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Govt expects inflow of Rs 50,000 cr from GAIM

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Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa said here that the government was expecting a capital flow of around Rs 50,000 crore from the Global Agriculture Investors’ Meet (GAIM) scheduled to be held in Bangalore during June.

After laying the founda-tion stone for the Bhavu-rao Deshpande Veterinary College at Kokatnur in Ath-ani taluk, Yeddyurappa said that the GAIM will be organised on the lines of Global Investors’ Meet held in 2010.

A preliminary meeting with agriculture experts and vice-chancellors of agriculture universities will be held on May 7 at Davanagere to discuss on GAIM. The chief minister also made it clear that there was no intention to acquire agriculture lands belonging to farmers after GAIM.

 

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First Published: May 07 2011 | 12:11 AM IST

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