Coastal business development summit ends on positive note

January 5, 2012

Mangalore, January 5: The curtains came down on the two-day Coastal Business Development Summit organised by State government and the Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI) giving rise to the hope of rapid development of coastal districts of Karnataka and creation of job opportunity in this part.

Speaking at the valedictory ceremony of the Summit held at T V Ramana Pai Convention Centre here on Thursday, Union Minister of State for Corporate Affairs M Veerappa Moily said progress in coastal Karnataka must be apolitical.

He said that when new industries come up the locals must get jobs on priority basis.

Stating that coastal region is usually the centre of industrialisation, he said that the environment of the region should not be spoilt in the name of development.

MLC Capt Ganesh Karnik said the B2B sector generates at least 400 crores. The state government has decided to sanction Rs 145 crores for hospitality, Rs 113 crores for sea food, Rs 41.5 crores for pharmaceuticals, Rs 37 crores for agriculture, Rs 15 crores for Ice plants and Rs 21 crores for Plywood, he said.

He said that the Summit focussed on various sectors in the district like education, fisheries and agriculture.

Dr G V Joshi, Professor of Economics, Justice K S Hegde Institute of Management, NITTE, said that Coastal Karnataka's highest revenue generation is through education and the concept of edupreneurs must take importance in the district. “The quality of education must be improved even though it is already quite good,” he added.

Speaking about the fisheries sector Dr Ramachandra Bhat, Professor and Head, College of Fisheries, said even though it was important to modernise fishing in the district it must not be at the cost of environment pollution. There must be a balance of modernism and ecological awareness so that there is all round synergy, he said.

FKCCI president J R Bangera, President of Small Scale Industries Association Jayaraj Pai, MLA Yogish Bhat, MLC Capt Ganesh Karnik, President of Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry Latha R Kini, Coastal Development Authority Chairman B Nagaraj Shetty were also present on the occasion.

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BJP indeed lured 50 Cong MLAs with Rs 50 crore each: DKS backs Karnataka CM claim

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November 14,2024

Bengaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Thursday backed Chief Minister Siddaramaiah over his claim that the BJP had offered Rs 50 crore each to 50 Congress MLAs in an attempt to "topple" the state government.

Addressing reporters here, Shivakumar, also the Congress state president, said, “The BJP indeed lured 50 Congress MLAs with Rs 50 crore each.”

He defended Siddaramaiah’s statement and said the Congress MLAs were briefed about the BJP’s alleged 'Operation Lotus', a term used to describe the BJP's attempts to destabilise ruling governments through horse-trading.

“Some of our MLAs informed the Chief Minister about this matter, and he, in turn, shared it with the media,” Shivakumar said.

At an event in Mysuru, Siddaramaiah reiterated the claim that "none of the Congress MLAs had accepted the offer".

He also accused the BJP of filing false cases against him in a bid to "remove him and overthrow his government".

The BJP has yet to respond to the allegations.

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Waqf land: Karnataka govt warns action against officials issuing eviction notice to farmers

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November 10,2024

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has warned that disciplinary action will be taken against those officials who change the land mutation records and serve eviction notices to farmers under the Waqf Act.

In a letter, the Revenue Department Principal Secretary Rajender Kumar Kataria reminded all regional commissioners and deputy commissioners in the districts that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah recently had a meeting following complaints about certain land properties being made in favour of the Karnataka Board of Waqfs.

In the meeting it was decided that all the directions issued previously by any government office or authority to change the mutation records has been withdrawn, the letter said.

It added that all the notices served in the past have also been withdrawn and no action should be taken against the farmers who are cultivating on the said land.

On the directions of the chief minister, the previous letters and the latest reminders served on November 7 to the farmers and land owners have been withdraw, the letter said.

"The officials who served reminder-2 despite the chief minister's direction will face appropriate disciplinary action," Kataria said in his letter.

He said he has been instructed to strictly implement the chief minister's direction.

The fresh direction was issued in poll-bound Karnataka, where bypolls to three crucial assembly segments are due on November 13.

Some farmers in Honwad village in Vijayapura in north Karnataka had alleged last month that they were served eviction notices as the Waqf Board claimed rights over it.

Subsequently, complaints started in pouring in from some other parts of the state.

BJP leader Tejasvi Surya on October 25 alleged that Karnataka Waqf Minister B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan directed the deputy commissioners and revenue officials to register lands in favour of the Waqf Board within 15 days, which resulted in confusion.

On Surya's request, the Chairman of the Joint Committee of Parliament on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, Jagdambika Pal visited Karnataka on November 7 and met farmers in Hubballi, Vijayapura and Belagavi districts who had alleged that their lands were marked as Waqf properties.

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