BENGALURU: A day after deputy chief minister D K Shivakumar suggested a potential revision of the Shakthi scheme, which provides free bus travel for women, CM Siddaramaiah on Thursday asserted there’s no move to review any of govt’s guarantee schemes.“There is no proposal (on this) at the government level. I’ll talk to Shivakumar about it,”…
To address this, the government plans to tap into cash-rich state-run boards and corporations and invest in those needing funds instead of relying on external borrowings. BENGALURU: Staring at a 12,000 crore shortfall, plans are afoot to reduce the borrowing burden. In what is a telltale sign of a welfare state spending close to a…
MANDVA/BENGALURU: Congress launched a scathing attack on Karnataka JD(S) president HD Kumaraswamy who said during a roadshow at Tumakuru on Saturday that rural women are “losing their way” because of govt’s guarantee schemes. The former CM had to make a hasty retreat after protests against the remark.Kumaraswamy said, “This govt (state) in the last election…
