Growth, in challenging times
Updated:
March 13, 2021 06:43 IST
Updated:
March 13, 2021 06:43 IST
The recently presented State Budget promises to bring buoyancy to the residential market, improve connectivity, and promote industrial townships. By Shrinivas Rao
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The recently presented State Budget promises to bring buoyancy to the residential market, improve connectivity, and promote industrial townships. By Shrinivas Rao
The State Budget for 2020-21 has been the cynosure of all eyes, given the current state of affairs in the economy following the COVID-19 crisis. There were conjectures on how the government planned to provide relief in such challenging times. The Union Budget had given fair consideration to Karnataka during this fiscal, announcing the inclusion of several major cities of the State as beneficiaries of the Jal Jeevan Mission (Urban) as well as being identified for the AMRUT project. The Union Budget’s biggest benefaction was the augmentation of urban mobility in Karnataka, with funding announced for Bengaluru Metro Phase 2A and 2B projects and appending the Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway under the flagship projects schemes.