2 weeks Ago By DHNS
Mandya: "A total of Rs 29.65 crore has been spent on the 87th Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelana (all India Kannada literary conference) held in Mandya city from December 20 to 22, 2024, and Rs 2.53 crore has been saved," said Mandya District In-charge Minister N Chaluvarayaswamy.
.Speaking at a press conference in Mandya on Saturday, he said, "The government had provided a total grant of Rs 30 crore in two phases. In addition, Rs 1.
20 crore was collected from book and other commercial stalls, delegate registration fee, and donation of one day's salary of the employees (excluding human resource management system employees), and Rs 1.08 crore from the one-day salary donation of government employees under Mandya district treasury, totaling Rs 32.74 crore.
"."Actually, Rs 25.39 crore has been spent on the conference.
The total expenditure is Rs 29.65 crore, including Rs 3.17 crore GST amount and Rs 1.
08 crore service charge for Marketing Communication and Advertising (MCA)," the minister informed..Chaluvarayaswamy said, "All the sessions and cultural programmes of the conference were well-organised.
The Mandya district administration had provided basic facilities, including food and accommodation, adequately to all participants. It was very successful and will be recorded in the history of Mandya. However, we welcome all criticism and comments with an open mind.
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