KARNATAKA

Karnataka Rajyotsava Awards 2022

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The Karnataka Government won’t accept applications for Rajyotsava Awards from 2023. Instead, a panel is to be found to settle on the eligible candidates.

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The government is following in the footsteps of the central government. The central government chooses the Padma awardees by itself.

No applications are received from the candidates. The award is additionally called Rajyotsava Prahasti.

It’s the second-highest civilian award within the state presented on November 1. The award carries one lakh rupees and a trophy (20 grams).

Between 1966 and 1972, it had been called the Mysore State Award.

The awards are presented to distinguished individuals in drugs, Sports, science, arts, , Education, public affairs, welfare work.

15-17 years: 25% of target population in Karnataka inoculated

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The government said nearly 25% of its target Population of teenagers in the 15-17 years age group have been inoculated with the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.

The target population for the vaccination drive, is an estimated 31.7 lakh children, most of whom are school students.

Data from the state Health department showed just under eight lakh children were administered the first dose as on Tuesday evening.

The highest Percentage of doses administered was recorded in Chamarajanagar district with 42% (19,322 out of 45,474 children) and the lowest coverage was reported in Gadag district, where only 10% (5,578 out of 55,880) took the shot.

The other top districts in terms of percentage coverage are Uttar Kannada (40%), Bagalkot (40%), Belagavi (36%) and Ballari (36%). Shivamogga (17%), Kalaburagi (16%), Ramanagara (16%) are at the bottom of the table. While Bangalore Urban has vaccinated 25% of its target population (14,800 out of 60,065), Bangalore Rural has reached 20% (9,869 out of 48,865).

Last year, thetourism departmenthad added many tourist spots to the list of go-to destinations in district, taking their number to 33. The additions included temples, hill stations, particularly trekking destinations with viewpoints, waterfalls and parks.According to sources in district tourist department, the newly added hill stations are in Sakleshpur: Maragunda, Pandavara Betta, Mooru Kannu Gudda, Jenukal Gudda and Patla Betta.

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Mookanamanewaterfalls in Sakleshpur, which has made it to list, is around 32km from the taluk centre and 8km from Bisle Ghat. The other attraction, Abbi falls (Magajahalli falls), is 18km from the taluk centre.

Karnataka launches ‘ICU on Wheels’ and ‘Oxygen on Wheels’

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Coming to the rescue of Covid-19 patients in remote areas, theKarnataka State Road Transport Corporationon Wednesday launched two projects — ‘ICU onWheels’ and ‘Oxygen on Wheels’.
These buses comprise oxygen system, patient monitor such as BP, oxygen amount,ECG, temperature, ventilator, emergency medicine system and Generator system.

According to him, more than 12 oxygen supply buses are already being operated by fourKarnatakaState Road Transport Corporations.

These 12 buses are from Chitradurga, Chikkaballapur, Chilakamoor in Kalaburagi, Belagavi and Bengaluru.

More genome sequencing labs to come up in Karnataka

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In a bid to check the spread of Covid-19, especiallyOmicron, the variant of concern, the is planning to increase the number of genome sequencing labs across the state.
Chief minister BasavarajBommai said he has spoken to Health department officials about stepping up Infrastructure for sequencing. He said the authorities are conducting genome sequencing of every case reported in the state. The health department has commenced work to increase the numbers of such labs to tide over the anticipated crisis, he added.

Karnataka govt to merge all road transport corporations

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Despite a recommendation to the contrary, the has decided to merge all four state-run road transport corporations to plug operational losses and increase efficiency.

KarnatakaState Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) Staff and Workers Federation, for years, has been demanding a merger with Bangalore Metro Transport Corporation (BMTC), North Western Karnataka RTC (NWKRTC) and Kalyana Karnataka RTC (KKRTC).

It was even one of the demands made to the MR Srinivasa Murthy committee which was set up by the government in November 2021 to recommend measures to restructure and revive ailing RTCs. However, the one-man committee reportedly rejected the merger demand.

Karnataka: Ballari will continue to hold financial powers over Vijayanagara till 2023-24

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Despite having been carved out ofBallaridistrict,Vijayanagarawill continue to function in association with its parent district for the next three years, as the on Monday decided that funds allocated for undivided Ballari district will be persisted with.
Taking stock of the new district formation, chief ministerBasavaraj Bommaiappears to have taken a decision to persist with the action plan which was already in place for undivided Ballari till 2023-24 fiscal as any changes to the development plan would have an adverse impact on both the districts.

CM Bommai said he will be asking the housing department to provide land of 83 acres for the new offices to be constructed and asked the officials to not waste land.
With regard to personnel, Bommai has asked the officials to partially draw the Services from Ballari district and the rest to be started afresh.

The government has also decided to allocate funds for the new Infrastructure in two phases.

The number of real estate brokers in the state could run into several thousands.Yet, almost five years afterReal Estate Regulation and Development Act, 2016 was enforced, only about 2,787 such agents have registered underKarnataka Real Estate Regulatory Authority(K-RERA).

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The Act not only makes it compulsory for agents to register, but also binds them to deal with onlyRERA-registered properties.

The reasons for poor registration range from lack of awareness about the mandatory requirement to the fear of being held accountable. But one of the major reasons why many leading brokers are not coming forward, according to some realtors, is because of an unscientific licensing system.