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Karnataka's Anila Bhagya scheme violates all guidelines: Centre

February 7, 2018

New Delhi Feb 7: The Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas on Tuesday took objection to the procedure adopted by the Karnataka government to implement the Centrally sponsored free LPG connection distribution to poor households in the state, saying that it violated all guidelines.

Taking exception to the norms announced by the Karnataka government to implement the Mukhya Mantri Anila Bhagya Yojane (MMABY), the Ministry said the state government must implement the MMABY as a complementary scheme of the Centrally sponsored Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) only through oil marketing companies such as Bharat Gas, Hindustan Petroleum or Indane and not through LPG distributors network.

Unless the Karnataka government followed the Government of India guidelines, Ministry will not approve it at all, the Ministry said in a statement here. When the Karnataka government asked the Ministry of Petroleum to implement the MMABY, as a complementary scheme of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, the Centre advised the state to implement the combined scheme only through public sector oil marketing companies or LPG supplying companies like Bharat Gas, Hindustan Petroleum or Indane on the lines Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Assam, Punjab and Haryana have implemented.

"Union Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas through number of communications from time to time has requested the state government to implement it through oil marketing companies (OMCs) only. Instead of following the same, the Govt. of Karnataka is unilaterally going ahead with implementation of MMABY directly through distributors' network without involving OMCs."

"Karnataka method of implementation may lead to large scale chaos and implementation issues in the field", the statement said.

"The state government while announcing the current implementation modalities of MMABY has gone back on the earlier agreed commitment in the joint meeting of Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Karnataka Minister of Food and Civil Supplies. Therefore, it is clarified that current format of MMABY not being in line with established procedure and hence is not having concurrence of Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas," the Ministry said.

The PMUY was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in May 2016 in which free LPG connection will the given without upfront charges. However the Karnataka government promised to give free LPG stove along with free LPG connection and rename it Mukhya Mantri Anila Bhagya Yojane.

While the Karnataka government wanted to tie up with LPG distributors to implement the scheme, the Centre has been objecting it saying that even if the state wanted to give a stove, it should be through oil marketing companies.

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June 19,2020

Bengaluru, June 19: The throat swabs of a Bengaluru-based Kannada journalist, who passed away on June 18, were tested positive for the covid-19, officials said.

Gauripura Chandru (54), who was one of the sub-editors of Vijaya Karnataka Kannada daily newspaper, had reportedly suffered cardiac arrest.

It is learnt that Chandru wasn’t keeping well for past few days. He collapsed at his home on Thursday afternoon and was immediately rushed to a hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead.

A native of Gauripura in Chitradurga district, Chandru had completed graduation in engineering. However, he had chosen journalism as his profession.

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August 7,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 7: The condition of former Chief Minister and leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly Siddaramaiah, who recently tested positive for COVID-19, is clinically stable and he is responding to COVID-19 treatment, the hospital authorities said on Friday.

"Leader of the opposition and former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is clinically stable and responding to COVID-19 treatment. He is comfortable and his appetite has improved. Our team of experts will continue to monitor him closely," Manipal Hospital said in a health bulletin.

Siddaramaiah had informed on Twitter on August 4 that he tested positive for COVID-19 and admitted himself to a hospital.

Since then, he had been active on twitter and attacked the BS Yediyurappa government in Karnataka over their handling of COVID-19 and heavy rainfall situation.

Earlier on Friday morning, Siddaramaiah remembered Nobel laureate and poet Rabindranath Tagore on his death anniversary.

The former Chief Minister of Karnataka also condoled the demise of Karnataka State Wakf Board chairman Dr Mohammed Yusuf on Friday.

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June 4,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 4: Assuring support to reform the police department, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Thursday directed officials to strengthen Cyber Crime, Economic Offences & Narcotics (CEN) stations and forensic labs in the state.

The Chief Minister who held a review of the Home Department, lauded the work of police personnel during the COVID-19 crisis, and promised necessary help to reform the department.

Pointing at the changing scenario, the Chief Minister instructed officials to give priority to strengthen CEN stations, his office said in a release. Similarly, for quick detection of crimes, necessary action will be taken to strengthen forensic labs, he added. During the meeting it was also decided to continue more than 3,000 home guards, who were in the fear of losing jobs, and to deploy them to various departments.

Yediyurappa directed officials to take necessary steps to make home guard services available to private organisations also. Officials informed the Chief Minister that all necessary COVID-19 related precautions have been taken at prisons and no case has been reported so far at jails. They said as per Supreme Court directions, 5,005 people were released on bail and parole, and congestion of prisoners at prisons has been reduced from 110 per cent to 95 per cent.

Yediyurappa also asked the officials to submit a proposal based on facts towards development of basic amenities that comes under the Home Department.

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