BBMP budget: Rs 1,580 cr allotted to Brand Bengaluru concept
Bengaluru: The Bengaluru civic agency on Thursday presented a budget of Rs 12,369.46 crore and of which Rs 1,580 crore was allotted to the eight-fold Brand Bengaluru concept.
The eight categories of Brand Bengaluru concept involve 'Sugama Sanchara Bengaluru' (Easy mobility Bengaluru), Clean Bengaluru, Green Bengaluru, Healthy Bengaluru, Education Bengaluru, Tech Bengaluru, Vibrant Bengaluru and Water Security Bengaluru.
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is expecting a total receipts of Rs 12,371.63 crore comprising its opening balance of Rs 8,294.04 crore and central and state grants of Rs 4,077.59 crore.
To improve its property tax collection, the BBMP said it has scanned all the 20 lakh properties in the city and will issue e-Khata (legal document) to the property owners.
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''The 'Namma Swathu' system through 'e-Aasthi' rollout will be implemented in all the wards under the BBMP, enabling the public to access property records online anytime and anywhere, creating a transparent and citizen-friendly system,'' the civic agency said in its budget.
The transactions in the Sub-Registrar offices will be based on the e-Khata with tight integration of 'Namma Swathu' with the KAVERI-2 portal in order to prevent any fraudulent manual transactions.
The transactions in Sub-Registrar offices will electronically flow to the 'Namma Swathu' system of BBMP and the process of mutation will automatically start electronically.
The civic agency said Aadhaar seeding in BBMP property records will be done through a campaign on a voluntary basis.
The owners who opt for Aadhaar seeding will get multiple benefits such as added security of their properties from any fraudulent transactions, secure and automated mutations when the Aadhaar-based transactions are done at Sub-Registrar offices.
BlockChain technology shall be implemented and rolled out ward wise with respect to property records of the BBMP as and when the digitisation of it is completed in a ward. This will prevent unauthorised manipulation of property records by anyone, the civic agency said.
The BBMP said it will roll out the 'Guidance Value based property tax system' from April 1, 2024.
A new advertisement policy and infotech based transparent online system for the creation and issuance of Transferable Development Rights (TDR) has also been promised.
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Karnataka govt warns of action against LPG hoarding, blackmarketing amid supply concerns
Tumakuru (Karnataka) (PTI): Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Saturday said the police have been instructed to take legal action against those involved in hoarding and black marketing of LPG cylinders.
Amid supply constraints caused by the West Asia conflict, he expressed hope that the supplies would be restored at the earliest.
"If anyone tries to hoard or black market gas cylinders, legal action will be taken against them. Police have been given instructions in this regard across the state...We will not allow it," Parameshwara told reporters here.
Quoting officials, he said there are no issues with supply of domestic gas cylinders as of now. Though, there are supply issues concerning commercial gas cylinders.
"Hotels may face problems for a couple of days, efforts are underway to resolve the issue," he added.
He expressed hope that gas and oil supplies from Gulf countries would improve soon, citing reports that a couple of Indian vessels had passed through the Strait of Hormuz after Iran granted India some exemptions.
Responding to a question, the Minister said that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has convened a special cabinet meeting on March 27 to discuss internal reservation in recruitments. "We expect the issue to be resolved that day."
"After the cabinet decision, the government will issue an order, following which the recruitment process will start. The government said it will hold recruitment for over 56,000 posts, everything is ready for the process. In my own department (Home department) 8,000 vacancies will be filled. We will immediately adopt (the reservation related decision) and start the recruitment process," he added.
Reports have emerged about rifts between SC (Right) and SC (Left) factions within the ruling Congress regarding internal reservation during the recruitment announced for 56,432 vacant jobs.
The state government had recently decided to conduct recruitment for 56,432 vacant jobs based on the reservation order in force before December 28, 2022 (15 per cent for SCs and 3 per cent for STs), due to the stay on the enhanced quota and internal reservation, while continuing to pursue its case in court.
The previous BJP government had increased the reservation quota for SCs from 15 per cent to 17 per cent and for Scheduled Tribes from 3 per cent to 7 per cent, raising the state’s total reservation to 56 per cent, exceeding the Supreme Court-mandated 50 per cent ceiling.
While the matter is still in court, the Congress government decided to provide internal reservation by slicing up the 17 per cent reservation matrix given to 101 scheduled castes, under three groups, with a formula of 6, 6, and 5 per cent respectively.
According to sources, the SC (Left)/Madiga community, which has fought for internal reservation for decades, opposes recruiting for 56,432 jobs without providing internal reservation. The SC (Right)/Holeya community, however, favoured recruitment without providing internal reservation.
