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On January 19, Prime Minister Narendra Modi initiated a drive to distribute "Hakku Patra" (land title deed) to over 52,000 members of the nomadic Lambani (Banjara) tribe in northern Karnataka's five districts of Kalaburgi, Bidar, Yadgiri, Raichur and Vijayapura.
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Before the event at Kalaburagi, the state's revenue department, which had decided to organise the rights distribution program in Yadgiri had obtained a 4(g) exemption from the finance department to spend Rs. 7 crores. Eventually, the Yadgiri funds were reallocated to be spent on the Kalaburagi event, thus bringing the total expenditure to a whopping 11.18 crores. Sources in the revenue department confirmed to us that the expense has been incurred.
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Details of expenditure
3.75 crores: Main stage (German hangar - water proof), sound lighting system, installation of LED screen, flower decoration, green room, safe room, lunch counter for the beneficiaries
1.23 crores: Lunch for the people who arrive for the program.
24 lakhs: Drinking water
6.67 lakhs: Buttermilk
40 lakhs: District-wise snacks
15 lakh: VIP food arrangements
10,000: Arrangement of dry fruits
20,000: Shawls, garlands, VVIP mementos and badges
3.40 crores: Transportation of people - Kalaburagi (1090), Bidar (300), Yadgiri (140), Raichur (448), Vijaypur (104) and 500 others
1.96 lakhs: Videography and photography, invitation cards
1.5 crores: Levelling and rolling at the event venue and parking lot, murum filling, road construction, shifting of electric poles, construction of helipad etc.,
25 lakhs: Remuneration for artists
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