Govt committed to start English medium in government schools: Governor Vajubhai Vala
Bengaluru, Feb 6: Governor Vajubhai Vala said that the state government was committed to open English medium in government schools with an intention that the talented children from economically poor section of the society should not be lagged behind just because of the lack of knowledge in English.
Addressing the joint Session of the Assembly at Vidhana Soudha here on Wednesday, the Governor said that but the government would not compromise on giving importance to Kannada. The government has released Rs 450 crore to improve the basic facilities in government schools. Total Rs 95 crore was spent on giving fee consession to 3 lakh girls to have higher education including pre-university, graduation and post graduation, he said.
Total Rs 750 crore was released to provide basic facilities in first grade and engineering colleges to improve the quality of higher education, he said.
Rs 290 cr for Minority students
Under the 'Arivu' of the Minority Welfare department, the state government has given Rs 70 crore education loan for 22731 minority students last year. Apart from this, Rs 290 crore was released for scholarships for 14.55 lakh students under various scholarship schemes, he said.
The government has taken up construction of Rs 152 residential and 427 hostels for SC/ST, backward and minority welfare at a cost of Rs 4000 crore, he said.
Total 15,650 people belonging to SC- ST communities have taken loan of Rs 650 crore to encourage entrepreneurship and the government has reserved Rs 29,208 crore for various development works of the SC/ST communities, he said.
Encourage to start-up industries
The number of startups in the state would increase up to 20000 by 2025. Karnataka has been coordinating with the startup companies of China, USA, UK, Israel, France and Japan. In order to encourage the startup companies, the government has set up 58 K-Tech centres in the state in Tier-2 cities, he said.
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Unruly scenes witnessed in Punjab Assembly
Chandigarh (PTI): The Punjab Assembly on Friday witnessed high drama on Friday after Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira made an allegedly objectionable remark against Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann during an intense argument over the alleged use of mobile phone in the house by the legislator.
During the one-day special session of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha here, Mann accused Khaira of using a mobile phone when Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan was reading out an official resolution on the revision of wages.
After rising from his seat, the chief minister pointed to the speaker, claiming that Khaira is busy on his mobile phone and urged him to ask the Congress MLA what Sandhwan had said about the resolution.
The speaker then asked Khaira to maintain order in the house and listen to the resolution carefully.
Mann then asked Khaira, "Why don't you go out and then use it (mobile phone)," which led to a strong verbal altercation during which the opposition MLA hurled an accusation against the chief minister. Meanwhile, the speaker appealed for order and insisted that the chair be addressed.
However, both Mann and Khaira continued arguing and could be seen pointing fingers at each other as the proceedings of the house were disrupted.
The AAP MLAs also rose from their seats with Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema condemning Khaira for his conduct and demanded action against him.
Cheema further alleged that Khaira "always tries to disturb the house" as he spoke about his conduct in the assembly.
The incident occurred as an official resolution on the revision of wages was presented at the special session by Labour Minister Tarunpreet Singh Sond who said it paid homage to labourers on the International Workers' Day.
"Workers are the axis of construction of the nation, the community, the state and society. Every construction project succeeds only through their blood and sweat," the resolution read.
As per the resolution, "The base rate of minimum wages for the working class in Punjab was last revised in the year 2012. Although the dearness allowance has continued to increase since 2012, there has been no increase in the base rate of minimum wages.
On this sacred occasion of May Day, in this special session of the legislative assembly, this house proposes to revise and increase the minimum wages of labourers and strongly recommends to the government to take a decision regarding the increase of minimum wages for workers, so that the contributions of the workers can be acknowledged." PRK
