<p>The minimum eligibility for the general category students has been brought down to 45 per cent from the present 50 per cent, while for the SC/ST students, it has come down from 45 per cent to 40 per cent. <br /><br />The Cabinet approved amendment of B Ed rules, 1999 in a bid to to encourage students to take up B Ed course.<br /><br />The Cabinet, however, deferred its decision on the issue of regularising teachers and principals working on contract basis in Morarji Desai Residential Schools coming under the Social Welfare Department. <br /><br />The Cabinet exempted the Wine Board from paying lease amount for using 141.28 acre land in Bijapur. The land has been given to the Board on lease to set up a wine park.<br /><br />It also decided to waive off Rs 5 crore interest on arrears that slum-dwellers across the State have to pay to the KWSSB towards drinking water supply. Other decisions include supply of seeds to farmers at 75 pc subsidy during Rabi season; release Rs five crore for Vishwa Kannada Sammelana in Belgaum and providing alternative residential sites to those who have lost their land for Upparahalli ROB project in Tumkur.</p>
<p>The minimum eligibility for the general category students has been brought down to 45 per cent from the present 50 per cent, while for the SC/ST students, it has come down from 45 per cent to 40 per cent. <br /><br />The Cabinet approved amendment of B Ed rules, 1999 in a bid to to encourage students to take up B Ed course.<br /><br />The Cabinet, however, deferred its decision on the issue of regularising teachers and principals working on contract basis in Morarji Desai Residential Schools coming under the Social Welfare Department. <br /><br />The Cabinet exempted the Wine Board from paying lease amount for using 141.28 acre land in Bijapur. The land has been given to the Board on lease to set up a wine park.<br /><br />It also decided to waive off Rs 5 crore interest on arrears that slum-dwellers across the State have to pay to the KWSSB towards drinking water supply. Other decisions include supply of seeds to farmers at 75 pc subsidy during Rabi season; release Rs five crore for Vishwa Kannada Sammelana in Belgaum and providing alternative residential sites to those who have lost their land for Upparahalli ROB project in Tumkur.</p>
