With the Telangana Rising Global Summit 2025, which was conducted on December 8 and 9 at Bharat Future City in Hyderabad, the state has demonstrated its ascendancy as a major investment destination. The summit secured a total of ₹5.75 lakh crore in investments. The state attracted investments across a wide variety of sectors, with energy investments topping the list with a total of ₹3,24,968 crore. From Vietnam’s VinFast group to Vantara of the Reliance conglomerate have lined up their investments. Though power and pharma sectors dominated, the state could attract investments in IT and ITeS, entertainment, real estate, education and tourism sectors.
Through the 'Telangana Rising Global Summit 2025', the growing state has made its mark on the global stage.
— Congress (@INCIndia) December 10, 2025
The spectacular summit witnessed a record-breaking 3,000-drone show that illuminated Hyderabad.
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Despite the investment buzz, the Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has highlighted the “social aspect” of Vision 2047 in his address. “I have experienced poverty and the lack of healthcare facilities while growing up in a remote Telangana village. The document is my pact with the women, farmers and youth of my state,” he emphasised. He also emphasised balancing growth with welfare. “People ask why I spend on welfare schemes, but that spending is an investment in the future of this state. I want our children to get world-class education and compete with the world,” he said while referring to the 105 Young India Integrated Residential Schools, which will cost the state exchequer about ₹20,000 crore.
The CM’s vision got clear support from Shantanu Narayen, CEO of Adobe. In his remarks, Narayen, who hailed from Hyderabad and can speak Telugu, described the state’s welfare schemes, such as the free bus for women and farm loan waiver, as “lifelines” for the people. Anand Mahindra, Chairman of Mahindra Group, praised the ambitious vision and its people-centrality. Duvvuri Subba Rao, former RBI Governor, also emphasised the aspect of people's centrality. The vision must be inclusive growth. The fruits of growth must reach the poorest person of Telangana and the farthest point in Telangana because any financial difficulty would hurt them the most, he explained.
Prof. Arvind Subramanian, former Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India, stressed the idea of India being the base of the vision. The Telangana vision must have a base, and that base must be the idea of India, as we are a pluralistic society. He also compared the investment summits with the elections, the festivals of democracy, which are big and colourful, where everybody could participate and feel great. “But the real work of democracy happens between the elections. Likewise, how much of the promised ₹5.75 lakh crore investments could the state realise in the next five years would be the yardstick for the success of this meet,” he explained.
The Telangana Vision 2047 is a 160-page document that details the state’s core policy ideas and strategies to make the state a $3-trillion economy by 2047. It also has sector-wise policy ideas that are supposed to put the state on the growth path. Currently, the state’s gross state domestic product (GSDP) is about $250 billion, and it should have about 12 per cent growth over the next 22 years to achieve the $3-trillion economy goal.
