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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Party over: Goa cracks down on illegal nightclubs ahead of festive season
Panaji (PTI): Goa’s nightlife faces a crackdown ahead of the Christmas and New Year season, with the state government launching an intensive drive to inspect and seal the establishments flouting norms after a deadly nightclub fire claimed 25 lives.
As the state, famous for its scenic beaches, gears up for its busiest fortnight spanning Christmas and New Year, the crackdown has already forced some nightclubs to shut, while the fate of others hangs in the balance.
A team of personnel from the district administration, fire and emergency services and police have been inspecting all the nightclubs in the North Goa tourism belt, officials said on Sunday.
The drive began after the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora in North Goa on December 6 left 25 persons dead.
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"We are inspecting all the nightclubs, checking their licences and permissions. Any club found to be violating the norms is sealed," government officer Kabir Shirgaonkar, who is heading the inspection team, told PTI.
The team has the power to seal a club flouting norms immediately, another official said.
So far, the team has sealed two prominent nightclubs - Goya Club and Cafe CO2 Goa - both located at Vagator. Cafe CO2 Goa was situated on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea in North Goa.
Shirgaonkar said that Goya Club was built on agricultural land, while Cafe CO2 Goa did not have the No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the Fire and Emergency Services Department and lacked structural stability.
The Fire and Emergency Services Department has also ordered revocation of the NOC granted to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna in North Goa, another official said.
A surprise inspection was conducted at the premises on Saturday, during which it was observed that the existing fire prevention and safety arrangements installed there were inadequate and required upgradation, as per the order issued by Divisional Fire Officer Shripad Gawas.
