State to spend Rs 1.85 crore on guarantee schemes: HM Revanna

HM Revanna, Chairman, Karnataka State Guarantee Schemes Implementation Authority on Wednesday said the state government has spent ₹1.85 crore on five guarantee schemes, which is 12% of the state budget.

After a meeting to set up guarantee committees at gram panchayat and ward levels at the Zilla Panchayat office, Mr. Revanna said the benefits of the guarantee schemes reached the beneficiaries directly without the involvement of middlemen or payment of bribes.

The schemes benefited eligible beneficiaries irrespective of caste. Each family received benefits worth around ₹5,000 to ₹6,000 under the guarantee schemes. Despite criticism in the early days, the five guarantee programs continued to reach beneficiaries, he said.

Referring to the views of several economists on the schemes, Mr. Revanna said that Karnataka ranks among the states with the highest per capita income. He added that the Gruha Lakshmi scheme has economically empowered women.

He directed the taluk-level guarantee scheme committee chairmen to actively participate in setting up village- and district-level guarantee implementation committees, each with six members, including two women.

Authority vice-chairman Pushpa Amarnath said the lists of members of gram-panchayat and ward-level guarantee committees would be prepared within two days and submitted to the state authority.

District committee chairman Arun Kumar said 15,724 beneficiaries registered under the five guarantee schemes had died. Of these, 7,778 beneficiary families applied for change of beneficiary with nomination of female head of the family and were found eligible, he said.

After the death of the beneficiary, the eligible family members can continue to enjoy the benefits under the five guarantee schemes by nominating the eldest female in the family as the beneficiary, he added.

Shivkumar, vice-president of the District Guarantee Scheme Implementation Committee, said the food and civil supplies department should take the initiative to issue BPL cards on priority to people suffering from serious health problems.

Beneficiaries who were facing technical difficulties while withdrawing money from banks were brought to the attention of the district committee chairman in the meeting. It was proposed to direct bank managers to address their grievances.

Published – 11 Nov 2026 21:34 IST