Hubli: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said he will accord more priority to agriculture while presenting the Budget next month.
Addressing reporters during a felicitation programme at Kaginele in Haveri district on Sunday, the CM said the focus will be on ensuring a scientific price for farm produce. Measures will be taken to ensure adequate supply of seeds and fertilizer following a good monsoon this year.
Declining to present a separate Budget for agriculture, Mr Siddaramaiah targeted the BJP government, claiming it was misleading people without evolving programmes to redress farmers’ problems.
Accusing the previous government of failing to bring out the facts with regard to the death of two farmers in police firing in Haveri in 2008, he said the government will take necessary measures based on the report submitted by Justice Jagannath Shetty Commission on the incident.
“We will have programmes in the Budget that will benefit farmers. The onus will be on officials in case of an anomaly in the distribution of seeds and fertilizers”, the CM warned.
He revealed that the government was planning to constitute a Lake Development Authority with special focus on the development of lakes and said measures would be initiated to improve catchment areas and clear lake encroachments.
Lambasting former PWD minister C.M. Udasi, the CM said B.S. Yeddyurappa’s aide had failed to give a suitable reply during the Assembly session on the corruption scandals in the PWD department.
He said the state government will implement the recommendations made by the legislature committee which had probed the PWD graft charges in various places including Magadi, Nelamangala and Ramanagara.
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