Karnataka Government on 5th July, 2021, has notified the Karnataka Contingency Fund (Amendment) Ordinance, 2021. The ordinance provides an increase in the Karnataka Contingency Fund to a total sum of one thousand five hundred crores from five hundred crores. The increased funds are to meet the urgent expenses towards the control and treatment of Covid-19. The ordinance is promulgated as it is necessary to provide a temporary increase of the
amount in the Karnataka Contingency Fund.
New Regulations for Consumer Grievances Redressal in Goa and UTs
The Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission (JERC) has announced the Consumer Grievances Redressal Forum and Ombudsman Regulations, 2024, which supersedes the 2019 regulations. Under these new