Mission K aKatiya - C onCept and s oCial i MpaCt in t elangana s tate Mohd Fasi* Abstract Telangana is the newly formed state. After the bifurcation of the state, the government of Telangana started the concept of Mission Kakatiya in the year 2014. This Programme is inaugurated on 12 March 2015 by chief minister Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao. This programme is started with the main objective of restoring the water levels of the tanks in the Telangana state. It has given the support to the agricultural farmers to rebuild their water resources. Thus, this present research paper analyse the concept and social impact of Mission Kakatiya in Telangana state. Further, this paper deals with the objectives, advantages, features, benefts and challenges etc., related to Mission Kakatiya. Keywords Mission Kakatiya, Telangana State INTRODUCTION Telangana is the south east state of India. It lies in Deccan Plateau and carries lot of historical features. The longest river in the southern part of India i.e., Godavari river fows in the state. This state is famous for the high production in the primary sector. More than 65 per cent of the state’s population depends on the agricultural practices and nearly 85 per cent of the farmers come under small and marginal category with an average land holding size of 1.11 hectare. Majority of Telangana farmers depend on rainfed agriculture and more than 70 per cent of cropped areas is rainfed resulting lower yields per unit. Almost all the districts of the State are drought-prone leading to socio-economic stress. This led the base for the newly formed government of Telangana to initiate the irrigational programme for irrigational development and support to the agricultural farmers. The government started the programme immediately after the separation with the Andhra Pradesh state. They initiated the programme with the title “Mission Kakatiya”. This programme was started in 2014-15 as mass peoples’ movement because all the people of Telangana supported this programme. It was agreed by the government that every year it will take up 9,350 tanks for restoration. This programme was started with the aim, objectives and target which can be analyse with the following chart. * Research Scholar, Department of Commerce & Business Management, Kakatiya University, Warangal Urban, Telangana, India. Email: mohdfasi34892@gmail.com International Journal of Business Ethics in Developing Economies 8 (1) 2019, 13-18 http://publishingindia.com/ijbede/ Mission Kakatiya Aim Objective Target Conserving the Water Resources To enhance the Minor Irrigational Infrastructure Strengthening Community based Irrigation Management Adopting a comprehensive programme for restoration of Tanks Restoration of all Minor Irrigational Tanks (46531) (Source: Compiled from the Secondary Data) Fig. 1: Mission Kakatiya – Aim, Objectives ad Target