Focussing on rural road development, the State Budget has proposed to roll out ‘Pragati Path’ scheme with external assistance. Under this, the proposal is to develop a road network of 9,450 km with 50 km each in 189 rural Assembly constituencies at a cost of ₹5,200 crore.
Under the Kalyana Path scheme, the Budget has proposed to develop 1,150 km of roads on the lines of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana in 38 rural Assembly constituencies of Kalyana Karnataka. The roads will be developed at a cost of ₹1,000 crore.
Announcing that an asset monetisation policy will be formulated to augment the revenue of gram panchayats, the Budget has proposed to implement e-office in all gram panchayats.
