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MCC presents surplus budget; projects Rs 257.66 cr revenue, Rs 257.60 cr expenditure

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February 14, 2013

Mangalore, Feb 14: The Council of Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) here on Thursday approved the surplus budget of Rs 6.04 lakh for the 2013-14 fiscal year, in the budget presentation session chaired by Mayor Gulzar Banu.

The annual budget presented by President of Standing Committee on Taxation and Finance Shantha R projects a total revenue of Rs 257.66 crore, and proposes expenditure of Rs 257.60 crore.

Similar to the previous year, the revenue of the MCC for the year 2013-14 includes Rs 35 crore from water tariff, Rs 29 crore from self-assessment of property tax, Rs 1.3 crore from trade licenses, Rs 7.26 from building regulation and development fees, Rs 3.69 from markets, Rs 15 crore in the form of solid waste collection fees and funds from the government and other sources.

Water supply

A sum of Rs 34.17 crore has been earmarked in the budget for the second vented dam at Thumbe, which is expected to meet the drinking water needs of the city till 2026. As the storage capacity of the vented dam is limited to the storage of water required for 45 days, work on a new vented dam has commenced through the grant of Rs 75.50 crore by Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board. Almost 30 per cent of the works on the new vented dam have been completed and the remaining works have commenced. The corporation has spent Rs 19.75 crore on the vented dam. Once it is completed in May 2014, efforts will be made to supply water to all areas under the MCC, said Shantha R.

Development programmes

The budget has allocated a total of Rs 17.95 crore for various developmental works, including Rs 13.50 crore for development work, Rs 3.07 crore for SC/ST welfare programmes, Rs 98 lakh for social welfare and eradication of poverty, Rs 40.50 lakh for welfare of disabled persons and Rs 7 crore for payment of other bills.

Computerisation

The corporation expected a sum of Rs 3 crore from the government for the computerisation of all departments of the MCC in order to provide better services to the citizens. Efforts will be made in coming days to provide all the information related to the Corporation departments online to the public.

Kuteera Bhagya

A sum of Rs 70 lakh has been reserved in the budget for the Kuteera Bhagya scheme this year, and Rs 2 lakh for the Kuteera Jyothi scheme to provide electricity connections to BPL beneficiaries.

Awareness for students

The budget has earmarked a sum of Rs 5 lakh for the scheme to conduct awareness programmes among students studying in fifth to seventh standard in government schools, on misuse and storage of water, water purification and sewage treatment plants.

Waste collection

A sum of Rs 25 crore has been reserved for solid-waste management for the fiscal year 2013-14.

The contract of door- to-door collection of solid waste has been provided to eight contractors, who have begun collecting waste from houses. Out of 60 wards under the MCC, waste segregated dry and wet waste is being collected in two separate bins in two wards (Mannagudda and Court wards). Collection of segregated waste will begin in other wards in the coming days.

Bulk waste will be collected from hotels, canteens, juice centres, caterers, marriage halls and meat and chicken stalls and processed separately.

The construction of a market in Bejai and a fish market in Jeppu is going on. The MCC is planning to construct another fish market in Kuloor and a bus stand for commuters.

Reactions

Presenting his views, Corporator Harinath said that that the amount of Rs 10 lakh allocated to victims of natural disasters was insufficient, and so was the sum of Rs 35 crore allocated for construction of houses for the poor. The amount allocated for the construction of the fish market has not been mentioned. There is also a necessity for a market in Kavoor, he said, and added that there was no mention in the budget of allotment of rickshaw parking facilities.

Former Mayor Shankar Bhat pressed for the need to allocate funds for the construction of a railway underbridge at Jeppu-Kutpady.

Corporator James pressed for allocation of Rs 10-15 crore for the construction of a new bus stand at Pumpwell junction, while yet another objected to the non-allotment of funds for laying pavements on the sides of concretised roads in the city.

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Bengaluru, Jun 12: All the four candidates, including former prime minister H D Deve Gowda (JDS), and senior Congress leader Mallikarjna Kharge, on Friday were declared elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Karnataka.

Karnataka Assembly Secretary sources here said that all the four candidates, who were in the fray for as many berths, were elected after the last date of withdrawal of candidature ended on Friday.

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February 5,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 5: Despite installing a BJP government in Karnataka through disguised operation Kamala, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led union government has continued its step motherly attitude towards this south Indian state.

Under the new formula adopted to share central taxes among states Karnataka will be the worst-affected. Though the 15th Finance Commission has recommended a special grant of Rs 5,495 crore for the state for 2020-21, the Centre appears reluctant to pay up and instead has asked for the proposal to be reviewed.

During the Union budget, the report of the 14th Finance Commission headed by NK Singh for 2020-21 was tabled in Lok Sabha. It shows besides Karnataka, Telangana, Mizoram and Kerala saw their central tax share decrease, while Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Maharashtra were top gainers.

Karnataka's share has decreased from 4.7% provided by the previous finance commission, to 3.6%. Acknowledging there is a steep decline in Karnataka's share from 2019-20, the finance commission has recommended a special grant of Rs 5,495 crore for the state.

Its share in 2019-20 was Rs 36,675 crore, but under the new formula, Karnataka will get only Rs 31,180 crore in 2020-21 from the divisible pool of Rs 8.5 lakh crore - a decline of 22.5%.

Also, the decrease for Karnataka comes on the back of a shortfall in 2019-20. While the state was entitled to Rs 39,806 crore from the divisible pool, it got only Rs 36,675 crore as the Centre suffered a tax revenue shortfall of Rs 1.5 lakh crore.

What is more disheartening though is the Centre's refusal to pay the special grant. Instead, the Union finance ministry has asked the finance commission to reconsider the recommendation. This has prompted the state to take up the issue with the Centre.

"The decline in central taxes devolution comes at a time when the state is going through a tough financial situation. Steps are being taken to ensure Karnataka gets justice," said chief secretary TM Vijay Bhaskar.

Officials said besides corrective measures for 2020-21, the focus will be on ensuring a fair share in subsequent years. However, Karnataka has little chance of getting its dues as the Centre is known to be prudent when distributing tax proceeds among states.

"The Centre has certain views on devolution. We have done our duty by submitting the interim report. It's up to the states to convince the Centre," said Ravi Kota, joint secretary of 15th Finance Commission.

Under the new formula, the commission changed the weightage for some of the six criteria it considers - population, area, forest cover, income distance, demographic performance and tax effort.

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May 22,2020

Bengaluru, May 22: Karnataka reported 138 fresh cases of coronavirus on Friday, taking the state tally to 1743.

26 patients have been discharged on Friday and in total, 597 people have been discharged in Karnataka while total number of active cases in the state is 1,100. 41 people have succumbed to the virus, informed the state health department.

Out of the 138 cases, 111 are returnees from Maharashtra.Out of the 138 cases, 47 are from Chikkaballapura alone, 10 cases from Raichur eight cases each from Bidar and Mandya, five cases each from Bengaluru Rural and Bengaluru Urban, and 14 are from Hassan.

From Bengaluru Rural, three patients are returnees from Maharashtra. A fifty-five year old female from Bengaluru Rural, has contracted the virus and has been diagnosed with a history of SARI. She is currently under observation at a designated city hospital.

Five patients have tested positive from Bengaluru Urban. A 42-year-old woman tested positive in Bengaluru Urban and has been diagnosed with a history of Influenza-like Illness (ILI). She is currently under observation at a designated city hospital.

Two men, who have tested positive from Dharwad are returnees from Delhi. Both of them are currently under observation at a designated hospital in Hubli. A seventy-five year old male who has contracted the coronavirus has returned from Jharkhand.

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