Karnataka govt fixes salaries for priests of Jain temples
Bengaluru (PTI): The Karnataka government has issued an order fixing salaries for chief priests and assistant priests of Jain temples in the state.
The chief priests of 1,043 Jain temples in the state will receive a salary of Rs 6,000 each, while assistant priests will receive Rs 5,000 each, a statement from Minority Affairs Minister B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan's office said on Monday..
The decision was announced in the state budget.
So far, 1,043 proposals have been received from various districts for the salaries, and Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan has approved all these proposals and instructed that the order be issued, it said.
At the same time, the Minister also issued an order to release Rs 1 crore for the development of the Mahabodhi Society in Gandhi Nagar, Bengaluru.
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Budget 2026-27 directionless, visionless; nothing for Bengal in it: Mamata
Kolkata (PTI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday described the Union Budget for 2026-27 as "directionless, visionless and anti-people”, which had nothing on offer for her state.
Banerjee, speaking to reporters at Kolkata airport before leaving for New Delhi, also claimed that the Budget had nothing for the common man.
"This Budget is directionless, visionless, actionless and anti-people. It is also anti-women, anti-farmer, anti-education and against the SC, ST and OBC... There is nothing on offer for Bengal in the Budget," she alleged.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Budget in the Lok Sabha earlier in the day.
