`Suvarna Karnataka' on fast track of development
The Hindu.com
S. Rajendran
BANGALORE: The ideological differences between them notwithstanding, the Janata Dal (Secular)-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) coalition Government in Karnataka has remained focussed on development. Terming the financial situation of the State "buoyant", Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy and Deputy Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa exuded confidence that the Suvarna Karnataka year would usher in a golden era.
After tiding over the pathetic finances, the State hopes to post Rs. 1,500 crore additional revenue this fiscal.
With a majority of the population depending on agriculture for livelihood, Mr. Kumaraswamy and Mr. Yediyurappa told The Hindu here on Tuesday that the Government, as part of the Suvarna Karnataka year, had set itself a target of disbursing loans of Rs. 3,500 crore at 4 per cent interest. In seven months, the Government has disbursed loans worth Rs. 2,000 crore to 7.46 lakh farmers. But this time, weavers, fishermen, self-help groups, and other sections of society, besides farmers, will get the subsidised loan. Extending loans at 4 per cent interest rate was suggested by the former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda to save poor farmers from committing suicide.
Mr. Kumaraswamy said the State Government had an ambitious plan to decongest Bangalore with the Centre's cooperation. The Government wants to set up five satellite towns in a radius of 30 to 40 km around Bangalore and link them and the core part of Bangalore with radial and rings roads. These satellite towns are expected to provide cheap housing to the people. Although it is a long-term plan, the Government has initiated the process. Bangalore Metro Rail project is also taking shape with work expected to start in two months.
Mr. Yediyurappa said apart from Bangalore, tier-II cities of Shimoga, Mangalore, Mysore, Hubli-Dharwad, Belgaum and Gulbarga will be in focus. Preventing migration will be one way of checking people from moving into the State capital in search of jobs. With the information technology sector changing the economic profile of the State, the coalition Government is enlisting the support of the knowledge industry in development.
The Chief Minister and the Deputy Chief Minister were confident that the Centre would concede the State's request to grant classical language status to Kannada in the Suvarna Karnataka year.
From November 1, 1956 to this day, Karnataka has taken a giant leap forward. But it has a long way to go in terms of providing drinking water, food, houses, health care and jobs to the poorest of the poor.
The Hindu.com
S. Rajendran
BANGALORE: The ideological differences between them notwithstanding, the Janata Dal (Secular)-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) coalition Government in Karnataka has remained focussed on development. Terming the financial situation of the State "buoyant", Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy and Deputy Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa exuded confidence that the Suvarna Karnataka year would usher in a golden era.
After tiding over the pathetic finances, the State hopes to post Rs. 1,500 crore additional revenue this fiscal.
With a majority of the population depending on agriculture for livelihood, Mr. Kumaraswamy and Mr. Yediyurappa told The Hindu here on Tuesday that the Government, as part of the Suvarna Karnataka year, had set itself a target of disbursing loans of Rs. 3,500 crore at 4 per cent interest. In seven months, the Government has disbursed loans worth Rs. 2,000 crore to 7.46 lakh farmers. But this time, weavers, fishermen, self-help groups, and other sections of society, besides farmers, will get the subsidised loan. Extending loans at 4 per cent interest rate was suggested by the former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda to save poor farmers from committing suicide.
Mr. Kumaraswamy said the State Government had an ambitious plan to decongest Bangalore with the Centre's cooperation. The Government wants to set up five satellite towns in a radius of 30 to 40 km around Bangalore and link them and the core part of Bangalore with radial and rings roads. These satellite towns are expected to provide cheap housing to the people. Although it is a long-term plan, the Government has initiated the process. Bangalore Metro Rail project is also taking shape with work expected to start in two months.
Mr. Yediyurappa said apart from Bangalore, tier-II cities of Shimoga, Mangalore, Mysore, Hubli-Dharwad, Belgaum and Gulbarga will be in focus. Preventing migration will be one way of checking people from moving into the State capital in search of jobs. With the information technology sector changing the economic profile of the State, the coalition Government is enlisting the support of the knowledge industry in development.
The Chief Minister and the Deputy Chief Minister were confident that the Centre would concede the State's request to grant classical language status to Kannada in the Suvarna Karnataka year.
From November 1, 1956 to this day, Karnataka has taken a giant leap forward. But it has a long way to go in terms of providing drinking water, food, houses, health care and jobs to the poorest of the poor.
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