Subscribe to Newsletter to get latest insights & analysis in your inbox. Download the ETEducation App and get the Realtime updates and Save your favourite articles. "Twenty-five new post-metric hostels with a strength of 150 each will be started in districts with high demand. The student strength in existing 25 hostels will be increased by 50," he said.Siddaramaiah announced setting up 10 Saint Shishunala Shariff Residential Schools "with CBSE curriculum" to meet the high demand for Minority Residential Schools. Further, a new women PU College will be started in Savanur.The chief minister announced that Waqf properties located in high-demand commercial areas will be developed under Public-Private Partnership model.The BJP flayed the budgetary provisions for minorities.

Source: Economic Times March 07, 2026 11:03 UTC