana Sangh and senior RSS functionaries had no record of spending even a day in jail. 

He said the Congress, under Rahul Gandhi's leadership, was fighting to protect the Constitution. BJP leaders would soon realise the consequences of ignoring the aspirations of youth and branding them as anti-national or disruptive elements, he said.

The youth would demonstrate their strength and teach a lesson to those undermining constitutional rights, he added. Sridhar Babu asserted that a change of government at the Centre was inevitable in the next elections, claiming that people were increasingly opposed to the BJP-led NDA government.

He said people had realised that the Hindu-Muslim card would no longer work and that they would not tolerate divisive politics.

Bharat Future City to meet needs of future

Telangana IT and Industries Minister Duddilla Sridhar Babu said Bharat Future City was being developed through careful planning, with a strong emphasis on sustainable development to meet the needs of future generations. He said the city was being designed to address the challenges of rapid urbanisation, with a focus on achieving net-zero targets and adopting environment-friendly practices.

The project would play a crucial role in achieving Telangana's target of building a $3 trillion economy by 2047, he said. He explained that Bharat Future City was not being conceived merely as an industrial zone but as an integrated urban centre where people could live, work, study, conduct research and pursue innovation. The government was giving priority to rainwater conservation, water recycling, solar power, green spaces and efficient waste management, he said.

The city would focus on emerging sectors such as artificial intelligence, life sciences, healthcare, electronics, electric vehicles, data centres, space technology and advanced manufacturing. Several leading national and international companies had expressed interest in investing in the project, including Amazon, Hypervault, CtrlS, Marubeni, Sembcorp and NTT, he said.

Inviting investors and industrialists to invest in Bharat Future City, which he said would emerge as a new model for industrial and urban development in the country, the Minister assured them of comprehensive government support. He said the government would extend assistance at every stage, from land allocation to providing industrial infrastructure and securing necessary approvals.