JOIN USThe State government is committed to the preservation of Kannada language, culture and resources. During the year 2015-16, the government has provided a grant of Rs 10 crore for the year-long Kannada celebrations and Rs 20 crore towards the development programmes initiated by Gadinadu Abhivriddhi Pradhikara, said District In-charge Minister K Abhayachandra Jain.
He was speaking after hoisting the National flag during the 60th Kannada Rajyotsava celebrations at Subhashchandra Bose district playground in the city on Sunday.
The State government has chalked out various welfare programmes such as Anna Bhagya, Manaswini, Maitri, Ksheera Bhagya, Ksheera Dhare, Runa Mukta, Vidya Siri and so on.
The government has also increased the compensation amount, given to the family of a farmer in case of his death, to Rs five lakh from Rs two lakh. Also, the interest on the loans, availed by farmers from co-operative banks, have been waived, the minister added.
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Grants have been released towards various development projects in the district. Ground breaking has been done for the construction of District Administration Complex, to be built at a cost of Rs 25 crore, Jain added.
Achievers from various feilds were presented with district Rajyotsava awards. Also, meritorious students from Kannada medium were felicitated on the occasion.Cultural programmes were presented by students. A mock fire fighting exercise was also conducted on the occasion.
A procession of Goddess Kannada Bhuvaneshwari was taken out from Old taluk office to the district playground.
MLA C T Ravi, MLC Gayatri Shante Gowda, Malnad Development Board president B C Geeta, ZP president Kavita Belliprakash, MUDA Chairman D S Chandregowda, ZP CEO Dr R Ragapriya, SP K Santhosh Babu and Kannada Sahitya Parishat president N S Shivaswamy were present among others.