KCCI submits pre-Budget suggestions to CM

The Karnatak Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), Hubballi, submitted a database of suggestions to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah during the preliminary Budget consultations for the 2026-27 State Budget successful Bengaluru connected Monday.

Submitting the suggestions to the Chief Minister, KCCI president G.K. Adappagowda urged the State authorities to absorption connected the holistic improvement of North Karnataka with absorption connected the duplicate cities.

He presented proposals to beforehand commercialized and commerce, seeking enactment from the State authorities for pending large railway projects and introducing reforms related to APMC markets.

He besides sought the constitution of a manufacturing metropolis connected the lines of Bengaluru’s Electronic City, a peculiar tourism improvement bundle for North Karnataka and made argumentation suggestions related to GST.

KCCI vice-presidents S.G. Kammar and Veeranna Kallur, honorary caput Uday Revankar and associated honorary caput Prakash Sringeri took portion successful the meeting

The suggestions

KCCI has sought ₹5 crore grants to organise an concern exhibition, INCOMEX-2026, successful the twin-city region. It urged the State authorities to expedite the onshore acquisition process for pending railway projects, including the Dharwad-Belagavi, Gadag-Yalavigi, Davangere-Tumakuru and Hubballi-Ankola lines, and to survey a caller enactment from Annigeri to Yallammanagar.

KCCI has besides sought a ₹500-crore bundle to make the Amargol APMC Yard and requested reforms specified arsenic abolition of Form-35B, installation of Wi-Fi and CCTV, simplified e-property procedures and amended facilities for farmers.

It called for a peculiar concern bundle and an effectual “Beyond Bengaluru” strategy to beforehand industries crossed North Karnataka.

To promote entrepreneurship, it sought improvement of concern plots astatine Itigatti and Gamanagatti, improved infrastructure and taxation alleviation successful concern estates and reduced onshore prices successful the Mammigatti cluster.

The Chamber besides demanded consultation earlier fixing minimum wages nether the caller labour code, simplification of stamp work connected concern loans and improvement of Bagalkot arsenic a tourism hub on with support of the projected ₹632-crore Bagalkot Mega Market project.