For encouraging innovations and start-up culture in agriculture, horticulture and animal husbandry, the State Cabinet on Thursdaydecided to sanction ₹15 crore to establish a centre for excellence in agri innovations at the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) at Hebbal in Bengaluru.
The NCBS is located on the campus of the University of Agricultural Sciences.
Briefing on the Cabinet decisions, RDPR and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Krishna Byre Gowda said that the new centre would promote new innovations in the farm and allied sectors in the State.
The previous Congress government had encouraged the start-up culture in the farm sector by sanctioning ₹10 crore, Mr. Gowda said.
It was decided to upgrade government hospitals attached to medical colleges in Gadag (₹114 crore), Koppal (₹112 crore), Chamarajanagar (₹113 crore), and Mysuru (₹134 crore).
Following lack of transparency in the appointment of teachers in schools run by trusts of temples administered by the Muzrai Department, the Cabinet approved a new set of rules to be followed by them while appointing teachers.
Teachers were not appointed on merit basis and no reservation rules were followed in their appointments till now, he said.
These schools were run by utilising temples funds. The new rules would be included under the Karnataka Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowments (Amendment) Act, he added.
