CM Revanth Reddy Speech at Telangana Rising Global Summit

1. Long years ago, at midnight on August 15, 1947, when India achieved Independence, our founding fathers made a tryst with destiny.
2. When such a great time came to meet promises, and build a great country, our leaders decided to constitute an Assembly to discuss, to deliberate, to debate the future of India.

They drafted a new Constitution and decided India would become a sovereign, democratic republic… socialist and secular in nature.

3. Today, when we want to lay a roadmap for our future, we take inspiration from Mahatma Gandhi and Dr B R Ambedkar. We are inspired by constitution makers.

4. Our people fought for decades for a separate Telangana state. In 2014, under the leadership of Smt Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, we achieved our dreams. Telangana became India’s youngest state.

5. After 10 years, we are now trying to become India’s most developed state, and one of the best in the world.

6. Following the Indian model of constitution making, we decided to deliberate upon our future. We asked experts to tell us what we can achieve by 2047, when India will celebrate its 100 years of Independence. This is how the dream of TelanganaRising 2047 was born.

7. In our Telangana culture, when we want to do something great, it is important to take blessings from our Gods. Then we ask support of people.
We asked our citizens, who told us their expectations, their dreams. Then we took help from our officers, then we asked help from experts in Central Government, then Indian School of Business, and finally NITI Aayog. My thanks to all of them for helping create this vision.

8. Today, as we begin our Global Summit, we feel fortunate that leaders from all sectors have come here. Business, corporates, policy, diplomats,
government and experts. Today and tomorrow, we will keenly listen to all your ideas and feedback.

9. As you know, Telangana is India’s youngest state. It is full of exciting opportunities.

Let me share the vison in brief.

We want to become 1 trillion dollar economy by 2034, and 3 trillion dollar economy by 2047. We comprise around 2.9% of India’s population
but contribute around 5% of national GDP. By 2047, I want to contribute 10% of India’s GDP.

10. Our strategy is to make Telangana. India’s first and only state to be divided into 3 clear zones for services, manufacturing, agriculture.
We call it the CURE, PURE, RARE model.
– Core Urban Region Economy (that is called Cure)
– Peri Urban Region Economy (is called pure)
– Rural Agriculture Region Economy (is called Rare)

11. Let me mention the example of Guang-Dong province in China. Guangdong’s economy is largest for any province in China.

In 20+ years, they have achieved the highest investment and growth in the world. We want to replicate the same model in Telangana.

12. My state has taken inspiration from China, Japan, Germany, South Korea and Singapore.

Now, we are getting ready to compete with them. We have also invited them to collaborate, invest and support us in the TelanganaRising journey.

13. The vision may look hard but we can do it.

I tell my team,
“…if it is difficult, let us do it immediately.
If you think it is impossible,
I will give you more time as deadline.”

14. Today, I am more confident than yesterday. Yesterday was a dream, a plan.
Today, all of you have joined us. I see you as partners and stakeholders in the journey. With your support, we can achieve all our goals.

15. I want to conclude by saying
– TelanganaRising is Unstopabble.

Come, join the rise.

16. Thank you. Jai Telangana. Jai Hind.