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Karnataka: BSY govt announces interest-free loans, additional milk subsidy for SC/ST

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September 16, 2019

Bengaluru, Sept 16: Ahead of bypolls, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa today reached out to Dalits and tribals by announcing an additional Re 1 subsidy for milk producers and interest-free loans of Rs 10,000 for women.

Currently, milk producers in the state receive a subsidy of Rs 5 per litre. Milk producers belonging to SC/ST communities will get Rs 6, with the additional Re 1 funded under the Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan and Tribal Sub-Plan, Yediyurappa said.

Also, a new scheme will be rolled out to give Rs 10,000 to SC/ST women. This will be on the lines of the Badavara Bandhu scheme launched by the previous HD Kumaraswamy-led Congress-JD(S) coalition to provide interest-free loans to street vendors.

Karnataka has mandated spending 17.15% and 6.95% of the total budget allocation for SC and ST welfare, respectively, under the Karnataka Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan and Tribal Sub-Plan (Planning, Allocation and Utilisation of Financial Resources) Act, 2013. Implementation of this law is monitored by a state council chaired by the chief minister.

“In 2019-20, an allocation of Rs 21,602.62 crore under SC sub-plan and Rs 8,842.06 crore under ST sub-plan, totalling Rs 30,444.68 crore, has been provided,” Yediyurappa said after chairing the state council meeting. “There are 39 departments implementing the sub-plan works and they have achieved a progress of 18% till August. Directions have been issued to improve progress.”

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In the wake of the bomb found at Mangalore Airport on Monday morning, the team visited the railway station as a precautionary measure.

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February 23,2020

Mysuru, Feb 23: A Quarantine station for rescued wild animals for rehabilitation will soon come up at Chamundi Animal Conservation, Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre at Koorgalli, an independent facility developed by the Mysuru Zoo on the outskirts of the City of Palaces and it complies with the recommended quarantine procedures followed globally by Zoological gardens.

The work on the construction was expected to start soon as the tender process had been under progress.

The Zoo was using its own funds to develop the facility for multiple animal species and to ensure that no infections from the wild animals were spread to the healthy animals already in captivity since many years.

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April 6,2020

Bengaluru, April 6: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Monday said he is following the one-time fasting as per the order by BJP President JP Nadda.

"I am following the one-time fasting as per the order by our national President JP Nadda, on BJP foundation day today, as a mark of respect to doctors, nurses, media personnel," said BS Yediyurappa.

In his message to BJP workers earlier today, Nadda stated, "All BJP Karyakartas to give up one meal on our Foundation Day as a way to show solidarity with people facing hardships during the lockdown. Provide food packets to 5+1 needy under #FeedtheNeedy program. In the next one week, put a system in place where we can provide two homemade face covers to each person at our booth. We should circulate videos of preparation and distribution of such face covers with #WearFaceCoverStaySafe."

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