CM: T-Hub Must Remain As Start-up, Innovation Hub
Every inch of T-Hub facility will be utilised only to promote start-ups, tech enterprise, early stage companies with the goal aligned to TelanganaRising to create unicorns: Revanth Reddy
Hyderabad: As part of the austerity measures ordered by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy to curb avoidable expenditure and optimise the use of government infrastructure, officials have decided to shift 39 offices functioning from private premises to state-owned buildings within the GHMC limits. The officials had initially decided to relocate a few offices to the T-Hub premises at Raidurg, which triggered concern within the start-up ecosystem. The move was dropped following the Chief Minister’s quick intervention on Saturday.
While on an official tour of the United States, Revanth Reddy spoke to Chief Secretary K. Ramakrishna Rao over the phone and issued clear instructions to immediately abandon any such proposal to house the offices in T-Hub. The CM directed that T-Hub must remain a start-up and innovation hub. The Chief Minister said T-Hub was established as a flagship incubator and innovation catalyst to nurture entrepreneurship, and its identity as a startup ecosystem must be preserved without dilution.
Officials had earlier decided to shift the commercial taxes department, sub-registrar offices of Rangareddy, Balanagar, Serilingampally and Gandipet, and the office of the director, registrar of stamps and registration, to T-Hub. Together, these offices were allotted nearly 65,000 square feet of space. The decision was later cancelled by the Chief Minister.
The move to shift offices to government premises is aimed at significantly reducing the financial burden on the state exchequer, which has been incurring nearly ₹600 crore annually towards rent for offices housed in private buildings. The Chief Minister had earlier set January 26 as the deadline for completing the shifting process, underlining the urgency attached to the cost-cutting exercise.
Subsequently, the government reiterated that offices operating from rented buildings should be shifted only to available government-owned premises. Acting on a report submitted by the chief engineer (roads and buildings) highlighting the heavy expenditure incurred on rentals, Chief Secretary Ramakrishna Rao had issued orders on December 22 to relocate 39 offices within Hyderabad. The departments identified for relocation included IT, environment, transport, revenue, forest, youth services, civil supplies, finance and minorities welfare.
30 government offices in Hyderabad are to be shifted to state-owned premises.
Begumpet divisional office of the commercial taxes department will be shifted from its private premises. Offices of the e
Energy, environment and forests departments office will be relocated to the Tuljaguda Complex of the Telangana Housing Board.
Building at Moazzamjahi Market to house house offices of revenue (endowments) and revenue (stamps and registration).
Food and civil supplies department offices operating from Malakpet, Yakutpura and Charminar circles to move to Chandravihar of the Housing Board.
Chandravihar to also accommodate offices of the youth advancement, tourism and culture departments.
Offices of the finance department located at Tarnaka, Chandrayangutta, Motigalli and Narayanguda will be relocated to the Gruhakalpa building at Nampally.
Sub-registrar offices of the revenue department at SR Nagar and Balanagar will be shifted to the health department premises at Vengalraonagar.
Offices of the director (electronics), managing director of T-Fibre and CEO of T-Works will be shifted to the NAC campus.
Station house offices of the revenue (prohibition and excise) department will start functioning from the R&B office premises at Errum Manzil.
