The Karnataka government on Thursday filed an affidavit before the Supreme Court in the Cauvery water-sharing dispute opposing Tamil Nadu’s application for the release of 24,000 cusecs of water daily per day from the reservoirs in Karnataka.
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday asked the Karnataka Government to let politics take it's own route after the Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka, D K Shivakumar, decided to scrap the National Education Policy (NEP) in the state.
Housing and Minorities Welfare Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan has said that the government is thinking to increase the loan amount given to meritorious minority students from three lakh to five lakh rupees.
The Karnataka government has provided Rs 15 crore towards the State Disaster Relief Fund to address the damage caused by heavy rains, floods, and landslides in Himachal Pradesh, the government informed through an official statement.
After meeting with representatives of different educational institutions and officials in Bengaluru on Monday, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar said that the state government will form a new education policy scrapping the National Education Policy, 2020.
"Karnataka government is calling an all-party meeting on water disputes related to Cauvery...it is on Wednesday (23rd August). I have called some senior Parliament members to be part of the meeting...to seek the solution we have called this meeting," said Karnataka Dy CM DK Shivakumar.
The minister said that earlier projects for Babaleshwara and Tikota were planned to supply 55 litres per day for every resident as they were village panchayats. But, now since they are upgraded as town panchayats the plans need to be revised as per the city/town drinking water supply plan, h
Large and Medium Industries & Basic Infrastructure Minister M.B. Patil on Tuesday said that the government is mulling undertaking exhaustive and comprehensive development of Industrial Estates and then handing them over to the industrial unions for further maintenance.
Karnataka government’s decision to increase the price of Nandini milk by Rs 3 per litre seems to have kicked off a political storm in the state with the opposition BJP attacking the Siddaramiah government, and alleging that the hike would impact household budgets.
In this regard, MB Patil took to Twitter and said, "Through Small steps & Big Leaps, Karnataka will stand by its Job Creators. Industries department will look into creating a Platform to enable industries with access to FinTech companies, to “UNLOCK KARNATAKA”(s) manufacturing potential.
Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar said on Saturday that he has received more than 30,000 suggestions for Bengaluru’s development under the Brand Bengaluru initiative.