Funds released for pensions; Chief Minister promises revival of Mysore varsity

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Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. | Photo Credit: File photo

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said helium volition wage peculiar attraction to restoring the mislaid glory of the century-old University of Mysore (UoM).

“I studied astatine this university. I volition analyse its problems and enactment towards a imperishable solution,” helium said portion addressing a relation organised to felicitate K. Shivakumar, Congress MLC, astatine the Senate Bhavan successful Manasagangothri connected January 6.

Holding successive Vice-Chancellors liable for the fiscal situation faced by universities, Mr. Siddaramaiah said the State authorities has released funds to wage pensions to retired employees of UoM, which had been struggling to merchandise pension payments.

The Chief Minister said the employees had met him and submitted a practice seeking involution successful the pension issue. “The concern had reached a signifier wherever the assemblage had nary funds to wage pensions,” helium said.

Mr. Siddaramaiah responded to the contented aft elder writer Krishnaprasad drew his attraction to the university’s authorities of affairs and sought his contiguous intervention, citing that the Chief Minister himself is an alumnus of the institution.

He besides announced that a committee headed by Social Welfare Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa had been constituted to capable backlog vacancies.

Hitting retired astatine the NDA authorities astatine the Centre, Mr. Siddaramaiah alleged that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) authorities had resulted successful a nonaccomplishment of astir ₹6,000 crore to the State. He besides said that the backing signifier nether the MGNREGA strategy (now VB-G RAM G Act) had been altered abruptly from afloat Central backing to a 60:40 Centre-State ratio, resulting successful an further fiscal load of astir ₹2,500 crore connected the State government.

Published - January 06, 2026 07:21 p.m. IST

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