The Karnataka government has announced a nine-point development agenda focused on water security, education, healthcare, investment, Bengaluru’s development, regional balance, social justice, capital investment and employment, at an event marking the completion of 100 days of the new administration in Bengaluru on Thursday.
Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar announced the agenda at the Vidhana Soudha banquet hall in the presence of Congress leader Siddaramaiah and beneficiaries of the government’s guarantee schemes. The commitments include housing and sites for landless people, agricultural development, youth empowerment, 1,000 public schools and measures to promote industrial investment.
The government also plans to develop 1,000 cremation grounds, introduce tourism policies for the coastal and Malnad regions, and establish five global technology centres in Kalaburagi, Belagavi, Hubballi-Dharwad, Mangaluru and Mysuru. Shivakumar said the administration would work with members of the legislative assembly, legislative council and Parliament to advance the state’s development.
On water and irrigation, the deputy chief minister said the government would take steps to strengthen Karnataka’s water security, including work related to the Mekedatu project. He said 121 irrigation projects with a combined value of ₹17,073 crore had received approval. The government also announced plans to build five parks modelled on Bengaluru’s Lalbagh.
Shivakumar said Karnataka’s economy would be taken to $1 trillion by 2037. According to figures cited at the event, the state had attracted ₹2.53 lakh crore in investment over three years and had risen to second place in the country in attracting foreign investment. He also claimed that more than six lakh jobs had been created, while Karnataka’s gross domestic product had increased to ₹32.81 lakh crore with growth of 8.1 per cent.
The agenda includes a target of eliminating malnutrition, school dropouts and poverty. It also proposes a 7.5 per cent reservation for rural students and identifies employment, industrial promotion and social welfare as continuing priorities. The announcement did not provide detailed implementation schedules, project-wise expenditure plans or monitoring mechanisms for each commitment.
The event included interactions with beneficiaries of the five guarantee schemes, farmers, autorickshaw drivers, hamals, gig workers, street vendors, ASHA workers, anganwadi workers and municipal sanitation workers. Their participation placed the government’s welfare programmes alongside its proposed infrastructure, investment and employment agenda.
Speaking at the programme, Siddaramaiah said the administration should complete its promises during the remaining term and strengthen poor people, Dalits, backward communities, minorities, women and workers. He said governments were accountable to citizens and argued that continuing the guarantee schemes was necessary to address social inequality.
The announcements now move into the implementation stage, with the government’s stated priorities covering urban development, water management, public education, housing, regional investment and employment. The administration’s progress will depend on subsequent project approvals, funding decisions and timelines for delivering the commitments announced at the Bengaluru event.
