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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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April 13,2020

Mangaluru, Apr 12: A 70-year-old woman who tested positive for COVID-19 got discharged from a hospital here on Sunday after she recovered from the novel coronavirus, said Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner, Sindu B Rupesh.

Seven other patients have also recovered and discharged in Dakshina Kannada till date. Total number of active cases in the district has decreased to 5 now.

As many as 232 COVID-19 positive cases have been reported in Karnataka till date.

The total number of coronavirus cases in India on Sunday climbed to 8447, including 764 cured and discharged, 1 migrated and 273 deaths, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

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June 21,2020

Mangaluru, Jun 21: A total of 51 private hospitals and medical colleges empanelled under the Suvarna Arogya Suraksha Trust (SAST) have been allowed to treat Covid-19 patients in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi district. Among them 30 are in Dakshina Kannada and 21 are in Udupi. Here is the full list:

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March 13,2020

Mysuru, Mar 13: A state-of-the-art viral research laboratory in the city has been identified as one of the testing laboratories for the detection of COVID-19, official sources said here on Friday.

The samples of suspected cases could be sent to the lab for analysis and it would take about three hours to get the results.

The Viral Research and Diagnostic Laboratory (VRDL), which was set up from Central grants and functions at the Microbiology Department of K.R. Hospital, has been authorised to carry out the tests. This lab in Mysuru is among the 52-plus laboratories in the country.

Though the VRDL is equipped to carry out the tests, the sole authority of confirming the virus lies with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)-National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune. VRDL is also the sole agency for collection and transportation of suspected samples of COVID-19 to NIV.

VRDL, which is part of the Mysore Medical College and Research Institute, functions on the advice of NIV.

According to the guidelines issued by ICMR, the results of the tests done here have to be shared with NIV the same day and the labs are not supposed to disclose the results since the NIV is the only authority to declare positive cases. Also, confirmation from the NIV should be awaited in case the samples test negative for COVID-19. The ICMR, in the guidelines made available on its website, has advised clinicians at labs to isolate the patient tested positive for COVID-19 in the identified facility and follow bio-safety precautions.

VRDL is a part of a network of labs established by the Department of Health Research, Government of India. The rise in the number of viral outbreaks and the resultant mortality had been cited as key reasons for the launch of network of such hi-tech labs in the country.

The NIV and the National Centre for Disease Control, Delhi, are the top laboratories for the network, while the National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai, is the supervising authority for the data generated by the network of labs, sources added.

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