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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Fan tries to die by suicide over Nikhil Kumaraswamy's bypoll loss
Bengaluru: Channapatna JD(S) candidate Nikhil Kumaraswamy, who lost the byelection to C.P. Yogeshwar of Congress, on Sunday consoled a fan who reportedly attempted to end his life and requested him not to repeat such acts.
Manjunath, fondly called Abhi, had even penned a letter before taking the dangerous step. Nikhil, who called on Manjunath at the latter’s home in Kudloor in Channapatna, expressed shock and sadness over the incident.
Nikhil Kumaraswamy reassured Manjunath, expressing his support during the difficult time. He told him that he was deeply troubled to learn of this incident and emphasised that he would stand by him. Nikhil also promised to offer assistance in any way he could, including helping him secure employment opportunities in the future, as reported by the Deccan Herald.
He also reminded Manjunath of the importance of his children’s well-being, urging him to focus on their future. “Please, look at the faces of your growing children. Even I have a three-year-old son. The children are young, let us take care of their future also. I will arrange some job opportunities for you. I might not be an MLA but this is a challenge. I will get you employed,” he said.
Nikhil told media persons that he is extremely hurt more by Manjunath’s attempt to die than by his loss in the election. “At 7:30 a.m., we got a message that in Valetoopu, Manjunath had consumed poison yesterday. In Channapatna, our workers and leaders have built this party with zeal. Let the admiration be there in your hearts but if it crosses the line, your families get hurt and we get very pained by it,” he was quoted as saying by the publication.
Speaking of his byelection loss, Nikhil reiterated that the JD(S) had got its traditional votes, but that the votes of a particular community went against the party.
“Deve Gowda gave reservation to a community. We tried our last attempt to take that community into confidence. But they conveyed to us that they do not require us. In future, we will take other communities into confidence,” he remarked in a veiled reference to Muslims.
Nikhil lost the election by a margin of 25,413 votes to Congress candidate C.P. Yogeshwar.
