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KARNATAKA Maternal mortality rate drops 19% in Karnataka The number of women dying during child birth has sharply declined in Karnataka and stakeholders are crediting the push for institutional deliveries for it. Maternal mortality rates (MMR) in the state fell from 133 (per one lakh births) during 2011-13 to 108 during 2014-16, a 19% dip, … Read more
KARNATAKA Panel decides to continue ‘Bhagya’ schemes of Siddaramaiah government All the populist ‘Bhagya’ welfare schemes launched by the previous Congress government will be continued by the Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) coalition government. The erstwhile Siddaramaiah government had implemented nearly a dozen Bhagya schemes and prominent among them are Anna Bhagya, Ksheera Bhagya, … Read more
KARNATAKA Karnataka Bank targets Rs 9,000 crore agriculture loan this fiscal Private sector lender Karnataka Bank is targeting to disburse about Rs 9,000 crore agriculture loan this fiscal, seeing potential opportunities in the sector. The bank said it is also in line with government’s vision to double farm sector income by 2022. With the government’s vision … Read more
KARNATAKA Area under agriculture declining in Mysuru Against the availability of 1.54 lakh hectares for agricultural activities, the area under crop cover was only 1.14 lakh hectares and there was a shortfall of 40,000 hectares in terms of coverage. While 11,500 hectares was under sugarcane last year, it was down to 4,500 … Read more
KARNATAKA Advanced technology from Israel to boost farming Minister for Agriculture Shivashankar Reddy has said that Israel’s advanced technology will be implemented in farming in select places, called model areas, in the State for the efficient management of water and the project will be announced in the budget. Advanced technology will be … Read more
KARNATAKA State mulling over hiking fees in govt. medical colleges The State government is mulling over hiking the fees for medical courses in government medical colleges and making rural service mandatory for students opting for free medical seats. Government was spending nearly ₹10 lakh on training each medical student while each student … Read more
KARNATAKA Trin Trin: New stations to be dockless, cycles GPS-enabled Trin Trin will be expanded with additional stations that will be dockless, and cycles that would be GPS (global positioning system)-enabled. Geo-fence is a virutal boundary created using a software program. GPS-enabling will help in tracking cycles in real-time. Gradually, the existing … Read more
KARNATAKA Study shows big ecological impact of small hydro-power projects The first-ever scientific study in India of small hydro-power projects (SHPs) has revealed that despite their being promoted as generating clean energy, the plants have a significant ecological impact and there is a correlation between the rise in SHPs and the increase in … Read more
KARNATAKA BSNL to launch 4G services in Karnataka soon With competition in the telecom sector getting more intense and private players doling out attractive schemes to lure customers, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL) is hoping to introduce 4G services in Karnataka this year. The tender for the same has been processed and the BSNL is … Read more
KARNATAKA Male sterilisation extremely low at 0.1% in State According to the NFHS-4, female sterilisation is the preferred method of contraception in the State at 48.6%, whereas the uptake of male sterilisation is extremely low at 0.1%. Although permanent sterilisation to limit births has been popular among women, doctors are now propagating spacing … Read more