Overview

• Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced a White Paper that will compare Centre-announced allocations with actual receipts for centrally sponsored and other schemes following calls in the Assembly.
• He said Karnataka’s share under the 15th Finance Commission dropped to 3.6% from 4.7%, which he estimates cost about ₹68,000 crore, rising to roughly ₹80,000 crore after factoring in unpaid releases.
• The CM cited the Union Budget’s ₹5,300 crore promise for the Upper Bhadra project and gaps under the Jal Jeevan Mission as pending dues the document will enumerate.
• Defending the five guarantee schemes, he said the government has spent ₹96,000 crore since May 2023, including ₹52,000–55,000 crore on guarantees, arguing the programs lifted per-capita income.
• Opposition leaders alleged cuts to development corporations in the 2025–26 outlay, while the CM attributed fiscal strain to reduced central support and to ₹2.7 lakh crore in unfunded commitments by the previous BJP government.