A workshop on Right to Information (RTI) Act and CCA guidelines for government employees along with felicitations to meritorious students and guest lectures will be held in Dharwad on Saturday.
Addressing presspersons in Dharwad on Thursday, president of the Dharwad district unit of the Karnataka State Government Employees Association S.F. Siddanagoudar said that the workshop, lectures and the felicitation programme will be held at Gouramma Hiremath (Rapati) Kalyana Mantapa in Dharwad.
The programme will be inaugurated by Labour Minister and district in-charge Santosh Lad.
Chairman of Legislative Council Basavaraj Horatti, Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi, State president of the association C.S. Shadakshri, Deputy Commissioner Gurudatta Hegde, Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer Swaroopa T.K. and others will participate.
Mr. Siddanagoudar said that in the workshop on RTI to be held at 10 a.m., the former Chairman of Karnataka Information Commission Shekhar D. Sajjanar and Legal Advisor on Departmental Enquiry B. Nagendra Kumar will deliver special lectures.
The general body meeting of the Dharwad district unit for the financial year 2022-23 will be held at 2.30 p.m. under his chairmanship and Mr. Shadakshari will address the meeting, he said.
A total of 173 children of government employees who have scored over 90% marks in SSLC and PU examinations will be felicitated in the programme to be held at Rapati Kalyana Mantapa. Each student will get a cash prize of ₹1,000, a certificate and memento during their felicitations, he said.
Mr. Siddanagoudar said that on the occasion, the district in-charge Minister and newly elected legislators from the district will be honoured.
In the evening, there will be a comedy programme with renowned humourists, including stand-up comedians Gangavati Pranesh and M.S. Narasimhamurthy, participating in it.
To a query, Mr. Siddanagoudar clarified that the fight of the association for abolition of NPS and resumption of old pension scheme will resume after the submission of the report of the committee of experts on the issue to the government.
Association office-bearers Manjunath Yadahalli, Suresh Hiremath, Rajashekhar Banad, Mallikarjun Solagi, Gajanan Katagi and others were present.
