Karnataka Budget 2017-18 Highlights



Hightlights of  Karnataka Budget 2017-18 Highlights - English 

• Siddaramaiah announces 'Namma Canteen' on the lines of Tamil Nadu's 'Amma Canteen'

• Separate toilets for women staff in police stations. Dial 100 service extended to districts.

• New airports to be built in Karwara, Madikeri and Chikkamagaluru.

• New scheme of Yuva Yuga to train 1.10 lakh people in IT, electronics, animation and other sectors proposed.

• Budget proposes widening of Hebbal flyover and construction of an under bridge at a cost of Rs 88 crore.

• Namma canteen to serve breakfast for Rs 5 and lunch for Rs 10.

• Siddaramaiah says BDA to complete 3000 flats by end of 2017-18.

• High end motorbikes, above Rs 1 lakh, to become expensive as MVT increased to 18 per cent from 12 per cent.

• Government to regulate multiplexes by making the maximum entry fee at Rs 200.

• Rs 5080 crore allotted for agricultural sector. Industrial growth expected at 2.2%.

• 50 beds to Ayush hospitals at Chitradurga and Chikkamagaluru at a cost of 6 cr

• BMTC to induct 3000 more buses, out of which 150 will be run on electricity, 50 electric buses for Mysuru.

• Silk board, KR Puram junctions to be developed in collaboration with BMRCL.

• Rice quota under 'Anna Bhagya scheme' has been increased to 7kg from 5kg

• Rs 400 crore grant for Chennai-Bengaluru- Chitradurga Industrial corridor.

• Siddaramaiah lifts VAT on wine, beer, wine and hard liquor.

• To overcome the shortage of specialized doctors in govt hospitals, govt medical colleges will commence DNB post graduate course.

• 1000 households in Bhubaneswar can avail gas through GAIL pipeline by December 2018 through a pilot project.

• Opening balance: Rs -176.04cr. Total Receipts: Rs 1,44,891.54cr. Total Expenditure: Rs 1,44,755cr. Surplus: Rs 136cr.

• Integrated Ayush hospitals having 50 beds will be established in Chitradurga and Chickamagaluru District hospitals at at total cost of 6 crore.

• One ambulance service will be provided for a radius of 10 to 15 km.

• 20 bedded poly trauma centre and 10 bedded ICU, with ventilator proposed at Sanjay Gandhi Accident Trauma and Rehabilitation Centre in Bengaluru.

• Mortuaries will be constructed in 150 community health centers.

• Wenlok hospital, Mangaluru will be upgraded at a cost of Rs 10 crore.

• Dialysis centres to be established in 114 talukas. Blood Transfusion Units to be set up in 10 district hospitals.

• Five super specialty hospitals proposed in Davanagere, Ramanagara, Tumakuru, Vijayapura and Kolar for cancer and heart disease treatment.

• Approval granted for Bengaluru Dr BR Ambedkar School of Economics (BASE) on the lines of London School of Economics.

• Shoes, socks, chudidhars for girl students from class 8 to 10, spectacles and story books with social message proposed for school children.

• Free laptops for 1st year engineering, medical, polytechnic and first grade colleges proposed.

• New Raichur university with all colleges in Raichur and Yadgir districts to be established. 25 new polytechnics in rural areas proposed.

• Ambulance services to be streamlined with all 1538 ambulances under two different departments to be integrated. One ambulance for every 10 to 15 kms or 35000 population proposed.
Source: TV 9 youtube Channel

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