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Karnataka Budget Highlights: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced that the Bengaluru City University will be renamed after former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh. He also said that 16 new colleges will be set up across the state, including an agricultural and a horticulture college.
1 / 8Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who also oversees the Finance portfolio presents his 16th Budget in the assembly today. The budget size is anticipated to cross ₹4 lakh crore, an increase from last year’s ₹3.71 lakh crore allocation (Photo: Vidhan Soudha)
2 / 8Chief Minister introduced Basic Amenities Scheme. As part of the CM’s Infrastructural Development Programme all legislative constituencies will receive roads and other urban infrastructure, with an investment of ₹8,000 crore (Photo: Shutterstock)
3 / 8CM Siddaramaiah allocated significant amount of budget to state’s agriculture development. He allocated ₹428 crore under the Farm Mechanisation Scheme which is expected to benefit about 50,000 farmers. He also allocated ₹440 crore to support 1.81 lakh farmers in adopting micro-irrigation for rain-fed areas (Photo: Shutterstock)
4 / 8The Chief Minister announced an establishment of a film city in Mysore with an investment of ₹500 crore. A new multiplex will be constructed in Nandini Layout, Bengaluru, and a comprehensive film repository will be established to preserve Kannada films and provide public access. Also, he announced that ticket prices in all cinema halls and multiplexes will be capped at ₹200 (Photo: Shutterstock)
5 / 8The Karnataka Chief Minister announced the establishment of 500 new public schools with ₹2,500 crore funding from the Asian Development Bank. 100 higher primary schools and 50 high schools will be upgraded to pre-university colleges. The monthly honorarium for guest teachers will be increased by ₹2,000 (Photo: Shutterstock)
6 / 8CM announced that the Bengaluru City University will be renamed after former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh. He also said that 16 new colleges will be set up across the state, including an agricultural and a horticulture college (Photo: Bengaluru University and Agencies)
7 / 8Siddaramaiah allocated ₹94,084 crore for women-centric programmes, and ₹62,033 crore for children-related initiatives. Under his women and child welfare reforms, he increased the monthly honorarium for Anganwadi workers by ₹1,000 (Photo: Shutterstock)
8 / 8Boosting start-up ecosystems, CM announced the launch of Local Economy Accelerator Programme (LEAP) with ₹1,000 crore grant to promote entrepreneurship beyond Bengaluru, in Mysuru and Mangaluru among others, establishing centres of excellence and Global Technology Centres (GTCs) (Photo: Shutterstock)
