Siddaramaiah presents Nava Karnataka Budget 2018: Key highlights

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February 16, 2018

Bengaluru, Feb 16: Faced with ballooning expenditure on the one hand and sluggish economic growth on the other, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday presented the last budget of his current tenures on Friday. Personally this is Siddaramaiah’s 13th budget.

Here are the key highlights from the Nava Karnataka Budget 2018:

With a Budgetary Allocation of Rs 5,849 crore for the Department of Agriculture in 2018-19, the Government of Karnataka is committed to empower farmers in the state with a host of programmes.

• Rs 845 crore earmarked for Karnataka Raitha Suraksha Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bhima Yojna
• Rs 600 crore earmarked for Krishi Bhagya
• Rs 50 crore earmarked fir area under Organic Farming to be extended by 1.5 lakh hectares
• New Agriculture College to be set up in Chamrajanagar
• Rs 24 crore allotted to increase Millet Farming to 60,000 hectares.

Launching of Raita Belaku to empower 70 lakh dry land farmers across Karnataka with economic independence. This will be the nation’s biggest programme in terms of area covered and number of farmers impacted.

• Dry land farmers to get guaranteed annual income between Rs 5,000-Rs 10,000 per hectare
• 70 lakh dry land farmers to benefit
• Biggest national programme in terms of area covered (64 lakh hectares) and number of farmers impacted
• 3,500 crores allocated.

In a major thrust to higher education for girls, Government of Karnataka will provide free education to girls studying in pre-university course (PUC), degree and post-graduate (PG) courses in govt colleges, with a budgetary allocation of Rs 95 crore for 2018-19. 3.7 lakh girl students to benefit.

Giving a major thrust to education across Karnatak the budget announced:

• 100 Karnataka Public Schools (Upto 12th standard) at Gram Panchayat Level to be set up at a cost of Rs 5 crore
• Science Centres to be established in all Government High Schools and PU Colleges at a cost of Rs 7.5 crore
• To set up Basava Study Centre in Mysuru University at a cost of Rs 2 crore
• Government Schools completing 100 years to be developed as Heritage Schools.

In the budget tabled, Siddramaiah said that Karnataka becomes the first state to launch Universal Health Coverage, the much awaited ‘Aarogya Karnataka’ scheme will be launched in February 2018. It will provide primary, secondary and tertiary healthcare to all citizens.

Along with launching 'Aarogya Karnataka', Nava Karnataka Budget 2018 gives a major thrust to health and wellness across the state.

• 9,000 Sub Centres across Karnataka to be upgraded as Health and Wellness Centres
• 1,000 Bed Strength to be added in Bengaluru Medical College and Research Institute
• Hospital Building to be constructed in Gadag, Koppal and Chamrajnagar Medical Colleges
• All District and Taluk Hospitals to be certified under National Accreditation Board for Hospitals to improve Quality Services.

The Siddaramaiah government said it is committed to build an equitable and socially just Karnataka. For ensuring social justice Karnatak government allocated:

• Grant of Rs 300 Crore for the development of Soliga, Junukuruba, Kadukuruba and other Communities
• Reservation of 25 per cent of seats for Backward Classes and Minority of Students in SC/ST Post-Matric Hostel
• Subsidy in the form of Share Capital for 100 Eligible SC/ST Co-operatives Societies
• Loan and Subsidy on priority to 680 Manual Scavengers identified in Rural and Urban for Land Purchase.

In the Budget 2018-19 Karnatak government said it is committed towards building an inclusive and empowered citizenry. In its allocation under inclusive society with opportunities for all it proposed:

• 250 Urban Anganwadis to be set up at cost of Rs 17.5 crore
• 100 Mobile Anganwadis and Creches to be set up at work places benefiting labourers, at a cost of Rs 10 crore
• Loans under Udyogini Scheme increased from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 3 lakh
• 4 per cent Reservation in Grade A and B jobs for differently-abled people.

In the Budget, Siddaramaiah termed skilled Karnataka, the new Karnataka. It said:

• 120 government ITIs to get computer lab facility at a cost of Rs 10 crore under PPP (Public Private Partnership)
• 2.5 lakh people to be trained by Department of Skill Development, Entrepreneurship and Livelihood
• DISHA Scheme to be extended to all districts to train 1 Lakh Entrepreneurs at a cost of Rs 2 crore.

In the budget, the Karnataka government proposed to ensure the empowerment of disenfranchised and backward classes through a host of progressive programmes which include:

• Various Development Works will be taken up at Sangolli and Nandgada at a budget of Rs 267 crore
• Suchi Sambhrama Kits extended to Post Matric Hostel Students
• Enhancement of Creamy Layer Income Limit from Rs 6 lakh to Rs 8 lakh for Availing Reservation for Backward Classes
• Provision of Rs 10 lakh Loan at 6 per cent interest for self-employment to unemployed Backward Class Graduates.

Fostering Equality

• A new scheme to provide loan and subsidy under the professional incentive scheme of Minority Development Corporation at a cost of Rs 30 crore
• Allocation of Rs 200 crore for the development of Christian community
• Implementation of Start-up Loan Facility scheme for women at a cost of Rs 15 crore through Minority Development Corporation
• Opening of 25 New Moraji Desai Residential School.

Connecting Bengaluru - Namma Metro

The Karnataka Budget said Detailed Project Report (DPR) for Namma Metro Phase 3 will be launched soon, taking the total length to 266 kilometers. Upon completion, Namma Metro will become a ring rail network in the city.

Namma Metro Phase 3 DPR to be launched for 105.55 kilometers. Once completed, Metro Network to stretch to 266 Kilometers.

Transforming Bengaluru

Presenting the budget Siddaramaiah said his government is committed to the comprehensive development of the world’s most dynamic city, Namma Bengaluru.

• All Arterial and Sub Arterial Roads of Bengaluru to be white topped over 5 years; 150 kilometers in 2018-19
• 40 Lakes to be developed in 2018-19
• 250 kilometers of footpath to be developed
• 110 villages included BBMP (Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike) to be developed
• Rs 2,500 crore allocated for Bengaluru Development.
• Suburban Rail Reality for Bengaluru

Special Purpose Vehicle for Suburban Rail in Bengaluru to be set up. Project worth Rs 17,000 crore to be implemented in partnership with Ministry of Railways.

Creating a Logistics Network

• New Logistics policy will be announced to create a Multi-Modal Transportation Network
• Logistics Park to be set up on 400 acres of land near Bengaluru and 50 acres near Hubbali.

Towards Digital Karnataka

• E-Kshana launched to issue Caste, Income and Residence Certificate
• Moulya App launched to know the guidance value of any immovable property
• Development of Samyojane App to obtain citizen services of the department
• Development of Dishank App to obtain Survey Number and Map of spot where citizen stands.

In the next five years, the police department will see a 25 per cent rise in the number of women workforce. Toilets will be constructed in all the police stations. The women police stations in district headquarters will be upgraded as one-stop service centres. Cyber forensic laboratories will be established in order to prevent cyber crimes. Nirbhaya Kendras will be established in all the police commissioner’s offices.

The Karnataka budget also proposed free bus passes for students. In order to promote more women drivers under BMTC (Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation), 1,000 women will be provided training. KSRTC (Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation) to get 10 double-decker buses for inter-city operations.

Road safety

In order to reduce road accidents in Karnataka, a grant of Rs 150 crore has been allocated for Road Safety Works under various schemes.

Building Dynamic Ecosystem

• Karnataka Innovation Authority to be set up under the chairmanship of Chief Minister
• Centre for Excellence in Design to be set up to design products and enterprises
• Legal innovation framework to be set up to ensure no legal impediments in new and emerging technologies
• Skill upgradation programme for women in IT sector, who come back to work after long break/maternity leave.

Towards smoke free kitchens

• Mukhyamantri Anila Bhagya Yojana to benefit 30 lakh people at a cost of Rs 1,350 crore
• Gas connection along with two gas stoves and refill cylinders to be provided free of cost.

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21 Italian tourists, 3 Indians quarantined at ITBP centre in Delhi

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March 4,2020

Mar 4: Twenty-one Italian tourists and three Indian tour operators have been sent to an ITBP quarantine facility in Delhi on Tuesday for suspected coronavirus exposure, official sources said.

Health Ministry sources said these foreigners, 13 women and eight men, were in the same group of which an Italian and his wife have tested positive in Rajasthan capital Jaipur.

“His (Italian in Jaipur) condition is stable,” a source said.

Three Indians, who were accompanying this Italian group as tour operators, have also been sent to the ITBP facility in Chhawla area of south-west Delhi, they said.

All these people, staying at a five-star hotel in south Delhi, have been put in “preventive isolation” at the ITBP camp and their samples will be taken on Wednesday, sources said.

The centre already has 112 people, 76 Indians and 36 foreigners, since February 27 after they were evacuated by an IAF plane from Wuhan in China, the epicentre of the coronavirus.

The first samples of these 112 people had tested negative when reports came in last week.

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Evacuation flights with stranded Indians from Maldives and Qatar land in Bengaluru

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May 22,2020

Bengaluru, May 22: Evacuation planes from Male in Maldives and Doha in Qatar landed in Bengaluru with returnees from Karnataka after they were stranded for two months due to suspension of international flights since March 23 and the extended lockdown, an official said on Friday.

"An Air-India flight (#0266) with 152 passengers from Male and its subsidiary Express flight (IX-0822) with 177 returnees and 5 infants from Doha landed here safely at 6.50 pm. and 9.05 pm respectively," an airline official told media persons in Bengaluru.

Both the flights are first from their respective countries to Bengaluru, bringing in returnees to the southern state in the second phase of the Vande Bharat mission, being carried out to evacuate Indians stranded the world over.

"As per the standard operating procedure and guidelines of the state health department, all the passengers were screened with thermal device and tested to ensure they were asymptomatic before leaving the airport," a nodal officer said.

The returnees were given a spare mask to wear all the time and a sanitiser to wash their hands.

"The luggage of all passengers was screened and disinfected before handing over to them after they completed formalities such as filling the self-declaration form and downloading of the Quarantine App for contact tracing later,” said the official.

The passengers were ferried from the airport in state-run buses in batches for 14-day institutional quarantine in hotels and resorts across the city.

The flights were the 6th and 7th flights to Karnataka, of the national carrier and its Express arm, which are operating the service to repatriate thousands of Indians, including distressed workers, migrants, students, senior citizens and tourists, stranded overseas.

Five flights have flown about 650 returnees till date from May 18-21 under the mission's second phase to Bengaluru and Mangaluru on the west coast. The passengers have been brought from Dubai in the UAE, Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, Muscat in Oman, Dammam in Saudi Arabia and San Francisco in the US.

The remaining flights to Karnataka will land in Bengaluru and Mangaluru over the next 12 days till June 3 from 9-10 more destinations the world over.

In the first phase of the mission from May 7-17, the airline and its arm flew 6 flights to the state from May 11-15, bringing in 800 passengers, including 623 to Bengaluru and 177 to Mangaluru from London, Singapore, San Francisco and Dubai.

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Netizens target BJP after video of Sangh Parivar ‘man’ in burqa goes viral

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June 16,2020

Vijayapura, June 16: Even as a video of a man wearing a burqa who is being thrashed by locals is going viral on social media, netizens targeted Bharatiya Janata Party for their activist resorting to heinous acts.

The man who was caught in burqa has been identified as Siddu Paragond, an activist of Snagh Parivar hailing from Sindgi town in Karnataka’s Vijayapura district.

The bizarre incident took place in Sindgi on June 11 outside a bank.

“While people including women were standing in a queue outside the bank, the person in burqa was acting in a suspicious manner. The person was trying to get too close to women which was making them feel awkward,” local residents said.

“Getting suspicious, some locals tried to interact and their suspicion rose with the strange behaviour of the person. Suddenly some men took the person away from the bank and checked only to find that it was a man in burqa. The men thrashed him and handed him over to police,” the sources said.

Confirming this, Superintendent of Police Anupam Agrawal said that the Siddu Paragond has been arrested and remanded to judicial custody. He, however, made it clear that no suspicious objects were found on Siddu. “We are trying to find out the motive for his act,” the SP said.

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