A comparative picture of development that has taken place in different sectors over the last 45 years, highlighting the imbalances that still persist in the levels of development between different regions of the state, is given hereunder: Education: • The rate of literacy in Telangana is only 55.95% as against 63.58% in Coastal Andhra, 60.53% in Rayalaseema and 79.04% in the capital city. It is the lowest rate in the entire country, except in Uttar Pradesh. • Enrolment of students at the school level in Telangana is hardly 32% of the total enrolment in the state while it should be at least 40% to be commensurate with the size of population of the region. • More than 75% of the expenditure on government and government-aided colleges is incurred in Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions put together, where as the Telangana region which is entitled to a share of...
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