Many new LI schemes announced
The Hindu
The State Government has announced several new lift irrigation schemes in the budget to further enhance the irrigation facilities, particularly to the areas neglected in that aspect all these years. To match the plans, the government has allocated ₹16,920 crore, an increase of over 53% compared to the allocation of ₹11,043 crore in 2020-21.
The allocation would be in addition to the borrowings from banks and other agencies though a special purpose vehicle set up for the purpose. Minister for Finance T. Harish Rao announced in the budget speech that detailed project reports (DPRs) have been prepared for the two lift irrigation schemes for Narayankhed and Zaheerabad constituencies, which remain neglected so far. He stated that Basaveshwara and Sangameshwara lift schemes would be taken up for the two areas, respectively. Further, he stated that DPRs were also prepared for Gopaladinne lift in Kollapur Constituency, Markandeya lift in Nagarkurnool Constituency and five lifts in Asifabad, Sirpur, Bellampalli, Chennur and Mancherial Constituencies, Illendhu lift in Illendhu Constituency and Pragadapalli lift in Bhadrachalam Constituency. The Minister stated that administrative sanctions would be given to the new schemes in due course.A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.