Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Sunday said that the government had a slew of programmes for the comprehensive development of the region planned which would help the poor.
Addressing the JD(S) workers at a meeting in the city, Mr. Kumaraswamy said that the government had decided to provide concessions to industrialists to invest in Chamarajanagar district which would help create jobs for the local youth. “We are working out some concessions for potential investors who want to establish garment units and textile mills in the region,” said the Chief Minister.
Similarly, the government will resolve the issues plaguing the Falcon Factory in Mysuru and revive it to benefit nearly 2,500 families who have been left in the lurch, he added. A meeting has been convened on January 22 to thrash out a solution, the CM said.
District in-charge Minister G.T. Deve Gowda and Tourism Minister S.R. Mahesh were directed to create a registry of roadside vendors in Mysuru to extend to financial assistance to them. “We have introduced a scheme to benefit the landless poor in the urban areas including roadside vendors who can avail interest-free loan upto ₹10,000. Not less than 15,000 families in Mysuru city alonewill benefit from the Badavara Bandhu programme,” he said.
He said women self help groups were being provided ₹10 lakh loans of which ₹5 lakh was interest-free and a nominal interest of 4% was being levied on the remaining amount. This had helped shore up the SHGs whose merchandise and products were being marketed by the government.
