Congress announces implementation of 5 guarantees in first Cabinet meeting in Karnataka
The Hindu
The estimated cost for implementation of the five schemes would be ₹50,000 crore per annum, according to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah
At the first meeting of the Cabinet of the newly formed government in Karnataka on May 20, a decision was taken to implement the 5 guarantees promised to voters in the poll manifesto of the Congress party.
The estimated cost for implementation of the five schemes would be ₹50,000 crore per annum, according to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who chaired the meeting of his nine Cabinet colleagues.
Mr Siddaramaiah said details of implementation of these schemes would be worked out during the next Cabinet meeting. The departments concerned have been told to issue orders for implementation of these schemes.
The Cabinet also decided to hold a 3-day session of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Monday May 22 for swearing-in of newly-elected legislators as members of the Assembly.
Nine-time MLA R.V. Deshpande will be the pro-tem Speaker of the Assembly. He would administer the oath of office to newly-elected MLAs.
After all the MLAs have taken the oath of office, they will elect the new Speaker of the Assembly.
While residents are worried over deaths due to diarrhoea in Vijayawada, officials still grapple to find the root cause. Contaminated drinking water supplied by VMC officials is the reason, insist people in the affected areas, but officials insist that efforts are on to identify the disease and that those with symptoms other than diarrhoea too are visiting the health camps.