Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday highlighted the importance of mental and physical health and said that good nutrition leads to good education after the state government announced to distribute millet malt to 55 lakh government school children.
In a scathing critique of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's 15th budget presentation, BJP leader and Former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai expressed concerns over the fiscal direction of the state, asserting that "Development is not possible from Dasoha without Kayaka" (charity without work).
The Karnataka government presented the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Bill, 2024 which increased the age limit of sale of cigarettes from 18 years to 21 years.
Former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai opined that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who also holds the Finance portfolio, not only presented his 15th budget without focusing on development issues but also spending it on welfare schemes in the name of guarantees.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday said that a country is secure only if the states are secure, adding that the Centre should not try to weaken the states.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday took jibe at the Bharatiya Janata Party for its participation in the country's freedom struggle and said that it is the members of Congress who are true nationalists, as the BJP and Jan Sangh never took part in the independence movement.
Karnataka former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai charged the state government of fooling the people of Karnataka by not submitting the memorandum in the prescribed format and blaming the central government for political purposes in regard to the grant for the Upper Bhadra project.
Additional Chief Secretary to the Karnataka Chief Minister LK Ateeq said that the Chief Minister's Janaspanda programme held in front of Vidhana Soudha recently was a success beyond expectations and instructed officers to dispose of pending applications.
The Supreme Court on Monday gave an interim breather to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in the 2022 protest case and put a stay on further proceedings and the High Court order rejecting his plea seeking quashing of proceedings and imposing a fine against him.
Under the Asha Kirana program, comprehensive eye care services, including doorstep eye check-ups, diagnosis, and treatment including distribution of spectacles, and cataracts surgeries will be provided to families free of cost.