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The Siddaramaiah government has provided an outlay of Rs 2.47 billion to information technology, biotechnology and science and technology departments in the state Budget for 2018-19.
The chief minister, who also holds the finance portfolio, said Rs 10 million grant would be given to science and technology department to provide scholarship for research students.
The government also proposed to establish a mini 3-D planetarium in Belagavi at a cost of Rs 30 million.
Announcing a flurry of new schemes for 2018-19 in these sectors, Siddaramaiah said an incubation center would be set up at Kalaburagi in association with Deshpande Foundation for Rs 50
