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1.45 lakh people benefitted from KMDC: N B Aboobakkar

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May 9, 2012

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Udupi, May 9: The Karnataka Minorities Development Corporation (KMDC) Ltd. has implemented schemes worth Rs. 237.5 crore in the past three years and 10 months, benefiting 1.45 lakh people in the State, said its Chairperson N B Aboobakkar.

Addressing media persons here on Tuesday, he said that under the Swavalambana margin money scheme, Rs. 20.27 crore had been given to 13,602 beneficiaries. Under Arivu scheme, subsidised loans to the tune of Rs. 71.56 crore had been provided to 40,642 students from minority communities. A sum of Rs. 43.78 crore had been given to 31,867 beneficiaries under Shrama Shakti scheme. As many as 46,865 beneficiaries had been given Rs. 40.46 crore under Micro Assistance scheme. Under Ganga-Kalyana scheme, the corporation had provided Rs. 52.27 crore to 5,621 beneficiaries.

Mr. Aboobakkar said the corporation had provided Rs. 4.14 crore to 541 beneficiaries under lift irrigation scheme, and Rs. 3.09 crore as micro loans to flood-affected people.

The previous governments used to allocate Rs. 20 crore to Rs. 35 crore for the Minorities Welfare Department annually. But after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power in the State, there had been a massive increase in the allocation to the department. The BJP government allocated Rs. 128.98 crore to the department in 2008-09, Rs. 173.73 crore in 2009-10, Rs. 269.26 crore in 2010-11, and Rs. 326 crore in 2011-12. The government had provided Rs. 406 crore to the department for 2012-13, he said.

The previous governments used to allocate between Rs. 10 crore and Rs. 14 crore to the KMDC annually. But there had been an increase in the allocation to the KMDC after the BJP came to power in the State.


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August 7,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 7: Amid the rising number of COVID-19 cases in Karnataka, the state's health department issued fresh guidelines for the disposal of bodies of COVID patients.

"Although an increased risk of COVID infection from a dead body to health workers or family members who follow standard precautions while handling the body is unlikely, the lack of scientific data requires the utmost care to avoid the inadvertent spread of COVID-19 during these times," the statement from the health department's press release read, emphasising on the dignity of the dead and the religious and cultural tradition.

The 23-page press release elaborated on guidelines regarding testing, handling of dead bodies and other specificities in relation to the management of COVID-19 bodies.

"Testing should not be insisted in every case of death, but only when they have a recorded history of influenza-like symptoms. The body should be handed over to the family members/ relatives in a dignified manner immediately after swab collection and hospitals should provide handouts with a list of dos and don'ts in English and Kannada laying down relevant information," the statement said.

It added, "At the mortuary, health care workers, mortuary staff and the family of the deceased body shall not come in direct contact with the dead body and must wear full personal protective equipment (PPE). If the family or relative are for any reason unable to cremate or bury the body, the local health authority shall arrange for the dignified last rites as per the religious traditions of the family."

Regarding autopsies (post mortem) on COVID-19 bodies, the state department said that they should be avoided, except in necessary circumstances.

The statement also gave detailed guidelines regarding the appropriate recording of COVID-19 deaths in line with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) guidelines.

Additionally, the health department made a statement about the admission procedure for COVID positive patients referred by other district administrations saying, "It is now mandatory for all the referrals from the BBMP admission and discharge of COVID positive patients to be done through the online COVID Hospital Bed Management System (CHBMS)."

The state's count of coronavirus cases was 1,51,449 in the past 24 hours.

So far, a total of 2,804 people have died due to COVID-19 in the state, while the average recovery rate in Karnataka is 49.3 per cent.

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May 26,2020

Bengaluru, May 26: Ministers of the central government or state governments or officers on their official duty, who are travelling across states, will be exempted from requirements of quarantine, the Karnataka government said on Monday.

The state government issued an addendum to Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for inter-state passengers.

"Any person who gets a negative COVID test certificate (from ICMR approved lab) which is not more than two days old from the date of journey will be exempted from the requirement of institutional quarantine," read the addendum.

The state government has laid down new norms for those coming from other states (including those coming by domestic air flights).

Passengers coming from 'high prevalence states' (Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh) would be required to undergo a seven-day "institutional quarantine", which will be followed by home quarantine.

The new norms also said that home quarantine of 14 days would be necessary for the passengers coming from other states.

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April 19,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 19: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister CN Ashwath Narayan on Sunday said that "only essential and critical number of" employees of the Information Technology (IT) companies will be allowed to work from offices from April 20 onwards in Bengaluru, while others will have to continue working from home.

"Only essential and critical number of employees required will be allowed to turn up. In the next two days, it will be reviewed and a suitable decision will be taken. 

All the details will be communicated to the IT companies," Narayan said here.

Earlier on Saturday, in a meeting to review COVID-19 situation in Karnataka, it was considered that one-third of the employees of IT and biotechnology companies could be allowed to work from the office premises, while the rest should continue to work from home.

Earlier on April 17, the Deputy CM, after holding a video conference meeting with heads of the IT and biotechnology companies, had told reporters that up to 50 per cent of the workforce would have the opportunity to function from office premises after April 20.

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