Chief minister DK Shivakumar
He said the exercise would capture citizens’ experience, quality of service delivery, inclusion and exclusion issues, complaints and other administrative outcomes through independent and continuous evaluation. “Surveys will be conducted by the Prajaseva department concerned and a report submitted to the govt,” he said. Asked why the govt was launching the exercise less than two years before the assembly elections, Byre Gowda said it was meant to showcase the difference each scheme had made to people’s lives and to identify where the govt needs to improve delivery.
He dismissed suggestions that the survey was an election-driven attempt to woo beneficiaries, saying the govt already had complete access to datasets of every scheme.
Briefing reporters after a cabinet meeting Thursday, parliamentary affairs minister Krishna Byre Gowda said the cabinet cleared Project K-Monitor, which would cost the exchequer Rs 14 crore.
“The evaluation will be conducted in two phases over eight months, with 1 lakh respondents in the first phase and 60,000 in the second,” Byre Gowda said. “We only want to understand the impact they have had on people’s lives,” he said. Bengaluru: The govt will conduct an ‘impact assessment’ of all its social security and populist schemes, including its five flagship guarantees. Karnataka Monitoring and Evaluation Authority (KMEA) will be the lead agency, and it may hire third-party survey agencies. Meanwhile, the cabinet deferred a decision on hiking bus fares, posting it for detailed deliberations as concerns mounted over sustainability of road transport corporations.
The cabinet also approved detailed project reports for two water reservoirs to be built by Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) at a total cost of Rs 61.5 crore. A 50 ML RCC reservoir will be built at Kavalbairasandra in Pulakeshinagar at Rs 22.5 crore and is expected to supply water to 72,000 residents. Another 22 ML reservoir will be built at Rs 39 crore at Banashankari service station, replacing the old reservoir there, which will be demolished. The cabinet also approved Karnataka Tribal Development Corporation with a Rs 33 crore grant to drive social, educational and economic development of tribal communities, including micro and most-micro STs. The move fulfils former CM Siddaramaiah’s announcement in the 2026-27 state budget. The corporation will cover 33 ST communities and design special schemes to promote entrepreneurship, skill development, market support and better livelihoods.
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