Waiving crop loans won't burden exchequer: Yeddyurappa

Bengaluru, Jun 4: BJP state president B?S?Yeddyurappa, who has been repeatedly demanding that the state government waive crop loans, on Saturday sought to prove that the move will not burden the state's exchequer.

Yeddyurappa's office on?Saturday released a 'fact sheet' that compares the crop loan waived by the BJP?government in 2011-12 with the present financial status before the ruling dispensation.

Yeddyurappa had recently set July 10 as the deadline for Siddaramaiah to waive crop loans. The BJP?leader had stated that if loans are not waived, then the party will bring five lakh farmers to Bengaluru to gherao government offices.

According to statistics released by Yeddyurappa's office, the total crop loans availed by farmers from cooperative institutions during 2017-18 is Rs 10,551 crore. If the government waives half of the loans, then the burden will be Rs 2,250 crore. Compared to the total outlay for the year 2017-18 which is Rs 1.86 lakh crore, the waived amount will be only 2.6% of the budget.

The fact sheet states that the BJP?government waived Rs 3,630 crore in 2011-12 at a time when the total budget outlay was Rs 1.17 crore (3.1% of the total budget). “It is only commitment and a kind heart that Siddaramaiah needs to waive loans,” the document states.

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Elusive bamboo shrimp resurfaces in Mangaluru estuary after 70 years

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December 7,2025

Mangaluru, Dec 7: A rare bamboo shrimp has been rediscovered on mainland India more than 70 years after it was last reported, confirming for the first time the presence of Atyopsis spinipes in the country. The find was made by researchers from the Centre for Climate Change Studies at Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, during surveys in Karnataka and Odisha.

The team — shrimp expert Dr S Prakash, PhD scholar K Kunjulakshmi, and Mangaluru-based researcher Maclean Antony Santos — combined field surveys, ecological assessments and DNA analysis to identify the elusive species. Their findings, published in Zootaxa, resolve decades of taxonomic confusion stemming from a 1951 report that misidentified the species as Atyopsis moluccensis without strong evidence.

The shrimp has now been confirmed at two locations: the Mulki–Pavanje estuary near Mangaluru and the Kuakhai River in Bhubaneswar. Historical specimens from the Andaman Islands, previously labelled as A. moluccensis, were also found to be misidentified and actually belong to A. spinipes.

The rediscovery began after an aquarium hobbyist in Odisha spotted a shrimp in 2022, prompting systematic surveys across Udupi, Karwar and Mangaluru. Four female specimens were collected in Mulki and one in Odisha, all genetically matching.

Researchers warn the species may exist in very small, vulnerable populations as freshwater habitats face increasing pressure from pollution, sand mining and infrastructure development. All verified specimens have been deposited with the Zoological Survey of India for future reference.

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