April 2021

KARNATAKA   Karnataka revenue hits high note in new financial year   Karnataka has ringed in the 2021-22 financial year on a promising note: Most revenue-earning departments have exceeded their annual target for the previous year despite the lockdown-induced slowdown in the first two quarters due to the pandemic. The commercial taxes department has mopped up Rs 82,491 … Read more

KARNATAKA   Karnataka nets Rs 10,000 crore commercial tax   Commercial activities remained strong in Karnataka in March, when Covid-19 cases began to climb. The state collected commercial tax of Rs 10,900 crore in the month, an all-time high. The GST collection was Rs 9,200 crore and sales tax mopup from petrol and diesel sales … Read more

KARNATAKA   5 private universities get nod in Karnataka; 6 in pipeline   Five entrants have joined the growing league of private/deemed universities in Karnataka, with the state government giving the go-ahead in a notification issued on April 16. The five universities — St Joseph’s, New Horizon, Sri Jagadguru Murugarajendra, Vidyashilp and Atria — will now … Read more

KARNATAKA   BS Yediyurappa may leave tax rates unchanged in new budget Chief minister BS Yediyurappa is under pressure to fill a large revenue gap in the state’s finances, but he is unlikely to raise taxes in the forthcoming budget.   The government, experts say, should instead focus on generating more revenue from non-tax sources such as … Read more

KARNATAKA   Karnataka govt clears projects worth Rs 13k cr amid pandemic   The state high level clearance committee (SHLCC), headed by chief minister BS Yediyurappa, on Wednesday cleared projects worth Rs 13,175 crore amid the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. Prominent among the cleared projects include a major investment in the production of … Read more

KARNATAKA   Ease of doing business: Karnataka may repeal 323 laws   After the Centre issued an order to repeal all redundant laws and decriminalise many for ease of doing business, Karnataka has identified 323 laws which need to be simplified or done away with.   While the Covid-19 pandemic gave states, including Karnataka, ample opportunity to … Read more

KARNATAKA A Bengaluru Teacher Has Been Awarded The Order Of The Rising Sun By Japan. Shyamala Ganesh, a Bengaluru-based Japanese teacher, was recently awarded the “Order of the Rising Sun” by the Japanese government.   Shyamala is a Japanese instructor at the septuagenarian institution as well as the Ohara School of Ikebana in Bengaluru’s RT … Read more

KARNATAKA   Hanuman born in Tirumala, says Tirupati temple; Karnataka mulls ASI survey The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams announced that Anjanadri hill in Tirupati is the birthplace of Lord Anjaneya or Hanuman. The TTD made the formal announcement during Sri Rama Navami celebrations in Tirumala. The five other places, which too lay claim to Hanuman’s origins, … Read more

KARNATAKA   Rs 318 crore in first wave, Rs 2 crore now: Big fall in donations to Covid fund in Karnataka   The Chief Minister’s Covid-19 Relief Fund, which was set up by the Karnataka government in May-June 2020 soon after the pandemic broke out, attracted Rs 318 crore until November-December last year. In the second wave … Read more

KARNATAKA   Karnataka not to invest in thermal power plants   The state government has decided to cap thermal power production and not invest in such plants henceforth.   As per Government of India’s energy policy, power generation has been divided into three categories – base-load power, round-the-clock power and peak-load power. In Karnataka, thermal power plants … Read more