Double your investment number — then double it again. That was the audacious pitch Chief Minister Revanth Reddy made to industrialists at the Invest Telangana Global Summit 2026 curtain-raiser in New Delhi on Thursday, 29 October 2026, staking his personal guarantee on every rupee that flows into the state.

The personal guarantee that opened the room

Revanth Reddy did not speak in the usual bureaucratic register of incentive packages and clearance windows. He spoke in the language of accountability. 'Decide on a number in your mind — how much you want to invest in Telangana — and double that amount. Double the growth rate you are hoping for, double the profits. Then tell me what you need from me,' he told the gathering. He went further: 'Safeguarding investments in Telangana and ensuring they grow is my personal responsibility. I will be the guardian of your investments.'

He added that policy decisions, government cooperation, and necessary support for investments would be his direct responsibility — a commitment designed to short-circuit the red tape that typically dogs large capital deployments in Indian states.

Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal as chief guest

The curtain-raiser drew Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal as chief guest — a signal of Centre-state alignment that Revanth Reddy was quick to amplify. State ministers, legislators, representatives of several foreign embassies, CII delegates, and industrialists filled the room. Speaking at the event, Telangana CS Sanjay Jaju, CII Telangana Chairman M. Gautam Reddy, CII President-Designate, and Bharat Biotech MD Suchitra K. Ella also addressed the gathering. Ministers D. Srinivas Goud, Vakiti Srihari, Azhar, and several legislators attended.

TelanganaRising2047: from 5% of India's GDP to 10%

The Chief Minister laid out the most concrete numbers of the evening. Telangana currently contributes 5 per cent of India's GDP. Under the state's 'TelanganaRising2047' plan — framed in alignment with the national Viksit Bharat 2047 vision — that share must double to 10 per cent by the time India reaches its projected $30 trillion economy milestone. The intermediate targets are sharper still: a $1 trillion state economy by 2034, scaling to $3 trillion by 2047.

Revanth Reddy framed this not as a government aspiration but as a co-creation exercise. 'You understand business better than I do. I have come to listen to investors. We will learn from you, understand your views, and put them into practice,' he said, inviting industrialists to submit policy suggestions that the government would formally evaluate and implement.

High-speed rail, new airports, and Hyderabad vs New York

The CM pointed to a clutch of Union-funded infrastructure projects as evidence that cooperative federalism is working in Telangana's favour. Of the Centre's planned 7 high-speed rail corridors nationally, three are set to link Hyderabad — on the Hyderabad–Chennai, Hyderabad–Bengaluru, and Hyderabad–Pune routes. Two new airports are under development in Warangal and Adilabad. Metro rail expansion, a Regional Ring Road, and a Navy radar centre round out the pipeline of central support the state is counting on.

The ambition crystallised in one line: Hyderabad, with its history, infrastructure, and intellectual capital, must compete with New York, London, Tokyo, Seoul, and Dubai. The main Invest Telangana Global Summit 2026 will be held at Bharat Future City in Hyderabad on 7, 8, and 9 December 2026, where formal investment pledges and policy announcements are expected.

A state that turned ten years old just over a decade ago is now writing $3 trillion targets on the wall. The curtain-raiser in Delhi set the ambition; December's summit in Hyderabad is where the bids will come in.