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The Hindu Bureau
In a bid to bring unit connected the Centre to money long-pending projects successful North Karnataka region, the Congress authorities moved 5 resolutions, which were adopted by the Legislative Assembly connected Thursday.
Establish AIIMS
Pointing retired the long-pending request of radical successful Raichur seeking constitution of All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), the resolution, citing earlier communications by the Chief Minister, urged the Centre to found AIIMS successful Raichur immediately.
In different resolution, Karnataka has urged the Centre to displacement astatine slightest 25 of the 73 Centrally-administered and important probe institutions present located successful regions astir Bengaluru and Mysuru to North Karnataka and Kalyana Karnataka regions successful phases to guarantee balanced development.
The resolutions were moved by the Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H.K. Patil.
On KK, ethanol quota
Another solution adopted urged the Centre to merchandise ₹5,000 crore arsenic matching assistance to Kalyana Karnataka portion connected the lines of the Vidharba improvement model, arsenic it is 1 of backward regions successful the State.
The State government, which precocious came nether unit from sugarcane growers implicit the terms for cane, besides moved a solution urging the Centre to allocate ethanol accumulation arsenic per the ethanol producing capableness successful the State and support the interests of farmers. The allocation should beryllium connected the lines of those fixed to Gujarat, Haryana and Bihar, it said.
In the irrigation sector, 2 resolutions connected Upper Krishna Project and Mahadayi task were adopted. They urged the Centre to state to Upper Krishna Project -3 arsenic a nationalist task and merchandise funds too notifying the Krishna Water Dispute Tribunal -II grant successful the gazette that volition let utilisation of 173 tmcft of h2o allocated by the tribunal.
Kalasa-Banduri project
The legislature besides adopted a solution urging the Centre to supply wood and biology clearance to Kalasa-Banduri canal task to utilise 3.9 tmcft of h2o for drinking h2o intent arsenic per the Mahadayi tribunal award. Though determination is nary tribunal stay, the legally bound task is being obstructed, and the Centre has not fixed permission, the solution said.
Taking objection to the prime of words arsenic “discrimination by the Centre,” Leader of the Opposition R. Ashok said, “We are not opposed to immoderate of the resolutions. But person you shifted immoderate departments to Suvarna Soudha, which is present empty? What person you done earlier urging Centre to displacement its institutions?”
Reservation nether Schedule IX
The Karnataka Legislative Assembly unanimously resolved to impulse the Centre to see preservation successful Karnataka provided to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and backward classes that has exceeded 50% nether Schedule IX of the Constitution.
The provisions of The Karnataka Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes (Reservation of Appointment), Act, 1990, and The Karnataka Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Reservation of Seats successful Educational Institutions and Appointments of Posts and Services nether the State) Act, 2022, rules and regulations that person been formed should beryllium inserted successful Schedule IX, said the resolution. Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H.K. Patil said, “It is imperative to support societal justice.”
While the Supreme Court has capped the preservation astatine 50% successful its landmark judgement successful Indira Sawhney case, full preservation has gone up to 56% successful Karnataka. While 32% has been provided for backward classes, 17 % and 7 % person been provided to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes respectively.
