Shivakumar writes to Modi, seeks special financial package for Bengaluru, drought relief for Karnataka

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Shivakumar wrote to Modi seeking a special financial package for Bengaluru's infrastructure, faster drought relief, and Centre's help with sugarcane farmers' demands. Karnataka began paying the first instalment of an interim input subsidy to drought‑affected farmers, launching a Rs 1,250‑crore package that deposits Rs 2,500 per beneficiary, and later announced an additional Rs 2,500, raising assistance to Rs 5,000 per farmer. The state also seeks a Rs 22,400‑crore package from the Centre.

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