New Delhi/Hyderabad, May 20 -- Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka Mallu met union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi on Wednesday and discussed several issues related to the state's development, educational infrastructure, and capital expenditure.

During the meeting, the Deputy Chief Minister requested the Centre to sanction an additional special financial assistance of Rs 5,000 crore to Telangana under the "Scheme for Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment (SASCI)."He informed the union finance Minister about the large-scale investments and welfare initiatives being implemented by the Telangana government in sectors such as education, healthcare, rural infrastructure, and human resource developmen...