CM invites investments from UK, assures policy continuity and support

A. Revanth Reddy | Photo Credit: NAGARA GOPAL Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy assured investors and businesses from the United Kingdom of policy continuity, availability of large talent pool and a conducive business environment in the State.Telangana is well placed for aggressive growth in the coming years as the government has focused on manufacturing sector. The Chief Minister was speaking to a high level UK delegation led by Mayors of South Yorkshire, York & North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire — Oliver Coppard, David Skaith and Tracy Brabin respectively — which called on him on Wednesday. The meeting discussed about strengthening Telangana-UK regional partnerships in trade, investment, innovation, education and culture, in the context of the recent India–UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA).He said Telangana, being the youngest State in the country, emerged as one of the most dynamic states with dominance in IT, pharma & life sciences, biotechnology, aerospace and defence and other sectors. He invited UK-based investors and industrialists to attend the Invest Telangana Global Summit 2026 in December in Bharat Future City.The Chief Minister recalled that former British Prime Minister Tony Blair played a key role as a knowledge partner in preparing the State’s long-term development roadmap ‘Telangana Rising 2047’. Mr. Blair was among several global leaders, leading economists, tech leaders and industrialists who helped in shaping the State’s 2047 roadmap.The mayors called for collaboration in advanced manufacturing, healthcare, digital technology, defence, aerospace, technical textiles, skills and R&D. The UK delegation was keen on revisiting Telangana in near future to translate the Telangana- UK relationship into a concrete trade, investment and institutional partnership.Mr. Oliver Coppard said that Yorkshire, with as many as 1,50,000 businesses across sectors, and Telangana, being the highest per capita GDP State in India had their interests in alignment. The scalability and the ‘hugely impressive’ digital economy ecosystem that Telangana offered could be leveraged with its large talent pool.The Chief Minister explained that Hyderabad successfully hosted the 72nd Miss World Pageant in May 2025 during turbulent geopolitical times. He threw light on the State government’s special emphasis on skilling the youth in the wake of advent of artificial intelligence.The Chief Minister unveiled the UK-India Business Council’s report ‘UK-India CETA & Regional Synergies’.Earlier, IT & Industries Minister D. Sridhar Babu exhorted the delegation to explore Hyderabad’s Genome Valley and its thriving innovation ecosystem. He recalled that the Chief Minister recently led a delegation to the UK and forged partnerships with leading universities and businesses. Published - October 14, 2026 09:01 pm IST