From Out Special Correspondent
Daijiworld Media Network
Bengaluru, Sep 21: In a welcome decision for the House Surgeons or MBBS Interns, Post-Graduate (MD/MS/Diploma) Residents and Super-Speciality Resident Doctors working in hospitals attached to autonomous medical colleges in Karnataka will get a hefty hike of Rs 5,000 each in their monthly stipend payments.
The decision on enhancing the monthly stipends of different categories of house surgeons was taken at a meeting of the State Cabinet on Monday.
Briefing reporters after the State Cabinet meeting, Karnataka’s Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister T B Jayachandra said the increase in stipend would cost the State exchequer Rs 26.44 crore
The new stipend would come into effect soon after the issue of a Government order, the minister said.
The monthly stipend is being raised from Rs. 15,000 to Rs. 20,000 for House Surgeons, Rs. 25,000 to Rs. 40,000 for PG/MD/MS/Diploma students and Rs. 30,000 to Rs. 50,000 for super-speciality doctors.
It may be recalled that the House Surgeons and doctors working in hospitals attached to autonomous colleges went on strike recently demanding a higher stipend.
Concessions to Textile Sector:
With a view to attract more investment in the textile sector, the State Cabinet has decided to extend concessions to investors up to Rs 1000 crore investment, Jayachandra said.
Different types of concessions, including tax cuts, were given to investors for investment up to Rs 100 crore earlier.
The State had received investment as envisaged in the textile policy for 2013-18.
The policy was expected to attract Rs 10,000 crore investment for providing five lakh jobs.
Moreover, he said Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra received more investment and the State was forced to extend higher and better concessions.
More investment in the labour-intensive textile sector would help the State Government to set up Textile Parks in Ballari and Chamarajangar districts, he said.
Administrative approval was given to establish Aerospace Common Finishing Facility Centre in Aerospace Park in Bengaluru at a cost of Rs 47.37 crore.
High-Voltage Transmission Lines to HAL Unit:
The State Cabinet has decided to grant Rs 60 crore for providing high-voltage transmission lines to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for its helicopter manufacturing facility.
The minister said the HAL plant would come up on 610 acres at Gubbi in Tumakuru district.
HAL has proposed to invest Rs 4,000 crore and provide employment to 3,000 people.
The Central public sector undertaking has an estimated manufacturing capacity of 50 helicopters in a financial year, the minister said.
It may recalled that HAL had threatened to go to Goa if the State Government failed to provide the cost of high voltage transmission lines (10.14 km of 220 KV and 9.92 km of 110 KV), Jayachandra said.