Bengaluru: For eradication of untouchability, incentive amount will be increased from existing Rs.2 lakh to Rs.3 lakh for a scheduled caste boy marrying a girl from another caste and from existing Rs.3 lakh to Rs.5 lakh for a scheduled caste girl marrying a boy from another caste. In the same model incentive of Rs.5 lakh and Rs.3 lakh will be given for the marriage of female and male children of Devadasis.
“To encourage SC/ST Hostel / Residential school students to secure admission in National-level Medical / Technical education institutions, special pre-examination coaching will be provided to 100 boys and 100 girls in Bengaluru who have secured first class and above in SSLC examination,’’ the chief minister said.
For empowerment of 680 manual scavengers identified in rural and urban areas loan and subsidy will be given on priority for land purchase and under Ganga Kalyana scheme.
“As per existing provision of nominating members to Urban Local Bodies, a person from pourakarmika community will be nominated as a member in BBMP / Corporations / City Municipal Council /Town Municipal Councils,’’ he said.
Farm equipments and irrigation facility will be provided to forest dependent Adivasis to develop the land sanctioned under the Forest Rights Act. Cultivation of coffee plantation will be encouraged in land sanctioned under Forest Rights Act to Soliga, Jenu Kuruba and other tribes living in forest / forest border areas.
“Sri Maharshi Valmiki Study and Research Institute will be established at Devanahalli of Bengaluru Rural District. Memorials will be constructed at an expenditure of Rs.1 crore each in the name of veteran political leaders Sri Mallikarjunaswamy, Sri K. Prabhakar and Sri K.H. Ranganath. Special grants will be provided for educational and economic development of nomadic / semi-nomadic/micro communities like dakkaliga, sudugadusidda identified in scheduled caste/scheduled tribe. Limit prescribed for SC/ST contractors for the contract works will be enhanced from Rs.50 lakh to Rs.1 crore under the KTPP Act,’’ he said.
The Budget proposes to a memorial at Hampi in memory of revered guru Mathanga Maharshi at a cost of Rs.1 crore and a building by name “Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Spoorthi Bhavana” at a cost of Rs.25 crore near Vikasa Soudha for Social Welfare Department.
“Loans availed by all BPL families remaining unpaid will be waived off by Karnataka Khadi Board – a body of the State Government to encourage SC/ST people to become entrepreneurs, training will be imparted by Commerce and Industry Department by establishing EDP Training/Information Center,’’ he said.
In 2012-13, the diet charge for Ashrama School pre-matric and post matric students was Rs.600, Rs.750
and Rs.850 per month respectively. During 2018-19 this amount will be increased to Rs.1,300, Rs.1,500 and Rs.1,600 respectively.
“Rs.300 crore will be provided for the comprehensive development of Soliga, Jenukuruba, Kadukuruba, Iruliga, Koraga, Erava, Hasalaru, Hakkipikki, Siddhi and other Adivasi communities. Rs.1 crore will be provided for the construction of Adivasi Samudaya Bhavana in Hunasur and H.D. Kote. For comprehensive development of the Bhovi community, Bhovi Development Corporation has been started. On the same lines, for the comprehensive development of the Banjara community, Gangakalyana and self-employment and other schemes will be implemented by the Karnataka Thanda Development Corporation. In 2018-19, various schemes will be taken up at a total expenditure of Rs. 6,528 crore in Social Welfare,’’ he said.
To develop secular and competitive spirit among college students, the State Budget proposes to reserve 25% of seats for Backward Classes & Minority Students in SC/ST Post-matric Hostels.
“As the agricultural land cost is increasing in and around Bangalore, the unit cost under Land Purchase Scheme will be enhanced from Rs.15 lakh to Rs.20 lakh in Bangalore Urban, Bangalore Rural, Chikkaballapura and Ramanagar Districts,’’ he said.
To empower landless Devadasis identified by Women and Child Development Department, priority would be given in sanctioning loan and subsidy under Land Purchase and Ganga Kalyana schemes.
“To make SC/ST Co-operative societies economically strong it is proposed to give subsidy in the form of share capital. For 100 such eligible societies 50% of share capital paid by the members or a maximum of Rs.10 lakh will be given. This scheme will be taken up at an expenditure of Rs.5 crore,’’ he said.
The budget proposes one-time financial assistance to enhance from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 2 lakh to students who are admitted in National Institutions such as IIT / IIM / IISc / NIT etc.
