<p>Bengaluru: The state government has announced plans to use the interest earned on a corpus fund of Rs 47 crore to treat rare disorders in Karnataka.</p>.<p>A government order issued on Thursday stated that Rs 47.07 crore, allocated under the Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan (SCSP) and Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP), has remained unutilised since 2021-22. This amount will now be deposited into a corpus fund managed by the Suvarna Arogya Suraksha Trust (SAST), with the accrued interest dedicated to covering treatment costs for 17 rare diseases. The initiative will primarily benefit individuals from the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.</p>.Bengaluru rural MP meets Shivraj Singh Chouhan, urges him to release funds for Ramanagar farmers.<p>SAST officials have been instructed to identify appropriate treatment methods and estimate the costs involved. The order also specifies that any disease included under state or central schemes, or the National Policy for Rare Diseases in the future, will no longer be eligible for support from this corpus fund.</p>
<p>Bengaluru: The state government has announced plans to use the interest earned on a corpus fund of Rs 47 crore to treat rare disorders in Karnataka.</p>.<p>A government order issued on Thursday stated that Rs 47.07 crore, allocated under the Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan (SCSP) and Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP), has remained unutilised since 2021-22. This amount will now be deposited into a corpus fund managed by the Suvarna Arogya Suraksha Trust (SAST), with the accrued interest dedicated to covering treatment costs for 17 rare diseases. The initiative will primarily benefit individuals from the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.</p>.Bengaluru rural MP meets Shivraj Singh Chouhan, urges him to release funds for Ramanagar farmers.<p>SAST officials have been instructed to identify appropriate treatment methods and estimate the costs involved. The order also specifies that any disease included under state or central schemes, or the National Policy for Rare Diseases in the future, will no longer be eligible for support from this corpus fund.</p>
