Government will pay education fee of girls: Minister Krishna Byre Gowda
3.70 lakh girls to get benefit
Bengaluru, December 5: “From the current academic year, the government would pay tuition fee of all girl students who have taken admission into pre-university, graduation and post graduation courses in government colleges”, said Law Minister Krishna Byre Gowda.
After the Cabinet meeting at the Vidhana Soudha here on Wednesday, the Minister said that the girls studying in the government colleges would get the benefit from this academic year. For this purpose, the state government has to invest Rs 95 crore and total 3.70 lakh students would get the benefit, he said.
Major decisions
The Cabinet also approved the “Film Tourism Policy” to promote tourist spots and attract tourists by showing the tourism places in films. The Tourism Department has decided to give maximum Rs 1 crore incentives to the films to be shot in tourist places in the state and in mega projects, up to Rs 2.5 crore would be given, for which the department has prepared guidelines and the Cabinet today approved the proposal, he said.
Simplification
The Cabinet also approved proposal to simplify the norms under the Land Revenue Act 1964 Column 95(2) to converting the agriculture land for non-agriculture purpose. As per this proposal, an applicant has to produce Affidavit in Form-A along with the land conversion requisition application which will be transferred to all departments through online for taking the opinion. If there is no opinion or report from the concerned departments or authorities within one month, then it would be deemed that they do not have any objections for land conversion, he said.
As Bidar Cooperative Sugar Mill was under loss, it has suspended crushing of sugarcane. In order to help the farmers, the Cabinet has decided to give Rs 20 crore loan to the factory to resume crushing of sugarcane. The Cabinet also agreed to sanction Rs 15 crore to lift water from Cauvery river near Haadya village in KR Taluk in Mysuru district and to feed 12 tanks in the taluk, he said.
The Cabinet also approved the proposal of increasing the commission of retail traders profit of fair price shop owners from Rs 80 to Rs 100 per quintal. It was also decided to revise the allowances of state government employees as per the recommendations of the 6th Pay Commission, due to which, the government has to pay Rs 400 crore additional amount, he said.
It was also decided to open a government first grade women’s college at Yadahalli in Mudhol taluk in Bagalkot district. The Cabinet also decided to establish a 300-bed medical college and hospital in Kanakapura taluk at a cost of Rs 450 crore. The Cabinet has decided to give Rs 30 crore to develop connecting roads to the venue of Air Show in Bengaluru, the Minister said.
“The Cabinet has decided not to allow the private schools to give admissions to the children under RTE where there are government schools. The norms of the Act are clear and if there are no government schools for certain distance, then admission can be taken in private schools under RTE and the government will reimburse the fee. But since the norm was not followed properly, though there are government schools, admissions were given in private schools. As a result, the government schools are running short of strength. So in future, the students will get admissions in private schools under RTE where there are no government schools”.
- Krishna Byre Gowda, Law Minister
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Saudi Arabia announces first day of Eid-ul-Fitr; Details here
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia has announced that Eid-ul-Fitr will be observed on March 20 after the Shawwal crescent moon was not sighted.
The moon-sighting committee met and confirmed that the new moon was not visible, leading to the completion of 30 days of Ramzan before the festival. The announcement follows the traditional practice of determining Islamic months based on lunar sighting.
Earlier, the Saudi Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development had declared that Eid holidays for employees in the private and non-profit sectors would begin from the evening of March 18 and continue for four days, in line with labour regulations.
Ministry spokesperson Mohammed Al Ruzaiqi had said the early announcement was made to help organisations plan work schedules while ensuring employees are able to observe the festival break.
