Karnataka government provided ₹13,000 crore to Kalyana Karnataka in 28 months: Ajay Singh

The Karnataka authorities, below Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.Ok. Shivakumar, has sanctioned grants price ₹13,000 crore for the event of the Kalyana Karnataka area over the past 28 months, Chairman of the Kalyana Karnataka Regional Growth Board (KKRDB) Ajay Singh has stated.

He was addressing a public assembly in Koppal on October 6, 2025. Chief Minister Siddaramiah, alongside along with his Cupboard colleagues Sharan Prakash Patil, Shivaraj Tangadagi, Zameer Ahmad Khan, additionally addressed the occasion after inaugurating improvement tasks and laying basis stones to new ones, collectively price round ₹2,000 crore.

Infrastructure, welfare schemes

Mr. Singh stated that the funds launched to KKRDB had been being utilised to enhance primary infrastructure and implement a variety of welfare schemes throughout the backward districts within the area.

“The State authorities is firmly dedicated to the excellent progress of seven districts of Kalyana Karnataka. The continuing tasks are reworking the developmental panorama of the area, notably in sectors like well being, training, irrigation, and welfare of backward and minority communities,” Mr. Singh stated, including that because the Congress authorities assumed energy, KKRDB has obtained a complete grant of ₹13,000 crore.

Akshara Avishkara, Arogya Avishkara

Outlining the important thing initiatives, Mr. Singh stated that 54 pupil hostels had been being constructed with trendy services at a value of ₹306 crore below the Backward Courses Welfare Division. Beneath the Akshara Avishkara training scheme, he added, ₹1,795 crore has been allotted, together with ₹189 crore for Koppal district alone.

“A significant coverage choice has additionally been taken to ascertain one Karnataka Public Faculty (KPS) between each two gram panchayats. A complete of 350 KPS faculties have been sanctioned for the seven districts – 150 below the Training Division and 200 below KKRDB funding,” Mr. Singh stated.

For the Arogya Avishkara programme, he added, an outlay of ₹1,829.40 crore has been earmarked for 2023–24, below which a number of hospitals are being upgraded. He added that 32 cardiac ambulances, costing ₹11.47 crore, have been sanctioned for the area, 5 of which have been deployed in Koppal as a part of the initiatives to strengthen emergency medical response.

Establishing an industrial hub

“Newly created taluks within the area will quickly get Pragati Soudhas (mini-Vidhana Soudhas) at a value of ₹17.16 crore every. For minority welfare, ₹238 crore has been sanctioned, whereas ₹576 crore is earmarked for the uplift of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. Moreover, ₹175 crore has been allotted for groundwater improvement and ₹96.16 crore below the Aranya Avishkara mission for afforestation actions,” Mr. Singh famous.

Mr. Singh additionally introduced plans for establishing an industrial hub with an funding of ₹150 crore to spice up native employment and entrepreneurship. He stated KKRDB has contributed ₹36 crore to the ₹100-crore Tremendous Speciality Hospital mission arising in Koppal, which can considerably improve superior healthcare services within the district.