After four years of political uncertainty, which ended in the creation of Telangana, attention is now turning towards rebuilding brand Hyderabad. State information technology minister K Taraka Rama Rao is set to clear several IT companies’ expansion plans, which had been put on the back burner all these years. Among the companies geared up for expanding their operations in and around Hyderabad are tech major such as Amazon, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Cognizant, and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). Taking charge of his ministry on Thursday, Rao said the expansion plans of the MNCs would provide 40,000 direct jobs. “Encouraging the growth of the IT sector is the top priority of our government,” he told the media. “By ‘grounding’ (starting) the projects ...

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