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The Revenue Department has brought successful galore reforms, including bringing down the pendency of cases earlier the gross officials for the payment of the public, said Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda.
In a property league aft hoisting the nationalist emblem to people the Karnataka Rajyotsava celebrations successful Hassan connected Saturday, Mr. Byre Gowda said that arsenic per rule, the tahsildars had to wide the cases that came earlier them wrong 90 days. However, erstwhile helium took implicit the section 2 and a fractional years ago, the fig of cases pending earlier the tahsildars beyond 90 days, was 10,774. Due to accordant efforts, the pendency beyond 90 days had been reduced to 696, thereby clearing much than 94% of pending cases.
Similarly, Assistant Commissioners had to wide cases wrong six months. The fig of cases pending earlier them for much than a twelvemonth was 59,339. Following the efforts by the department, the fig had been reduced 12,633, which amounted to clearing 80% of cases. Of the pending cases, 32,737 had been pending for much than 5 years. Some cases had been pending for 10 to 12 years. “Now, the fig of cases pending beyond 5 years has been reduced to 4,030,” the Minister said.
The State authorities had appointed Special Assistant Commissioners to wide the pendency of cases. In Hassan territory alone, determination were 906 cases pending astatine the courts of Assistant Commissioners. The fig had been reduced to 112. Similarly, determination were 732 cases pending earlier the Deputy Commissioner successful Hassan and the fig had been brought down to 194. “The clearance of pendency and aboriginal disposal saves a batch of expenses for the public,” Mr. Byre Gowda stated.
Crop loss
Mr. Byre Gowda said that successful the kharif season, the mean rainfall successful the State was somewhat supra normal. However, owed to dense downpour wrong a abbreviated period, damages occurred successful definite parts; the section had collected the details of the harvest nonaccomplishment and harm caused to nationalist structures, helium added.
According to reports, 18.5 lakh farmers suffered harvest nonaccomplishment and crops grown successful 14.5 lakh hectares had been damaged. The State authorities had begun the process of distributing alleviation to the farmers and arsenic per the State Disaster Response Fund norms, the State had to administer a compensation of ₹1,550 crore, the Minister said. However, the authorities decided to administer an further ₹1,248 crore, helium added. “In total, we are distributing ₹2,798 crore. The magnitude is being credited to farmers’ accounts directly. Within a week oregon 10 days, the farmers would get the amount,” Mr. Byre Gowda assured.
“The rains damaged not lone the crops, but besides basal infrastructure, nationalist buildings, and roads. The authorities assessed the worth of the harm caused astatine ₹3,450 crore. As per National Disaster Response Force norms, the Centre had to springiness ₹1,545 crore to rebuild the structures damaged. It is the work of the Centre to merchandise the amount. We person prepared a memorandum to question the funds. We volition taxable the request. Karnataka ranks archetypal among the States successful per capita taxation payments. Last time, erstwhile the Centre did not springiness compensation astatine the clip of drought, we moved the Supreme Court and got the funds,” helium elaborated.
Lok Sabha subordinate Shreyas M. Patel, Deputy Commissioner K.S. Lathakumari, Superintendent of Police Mohammed Sujeetha, Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer B.R. Poornima, and others were present.
