Karnataka Budget

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said his government had decided to boycott the NITI Aayog meeting chaired by PM Modi on July 27, as a mark of protest against the "neglect" of the state's demands in the Union Budget.

Apparently aimed at keeping the flock together ahead of the Rajya Sabha polls, all ruling Congress MLAs in Karnataka will stay put together at a hotel in Bengaluru on Monday after the budget session of the state legislature concludes and will later a

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah trained his guns on Nirmala Sitharaman for not releasing to the state Rs 5,300 crore for the Upper Bhadra project announced in the union budget and the Rs 11,495 crore special grants recommended by 15th Finance Commission.

The Centre needs to revisit the 'income distance' criterion, which gets a heavy weightage in the computation of tax devolution. Southern states, in turn, need to address their own pain points. It's give some, take some.

A Karnataka Congress leader, shortly after the presentation of the interim budget today, accused the Centre of depriving south India of its share of developmental funds and using it to buttress north India.

It is not often that a state government's budget assumes as much critical, political and electoral significance as the one Karnataka's new Chief Minister Siddaramaiah presented today.

By presenting his 14th budget as Finance Minister, Siddaramaiah set a record, surpassing the late Ramakrishna Hegde, former Chief Minister who presented 13 budgets.

Seeking to highlight the Congress party's poll promises, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said approximately Rs 52,000 crore would be spent annually for the five key poll 'guarantees' and it is expected to benefit 1.3 crore families.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday said the BJP yet to elect the leader of opposition in the Legislative Assembly shows there is groupism in that outfit and dubbed it as the "most indisciplined" political party.

The state's Budget will be tabled on July 7, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Monday.

On the first day of the Maharashtra legislature's budget session on Monday, Opposition members demanded a fair price to farmers for foodgrains, resolution of the border dispute with Karnataka, and respect for historical figures.

Seeking to woo farmers in an election year, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday announced an increase in the limit of interest-free short-term loan given to farmers from Rs 3 lakh to Rs 5 lakh from the coming financial year.

Siddaramaiah has repeatedly attacked Mr Bommai's government, claiming that the ruling party had given 600 promises in its election manifesto, but hardly 10 per cent of them were fulfilled.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday revealed the rationale behind terming millets as 'Sri Anna' as announced by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her budget speech.

The maroon colour saree that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman wore while presenting the Union Budget on Wednesday is Karnataka's Dharwad region's hand-woven 'Ilkal' silk saree with traditional 'Kasuti' work.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said his government had decided to boycott the NITI Aayog meeting chaired by PM Modi on July 27, as a mark of protest against the "neglect" of the state's demands in the Union Budget.

Apparently aimed at keeping the flock together ahead of the Rajya Sabha polls, all ruling Congress MLAs in Karnataka will stay put together at a hotel in Bengaluru on Monday after the budget session of the state legislature concludes and will later a

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah trained his guns on Nirmala Sitharaman for not releasing to the state Rs 5,300 crore for the Upper Bhadra project announced in the union budget and the Rs 11,495 crore special grants recommended by 15th Finance Commission.

The Centre needs to revisit the 'income distance' criterion, which gets a heavy weightage in the computation of tax devolution. Southern states, in turn, need to address their own pain points. It's give some, take some.

A Karnataka Congress leader, shortly after the presentation of the interim budget today, accused the Centre of depriving south India of its share of developmental funds and using it to buttress north India.

It is not often that a state government's budget assumes as much critical, political and electoral significance as the one Karnataka's new Chief Minister Siddaramaiah presented today.

By presenting his 14th budget as Finance Minister, Siddaramaiah set a record, surpassing the late Ramakrishna Hegde, former Chief Minister who presented 13 budgets.

Seeking to highlight the Congress party's poll promises, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said approximately Rs 52,000 crore would be spent annually for the five key poll 'guarantees' and it is expected to benefit 1.3 crore families.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday said the BJP yet to elect the leader of opposition in the Legislative Assembly shows there is groupism in that outfit and dubbed it as the "most indisciplined" political party.

The state's Budget will be tabled on July 7, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Monday.

On the first day of the Maharashtra legislature's budget session on Monday, Opposition members demanded a fair price to farmers for foodgrains, resolution of the border dispute with Karnataka, and respect for historical figures.

Seeking to woo farmers in an election year, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday announced an increase in the limit of interest-free short-term loan given to farmers from Rs 3 lakh to Rs 5 lakh from the coming financial year.

Siddaramaiah has repeatedly attacked Mr Bommai's government, claiming that the ruling party had given 600 promises in its election manifesto, but hardly 10 per cent of them were fulfilled.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday revealed the rationale behind terming millets as 'Sri Anna' as announced by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her budget speech.

The maroon colour saree that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman wore while presenting the Union Budget on Wednesday is Karnataka's Dharwad region's hand-woven 'Ilkal' silk saree with traditional 'Kasuti' work.