2 lakh loan waiver for every farmer's family: CM HD Kumaraswamy
Budget session starts
Bengaluru: Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy presented the coalition government's first budget in the Assembly today.
Highlights
* 2 lakhs 13 thousand 734 crore budget
*150 crore for Israel model agriculture.
*Rs 34,000 crore alloted for loan waiver
*Petrol price up by Rs 1.14 per liter and diesel price Rs 1.12 per liter
*Electricity price up by 20 ps per unit
*New medical college to Kanakapura
*Rs 30 crore to upgrade Mandya Medical Hospital
*Sandhya Suraksha Scheme amount increased from Rs. 600 to 1,000.
*Super specialty hospital in Ramanagar
*Rs. 30 crore to start film division in Ramanagara VV
*Biometric compulsory for students and teachers.
*English medium education from first standard at government schools.
*Rs 50 crore to revive Bellandur lake
*Rs 30 crore for Mandya Meemes development.
*A silk market in Mysore
*4 percent increase in the tax on alcohol
*Transplant unit at Kidwai Cancer Hospital
*Rs 50 crore to Hassan Milk Federation
*Rs 50 crore for Mandya's all-round development
*Rs 5. crore to Bangalore bar council
*Rs. 25,000 for repayment of debt Return
*Rs. 190 crore for the welfare of coconut growers
*Ring Road in Hassan at the cost Rs 30 crore
*The full payment of the previous government’s loan waiver scheme
*Service of 80 Electric Bus from BMTC
*Rs 100 crore aid to BMTC
*Refresher Course for tourist taxi drivers
*Elevated corridor on six sides of Bengaluru
- Rs 15825 crore alloted for the elevated corridor
* Extension of the third phase of ‘Namma Metro’. A committee to extend metro service to 95 KM in all from JP Nagar to KR Puram 42.75 KM, Tollgate to Kadabagere 12.5 KM, Gottegere to Basavapura 3.07 KM, Hegde Nagar to Airospace Park 15.95 KM.. etc.
* Establishment of Brahmin Development Board. Rs 25 crore Grant
* Multi-housing scheme for poor in Bengaluru.
* Rs 350 crore alloted for preganant women’s Rs 1000 per month fund
* Rs 70 crore for the development of 160 lakes in Hassan
* Old age home for every district -
* Establishment of ICB Chip Manufacturing Institute in Mysore District.
* Establishment of LD bulbs manufacturing plant in Chitradurga.
A new action by the state government to prevent the China bulbs menace.
* Establishment of latest technology machines for agriculture in Bidar District
Rs 150 crore for the repair of government schools colleges building
* Rs 150 crore for Education Department.
* Indira Canteens in District and Taluk Centers.
* Government’s decision to celebrate Adi Shankaracharya Jayanti throughout the state
* Water Supply Scheme for drinking water in rural areas. Rs. 53 crore alloted.
* Up to Rs.10 lakh loan to Self Help Societies -
* Land ownership plan for female farmers’ development.
* Pragati Colony Scheme for the development of colonies and tandas. At least Rs 1 crore to Rs 5 crore fund for this.
* Training for competitive examinations for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
Super Specialty Hospitals in Belgavi, Kalaburagi, and Mysuru.
* Establishment of medical colleges in Hassan, Chamarajanagar. Rs. 200 crore grants alloted.
* Mandya Medical Institute will be upgraded to 800-bed hospital - Rs 30 crore reserved.
* Mahadevi river water dispute. Action for development as per the judgment.
* Action for additional water storage in the Alamatti reservoir.
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Prez nod for FIR against AAP's Manish Sisodia, Satyendar Jain in Rs 2,000-cr classroom 'scam'
New Delhi, Mar 13 (PTI): President Droupadi Murmu has given her approval for the registration of an FIR against AAP leaders Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain in an alleged scam of Rs 2,000 crore in the construction of classrooms in Delhi government schools, sources said.
In 2022, the Delhi government's vigilance directorate recommended a probe into the alleged scam and submitted a report to the chief secretary.
The President has given her approval for registering the FIR against Sisodia and Jain in connection with the alleged scam during their tenures as ministers in the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government, the sources said.
The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), in a report dated February 17, 2020, highlighted "glaring irregularities" in the construction of classrooms in Delhi government schools by the Public Works Department (PWD).
The President's approval came under Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act that pertains to "enquiry or inquiry or investigation of offences relatable to recommendations made or decision taken by public servant in discharge of official functions or duties".
Reacting to the development, senior AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj accused the BJP of carrying out a witch-hunt against its political rivals.
The BJP has no interest or intention to fulfil the promises it made to the people of Delhi. Its only agenda is to carry out a witch-hunt against its political rivals to stifle the voice of people, the former minister said in a statement.
The BJP-led central government has already decided to prosecute every political adversary of the party and grant approvals to move the case forward but it should wait for the judicial process to begin, he said.
In July 2019, BJP leader Harish Khurana and then AAP rebel MLA Kapil Mishra, now a minister in the Delhi government, lodged a police complaint about the alleged scam.
According to a report prepared by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of the Delhi government, the complainants alleged that there was a scam worth over Rs 2,000 crore in the construction of classrooms and school buildings in Delhi. The work was done at a highly inflated cost by the Delhi government.
The alleged scam involves the construction of around 12,748 classrooms.
The ACB report said the total expenditure incurred for constructing the classrooms and school buildings was around Rs 2,892.65 crore. They were allegedly constructed at the rate of Rs 8,800 per square feet, whereas it was common knowledge that the average construction cost (even for a builder of flats) was around Rs 1,500 per square feet.
The total cost for constructing a classroom and school building, according to the tender awarded, was allegedly around Rs 24.86 lakh per room, whereas such rooms are easily constructed in Delhi at around Rs 5 lakh per room, it said.
The prices were increased almost five times to defraud the taxpayer by siphoning off money from the public exchequer in the garb of construction cost, the report said.
Even for a 5-star hotel, top ultra-luxury quality construction is around Rs 5,000 to Rs 5,500 per square feet, it said.
The complainants submitted a copy of documents in which information received under the RTI Act in respect of the construction of 18 classrooms in the Govt Girls Senior Secondary School, Nathupura, Burari (school ID:-1207111) revealed that they were constructed at a cost of Rs 12 crore, the ACB report said.
