Hyderabad: Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday asked district collectors to strengthen the rural economy to achieve overall development of the state.
Speaking at the collectors’ conference, he said the state will not develop by focusing on just five or 10 cities and the progress of the rural economy is imperative for sustainable development.
To strengthen the rural economy, Mr Rao said that the government has decided to encourage village occupations and professions in a big way.
He asked the collectors to identify human resour-ces through resource mapping. “There are 25 lakh Yadavs in the state. They have expertise in sheep rearing. This is the reason why we have decided to give more encouragement to sheep breeding. It is painful that though we have 25 lakh sheep breeders, we are importing 500 truckloads of sheep from others states,” he said.
