Forty-one federally sanctioned projects, ₹664 crore in estimated expenditure, and a direct pipeline of schools, colleges, and hostels into Hyderabad and Secunderabad — Union Coal and Mines Minister G. Kishan Reddy put those numbers squarely on the record on Monday, 9 November 2026, spotlighting what the Centre says is a concrete infrastructure drive for minority students in Telangana under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK).

What the ₹664 crore buys in Hyderabad and Secunderabad

Reddy's post, written in Telugu, details the project mix sanctioned for the twin cities: 18 minority residential schools, 4 junior colleges, and 4 hostels. Of those, 3 junior colleges and 2 hostel buildings are already complete. Work on 10 more projects is described as moving quickly. The minister tagged @MOMAIndia — the Ministry of Minority Affairs — and anchored the update under the Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas (development for all) banner.

The underlying scheme, PMJVK, is an area-based infrastructure programme that targets notified minority-concentrated blocks and towns. It was restructured and rebranded in 2018 from its predecessor, the Multi-sectoral Development Programme (MsDP), which the Centre had first launched in 2008-09 to address development deficits in districts with significant minority populations. Funding is shared between the Centre and the states.

Why Telangana fits the PMJVK template

Hyderabad, the state capital, carries one of the largest urban Muslim populations in South India and has historically been a focal point for central minority-welfare disbursements. Routing PMJVK investments through the city — and the adjoining cantonment town of Secunderabad — is consistent with the scheme's mandate to concentrate infrastructure where minority communities are demonstrably concentrated.

Reddy, who also serves as BJP's Telangana state president, has a political stake in making Centre-funded welfare delivery visible in a state currently governed by the Congress. Highlighting completed assets — colleges open, hostels standing — lets the BJP make a direct accountability argument ahead of any future state electoral cycle.

Residential schools, hostels, and the access gap they address

The emphasis on residential schools and hostels is deliberate. Boarding infrastructure addresses one of the persistent barriers to secondary and higher secondary education in lower-income minority communities: the cost and logistics of daily commuting from under-served neighbourhoods. With 18 residential schools alone in the Hyderabad-Secunderabad corridor, the government's stated goal is to push quality education into walking — or at most short-commute — distance for students who might otherwise drop out.

The remaining projects in the pipeline will be the real test. Announced numbers and completed assets are very different things in Indian infrastructure delivery — and 10 ongoing projects across a congested urban sprawl will face the familiar gauntlet of land clearances, contractor timelines, and state-centre coordination. Watch for formal completion and handover dates as the benchmark that matters most.