Hon’ble Speaker,

1. I present the Budget for the year 2014-15.

2. This is the second budget of our Government.

In my opinion, Budget is not a document of estimates

alone. This is an official document reflecting insights

and aspirations of the Government and economic

strength of the State. In this regard, the Budget for

2014-15 being presented by me is a document of our

ambition for comprehensive inclusive growth and all

round development of the State.

3. In the last Assembly election, we gave a promise

to the people to provide clean, robust and transparent

administration. The people reposed faith in our

promise and gave a mandate to us in the last Assembly

elections. Honouring the mandate from the people,

we have delivered on most of our promises in a short

period itself. The confidence of the people is the oxygen

for elected Government in parliamentary system of

democracy. The clean, robust and transparent

administration provided by us in the past nine months

is indicative of this achievement.

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4. In the last year’s budget document, we had

announced various people oriented and

developmental schemes. Most of those schemes have

already been implemented. “Annabhagya” Scheme

announced by the Government immediately on

assumption of power has eliminated hunger of one

crore families of our State and brought them

happiness. Loan waiver of Rs.1368 crore for

Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, Backward Classes

and Minorities has brought smiles on the faces of

these people. Waiver of Rs.319 crore towards pending

bills of “Kuteerjyothi” Scheme has lit a lamp in the

houses of the poor. Incentive amount of Rs.818 crore

given to about 7.4 lakh Co-operative milk producers

has increased their income.

5. Welfare of agriculturists is the first priority of

our Government. Accordingly, Agriculture Price

Commission has been formed already to fix

remunerative price for the farmers’ produce. Loans

upto Rs.2 lakh at 0% interest rate has been provided

to farmers. We are committed to utilize water resource

potential for the agriculture. We have taken

comprehensive measures to instill confidence in

farmers and enhance respect for agriculture

profession.

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6. The prestigious scheme of our Government

“Ksheerabhagya” is improving nutrition levels of more

than one crore children through supply of free milk

in Anganavadi and Schools. The insertion of

Article 371J in the Constitution facilitated by strong

concerns of our Government, has paved the way for

the rise of Hyderabad Karnataka region. We have

made a significant achievement by constructing 2.5

lakh houses so far towards the goal of making the

State free of huts. We have taken big strides for

creation of urban basic infrastructure

7. Our Government strongly believes that

providing food to the hungry, health for peaceful life,

a roof for living, education for self reliance,

employment for working hands, results befitting the

efforts, protection for weaker sections should be

priorities of a responsible Government.

8. Like the previous year’s budget, this year’s

budget is also based on a foundation of Social justice

and consists of several programmes for the

development of the people deprived of opportunities.

“Inclusive and all round development” is the basic

goal of our budget. Through these programmes, we

will endeavour to build happy, peaceful and strong

Karnataka.

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9. We have strengthened our financial resources

with determination despite the shadow of economic

slowdown in the country. We have controlled leakage

of our income. We have overcome the economic

slowdown through resource mobilization measures.

Provision of adequate funding for the budgeted

schemes inspite of the difficulties is evidence of our

sound financial management.

10. Improvements have been made by providing

required funds for electricity and infrastructure

development. “Rajiv Gandhi Arogyashree” Scheme has

been implemented for people above the poverty line.

For backward class students, a new scheme “Vidyasiri”

has been formulated. “Manasvini” scheme for

unmarried women and “Maithri” scheme for sexual

minorities have provided assurance in their lives.

Implementation of 15 point progress based

programme for village development is realising the

rural development dream of Mahatma Gandhi.

11. Political stability, skill based human resources,

improvements in basic infrastructure, and, efficient

administration system in our State has drawn

attention of the industrialists from all over the world.

New Information Technology Policy has been

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announced. New Industrial Policy will be announced

soon. Rural and Urban Development are like two

wheels of our march on the path of progress.

State’s Economy

12. The State’s economy in 2013-14 was influenced

by the slowdown in the National Economy and slow

global recovery. It is estimated that the State Domestic

Product grew at a rate of 5 % during 2013-14. Due to

slow down, industrial sector growth is estimated to

be 1.2 %. The growth in the services sector that

contributes 60 % of the SDP has been estimated to

be 7.2 %.

13. After recording a -4.9% growth in 2012-13,

Agricultural sector has staged noticeable recovery. It

gives me pleasure to inform the Honourable House

that the Agricutural sector is estimated to record a

growth of 3.6 % during 2013-14. Our Government

policy of strong thrust to agricultural sector and timely

availability of agricultural credit have galvanized the

sector. The Loan waiver scheme of our Government

has helped to reduce the loan burden on the

agricultural community.

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14. While acknowledging the challenges that the

economic condition presents, I would like to assure

that my Government will put the economy of the State

on a high growth path, by formulating and

implementing growth promoting policies.

Overall Economic Position

15. The challenging economic environment is still

continuing due to emerging market economies and

slow down of the national economy. Still, a recovery

of the national economy is expected. Riding on the

growth of 4.6 % in agriculture sector, Indian economy

is expected to achieve a growth rate of 4.9 % during

2013-14.

16. We need to be cautious about the growing

inflation, which can slow down investments and

growth. We believe that Government of india and the

Reserve Bank of India will take necessary steps for

Economic and financial stability in the background

of uncertain external environment. Prime Minister’s

Economic Advisory Council in its Economic Forecast

has estimated the National GDP growth to be 5.3 %

during 2013-14, which though less, indicates clear

signs of economic recovery.

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17. The growth in investment rate and in GSDP of

the State will be dependent on progressive

improvement in economic policy environment, removal

of barriers to investment, fiscal deficit and control &

stabilization of inflation.

State’s Financial Position

Plan Performance in 2013-14

18. The State Plan size for 2013-14 was fixed at

Rs.48685 crore. This included support of Rs.41683

crore from the State budgetary resources and Rs.7002

crore as resources of Public Sector Enterprises. Total

plan expenditure of the State including the share of

Central Government is estimated at Rs. 50847 crore.

This House had approved additional plan expenditure

based on additional demands from various

departments.

19. The revised estimates indicate that the State

plan during 2013-14 has largely been implemented.

Annual Plan 2014-15

20. Government of India has reformulated all

existing Centrally Sponsored Schemes into 66

schemes. The funds transfer for these schemes has

been re-classified. From 2014-15 onwards central

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assistance for these schemes will be through the State

Budget. As a result, these resources will also be part

of the State Plan in future.

21. I am happy to announce that the Annual Plan

for 2014-15 has been fixed at Rs 65,600 crore. This

includes Rs.57,687 crore to be provided out of State

Government resources and Rs.7913 crore from

resources of Public Sector Enterprises. This enhanced

plan size is almost 34.75 % more than the plan size

of Rs. 48685 crore fixed for 2013-14.

Agriculture

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22. Our Government’s first priority is to mitigate

the misery of the farmers of the State. Improving the

lives of the farmers is prequisite for a healthy society.

23. Our Government will always be in the forefront

to protect the interest of farmers. Through low interest

agricultural loan, subsidized seeds, fertilizer,

nutrients, agricultural improvements, soil

conservation, market improvements, minimum

support price, crop loss compensation, crop insurance

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and several other programmes, the Government is

attempting to support farmers at all stages. Freedom

from debt is being facilitated through irrigation

security, free electricity supply and loan waiver

schemes. In no circumstances, our ‘Annadaatha’

should lose courage and become despondent. I would

like to reiterate my assurance to the farmers that we

are always with them.

24. Following are the achievements during

2013-14.

• Estimated food production of 131 lakh

tonnes.

• Sowing in 70.35 lakh hectare during kharif.

• Distribution of 4.83 lakh quintal seeds to

17 lakh farmers for sowing during kharif

2013. Availability of 5.26 lakh quintals of

seeds during rabi and summer.

• Effective distribution of 26.82 lakh tonnes

of fertilizers. Availability of 7 lakh tonnes of

fertilizers as buffer stock..

• Distribution of Rs.222.23 crore

compensation to 12 lakh farmers under crop

insurance schemes.

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• Coverage of 74 lakh hectares under

Bhoochetana programme. Increase in yield

by 21 to 43 percent.

• Priority to farm mechanization and

processing of agriculture produce.

Distribution of 50000 farm machinery and

equipments.

• More emphasis to sprinkler and drip

irrigation by distribution of sprinkler and

drip irrigation sets for 28000 hectare area,

90% subsidy to all groups of farmers from

the present year.

• Issue of order for constituting Agriculture

Price Commission at State level to fix

remunerative prices to agricultural crops.

• Action for installation of telemetric raingauge

stations in all grama panchayats.

25. Comprehensive programmes have been

formulated to facilitate production of 135 lakh tonnes

of food grains during 2014-15.

26. 70% of the cultivation area in the State is under

rainfed agriculture. Despite this limitation, 55% of

food crop production and 75% of oilseed production

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is contributed by the rainfed areas. Conservation of

high quality natural resources like soil and water,

and enhancement of Agriculture productivity and

income levels of farmers and agriculture labourers

needs to be ensured For improving livelihood of rain

dependent farmers’ community, it is proposed to

implement “Krishibhagya” scheme.

27. “Krishibhagya”scheme will be implemented

initially in 5 major dry land zones covering 45 lakh

hectares in 23 districts. Through conservation, storage

and efficient use of rain water, adoption of profitable

cropping systems, cultivation of high income earning

horticultural crops, promotion of animal husbandry

activities, establishment of processing industries and

promotion of infrastructure creation for agriculture,

the scheme aims to achieve sustainable growth in

agriculture. 53 lakh farmers are expected to be

benefitted by this scheme. It is planned to implement

the scheme in a Mission Mode in a phased manner

over five years.

28. Various components of the scheme will be

implemented in 9 lakh hectares during 2014-15 by

consolidating programmes of agriculture related

departments. An allocation of Rs 500 crore has been

provided for this scheme in 2014-15.

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29. Swabheejabivruddhi scheme is being

implemented for higher production of quality sowing

seeds in collaboration with seed production

corporations, boards, agriculture universities and

private agencies. It is proposed to establish basic

infrastructure such as seed processing godowns and

threshing yards, in addition to providing equipment

for seed processing, concession in seed certification

fee and grant of incentive to the seed production.

30. A special technology package for improving

productivity of Ragi and Jowar crops will be

implemented as these are major nutritional cereals of

the State. Under a special package, distribution of

minikits for improved varieties, application of

comprehensive technology, use of improved

implements and encouragement for seed production

and processing will be provided.

31. Action will be taken to set up Service centres

through registered charitable trusts,non-

Governmental organizations and self help groups to

facilitate availability of Agriculture equipments to

farmers on hire basis.

32. A programme will be formulated for

implementation through help line of Agriculture

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department for advising and assisting the farmers in

distress. Action will be taken to boost the self-

confidence of the farmers not only by agriculture

experts, but also by health specialists and other

consellors. Suitable training will also be imparted to

officers of Agriculture Department to prepare them to

rush to the aid of farmers in distress.

33. Preference will be given to women agriculturists

in providing seeds, fertilizers and loans at

concessional rates, subsidies and other facilities for

Agriculture, animal husbandry and sericulture.

34. Reservation in admission for children of farmers

and Agricultural labourers in Diploma, B.Sc

(Agriculture) and equivalent courses in Agriculture

Universities of the State will be increased to 40%.

35. Total provision of Rs 3759 crore has been made

for the programmes of Agriculture Department during

2014-15.

Horticulture

36. For bringing more farmers of Schedule Castes

and Schedule Tribes into horticulture and for

facilitating higher income for them, improved technical

knowhow, plant protection practices, mechanization

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value addition and other activities will be promoted

by providing 90% assistance.

37. For promoting use of abundantly available solar

power in horticulture sector through irrigation

pumpsets, fencing, dryers and other power operated

machinery, 75% subsidy will be provided. A provision

of Rs.2 crore will be made for piloting this programme.

38. Programmes for rejuvenation of areca and

coconut gardens which have suffered loss will be

extended.

39. Pest and disease advance warning units will be

established in selected blocks. These units will have

facility for computerized analysis of climatic

conditions. A provision of Rs.2 crore under integrated

horticulture development programme will be made for

providing assistance to farmers and organizations for

this purpose.

40. Timely information on weather, cultivation

practices, market prices etc., will be provided to

registered farmers directly through mobile based short

messaging system (SMS), computers and information

kiosks. Allocation of Rs.2 crore will be made for taking

up this programme on an experimental basis.

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41. Special marketing programmes will be

formulated for enabling the existing 21 district

HOPCOMS to handle higher quantities of

Horticultural produce through strengthening of

Karnataka State Horticulture Produce Marketing

Federation (KHF).

42. For entrepreneurship development and

employment generation in horticulture sector, skill

development programme will be taken up for nursery

activities, areca and coconut crop harvesting and

pruning, ornamental horticulture maintenance,

processing and value addition activities and post

harvest activities. For implementation of preliminary

activites of this programme, Rs.1 crore will be given.

43. Total provision of Rs 1434 crore has been made

for the programmes of Horticulture Department

during 2014-15.

Animal Husbandry

44. Following are the achievements during

2013-14.

• Enhancement of incentive to milk producers

from Rs.2 to Rs.4 with an expenditure of

Rs.818 crore benefitting 7.4 lakh milk

producers.

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• Allocation of Rs.65 crore for sheep and goat,

piggery, dairy development programmes and

livestock health programmes.

• Release of compensation of Rs.27 crore, to

the farmers who have lost their animals to

Foot and Mouth Disease. A special

additional package of Rs.26 crore under

RKVY scheme.

• Grant of Rs.77 crore for Infrastructure

Development in Bidar, Shimoga and Hassan

Veterinary Colleges and Gulbarga Dairy

College.

• Distribution of 5.25 lakh fodder mini kits

to farmers out of expenditure of Rs.13.14

crore to grow green fodder in 52553

hectares.

45. 44 checkposts will be established at the State

Borders for the control of livestock diseases. Rs.2.50

crore is allocated for this purpose.

46. Regional Disease Diagnostic Laboratories will

be established in 4 places in the State (Sira, Kolar,

Bagalkote and Sirsi) through Animal Health and

Biological Institute at a cost of Rs.2 crore.

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47. In view of shortage of staff for vaccination

programme against the livestock diseases, an

incentive of Rs.4 crore will be provided for

implementation of the programme through voluntary

vaccinators.

48. To overcome scarcity of veterinary doctors in

the state, 250 new veterinary graduates will be

recruited directly and 250 retired veterinary doctors

will be appointed on contract basis.

49. Guidelines and Rules will be formulated for

maintenance and conservation of poultry farms and

for providing subsidies.

50. Rs. 10 crore will be provided to open 100 new

veterinary centers and to upgrade 100 primary

veterinary centers into veterinary dispensaries.

51. 4112 veterinary institutions in the state will be

networked through E-Governance initiatives.

52. Rs.15 crore will be provided as a one time

assistance to sheep and wool producer Co-operative

Societies which are in distress.

53. Compensation for death of sheep and goats will

be increased from Rs.3000 to Rs.5000.

54. Incentive of 20 paise per litre of milk collected

will be provided to the Milk Producers Co-operative

Societies, towards administrative expenses.

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55. Total provision of Rs. 1757 crore has been made

for the programmes of Animal Husbandry Department

during 2014-15.

Sericulture

56. Rs.5 crore will be provided for waiver of

loans taken by 1027 sericulturists and reelers during

1982-1995 under Indo-Dutch scheme.

57. 100 Customer Service Centres will be opened

with involvement of local non-governmental

organizations and entrepreneurs for improving

production and productivity of sericulture. An initial

allocation of Rs.1 crore will be made to provide 90%

subsidy for supply of equipment to these centres.

58. Cocoon and raw silk is being marketed through

open auction currently. Comprehensive and

transparent e-tendering system will be established for

marketing of cocoon and raw silk.

59. Due to increase in cost of mulberry cultivation

and cocoon production, it is proposed to revise existing

production and productivity linked incentive from

Rs. 10/- to Rs. 30/- per kg for improved cross breed

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cocoons and from Rs. 40/- to Rs. 50/- per kg for

bivoltine variety.

60. Total provision of Rs. 204 crore has been made

for the programmes of Sericulture Department during

2014-15.

Fisheries

61. Call centre based extension service will be

provided to fishermen directly by consolidating

information available at various levels. Under the

scheme, SIM cards will be provided to fishermen to

facilitate free communication in Karnataka of details

of Governmental schemes, market prices, potential

fishing zone and weather information. An allocation

of Rs.1 crore will be provided for this scheme during

2014-15.

62. Action will be taken to improve hygienic

conditions in 8 fishing harbours and 20 fish landing

centers with financial assistance from National

Fisheries Development Board as per the standards

set by the European Union for import of food items.

63. At present farmers are dependent on Universities

for testing of water and soil quality for setting up of

freshwater fish farms. In 2014-15, it is proposed to

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distribute water and soil quality testing kits to District

Level Offices at a cost of Rs.30 lakh to make the

services easily accessible.

64. As natural feed available in water ponds is not

sufficient for growth of fish, it is proposed to establish

a supplementary feed production unit at Bhadra Fish

Seed Production Farm to facilitate scientifically

prepared quality feed in pellet form at affordable prices,

to promote quality and expected results in fisheries.

65. Fisheries Resource Information Management

System (FRIMS) will be implemented by computerizing

the major activities of the Department for providing

quick and transparent services to the public.

Information on beneficiary approval, auction of fishing

rights in tanks and fish seed production centers will

be made available online in phased manner through

FRIMS.

66. The facility of tax exemption for 1.5 lakh KL

diesel for use by mechanised fishing vessel will be

continued.

67. Jetty expansion will be taken up at Fish

Landing Centre at Tengingudi of Bhatkal Taluk in

Uttar Kannada District.

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68. Construction of outer harbour with break water

near Madikala of Uppunda village in Kundapura

taluka, Udupi district will be taken up.

69. Construction of Oceanarium at Pilikula Nisarga

Dhama, Dakshina Kannada district will be taken up

through public private partnership.

70. 3000 houses will be constructed for houseless

fishermen under Mathyashraya scheme.

71. Total provision of Rs. 221 crore has been made

for the programmes of Fisheries Department during

2014-15.

Co-operation

72. Following are the achievements during

2013-14

• Interest free short term agriculture loans

upto Rs.2 lakh.

• Agriculture Loans from Rs.2 lakhs to Rs.3

lakhs at 1% interest.

• Short term, Medium term and Long

term agricultural loans from Rs.3 lakh to

Rs.10 lakh at 3% interest. A grant of Rs.650

crore for interest subsidy.

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• Disbursement of Rs. 4933 crore Agricultural

loan to 11.94 lakh members upto

November 2013.

• Allocation of Rs. 45 crore to Yashaswini

Scheme.

• Payment of enrolment fee for Scheduled

Caste and Scheduled Tribe members from

Yashaswini Trust. Enrolment of 5.7 lakh

Scheduled Caste and 3.14 lakh Scheduled

Tribe members.

• Commencement of construction of godowns

in 62 centres with capacity of 1.6 lakh metric

tonne at estimated expenditure of Rs.99

crore.

73. Rs.2246 crore has been released during

2013-14 which was remaining out of the total required

amount of Rs.3278 crore towards waiver of Agriculture

loans upto Rs.25000 taken during 01.08.2011 to

25.07.2012 and due as on 25.07.2012 and interest

thereon. With this release, 15 lakh farmers have been

freed from debt.

74. Our Government is the first Government in the

Country to provide interest free agriculture loans upto

Rs.2 lakh. During 2014-15, the limit for interest free

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short term agriculture loan will be enhanced to

Rs.3 lakh. Interest rate of 3% will be continued on

Agricultural loans between Rs. 3 lakh to Rs. 10 lakh.

75. Rs.45 crore has been provided to enhance the

coverage of highly successful “Yashaswini” Health

Scheme. This scheme has been confined so far to rural

areas only. For extending the scope of the scheme to

urban areas, Rs.10 crore has been reserved.

76. With a view to encourage women Co-operatives,

to implement ‘Priyadarshini’ scheme in order to enroll

more women in Co-operatives, Rs. 1 crore share capital

assistance is provided to Women Co-operative

Associations.

77. A special new scheme called “Ashakiran” will

be implemented for establishing exclusive Co-operative

societies for physically challenged persons. For

encouraging enrolment of physically challenged

persons in these societies, a provision of Rs.1 crore

will be made.

78. Comprehensive reforms will be implemented in

matters relating to purchase of land, timely allotment

of land, protection of members’ rights in House

Building Co-operative Societies. Action will be taken

to formulate a suitable policy in this regard.

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79. Market access of the farmers will be enhanced

by implementing warehouse based sales near the

farms. Facilities will be set up for access to electronic

auctions at nearby regulated markets and distant

National markets through e-auction system provided

by NCDEX exchange centre.

80. Agricultural Marketing Reforms Policy as

announced in 2013-14 Budget has been implemented

to provide transparent and competitive marketing

system in Agriculture Markets. A Special Purpose

Vehicle has been established under Public and Private

Partnership and with NCDEX Spot Exchange.

81. Action has been taken for providing facility of

value based warehouse receipts in 130 warehouses

and for registration of these warehouses under the

WDR Act. Computerization of activities of Karnataka

State Warehousing Corporation has been planned.

82. “Grahaka Maarata Angala” will be established

in APMCs to facilitate direct sale of fruits and

vegetables by the farmers to the consumers. Action

has been initiated for necessary amendment to the

Karnataka Agricultural Produce Marketing

(Regulation and Development) Act, 1966.

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83. “Kayaka Nidhi” of Rs.1 crore for the welfare of

manual labourers “Hamalis” working in APMC will

be established. 50 percent of the amount will be borne

by the Government and the remaining 50 percent

through APMC cess collection.

84. The scheme of construction of Rytha Bhavans

in APMC premises through APMC resources will be

encouraged.

85. A Committee of experts will be formed for

formulating a comprehensive Co-operation policy for

revival of Co-operative societies and for ensuring

availability of loans to all sections of society without

any discrimination in line with the objectives of the

Co-operative sector.

86. Total provision of Rs. 666 crore has been made

for the programmes of Co-operation Department

during 2014-15.

Water Resources

Major Irrigation

87. Following are the achievements during

2013-14

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Completed Projects

• Creation of irrigation potential for 1.15 lakh

acres (46729 hectares). Field irrigation

channels created for 56,030 acres.

Rejuvenation works completed in respect of

2,402 acres of saline lands. Field drains

have been created for 1.66 lakh acres.

• Modernisation of Visweshwaraiah canal

network completed.

• Detailed Project Report prepared for

Yetthinahole Project. Administrative

approval accorded for an estimated cost of

Rs. 12916 crore, inclusive of conveyance.

Retendering of the first stage works is in

progress.

• Land acquisition, rehabilitation and

reconstruction activities, required for

facilitating the increasing of the height of

Almatti Dam to 524.25 metres have been

put on fast track. A High Level Committee

and Action Plan Review Committees have

been constituted. Process for payment of

compensation as per the new Land

Acquisition Act has been put on fast track.

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Projects where work has been intiatied.

• Works in respect of following projects under

the Upper Krishna Stage -3 have been

initiated.

o Muluwada Lift irrigation Project

o Chimmalagi Lift irrigation Project

o Koppal Lift irrigation Project

o Indi Lift irrigation Project (Extension)

o Narayanapura Right Bank canal

o Rampura Lift irrigation Project

(Extension)

o Mallabad Lift irrigation Project, and,

o Herakal Lift irrigation Project

• Work has been initiated in 2 packages for

Drip Irrigation System under the Ramthal

Lift irrigation Project

Proposals submitted to Government of India for

financial assistance

• Project for Modernisation of the

Narayanapura Left Bank Canal Network,

under the Krishna BhagyaJala Nigam, at

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an estimated cost of Rs. 3752 crore. This

project will facilitate 25 % increase in Water

Use efficiency of Narayanapura Left Bank

Canal and will create irrigation facility for

1 lakh hectares of land in the fringe areas

of the canal.

• Tunga Upper Bank Project at an estimated

cost of Rs. 2562 crore. Investment clearance

has been obtained from Central Water

Commission.

• Karanja Project with a revised estimate of

Rs. 635 crore.

• Project for comprehensive water

management in Gondhi Dam Canal

Network, at an estimated cost of Rs. 93

crore, with funding support from Asian

Development Bank.

88. It is proposed to take up following works during

the year 2014-15.

• The Krishna Tribunal has announced the

final award. All the points in the award have

been comprehensively examined. Every

action will be taken to get State’s due share

of water and get justice to the State.

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• Paramashivaiah Committee has given its

preliminary report. The report has suggested

alternate ways of harnessing water from

Western Ghats. The report is under serious

consideration of the Government and

appropriate action will be taken at the

earliest.

• Action has been taken to ensure completion

of all the ongoing irrigation projects in the

Water Resources Department, over the next

5 years, as envisaged. Priority will be

accorded to ensure progress of Stage 3 works

of Upper Krishna Project.

• The Mahadayi River Dispute Tribunal has

been constituted and the members of the

Tribunal have inspected the Mahadayi

Basin Area in Karnataka. State will continue

its just fight to obtain rightful share of water,

in line with the All Party decision.

• During 2014-15, irrigation potential will be

created for 1,20,000 hectares. This will be

facilitated by construction of field irrigation

channels in 1,00,000 hectares, field drain

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channels in 1,00,000 hectares. Land

reclamation works will be taken up in

30,000 hectares of saline and alkaline lands.

• Construction of Kudalasangama –

Adavihala Bridge across Malaprabha river,

Herakal bridge across Ghataprabha river

and bridge in lower part of Hippargi Anicut

connecting Athani to Bilagi and

Jamakhandi taluka will be taken up.

• Action will be taken to implement Micro

Irrigation system in selected areas in the

catchment of Koppal Lift Irrigation Project

under the Upper Krishna Stage 3 Project

and Thungabhadra Project

• Proposal will be submitted to Government

of India to consider Upper Bhadra Project

as a National Project.

• Venkateshwara Lift Irrigation Project,

in Jamakhandi Taluk, Kempawada

(Basaveshwara) Lift Irrigation Project near

Inapur, the backwaters of Hipparagi, Lift

irrigation project near Sasvehalli to provide

water to tanks of Kasaba Hobli of

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Channagiri, Santhebennur Hobli and

Shanthisagara tank (Soolekere), from

Tungabhadra river and Veerabhadreswara

Lift Irrigation Project to harness waters of

Ghataprabha river in Belgaum District will

be taken up.

• A Project will be taken up in Dharwad

district to fill up the tanks with waters from

Bedthi river.

• In order to facilitate more effective

supervision of projects, it is proposed to

implement modern Telemetry Technology in

Gondhi, Bhadra, Upper Tunga Project,

Singatalur Project, Tungabhadra project

and Vijayanagar canals, in collaboration

with Asian Development Bank. This will

facilitate better measurement of flow of water

in the canals and create a centralized

information system.

• Work will be initiated for generation of

electricity through installation of Solar

Panels in the irrigation areas, on a pilot

basis.

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• Following modernisation works will be

taken up: Modernisation of canals in

Dharma Project; Modernization of canals

of Kanva Reservoir; Improvements of RBLL

canal; modernization of the Upper canal of

Nugu Project; Modernization of Left and

Right Bank Canals of Suvarnavathi

reservoir; Modernisation of Left and Right

Bank Canals of Chikkahole reservoir;

Modernisation of Hanagodu Canal network

in Hunsur taluk; Modernisation of

Ramapura Dam canals; and HRBC/HRHLC

canal networks of Hemavathi reservoir.

• Lining works of Taraka Left Bank Canal,

Harangi Right Bank & Left Bank Canals,

and Kabini Right Bank Canal Distributory

Nos. 45, 46 and 55 will be taken up.

• Improvement works will be undertaken in

Visweshwaraiah Canal System II Stage,

Santemaralli and Honnur canals of Kabini

Right Bank canal distributory No. 42 and

Bangaradoddi Anicut Canal.

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• Satanur Kailanch drinking water project will

be taken up.

Minor Irrigation

89. Following are the achievements during

2013-14

• Of the 489 works taken up in 7 phases,

361 works have been completed.

• Implementation of 128 works is in progress.

• Approval of Government of India has been

received for taking up 132 new works at an

estimated cost of Rs. 196. crore.

• Government of India’s approval is expected

for taking up 135 new works at an estimated

cost of Rs. 90 crore.

90. During the current year, project proposals with

an estimated outlay of Rs. 400 crore will be submitted

to Government of India.

91. As per the announcement made in Budget

Speech of 2013-14, orders have been issued

constituting the Lake Development Authority for

maintenance and development of irrigation tanks in

the State. Action is being taken to enact suitable

legislation in this regard.

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92. Under the “Suryajyothi – Raithara Balina

Paramjyothi” programme, action is being taken to

adopt Solar powered pump sets, on a pilot basis to

the Community lift irrigation projects under Special

Component Plan and Tribal Sub Plan, through Minor

Irrigation Department. It is proposed to implement

this programme in Hassan, Mysore, Chickmagalur,

Chitradurga, Davanagere, Mandya districts and

Kollegal and Yelandur taluks of Chamarajanagar

district in South Karnataka and in most of the districts

in North Karnataka.

93. It is essential to take up comprehensive

improvements of the old tanks in the State. During

2014-15, it is proposed to take up comprehensive

development of one tank in each of the Assembly

Constituencies, under the ““Kere Abhivruddhi –

Naadina Shreyobhivruddhi” programme.

94. It is proposed to construct series of pickups

across natural rivers and streams in the districts with

severe groundwater decline, such as Gadag, Bijapur,

Koppal, Kolar and Chikkaballapur.

95. During 2014-15, a total allocation of Rs11349

crore is allocated to Water Resources Department.

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Forest, Environment and Ecology

96. Key achievements during 2013-14

• 7.67 crore seedlings have been planted in

83572 hectares.

• 2.72 crore seedlings have been distributed

for planting in private lands.

• Consolidation of forest lands in urban areas

of Bangalore and Shimoga circles has been

taken up. Chain link mesh fencing and

compound construction have been taken up

along forest boundaries to prevent

encroachment of forest lands.

• Samruddha Hasiru Grama Yojane has been

extended to selected 80 villages of 80

sub-divisions.

• 1209 hectares of plantations have been

maintained and 150 hectares of plantations

have been created.

• 7.20 lakh seedlings of medicinal plants have

been distributed.

• A GPS based wireless network has been

established.

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• To prevent man-animal conflict,

maintenance of 335 kms of elephant proof

trenches and 426 kms of solar fence has

been taken up. Rs. 7.48 crore has been

distributed as compensation for human life

and crop losses.

97. A wood lot has been developed in Hennur Tank

area of Bangalore city by the Forest Department.

During 2014-15 this area will be developed into a

Botanical garden to attract public and tourists.

98. In places having high elephant population,

man-elephant conflicts have increased. It is proposed

to construct barricades with used railway

railings, around such forest areas, at a total cost of

Rs. 212 crore.

99. 50 % subsidy will be provided to the farmers

for erecting solar fences to protect their crops from

wild animals.

100. The compensation paid to owners in case of

cattle death due to man-animal conflict will be

increased from Rs. 2500-3000 to Rs. 5000-6000.

Similarly in respect of crop damages, the maximum

compensation paid to the affected farmers will be

increased from Rs. 50,000 to Rs. 75,000.

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101. Total provision of Rs. 1690 crore has been made

for Forest, Environment and Ecology Department

during 2014-15.

Primary Education

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102. Universal education is the aim of the

Government. No one in the society should be deprived

of education. To facilitate this, a survey is underway

to determine the actual number of “out of school”

children. Suitable programmes will be implemented

in different stages to bring these children to the

mainstream.

103. To facilitate quality learning environment, filling

up of 9405 posts of Government primary school

teachers, 1137 Government High School teachers and

1130 Government Pre-university lecturers will be

taken up. Action will be taken to fill up vacant posts

of Kannada teachers in Minority language institutions.

104. 10,000 students belonging to 9th and 11th

standards from 100 selected Government Composite

PU Colleges will be imparted training in IT, Retail,

Automative, Health Care, Beauty and Wellness

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domains. These programmes will be implemented

through participation of industry, in collaboration

with National Skill Development Corporation of

Government of India.

105. Education Quality Monitoring Cell will be

formed for monitoring and improving the education

standards in schools. A sum of Rs. 2 crore will be

provided for this purpose under Sarva Shiksha

Abhiyaan.

106. Expert Committee will be reconstituted to

ensure preparation of text books to promote social

harmony, moral values, personality development,

scientific and rational bent of mind, secular outlook

and commitment to nation.

107. Akshara Foundation has developed Akshara

Ganitha kits to facilitate teaching of mathematics in

simple way to enable the 4th and 5th standard

students to understand mathematics. These kits will

be provided to students of Government schools in

Hyderabad-Karnataka area in the first phase, in

collaboration with Akshara Foundation, utilizing the

assistance from Hyderabad – Karnataka Development

Board.

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108. An outlay of Rs. 3.27 crore is earmarked to

provide minimum basic infrastructure to the needy

Government Pre-University Colleges.

109. 178 Government High Schools will be set up

in needy places, under the Rashtriya Maadhyamika

Shiksha Abhiyaan.

110. DIES reports from 2009-10 to 2012-13 indicate

a significant decline in the number of children

progressing from 7th to 10th Standard. To mitigate

this, it is proposed to take up programmes of academic

counselling, career counselling, guidance and

personal counselling to the children and guidance to

their parents, under the Rashtriya Maadhyamika

Shiksha Abhiyaan. An allocation of Rs. 1.27 crore

will be provided.

111. Our Government will set up Gnana Kendras,

initially in 250 Grama Panchayats in Hyderabad –

Karnataka area, by constructing Library Buidlings

under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment

Guarantee Scheme and with the assistance of

Hyderabad – Karnataka Area Development Board.

112. It is proposed to set up Model Schools with

Library, Science Laboratory and Computer education

facilities, in all the Grama Panchayats to enable

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children from neighbouring schools to access these

facilities. In the first phase, 100 Government Primary

Schools in 100 Grama Panchayats of Hyderabad –

Karnataka area will be upgraded as Model Primary

Schools, with assistance of Hyderabad – Karnataka

Area Development Board.

113. In order to enhance the quality of computer

and computer aided education and for better

monitoring of the projects, online system will be

introduced from school to office level. This programme

will be implemented under Information

Communication Technology (ICT) Scheme.

114. Total provision of Rs. 17425 crore has been

made for Primary and Secondary Education

Department during 2014-15.

Higher Education

115. To promote development of human resources

in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics

and other cutting edge technology areas, it is proposed

to establish two Advanced Research Centres. An

Advanced Research Centre will be set up in Bangalore

utilizing funds of Visweshwaraiah Technical

University and another will be set up at Udupi, under

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Mangalore University, using the funds under

Rashtriya Uchchatara Shikshana Abhiyana (RUSA).

116. Rashtriya Uchchatara Shikshana Abhiyana

(RUSA) provides for recruitment of faculty members

in Universities and Colleges. To begin with, 50

scientists and 50 teachers in 50 subjects will be

recruited under the “Welcome Home” scheme for

eminent research scholars and teachers of Indian

Origin in foreign countries.

117. Best Teacher/Researcher awards will be

instituted under the Rashtriya Uchchatara Shikshana

Abhiyana (RUSA). Under this programme, 30 teachers

will receive Rs. 50000/- each and 30 Researchers will

receive Rs.100000/- each.

118. Deterioration in distance education will be

prevented in co-ordination with International Institute

of Information Technology, Bangalore and Karnataka

Virtual University will be established for providing

immense benefit to the students in the system of

formal, and informal education.

119. It is proposed to construct Maharani Commerce

and MBA College along with Hostel facilities in a

vacant site available at Paduvarahalli, Mysore.

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Similarly, an additional hostel is proposed to be

constructed in the Nanjaraja Bahadur Choultry

premises in Mysore.

120. A world class Centre of Excellence for Skill

Development will be set up in Dandeli, Uttara

Kannada, with the assistance of Visweshwaraiah

Technical University.

121. It is proposed to set up a Central University at

Karwar, Uttara Kannada, with funding support from

Rashtriya Uchchatara Shikshana Abhiyana (RUSA).

122. To promote science education, it is proposed to

upgrade 30 Science Colleges as Model Science Colleges

in a phased manner at a cost of Rs. 2 crore each.

123. A new programme will be implemented, with

the assistance of Hyderabad Karnataka Area

Development Board, to promote participation of

economically backward students of Hyderabad –

Karnataka area.

124. Our Government will set up Karnataka Science

and Innovation Foundation to encourage research,

new concepts and path breaking technologies, Science

and Technology courses in all the Universities and

Colleges involved in teaching science and technology.

Government will provide Rs 1 core for this purpose.

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125. To promote participation of girls in higher

education, the tuition fees and the laboratory fees

paid by girl students in all the aided colleges will be

waived. The Government will directly reimburse the

amount on this account to the aided colleges. This

scheme will benefit about 1.15 lakh girl students.

126. For publishing on the net the literary works of

Maharshi Vemana through the ‘Vemana Peetha’

working in Karnataka University, and for taking up

various programmes Rs. 1 crore will be provided.

127. For making available to the public

comprehensive vachana literature of Basaveswara and

other sharanas through Basaveswara Peetha,

Karnataka University Rs.1 crore will be provided.

128. Total provision of Rs. 3880 crore has been made

for Higher Education Department during 2014-15.

Health and Family Welfare

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129. A healthy man is an asset to the Society.

Guarding the health of common man is the

responsibility of the Government.

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130. Following are the achievements during

2013-14

• Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) reduced from

41 to 32 for every 1000 live births.

Karnataka stands 6th in the Country.

• Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) reduced

from 178 to 144 for every 1 lakh live births.

• Total Fertility Rate (TFR) has reduced from

2.07 to 1.9, which is less than the target

limit of 2.1 set up by Government of India.

• Institutional Deliveries improved from 65 %

to 98.1 %.

• Full immunization improved from 80 % to

100 %.

• Administration of Vitamin-A improved from

69 % to 92 %.

• Rajiv Aarogya Bhagya launched.

• Free supply of sanitary napkins to maintain

menstrual hygiene.

• Establishment of Indian Institute of Public

Health in Bangalore.

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• Generic Drug Stores have been established.

• Incentives enhanced by the State

Government to asha workers.

• Dialysis Centres established in one taluka

hospital in each District.

• Rehabilitation programme launched for

improving the health of endosulfan affected

people in Coastal area of the State.

• Ayush Units established in general hospital

in one taluka of each district of the State.

• Community Mental Health Centres set up

in all the District Centres.

131. During 2013-14 Yoga training has been

provided to 10,000 school teachers from 108 taluks

of the State. These teachers are imparting Yoga

training to school children to improve their physical

and mental health.

132. Adoption of Testing software for Drug Testing

Laboratories is in progress. The software has been

implemented on a pilot basis in Drug Testing

Laboratory at Bangalore.

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133. Bangalore Drug Testing Laboratory has

obtained accreditation as per the norms of the

National Accreditation Board for Laboratories. Action

will be taken to obtain accreditation for the Regional

Drug Testing Laboratories at Hubli and Bellary.

134. An amount of Rs. 5 crore will be provided to

create basic infrastructure for effective implementation

of Food Safety and Standards Act 2006.

135. State’s Oral Health Policy will be annouced. It

is proposed to provide free dentures to senior citizens

above 60 years belonging to BPL Category. Rs. 2 crore

will be provided for this purpose.

136.Under “Mukhyamanthrigala Santhwana Yojane”

compensation amount of Rs. 25000/- will be given

through Suvarna Arogya Suraksha Trust, to road

accident victims admitted to identified hospitals

within the “Golden Hour”. Rs. 5 crore will be provided.

137. By relaxing the existing norms of two child limit

and minimum age restriction of 19 years ‘Prasuti

Aaraike and Madilu Kit programme’ will be extended

to all the beneficiaries, in Bidar, Gulbarga, Koppal,

Raichur, Yadgiri, Bellary, Bijapur, Bagalkote, Gadag

and Chamarajnagar. Rs. 52 crore will be provided for

this programme in 2014-15.

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138. A new programme “Aaspathre Nairmalya” will

be launched to encourage cleanliness of Government

Hospitals.

139. AYUSH Department has developed energy

biscuits aimed at preventing malnutrition in children.

Government will examine the providing these biscuits

as part of supplementary nutrition programme under

Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) to

children in the backward districts of Kolar, Bagalkote,

Bellary and Gulbarga.

140. In recent times, rare diseases such as

Haemophilia, Thalassaemia, Sickle-cell Anaemia and

Primary Immuno Deficiency are becoming common

place. A Special Unit will be set up in Indira Gandhi

Institute of Child Health, Bangalore on experimental

basis to provide medicines and treatment to patients

suffering from these diseases.

Medical Education

141. To provide quality treatment to patients

suffering from critical fatal diseases, it is proposed to

set up three 250 bed Super Specialty Hospitals in

the Revenue Regional headquarters at Mysore,

Belgaum and Gulbarga. Rs. 6 crore will be provided

during 2014-15 for this purpose.

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142. The policy of the Government is to provide one

Government Medical College in every district of the

State in a phased manner. As part of this, it is

proposed to set up 6 new Medical Colleges in Tumkur,

Chitradurga, Chikkaballapur, Bagalakot, Haveri and

Yadgiri districts during 2014-15, in collaboration with

Rajiv Gandhi Health Sciences University.

143. VIMS, Bellary and KIMS, Hubli will be

upgraded at a total capital cost of Rs. 150 crore each

under the Central Sponsored Scheme of ‘Pradhan

Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana’ (PMSSY).

Government of India will provide Rs. 120 crore as its

share towards such capital expenditure.

144. Proposals have been submitted to Government

of India for establishment of Tertiary Care Cancer

Centres at Institute of Medical Sciences in Mandya

and Gulbarga and approval is awaited.

145. Proposal has been submitted to Government of

India for an assistance of Rs. 120 crore towards

upgrading infrastructure of the Kidwai Memorial

Cancer Institute and for according status of State Level

Institute.

146. Total provision of Rs 6023 crore has been made

for Health, Family Welfare and Medical Education

Department during 2014-15.

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Women and Child Development

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147. Woman is the personification of love and

affection. Welfare and protection of women is guiding

principle of our Government.

148. In respect of loans provided to the women and

women SHGs and institutions through Women

Development Corporation, the unpaid principal and

interest as of 31st March, 2013, will be paid.

149. The monthly honorarium of anganwadi worker

and assistants will be enhanced by Rs. 500 and

Rs. 250 respectively.

150. Special Treatment Units for Women will be set

up to provide facilities of medical treatment and

assistance, police assistance, legal assistance and

consultation, under a single roof, to atrocity victims.

Totally 35 such units will be set up, one each in 30

district hospitals of the State and in Bowring and

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Lady Curzon Hospital, KC General Hospital,

Bangalore Medical College, NIMHANS and Jayadeva

Hospital in Bangalore.

151. General Gram Sabhas are being conducted in

all the Gram Panchayats of the State. Government

will facilitate holding of Special Gram Sabhas to

facilitate women to get their facilities and also to select

suitable women beneficiaries under scheme of various

development departments.

152. It is proposed to establish Sanitary Napkin

Manufacturing units through Sthri Shakthi Groups/

Federations in 50 Taluks. A total allocation of Rs. 3

crore will be provided to meet the annual recurring

expenditure of Rs. 6 lakh per unit.

153. Orphan and destitute children undergoing long

term rehabilitation in Government child homes under

the Juvenile Justice Act, will be provided with

insurance to provide livelihood security. An allocation

of Rs. 2.5 crore will be provided for this purpose.

154. During 2014-15, Sneha Shivira scheme will be

implemented at a total cost of Rs. 4.23 crore, with

State and Central sharing of 25:75 ratio,in the High

Burden Districts (HBD) districts of Gulbarga, Kolar,

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Bellary and Bagalkote. Under this programme,

12-day residential training programmes will be

conducted in clusters of 4-5 anganwadi centres, for

mothers and care givers of moderate to severely

malnourished children, to impart skills in preparation

of cost effective nutritious food, feeding practices and

health and hygiene.

155. During 2014-15, multi-sector nutrition

programme will be undertaken to address maternal

and child under-nutrition in the four High Burden

Districts (HBD) districts of Gulbarga, Kolar, Bellary

and Bagalkote, at a total cost of Rs. 1.55 crore shared

by the Central and State Governments in the

ratio 75:25.

156. ‘Niramaya’ a health insurance scheme for the

children belonging to BPL families and suffering from

Autism, Cerebral Palsy, mental retardation and

multiple disabilities, has been launched as per the

requirement of National Trust Act, 1999. The scheme

provides the beneficiaries with medical insurance

coverage upto Rs.1 lakh per year based on one time

payment of Rs. 250/- as premium. It is proposed to

bring cover 45000 beneficiaries under this scheme at

an estimated outlay of Rs. 1.12 crore.

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157. A monthly unemployment allowance of

Rs. 1000/- will be provided to 5000 differently abled,

unemployed persons who have studied beyond

10th Standard. An outlay of Rs. 2.16 crore is provided

for this purpose.

158. An allocation of Rs. 4 crore is set aside for

purchase of ‘talking laptops’ to facilitate latest

technology and software enabled higher learning for

visually challenged students.

159. Persons in the age group of 20-60 years, with

severe physical disabilities and hailing from families

with income less than Rs. 2 lakhs per annum will be

provided motorized two wheelers. To provide this ‘once

in a life time benefit’ to the eligible persons, an

allocation of Rs. 7 crore is provided during 2014-15.

160. The annual grant amount to the day care centres

for senior citizens will be enhanced from Rs. 4.15

lakhs to Rs. 11.20 lakhs. This scheme will be extended

to another 10 districts. An allocation of Rs. 1.40 crore

is provided during 2014-15 for this purpose.

161. 2 day care centres are functioning in urban

areas for taking care of children above 3 years age,

suffering from cerebral palsy, autism, mental

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retardation and severe multiple disabilities. It is

proposed to increase the monthly maintenance

allowance in respect of these children from Rs. 2500/-

to Rs. 10,000/-. An allocation of Rs. 50 lakhs is

earmarked for this purpose.

162. Grants to the Special schools under Disabled

Child Centric Education Programme will be doubled.

An allocation of Rs. 17.87 crore will be provided for

this purpose.

163. Currently an assistance of Rs. 35,000/- is being

provided to disabled persons for undergoing surgeries

to reduce or completely treat the disabilities. This will

be enhanced to Rs. 1.00 lakh to cover hospitalization,

treatment, medicine and other costs in addition to

cost of surgery Rs.1 crore will be earmarked for this

purpose.

164. Scholarship amount being given to students

with disabilities will be doubled to incentivize them

to continue the education and to bring them into main

stream. An amount of Rs. 2.6 crore is provided for

this purpose.

165. During 2014-15, a total allocation of Rs. 3671

crore is earmarked for Women and Child Development

Department.

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Social Welfare

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166. In Karnataka many saints and social reformers

have strived for establishment of society with equality.

Following the path of their aspirations, our

Government is striving to establish a society with

equality.

167. The Karnataka Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan and

Tribal Sub-Plan (Planning, Allocation and Utilization

of Financial Resources) Act, 2013, is implemented.

For the first time in the State, on the basis of 2011

Census, out of the plan allocation, to be met out of

State’s internal resources, 17.15 % and 6.95 % have

been reserved for SC and ST category respectively.

Rs. 15,834 crore has been provided in the 2014-15

budget.

168. During 2014-15, 100 new residential schools

will be set up at Hobli level, to impart quality education

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to poor and meritorious SC/ST students. This will

benefit 25000 students.

169. In view of growing demand for Post Matric

Hostels, 100 new Post Matric hostels will be opened

in Bangalore, Mysore, Mangalore, Davanagere,

Dharwad, Belgaum, Gulbarga and other education

centres. Out of these hostels, one post-graduate

hostel each for men and women students will be

established at head quarters of five universities. From

this facility 10000 students will be benefited.

170. Monthly boarding expenses for students

residing in Government Ashrama School and Primary

Residential Schools will be enhanced from Rs. 700/-

to Rs. 800/- in the case of pre-matric students and

from Rs. 900/- to Rs. 1000/- in the case of

post-matric students. In the case of students residing

in Morarji Desai Residential Schools, Rani

Chennamma Residential school, Pre-university

college hostels, the assistance will be enhanced from

Rs. 1000/- to Rs. 1100/-.

171. Monthly food charges given to students in

Grant-in-aid Pre-Matric and Post-Matric hostels

will be enhanced from Rs. 500/- to Rs. 700/- and

Rs. 600/- to Rs. 800/- respectively.

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172. “Vidya Siri”, one of the ambitious schemes of

the Government will be also extended to post-graduate

students belonging to Scheduled Caste and

Scheduled Tribes.

173. Students belonging to SC/ST category and

pursuing Engineering, Medical, Journalism courses

and Doctoral studies will be provided free laptops,

under the SCP/TSP by the respective Departments.

174. Incentive given to the inter-caste marriage

of SC girls will be enhanced from Rs. 50000/- to

Rs.1 lakh.

175. The limit on the subsidy amount towards the

loans advanced by the SC/ST Corporations will be

enhanced from Rs.1 lakh to a maximum of Rs.2 lakhs,

to enable more beneficiaries to avail credit facilities

from banks.

176.The unit cost towards purchase and distribution

of land to landless agricultural labourers under the

‘land ownership’ scheme will be enhanced from

Rs. 7.5 lakhs to Rs. 10 lakhs.

177. Action will be taken for rehabilitation and to

provide alternate employment to identified manual

scavengers in the State.

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178. A grant of Rs. 75 crore will be provided for the

comprehensive development of historic Bahaddur

Bandi Kshethra belonging to Banjara Community,

in Koppal.

179. Rs.1 crore will be provided for constructing

a building in memory of Dalita Horatagara

Late B. Krishanppa at Harihara.

180. Rs.1 crore will be provided for development of

memorial of Dalit reformer Sri Kudmal Rangarao in

Mangalore.

181. Construction of Community Bhavans including

office complexes having Regional Offices of Thanda

Development Corporation and community will be

taken up at Mysore, Tumkur, Koppal, Dharwad and

Raichur cities.

182. Special schemes will be formulated for

identification and development of nomadic and

seminomadic people SC/ST community. An allocation

of Rs. 30 crore is earmarked for this purpose.

183. To overcome the unemployment problem in

SC/ST community people and to encourage their

participation in trade and business activities,

guidelines will be formulated for specified preference

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to them in Government works upto Rs. 50 lakh and

supplies upto Rs.5 lakh.

184. Financial assistance will be provided to the

Educational Institutions run by religious and other

organisations belonging to SC/ST category, for

construction of school and hostel buildings and

community bhavans.

185. About 164 acres of land in Beggar’s Relief

Centre in Magadi Main Road, Bangalore will be

developed as a park through BBMP at a cost of

Rs. 10 crore.

186. 14 Beggar’s Relief Centres set up under Beggars

Rehabilitation Scheme, will be comprehensively

developed at a cost of Rs. 10 crore.

187. In 37 Talukas with higher population of ST,

offices of ST Welfare Department will be set up.

188. Rs. 1 crore will be provided to set up Study

Centre of Lower Strata Communities in the National

Law School, to study and recommend solutions for

bringing the SC/ST, Backward Classes and nomadic

communities belonging to the lower strata of the

society into the main stream.

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189. A total of Rs. 4231 crore is provided to the Social

Welfare Department for the year 2014-15.

Backward Classes Development

190. Construction of Devaraja Urs Bhavans will be

taken up at 7 district head quarters and 50 taluk

head quarters.

191. Construction of Devaraja Urs Bhavan will be

taken up in Hunsur town of Mysore District at a cost

of Rs.5 crore

192. Rs.35 crore will be provided for ensuring

availability of basic facilities such as Cots, Solar Water

Heater, Steam Cooking, Library, Computers, etc., in

hostels and to provide jamakhana and blankets to all

students in post-matric hostels once in three years.

193. 8 post graduate hostels, 4 each for men and

women, will be established at head quarters of the

universities.

194. Assistance will be given to 2000 candidates for

taking coaching for competitive examinations like

IAS, KAS, Bank Services, etc.,

195. Rs.50 crore will be provided for overall

development of Golla community and other nomadic/

semi-nomadic tribes.

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196. As per present rules, if there is any shortage of

candidates belonging to Backward Classes for

recruitment to State Government Services, the posts

may be carried forward upto 3 calendar years. The

Government will examine carry forward of such posts

upto 3 recruitments or a maximum of 5 calendar years,

whichever is earlier.

197. ‘Vidyasiri’ boarding and lodging scheme will be

extended to 50 thousand students in post matric

hostels and Ph.D. students who are unable to get

admission in hostels. Rs. 75 crore will be provided

for this purpose.

198. Post matric students securing marks above the

prescribed level will be encouraged through

reimbursement of all prescribed fees payable in the

colleges for their subsequent studies.

199. State Government’s Pre-metric scholarship

rates will be enhanced to be on par with Government

of India rates.

200. Co-operation Act will be amended to provide

for reservation to Backward Classes in Co-operative

Institutions.

201. Rs. 75 crore was provided to religious

associations and institutions of Backward Classes for

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construction of community halls and student hostel

buildings during 2013-14. This amount will be

enhanced to Rs. 100 crore in the current year.

202. A capital grant of Rs. 30 crore will be provided

to Sri D. Devaraj Urs Backward Classes Development

Corporation during 2014-15. The following

programmes will be undertaken out of this.

• Loan assistance upto Rs.2 lakh at 2%

interest will be provided for upgradation of

skills of the traditional artisans belonging

to Dhobi and Savitha Samaja and Thigala

communities and for procurement of

modern equipment.

• Action will be taken to develop Dhobi Ghats

of Madiwala Community.

• Subsidy and loan assistance will be

provided to fund unit cost of Rs.1 lakh for

sheep and goat rearing to improve the

economic status of backward classes which

have adopted sheep/goat rearing as their

main profession.

• Clusters having large number of kumbaras

and artisans in pottery related activity will

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be identified and facilities will be provided

for production of artistic pottery products

and for improving skills of the people of

Kumbara Community.

• Subsidy assistance of Rs.10000/- and loan

assistance of Rs.1.1 lakh will be provided

to fund unit cost of Rs.1.2 lakhs for taking

up dairy activity by backward classes.

• Loans will be provided at 2% interest for

construction of shops with expenditure of

Rs.1.5 lakh per shop for providing

marketing facilities and setting up

marketing network in Grama Panchayath

and Town Panchayath areas for products

of traditional artisans.

• Action will be taken for repayment of

installments of loan obtained from National

Corporations as per State Governments

loan waiver policy.

• Financial facility will be provided for the

rehabilitation of arrack vendors who lost

their employment due to abolition of arrack.

• Financial assistance will be provided to

improve professional skills in Blacksmithy,

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Carpentry, Goldsmithy and Stonecarving

by persons belonging to Vishwakarma

Community and to enhance their standard

of living.

• Financial assistance will be provided to

Uppara community for development of their

traditional skills and for taking up other

professions and employment.

• Financial assistance will be provided for

development of the precincts of peepal tree

where Sangolli Rayanna attained

martyrdom and his tomb to convert it as a

tourist place by the Krantiveera Sangolli

Rayanna Pratishtana.

203. A total allocation of Rs. 1445 crore is provided

to Backward Classes Department during the year

2014-15.

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204. Our Government is for empowerment of

religious minorities such as Muslims, Christians,

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Jains, Buddhists, Sikhs and Parsis. An amount of

Rs. 110 crore has been provided for this purpose.

205. District Minority Welfare Offices are working in

23 districts. In remaining seven districts similar

offices will be established.

206. Boarding expenses in Morarji Desai Residential

Schools and minority hostels will be enhanced from

Rs. 1000 to Rs. 1100. In pre-matric hostels, the

boarding expenses will be enhanced from Rs. 900 to

Rs. 1000.

207. Food expenses in grant in aid hostels meant

for the minorities will be enhanced from Rs.600 to

Rs.750 per month. The annual family income limit

will be enhanced from Rs.15000 to Rs.1 lakh for

seeking admission in such hostels.

208. Assistance provided to the children in the

orphanages and destitute homes run by minority

non-governmental organizations will be enhanced

from Rs. 350 to Rs.500 per month. The annual family

income limit will be enhanced from Rs.11000 to

Rs.30000.

209. An amount of Rs. 1.5 crore will be provided for

providing e-Learning and teaching aids, and

computers to 100 minority schools.

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210. Coaching will be provided to the minority

students in prestigious coaching institutes for

appearing in IAS/KAS examinations. It is also

proposed to provide coaching for police recruitment

and common entrance test.

211. Construction of 70 hostel buildings has been

taken up under the Special Development Programme.

50 new post-matric hostels with a strength of 60

students will be started.

212. An amount of Rs.24.65 crore will be provided

for purchase of sites, construction of own building,

additional works and repairs to the 30 Hostels being

run in rented Buildings.

213. An amount of Rs.6.2 crore will be provided to

create basic infrastructure facilities and to modernize

124 Minorities Hostels.

214. 3 new Morarji Desai Residential Schools and 2

P.U. Colleges will be started for the benefit of Minority

students. Rs.6 crore has been provided for this

purpose. An amount of Rs.36.82 crore will be provided

for building construction, creation of basic

infrastructure facilities and modernization of Morarji

Desai Residential Schools running in rented

buildings.

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215. An amount of Rs. 75 crore will be earmarked

for implementation of Swavalambana Subsidy Loan

Scheme, Shrama Shakthi Scheme, Micro Loan

Scheme and Ganga Kalyana Scheme of Karnataka

Minorities Development Corporation.

216. For preventing illegal encroachment of lands

belonging to masjids, dargas, idgas and khabarsthans

out of total 33000 Wakf properties in the State, an

amount of Rs.10 crore will be provided for construction

of compound walls and erection of fences.

217. An amount of Rs.125 crore will be provided

under Christian Development Scheme for Repairs and

Renovation of Churches, Community Halls, Skill

development, incentives to students, orphanages, old

age homes, and other activities.

218. It is proposed to set up Model residential

schools on the lines of Kendriya Navodaya Vidyalayas

in all the Districts, under the aegis of the Department

of Minorities. In the first phase, two Model Residential

Schools will be established in two districts. Rs.5 crore

will be provided in this year for this new scheme.

219. Training will be given and basic facilities will

be provided for skill development and employment

opportunities for women belonging to minority

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communities at Taluka level. Rs. 2 crore will be

provided for this new scheme.

220. Sir Sayyed Ahmed Khan Study and Research

Centre will be established as a model centre for

research in and for conducting evaluation of

departmental programmes.

221. Additional grant of Rs. 17 crore will be provided

during 2014-15 for completion of Haj Ghar being

constructed by the Government at Tirumenahalli in

Bangalore.

222. Action will be taken for construction of Haj

Bhavans at Gulbarga and Mangalore.

223. During 2014-15, an allocation of Rs. 800 crore

is provided to Department of Minorities Welfare, Haj

and Wakf.

Housing

224. Following are the achievements in Housing

sector during 2013-14.

• Completion of construction of 2.5 lakh

houses till the end of January by Rajiv

Gandhi Rural Housing Corporation Limited

and distribution of 8833 sites.

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• Opening of bank accounts of beneficiaries

at State level and direct release of amount

to the bank account of beneficiaries based

upon GPS based monitoring of the progress.

• SMS based communication to provide

information about approval, progress and

release of funds to beneficiaries.

• Under Integrated Housing & Slum

Development Programme (IHSDP)

construction of 17237 houses with basic

infrastructure at a cost of Rs. 411 crore in

135 slums of 32 cities/towns is under

progress. Completion of 16494 houses till

end of January. Expenditure of Rs.348

crore.

• Under Basic Services for Urban Poor (BSUP)

construction of 24508 houses with basic

infrastructure at a cost of Rs.728 crore in

125 slums coming under Bangalore and

Mysore cities under progress. Completion

of 20396 houses till end of January.

Expenditure of Rs. 546.95 crore.

225. Rajiv Gandhi Rural Housing Corporation

Limited has been awarded Gold Medal in

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e-Governance for the year 2013-14 by the Central

Government for “GPS Mobile Based Housing

Monitoring and Fund Transfer System”.

226. A new policy to purchase land required for

residential sites in rural and urban areas will be

implemented.

227. During 2014-15, a target of constructing

10,000 houses for persons of special categories like

leprosy cured, HIV affected, Devadasis, Nomadic tribes,

people affected by communal riots, strikes and

atrocities, freed bonded labourers, widows etc has been

set.

228. Government had provided loan of Rs.1498 crore

to 10.84 lakh beneficiaries under Ashraya Scheme.

After introduction of “Nanna Mane Nanna Swatthu

Scheme” so far, loan of Rs. 39 crore has been

recovered. Principal amount of Rs.1458 crore and

interestof Rs.1030 crore is still due. It is proposed to

waive such loan and interest. This will benefit 10.84

lakh beneficiaries.

229. During 2014-15, it is targeted to distribute

20000 sites to rural and urban site-less people.

A target of constructing 3 lakh houses has been set

under various Housing schemes in this year.

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230. A total amount of Rs.230 crore including

principal amount (Rs.153 crore) and interest (Rs.77

crore) payable by beneficiaries relating to 57,801

houses constructed under HUDCO and VAMBAY

schemes between 1983 to 2005 by Karnataka Slum

Clearance Board is due. The beneficiaries under

HUDCO and VAMBAY housing schemes are slum

dwellers belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled

Tribes, Backward Classes and Minority Communities.

These very poor people are unable to pay loan

installments. Therefore, it is proposed to waive off this

balance amount. By this, 57,801 families living in

various slums in the State will be benefited.

231. During the year 2014-15, Karnataka Housing

Board proposes to acquire 10,750 acres of land

through land acquisition / purchase in 14 districts

of the State. It is proposed to develop about 1.7 lakh

properties in such land.

232. During 2014-15, Rs. 2457 crore is provided to

Housing Department.

Labour, Employment & Training

233. The Department of Employment & Training has

a target of providing Skill Training under various

vocations to about 6.1 lakh persons in the coming

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year. The achievements of the department in

2013-14 are as follows.

• Government order issued for establishment

of 100 ITIs in backward taluks. Process of

identification of suitable locations is under

progress.

• Setting up of Sir M. Vishweswaraiah

National Master Trainers’ Training Institute

at Muddenahalli in Chikkaballapur District.

• Steps taken for establishment of 4 Skill

Development Centres in Chamarajnagar

district at a cost of Rs.7.63 crore in

association with Karnataka Construction

and Other Workers Welfare Board.

• Construction of building of 22 Government

ITIs under NABARD scheme is under

progress. Construction of buildings of

10 ITIs completed.

• Skill training to 59825 trainees under

Central Government Scheme of Modular

Employability Skills Training Programme.

234. It is proposed to start “Satellite and Advanced

Media Education (SAME)” Programme under World

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Bank Vocational Training Improvement Scheme in

60 ITIs of the state.

235. 4 New ESI Hospitals will be opened in the state.

236. It is proposed to provide Vocational Training in

trades like Plumbing, Hospitality, Tourism and such

new areas.

237. Karnataka German Multi Skill Development

Centres will be opened at Mangalore, Hubli and

Belgaum under 2nd Stage.

238. It is proposed to set up Wind and Solar Energy

Vocational Units in Gadag, Chitradurga and Belgaum.

It is proposed to provide training to 1000 candidates

in these 3 Centres.

239. Construction of own buildings and additional

buildings necessary for 55 Government ITIs will be

taken up at a cost of Rs.28 crore

240. It is proposed to establish one Digital Library

in each of 158 Government ITIs to get new information

necessary for training in such government ITIs. For

this, grant of Rs.14.65 crore will be provided.

241. To encourage workers and industries, it is

proposed to introduce ‘Chief Minister’s Shram Shakti

Award’ in the state.

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242. In collaboration with GIZ-Germany, 17 Social

Security schemes are being implemented for

unorganized workers in 10 taluks of 5 districts on

pilot basis from 2009 to 31.3.2014, through single

window system of ‘Karmika Seva Soulabhya Kendras’.

It is proposed to extend this scheme to one taluk each

in all 30 districts and establish 30 centres. For this,

Rs.7 crore will be provided during this year.

243. Total provision of Rs 730 crore has been made

for Labour, Employment, Training during 2014-15.

Kannada and Culture

244. Banavasi Development Authority will be set up

for taking up comprehensive development of Banavasi,

capital of Kadamba Kingdom, the first independent

state of Kannadigas.

245. Rs.1 crore will be provided for development of

Science Park and memorial of Dr. H.Narasimhaiah in

Dr. H. N. High School premises in Hosur of

Gowribidanur Taluk and Rs. 1 crore will be provided

for development of martyr freedom fighters memorial

building in Vidhurashwatha.

246. To bring solace in the last days of inmates of

old age homes, cultural programmes like Kavya

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Vaachana, Gamaka, Harikathe, Classical Music,

Janapada Ranga Roopaka etc., will be organized at a

cost of Rs.1.5 crore.

247. A grant of Rs.5 crore will be provided for

construction of memorial building and to organize

cultural activities on the occasion of celebration of

centenary of Kannada Sahitya Parishath.

248. A grant of Rs.2 crore will be provided to

Women’s Associations and Self Help Groups to

identify and exhibit cultural and artistic talent in

women and children of the State.

249. To encourage literary interest in people, a grant

of Rs.1 crore is provided to open book stalls at all

district Rangamandira/Cultural Complexes to make

available all publications of the department and

academies under one roof.

250. Drama competitions will be organized at inter

college level to encourage theatre art among students

through professional theatre groups, associations and

organizers at a cost of Rs.3 crore.

251. Rs.1 crore is provided for making documentaries

of cultural heritage of music, dance, drama, literature,

folk arts, yakshagana, sculpture etc., for preserving

them for future generations.

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252.The following programmes will be implemented

out of 13th Finance Commission grant of Rs. 50 crore.

• Modern technology like GIS mapping,

documentation, 3D filming will be adopted

to preserve and prevent encroachment of

monuments and heritage buildings.

• Documentation and evaluation work of 14

cities declared as heritage centres for their

development.

• Preparation of inventory of undeclared and

unprotected monuments, documentation of

unprotected monuments and their periodic

preservation.

253. “Prachya Pragne” Programme will be organized

to create awareness among students about the rich

historic monuments as also tangible and intangible

heritage wealth of Karnataka at an estimated cost of

Rs.50 lakh.

254. A Kala Bhavan with modern facilities will be

constructed in Arkavathy layout of Bangalore City to

encourage Kannada, art and culture.

255. An allocation of Rs.1 crore will be provided to

National Saint Poet Kanakadasa Study and Research

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Centre, to translate the 4 literary works and entire

Keerthanas of Kanakadasa into 15 languages

including English.

256. Financial assistance of Rs.1 crore will be

provided to Maha Bodhi Sangha to support its

Kannada Tipitaka Granthamale Project.

257. Mandya district is completing 75 years of its

formation. Rs.2 crore will be provided for organizing

Platinum Jubilee celebration to commemorate the

services of Nalvadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar who was

responsible for development of the district.

258. A grant of Rs. 1 crore will be provided for

development of Mylar Mallanna Kshetra in Bhalki

Taluk.

259. Total provision of Rs 295 crore has been made

for Kannada and Culture Department during

2014-15.

Sports and Youth services

260. Youth Empowerment and Sports Department

will be reorganized and strengthened. Our

Government has already formulated new Youth

Empowerment programmes as a part of

implementation of Karnataka Youth Policy. For

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implementation of these programmes during the year

2014-15, Rs 8.26 crore will be provided.

261. Yuva Shakthi Kendras will be established in

every district at a cost of Rs.15 Lakh as a part of

Youth Policy to facilitate youth to gather under one

roof and to participate in physical fitness and sports

activities.

262. Karnataka State Sports Policy will be

formulated in the year 2014-15 to supplement overall

development of sports in the State.

263. It is decided to award Rs. 1 crore for winners of

gold medal, Rs. 50 lakh for silver medal winners and

Rs. 25 lakh for bronze medal winners in Olympic

Games, and similarly Rs. 25 lakh, Rs. 15 lakh and

Rs. 8 lakh respectively to sportsmen participating and

winning events in World Championship Games, Asian

and Commonwealth Games. Similarly, Rs. 2 lakh,

Rs. 1 lakh and Rs. 50,000 respectively will be awarded

to sportsmen participating and winning in national

sports meets. This would encourage our sports persons

to excel and bring fame to the State and the country.

264. With an intention to encourage indigenous

rural sports, a total of Rs. 2.64 crore will be provided

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at Rs. 1.5 lakh per taluk for organizing a new

programme called as ‘Grameena Kreedotsava’.

265. Monthly pension paid to former wrestlers will

be enhanced from Rs. 1500 to Rs. 3,000.

266. 1500 international, national and State-level

former sport-persons in the State are getting monthly

honorarium of Rs.1500, Rs.1000 and Rs.750

respectively. It is proposed to enhance this monthly

honorarium to Rs. 2000, Rs.1500 and Rs.1000.

267. A grant of Rs.2 Lakh each for restoration of 25

old garadi-mane and Rs. 5 Lakh each for construction

of new garadi-mane will be provided.

268. On the lines of the Sports Authority of India,

the daily diet allowance for sportspersons undergoing

training in sports schools will be enhanced by Rs.50/-

per day per sports person and Rs.150/- will be paid

to junior sports persons and Rs.175/- to senior

sportspersons.

269. During 2014-15 Shree Kanteerava Stadium at

Bangalore will be upgraded.

270. An allocation of Rs. 2 crore will be provided for

upgradation of basic infrastructure of Jakkur Flying

School and for purchase of a new aircraft.

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271.Total provision of Rs. 142 crore has been made

for Youth Empowerment and Sports Department

during 2014-15.

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272. With the support of the NCDEX, a cell will be

set up in the State Food and Civil Supplies

Corporation. This cell will be responsible for

dissemination of information about price trends and

to take action against black marketeers and hoarders

under Essential Commodities Act and also Prevention

and Regulation of Black Market Order. Rs.1 crore will

be provided for this.

273. A system will be formulated for distribution of

quality tea, pulses, note books, salt and other goods

to consumers through Fair Price Shops.

274. It is proposed to introduce smart ration card

instead of the paper ration card.

275. It is proposed to construct Ahara Bhavan on

the land available with the department. An initial

amount of Rs. 2 crore will be provided for this.

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276. Total provision of Rs. 4474 crore has been made

for Food and Civil Supplies Department during

2014-15.

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277. It is our prime duty to make the “Gram

Swarajya” dream of Mahatma Gandhi into a reality.

278. For allotment of statutory additional grant

based on the population of Zilla Panchayats, Rs. 85

crore will be earmarked.

279. Government has constituted a Task Force on

Road Management for development of rural roads.

For maintenance of rural roads under this programme

Rs. 135 crore will be released.

280. Action plan will be prepared for development of

roads of 20 kms in each rural assembly constituency.

Of this 6km connectivity will be provided to villages

with majority of residents belonging to scheduled

caste and scheduled tribe communities.

281. A 3 year programme will be implemented under

“Grama Vikasa Yojane” for all round development of

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5 villages in each Assembly constituency including

two villages with majority of residents belonging to

scheduled caste and scheduled tribe communities.

282. “Gourava Yojane”, will be introduced to

construct bathroom-cum-toilets for 1.50 lakh rural

families under NREGA and NBA schemes.

283. A separate washing, bathroom and toilet

complex will be constructed in 1000 villages of the

State for the use of public in partnership with public

organizations and NGOs or by utilising NREGA and

NBA scheme funds.

284. For development of Abdul Najir Sab Rural

Training Institute and its regional branches a grant

of Rs. 6 crore will be released.

285. A grant of Rs.2 crore will be released to

Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Rural Energy &

Development

286. 3207 villages have been identified as being

affected with drinking water contaminated with

fluoride, arsenic and other chemical contents in a

survey conducted in 2013-14. Out of these villages

pure drinking water supply scheme is being

implemented in 2678 villages. Purified drinking water

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units will be established in 1000 villages during

2013-14 and in villages having unsafe sources of

drinking water during 2014-15.

287. Multi village drinking water schemes will be

implemented to overcome the drinking water problem

and villagers will be provided with 55 to 85 LPCD

drinking water per head. All schools and anganwadi

kendras will be provided with pure drinking water.

During 2014-15, action will be taken to implement

77 multi village drinking water programmes. By this

scheme safe drinking water will be available to about

24 Lakh people of 14 districts.

288. Under a new scheme called ‘Jaladhara’

drinking water facility through tap connection will

be provided to 5 lakh houses belonging to SC & ST

and wherever needed, 1000 separate overhead tank

will be constructed in SC/ST colonies under SCSP

and STSP of National Rural Water Supply scheme.

289. As envisaged in the 73rd Constitutional

Amendment, action will be taken to ensure that

approval of the District Plan Committee is obtained

for district plans before implementation, as per

provisions of Sections 309 and 310 of the Karnataka

Panchayat Raj Act, 1993 from 2015-16.

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290. Creation of road side plantation and

maintenance for 5 years will be taken up along 3000

km rural roads, under the “Salu marada

Thimmakkana Neralu” scheme under MGNREGS.

291. 6000 Mukthidhamas at the rate of one for each

Gramapanchayat with all basic facilities will be

developed under MGNREG scheme.

292. Godowns will be constructed in each

Gramapanchayat under MGNREGA scheme for

storage of food grains of villagers and VSSNs.

293. Through ‘Ridge to Valley’ concept integrated

development of water shed area will be taken-up by

combining different schemes (MGNREGA and

Watershed).

294. Construction of Rajeev Gandhi Seva Kendra

buildings will taken-up in 300 Grama Panchayaths

under MGNREGA scheme at an estimated cost of

Rs.16.25 lakhs for each Kendra.

295. It is proposed to take-up two lakh individual

works in eligible cases under centrally sponsored

MGNREGA scheme in coordination with other

departments. Approved works such as Land

development, Horticulture, Fisheries, Nutrition

Garden etc., will be covered under the scheme.

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296. The institution of Social Audit and Ombusman

will be strengthened to ensure public awareness about

the implementation and asset creation through

MNREGS and other Rural development schemes.

297. To impart computer literacy, computer centres

will be set up in 1000 rural habitations inhabitated

by Most backward, SC and ST.

298. The honorarium to the elected representatives

of PRIs will be doubled.

299. Training would be imparted to the PRI elected

representatives through Hampi University. An

allocation of Rs. 1 crore will be provided for this

purpose.

300.A proposal for upgradation of 10000 K.M. rural

roads at an estimated cost of Rs. 5688 crore, with the

assistance of JICA has been submitted to Central

Government and approval is awaited.

301. Construction of New Zilla Panchayat building

will be taken up in Bidar.

302. During 2014-15 a total of Rs. 9361 crore is

provided to Rural Development and Panchayat Raj

Department.

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Planning and Area Development

303. Malanadu Area Development Board, Bayalu

Seeme Development Board and Coastal area

Development Board will be provided Rs. 38 crore, Rs.

20 crore and Rs.1 crore respectively.

304. It is proposed to provide Rs.601 crore under

Legislators Local Area Development Scheme during

2014-15.

305. During 2014-15, the State will bring out a

Human Development Report. This will be ready by

December-2014.

306. It is proposed to provide Rs.2259 crore for

addressing regional imbalance in 114 backward

taluks identified in Dr. D.M.Nanjundappa report.

307. Computerization of Birth and Death registration

will be undertaken in Anekal Taluk on a pilot project

basis. After successful implementation, the project

will be implemented in all other taluks in a phased

manner.

308. During 2014-15 a total of Rs. 789 crore is

provided to Planning and Area Development

Department.

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Urban Development

Municipal Administration

309. It is targetted to implement 14 Drinking Water

Supply Schemes and 10 Under Ground Drainage

Schemes at an estimated cost of Rs.697 crore during

the year 2014-15. Further, under UIDSSMT scheme

a Centrally sponsored scheme, it is proposed to

implement 6 water supply schemes and 7 Under

Ground Drainage Schemes at an estimated cost of

Rs.247.20 crore. It is proposed to implement new

Drinking Water Supply Schemes in 10 towns and 2

Under Ground Drainage schemes under this

programme at an estimated cost of Rs.400 crore.

310. Urban Development Department is making

efforts to provide Water Supply and Sanitation facilities

to Anganwadis located in Urban areas. Rs.5 crore will

be provided for this purpose.

311. Towards making Karnataka a slum free State,

39 cities have been selected under Rajiv Awaas Yojana

scheme. It is proposed to construct houses with basic

infrastructure facilities for the residents presently

residing in slum areas. Construction of 26,323 houses

with basic infrastructure facilities will be taken up at

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an estimated cost of Rs.1335 crore in 124 slum areas

located in the cities of Bengaluru, Hubli-Dharwad,

Gulbarga, Mysore, Davanagere, Belgaum, Kolar,

Mandya, Chitradurga and Robertsonpet.

312. To extend housing facilities for the

Economically Weaker Sections, it is proposed to

earmark 15% of the built up houses by bringing

necessary amendments to Karnataka Country and

Town Planning Zonal Regulations.

313. National Urban Livelihood Mission will be

implemented for skill development in towns having

population above 1 lakh from next year. Urban

alleviation programe will be launched next year in

the remaining 181 cities under the new scheme called

“Chief Minister’s Urban Alleviation Programe” at an

estimated cost of Rs.25 crore.

314. To support scientific management of solid waste

disposal in the state Rs.75 crore is earmarked during

2014-15.

315. Steps will be taken in the coming year to

establish Modern Abattoirs in three cities with

assistance from Government of India.

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316. To provide for more open spaces in urban areas

steps would be taken to improve lakes through Urban

Development Authorities. In 10 City Corporation

limits projects for creation of open spaces like parks,

lakes and stadiums will be taken up with support

from other departments, Urban Development

Authorities and communities. Modern Electric

crematoria will be established in 10 identified ULBs.

For this a total of Rs.25 crore is being provided.

317. For effective management of Urban Local Bodies

training will be in the coming 4 years to all the officers

and officials in 15 cities for capacity building. Rs.62.51

crore will be spent for this purpose.

318. For implementing Gruha Bhagya scheme for

1000 Poura Karmikas of Urban Local Bodies, Rs.25

crore is earmarked in 2014-15.

319. As an Energy Saving Measure in street lighting

it is proposed to install automatic on and off facility

and dimmers for which Rs.10 crore is earmarked in

2014-15 budget.

320. Mysore being a heritage city, it is proposed to

renovate some of the heritage buildings, develop

Devaraj Market, reconstruct Lansdowne building,

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erect Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar statue in Harding

circle and also to develop roads along the Dasara

procession route and Irwin Road, for which Rs.100

crore special grant is earmarked.

Bruhath Bangalore Maha Nagara Palike (BBMP)

321. Total grant of Rs. 1527 crore from the State

Government to BBMP is expected under Nagarothana

Scheme, 13th Finance Commission schemes, State

Finance Commission schemes, Lake Development

scheme and Chief Minister’s Special grant scheme.

In addition to these grants, BBMP will utilize its own

resources to take up following projects during

2014-15.

• Comprehensive development of selected

Arterial and Sub Arterial Roads for smooth

flow of traffic at estimated cost of Rs.500

crore.

• Widening of some of the important roads at

estimated cost of Rs.300 crore as per the

Master Plan 2015.

• Construction of Railway underbridges and

overbridges at estimated cost of Rs.200 crore

in collaboration with Railway Authorities at

important Railway Crossings in the City.

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• Comprehensive development of Footpaths

at estimated cost of Rs.100 crore.

• Development of important junctions at

estimated cost of Rs.100 crore.

• Development of 12 main roads under

TENDER SURE model and other selected

main roads at estimated cost of Rs.300

crore.

• Earmarking of Rs.250 crore for development

of backward areas of earlier CMCs and

TMCs within BBMP jurisdiction.

• Earmarking of Rs.100 crore for development

and protection of 31 lakes

• Implementation of new parking policy at

estimated cost of Rs. 10 crore.

• Allocation of Rs.100 crore for disposal and

processing of solid waste.

• Allocation of Rs. 200 crore for construction

of Grade Separators at important Junctions

with heavy traffic density.

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Bangalore Development Authority (BDA)

322. 3750 flats have been allotted to the public by

Bangalore Development Authority as was proposed

in 2013-14 Budget. Another 3000 flats nearing

completion will be allocated by the end of March 2014.

During 2014-15, around 8000 flats will be constructed

and allotted to the public.

323. Formation of Nada Prabhu Kempegowda Layout

is in progress and applications will be invited with in

March 2014 for allotment of 5000 sites. During

2014-15 around 5000 sites will be formed and allotted

to the public.

324. 54 Lakes will be protected by providing fencing.

Comprehensive development of 39 lakes and

Aranyikarana Hasiru Maale programme will be

implemented at the cost of Rs. 100 crore.

325. Construction of Peripheral Ring Road at the

cost of Rs. 5800 crore will be taken up during

2014-15 with assistance from JICA.

326. Construction of Underpass at Goraguntepalya

of Tumkur Road Junction (NH-4) at a cost of Rs. 125

crore will be taken up under JNNURM during

2014-15.

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327. Elevated Corridor from ALISDA to BEL Circle

at a cost of Rs. 191.86 crore will be taken up under

JNNURM.

328. Construction of Elevated Corridor from

Basaveshwara Circle (Chalukya Circle) to Hebbal

Junction at a cost of Rs. 1100 crore will be taken up.

Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board

(BWSSB)

329. For providing Water Supply to 110 villages in

BBMP area, detailed project report will be prepared

and work will be taken up with funding from external

assistance agencies.

330. Detailed project report has been prepared for

rehabilitation and renovation of 74 km Sewer lines

and the work will be taken up during 2014-15 with

50% funding from Megacity Revolving Fund of

KUIDFC and balance 50% from BWSSB.

331. Detailed project report has been prepared and

construction of 300 MLD capacity Waste Water

Treatment plants in place of existing 180 MLD plant

will be taken up during 2014-15.

332. Detailed project report has been prepared and

construction of 108 Waste Water Treatment plants of

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1 to 2 MLD at various places in Bangalore city during

2014-15.

Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development

Finance Corporation (KUIDFC)

333. Tender invitation process has been initiated for

establishing water supply and UGD components

under the newly sanctioned Integrated Water

Resources Management Project for the cities of

Davanagere, Harihara, Ranebennur, and Byadagi at

an estimated cost of Rs.474 crore.

334. A project has been taken up at an estimated

cost of Rs. 205 crore for providing adequate water

supply and underground drainage facilities in 16

Urban Local Bodies, that have not been covered under

any structured Water Supply and Under Ground

Drainage schemes.

335. Works are being taken up for 24X7 water

supply in 22 towns including Belgaum, Gulbarga,

Hubli-Dharawad Municipal Corporations under other

schemes of KUIDFC.

336. A proposal has been prepared for Heritage

Based Urban Development Project at an estimated cost

of 450 crore with assistance from the World Bank.

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The project will be implemented with the approval of

Government of India.

337. Detailed project report for ‘City Cluster

Development Programme’ with assistance from Asian

Development Bank will be prepared and

implementation will be taken up.

Bangalore Metro Rail

338. Work relating to the First Phase of Bangalore

Metro Rail is under progress. The line from Peenya

to Sampige Road has been completed and will be

opened for public use. It is targeted to complete the

entire network of 1st Phase by the end of March 2015.

339. Work relating to 2nd Phase of Metro comprising

of 61 Stations covering the distance of 72.10 km is

planned to be completed at the cost of Rs.26405 crore.

For this, approval of the Central Government has been

received.

Directorate of Urban Land Transport (DULT)

340. Action will be taken under Comprehensive

Mobility Plan through effective transport policy to

curb the increasing usage of private vehicles and air

pollution and unregulated transport system in 52

towns of the State.

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341. Total provision of Rs.9995 crore has been made

for Urban Development Department during 2014-15.

Revenue

342. Pension Adalats will be held at hobli levels and

the social security pension schemes will be extended

even more successfully. Action will be taken to

identify 100% beneficiaries eligible under this scheme

to grant pension to them.

343. Janashree Bima Yojane with Aam Admi Bima

Yojane will be merged during the year, and Rs. 20

crore will be provided. Through this scheme

insurance facility will be provided to artisans of 47

different classes.

344. In the recent days the problem of shortage of

burial grounds has become acute. As there is a

shortage of availability of Government land, Rs. 10

crore will be provided to purchase land for the purpose

of burial ground not exceeding 2 acres. In this, priority

will be given to formation of burial grounds for

Schedule Castes and Schedule Tribes.

345. Monthly pension for former Patels will be

enhanced to Rs. 2000 from the existing Rs. 1450.

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346. Government is committed to implement the new

Transparency in Land Acquisition, Right to Proper

Compensation, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act

2013. By developing new software in accordance with

the new Act and linking it with Bhoomi software,

Pahanis will be updated automatically.

347. As Bhoomi software is one decade old and

considering the needs of the present times, a new

software called ‘Namma Bhoomi’ having state of the

Art technology will be developed for modernizing the

existing system and establishing a Complete Land

Record Administration and Management Tool. The

system will be made more effective for making land

administration farmer friendly by decentralizing the

land related services from taluk level to Hobli level

using the new software.

348. Padasale Scheme will be implemented in all 176

taluks in order to provide all services to the public in

taluk office under one roof.

349. In order to avoid frequent visit of farmers to

taluk offices for correction of mistakes in their

Pahanis, Revenue Adalats will be held at Hobli and

village levels and thereby a movement for distribution

of updated and corrected Pahanis will be launched.

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350. After 60 years, Land re-survey work will be

taken up in two phases for solving the problem of

increased pending Phodi cases. The scheme will be

commenced in the first phase in the five districts of

Bangalore Rural, Chikkaballapur, Ramanagar,

Tumkur and Belgaum and in the second phase in

the remaining 25 districts.

351. In order to avoid frequent visits by students

and parents to taluk offices during school admission

time, caste and income certificates will be issued in

schools itself by utilizing data available at Nada

Kacheris.

352. Construction of district office complex buildings

will be taken up in 6 districts including Mysore, the

cultural centre of the State, at a cost of Rs. 135 crore.

Construction of 12 Mini Vidhana Soudha buildings

and ongoing construction of 24 Mini Vidhana Soudha

buildings will be taken up at a cost of Rs. 101 crore.

353. With integration of Kaveri Software and Bhoomi

Software for registration and Khata of land, a facility

will be extended to enable issue of Khata by concerned

Tahasildar, even if the property is registered anywhere

in the State.

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354. Rs 66.2 crore has been provided for

rejuvenation and development of temples and Rs.15

crore has been provided for facilities to devotees and

tourists and for basic infrastructure at religions and

charitable institutions in 2014-15.

355. During 2014-15, action will be taken to provide

subsidy to devotees travelling to Charudhama in our

Country, in the same way as subsidy is provided to

the devotees going to Manasa Sarovara.

356. A special grant of Rs. 6 crore will be provided

to protect lands belonging to Mujarai Department,

for taking survey to prevent encroachments and for

proper utilization of properties and assets.

357. Total provision of Rs. 4293 crore has been made

for Revenue Department during 2014-15.

Energy

358. Rs.20 crore has been provided for solar energy

schemes.

359. During the year 2014-15, Government will

provide Rs.6200 crore as subsidy for providing free

electricity supply to irrigation pumpsets of farmers

and Bhagyajyothi / Kuteerajyothi schemes.

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360. In respect of Ganga Kalyana Scheme

implemented by Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribes,

Backward Classes and Minorities Corporations,

electricity connections will be provided during

2014-15 for all pending irrigation pumpsets as on

31-3-2014, during 2014-15.

361. An amount of Rs.750 crore will be provided as

Capital for the Electricity Supplying Companies

(ESCOMs) during the year 2014-15. Following

schemes will be implemented in these companies.

• LED solar street lights will be installed in

50 villages in the jurisdiction of all the

ESCOMs at a cost of Rs.5 lakhs per village.

• Upgradation of ‘Distribution Automation

System’ in 10 corporation areas at a cost of

Rs.50 crore.

• Additional inclusion of two sub-divisions in

every ESCOM under the scheme of High

Voltage Distribution System (HVDS).

• Implementation of Smart Grid and Smart

Meters scheme in 98 cities.

• Implementation of Green Energy Corridor

Scheme with the assistance of KPTCL and

KFW.

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362. Total provision of Rs.11,693 crore has been

made for the Energy Department.

Public Works

363. Following are the achievements during

2013-14.

• Development of 287 km State Highways.

• Development of 1008 km district and other

roads.

• Construction / Repair of 34 bridges across

State Highway and District Main Roads.

• Development of 88 km roads in the

backward taluks coming under Special

Development Plan at a cost of Rs.216.75

crore.

• Development of 36 km colony roads under

SCSP at a cost of Rs.242.77 crore.

• Development of 12 km colony roads under

STSP at a cost of Rs.77.20 crore.

• Development of 293 km roads under

NABARD assistance at the cost of Rs.250

crore. Completion of 22 bridges. Rs.305

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crore action plan prepared for approval

under NABARD RIDF-19 scheme.

• Completion of 839 kms of 28 State

Highways on EPC basis.

• Construction of 9 mega bridges by KRDCL.

Construction of 635 bridges under level-

wise bridge construction scheme.

• Implementation of 3103 works under Chief

Minister’s Rural Road Development Fund.

• Development of 3724 km roads under State

Highway Development Project Phase-1 and

3745 km roads under State Highway

Development Project Phase-2 is in progress.

• Development of 46 km roads under

“Karnataka State Highway Improvement

Project” and development of 81 km roads

under “Asian Development Bank”.

• Completion of 105 km roads in 2 schemes

on annuity basis under PPP.

364. Action will be taken to identify under developed

roads in most backward and backward taluks. It is

planned to improve 544 km of such roads under SDP

programme.

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365. A special package of Rs. 50 crore will be

provided during 2014-15 also to Kodagu district for

repairs of roads and bridges damaged due to torrential

rains.

366. Government of India has upgraded 199 km of

State Highway as NH-150 and NH-167 during March

2013. Grant of Rs.120 crore is expected to be released

shortly from the Government of India for the

development of 46.4 km long roads of these two

National Highways.

367. Government of India has approved the

permanent repair work of Shiradi Ghat Road under

NH-48 at a cost of Rs.95 crore. It is planned to

complete this work within 18 months.

368. It is proposed to develop 18.5 km length of

NH-48 in the stretch of Shiradi Ghat Section at a

cost of Rs.2200 crore with the assistance of Japan

International Corporation Agency (JICA) for smooth

vehicular traffic moment. The project includes

construction of 7.7 km of small tunnel, 3.9 km of 4

bridges and 6.9 km of roads.

369. Consent has been given by the ADB for the

proposal to give US $ 350 million to KSHIP Phase-2.

Under this scheme, it is proposed to develop 1200

km roads under PPP.

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370. It is proposed to take-up improvements of

8 State Highways of 452.70 km length at an estimated

cost of Rs.1203 crore under the joint assistance of

World Bank and Financial Institutions.

371. Out of 11 small ports along Western Coast, it is

proposed to develop some ports through private

participation, to encourage export and import

activities.

372. With a view to encourage commercial and

industrial activity in the State by developing small

ports in coastal area of the State under PPP and for

providing suitable infrastructure facilities, it is

proposed to enforce ‘Karnataka Minor Ports Policy’.

373. Total provision of Rs.6634 crore has been made

for Public Works Department during 2014-15.

Infrastructure Development

374. Bangalore International Airport has been

renamed as Kempegowda International Airport,

Bengaluru. Terminal-1 has been completed and

commissioned. Action has been taken for enhancing

the terminal building capacity from 12 million to 20

million passengers.

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375. Action will be taken to complete all the on-going

Railway projects. Facilities will be provided for

setting-up of Railway Boogi manufacturing Units at

Kolar and Yadgiri. Rs.540 crore are provided for

Railway projects.

376. Bangalore Gas Pipeline is functional and

natural gas is being supplied to Bangalore. The

distribution work of natural gas is in the final stage

with the joint venture of KSIIDC and GAIL. Same will

be completed at the earliest and action will be taken

on priority basis for supply of Compressed Natural

Gas (CNG) in Bangalore City. Action will be taken to

introduce and adopt eco-friendly CNG in Urban

Transport Vehicles in a phased manner.

377. Total provision of Rs.637 crore has been

provided to the infrastructure development

department.

Commerce and Industries

378. Rs.10 crore will be provided for the upgradation

of Convention Center at KTPO, White Field, in

Co-ordination with the Government of India.

379. Karnataka Investment Promotion Programme

(KIPP), will be undertaken with the assistance of

External agencies with the objective to improving the

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investment climate through sector loan for

infrastructure development and loan programme for

industrial policy implementation.

380. It is proposed to introduce One Time Settlement

Scheme (OTS) by waiving the interest payable on the

loans sanctioned to the units under PBS scheme by

KVIC through KVIB. The scheme would benefit 21180

Khadi units/Institutions. Rs.26.15 crore is earmarked

for this purpose during the year 2014-15.

381. For the purpose of bringing novelty in the design

and having decided to provide marketing subsidy

under ‘Karnataka Khadi Branding’ scheme, with the

assistance of National Institute of Fashion

Technology / National Institute of Design and also

other famous branding consultants, assistance will

be provided for the purpose of branding. For this

purpose, a provision of Rs.2 crore is earmarked during

2014-15.

382. Rs.1 crore grant is provided for Karnataka Khadi

Gramodyoga Sangha, Hubli.

383. Training and manufacturing centers will be

set-up in naxal affected areas of Karkala Taluk, Udupi

District and Sringeri through Karnataka State Coir

Development Corporation.

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384. Interest subsidy of 9% which is allowed at

present to village industries and khadi institutions

which are availing additional working capital limited

to Rs.3 lakhs in most backward, more backward and

backward 114 taluks, will be extented to all 176 taluks

in the State.

385. Venture Capital Support of Rs.10 crore will be

provided to encourage potential entrepreneurs

intending to set-up new industries through ‘Fund of

Fund’ Scheme.

386. 1000 Residential Worksheds will be provided

to skilled workers of the State under the new Special

House Building Scheme at the cost of Rs.10 crore.

387. It is proposed to set-up “Coir Technology Park”

at a cost of Rs.2 crore at Vijnana Gudda, Tumkur

District, for the purpose of showcasing coir activities

and eco-friendly coir products for entrepreneurs and

tourists under a single roof.

388. It is proposed to establish 1000 micro

enterprises in the rural areas by investing capital upto

Rs.10 lakh through District Industries Centres with

a view to encourage self-employment among the

youths through various existing programmes and in

Co-ordination with Financial Institutions.

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389. Interest subsidy of 6% will be provided to new

generation entrepreneurs to an extent of Rs.75 crore

to motivate and promote entrepreneurship in the State

through K.S.F.C. For this, a grant of Rs.4.50 crore is

provided.

390. Financial support of 50% subject to a ceiling of

Rs.7.50 lakhs for MSMEs in Aerospace Sector will be

provided for obtaining certification like ISO 9100,

NDACAP etc., to make them globally competitive. For

this, a grant of Rs.75 lakhs is provided.

391. Department of Commerce and Industries shall

make efforts to establish industrial townships in the

State with the co-operation of Urban Development

Department. Action will be taken to notify the two

industrial townships especially during the year

2014-15.

392. The Government is committed to bring

amendment to Minor Mineral Rules including Sand

Policy in order to prevent illegal mining and

transportation of mineral wealth of the State and for

plugging loop holes in revenue collection of

Government. In this regard, it is proposed to establish

10 modern check posts. It is also proposed to obtain

land for the purpose of establishing modern check

posts in 42 places.

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393. For the first time, the State will undertake the

section survey of the existing mines, using total

station survey equipments to prevent illegal extraction

of the specified Minor Minerals namely Granite. In a

phased manner such section survey exercise will be

extended to other important Minor Minerals of the

State.

394. State will map its Mineral wealth, by using

modern means like heliborne survey and other non-

destructive modern technologies to precisely

determine, in-future, the presence of various minerals

which can be economically extracted over a period of

time. Survey work will be taken-up with the help of

Geological Survey of India, India Bureau of Mines and

other expert Agencies.

395. It is proposed to establish Gems and Jewellery

SEZ in 10 hectares of land in Devanahalli of Bangalore

Rural District, through Hatti Gold Mines Limited.

396. Reservation is provided to Scheduled Castes and

Scheduled Tribes in sand extraction, transportation

and storage work and grant of Minor Minerals quarry

leases/licenses in the amended Rules.

397. Special package will be formulated for

rejuvenation of Handloom industry in the next 5

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years. Expert committee will be constituted to suggest

measures for encouraging capital investment and

market linkages, design and technology adoption,

incentives for exports and empowerment of Handloom

Development Corporation.

398. During the year 2014-15, Rs.120 crore will be

provided under Weavers Special Package scheme for

comprehensive development of Weavers.

399. Rs.75 crore will be provided for implementing

New Readymade Garments Policy during the year

2014-15.

400. A sum of Rs.75 crore is needed for the

rejuvenation of Mysore Sugar Company. This will be

provided by developing the property of the said

Company located in J.C. Road, Bangalore, in

Co-ordination with another Government Institution

i.e., Mysore Minerals Limited.

401. Total provision of Rs.975 crore has been made

for the Commerce and Industries Department during

2014-15.

Information Technology, Bio Technology and

Science & Technology

402.Government encourages new ideas and

innovations for high values for IT products and service

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companies. The aim is to make Karnataka an

Innovation hub of the World. In this regard,

Government will provide ‘’Plug and Play’’ Space for

start-ups at subsidized rates.

403. Skill Development Societies will be constituted

with an initial corpus of Rs.10 crore to meet the skill

requirements of IT and Electronic companies. To

encourage IT companies in 2 and 3 tier cities,

Government will reimburse P.F. and E.S.I. amount

upto Rs.2,000 per employee per month for a period

of 2 years. This facility will be applicable only to the

jobs created during 2014-15.

404. Greenfield ESDM Clusters will be set-up for

Electronic Hardware sector either in Bangalore or

Mysore, in association with Government of India.

405. Animation, Visual effects, Gaming and Comics

(AVGC) Policy will be revised. Digital Media City and

AVGC Labs will be set-up in PPP mode.

406. During the financial year 2014-15, two Sub

Regional Science Centres will be set-up, one each in

Chamarajanagar District and Gowribidanur Taluk of

Chickballapur District, at a cost of Rs.3 crore for per

centre. To encourage Science Education among

Teachers/Lecturers, ‘Training the Trainers’ education

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will be given through Karnataka Science and

Technology Academy.

407.Robotics Technology is gaining prominence in

several countries. Japan and Korea have high expertise

in this area. It is proposed to give science education

to the school students by using Robotics Technology

and to provide Robotic Education for Engineering

Students in association with Government of Korea.

408. During the year 2014-15, provision of Rs.200

crore has been provided to the Information

Technology, Bio-Technology and Science &

Technology Sector.

e-Governance

409. Following programmes will be taken during

2014-15:

• Mobile Governance: 150 additional services

of different departments will be provided

through mobile platform, enabling citizens

to get information at their finger tips.

• New e-Governance Policy will be formulated

for consolidation of different departments

by using new technology.

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• New State Data Center will be established

at Suvarna Soudha, Belgaum, for the

purpose of disaster recovery and business

continuity.

• 50 new Citizen Service Centers will be

opened under Karnataka One Scheme in

tier-2 cities of the State.

• Cloud based IPV6 network will be set up

under Karnataka State Wide Area Network

2.0 to provide additional bandwidth and

connectivity upto Gram Panchayath level

throughout the State.

• Human Resource Management Scheme

(H.R.M.S.) 2.0 will be implemented and

integrated with Khajane-2.

410.Total provision of Rs.139 crore has been made

for the e-Governance department during 2014-15.

Tourism

411. During 2014-15, , Rs.50 crore will be provided

as an initial outlay to implement the

recommendations made by the Karnataka Tourism

Vision Group which was constituted to advise on the

development of tourism in Karnataka.

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412. Kaveri Tourism Authority is proposed to be

established for the purpose of promoting Mysore circle

including Mandya, Chamaraja Nagar and Kodagu

districts and to develop Royal Heritage City of Mysore.

KSTDC will operate 6 new planned luxury bus tour

packages from Mysore.

413. To make Bangalore tourist-friendly, it is

proposed to establish Cubbon Park Management

Authority, Global MICE (Meetings, Incentives,

Conventions and Exhibition) Center Near

International Airport, Aero Museum at Jakkur and

Urban Park Near Turahalli forest area through Jungle

Lodges and Resorts Ltd.

414. With historical city of Bidar on the watch list of

World Monument Fund, publicity will be given to

promote Bijapur-Gulbarga-Bidar tourist circle as

weekend destination.

415. Our Government has sought relaxation of

Coastal Regulation Zone guidelines to tap the tourist

potential in the Coastal area of Karnataka by

developing 42 beaches and 4 islands. Adventure

tourism will be promoted by organising Coastal

festivals.

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416. To showcase Karnataka’s rich cultural heritage

and contribution, series of activities such as

Karnataka Travel Mart, Pravasi Karnataka Divasa,

Nethrani Beach festival, Talakadu Kaveri Festival,

Nrityotsava at Nandi and Pattadakallu, Bidar Fort

Festival, Kite and Folklore Festivals will be organised

through private participation.

417. Tourism Interpretation Centers and Plazas will

be set-up at Karwar, Mysore, Bijapur, Chamaraja

Nagar, Dandeli and Kharapur-Kabini. Existing 8

Tourist Information Centers will be renovated.

418. ‘Programme for Adoption of Tourist Destination’

will be initiated in collaboration with Corporates.

419. ‘Investment-friendly Tourism Policy’ will be

published to encourage new investors in tourism for

investment of capital.

420. New Tourism Human Resource Development

Policy will be formulated and announced.

421. To assess the quality of service providers in

tourism sector, quality evaluation programmes will

be launched.

422. Comprehensive development of Raja Seat in

Madikeri will be taken up.

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423. Total provision of Rs.399 crore has been made

for the Tourism Department during 2014-15.

General Administration

424. The inclusion of Article 371 (J) in the

Constitution of India for the development of

Hyderabad-Karnataka area is a matter of pride. In

this regard, action has been taken for providing

reservation to the people of this area in employment,

higher education, vocational education and to

constitute Area Development Board. Provision of

Rs.600 crore has been made for this new Board for

the development of this area during this year. Apart

from this, provision of Rs.1037 crore is made for the

Special Development Works in Hyderabad-Karnataka

area.

425. On the lines of Central Government

implementing the Lokpal Act, 2013, action will be

taken for formulating a new Act in Karntaka.

426. A committee under the Chairmanship of

Sri P.C. Hota, retired Chairman of Union Public Service

Commission was constituted to bring more

transparency and prevent corruption and nepotism

in the recruitment process undertaken by Karnataka

Public Service Commission while recruiting candidates

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to the State Civil Services. Majority of the

recommendations made by this committee have been

accepted and action is being taken to implement them

proactively.

427. To overcome the difficulties in the rules relating

to the reimbursement of medical bills of the

government servants, benefit of cashless medical

treatment facility for 7 fatal diseases will be extended

on pilot basis, to Government Servants and their

dependants through the introduction of “Jyoti

Sanjeevini” scheme.

428. A committee has been constituted under the

Chairmanship of Hon’ble Minister for Law and

Parliamentary Affairs in order to achieve transparency

and simplicity in governance.

429. Freedom Fighters pension will be enhanced

from Rs. 6000 to Rs.8000. Honorarium for

participants from the State in Goa Liberation

Movement will be enhanced from Rs. 2000 per month

to Rs. 3000.

Information

430. A High-Tech State Media Center on the lines of

National Media Center at New Delhi will be established

at Vartha Soudha in Bangalore at a cost of Rs.5 crore.

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431. Multiplex theatres with four screen facilities to

organise International Film Festivals and a Museum

representing film industry will be developed in

Amruthotsava Bhavana under construction at Nandini

Layout in Bangalore at a cost of Rs.10 crore.

432. It is proposed to construct an international

standard film city on the land reserved for Film City

in Hesaraghatta, Bangalore, in association with

interested and reputed international film studio

companies.

433. Government will provide incentives and

encourage entrepreneurs interested in building

‘Janatha Cinema Halls’ for facilitating exhibition of

Kannada films in District and Taluk headquarters.

434. An annual award will be instituted to promote

short films.

435. A separate health insurance scheme will be

launched for accredited journalists and their family.

436. Pension given to retired journalists will be

enhanced from Rs.3000 to Rs.6000.

437. Total provision of Rs.92 crore has been made

for the Information Department during the year

2014-15.

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Home

438. Ambulance-Signal Lights Synchronization

Scheme will be implemented under B-Trac scheme at

a cost of Rs. 72 crore. Likewise, M-Trac-1 and

M-Trac-2 schemes will be implemented in Mysore and

Mangalore cities at a cost of Rs.40 crore and Rs.25

crore respectively.

439. It is proposed to install CCTV cameras for the

purpose of providing safety and security in the Central

Jails of Mysore, Dharwad, Bellary, Bijapur and

Gulbarga. Mobile jammers will be introduced at

Central Jail of Bijapur and Gulbarga and District Jail

of Mangalore. On the lines of Bangalore, Mysore and

Bellary Central Jails, barbed wire fencing will be

installed in the remaining 5 Central Jails and Main

District Jails of the State.

440. As in Bangalore Central Jail, action will be

taken to establish Water Processing Units in 7 Central

Jails of the State.

441. For the purpose of enhancing nutritional value

of the food for the convicts, daily food expense of Rs.48

per head will be enhanced to Rs.75.

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442. It is proposed to construct Residential and

Non-Residential buildings with all civic amenities for

Indian Reserve Battalion at Bijapur and Munirabad,

Koppal, at costs of Rs.19 crore and Rs.10 crore

respectively. Works will be completed within 3 years.

During 2014-15, an amount of Rs.9 crore including

Rs.6.30 crore received from the Government of India

will be spent for this purpose.

443. It is proposed to construct Office building for

S.P., Yadgiri District, at an estimated cost of Rs.7.73

crore and the construction will be completed in

2 years.

444. Student-Police Cadet Scheme is being

implemented during past 3 years. For this scheme,

Rs.1.80 crore will be provided during 2014-15.

445. As a welfare measure to the police personnel, it

is proposed to enhance Group Insurance amount from

Rs.10 lakhs to Rs.20 lakhs for Head Constables, Police

Constables and Followers and to extend this benefit

to all the ranks in the Police Department upto

Inspector level. This proposed group insurance

scheme will give risk coverage for about 84,800

existing strength of officers and police personnel.

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446. It is proposed to increase the ex-gratia amount

from Rs. 5 lakh to Rs. 30 lakh in case of death of

police personal while on duty for maintenance of law

& order and prevention of crime. This will cover all

policemen including those in various wings of internal

Security Division. Similarly, ex-gratia amount for

permanent disability will be increased to Rs. 10 lakh

and for serious injuries it will be increased to Rs. 2

lakhs.

447. Under Special Development Plan Rs. 15 crore

will be granted for construction of Fire Station

buildings and residential quarters.

448. Rs. 10 crore will be provided for construction

of hostel building with all amenities and for purchase

of equipment under K-SAFE scheme to R.A. Mundkur

Fire Force Academy, Bangalore.

449. In recent days, the number of multistoreyed

buildings is increasing in Bangalore. In order to

attend to fire accidents happening in such buildings,

modern Aerial Ladder Platform which can rise upto a

height of 90 meters will be purchased for the

department.

450. Rs. 1.80 crore will be provided for construction

of Regional Training Centre for Home Guards and

Civil Defence personnel at Davanagere District Centre.

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451. It is proposed to establish 20 new Police Stations

including 10 women police stations and 10 new Out

Posts.

452. Total provision of Rs. 4496 crore has been made

for Home Department during 2014-15.

Transport

453. Following are the achievements during

2013-14

• Distribution of 49,41,556 lakh smart card

driving licenses.

• Distribution of 57,83,180 lakh smart card

registration certificates.

• Compulsory online filing of applications

relating to Learner’s License, Driving

License, Vehicle registration implemented

in 10 Regional Transport Officers of

Bangalore from October 2013.

• Implementation of system of e-payment of

Motor Vehicle tax and fees within next 3

months.

• Implementation of system of filing of

application by the public irrespective of

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jurisdiction of their address in any of the

11 RTOs in Bangalore Urban and Rural

districts from September 2013.

• Establishment of Vehicle Fitness Inspection

Centre at Chokkanahalli (Hesaraghatta

Hobli), Bangalore with the work of first

phase with central assistance of Rs. 2.68

crore in progress.

454. For the convenience of the public, it is proposed

to provide online services of receiving and attending

to applications for registration of vehicles, learning

and driving licenses in any of the offices in the districts

having more than one Regional Transport Offices.

455. It is proposed to establish Vehicle Inspection

and Certification Centers at Shimoga, Gulbarga and

Mangalore.

456. It is proposed to establish Automated Driving

Test Track at Bellary, Gadag and Madikeri during

the year 2014-15.

457. A total of 1951 new vehicles have been added

in all transport corporations during 2013-14.

Transport corporations are going to add 3982 new

vehicles, 28 new bus depots and 37 new bus stations

out of their own resources during 2014-15.

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458. Phase-I and Phase-II of the construction of

Truck Terminal in an area of 13.28 acres and at a

cost of Rs. 20.48 cr. in Dasanapura, Dasanapura

Hobli, Bangalore North Taluk is in progress. Truck

Terminal is proposed to be completed in 2014.

459. Total provision of Rs. 1489 crore has been made

for Transport Department during the year 2014-15.

Law and Courts

460. Works of Construction of Administration

Building, Staff quarters, Ladies Hostel, Indoor

Stadium of Karnataka State Law University will be

taken up during 2014-15. An amount of Rs. 10 crore

is earmarked for this purpose.

461. Rs. 458 crore will be given for providing

necessary infrastructural facilities to subordinate

courts.

462. 10 additional fast track courts for conducting

trials for atrocity like offences is sanctioned.

463. An amount of Rs.2 crore will be released during

the year 2014-15 for the construction of third phase

of Advocates’ Bhavan in the premises of Bangalore

City Civil Magistrate Court.

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464. Total provision of Rs. 636 crore has been made

for Law and Justice Department during 2014-15.

Fourteenth Finance Commission

465. In the memorandum submitted to the 14th

Finance Commission in October 2013, the State

Government has emphasized that the share of States

in Central taxes should be increased from 32% to

40%. Also, we have strongly urged the Commission

that equity and efficiency should be given equal

weightage while evolving formula for sharing of taxes

among the States. This will protect the interest of well

performing States like ours. We have also put forth a

request to the Commission for State – specific grants

of Rs.105,495 crore including Rs.51,140 crore for

development of infrastructure of Bangalore and

Rs.15,940 crore for Development of Hyderabad

Karnataka and other Backward Districts. We strongly

believe that the Commission will use its constitutional

mandate to strengthen the financial viability of the

States to enable them to invest in their development

activities.

466. Khajane II, an Integrated Financial

Management System, will be implemented during

2014-15 at a total cost of Rs.90 crore, to provide a

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single electronic platform to Government officials,

banks and public, to carry out all financial

transactions pertaining to the State Government. The

project will enable citizens to make payments like

taxes and fees to the Government online from their

place of convenience. Beneficiaries, pensioners,

contractors and suppliers can get their payments

electronically direct to their bank accounts. This path

breaking project is expected to bring transparency

and efficiency and facilitate timely decision making

for sound management of Government finances.

TAX PROPOSALS

Goods and Services Tax:

467. We are working with the Empowered Committee

of State Finance Ministers to bring about consensus

among the States and the Centre on various issues

relating to introduction of Goods and Services Tax

(GST). We would take all necessary steps to prepare

our trade and industry as also the department for its

introduction.

Commercial Taxes:

468. A revenue collection target of Rs.37740 crore is

fixed for the current year and for the year 2014-15,

revenue collection target is fixed at Rs.42000 crore.

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469. I have met the trade and industry

representatives to get their valuable inputs in

formulation of Budget. They have made several

positive suggestions to make compliance simpler.

Requests for tax concessions to certain commodities

and sectors have also been made. I have tried to strike

a balance between our need for resources for the larger

interests of the society and the support that we can

give to the trade and industry to be competitive.

Several of the issues raised by them can be resolved

through administrative measures and the Government

would address them appropriately.

Value Added Tax:

470. I compliment the trade and industry for having

whole-heartedly supported all our e-governance

initiatives aimed at making tax compliance easier and

tax administration more effective. The Government

proposes to improve the current initiatives and also

provide the trade and industry newer facilities.

Reliefs:

471. I propose to,

1) continue tax exemption on paddy, rice,

wheat, pulses and products of rice and

wheat for one more year from April 2014,

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2) reduce tax on scented arecanut powder

other than mixtures from 14.5% to 5.5%,

3) increase the registration limit from the

current Rs.5 lakhs of annual turnover to

Rs.7.5 lakhs as a relief to small dealers and

to prepare ground for introduction of GST

which envisage higher threshold for

registration,

4) waive the penalty payable for default in

filing of returns by small dealers who have

no tax liability and opt for cancellation of

their registration,

5) increase the minimum sale value fixed for

obtaining electronic delivery note

(e-SUGAM) from the present Rs.20000 to

Rs.25000,

6) exempt works contractors from compulsory

registration provision,

7) take suitable administrative measures to

enable dealers to rectify mistakes in the

returns which have no tax implication,

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8) provide for single second appeal against

re-assessment for several tax periods of one

financial year.

Additional Resource Mobilisation Measure:

472. The current system of Excise Tax on liquor is

unable to capture substantial value addition that

takes place in retail sale of liquor by clubs, lodging

houses, star hotels, bar and restaurants. I therefore

propose to levy lower VAT of 5.5% on liquor sold by

bar and restaurants operating in urban areas and by

clubs, lodging houses and star hotels.

Rationalisation measure:

473. I propose to provide for filing of annual

statements by dealers in order to avoid disputes in

the information provided by them in electronic

returns.

Luxury Tax:

Relief:

474. I propose to increase the minimum daily rent

for taxation from the current Rs.500 to Rs.750.

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Entry Tax:

Relief:

475. I propose to exempt ethanol brought for mixing

with petrol from entry tax.

Rationalisation Measure:

476. I propose to provide for filing of monthly returns

by dealers and deemed acceptance of such returns as

under VAT Act.

Excise

477. For the year 2014-15, a revenue collection target

of Rs.14,400 crore is fixed to the Excise Department.

Additional Resources Mobilization Measures

478. I propose to increase the Additional Excise Duty

on Beer from 122% to 135 % as in Annexure-II.

479. I propose to increase the Licence fee of Primary

Distillery, Indian Liquor Manufacturing Distillery and

Brewery by 50%.

480. I propose to increase the Licence fee of MSIL

retail liquor shops (CL-11C) from Rs.1 lakh to

Rs.3 lakhs.

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481. I propose to increase the fee for shifting of

shops from one place to another, from the existing

25% to 50% of the Licence fee charged on the Licence

in respect of such shops.

Stamps and Registration

482. For the year 2013-14, revenue collection target

is fixed at Rs.6500 crore and for the year 2014-15,

revenue collection target is fixed at Rs.7450 crore.

483. I propose to,

1) exempt stamp duty in respect of

subsequent sale deed executed in respect

of the alternate site allotted by the

Bangalore Development Authority,

consequent to the denotification of the land.

2) exempt Stamp Duty on instruments

executed between concerned persons under

the Aerospace Policy 2013-23.

3) provide for remission and reduction of

Stamp Duty on instruments specified in the

Government notification dated: 23-04-2003,

with retrospective effect.

4) reduce Stamp Duty on Award relating to

movable properties from the current 5%,

with rates ranging from 0.25% to 0.75%,

on slab basis, as in Annexure-III.

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5) levy Stamp Duty at uniform reduced rate of

2% on all Joint development agreements

and their consequent Powers of Attorney,

as in Annexure-III.

6) reduce Stamp Duty on instrument relating

to Delivery Order from the current 0.5% to

0.1% on the value of goods imported into

the State, and also to exempt stamp duty

on goods imported into the State that are

exempted from Customs Duty, as in

Annexure-III.

Transport

484. For the year 2014-15, revenue collection target

is fixed at Rs. 4350 crore.

485. I propose to levy Rs. 500 per seat per quarter

for the Motor Cabs which costs more than Rs.15 lakhs

and registered in other states and entering our state

by obtaining tourist vehicle permit, instead of life time

tax.

486. It is found that the vehicles are being registered

in other States with lower rate of life time tax but

plying in the State to avoid payment of life time tax

levied in Karnataka. In order to prevent revenue loss

from this, I propose to bring suitable amendment to

the Motor Vehicle Taxation Act.

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Legal Amendments

487. The proposed tax measures and reliefs will be

made effective from 1st March 2014. The required

bills will be tabled before the august House in this

session for carrying out amendments in the relevant

tax laws for implementing the proposed changes.

Revised Estimates 2013-14

488. As per the Revised Estimates 2013-14, the Total

Receipts are Rs. 1,12,422 crore as compared to the

Budget Estimates of Rs.1,20,717 crore. The revenue

mobilization efforts of the State stand at Rs. 94,270

crore of which the Own Tax Revenues collected are

estimated at Rs. 61,530 crore.

489. As per the Revised Estimates, the Total

Expenditure is Rs.1,16,212 crore. The Total Plan

Expenditure of Rs. 48,034 crore estimated in Revised

Estimates 2013-14 has seen an increase of 28 per

cent over Accounts of 2012-13.

Budget Estimates 2014-15

490. The Total Receipts are estimated to be

Rs.1,36,249 crore during 2014-15. The Budget

Estimates envisage Revenue Receipts of Rs.1,11,039

crore and Capital Receipts of Rs.25,210 crore

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including Borrowings of Rs.25,042 crore. The Total

Expenditure is estimated to be Rs.1,38,008 crore

consisting of Revenue Expenditure of Rs.1,10,757

crore and Capital Expenditure of Rs.20,490 crore and

debt repayment of Rs.6,760 crore.

491. Revenue Surplus is estimated to be Rs.281

crore. Fiscal deficit is expected to be Rs.20,041 crore,

which is 2.92% of GSDP. Total Liabilities at

Rs.1,57,681 crore at the end of 2014-15 are estimated

to be 23.01% of GSDP. This is within the limit of

25.2% for 2014-15 mandated in Karnataka Fiscal

Responsibility Act.

492. Therefore, all these three fiscal parameters are

within the mandate of the Karnataka Fiscal

Responsibility Act. This reflects fiscal responsibility

of the State.

Resource Mobilization

493. The State’s total Own Tax Revenue for

2014-15 is estimated to be Rs.69,870 crore with an

increase of 13.55 % over the budget estimate for

2013-14.

494. Rs.4,473 crore is expected to be collected from

non-tax revenues. The State Government expects to

receive Rs.16,560 crore by way of the share in the

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Budget 2014-15 in Central Tax and another

Rs.20,135 crore as grants from Government of India.

These revenue receipts are estimated to be

supplemented by gross borrowings of Rs.25,042 crore,

non-debt receipts of Rs.75 crore and recovery of loans

to the extent of Rs.93 crore.

495. Various State owned boards and corporations

and local bodies are expected to mobilize Rs.7,913

crore through internal resource generation and

borrowings made on the basis of their own financial

strength and own revenues.

Hon’ble Speaker Sir,

496. This Budget reflects aspirations and priorities

of our Government. We will make sincere efforts to

implement them. In this regard, I seek Co-operation

of all the Members of the House.

497. Now I commend the Budget for consideration

of the august House and seek approval for Vote on

Account for the expenditure upto 31st July 2014 as

per the Budget Estimates.

Jai Hind

Jai Karnataka

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BUDGET AT A GLANCE

Budget 2014 - 15136

Item Budge Revised Budget

Estimates Estimates Estimates

2013-14 2013-14 2014-15

Opening Balance -13.88 67.96 77.77

A. REVENUE ACCOUNT

I. Recepits

State Taxes 62464.00 61530.41 69869.75

Share of Central Taxes 15055.99 13974.99 16560.01

Grants from Cnetral

Government 16428.11 14905.94 20135.43

Non-Tax Revenue 4038.28 3859.03 4473.43

Total-A. I 97986.38 94270.37 111038.62

II. Expenditure

Social Services 37734.85 34883.63 42478.57

Economic Services 27958.06 29003.69 32398.78

General Services 25642.89 23988.05 29208.39

Grants-in-aid &

Contributions 6054.73 6330.45 6671.60

Total-A. II 97390.53 94205.82 110757.34

A. Revenue Accounts

Surplus/Deficits 595.85 64.55 281.28

BUDGET AT

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A GLANCE

Item Budget Revised Budget

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2013-14 2013-14 2014-15

B. CAPITAL ACCOUNT

I. Recepits :

I Loans from Government

of India 2095.47 1227.85 1729.93

Open Market Loans (Net) 14956.39 13406.39 16733.71

Loans from LIC, RBI, NSSF

& NCDC 1750.00 1750.00 2170.33

Recoveries of Loans and

Advances 134.59 113.14 92.73

Public Account (Net) etc. 972.97 3799.97 1733.02

Total-B I 19909.42 20297.35 22459.72

II. Disbursements :

Capital Outlay (Net) 17426.99 17721.70 19938.79

Repayment of Central Loans 713.36 681.75 774.43

Loans from LIC, RBI, GIC,

NSSF and NCDC 1532.45 1534.52 1577.72

Disbursements of Loans & 752.93 414.12 476.60

Advances

Total-B II 20425.73 20352.09 22767.54

B. Capital Account Surplus/

Deficit -516.31 -54.74 -307.82

C. Overall surplus/

Deficit for the year 79.54 9.81 -26.54

D. Closing Balance 65.66 77.77 51.23

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any;

wh

ich

ever

is h

igh

er.

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by t

hem

or

that

a p

art

of

it

shall

be h

eld

join

tly b

y t

hem

and

rem

ain

ing

part

are

th

ere

of

shall

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old

join

tly

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hem

betw

een th

e sam

e part

ies in

re

spect

of

the s

am

e p

ropert

y,

the

sta

mp

duty

payable

on

such

agre

em

ent

shall

not

exceed r

upees t

wo h

undre

d.

inte

rest

in th

e la

nd;

the

develo

per

agre

es

to

convey

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transfe

r or

dis

pose o

ff,

in a

ny w

ay,

port

ion o

f th

e constr

ucte

d or

develo

ped are

a

to t

he o

wner

or

lessee,

as t

he c

ase

may b

e.

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lan

ati

on

:

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rm “D

evelo

per”

in

clu

des th

e

pro

mote

r or

build

er

or

by w

hate

ver

nam

e c

alle

d.

Pro

vid

ed

that, i

f th

e p

roper

sta

mp

duty

is

paid

under

cla

use (

ea)

of

art

icle

41 o

n

pow

er

of

Attorn

ey,

execute

d

by

and

betw

een

the

sam

e

part

ies

in

respect

of

the

sam

e

pro

pert

y,

then

the

sta

mp duty

payable

on th

e

corr

espondin

g

agre

em

ent

under

cla

use (

f) o

f art

icle

5,

shall

not

exceed

Rupees

two h

undre

d.

Exp

lan

ati

on

: T

he

term

“m

oney

advanced”

in

this

A

rtic

le,

means a

nd i

nclu

des

the s

ecurity

deposit w

heth

er

refu

ndable

or

adju

sta

ble

.

11.

Aw

ard

, th

at

is to

say,

any

decis

ion

in

writing

by

an

arb

itra

tor

or

um

pire,

not

bein

g a

n a

ward

directing a

part

itio

n

on

a

refe

rence

made o

therw

ise t

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y a

n

ord

er

of

the

Court

in

th

e

cours

e o

f a s

uit.

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sam

e

sta

mp

duty

as

a

conveyance

[under

art

icle

20(1

)]

on

the

am

ount

or

mark

et

valu

e of

the pro

pert

y

(whic

h i

s t

he s

ubje

ct

matter

of

aw

ard

), w

hic

hever

is h

igher

Art

. 11.

Aw

ard

, th

at

is t

o s

ay,

any

decis

ion in w

riting b

y a

n a

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part

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on

a

refe

rence

made

oth

erw

ise th

an by an ord

er

of

the

Court

in the c

ours

e o

f a s

uit.

a)

If

the

pro

pert

y,

whic

h

is

the

subje

ct

matter

of

aw

ard

, is

im

movable

pro

pert

y.

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sam

e

duty

as

a

conveyance

[under

Art

icle

20(1

)] on th

e m

ark

et

valu

e

of

the

such

pro

pert

y,

or

consid

era

tion,

whic

hever

is

hig

her

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b)

If

the

pro

pert

y,

whic

h

is

the

subje

ct

matter

of

aw

ard

, is

m

ovable

pro

pert

y,

i)

Where

the a

mount

or

mark

et

valu

e

of

the

pro

pert

y,

as s

et

fort

h

in

the

aw

ard

, does

not

exceed

rupees

fifty lakhs.

¾

%

of

the

am

ount

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mark

et valu

e.

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the a

mount

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mark

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e

of

the

pro

pert

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ifty

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ut

does

not

exceed

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ive c

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s.

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seven

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d plu

s

½

%

of

the

am

ount

or

mark

et

valu

e

exceedin

g

rupees f

ifty

lakhs.

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Where

the a

mount

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mark

et

valu

e

of

the

pro

pert

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exceeds

rupees five c

rore

s.

Rupees

thirty

seven

thousand f

ive h

undre

d

plu

s

rupees t

wo l

akh t

wenty

fiv

e

thousand plu

s ¼

%

of

the

am

ount

or

mark

et

valu

e

exceedin

g

rupees

five

cro

res.

24

Deliv

ery

ord

er

in r

espect

of

goods,

that

is

to

say

any

instr

um

ent

entitlin

g

any

pers

on,

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in

nam

ed,

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assig

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e h

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th

e

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port

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house in

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h goods are

sto

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eliv

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spect

of

goods,

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ay a

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um

ent

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g

any pers

on,

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in nam

ed,

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his

assig

nees or

the hold

er

there

of, t

o

the

deliv

ery

of

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g

in

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ock o

r port

, in

any w

are

house

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h

goods

are

sto

red

or

deposited on re

nt

or

hire,

or

upon

any

wha

rf,

such

instr

um

ent

bein

g

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deposited o

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, such

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ent

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g s

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on b

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e o

wner

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e sale

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r of

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pro

pert

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in,

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ned b

y o

r on b

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e o

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goods

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the

sale

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transfe

r of th

e p

ropert

y t

here

in,

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he v

alu

e o

f goods.

On

e

rup

ee

for

every

one

thousand

rupees

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part

th

ere

of

on th

e valu

e of

the

goods.

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pti

on

: G

oods

import

ed

whic

h

are

exem

pte

d

from

th

e

levy

of

Custo

ms

Duty

by

the

Govern

ment of In

dia

.

(i)

Where

the v

alu

e o

f th

e

goods d

oes n

ot exceed

Rs.1

,000.

Rupee o

ne

ii)

W

here

th

e valu

e of

the

goods

exceeds

Rs.1

,000

there

of

Rupees f

ive for

every

rupees

one t

housand o

r part

there

of.

41(e

) W

hen

giv

en

for

consid

era

tion and or

when

couple

d

with

inte

rest

and

auth

orizin

g

the

attorn

ey

to

sell

any

imm

ovable

pro

pert

y

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vid

ed t

hat

the d

uty

paid

on

such

pow

er

of

att

orn

ey

is

adju

sta

ble

to

ward

s

the

duty

payable

on a

gre

em

ent fo

r sale

under

art

icle

5(e

) or

instr

um

ent

of

sale

or

transfe

r,

as t

he c

ase m

ay b

e,

execute

d

betw

een t

he s

am

e p

art

ies a

nd

in

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of

the

sam

e

pro

pert

y.

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iven f

or

consid

era

tion a

nd o

r w

hen

couple

d

with

inte

rest

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orizin

g th

e attorn

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sell

any

imm

ovable

pro

pert

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vid

ed t

hat, t

he d

uty

paid

on a

gre

em

ent

for

sale

under

art

icle

5(e

),

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sta

ble

to

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s t

he d

uty

payable

on

such

pow

er

of

attorn

ey

under

art

icle

41

(e)

execute

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etw

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he s

am

e

part

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sam

e p

ropert

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41 (

ea)

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ela

ting t

o c

onstr

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pm

ent

of

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imm

ovable

pro

pert

y,

inclu

din

g a

multi

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ouse

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build

ing

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unit

of

apart

ment

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uild

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rupee

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ere

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ark

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pert

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h

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ct

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er

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pm

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er

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hever

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ay

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rest in

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on t

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eld

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hem

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art

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them

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her

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ct

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axim

um

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rupees f

ifte

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vid

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f pro

per

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mp

duty

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cla

use(f

) of

art

icle

5

on

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d

betw

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e

part

ies i

n r

espect

of

the s

am

e

pro

pert

y,

the

sta

mp

duty

payable

on

such

pow

er

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orn

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er

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lan

ati

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rm “D

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des th

e

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mote

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hate

ver

nam

e c

alle

d.

port

ion,

the

consid

era

tion

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money

advanced,

if

any;

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ich

ever

is h

igh

er.

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vid

ed

that, i

f th

e p

roper

sta

mp

duty

is

paid

under

cla

use (

f) o

f A

rtic

le 5

on

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agre

em

ent

execute

d

betw

een t

he s

am

e p

art

ies in

respect

of

the

sam

e

pro

pert

y,

then

the

sta

mp

duty

payable

on

the

corr

espondin

g

pow

er

of

att

orn

ey

under

cla

use

(ea)

of

art

icle

41

shall

not

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upees t

wo h

undre

d.

41 (

eb)

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iven t

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ers

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ther

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ife

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rs,

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thers

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ters

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tion t

o t

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nts

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orizin

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on to

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arn

ata

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.

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vid

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uty

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er

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sta

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