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EDUCATION

i. The outlay on education has increased from Rs.7004.31 crores in
2007-08 to Rs.8592.23 crores in 2008-09. Funds are allocated for
the existing programmes of Akshara Dasoha (Mid day meal),
free uniforms, free text books, and free bicycles. Allocation
under Panch Soulabhya which aims to provide basic amenities
like water supply, toilet facilities etc., to primary and secondary
schools stepped up from Rs.8.60 crores to Rs.112 crores. Under
this, Special emphasis will be on backward taluks with an outlay
of Rs.80 Crore. Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Programme is to be
implemented with an outlay of Rs.940 crores in 2008-09.

ii. All New High schools, Polytechnics, Pre-University Colleges
and First Grade Colleges and Engineering colleges opened in
earlier years are to be adequately staffed and made fully
functional. Construction of new buildings for these institutions
has been given an outlay of Rs.200 crores in 2008-09

iii. An outlay of Rs.44 crores is provided for Industrial Training
Institutes sanctioned in earlier years to meet the cost of raw
material and staff. A new skill development programme
aligned with the objectives of Government of India’s skill
development mission is to be launched with an outlay of Rs.35
crores. Rs.10 Crore is also earmarked for upgradation of
existing Industrial Training Institutes into Centres of Excellence.

HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION

i. The outlay earmarked for the health sector has increased from
Rs.1869.4 crores in 2007-08 to Rs.2122.87 crores in 2008-09. A
Capital outlay of Rs.125 crore is planned for adequately
equipping and scaling up of the Taluk level hospitals,
Community Health Centres and Primary Health Centres. An
additional amount of Rs.35 crore is provided as part of the new
initiatives for improving service delivery in taluk level hospitals
in backward taluks. An outlay of Rs.101 crores is also provided
under the Karnataka Health Systems Development Project for
strengthening the system of primary health care.

ii. The Existing scheme of free health kits to the mother of new
born, telemedicine, support to autonomous medical institutes
like VIMS, Kidwai Memorial Institute, KIMS, Jayadeva Institute
of Cardiology, Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health will
continue. Janata health fund to be provided a corpus of Rs.10
crore. An outlay of Rs.15 crores provided for opening of Burns
and Dialysis wards in District level Hospitals and Rs.25.25
crores is provided for the Suvarna Suraksha Scheme.

iii. Works on New Medical Colleges are to be expedited. An
additional allocation of Rs.80 crores was already provided in
2007-08 for this purpose. Rs.70 Crore is earmarked for the next
phase of these works in 2008-09.

WELFARE OF WEAKER SECTIONS

i. An outlay of Rs.1684.05 crores is earmarked for the welfare of
Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Backward Classes &
Minorities as against an outlay of Rs.1425.47 crores provided in
2007-08.

ii. All existing schemes of Ganga Kalyana, Land Purchase and
reimbursement of Scholarships for Scheduled Castes and
Scheduled Tribes, Backward Classes and Minorities will
continue with higher allocations. Monthly charges for hostels
under Grant-in-aid are increased from Rs.350 per student to
Rs.450 per student for pre-matric hostels and 450 per student to
Rs.500 for post-matric hostels. Pooled funds corpus of the
Special Component Plan and the Tribal Sub Plan (for Scheduled
Castes & Scheduled Tribes) has also been increased from
Rs.187.35 crores in 2007-08 to Rs.228.55 crores in 2008-09.

iii. An outlay of Rs.220 crores is earmarked for taking up capital
works for construction of hostels and Morarji Desai Residential
Schools sanctioned in earlier years.

WOMEN & CHILD DEVELOPMENT

i.The outlay on Women & Child Development has been increased
from Rs.886.21 crores in 2007-08 to Rs.953.82 crores in 2008-09.
The existing scheme of Bhagyalakshmi is to continue with an
outlay of Rs.192 crores. Rs.9.77 crores is earmarked for
providing support to Stree Shakthi Groups and Rs.17.50 crores
for support for creation of marketing infrastructure for these
groups. A total amount of Rs.478 crores earmarked for ICDS
Scheme. Rs.25 crores is provided for construction of
Anganwadi buildings.

ii. The existing social security pensions for old age persons,
widows , physically handicapped and under Sandhya Suraksha
Scheme will continue with the monthly pension of Rs.400/- per
month.

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

i.Total outlay on rural development will increase from Rs.3064.31
crore to Rs.3350.97 crore. In addition works in all the districts
with a total outlay of Rs.1100 crores are planned under the
National Rural Employment Guarantee programme. Rural
roads maintenance is to be taken up with an outlay of Rs.350
crore. Further, an additional outlay of Rs.200 crore provided for
taking up improvement, upgradation and new roads in
backward taluks. Capital works under rural water supply are to
be undertaken with an outlay of Rs.865 crore.

ii.Minor irrigation tanks under the purview of Panchayats are to
be strengthened and their capacity augmented at an outlay of
Rs.120 crores. Out of this, special focus will be on tanks in
backward taluks for which an outlay of Rs.100 crores has been
earmarked.

iii.Suvarna Gramodaya Programme with an objective of integrated
development of 1200 villages will continue to be implemented
with an outlay of Rs.300 crore.

iv. In keeping with the tradition of Karnataka in the matter of
decentralized governance, the untied grants provided to each of
the 5628 Grama Panchayatys in the State are proposed to be
increased from Rs.5.00 lakhs to Rs.6.00 lakhs per annum. Gram
Swaraj Project with an objective of strengthening Gram
Panchayats provided with an outlay of Rs.160 crores.

PUBLIC WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT

i. Public works (roads, bridges and public buildings) are provided
with an outlay of Rs.3271 crore as against outlay of Rs.3106 crore
for 2007-08. An amount of Rs.240 crore is also provided for
important roads in and around Bangalore. Maintenance of
Major district roads will be taken up at an outlay of Rs.300 crore.
This is in addition to funds to the tune of Rs.145 Crore available
for road maintenance under the Twelfth Finance Commission
grants.

ii. State highways maintenance will be taken up under the new
output based performance contracts at an outlay of Rs.50 crores.
An outlay of Rs.250 crores is earmarked for the second phase of
Karnataka State Highways improvement Project. Karnataka
Roads Development Corporation will also take up construction
and upgradation of major bridges and State Highways at a cost
of Rs.300 crores.

iii. An outlay of Rs.50 crores earmarked for the construction of the
Vidhana Soudha in Belgaum.

iv. Infrastructure development Department is given an outlay of
Rs.449.21 crores as against an outlay of Rs.418.45 crores in
2007-08. Rs.100 crores out of this is earmarked for expediting
works for setting up and upgradation of airports in Mangalore,
Mysore, Hubli, Bijapur, Shimoga, Hassan, Gulbarga, Karwar,
Bidar and Belgaum.

v. Railway projects under cost sharing arrangement with Indian
Railways to be taken up for which an amount of Rs.200 crores is
earmarked as the State’s share.

vi. An allocation of Rs.5 crores is provided for the State’s initial
equity in new Special Purpose Vehicle for undertaking the work
of providing High Speed Rail Link to the Bangalore
International Airport. An outlay of Rs.93 crores is also provided
for the State’s investment in the Bangalore International Airport.

HOUSING & URBAN DEVELOPMENT

i.The outlay on housing for weaker sections has increased from
Rs.756.93 crores in 2007-08 to Rs.875.3 crores in 2008-09. This
will help to complete all the existing incomplete houses
numbering more than 3 lakh in 2008-09 in different districts.

ii. The outlay on Urban Development has increased from Rs.4618
crores in 2007-08 to Rs.4923 crores in 2008-09. The devolution of
funds to Urban Local Bodies has increased from Rs.1904 crores
in 2007-08 to Rs.2419 crores in 2008-09.

iii. An outlay of Rs.100 crores is also earmarked for the North
Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development Project, Rs.250
crores for the Karnataka Municipal Reforms Project, Rs.161
crores for the Karnataka Urban Development and Costal
Management project and Rs.378 crores for the Cauvery Water
Supply Project. The allocation under the National Urban
Renewal Mission scheme is pegged at Rs.900 crores.




Source:Government of karnataka