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The Karnataka Government is gearing up to embrace e-governance in all its departments. As a first step, it plans to compulsorily train all government employees to be computer literate.
Briefing reporters after the Cabinet meet, Mr S. Suresh Kumar, Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs, Justice and Municipal Administration, said “Making employees computer literate is a mammoth task for us. The Government is planning to implement it by offering promotions and annual increments. Also we plan to offer Rs 5,000 annual incentive to those who learn the skill.”
Roadmap
Spelling out the roadmap to cover the entire government employees spread across various departments, Mr Suresh Kumar said employees recruited directly to the departments shall have to pass an examination to prove that they have acquired working knowledge of computers within three months of joining the service.
Those already in service, but crossed 50 years of age, have been exempted from this exercise.
For those already working but less than 50 years, three-year limit has been fixed to be computer literate.
Those failing to qualify the exam to certify on computer skill learning within three years will be denied promotion and if they fail to get the qualification on completion of fourth year, they will loose their annual increment.
This compulsory training has been exempted for employees working as teachers in primary school, police constables, nurses, drivers, forest watchers, excise guards, women and men working as health assistants and group “D” employees.
Eagleton Golf Village
The Government has decided to fix market rate for the 71 acres encroached by Chamundeshwari Build Tech, promoters of Eagleton Golf Village in Bidadi. “This has been done as per the Supreme Court observation to fix a market rate to settle the case,” said Mr Suresh Kumar.
Other Cabinet decisions
Approval to KSRTC, without State Government guarantee, to buy 1000 buses with an initial amount of 78 crore.
Plan to build convention centre, park and a hospital on the Beggars Colony on Magadi Road has been withdrawn.
Widening of Bangalore-Bantwal State Highway Number 88 at a cost of Rs 538 crore and a ring road for Hospet town in Bellary sanctioned.
The cost of the road is estimated to be Rs 9 crore.
Land required for CISF to raise a battalion approved at Nelamangala. CISF is planning to invest Rs 100 crore to build a centre.
An amount of Rs 27.5 crore has already been spent to buy the land.
Farmers' cases
The State Government has decided to withdraw cases against farmers between 2004 and 2011 in seven districts (Hubli-Dharwad, Davangere, Mandya, Bangalore, Raichur, Bagalkot and Shimoga). It is likely to settle 29 cases comprising over 200 farmers.
KHB's Rs 22 crore plan to take up multi-storey project consisting of 72 units, ground plus four floors, has been approved at Vijayanagar. The project also includes shopping and office complexes.
To house the Information Commission office at a cost of Rs 17 crore, administrative sanction was given to take up construction at a place between KPSC office and government's multi-storey building.
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