Will look into complaints about I-T and GST payers availing benefits under ''guarantees'': DKShi
Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Wednesday said the government will look into complaints against those who pay Goods and Services Tax and income tax but still avail benefits under the 'guarantee schemes' launched by the Congress government.
He also asserted that there was no question of altering or scrapping the guarantee schemes.
“As the Congress state president, I am saying that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said that there is no question of altering or scrapping the guarantee schemes for any reason,” Shivakumar told reporters.
“There are complaints that some people who have more income are availing this benefit. We will review that. That’s it. There are complaints that those who are paying income tax and GST are availing it,” he maintained.
Earlier in the day, Public Works Minister Satish Jarkiholi said the guarantee schemes need to be reviewed so that only the economically weaker sections, and not the rich, benefit from them,
Shivakumar said the Siddaramaiah government has earmarked Rs 52,000 crore for the five guarantees in 2024-25.
He dismissed as "false" allegations that funds allocation for development works in assembly constituencies has come down. "This is the opposition party’s conspiracy which is not able to digest the success of these guarantees."
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Illegally stored gas cylinders seized
Thane (PTI): Authorities have seized illegally stored 1,839 gas cylinders and seven vehicles worth over Rs 67 lakh in the Dombivli MIDC area of Thane district, officials said on Saturday.
A special vigilance team of the Mumbai Rationing Department detected an illegal storage of domestic and commercial LPG cylinders in Phase-2 of Dombivli (East).
Cylinders belonging to multiple gas agencies were found stockpiled in closed vehicles, unauthorised warehouses, and open sheds without mandatory permissions from the Explosives Department, Fire Department, or oil companies, according to an official release.
