Amidst protests and demands by various communities for reservations along with the constitution of development boards and allocation of funds, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Monday announced allocation of funds for different communities. As per the budget allocation for financial year 2021-22, Rs 500 crore will be allocated for the Veerashaiva Lingayat community board of which Rs 100 crore has already been released.
A new board will be established for the development of Vokkaliga community with an outlay of Rs 500 crore.
Several programmes will also be undertaken by the Brahmin development board with an allocation of Rs 50 crore. The government has allocated Rs 1,500 crore for the upliftment of minorities.
Rs 200 crore has also been allocated for the Christian community for programmes including renovation and repair of churches, building of community halls, assistance to orphanages and old age homes.
In the year 2020-21, the government had issued an order to start English medium in 400 government Urdu schools along with Urdu medium which will be started in the current year.
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