Bengaluru: retirement for widows and financial assistance to be disabled will increase from Rs 600 to Rs 800 every month at an additional cost of Rs 504 Crore.
This will benefit 17 lakh widows and 4 lakh disabled people.
“The retirement of old age under Sandhya Surakha’s scheme will increase from Rs 1,000 to Rs 1,200 at an additional cost of Rs 864 Crore, helping 36 lakh people,” said Bommai.
These steps have been taken, consider inflation.
“Our government will reach parts of society that requires social security,” New CM said.
He also added in the same breath that maintains fiscal discipline through efficient use of resources and reduces expenses, given the financial crisis induced covid, will be a priority.
“I have emphasized the coordination between departments, team work and the implementation of the scheme that is bound by time to avoid corruption and reduce unnecessary expenditure of 5%,” he said.
The big challenge of the next bommai is to expand the cabinet.
“I will go to Delhi on Friday to meet Brass BJP, including PM Narendra Modi, and will discuss all the problems, and look for their advice,” he said.
Asked whether he would wait for the month ‘Ashada’ to graduate before expanding, he said: “I will not take too much time because I need a complete team to do work, in the middle of Covid and flood.”