Bengaluru: Continuing his government’s welfare programmes for the Dalit community in a State that is going to polls in 2018, Chief Minister Siddharamaiah has announced free bus passes for Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) students all over the State.
Chairing the meeting of the Karnataka Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan and Scheduled Tribe Sub-Plan of the Social Welfare Department at Vidhana Soudha yesterday, Siddharamaiah directed authorities of the Transport Department to provide bus passes free of cost to SC/ST students studying in schools, colleges and Universities. The scheme will be implemented from this academic year.
