A budget, in simple terms, is a statement presented by the government (here Finance Minister) to the State Assembly or the Parliament outlining the government’s probable expenditure for the ensuing financial year and the revenue needed to meet this expenditure. This includes proposed taxes to raise this money. Karnataka’s coalition government of JD(S) and Congress…
Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy at a post-budget press conference asked, “What is wrong if I give a little more to the districts that voted for our party?” He was talking about Mandya, Hassan and Ramanagara districts that voted overwhelmingly for JD(S) and got special attention in his budget. Well, favouritism is wrong in a democracy….
Bengaluru: Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK) sparred with Leader of Opposition and State BJP President B.S. Yeddyurappa (BSY) in the Assembly yesterday after the latter accused the CM of being inconsistent in his stand on farm loan waivers and the vows he made during the formation of the JD(S)-Congress coalition govt. Speaking on the motion…
Bengaluru: Even as Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy is yet to appointment District in-Charge Minister even after one month in power, the Government on Saturday appointed District Secretaries, who are senior IAS officers, to all the districts of the State. According to a notification, CMO (Chief Minister’s Office) Principal Secretary M. Lakshminarayan has been appointed as…
Bengaluru: Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy has said that there was no proposal before the Government on appointing former University of Mysore (UoM) and KSOU Vice-Chancellor Prof. K.S. Rangappa as Advisor to the Higher Education Department. Speaking at a ‘Meet the Press’ event at Bengaluru yesterday, Kumaraswamy said that he saw reports on Prof. Rangappa as…
New Delhi: Chief Minister H. D. Kumaraswamy (HDK) this morning met AICC President Rahul Gandhi and discussed the issues relating to functioning of the JD(S)-Congress coalition government in the State. Kumaraswamy, who was here to participate in the Niti Aayog Council meeting yesterday at Rashtrapathi Bhavan, had extended his stay by a day to meet…
A Helpline to rule Karnataka’s 6.5 crore people from Lord Buddha! While I was studying Diploma in Advertising in Mumbai, the first principle in offset printing was explained thus: Water and oil do not mix. Before the May 12, 2018 Karnataka Assembly election, we have seen how Congress and JD(S) fought the election, going after…
Bengaluru: Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy has confirmed that the much- anticipated farm loan waiver will find a place in the State budget to be presented by the Congress-JD(S) coalition Government next month. However, delivering on Kumaraswamy’s most ambitious pre-poll promise of farm loan waiver is proving an uphill task for the coalition Government, as it…
Mysuru: Higher Education Minister G.T. Devegowda will get a different portfolio and as a bonus, he is likely to be appointed as the District In-charge Minister, the mantle which he is likely to take over from the earlier all-powerful District Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa during Siddharamaiah regime. After the initial sulking soon after he was…
Mysuru: While Congress, the main partner in the coalition government in Karnataka, is heading towards a virtual split as at least a dozen senior leaders failed to make it to the State Cabinet, the other coalition partner JD(S) is facing the wrath of supporters of Ministers – G.T. Devegowda (GTD) and C.S. Puttaraju (CSP) —…
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