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HIGHLIGHTS
BUDGET OVERVIEW
 Budget estimate (Consolidated Fund) - Rs.3,27,747
crore.
 Total receipts - Rs.3,24,478 crore; Revenue receipts
Rs. 2,38,410 crore; Capital receipts - Rs.86,068
crore including public debt of Rs.85,818 crore.
 Total expenditure - Rs. 3,27,747 crore; Revenue
expenditure - Rs. 2,50,933 crore: Capital
expenditure - Rs. 54,374 crore and Loan
repayment - Rs. 22,441 Crore.
GUARANTEE SCHEMES
 ‘SHAKTI’ - Free travel in all four state owned road
transport corporations for women and gender
minorities. Daily average of 50 to 60 lakh women
travelers. Rs.4,000 crore will be the annual
expenditure.
 ‘GRUHA JYOTHI’ - Free electricity upto 200 units
for domestic consumers. More than 2 crore
consumers to be benefited and Rs.13,910 crore is
the estimated annual expenditure.
 ‘GRUHA LAKSHMI’- Rs.2,000 monthly financial
assistance to woman head of the family. Rs.30,000
crore is the estimated annual expenditure.
 ‘ANNA BHAGYA’ - 5 k.g. additional food grains for
all eligible persons. Rs.170 per beneficiary per
month will be transferred through DBT until food

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grain procurement is completed. Annual
expenditure is Rs. 10,000 crore.
 ‘YUVA NIDHI’ - A monthly allowance of Rs.3,000
for degree holders and Rs.1,500 for diploma holders
who are unemployed.
AGRICULTURE AND ALLIED ACTIVITIES
 Krishi Bhagya to be relaunched with an outlay of
Rs.100 crores.
 ‘Navodyama’ - Rs.10 crores to encourage innovation
in agro industries under this new scheme.
 Initiatives to strengthen FPOs:
 Rs.10 crores for branding and
marketing of FPO products.
 Four percent interest subvention for
loans upto Rs.20 lakh for 100 FPOs in
backward talukas.
 Seed Capital upto 20 percent, not
exceeding one crore rupees to FPOs for
investing in infrastructure such as cold
storages and godowns.
 Rs.5 crores to promote exports of agriculture and
horticulture produce of the State.
 Rs.50 crores to establish 100 Hi-tech harvestor
hubs in ‘Custom Hiring Centers’ to encourage farm
mechanization.
 Focussed initiatives for branding of indigenous
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 Rasabale (Banana) and Mysuru Veelyadele (Beetel
Leaves).
 Government to promote export of flowers; ensure
availability of commercial flower seed varieties.
 Hi-tech cocoon market to be developed in
Shidlaghatta, Chikkaballapura district at an
estimated cost of Rs.75 crores.
 Loan facility up to Rs.5 lakhs at zero per cent
interest for silk reelers.
 Anugraha scheme to be relaunched to provide
compensation for death of livestock.
 Rs.12 crore exgratia to the owners of 5181 livestock
which died due to Lumpy Skin Disease.
 Government to give impetus to expand the Nandini
brand of dairy products.
 Interest free bank loan for fisherwomen to be
enhanced from Rs.50,000 to Rs.3 lakh.
 Quantum of subsidized diesel for fishing boats to
be enhanced to 2 lakh kilo litres with an outlay of
Rs.250 crore. Rs.50,000 subsidy to fishermen to
replace kerosene engines with petrol/diesel
engines. Financial allocation of Rs.5 crores is
earmarked to this.
 Loan facilities in cooperative sector:
 Interest free short-term loan - limit
enhanced from Rs.3 lakh to Rs.5 lakh.

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 Mid-term and Long-term loan provided
at 3 percent – Loan limit increased
from Rs.10 lakhs to Rs.15 lakhs.
 Rs.25,000 crores worth of loan to be
disbursed to 35 lakh farmers.
 7 per cent interest subvention for loans
upto Rs.20 lakh to construct godowns.
 Loan facility upto Rs.7 lakh to be
provided at 4 per cent interest to the
farmers in Coastal and Malnad regions
to purchase pick up vans.
 Government to withdraw amendment to
APMC Act.
 Mini cold storages to be built in 50 vegetable
markets.
IMPETUS TO IRRIGATION
 Ten ongoing irrigation projects to be completed at
the cost of Rs.940 crores.
 Completion of Kulahalli-Hannur, Timmapur,
Sasalatti-Shivalingeshwara and Mantur
Mahalakshmi lift irrigation schemes on priority.
 19 projects to fill 899 tanks at a cost of Rs.770 crore
to be completed.
 Government to expedite implementation of
Yettinahole project; Mekedatu project to be
prioritised by making best efforts to obtain forest
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  Government to impress upon Union Government to
release grants for Upper Bhadra Project and to
provide all necessary clearances for Kalasa and
Bandura drinking water project.
 Priority for land acquisition, rehabilitation and
reconstruction under Upper Krishna Project
Phase-3.
 Phase-2 of K.C. Valley and H.N. Valley to be
launched at an estimated cost of Rs.529 crore to fill
296 tanks in Kolar and Chikkaballapura districts.
EDUCATION
 Government to reverse the uninformed and
arbitrary changes made to school text books.
 Supplementary nutrition to be given twice a week
to all children from class one to ten. Rs.280 crore
will be spent for 60 lakh children.
 Annual funds for maintenance of Primary and High
schools enhanced upto Rs.45,000. Rs.153 crores
allocated for this.
 Rs.650 crores for construction of school and college
class rooms and Rs.200 crores for construction of
toilet complexes.
 Development of SATS 2.0 software in department of
School Education and Literacy.
 Rs.80 crores to improve learning skills of 33 lakh
school children who are lagging behind in studies.
“Marusinchana” - coaching for 1.5 lakh high school
children to prepare for high school exams.

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 A new education policy to be formulated based on
social, cultural and economic mileu of the state.
 Transfer of 224 hostels of Higher Education
department with a capacity of 13,169 students, to
Social Welfare and Backward Classes Welfare
Department.
 Upgradation of textile department of SKSJTI,
Bengaluru as Smart and Technical Textile Centre.
 Rs.10 crores to train around 8000 teachers and
employees in Higher Education Department under
Vritti Chaitanya scheme.
 Rs.50 lakh incentive to Universities which top good
governance indicators.
 Common counseling for all Ph.D. admissions in
Public Universities and for 40% seats of Private
Universities.
 Initiatives for Community Health:
 Rs.3 crore for 20 Hand Held X-ray
machines to detect tuberculosis.
 Diabetes and Blood Pressure camps
along with distribution of medicines at
door step - pilot project to be
implemented in 8 districts.
 Ophthalmology camps called
‘Ashakirana’ in 4 districts at cost of
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  Rs.25 crores to extend Brain Health
Initiative in collaboration with
NIMHANS across the State.
 Programme to eradicate anaemia and malnutrition
among girls and women of all ages. Rs.25 crores
allocated for this.
 Rs.70 crores to operationalise 23 newly upgraded
CHCs.
 CT and MRI scanning facility to be introduced in all
district hospitals.
 Automated External Defibrillators to be installed in
memory of Karnataka Ratna Dr. Puneeth
Rajkumar, in district and taluka hospitals to
prevent deaths due to cardiac arrest.
 Rs.92 crores allocated to provide single use dialyser
to all district and taluka hospitals. Dialysis centres
to be increased from 173 to 219.
 Karnataka Health Technology lab to be established
at a cost of Rs.8 crores.
 New medical college to be established in
Kanakapura taluk of Ramanagara district.
 200 bed MCH hospital to be built in Gulbarga
Institute of Medical Sciences, Kalaburagi at a cost
of Rs.70 crore.
 Rs.20 crores grant for Kidwai Memorial Institute of
Oncology on the occasion of its Golden Jubilee
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 Rs.155 crore to start Super Speciality Hospitals
and burns injury units in Mysuru, Kalaburagi and
Belagavi districts.
 Rs.30 crores for the operationalisation of Trauma
Care Centers in Mysuru and Kalaburagi.
 Rs.5 crores to set up fully automated and
centralised blood bank management system in
Bengaluru Medical College and Research Institute.
 The first government hospital dedicated for organ
transplant to be established in NIMHANS at a cost
of Rs.146 crore. Fibroscan to be provided to detect
cirrhosis and cancer among patients of
Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.
WOMEN AND CHILD WELFARE
 Rs. 2,000 monthly allowance to woman head of the
family under Gruha Lakshmi scheme.
 Karnataka State Finance Corporation to provide
loans upto Rs.5 crores at 4 percent interest rate to
women entrepreneurs in service sector.
 10 residential schools for children with intellectual
disability to be set up in 7 districts at a cost of
Rs.2 crore.
 Rs.30 crore to be spent on providing motorized two
wheelers to 4,000 specially-abled persons.
 Acid attack victims will be provided interest free
loan facility upto Rs.5 lakh through Karnataka
State Women’s Development Corporation and
housing facility through Rajiv Gandhi Housing
Corporation respectively.

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 WELFARE OF THE WEAKER SECTION
 Rs.34,294 crore allocated under SCSP/TSP, which
is Rs.4,079 crore more than the February Budget
of 2023-24.
 Section 7(d) of SCSP/ TSP Act, 2013 to be dropped
to ensure that grants allocated under SCSP and
TSP are used for the benefit of the same
communities.
 Rs.36 crore for fee reimbursement of SC/ST
students who get enrolled in top 250 foreign
Universities.
 Rs.20 crore to 10 SC and ST Morarji Desai
Residential Schools for providing high quality
sports infrastructure and equipments.
 Swavalambi Sarathi scheme - subsidy of
75 per cent or upto Rs.4 lakh to SC/ST unemployed
youth to buy 4 wheeler vehicles.
 Under self employment scheme, subsidy of
20 per cent of the loan amount not exceeding Rs.1
lakh for unemployed SC/ST youth.
 Skill development and competitive exam training
for 1 lakh SC/ST youth.
 Collateral guarantee to be provided for loans
availed by SC/ST entrepreneurs from nationalized
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 100 artisans working in the leather industry to be
trained in Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Uttar
Pradesh and West Bengal.
 Rs.50 crore to be provided for the overall
development of Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribal
Communities such as Soliga, Jenukuruba,
Kadukuruba, Koraga, Iruliga, Bettakuruba etc.,
and Rs.48 crore allocated for distribution of
nutritious foodkits to 11 Tribal Communities.
These food kits will now be distributed during all
the 12 months of the year.
 100 forest produce units to be set up in tribal area
for processing and value addition of forest
produces.
 Schemes for Backward Class Students such as
‘Arivu’ Educational Loan Scheme, Vidyasiri
scholarship for higher education, interest free Loan
upto Rs.20 lakh for foreign education and
distribution of Shuchi Sambhrama toiletries kit to
hostel students to be relaunched.
 Rs.2 crore for taking up ethnographic study of
Nomadic And Semi-Nomadic castes belonging to
Other Backward Classes.
 Reservation for Category-1 and 2A of Backward
Class contractors in construction works upto
Rs.1 crore.
 6 percent interest subsidy to be given to
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 Category-1 and 2A of OBC for the KSFC loans upto
Rs.10 crore.
 Subsidy for loans availed under Swavalambi
Sarathi and Swayam Udyoga Loan schemes by
unemployed youth belonging to Other Backward
Classes for the purpose of self-employment.
 Upgradation of 62 Minority Morarji Desai
Residential Schools as integrated schools from 6th
to 12th classes at an expenditure of Rs.30 crore, for
benefit of 13,000 students.
 Admission to 50 Minority Morarji Desai Residential
Schools to be doubled at a cost of Rs.23 crore which
will benefit additional 12,500 students. Ten new
Morarji Desai Schools to be started.
 Rs.75 crore for Arivu Educational Loan Scheme for
minority students.
 Rs.60 crore for Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme for
minority students which was discontinued by
Union Government.
 Rs.5 crore to start language labs in all Minority
Morarji Desai Residential Schools.
 Rs.4 crore to be allocated to start skill training
centers for minority youth in Ramanagara,
Belagavi, Davangere and Dakshina Kannada.
 Rs.8 crore for NEET, JEE, CET coaching to
students of Minority Residential PU Colleges by
reputed institutes.

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 10 months residential coaching for IAS/KAS and
other competitive exams for minority youths at
Haj Bhavan, Bengaluru.
 Rs.20 lakh interest free loan for minority students
enrolled for higher studies in top 250 global
universities.
 Subsidy for loans availed under Swavalambi
Sarathi and Swayam Udyoga Loan schemes by
unemployed youth belonging to minority
comunities for purpose of self-employment.
 Balance works of 126 Shadi Mahals and
Community halls to be completed at an expenditure
of Rs.54 crore.
 The tasthik amount being given to 868
non-Hindu religious institutions to be enhanced to
Rs.60,000.
 Rs.360 crore allocated under Chief Minister’s
Special Development Programme and Colony
Development Program for various development
works for Minority communities.
 Rs.25 crore for development of prominent Jain
religious places.
 A new Karnataka Christian Development
Corporation will be setup. Rs.100 crores allocated.
 Rs.50 crore for conservation and development of
Wakf properties.
 Rs.5 crore for development of Gurudwaras in
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 honorarium to be paid for Granthis serving in
Gurudwaras.
 Rs.2,450 crore for completion of 3 lakh houses
under various housing schemes, which are in
different stages of construction.
 5 k.g. of additional food grain to be provided under
Annabhagya Scheme for each beneficiary. Cash
equivalent of additional 5 kg food grain to be
transferred through DBT until procurement
process of food grains is completed. 4.42 crore
beneficiaries to be benefited at an annual
expenditure of Rs. 10,000 crore.
 Total of Rs. 4 lakh coverage of Life Insurance and
Accident Insurance for Gig Workers.
 Rs.85 crore for upgradation of ESI hospitals with
ICU/ MICU/Dialysis Units, Level 2 Trauma Care
Centre, Modular OT and other facilities. AYUSH
departments to be opened in all ESI hospitals.
 Yuvanidhi Scheme to provide unemployment
allowance of Rs.3,000 to degree holders and
Rs.1,500 to diploma holders.
 12 Government ITIs which have completed 50 years
to be upgraded at an expenditure of Rs.100 crore.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
 Gram Panchayts will be strengthened by taking up
Responsibility Mapping
 Government to implement MGNREGA with renewed
vigor.

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 118 Multi-Village Schemes under Jal Jeevan
Mission to provide FHTC to 25 lakh houses.
 Upgradation of Gram Panchayat Libraries as ‘Arivu
Kendra’ with several new services. To be kept open
on weekends as well.
 ‘Koosina Mane’; creches to be opened under
MGNREGA in association with Woman and Child
Development Department in 400 Gram
Panchayats.
 400 Community Toilet Complexes to be constructed
in Kalyana Karnataka Region at an estimated cost
of Rs.100 crore.
 Material Recovery Facility to be built in 27 districts
at a cost of Rs.22 crore for scientific disposal of dry
waste.
 A total of Rs.5,000 crore worth of works to be taken
up for the overall development of Kalyana
Karnataka.
 Rs.3,000 crore allocation for Aspirational Talukas.
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 Brand Bengaluru to be launched for upgrading
Bengaluru to a world class city. Focus on traffic,
environment, solid waste management, usage of
public spaces, public and animal health, people
friendly e-Governance, water security and flood
management.
 Rs.3,400 crore for treatment of used water and
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 Rs. 2,150 crore for Bengaluru and Rs.1,250 crore
for other cities.
 Scientific processing of 97 lakh tons legacy waste
and reclamation of 256 acres of land in Bengaluru
city.
 Rs. 100 crore assistance to BSWMCL.
 Rs. 1,411 crore for upgrading 20 STPs in
Bengaluru; targeted to be completed by 2026.
 Rs. 263 crore for construction of flyover to provide
connectivity to Sir M.V. Terminal.
 Rs. 800 crore for white-topping of 100 km roads.
 Developing 83 km of High Density Corridors –
Rs. 273 crore allocated.
 Expanding metro network from 70 km to 176 km in
the next three years. Airport line to be completed
by 2026.
 Rs.15,000 crore proposal submitted to Union
Government for construction of 37 km metro from
Hebbal to Sarjapur under Phase-3.
 Rs. 1,000 crore for construction of Bengaluru
Suburban Rail Project.
 Rs.100 crore for restarting Indira Canteens.
 Rs. 4,500 crore under Swachh Bharath 2.0 for
sustainable solid and liquid waste management.
 Rs. 800 crore for water supply works in 287 towns
under AMRUT 2.0

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 Plan to mobilise Rs.1,000 crore through green
bonds for infrastructure development in urban
areas.

INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
 Rs.13,910 crore for Gruha Jyothi to provide free
electricity upto 200 units for domestic consumers
from 1st of July.
 78 km road between Kalmala Junction near
Raichur to Sindhanur to be developed at a cost of
Rs.1,696 crore.
 Rs.1,826 crore for development of 123 km long 4 /6
lane road from Devanahalli- Vijayapura- H. Cross-
Vemagal- Malur- T.N. Border.
 Rs.4,083 crore for developing 2,000 km State
Highways and 2,400 km major district roads.
 Priority to complete 9 ongoing railway projects and
RUB/ ROB works.
 Airstrips in Dharmasthala, Kodagu and
Chikkamagalur.
 Commercial operations of Vijayapura Airport to
commence this year.
 Comprehensive Civil Aviation Policy for the
development of air travel in the State.
 All weather Greenfield deep-water port at Keni in
Uttara Kannada district on PPP basis.

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  Desilting of fishing jetty and ports. Malpe,
Honnavar, Bhatkal, Kundapur and Belekeri ports
to be desilted once in 2 years.
 Technology Innovation Park in 100 acres of land in
Kadugodi, Bengaluru.
 Single portal to apply and obtain all licenses /
permissions needed for setting up industries.
 Mega Industrial township in KGF.
 Manufacturing cluster in Vijayapura District and
Export cluster in Dakshina Kannada.
 New policy to promote Agro-Processing Industries.
 Amendment to Land Revenue Act to waive off
conversion of agricultural land up to 2 acres for
industrial purpose.
 Karnataka Aerospace Technology Centre in
Aerospace and Defence Park in Devanahalli.
 Common Facility Centre to facilitate MSME.
 Free electricity to weavers having upto 10 HP
electric connections upto 250 units.
 Rs.50 crores capital support to modernize
MySugar, Mandya.
 Steps to Promote Start-Ups
 INNOVERSE - Rs.10 crores for world
class incubation Centre.
 PROPEL - to speed up adoption of
solutions funded under Start-up policy.

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 Global Innovation Alliance - Market
Access Programme (GIA-MAP)

 Rs. 2 crores for Technology Transfer Institute to

support New Age Incubation Network (NAIN).
 Starting New Centers of Excellence
 Health-Tech and Med-Tech – Rs.10
crores.
 Centre of Excellence in Wireless & Wired
Technologies in Karnataka (COEWWT) –
Rs.25 crores.
 Centre for Excellence in Design – Rs. 8
crores.
 Rs. 5 crores for establishing Bio-Bank.
 For successful implementation of Karnataka
Research, Development and Innovation policy,
Karnataka State Research Foundation to be set up
and creation of e-Platform called e-KRDIP to bring
all stakeholders together.
 Rs. 2 crore for upgradation of 2 Regional Science
Centres and 4 Sub-Centres.
 Government aid for K.P. Poornachandra
Tejasvi Trust and a new trust in the name of
Dr. M.M. Kalaburagi.
 Janapada Loka to be established in Koppala.
 Special programmes to commemorate the 50th year
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  Special programmes to promote culture and folk art
of Banjara and other tribal communities.
 Rs. 10 crore each for Regional Basketball Training
Centre in Bengaluru and Cycling Velodrome in
Mysuru.
 Rs. 10 crore to facilitate participation of specially-
abled persons and women in sports.
 Sports museum and sports hostel to be established
in Sri Kantheerava Stadium, Bengaluru.
 Group-A jobs for Olympic and Paralympic medal
winners and Group-B jobs for Commonwealth
games winners.
 3% reservation for sportspersons in Police and
Forest department recruitments.
 Rs.2 crore annual grant for next 5 years to train
swimmers for international competitions.
 Overall development of tourist places such as
Savadatti Yallammanagudda, Devaragudda,
Kappathagudda, Badami Banashankari, Lakkundi
and Magadi Bird Sanctuary in Kittur Karnataka
and Hampi, Mailara, Ganagapura, Sannathi and
Forts in Malakhed, Bidar, Raichuru and Kalaburagi
in Kalyana Karnataka Region.
 Karavali Beach Tourism Task Force to promote
beach tourism. Sasihitlu beach to be developed as
international surfing destination.
 Yatri Nivas/ dormitories to be built under PPP
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 Upgradation of Karnataka Exhibition Authority
premises in Mysuru.
 Government museums in Kalaburagi, Gadag,
Bengaluru and Vijayapura.
 Karnataka Archaeological Museum and Art Gallery,
Mysuru to install Augmented Reality (AR) and
Virtual Reality (VR) technology.
 3D projection along with multi-media sound and
light show to be introduced in Vijayavithala temple
in Hampi, Bidar fort, Bhoganandishwara temple
near Nandibetta, Golgumbaz in Vijayapura, Kitturu
fort and Badami caves.
 Rs.120 crore for construction of barricade to
prevent man-elephant conflict.
 Upgradation of rehabilitation centers in
Bannerughatta and Mysuru for animals rescued in
man – animal conflict and new rehabilitation
centers to be built in Shivamogga and Belagavi.
 Wild elephant task force to be set up in
Ramanagara and Bannerughatta area.
 Bidar to be declared as Blackbuck Reserve Area
and Rs.2 crore allocated for conservation and
management of this area.
 Rs.500 crore to enhance green cover in 17 districts
of dry land area for next 5 years.
 New policy to control and monitor Green House Gas
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  Environmental Impact Assessment of all
government projects by EMPRI.
 Section 95 of Karnataka Land Revenue Act to be
amended; provision to use land for non-agricultural
purposes through self-declaration.
 District Administration Complexes in Dakshina
Kannada, Raichuru, Uttara Kannada, Chitradurga,
Hassana and Ballari districts and 25 Taluka
administration complexes to be completed.
 Rs.422 crore to mitigate the impact of climate
change and Doppler Weather Radar to be installed
in North Karnataka under SDMF.
 Rs.721 crore works to be taken up for prevention
and adaptation to natural calamities under SDRF.
 E-stamp and digital stamping to be made
mandatory for non registration transactions.
 Marriage registration to be simplified; Grama One
and Bapuji Seva Kendras to receive applications.
 Upgradation of 8 Sub-Registrar Offices in
Bengaluru as people friendly offices.
 Shri Chamundeshwari Temple Development
Authority to be formed.
 Sculpture training center to be started in Kolara
District.
 Rs.15,000 Grant-in-Aid to 121 C-category Muzrai
temples.
 Rs.9 crore for pilot project to provide time-bound
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 Business Process Re-Engineering Cell to be
established to convert 100 prominent Sevasindhu
services in accordance with Sakala at the cost of
Rs.3 crore.
 Film city to be built in Mysuru.
 Subsidy for Kannada films to be resumed.
 Museum to be established near Dr. Rajkumar
memorial to document the growth of Kannada film
industry.
 Pension for journalists in distress to be enhanced
to Rs.12,000 and family pension to Rs.6,000.
 Rs.10 crore for construction of police stations,
office buildings, entry sheds, armoury, etc.
 5 Traffic Police Stations and 6 women police
stations to be set up in Bengaluru city. A total of
2,454 posts to be created in 2 phases.
 Rs.450 crore to complete 2,125 police quarters
under Police Gruha 2025.
 Rs.100 crore to replace old vehicles in Police
Department under Police Mobility scheme.
 Rs.20 crore to strengthen Police Training Schools.
 Rs.10 crore to upgrade CID, Cyber Crime
Department and Cyber, Economics and Narcotics
Police Stations.
 Rs.10 crore to build STP in 7 Central Jails and
Rs.5 crore to build Watch Towers in 5 Central Jails;
Rs.3 crore for video conferencing facility in jails.

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  Rs.5 crore to operationalize Karnataka Prisons
Academy in Bengaluru.
 Rs.100 crore to build 10, Three-Bay fire Stations
under K-SAFE and to provide fire fighting vehicles.
Rs.3 crore to procure fire fighting equipments.
 ‘Shakti’ scheme - free travel for women and gender
minorities in BMTC, KSRTC, NWKRTC, KKRTC
with annual expenditure of Rs. 4,000 crore.
 Rs.450 crore for various departments for road
safety works under Road Safety Funds.
 Rs.35 crore action plan to improve air quality
across the State.
 Regional Vehicle Driving Training Center will be
established exclusively for women with a cost of
Rs. 5 crore at Bidadi in Ramanagara district.
Tax Proposals
Commercial Tax
 Separate wing to be established in Bengaluru for
high taxpayers.
 Target of Rs.1,01,000 crore tax during 2023-24.
Excise
 20% increase in Additional Excise duty on all
18 declared slabs of liquor and 10% increase for
beer.
 Target of Rs. 36,000 crore revenue during
2023-24.

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Stamps and Registration
 Revision of guidance value of all immovable
properties.
 Target to generate Rs. 25,000 crore revenue during
2023-24.
Transport
 Measures to amend and simplify Motor Vehicles
Taxation Act.
 Target to generate Rs. 11,500 crore revenue during
2023-24.
Mines and Geology
 Target to generate Rs. 9,000 crore revenue during
2023-24.

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