Bengaluru, June 23 (IANS) Senior BJP leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly, R. Ashoka, on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, alleging that the Congress government had failed to provide stable governance and was delaying Cabinet expansion due to internal power struggles.The government is currently functioning with 13 ministers headed by Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, with 20 Cabinet berths yet to be filled.Political circles have attribut…
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Bengaluru, June 20 (IANS) Senior BJP leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly, R. Ashoka, on Saturday alleged irregularities in the Gruha Lakshmi scheme of the Karnataka government, citing findings reportedly highlighted by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) and demanded a CBI probe.Questioning the credibility of the government’s welfare programmes, Ashoka termed the state’s much-publicised “guarantee model” as a “Graft-antee Model,” alleging large-scale financial irregularitie…
Bengaluru, June 19 (IANS) The review meeting on the implementation and progress of the Karnataka government’s guarantee schemes was held on Friday at the Committee Room of Vidhana Soudha under the chairmanship of Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar. Chairing the meeting, CM Shivakumar made it clear that no eligible beneficiary should face hardship while the government acts against misuse of its flagship guarantee schemes. He stressed that the objective was only to prevent ineligible beneficiaries a…
Thiruvananthapuram, June 12 (IANS) With Kerala staring at a public debt burden exceeding Rs 5 lakh crore and the new UDF government preparing to present its maiden Budget on June 19, a veteran public finance expert has suggested an alternative path to shore up state revenues,without imposing fresh taxes or burdening citizens with higher fees.In a chat with IANS, Dr Biju Jacob, a former Principal Accountant General of Kerala and former Director General in the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG)…
New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) In a significant step towards advancing data-driven fiscal decentralisation and strengthening grassroots governance, the Centre on Monday released the report of the Committee on Datasets for State Finance Commissions prepared by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj. While releasing the report, Chief Economic Advisor to the Government V. Anantha Nageswaran said that citizens experience governance through the availability of basic services such as drinking water, roads, street l…
Hyderabad, June 5 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K.T. Rama Rao on Friday demanded an immediate and comprehensive investigation into the alleged disappearance of nearly 40 lakh tonnes of coal worth approximately Rs 1,600 crore from Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL). In a letter addressed to Union Coal Minister G. Kishan Reddy, he questioned how such a massive quantity of coal, officially shown in Singareni’s stock records, could have vanished without accountabilit…
Thiruvananthapuram, June 4 (IANS) The Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB), once projected as the state’s alternative engine for infrastructure development, has come under sharp scrutiny in the White Paper on the state’s finances, with the document raising serious concerns over its debt burden, borrowing costs and project priorities.The White Paper, tabled in the Assembly by Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan, states that the KIIFB was created with the primary objective of mobilisi…
Mumbai, June 2 (IANS) Amid the raging controversy over the exclusion of 80 lakh women beneficiaries from the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday revealed startling discrepancies uncovered during a recent Know Your Customer (KYC) exercise and database verification drive.He was speaking to reporters after the weekly Cabinet meeting held on Tuesday.When the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana was initially launched, the Maharashtra govern…
Srinagar, April 6 (IANS) A recent report by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) on Jammu and Kashmir has made an alarming disclosure that 518 lakes have either vanished completely or degraded beyond redemption.The CAG report has revealed an environmental crisis in Jammu and Kashmir, with 518 out of 697 surveyed lakes either having vanished or degraded.The audit, which analysed data from 1967 to 2020, found that 315 lakes have completely disappeared due to rampant encroachment, urban expans…
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to conduct a preliminary inquiry into allegations of irregularities in the award of public works contracts in Arunachal Pradesh, including those allegedly linked to family members of Chief Minister Pema Khandu. A Bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta, and N.V. Anjaria directed the probe agency to register a preliminary inquiry within two weeks and proceed in accordance with law.The ape…