Close on the heels of the Supreme Court pulling up states for not installing CCTVs at police stations, the Karnataka Cabinet on Wednesday decided to equip all law enforcement buildings with functional surveillance cameras.
Allocating a budget of Rs 18.5 crore for this, the Cabinet approved installation of new CCTVs in 281 police stations, while upgrading the storage capacity of existing ones in 774 stations across the state, Law and Home minister Basavaraj Bommai said.
The Cabinet also decided to amend the Karnataka Civil Services (Computer Literacy Test) Rules to stop providing Rs 5,000 incentive for computer learning to new recruits. In 2012, the state government had decided to give the incentive to those who learn computer skills in an effort to encourage digital literacy. "Now, since everyone who is recruited has computer knowledge, the government decided to drop this incentive," Bommai said.
In other decisions, the Cabinet extended the revised AICTE pay scale to the teaching faculty of government and aided AYUSH institutions. The Karnataka Maritime Board Amendment Bill, 2021 was approved naming the chief minister as the chairperson of the Board and the ports minister as vice-chairman. The Board was earlier headed by Additional Chief Secretary.
The Cabinet cleared a plan to construct a hostel in Bengaluru exclusively for Kalyana Karnataka students at a cost of Rs 59 crore. It will accommodate about 400 students.
(Published 03 March 2021, 16:31 IST)
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