Karnataka announces 13 schemes to mark 75th year of Independence

To commemorate the platinum jubilee of Indian Independence, the State government will launch a slew of special programmes in rural and urban development, health, sports, farming, and social sectors, e

To commemorate the platinum jubilee of Indian Independence, the State government will launch a slew of special programmes in rural and urban development, health, sports, farming, and social sectors, estimated to cost the exchequer over ₹720 crore. Announcing this in his Independence Day address here, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai listed 13 special ‘Amrith’ (platinum jubilee) programmes to be taken up by the government to mark the occasion and remarked that the “building of Nava (new) Karnataka” had commenced.