Janet Mason 
Chief Minister of Karnataka HD Kumaraswamy, who also holds the finance portfolio, provided the first price range of the JDS-Congress government because of its formation in 2018. The kingdom finances envisaged complete sops and new programs in the agriculture and irrigation zone on anticipated strains. On the back of the winning drought situation inside the kingdom, the government expects the Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) to develop a tad bit slower than closing 12 months. GSDP is likely to create at 9.6 in keeping with this economy in opposition to 10.4 percent in 2017-18. However, the commercial zone is expected to grow to 7.4 in line with cent from 4.7 percent final yr. Services region is anticipated to stay flat at 12.Three in keeping with cent, the same as the last economic.
Boosting agriculture
To tackle the twin trouble of productiveness and pricing, the national authorities in its finances introduced a slew of measures. Earlier in the day, taking over Prime Minister Modi, Kumaraswamy entreated the competition events to unite in calling out ‘lies concerning the feedback made via high minister Narendra Modi on farm mortgage waiver scheme Karnataka. Laying out the complete details of farm loan waiver in the budget, the authorities stated that as announced in July 2018 price range, out of the provisioning of Rs 6,500 crore made in 2018-19 for industrial banks, to date simplest Rs 2,850 crore has been released to 6 lakh beneficiaries. For the cooperative banks, the provision of the entire finance of Rs 2 six hundred crores, supposed for crop mortgage waiver scheme, has already been launched, achieving five. Ninety-seven lakh farmers.
Under the cutting-edge price range, provisioning of Rs 6,500 crore for industrial bank crop loans and Rs 6, a hundred and fifty crores for co-operative bank crop loans have been made to meet the entire loan waiver goal. The authorities also expect the cooperative loan waiver system to be finished through June 2019 and commercial financial institution loan waiver using the fiscal year 2019-20. The Chief Minister also said that a representation had already been made to the Central government to provide a Rs 2,434 crore package deal for the Kharif crop, but most effective Rs 950 crore has been sanctioned. The government has again sought Rs 2,1/2 crore for the Rabi crop in the wake of the drought in numerous districts of the states.
Other sops to the agriculture quarter include:
Rs 250 crore subsidy for Krushi Bhagya Scheme for farm ponds to provide conserved water to dry land farmers.
Rs 40 crore allotted to retain Zero price range farming.
Rs 35 crore for encouraging organic farming.
Rs 145 crore for Israel version of micro-irrigation gadget to develop plants profitably by using less water.
The new “Raitha Siri” scheme inspire developing minor millets with the assistance of Rs 10,000 in step with hectare via DBT
The assistance of Rs 7,500 in step with hectare to motivate farmers to domesticate paddy under the scheme known as “Karavali package” with Rs five crore provide.
A special bundle of Rs a hundred and fifty crores to improve the monetary condition of grapes and pomegranate growers.
