Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Saturday, 23 May 2026 announced that three corporate foundations — Raheja Group, Ramky Foundation, and Yashoda Foundation — have signed memoranda of understanding with the state Education Department to fund government school infrastructure across Rangareddy and Medchal Malkajgiri districts.

Context

The agreements were formalised at the State Secretariat in Hyderabad. Signing on behalf of the organisations were Raheja Group chairman Neil C. Raheja, Ramky Foundation Managing Trustee Alla Dakshayanai, and Yashoda Group Director Gorukanti Devender Rao. Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, posting in Telugu on X, congratulated all three organisations for 'stepping forward for government schools and education development in Telangana.'

The MoUs cover four distinct school campus projects spanning pre-primary through intermediate levels. Combined, the three corporate partners have committed a total of Rs 92.76 crore across the four sites.

Policy Backdrop

Corporate social responsibility spending on education is mandated under the Companies Act, 2013, which requires eligible firms to allocate 2 per cent of average net profits toward CSR activities including education and rural development. The Right to Education Act, 2009 established minimum infrastructure norms for schools, creating a persistent gap that state governments have increasingly sought to bridge through private partnerships.

Telangana's Congress administration, which came to power after the December 2023 elections, has made visible upgrades to public school infrastructure a stated priority — positioning quality government schooling as a counterpoint to the dominance of fee-charging private institutions in the state.

Project Details and Stakeholder Impact

Ramky Foundation will contribute 40 per cent of total project cost — Rs 19.66 crore — for a new campus covering pre-primary to intermediate classes at Jawahar Nagar, Medchal Malkajgiri district. The same foundation will also bear 40 per cent — Rs 10.4 crore — of the cost to upgrade Tukkuguda Zilla Parishad High School (ZPHS) in Maheshwaram Mandal, Rangareddy district, adding pre-primary to Class 5 and intermediate blocks.

Raheja Group will fund the full required amount of Rs 50.50 crore for a pre-primary-to-intermediate campus at Kondapur, Rangareddy district. Yashoda Hospitals, through its foundation, will invest Rs 12.20 crore in constructing pre-primary, Class 6, and Class 7 classrooms at Uppal Subhash Nagar MPPS, Medchal Malkajgiri district. The beneficiaries are primarily students from government schools serving lower- and middle-income families in these districts.

What's Next

Construction timelines and utilisation certificates for the four campuses will be key metrics to watch as the projects move from MoU to ground-level execution. The Telangana government is expected to monitor milestones through the Education Department, with the broader pattern suggesting additional corporate MoUs may follow in the next state budget cycle. The success of these projects could serve as a template for replicating the CSR-linked school upgrade model in other Telangana districts.