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Pramod Madhwaraj is 10th richest state minister in India

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August 9, 2016

Udupi, Aug 9: Pramod Madhwaraj, the minister for fisheries, sports and youth affairs, Karnataka is the 10th richest state minister in India, according to a report by Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).

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Mr Madhwaraj, who represents Udupi constituency in Karnataka Legislative Assembly, had entered the state cabinet through a recent cabinet reshuffle.

Son of former MLA Late Malpe Madhwaraj and former minister Manorama Madhwaraj, the Mogaveera community stalwart is the proprietor of Raj fish meal and oil company, Malpe, which is the largest manufacturer of fish meal and fish oil in India.

Mr Madhwaraj is the chairman of Canara Jewel Tex Pvt. Ltd, which runs a large mall of gold and sarees in Udupi district, called The Wedding Palace'. He is the managing partner of Coronet fish products, an exporter of canned fish. He is also the chairman of Malpe Manipal Builders.

Four from Karnataka

Interestingly, four of the country's 10 richest state ministers are from Karnataka, and 97% of this south Indian state's ministers are crorepatis. Energy minister D K Shivakumar is the second richest state minister in the country with assets worth Rs 251crore.
Labour minister Santosh Lad comes in third with assets worth Rs 186 crore. Planning minister M R Seetharam ranks sixth with assets worth Rs 136 crore and Mr Madhwaraj is in 10th place with Rs 105 crore.

Those with high assets have their liabilities too and again, Shivakumar tops this list with liabilities of Rs 105 crore, Seetharam comes in third with Rs 53 crore, Madhwaraj is fourth with Rs 44 crore and water resources minister M B Patil ranked 10th with Rs 19 crore. Patil's assets are worth Rs 40 crore.

Andhra Pradesh minister Ponguru Narayana who is the richest minister with assets worth Rs 441crore and liabilities of Rs 44 crore.

The 'poorest' minister in the country is Samajwadi Party's Tej Narayana from Faizabad constituency in Ayodhya, who has declared assets of just Rs 66,612.

ADR in a statement said it sourced the details from the affidavits filed by ministers at the time of submitting nomination papers to the Election Commission. Declarations of a total of 609 ministers out of 620 have been analysed from 29 state assemblies and two Union Territories by ADR.

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Rikaz
 - 
Wednesday, 10 Aug 2016

These richest should start some kind big industries and provide employment opportunity to all unemployed around that area.

Youth
 - 
Wednesday, 10 Aug 2016

dear all,

I dont know anything about other ministers, But Mr. Pramaod he is a well known person. he thinks about the poor people. you guys might not knowing, how much he donate the money to all kind of activities and for the people. At last he is not even interested in corrupted money. God has given him alloott.. Please think twice to comment if you dont know anything.

HONEST
 - 
Tuesday, 9 Aug 2016

Hope his richness helps the POOR of our society...

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February 4,2020

Lucknow, Feb 4: Even as anti-NRC protests continue to rage across the country, the Lucknow University has queered the pitch by demanding citizenship proof from RTI applicants.

The Lucknow University (LU) refused to provide the information sought by the people who filed the Right to Information (RTI) unless they furnished the proof that they were Indian citizens.

Alok Chantia, one of the RTI applicants who was refused information by the varsity, said that he had lodged a complaint with the vice-chancellor of the varsity but even then he could not get the desired information.

"It is shocking how the university has twisted the RTI law as per its whims and fancy. It does not have any authority to do so," said the RTI applicant.

Chantia, also a faculty member at a degree college here, had sought details of appointment of teachers for self-financed courses and their pay scale.

"It is possible that some applicants who may not be familiar with the provisions of the RTI, may have furnished proof of their citizenship to the varsity to get the information but that cannot become a rule," he pointed out.

When contacted, university officials admitted that such a practice had been going on in the varsity for the past few years.

"This practice started during the tenure of the former vice-chancellor S.P. Singh and still continues," said a senior varsity official.

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April 9,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 9: In order to stop fake forwards about coronavirus shared by some netizens which is creating hate and fake news, the Karnataka state police have launched a new section (landing page) of fact checks in the Karnataka State Police official website.

which is falsely framing a particular community by sharing photos and videos on social media by some netizens which is creating hate -- the Karnataka state police have launched a new section (landing page) of fact checks in the Karnataka State Police official website.

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July 7,2020

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has rationalised the syllabus for classes IX to XII for the academic year 2020-21 by up to 30 per cent to make up for academic loss caused due to COVID-19, Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' announced on Tuesday.

"Looking at the extraordinary situation prevailing in the country and the world, CBSE was advised to revise the curriculum and reduce course load for the students of classes IX to XII.

"To aid the decision, a few weeks back I also invited suggestions from all educationists on the reduction of syllabus for students and I am glad to share that we received more than 1.5K suggestions. Thank you, everyone, for the overwhelming response," Nishank tweeted.

"Considering the importance of learning achievement, it has been decided to rationalize syllabus up to 30 per cent by retaining the core concepts," he added.

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