<p>Karnataka government employees on Friday volunteered to donate a portion of their salary towards the flagship Punyakoti scheme of adopting cows. </p>.<p>According to estimates, the total donation amount is in the ballpark of Rs 80-100 crore. </p>.<p>A delegation comprising Karnataka State Government Employees Association president CS Shadakshari met Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and gave him a consent letter for salaries to be deducted. </p>.<p>Every Group-A officer will donate Rs 11,000, Group-B Rs 4,000 and Group-C Rs 400 towards the Punyakoti scheme. The Association requested Bommai to deduct the amount from the October and November salaries. </p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/state/lumpy-skin-disease-won-t-spread-to-humans-bommai-1153590.html" target="_blank">Lumpy skin disease won’t spread to humans: Bommai</a></strong></p>.<p>This gesture came more than a month after Bommai urged government employees to adopt cows under the Punyakoti scheme - punyakoti.karahvs.in - launched on July 28 this year. </p>.<p>Bommai thanked the Association for the donation, which he said would contribute to the upkeep of more than one lakh cows sheltered in goshalas across the state. </p>.<p>The BJP government hopes that the Punyakoti scheme would complement the implementation of the new Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Act, which has imposed a blanket ban on the slaughter of cattle in the state. The only slaughter allowed is of terminally-ill cattle and buffalo aged above 13 years. The government is also building 100 goshalas across the state to house abandoned cattle. </p>.<p>On the occasion, Bommai assured the employees association that the 7th Pay Commission would be constituted in October to revise salaries. </p>
<p>Karnataka government employees on Friday volunteered to donate a portion of their salary towards the flagship Punyakoti scheme of adopting cows. </p>.<p>According to estimates, the total donation amount is in the ballpark of Rs 80-100 crore. </p>.<p>A delegation comprising Karnataka State Government Employees Association president CS Shadakshari met Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and gave him a consent letter for salaries to be deducted. </p>.<p>Every Group-A officer will donate Rs 11,000, Group-B Rs 4,000 and Group-C Rs 400 towards the Punyakoti scheme. The Association requested Bommai to deduct the amount from the October and November salaries. </p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/state/lumpy-skin-disease-won-t-spread-to-humans-bommai-1153590.html" target="_blank">Lumpy skin disease won’t spread to humans: Bommai</a></strong></p>.<p>This gesture came more than a month after Bommai urged government employees to adopt cows under the Punyakoti scheme - punyakoti.karahvs.in - launched on July 28 this year. </p>.<p>Bommai thanked the Association for the donation, which he said would contribute to the upkeep of more than one lakh cows sheltered in goshalas across the state. </p>.<p>The BJP government hopes that the Punyakoti scheme would complement the implementation of the new Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Act, which has imposed a blanket ban on the slaughter of cattle in the state. The only slaughter allowed is of terminally-ill cattle and buffalo aged above 13 years. The government is also building 100 goshalas across the state to house abandoned cattle. </p>.<p>On the occasion, Bommai assured the employees association that the 7th Pay Commission would be constituted in October to revise salaries. </p>
