hike the old age and widow pensions from rs 200 to rs 1000 has been a success the introduction of fine rice in midday meals in schools and welfare hostels has also been widely welcomed if there is one quibble it is the delay in fulfilling the promise of providing 12 per cent reservations to minorities with the issue embroiled in legal tangles the government is struggling to keep its promisehousing delivery awaitedthe promise of a free twobedroom house for the poor what more could one ask for the actual house of course this was a promise that helped kcr lead trs to victory in the 2014 polls while the government appears committed to the project its progress leaves a lot to be desired except for handing over 396 houses to beneficiaries at idh colony in secunderabad there is nothing much for the government to brag about the problem is that the government needs huge funds for the project it hopes that nabard and hudco will prove to be saviours and contractors demanding high prices will eventually fall in line education whither kg to pg eduone of the cms pet schemes which is struggling to take off is the promise of free education from kg to pg while there are no signs of the government starting the scheme any time soon the chief minister has announced 1000 gurukul schools and residential schools for underprivileged and minoritiesindustry kudos to tsipassa real feather in the cap of the trs government has been its industrial policy the tsipass which provides a right to clearance to investors within 15 days of submitting an application online with tsipass giving the state an industryfriendly image telangana was able to attract some big ticket investments in the it sector led by the articulate and suave k taraka rama rao this has been one of the better performing areas for the governmentagriculture not a rosy picturethe less said the better about this sector successive droughts have broken the backs of many a farmer the floundering farm loan waiver scheme and an agriculture department far removed from reality have let telangana farmers down the soaring rate of suicides by farmers have failed to move the government the chief minister and agriculture minister pocharam srinivas reddy can cry hoarse that they too are farmers but the fact remains that the ryots of telangana have been left to fend for themselves