Coalition govt to continue its development era: CM Kumaraswamy
Kalaburgi, September 17: Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy said that by continuing its development works, the coalition government would strengthen the Hyderabad Karnataka Area Development Board to fulfill the intention of the amendment to the Constitution.
Hoisting the flag to mark the Hyderabad-Karnataka Vimochan Din at the Police Parade Ground in the city on Monday, the CM said that the coalition partner Congress has done good works in its term. It had established Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology to help the poor patients and allotted total 230 sites to women entrepreneurs at Nandur-Kesaratagi industrial area. The erstwhile government had done good works in skills development, housing, basic infrastructure and other sectors, he said.
The Kalaburgi airport would become the portal for the development of Hyderabad Karnataka region. In coming days, tourism, industries and export business would develop in the region, the CM exuded confidence.
The government was introducing Israel-model agriculture and horticulture fields in eight districts in the first phase. This programme would be implemented in Koppal and Yadagiri districts in this region, he said.
The government was giving priority to develop basic infrastructure and quality education in government schools. This would help the Hyderabad Karnataka region which was greatly influenced by Marathi, Telugu and Urdu culture. As historically, the region has monuments belonging to Buddhism, Islamic, Jainism, forts, pilgrim places and others, it would have potentiality for tourism development, he said.
He has announced of establishing Tourism University at Hampi. The SC/ST unemployed youth would be given coaching for UPSC and KPSC, Banking and other competitive exams in association with the private institutions at Kalaburgi. Apart from this, the government has constituted a high level committee to ensure good facilities at education institutions and hostels run by the Social Welfare Department, he added.
Under the new concept ‘Healthy Contest with China’, the Cabinet has approved to set up 9 industrial clusters in the state in order to generate more job opportunities by utilizing locally available resources. Under this scheme, a unit of agriculture machinery would be set up at Bidar, manufacturing unit of solar panels at Kalaburagi, electronic toys at Koppal and Textile Park at Ballary, he said.
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel who liberated Hyderabad Karnataka, said that ‘Manpower without unity is not strength unless it is harmonized. United properly, it becomes a spiritual power’. It would be possible only when all worked together to eradicate ignorance, illiteracy, poverty, health problems and malnutrition, he said.
District Minister Priyank Kharge, Medical Education Minister DK Shivakumar, Horticulture Minister MC Managoli, MLA Dr Ajay Singh and others were present.
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Karnataka govt to provide NEET coaching for rural students: Dr Sharanaprakash R. Patil
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government will take special initiatives to provide NEET coaching to students from rural areas, Medical Education, Skill Development and Livelihood Minister Dr Sharanaprakash R. Patil told the Legislative Council on Monday.
According to The New Indian Express, during the Question Hour, Congress MLC Ivan D’Souza raised concerns that the NEET system is depriving rural students of medical education and questioned whether poor students from rural areas can afford the coaching with just Rs 3 lakh provided.
Responding to the issue, Patil said the NEET system has not reduced the number of medical seats in the state, nor has it caused any shortage.
He said that while they had decided to scrap the NEET system, the Supreme Court had ruled in its favour.
The minister assured that the government will introduce various measures to provide more effective NEET coaching to rural students so that they can compete better in the examination.
