Israel model farming in 10K hectares of land across state
Government prepares an action plan, earmarks Rs 300 cr
Bengaluru, Dec 30: The state government has planned to implement much ambitious Israel Model Integrated Farming Campaign in 10,000 hectares of land across the state, for which, it has earmarked Rs 300 crore.
It was decided to implement the plan in 5,000 hectare of agricultural land and 5,000 hectares of horticultural land and a high level committee was constituted under the leadership of the Additional Chief Secretary and the Development Commissioner to implement the programme. It was decided to develop Israel model agriculture technical hubs in Kolar, Chitradurga, Koppa, Gadag, Karwar, Tumkur, Yadagiri and Dharwad districts on pilot basis. Based on the results, the recommendations of the Committee would be implemented in other parts of the state in phased manner.
Sources said that the government has decided to implement micro irrigation system in Tumkur, Yadagiri, Koppal, and Haveri districts. The Israel model agriculture system was mentioned in the Budget and it is said that this method would beat the water problem. It was advised to take up precise farming, conservation farming, automation in farming, reuse of water, community farming and other methods.
It was decided to implement Israel model irrigation system in 5,000 hectares of land in Karwar, Tumkur, Yadagiri and Haveri districts at a cost of Rs 150 crore. In the same way, the same method would be implemented in another 5,000 hectares of land in Kolar, Chitradurga, Koppal, Gadag district at a cost of Rs 150 crore, sources said.
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3 officials of private banks arrested in Gujarat in Rs 2,500 crore cyber fraud; 20 held so far
Rajkot (PTI): Three officials of leading private banks were arrested for their alleged involvement in a Rs 2,500-crore cyber fraud racket in Gujarat's Rajkot district, bringing the number of those held so far in the case to 20, police said on Monday.
Those arrested were identified as Maulik Kamani, a personal manager at Yes Bank in Padadhari; Kalpesh Dangariya, a manager at Axis Bank in Jamnagar; and Anurag Baldha, a personal banker with HDFC Bank, Rajkot (Rural) Superintendent of Police Vijay Gurjar said.
Dangariya and Baldha were previously employed with Yes Bank, he added.
Kamani allegedly assisted the earlier arrested accused in opening and managing suspicious accounts. He also helped bypass banking alerts triggered by high-value transactions by submitting additional documentation to keep accounts active, the SP said.
Kamani was allegedly involved in cash withdrawals that were later routed through hawala channels (illegal money transfer system), supported by digital evidence recovered from his mobile device, he added.
Dangariya is accused of facilitating the opening of fraudulent accounts using fake or misrepresented identities, police said.
He also assisted in structuring documentation, including Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC)-related papers, to prevent transactions from being flagged as suspicious, they said.
On the other hand, Baldha opened new accounts after verification and certification processes as part of the racket, Gurjar informed.
All the three accused are in police custody, while others are in jail under judicial remand, SP said.
So far, police have identified 85 bank accounts linked to the racket with 535 complaints filed on the cyber crime portal.
The total transaction linked to the cyber fraud exceeds Rs 2,500 crore, police said.
The earlier fraud amount was pegged by police at Rs 1,500 crore.
