Coalition government's budget: Countdown begins
Farm loan waiver expected
Bengaluru: The countdown has begun for the presentation of the most expected coalition government's budget which can bring in the farm loan waiver, free bus pass for all students, and increase in aid of pregnant women and widows.
Chief Minister Kumaraswamy, who is also the Finance Minister of the state, will be presenting the budget at 11: 30 am on Thursday. Since this is the first budget of the coalition government, the expectation of the common man and farmers are high.
Kumaraswamy is expected to reveal the fact about the criteria of Rs 53,000 crore of farm loan waiver along with the clear picture of the alliance government's future and popular schemes in tomorrow's budget session. Along with the common minimum programme, the budget would also reveal how much budget has been allocated for the continuation of the Siddaramaiah-led government's projects.
The budget would also throw light on how Rs 1.25 lakh crore aid for irrigation sector in the next five years, completion of pending irrigation projects, implementation of Israel-model schemes, housing schemes for poor, one crore job creations along with training scheme for employment generation skills would take place. It is interesting to know that which all areas will be preferred including the continuation of 'Health Karnataka' scheme without the discrimination of BPL-APL, education, SC and ST, the welfare of backward classes, industrial development, etc.
All are eying at the budget session to see what would be the plan of the Congress-JDS coalition government which has decided to set up the state of Karnataka as a model state in the country. People also may find the answer to what steps Kumaraswamy would take to reduce the gap between the urban and rural areas.
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Second PUC results: Life convict clears exam with distinction, DGP lauds effort
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Bengaluru: A life convict lodged in Ballari Central Prison has successfully cleared the second PUC examination.
Ashok Kumar S, who appeared for the examination under prison escort, secured 481 marks out of 600, registering 80.1 percent.
Director General of Police (Prisons and Correctional Services), Alok Kumar (IPS), shared the development on his official ‘X’ handle, commending the inmate’s achievement.
In his post, he stated that it was heartening to see a life convict score over 80 percent in the examination, adding that the inmate had appeared from Ballari Central Prison under escort.
It’s heartening to see that one of our life convict prisoners Ashok has obtained 80.1% marks in PUC exam. He appeared under Prison escort from Ballari Central Prison for his exams.
— alok kumar (@alokkumar6994) April 9, 2026
Glad to see that Walls of the prison has not subdued his hopes for a better future. pic.twitter.com/Nzlcy076SR
He further noted that the achievement reflected that the “walls of the prison have not subdued his hopes for a better future.”
Alok Kumar in his post also shared the result sheet of Ashok.
The Karnataka School Examination and Assessment Board (KSEAB) declared the second PUC results for 2026 on April 9.
A total of 6,32,200 students appeared for the examination across all streams, of whom 5,46,698 passed, recording an overall pass percentage of 86.48 per cent.
