Karnataka to acquire 50,000 acres of land for industries ahead of Global Investors Meet in November
Bengaluru, May 7: In an effort to allot land in quick time to industrialists who come forward to set up industries, the Karnataka government will acquire over 50,000 acres of land across the state, Large and Medium Industries Minister Dr Murugesh Nirani announced on Saturday after inaugurating the India Manufacturing Show 2022: Curtain Raiser here.
Stressing on the importance of land acquisition ahead of the upcoming Global Investors Meet (GIM) in Bengaluru, Nirani said it is imperative on the part of the government to acquire land for investors.
"Silicon city Bengaluru will host the Global Investors Meet from November 2 to 4 this year. Our department will acquire 50,000 acres of land across the state. We will allot land to industrialists in real quick time and provide world-class facilities including water, power and roads," the minister's office quoted him as saying in a statement.
Setting up more industries will help create additional jobs for local people and solve unemployment problem in the state, Nirani said.
Emphasising on taking industrial growth beyond Bengaluru, Nirani said industries will be promoted in Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities.
"We will encourage industries in Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities under the central government's Aatmanirbhar Bharat scheme. Besides, our government will also implement 'One District, One Product' policy soon which will help identify and promote a product in each district," Nirani said.
The industrialists involved in these products can get up to Rs 10 lakh per unit as credit-linked capital subsidy for 35 per cent of project cost, Nirani suggested.
Pointing out another government initiative to encourage balanced industrialisation across the state, the minister mentioned special sops for cluster-based industrial parks.
"We have announced special concessions for each industrial cluster. The toy cluster in Koppal has already started functioning with all the support required for this cluster, including social and housing facilities," Nirani added.
The minister said the government has prepared guidelines briefing investment opportunities available for investors in the various sectors including automobile, pharmacy, medical equipment, engineering, machineries, knowledge-based industries, logistics, renewable energy, aerospace, defence and electric vehicles.
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
