Yediyurappa to present K’taka Budget on Monday

Bengaluru, March 7 : Amid the Covid pandemic and its year-long fallout, Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa is set to present the state Budget for ensuing fiscal year 2021-22 in the Assembly on Monday, an official said on Sunday.
“Yediyurappa will present the Budget for 2021-22 on Monday afternoon as he also holds the finance portfolio. It will be the 8th time he presents the Budget and third during his present term as chief minister since July 2019,” a state finance department official told IANS.
Since Yediyurappa took over the reins of the southern state as Chief Minister for the fourth time on July 26, 2019, he tabled in the House the state Budget then JD-S chief minister H.D Kumaraswamy presented on February 8, 2019 for fiscal 2019-20 and got it passed by voice-vote on July 29, 2019 to ensure continuity.
“The chief minister presented a full-fledged Budget of the ruling BJP government on March 5, 2020 for fiscal 2020-21 and it was passed before the pandemic hit the state in mid-March last year,” the official recalled.
Putting behind the travails of the virus that disrupted normal life for nearly a year, the budget is expected to focus more on development works and women’s welfare.
“The state Budget will give priority to development works and women’s welfare. This is my assurance to all women in the state,” said Yediyurappa a week ago at a public event at Soraba in his home district of Shivamogga.