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" Formation of 60000 sites by BDA in the Nada Prabhu Kempegowda Extension."

This is one of the highlights of the Yeddi's budget. Recently there were lots of comments flying back & forth in favor of less government. In the face of that arguement, do the government needs to be in business of selling housing plots/sites? Isn't it the BDA one of the hotbed of corruption corridors in B'lore? Isn't time BDA is stripped of its function of layout formation and sale of sites? If less is the mantra, BDA should be left to regulate the real estate development?

 

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General
Pro-farmer Budget
Speedy Development is administrative mantra.
Priority for equal Development of all areas.
Economic Development with Social development.
Continuation of pro-people programmes of the previous coalition Government.
Desire to develop Karnataka as a model state.
Blue Print for Comprehensive Development 2020.

Economic Scenario fo 2007-08

• GSDP as 2,15,282 crore rupees
• 7% GDP growth during 2007-08.
• Percapita income during 2007-08 at Rs.39576.
• States total debt at Rs.60588 Crores
• 2007-08 debt servicing Rs.6018 Crore

GSDP contribution

• Primary Sector 19.13%
• Secondary Sector 25.16%
• Service Sector 55.72%

2008-09 Budget at a  Glance

• Total estimate Rs.55,313.41 Crores
• Revenue Expenditure Rs.45,712.86 Crores
• Capital Expenditure Rs.9,600.55 Crores.
• Plan Estimate Rs.25,953 Crores.

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Education

• Norms based grant-in-aid to High schools started in 1993 and 1994.
• Rs. 958 Crores assistance to Sarva Shikshana Abhiyana.
• Free bycicles to 7 lakh eigth standard children studying in Government and Aided Schools.
• Rs. 55 Crores to upgrade 37 ITI's
• Establishment of ITI's in 9 taluks.
• 6% interest subsidy to students who borrow loan for higher studies.
• Boarding expenses to SC/ST & BCM Hostel students will be increased from Rs. 450/- to Rs. 650/-.
• In order to improve quality of education, Karnataka Knowledge & Higher Education Commission will be constituted.
• Rs. 2 Crores will be provided to establish Sanskrit University in Bangalore.
• Establishment of Agriculture University in Bagalkot & Raichur.
• Rs. 25 Crores will be provided for development of KIMS in Hubli.
• To encourage establishment of private universities in the State.

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Agriculture

• From August 1, free electricity to 15 lakh irrigation pumpsets upto 10 H.P.
• 50 lakh small and marginal dry land former families will get grant of Rs.1000 each per family.
• Subsidy of Rs.2 per litre to Milk Producers.
• Rs.500 Crores towards agriculture revolving fund.
• Agricultural loan at the rate of 3% will be extended  to weavers and fishermen too.
• Constitution of “Agriculture Mission” under the chairmanship of Chief Minister for the over all development of the agriculture and agricultural alied activities.
• Special Commission to encourage organic farming.  A grant of Rs.2000 will be provided to every family who practices organic farming.
• Scheme for rejuvination of all 36,000 tanks in the state as per salasamvardhana model
• Establishment of special Authority for maintainance of Water resources and framing rules
• Suitable Act for better Ground Water Management.

Removal of Imbalance

• Special assistance of Rs. 2547 Crores for redressal of regional imbalance.

Gram Panchayat

• Monthly honorarium to 90,000 Gram Panchayat Members.
• Cyber centers at Grampahcnayat level.

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HEALTH:
To provide emergency treatment for the poor, ‘Mobile treatment unit’ and Call Centres under the ‘Health Cover Scheme’ will be started with private participation.
‘Thayi Bhagya’ Scheme in public and private hospitals for maternity facility.

Social Welfare:

• Pension through Smart Card to physically challenged, widows and aged.
• Special Development programme for Koraga community
• Rs. 20 Crores grant provides to Kambara, Kshatriya, Madivala, Devanga, Kumbara organisations etc.,
• Rs. 15 Crores grant for construction of Shadi Mahal for minority communities

Women Welfare

• Increase of benefit in "Bhagyalakshmi" Scheme to Rs. 1 lakh
• 6% interest subsidy to stree shakthi groups

Physically challenged

• Pension of Rs. 1000/- P.M. to physcially challanged persons with 75% disability.

Senior citizens

• Concession of 25% to senior citizens who are 65 years of age and above in bus fares.

Child Development

• Establishment of Balvikas Academy for allround development of children.

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Housing

• Increase of unit cost of Ashraya houses to Rs. 40000 to each house.

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INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT

Bangalore Infrastructure Development

• Rs. 1800 Crores for Bangalore Infrastructure Development
• Formation of 60000 sites by BDA in the Nada Prabhu Kempegowda Extension.
• Construction of 10 Flyovers and underpasses in the Bangalore Outer Ring-road for smooth traffic at a cost of Rs. 350 Crores.
• Construction of peripheral ring-road at a cost of Rs. 3000 Crore under public private partnership.
• High speed Rail for Bangalore International Airport.
• A grant of Rs.700 crores for Metrol Rail
• Multistoried car parking at 40 places in Bangalore under public private partnership.

Rest of the State

• Special Development Plan of Rs. 700 Crores for the development of Hubli-Dharwar, Belgaum, Gulbarga, Davanagere, Bellary, Mysore and Bangalore City Corporations. A grant of Rs. 175 Crores during this year.
• An assistance of Rs. 136 Crores for providing drinking water to Hubli-Dharwad City.
• Improvement of Karwar Port under Public-private participation.
• An amount of Rs. 12 Crore for the development of Malpe Fishing Harbour.
• Constitution of  "Karavali Karnataka Development Authority".
• In order to improve the transport facilities in rural areas, grant of Rs. 50 Crores to NWKRTC.
• Establishment of Karnataka Minorities Board.
• 1000 MW additional power generation in this year.
• In order to establish an International Airport at Hubli, 700 acres of land and for the development of Belgaum Airport 370 acres of land will be acquired.

Railways:

• Guage conversion of Shimoga-Talaguppa Railway line.
• Construction of new Railway Line between Bidar-Gulbarga.
• Guage conversion of Solarpur-Bagalkot Gadag Railway Line.
• Doubling of Bangalore-Ramanagar Railway Line.

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Commerce & Industries:

• Action to formulate New Industrial policy.
• "Samrudha Karnataka" global investors meet in Jan 2009.
• Formation of "Vision Group" for overall development of the state.
• Establishment of steel Zone, cement Zone, Textile Zone on the basis of natural resources available in the state.

Employment

• Establishment of "Skill development Commission" for the first time in the state.
• Skill training for providing employment to ten lakh persons in the next 5 years
• One lakh employment creation this year.

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Kannada and Culture

• Rs.5 Crore for Dr. Rajkumar Memorial
• Rs.5 Crore for establishment of four Suvarna Karnataka Bhavans at regional level
• Rs.25 Crore assistance for Vishwa Kannada Sammelana to be held at Belgaum
• Construction of Suvarna Vidhana Soudha at Belgaum and preparations for Legislative session.
• Establishment of Non-resident Kannadiga (NRK) Cell
• Rs.1 Crore for K.P. Poornachandra Tejasvi Research Centre
• Rs.1 Crore for development of Shivayogi Shishunala Shariff’s Chair
• Rs.1 Crore for development of Sangaolli Rayanna Memorial
• Rs.1 Crore for Bada village (Kanakadasa Birth Place) – improvement in Haveri District
• Rs.1 Crore for improvement of Vignaneshwara Garden and Rangamandira at Marthur in Gulbarga district.
• Rs.5 Crore for commencement of Swamy Vivekananda Centre at Mysore
• Rs.25 Crore for Tricentenary celebration of Gur-ta-Gaddi and development of infrastructure at Bidar

Dasara

• Rs.10 Crore assistance for celebrating Mysore Dasara as Nada Habba on a grand scale

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Forest and Environment

• Special Task Force for protection of Western Ghats
• New plan to grow more sandal wood trees in the State

Government servants

• Retirement age of Government servant increased from 58 to 60 years

Administrative Reforms

• High Power Committee under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister will be set up for overall development of State, Bangalore and other

Information Highways

• Information highways linking Vidhana Soudha with district and taluka level offices to be completed this year.

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Revenue

• Disposal of 25 lakh podi cases under "Tatkal Scheme" in Revenue Department.
• Constitution of a committee for survey and proper utilization of Muzrai and wakf properties.
• Rs. 20 crores for development of Basavakalyan.
• Rs. 10 crores for development of Kaginele.
• Rs. 25 crores for the upliftment of Banjara Community.
• Establishment of "Karnataka Public Land Corporation" for disposal of valuable Government land.

Commercial Tax

• Tax on all kinds of parts including packing materials used by textile industry reduced  to 4%.
• Tax exemption on imported textiles
• Entry tax on readymade garments exempted.
• VAT on sale of used motor vehicles reduced to 4%.
• VAT on vermicelli reduced to 4%
• Provision for filing appels against revision orders of the Joint Commissioners before the Karnataka Appellate Tribunal.

Sales Tax

• Partial round of Sales Tax paid on ATF purchased in centers other than Bangalore and Mangalaore.

Luxury Tax

• 20% luxury tax on conference halls in hotels and marriage halls.

Entertainment Tax

• Tax exemption on all kannada films excluding dubbed films

State Excise

• Issue of licences for opening new retail shops (CL-2) and Bar & Restaurants (CL-9)

Stamps & Registration

• Collection of Duty through electronic stamping extended to other parts of the state.
• Stamp duty on merger and reconstruction of companys reduced from 7.5% to 5% of the market value of properties.
• Formation of enforcement wing to prevent stampt duty evasion.

Motor Vehicle Tax

• Life Time tax on motor vehicles excluding two wheelers increased

Forest Development Tax

• Collection of Forest Development Tax from licencees mining in forest areas.

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says ... Collection of Forest Development Tax from licensees mining in forest areas. this has got to be interesting. hope this means large tracts of chamarajanagara and the hills and the malnad are out. hope this does not mean large scale manipulation and fudging of records and de-classification of forest lands. hmm... kannada movies get tax exemption. jayamala and ilk have got to be happy. and hopefully this is seen as free rope to expand range and rediscover the kanagal. hope this is not the rope that is long enough for KFI to hang itself with. hopefully this doesnot mean free run for useless morons like ravichandran and s. narayan. kasarvalli et all have been raising voices against distribution problems. hopefully this will begin to address that.

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TS,

 We may not like it but it is a reality. We love BDA sites because it is cheaper than market rate and comes with all the basic amenities (or atleast a promise) and this has good re-sale potential. It is cheaper because, govt pays the less than market value to most vulnerable section of the society, i.e. farmers and small farmland owners. We are not against BDA, because we can manipulate (recommendation/bribe) with BDA babus and politicians to garner the prize hoolding in the Bangalore.

 Now lets come back to our ideals that we are preaching on Praja and other forums. We are saying, there should be competition, price to be determine by Market and govt should withdraw from all its functions except for regulation and policy making. We do not want our tax to be spent on education, health and social support to weaker section of th e society. 

In the face of such ideals, what is our stand against BDA w.r.t its function of land acquisition at cheaper rate, layout formation and selling to NOT-NEEDY. What is our stand against BDA culture of corruption at each and every step of site allotment process.

Just because we are owning one such site, should we still continue our patronage to BDA and its culture of corruption?

Syed 

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hmm thats interesting. you are saying BDA do the planning, where the roads go, where the pipes(water,sewage) go, where the parks go, where the schools go, community centers go, and let private-walas build the houses. or are you saying, private-walas go all the way? direct from farmer/landowner/villager. well, that way the mess called as whitefield will repeat no?

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