No gifting during government programs.
The state government of Karnataka today banned the practice of giving gifts and memorabilia during government events. If one is so much eager to gift then Kannada books can be an alternative.
Chief Secretary P Ravi Kumar issued a circular on this following an order by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai. During the day, Bommai refused to accept a bouquet at a review meeting with senior police officers, calling it “unnecessary expenditure”. He said the practice of giving gifts in the name of the protocol should be done away with.
Accordingly, Kumar’s circular asks all department heads and government undertakings to comply with Bommai’s instruction without fail. “It is hereby directed that any form of gifts, bouquets, garlands, cockades, fruit baskets, shawls and memorabilia should not be given at events and meetings conducted by the state government and government-run institutions,” Kumar stated.
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