Give 50 % funds to waive off farm loans, Kumaraswamy tells centre
Bengaluru, June 17: Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy appealed Prime Minister Narendra Modi to give 50 per cent funds to waive off the farm loans of more than 85 lakh farmers who are under distress.
Speaking at the fourth NITI Aayog meeting held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Sunday, Kumaraswamy explained the problems being faced by the farmers in the meeting. Farmers were in trouble because of drought, crop loss and other issues. It was the duty of the government to come to their rescue in such a situation. So, the state government has planned to waive off the farm loans of farmers at once, he said.
The state government is committed to introduce innovative programmes for the benefit of the farmers. It has already introduced some programmes. Every year, the state experiences natural calamities like drought or floods and the government has been spending huge money to handle this situation. In the last five years, the State Calamity Relief Funds (SCRF) has increased six times and this has been causing a burden on the state Exchequer, he said.
Under the SCRF, the centre has released just Rs 1375 crore between 2015 and 2020. Compared to other states, the amount is too minimum. So, the centre should increase this amount to help the state, he appealed.
Both capital investment and skills development are inevitable to set up self employment. The state government has been taking various measures for skills development. But it should be doubled. In view of this, employment generation and skills development subjects should be included in the agenda of the NITI Aayog, he suggested.
Welcoming the Prime Minister’s Rashtriya Swasthya Suraksha Mission of the central government, he said that the Karnataka government has also introduced Yashaswini and other ambitious programmes. Total 145 lakh beneficiaries from 30 lakh families were getting the benefit of this scheme, he said.
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Dalit girl gang-raped in moving car in Mathura, accused on run
Mathura (PTI): A Dalit girl was allegedly gang-raped by three persons here in a moving car, after which she was thrown out on the side of a road, police said on Friday.
An FIR has been lodged against the accused following a complaint from the minor's father and efforts are on to arrest the trio, they added.
Superintendent of Police (Rural) Trigun Bisen said the girl, who is around 13-year-old, has been sent to the district women's hospital for a medical examination, after which her statement will be recorded before the magistrate.
Citing the complaint lodged by the girl's father, the SP said the incident took place on Thursday when the the minor went to a shop in her neighbourhood to buy items for breakfast.
At the shop, a man named Neeraj allegedly gave her a bottle of water laced with sedatives. As soon as she drank the water, she started feeling dizzy and fainted, the complaint said.
Neeraj, his friend Shailendra and another associate then allegedly took her away in a car. They raped the girl in the moving car while she was in a semi-conscious state and threw her out under the flyover of Barsana Road before fleeing.
On regaining consciousness, the girl reached home and informed her parents about the incident, the complaint added.
According to the SP, while narrating her ordeal, the condition of the girl deteriorated and the family immediately took her to a doctor, who also confirmed that she was raped. Following this, her parents filed a complaint at the Chhata police station.
Bisen said that a case has been registered and the matter is being probed, adding that efforts are on to arrest the three accused persons.
