Rs 400 cr Naval establishment near Bangalore on the anvil

The Cabinet decided to convene the Winter Session of Karnataka Legislature from November 25 to December 6 at Suvarna Vidhana Soudha in the northern district headquarters town of Belgaum, as is customary in recent years.

Udupi Power Corporation was allowed to import 1.5 million tonnes of coal for its 1,200 MW project till December next year, Jayachandra said.

The commission of fair price shops has been raised from Rs 31 to Rs 36 per quintal of ration such as rice, wheat and sugar, the Minister said.

Gram Panchayats would get common service centres which would be taken up as mission mode projects under PPP model, as per another cabinet decision, he added.