COVID-19: Karnataka Approves Enhancing Contingency Fund Limit To Rs 500 Crore
Amid the COVID-19 disaster, the Karnataka cupboard licensed improving the state’s contingency fund
Bengaluru:
The Karnataka cupboard these days gave its popularity of “The Karnataka Contingency Fund (Modification) Invoice, 2020” to improve the contingency fund restrict to Rs 500 crore within the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This will likely be an ordinance making one time enhancement within the restrict as the federal government wishes cash to make bills instantly, Legislation and Parliamentary Affairs Minister JC Madhuswamy instructed newshounds after a cupboard assembly.
Beneath the contingency fund, the federal government had room to spend as much as Rs 80 crore with out funds provision.
“…however this time because of COVID-19 as we needed to give cash to a few sections that have been in misery like barbers, flower and vegetable growers, taxi drivers, amongst others, we’ve determined to extend the restrict to Rs 500 crore,” Mr Madhuswamy stated.
“As meeting used to be no longer in consultation and as we needed to make bills to these in misery instantly, this resolution has been taken,” he added.
The cupboard these days ratified the executive approval given to hold out civil and electric works to put in scientific gasoline pipeline with prime drift oxygen device at district hospitals, taluk and group well being centres coming underneath Well being and Circle of relatives welfare division in view of COVID-19.
The minister stated about Rs 207 crore is being licensed for this goal.
It additionally ratified procurement of scientific apparatus and furnishings for public healthcare establishments of the well being and circle of relatives welfare division price Rs 81.99 crore.
In step with the minister, the cupboard has determined to usher in an modification to phase nine of the Lokayukta act, which mandates that the initial inquiry pondered by way of Lokayukta or Upalokayuta will have to be finished in 90 days and rate sheeting will have to be finished inside six months.
Noting that on the Agricultural Produce Marketplace Committee (APMC) cess used to be being amassed, he stated as the federal government had introduced in an modification to the APMC act, there used to be call for to scale back the marketplace cess. “So we’ve decreased it from 1.five according to cent to 1 according to cent.”
Approval has additionally been given by way of the cupboard to carry Karnataka Vidyuth Kharkane (KAVIKA) and Mysore Electric Industries (MEI), which might be right now underneath the regulate of Trade and Industries division, underneath administrative regulate of the power division.
Different selections taken by way of the cabibinet come with deployment and implementation of “e-procurement 2.zero” mission on PPP at a price of Rs 184.37 crore and ratification of the motion taken to factor orders on March 24 to liberate pastime unfastened mortgage of Rs 2,500 crore to ESCOMs for cost of remarkable energy acquire dues to producing corporations.
The cupboard additionally gave administrative popularity of putting in place of an Indian Institute of Data generation at Raichur.
“Beneath this, we’re dedicated to offer Rs 44.eight crore in 4 years for infrastructure,” the minister added.
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