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KARNATAKA Scheme with new cut-off date to kickstart in Oct. The bagair hukumscheme that seeks to regularise such unauthorised cultivation with a fresh cut-off date will be implemented from October. The announcement by Revenue Minister R.V. Deshpande on Monday comes after the Assembly adopted the Karnataka Land Revenue (Amendment) Bill in February this year that … Read more
KARNATAKA Karnataka government shifts focus from big-ticket projects to micro irrigation works In an effort to live up to his reputation of being a farmer-friendly politician, chief minister BS Yediyurappa announced a slew of programmes for agriculture and irrigation sectors in his budget for the 2020-21 fiscal Yediyurappa announced Rs 5,000 crore for … Read more
KARNATAKA Drug cases, arrests dip 90% in Karnataka Drug-related cases and arrests came down in Karnataka last year, with both police and the Narcotics Control Bureau saying it is in line with the nationwide trend and crediting it to sustained enforcement drives. But the dip in Karnataka is the sharpest at 90% as against 22-23% in … Read more
KARNATAKA Textile policy 2013-18 failed to achieve Utopian target The Karnataka Textile Policy 2013-18 has failed to achieve its target with respect to investment and employment, according to a report of CAG of India. The report on Economic Sector for the year ending on March 2018, which was tabled in the State legislature, said … Read more
KARNATAKA 25% of Karnataka’s farmer suicides in four sugar districts Farmers across Karnataka have been grappling with consecutive drought years and mounting debts, but if suicides are any indication, sugarcane growers seem to be the worst hit. In the past three years, just four major sugarcane growing districts have accounted for a quarter of all farmer suicides in … Read more
KARNATAKA Cabinet approves filling of Padur Strategic Petroleum Reserves in Karnataka The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the filling of Padur Strategic Petroleum Reserves (SPR) in Karnataka by overseas National Oil Companies (NOCs). The filling of the SPR will be under PPP model and is being undertaken … Read more
KARNATAKA Karnataka becomes the First State to Amend its Industries (Facilitation) Act for Small, Medium and Large-scale Industries The Karnataka government amended the long pending industrial reform “The Karnataka Industries (Facilitation) Act, 2002” to facilitate and attract investment in the state. Under the amended Act, medium and small industries commence manufacturing without having … Read more
KARNATAKA Mission Indradhanush launched in Yadgir, Raichur districts The first round of Mission Indradhanush, an initiative launched by the Union Health Ministry, as a special drive to vaccinate all unimmunised and partially-immunised children and pregnant women by 2020, under the Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP), was launched in Yadgir and Raichur . The Indradhanush … Read more
KARNATAKA Photo voter slips to be sent to voters’ residences The State Election Commission will be dispatching photo voter slips to voter’s residences a week prior to the poll day on May 12. The slips will be delivered by booth-level officers to residences under the jurisdiction of the corresponding polling booths, according to … Read more
KARNATAKA · 20 Karnataka engineering colleges to be part of nano-satellites project ð Around 20 engineering colleges from Karnataka will take part in the Seventy by 75 mission, a project conceptualised by Bengaluru-based Indian Technology Congress Association (ITCA) in collaboration with the Israel Space Agency, which aims to launch 70 nano-satellites built by students from … Read more