Dakshina Kannada to be smoke-free district within a month: Nalin Kumar Kateel

January 26, 2019

Bantwal, Jan 26: Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel has said that the coastal district will be made smoke-free within a month.

He was speaking at the mass convention of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) beneficiaries and distribution of cooking gas connections to beneficiaries under the Extended Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (EPMUY) – II at BC Road.

Hhe said all below poverty line (BPL) families who have not been covered under the Phase I of PMUY will be provided with gas connections now.

Mr. Kateel said that Harish Poonja, MLA, Belthangady, has promised that Belthangady taluk will be made smoke-free within 10 days. All other MLAs are committed to ensure that all remaining BPL families in their constituencies are provided with gas connections within a month.

Ramesh Jigajinagi, Union Minister of State for Drinking Water and Sanitation, handed over cooking gas connections symbolically to 34 beneficiaries under EPMUY– II on the occasion. The Minister said that the yojana has removed smoke from the kitchens of the poor households in the country by providing them accessibility to clean cooking fuel of liquefied petroleum gas and making it one of the largest social inclusion.

Pralhad V. Joshi, MP and chairman of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas, said the PMUY is aimed at making the country smoke-free.

Thangavel S., Regional LPG Manager, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. spoke. Amba Bhavani, zonal head, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd., K. Shailendra, Chief General Manager, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., were present.

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How this will be possible Mr. Kateel? You are the one who said you would burn Dakshina Kannada!

one more yojana............ wah re wah bhai........... question to all peoples of this contituencies....... will this will happen????????

Smoke free benki? Wow Nalini good technology burn whole DK with smoke free good idea

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NRI infected with coronavirus in UAE

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February 11,2020

Dubai, Feb 11: An Indian national has been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus in the UAE, bringing the total number of confirmed infection cases to eight, the country's health ministry has said.

The death toll in China's coronavirus outbreak has gone up to 1,016 while the confirmed cases of infection have soared to 42,638, Chinese health officials said on Tuesday.

The UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) said on Monday that the Indian national was infected after he interacted with a recently diagnosed person.

"The Ministry of Health and Prevention announced today the eighth confirmed case of new coronavirus in the UAE, which is an Indian national who had interacted with a recently diagnosed person," it said in a tweet.

On Sunday, the ministry said that the two new patients, a Chinese national and a Filipino, had been diagnosed with the disease and were receiving medical care as per the highest health standards available in the country.

It said that all health facilities will continue to report any new cases suspected to have coronavirus.

Last week, a family of four who arrived from Wuhan for a holiday in Dubai were diagnosed with coronavirus. A fifth patient, who also arrived from the Chinese city, was confirmed to have been infected with
the virus, but is reportedly in a stable condition.

China and countries around the world are scrambling to contain the spread of coronavirus which fiirst surfaced in Wuhan city in the Central Hubei province of China. Apart from China, two deaths have occurred in Hong Kong and the Philippines.

Besides Germany, Britain and Italy, other European nations with cases of the virus include France, Russia, Belgium, Sweden, Finland and Spain.

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Economic slowdown hits Karnataka, GSDP to dip by 1% compared to FY18-19

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March 8,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 8: The economic slowdown in the country had a cascading effect on Karnataka, as its growth rate for outgoing fiscal 2019-20 is projected to be 6.8 per cent against 7.8 per cent in the last fiscal (2018-19), a senior official said on Saturday.

"The Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) is estimated to be 1 per cent less at 6.8 per cent for this fiscal from 7.8 per cent in the last fiscal due to slowdown in manufacturing (industry) and services sectors," an official of the state finance department told media.

Though the agriculture sector has revived from 1.6 per dent in the drought-hit last fiscal (2018-19) to register 3.9 per cent this fiscal, growth rates of industries and services will be 4.8 per cent and 7.9 per cent for 2019-20 against 5.6 per cent and 9.8 per cent respectively in 2018-19.

"The GSDP is projected to grow at 6.3 per cent in the ensuing fiscal of 2020-21 due to continued slowdown in the national economy," the official hinted.

According to the state's economic survey for 2019-20, the farm sector grew more than double to 3.9 per cent from 1.6 per cent a year ago due to increase in the production of foodgrains, dairy products and fish catch.

Foodgrain production across the state rose to 136 lakh tonnes from 128 lakh tonnes a year ago, the survey revealed.

"In line with the national Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate decline, Karnataka's GSDP has declined from a high of 13.3 per cent in 2016-17 to a low of 6.8 per cent in 2019-20.

"The GSDP has declined from a double-digit growth of 10.8 per cent in 2017-18 to 7.8 per cent in 2018-19 and 6.8 per cent in 2019-20," the survey pointed out.

The survey has adopted the all-India growth rate for the services sector growth in the state, which reflects the impact of slowdown in the key sector.

At current prices, the southern state's GSDP is expected to be Rs 16,99,115 crore (budget estimates) with a 10 per cent growth rate in the next fiscal (2020-21).

"Real estate, professional services and ownership of dwellings contributed 35.31 per cent to the GSDP in 2019-20, followed by manufacturing with 15.32 per cent, trade and repair services 9.51 per cent and crops 7.44 per cent," said the survey findings.

Per capital income in the state at current prices is estimated to be Rs 2,31,246 in 2019-20, an increase of 8.8 per cent from Rs 2,12,477 in 2018-19.

"The per capita income in the state is 58.4 per cent more than that of all-India rate at Rs 1,35,050 in this fiscal," the survey added.

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