Sops for Karnataka farmers in rs 72.8-cr surplus Budget

  • 19/07/2004

  • Business Line (New Delhi)

Karnataka offered a slw of sops for the farm sector and simultaneously reduced sales tax rates on a series of goods of mass consumption. Presenting the Budget for the current fiscal on Monday, the Deputy Chief Minister, Mr S. Siddaramaiah, who also holds the finance portfolio, estimated a revenue surplus of Rs 72.83 crore despite the battery of concessions.