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Karnataka Higher Education Minister directs officials to submit proposal for appointment of 350 lectures

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December 12, 2020

Bengaluru, Dec 12: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Dr CN Ashwatha Narayana who is also the minister of higher education on Friday directed the senior officials of the department to immediately submit the proposal with regard to the appointment of 350 lecturers for aided degree colleges.

It is noteworthy that this proposal is languishing even after the approval of the finance department. Narayana directed the officials in a meeting held on Friday with the representatives of the Karnataka-aided Lecturers' Association and officials of higher education and finance departments.

"The Finance Department had approved the appointment of 907 lecturers for aided colleges. Of these, appointment orders for 369 posts had been issued way back and they are already working in the respective colleges where they were posted. This process has been completed as per UGC norms," Narayana explained.

Further, he said, "350 applications are in the verification stage. Action with regard to the appointment of these posts will be taken after completion of discussions at a higher level."

Finance Department Secretary PC Jaffer who was present in the meeting assured that action would be taken as immediately as soon as the proposal is received.

The lecturers of aided colleges led by Kollegala MLA Mahesh expressed their grievances before the minister Ashwatha Narayana.

The state government had decided to fill the posts which laid vacant till December 31, 2015. Accordingly, the appointment process needs to be carried out.

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January 23,2026

Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot read only three lines from the 122-paragraph address prepared by the Congress-led state government while addressing the joint session of the Legislature on Thursday, effectively bypassing large sections critical of the BJP-led Union government.

The omitted portions of the customary Governor’s address outlined what the state government described as a “suppressive situation in economic and policy matters” under India’s federal framework. The speech also sharply criticised the Centre’s move to replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) with the Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, commonly referred to as the VB-GRAM (G) Act.

Governor Gehlot had earlier conveyed his objection to several paragraphs that were explicitly critical of the Union government. On Thursday, he confined himself to the opening lines — “I extend a warm welcome to all of you to the joint session of the State legislature. I am extremely pleased to address this august House” — before jumping directly to the concluding sentence of the final paragraph.

He ended the address by reading the last line of paragraph 122: “Overall, my government is firmly committed to doubling the pace of the State’s economic, social and physical development. Jai Hind — Jai Karnataka.”

According to the prepared speech, the Karnataka government demanded the scrapping of the VB-GRAM (G) Act, describing it as “contractor-centric” and detrimental to rural livelihoods, and called for the full restoration of MGNREGA. The state government argued that the new law undermines decentralisation, weakens labour protections, and centralises decision-making in violation of constitutional norms.

Key points from the unread sections of the speech:

•    Karnataka facing a “suppressive” economic and policy environment within the federal system

•    Repeal of MGNREGA described as a blow to rural livelihoods

•    VB-GRAM (G) Act accused of protecting corporate and contractor interests

•    New law alleged to weaken decentralised governance

•    Decision-making said to be imposed by the Centre without consulting states

•    Rights of Adivasis, women, backward classes and agrarian communities curtailed

•    Labourers allegedly placed under contractor control

•    States facing mounting fiscal stress due to central policies

•    VB-GRAM (G) Act accused of enabling large-scale corruption

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