Constitute Christian Board, CM urged

  • | Friday | 17th November, 2017

The Karnataka Christian Development Parishat has decided to recommend to the Chief Minister to constitute a Karnataka State Christian Development Board, according to J.R. Lobo, MLA, Mangaluru City South and vice-president of the parishat. When Mr. Siddaramaiah met the Archbishop of Bengaluru Bernard Moras the latter had urged the Chief Minister to constitute the board and submitted him a memorandum, Mr. Lobo added. The parishat, which met in Bengaluru on November 10, took this decision, Mr. Lobo said in a release on Thursday. It was allocated ?75 crore in 2013-14, ?100 crore in 2014-15, ?125 crore in 2015-16 and ?175 crore in 2016-17. The government constituted the parishat in 2011 for the overall development of Christian community.

more-in The Karnataka Christian Development Parishat has decided to recommend to the Chief Minister to constitute a Karnataka State Christian Development Board, according to J.R. Lobo, MLA, Mangaluru City South and vice-president of the parishat. The parishat, which met in Bengaluru on November 10, took this decision, Mr. Lobo said in a release on Thursday. The government constituted the parishat in 2011 for the overall development of Christian community. It was allocated ?75 crore in 2013-14, ?100 crore in 2014-15, ?125 crore in 2015-16 and ?175 crore in 2016-17. Now the budgetary allocation to the parishath is routed through the Directorate of Minorities. Considering the parishat’s limitations in releasing the funds sanctioned and to take up larger projects, the parishat decided that there is a need to constitute the Board. When Mr. Siddaramaiah met the Archbishop of Bengaluru Bernard Moras the latter had urged the Chief Minister to constitute the board and submitted him a memorandum, Mr. Lobo added.

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