Government will pay education fee of girls: Minister Krishna Byre Gowda
3.70 lakh girls to get benefit
Bengaluru, December 5: “From the current academic year, the government would pay tuition fee of all girl students who have taken admission into pre-university, graduation and post graduation courses in government colleges”, said Law Minister Krishna Byre Gowda.
After the Cabinet meeting at the Vidhana Soudha here on Wednesday, the Minister said that the girls studying in the government colleges would get the benefit from this academic year. For this purpose, the state government has to invest Rs 95 crore and total 3.70 lakh students would get the benefit, he said.
Major decisions
The Cabinet also approved the “Film Tourism Policy” to promote tourist spots and attract tourists by showing the tourism places in films. The Tourism Department has decided to give maximum Rs 1 crore incentives to the films to be shot in tourist places in the state and in mega projects, up to Rs 2.5 crore would be given, for which the department has prepared guidelines and the Cabinet today approved the proposal, he said.
Simplification
The Cabinet also approved proposal to simplify the norms under the Land Revenue Act 1964 Column 95(2) to converting the agriculture land for non-agriculture purpose. As per this proposal, an applicant has to produce Affidavit in Form-A along with the land conversion requisition application which will be transferred to all departments through online for taking the opinion. If there is no opinion or report from the concerned departments or authorities within one month, then it would be deemed that they do not have any objections for land conversion, he said.
As Bidar Cooperative Sugar Mill was under loss, it has suspended crushing of sugarcane. In order to help the farmers, the Cabinet has decided to give Rs 20 crore loan to the factory to resume crushing of sugarcane. The Cabinet also agreed to sanction Rs 15 crore to lift water from Cauvery river near Haadya village in KR Taluk in Mysuru district and to feed 12 tanks in the taluk, he said.
The Cabinet also approved the proposal of increasing the commission of retail traders profit of fair price shop owners from Rs 80 to Rs 100 per quintal. It was also decided to revise the allowances of state government employees as per the recommendations of the 6th Pay Commission, due to which, the government has to pay Rs 400 crore additional amount, he said.
It was also decided to open a government first grade women’s college at Yadahalli in Mudhol taluk in Bagalkot district. The Cabinet also decided to establish a 300-bed medical college and hospital in Kanakapura taluk at a cost of Rs 450 crore. The Cabinet has decided to give Rs 30 crore to develop connecting roads to the venue of Air Show in Bengaluru, the Minister said.
“The Cabinet has decided not to allow the private schools to give admissions to the children under RTE where there are government schools. The norms of the Act are clear and if there are no government schools for certain distance, then admission can be taken in private schools under RTE and the government will reimburse the fee. But since the norm was not followed properly, though there are government schools, admissions were given in private schools. As a result, the government schools are running short of strength. So in future, the students will get admissions in private schools under RTE where there are no government schools”.
- Krishna Byre Gowda, Law Minister
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13 lakh litres of 'Rail Neer' supplied to train passengers daily: Government
New Delhi (PTI): Approximately 13 lakh litres of packaged drinking water -- 'Rail Neer' -- are being supplied to train passengers across the railway network daily, the government informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply on Wednesday.
Apprising the Lower House about the Indian Railways' endeavour to provide safe and potable drinking water facilities at all stations, the government also provided zone-wise details of the water vending machines (WVMs) installed there.
"To ensure the quality of drinking water being made available at the railway stations, instructions exist for periodical checking and required corrective action to be taken.
"Regular inspection and maintenance of drinking water facilities is carried out and complaints are attended to promptly," Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said while responding to a question raised by BJP MP Anup Sanjay Dhotre seeking to know the supply of drinking water at railway stations across the country
"Complaints regarding deficiency in services, including water supply, are received through various channels such as public complaints, web portals, social media, etc. These complaints are received at various levels, including the Railway Board, zonal railways, division office, etc.," Vaishnaw said.
"The complaints so received are forwarded to the concerned wings of Railways and necessary action is taken to check and address them. As receipt of such complaints and action taken thereon is a continuous and dynamic process, a centralised compendium of these is not maintained," he added.
Providing zone-wise details of water vending machines, the minister said 954 such machines have been installed across railway stations.
"The Indian Railways also provides safe and affordable packaged drinking water bottles -- Rail Neer -- approved by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) in trains and at stations," Vaishnaw said.
"Approximately, 13 lakh litres of Rail Neer are being supplied per day to the travelling passengers in trains and at stations across the Indian Railways network," he added.
