Good News! Free education for Girl college students in Karnataka

This great initiative by the state government will come into effect from this academic year.

This scheme is expected to benefit 3.7 lakh girls in the state which would cost Rs 95 crore to the state exchequer annually. (AFP)

New Delhi: The Karnataka government has decided to bear the education expenses of girl students pursuing pre-university, graduation and post-graduate courses in colleges run by it. This great initiative by the state government will come into effect from this academic year. As per the report by PTI, the state cabinet approved the decision on Wednesday. Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Krishna Byregowda told reporters in Bengaluru that the government would bear the college fees of 3.7 lakh girls. This scheme is expected to benefit 3.7 lakh girls in the state which would cost Rs 95 crore to the state exchequer annually. Besides, the cabinet also gave its consent to a tourism promotion policy that would encourage films to be shot in tourist destinations in the state. The tourism department would pay an honorarium ranging from Rs one crore to Rs 2.5 crore depending upon the scale of the film project. Among others, the cabinet approved simplifying the procedure for change of land use from agriculture to residential and other purposes, revival of ailing sugar factory in Bidar and modernisation of Ghataprabha Left Bank Canal at an expenditure of Rs 573 crore. It also approved and revision of allowances for employees as recommended in the sixth pay commission, which would incur an annual additional expenditure of Rs 400 crore.