HKCCI seeks Union government’s assistance for Kalyana Karnataka

Hyderabad Karnataka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (HKCCI), a body of industrialists and traders from Kalyana Karnataka region, has demanded that the Union government extend its financial assistance

Hyderabad Karnataka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (HKCCI), a body of industrialists and traders from Kalyana Karnataka region, has demanded that the Union government extend its financial assistance to Kalyana Karnataka along the lines of other regions that had been given Special Status under various clauses of Article 371 of the Constitution. HKCCI president Prashant Mankar and secretary Sharanabasappa Pappa submitted a memorandum to the Union Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers, New and Renewable Energy Bhagawanth Khuba on Wednesday demanding financial assistance to the region. “The Union government has accorded Special Status to Kalyana Karnataka region under Article 371(J) of the Constitution. The Kalyana Karnataka Region Development Board (KKRDB) has been carved out, out of this Special Status. Similarly placed regions of Vidarbha in Maharashtra and Telangana State, which have been accorded Special Status have been sanctioned central Assistance by the Union government. But the same central Assistance is not extended to KKRDB. To ensure effective development of the Kalyana Karnataka Region, we feel that the Union government should extend Central assistance to KKRDB,” Mr. Mankar and Mr. Pappa urged in the memorandum.