Fisherwomen get subsidised loans through JLGs

March 29, 2012

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Mangalore, March 29: Corporation Bank, in association with Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Co-operative Fish Marketing Federation Ltd., launched a subsidised loan scheme for fisherwomen through joint liability groups (JLGs) in the city on Wednesday.

The bank has identified 72 groups consisting of 700 fisherwomen in Mangalore through the federation and about Rs. 3.50 crore credit will be extended to them through 11 branches of the bank in Mangalore.

Each Joint Liability Group would have a minimum of four and a maximum of 10 members and each member would be eligible for a maximum loan of Rs. 50,000 repayable in 35 months.

Ajai Kumar, Chairman and Managing Director, Corporation Bank, presided over the function. He said the fisherwomen would pay an interest rate of 3 per cent. The balance of the 12.65 per cent rate of interest would be subsidised by the State Government.

“People (who are taking loans from the bank) are repaying the loans,” Mr Kumar said. The bank provides credit linkages to 1,24,000 self-help groups (SHGs) with an amount of Rs. 1,000 crore, he said. Representatives of Sri Raksha Swasahaya Sangha, Mangalore, were given a cheque of Rs. 5 lakh. The other SHGS that received cheques for loans included Sri Vinayaka Swasahaya Sangha, Bokkapatna, Mangalore; Sri Ganesha Swasahaya Sangha, Bokkapatna; Vaishnavi Swasahaya Sangha, Boloor; Spandana Swasahaya Sangha, and Durgambika Swasahaya Sangha from Thota Bengre.

Earlier, in association with the Federation, the bank had financed 223 JLGs, consisting of 2,000 fisherwomen and a loan of Rs. 9.73 crore had been extended through six branches in Udupi district.

B. Nagaraj Shetty, Chairman of the Coastal Development Authority, inaugurated the loan disbursing event.

Yashpal A. Suvarna, president, Fish Marketing Federation; Nitin Kumar, president, Karnataka Fisheries Development Corporation Limited; Palangappa, Assistant Registrar of Co-operative Societies, Mangalore; Suresh Kumar, Joint Director (Fisheries), Mangalore,; and R.P. Arora, Deputy General Manager, Corporation Bank, were present.

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March 15,2020

Hubli, Mar 15: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Sunday said that his government has asked Centre to help in setting up of labs in view of the coronavirus cases.

Speaking to reporters after reviewing the situation in the state on coronavirus, Yediyurappa said, "No new cases were reported on Saturday and Sunday. The cases reported are of people who came from abroad. Government has made all preparation to fight against this. We have asked the central government to help in setting up labs wherever required, shortly we will do it."

"We have taken a lot of precautions to prevent the spread of coronavirus. For the first time shutdown has been declared for a week. People are also cooperating with us, we will take a further decision after one week," he added.

Karnataka government has said that as of now six cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the state, including one person who died.

"Till date six COVID-19 cases have been reported in the state including one death. The 5 Coronavirus positive cases are in isolation at the designated hospital in Bengaluru," the Karnataka government said on Sunday.

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February 12,2020

Belagavi, 12: Even though the investigation into the four abandoned country pistols that were recovered by the Karnataka police on the outskirts of Waghawade village in Belagavi taluk last weekend did not make any headway, the police are verifying if the weapons had been used by the assassin of Gauri Lankesh for training.

Four country pistols were found abandoned on the outskirts of Waghawade on Sunday. Locals informed that the police had taken the weapons for inspection.

Prima facie it appeared that the weapons were rusted and had not been used for long. Cases had been registered against unidentified persons and investigations were in progress.

After reports that the weapons could have been used for training by the assassin of Gauri Lankesh in the forests in Khanapur, a few kilometres away from the spot wherein they were found, police have been looking into this angle too.

Sources said the condition of the weapons indicated that they have not been used for decades but to allay doubt all aspects were being looked into.

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July 30,2020

Mangaluru, July 30: The Social Democratic Party of India has condemned the move by the state government to drop a lesson on legendary Mysuru rulers Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan from the class 7 textbook.

The Department of Public Instruction has omitted the chapter from the textbooks of Class 7 in their attempt to reduce syllabus for state board schools by 30 per cent.

The department, however, has decided to retain similar chapters on Tipu Sultan in 6th and 10th Classes, though the syllabus in text books for all classes from 1 to 10th has been trimmed. 

In a media release statement, SDPI State President Ilyas Mohammed Thumbe termed the move as communally motivated. “By dropping the lesson, the BJP-led government is engaged in saffronisation of education,” he alleged.

He said that Tipu was the most prominent freedom fighter, who had given priority to irrigation, rocket technology and harmony. The BJP government is also planning to scrap lessons on the Constitution, secularism and democracy. By twisting history, the BJP is trying to mislead the younger generation, he added.

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