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 Highlights of Karnataka Budget - 2008
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State Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa, who is also the Finance Minister presented the state budget. The budget is termed as farmer pro by the Chief Minister.
- Agricultural loan at 3 percent interest
- 700 crore for Metro rail projects
- Senior Citizen to get RS 25 off on monthly bus pass
- High speed rail to BIA
- 136 crore for Hubli-Dharwad transportation
- 950 crore for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
- 1800 crore for Bangalore’s improvement
- 37 ITI institutes to be upgraded
- Cyber centers at grampanchayat level
- Free Electricity for farmers from Aug 2008, 2050 crore sanctioned
- 5 crore for Rajkumar memorial
- 30crore for the improvement of Basava Kalyan
- Retirement age for state government employees rises to 60
- 136 crore for drinking water scheme in Hubli-Dharwad
- New railway lanes from Gulbarga-Bidhar
- Licence given to set up 1000 liquor shops across the state
- Hubli to have international airport
- Four corridors to come up: Bnaglore-Hubli-Balgam, Tumkur-Shimoga-Honnavar ,Chitradurga Udupi-Mangalore and Bidar-Chithradurga-Bangalore
- 40 multilevel parking centers in Bangalore
- 20 crore for viswa kannada sammelan in Belgaum
- BBMP to get 300 crore Multi specialty hospitals in INDIRA Nagar
- Bangalore to have a Bio-IT park
- KSRTC to get 3200 new buses
- Vidhana Soudhas to be directly linked to Taluk offices
- 36 crore Kims Hospital in Hubli
- Emergency ambulance service in rural areas
- Higher education loan at 6 pc interest
- 3000 crore for peripheral ring raod
- 60,000 houses to be built in BDA lay out, Kempe Gowda Nagar
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