<p>The Karnataka Rajya Tengu Belegarara Kampanigala Samanvaya Samiti hosted a programme with MLAs and MLCs in the City on Tuesday to discuss the benefits of allowing neera tapping in the State.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The discussion was held in the wake of the forthcoming State budget so as to persuade the legislators to raise a voice in the Assembly demanding the government to allow neera tapping by amending the Excise Act. <br /><br />Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in the last year’s budget (2015-16) had announced that neera tapping will be allowed in the State by amending the Excise Act but it has not been brought into reality even a year later. Former MLC Manohar Maski, president of the Samiti, gave a powerpoint presentation on the options available to explore byproducts from neera. He said that Kerala has set up neera-processing plants which produce many byproducts.<br /></p>
<p>The Karnataka Rajya Tengu Belegarara Kampanigala Samanvaya Samiti hosted a programme with MLAs and MLCs in the City on Tuesday to discuss the benefits of allowing neera tapping in the State.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The discussion was held in the wake of the forthcoming State budget so as to persuade the legislators to raise a voice in the Assembly demanding the government to allow neera tapping by amending the Excise Act. <br /><br />Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in the last year’s budget (2015-16) had announced that neera tapping will be allowed in the State by amending the Excise Act but it has not been brought into reality even a year later. Former MLC Manohar Maski, president of the Samiti, gave a powerpoint presentation on the options available to explore byproducts from neera. He said that Kerala has set up neera-processing plants which produce many byproducts.<br /></p>
