Mines & Geology Minister Achar Halappa Basappa told the Karnataka Assembly on Friday that the government is unable to utilise about Rs 19,000 crore funds meant for development of mining-ravaged districts, as the Supreme Court had not yet approved implementation of Comprehensive Environment Plan for Mining Impact Zone (CEPMIZ).
BJP ministers from north Karnataka were being given plum posts. Newly inducted loyal party leaders were also awarded creme posts. The party gifted Araga Jnanendra with the Home Department, which surprised all.
Four days after 29 ministers took oath Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday allocated cabinet portfolios. Bommai retained DPAR, Finance, and Intelligence from Home, Cabinet Affairs, Bengaluru Development and all unallotted .
In order to send a message to party workers across the state and take the cabinet out of the shadow of former chief minister B.S. Yediyurappa, the Karnataka BJP unit has awarded important portfolios to new faces inducted on the insistence of .
Uniindia: Bengaluru, Aug 6 (UNI) Karnataka Governor Thawarchand Gehlot on Saturday announced the list of the portfolios allocated to the new ministers with Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai keeping Finance and Bengaluru Development instead of Water Resources which he had held previously.