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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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July 19,2020

Mangaluru, Jul 19: In the wake of the COVID-19 lockdown imposed till July 23, streets in the Dakshina Kannada district here bore a deserted look today (Sunday) morning.

The state government had allowed relaxation hours between 8 am to 11 am in the week-long total shutdown. However today there was no relaxation. 

All shops including those selling essential commodities were also seen closed in the district today. Besides, barricades were also seen stationed at different junctures on the road.

As per Karnataka's COVID-19 information portal, a total of 59,652 coronavirus cases have been reported in the state, including 36,631 active cases and 21,775 recoveries. So far, 1,240 people have died due to the infection in the state. 

Dakshina Kannada so far recorded 3,311 covid-19 positive cases and 75 deaths.

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February 9,2020

Tumkur, Feb 9: A special puja was performed at the Durga Parameshwari temple and the Shaneshwara temple in Karnataka's Rangana Halli village to save people from coronavirus.

Yashwanth Shastri, a priest, said: "We performed this special puja on Friday to save the world from virus and diseases like corona and H1N1."

"Our ancestors used to perform a special puja for the betterment of society and save the world from viruses when they attacked," he said.

Coronavirus originated in China's Wuhan city in December last year and has since spread to various cities around the world.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the coronavirus outbreak as a global health crisis.

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May 19,2020

Bengaluru, May 19: Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has begun booking of tickets from May 18. Ticket counters have been opened after implementation of new guidelines for the fourth phase of COVID-19 nationwide lockdown.

People seeking to travel can book the tickets through KSRTC booking counters, authorised franchises booking counters and online, mobile booking, according to a release.

The advanced booking has started for Bengaluru-Shivamogga, Bengaluru-Mysuru, Bengaluru-Mangaluru routes, among others.

Bookings can be made upto 30 days in advance, as per the release.

Amid COVID-19, Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation has restricted the operation services of the bus between 7 AM to 7 PM, said the release.

Passengers are permitted to travel with social distancing measures while the transport corporation will follow the standard operating procedure issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs.

The MHA had issued updated guidelines after the implementation of the fourth phase of nationwide lockdown on May 17th.

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