Well being staff amassing samples for COVID-19 swab take a look at at a authorities hospital in Bengaluru.
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1. Karnataka Covid-19 ‘rip-off’: What does the Michael D’Cunha report say?
The alleged multi-crore irregularities in COVID-19 procurements and administration by the earlier BJP authorities in Karnataka is the newest ‘rip-off’ to rattle the State. The interim report of the fee headed by retired Excessive Court docket decide John Michael D’Cunha has really helpful the prosecution of the then Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa and his Minister for Well being and Household Welfare B. Sriramulu, as reported in a sequence of unique tales by The Hindu.
The report has discovered a number of procedural and administrative lapses within the buy orders value over ₹918.34 crore issued by the Directorate of Medical Training (DME) in the direction of procurement of medical gear, PPE kits, masks, ICU items, CT scanners, child incubators, and different consumables throughout the monetary years 2019-2020 to 2022-2023. This sequence is a group of The Hindu’s unique reportage on the extent of lapses, the findings of the fee and its suggestions.
2. Karnataka Atmosphere Minister proposes inexperienced cess on water payments
Atmosphere Minister Eshwar Khandre has made a proposal to levy a inexperienced cess on water payments for cities that obtain water from rivers originating within the Western Ghats .Many rivers, together with the Tunga, Bhadra, Cauvery, Kabini, Hemavati, Krishna, Malaprabha, and Ghataprabha, which provide water to varied cities and cities throughout Karnataka.
“A conservation fund…may very well be used to help forest growth, promote tree cultivation, and buy agricultural land close to forests from keen farmers, contributing to the safety of the Western Ghats,” he mentioned. This fund may be utilised for putting in railway barricades to guard forests and management human-wildlife conflicts.
3. Sugarcane farmers to protest in opposition to Karnataka authorities over settlement of arrears, lack of uniform funds
Farmers leaders have determined to stage a protest in opposition to the federal government of Karnataka demanding cost of arrears by factories and imposing uniform cost to farmers throughout the State. Farmers will organise protests in Belagavi throughout the winter session of the Meeting and the State-level cooperative week celebrations in Bagalkot on November 17.
The truthful and remunerative value (FRP) of sugarcane mounted by the Union Authorities this 12 months is ₹340 per tonne. However this isn’t sufficient and must be hiked by no less than 20%, farmers have mentioned. Round 60 of the 75 factories in Karnataka have began crushing operations in October. Some could begin earlier than December 1. They’re mandated to pay the FRP inside two weeks of cane provide.
4. H.D. Kumaraswamy denies ever calling Karnataka Minister B. Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan brief
JD(S) chief and Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Metal H.D. Kumaraswamy denied ever calling Karnataka’s Minister for Housing B.Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan brief. Mr. Kumaraswamy disputed Mr Zameer’s declare that they have been addressing one another
Mr Kumaraswamy additionally sought to make clear that he and Mr. Zameer have been pals solely in politics, however not at a private degree. Neither he nor Mr. Zameer had ever addressed one another affectionately by the color of the pores and skin (kariya) and peak (kulla), he mentioned.
Revealed – November 15, 2024 05:52 pm IST
