july 2018

KARNATAKA   State-run cab service likely   In the wake of rising discontentment among cab drivers attached to private aggregator platforms, the State government is now contemplating starting its own taxi service.   There is a proposal to start a government-owned cab service on the lines of private taxi aggregators such as Ola and Uber, … Read more

KARNATAKA   In a first for State, support price for mango announced   In a first, the State government on Monday announced support price of ₹2,500 per tonne to help mango growers for the steep fall in prices.   The announcement by Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy came in the Legislative Assembly. Since neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, … Read more

KARNATAKA   Government promises to protect lakes   29,623 lakes across the State come under the Minor Irrigation Department and the government was committed to protecting them and clearing encroachments.   In February, the State government handed over even lakes in Bengaluru, some of which are in deplorable condition, to the Minor Irrigation Department and … Read more

KARNATAKA   Kumaraswamy announces farm loan waiver in Karnataka Budget   The Karnataka budget has waived all defaulted crop loans of the farmers made upto December 31, 2017, which is termed as Phase I of the loan waiver scheme.   However, the budget has imposed several conditions for the waiver scheme and fixed the maximum principal of … Read more

KARNATAKA   Amend DCRG scheme   The Karnataka State Government NPS (New Pension Scheme) Employees’ Association and Akhila Karnataka State Government Employees’ Federation have urged the government to amend the Death-Cum-Retirement Gratuity (DCRG) scheme so as to extend it to all those employees who have been appointed since April 2006.   The government meted out injustice to … Read more

KARNATAKA   Mysuru’s Film City may go to Ramanagaram   The future of much-talked-about Film City project near Mysuru is hanging in the balance with efforts being made to move the project to Ramanagaram.   Land for the project had been transferred to the Department of Information and Public Relations and the work was supposed … Read more