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Telangana Housing Board invited entries for official logo for Telangana Government’s housing project in CURE limits. | How to apply?People have to visit Telangana Housing Board’s handle on Instagram (@tghd.official) and click on the Google form link for the logo competition. After filling rhe details and uploading the logo, the form has to be submitted. The entries have to be submitted by July 12, 2026. The winners of the second competition too will win ₹1 lakh cash prize. The selected logo will be used in official communications, events, on digital platforms and other activities of the Housing Board, said the Board’s Vice Chairman V.P. Gautham. Designers, students, artists and others were invited to participate. The government has earlier announced the LIG housing project would be taken up in 26 Assembly constituencies in Core Urban Region (CURE); one lakh houses would be constructed on government lands.The competitions are being held to make people part of the housing project. The Board has received nearly 14,000 entries for the project title competition, which are currently being checked. The winner would be announced soon. Housing and Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy would hand over the prize to the winner when the LIG housing project will be launched, said Mr. Gautham. Published - July 08, 2026 05:54 pm IST
Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy at a meeting in Hyderabad on July 7, 2026 | The committee would be asked to submit its report in 100 days recommending measures for providing better services and ensuring that welfare schemes reached beneficiaries directly through digital governance. The Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy instructed officials to formulate plans for ushering in full scale digital governance and draft necessary legislation in this direction.He enquired about the digitalisation of data pertaining to contract and outsourcing employees along with regular staff. Officials were directed to digitise the entire data, including their salaries and bank accounts, to ensure that salaries were paid to these employees on the first day of every month.Action should be initiated against the agencies supplying the contract and outsourcing employees that were not functioning in line with the government’s goals. Strict action should be initiated against the agencies that were not paying salaries promptly to the contract and outsourcing employees even after the release of funds by the State government. Published - July 08, 2026 11:57 am IST
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