The State Cabinet on Wednesday gave administrative approval for the Detailed Project Report for the greenfield domestic airport to be built in Raichur at a cost of ₹185.57 crore. The DPR has been prepared by Rights India Ltd.
According to sources, the Cabinet has decided to grant remission of sentence to 114 prisoners in different prisons of the State who are serving life sentence. The remission of sentence has been granted to them on the basis of their good conduct.
The Cabinet also granted clearance for setting up the Centre of Excellence in Smart Agriculture in the campus of University of Agriculture Sciences-Dharwad at a cost of ₹51.20 crore.