<p>The Karnataka government has issued a notification ordering the formation of an inquiry commission to probe the "40 per cent commission" allegation when the BJP was in power. </p><p>The government’s earlier order appointing a one-man committee headed by retired High Court Justice H N Nagamohan Das to investigate the allegation stands annulled. </p><p>Justice Das, however, will head the inquiry commission.</p>.Congress targets 20 seats in Lok Sabha from Karnataka: KPCC working president .<p>The government decided to form a commission instead of a committee in order to give more teeth to the investigation into the "40 per cent commission" allegation that rocked the Karnataka politics and became a key poll plank for the Congress to wrest power. </p><p>The commission has been constituted under the Commissions of Inquiry Act whereas the previous committee was formed by way of an executive order of the government. </p><p>The government expects the commission to submit its report in three months. Earlier, the government had fixed a 30-day deadline for the committee to conclude its investigation.</p><p>The probe will cover five work-heavy departments - Public Works, Urban Development, Water Resources, Minor Irrigation & Rural Development, and Panchayat Raj. </p>.In Karnataka, Anna Bhagya cash benefit eludes many.<p>The primary mandate of the one-man commission is to look into the allegations levelled by the Karnataka State Contractors Association. </p><p>In its July 2021 letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Association had claimed that contractors pay a 25-30 per cetnt cut before the start of civil works and 5-6 per cent for post-work bills. They also complained that a “package system” (bundling up of multiple works) favoured contractors from outside Karnataka. </p><p>The commission will also investigate any lapses in the tender processes. </p>
<p>The Karnataka government has issued a notification ordering the formation of an inquiry commission to probe the "40 per cent commission" allegation when the BJP was in power. </p><p>The government’s earlier order appointing a one-man committee headed by retired High Court Justice H N Nagamohan Das to investigate the allegation stands annulled. </p><p>Justice Das, however, will head the inquiry commission.</p>.Congress targets 20 seats in Lok Sabha from Karnataka: KPCC working president .<p>The government decided to form a commission instead of a committee in order to give more teeth to the investigation into the "40 per cent commission" allegation that rocked the Karnataka politics and became a key poll plank for the Congress to wrest power. </p><p>The commission has been constituted under the Commissions of Inquiry Act whereas the previous committee was formed by way of an executive order of the government. </p><p>The government expects the commission to submit its report in three months. Earlier, the government had fixed a 30-day deadline for the committee to conclude its investigation.</p><p>The probe will cover five work-heavy departments - Public Works, Urban Development, Water Resources, Minor Irrigation & Rural Development, and Panchayat Raj. </p>.In Karnataka, Anna Bhagya cash benefit eludes many.<p>The primary mandate of the one-man commission is to look into the allegations levelled by the Karnataka State Contractors Association. </p><p>In its July 2021 letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Association had claimed that contractors pay a 25-30 per cetnt cut before the start of civil works and 5-6 per cent for post-work bills. They also complained that a “package system” (bundling up of multiple works) favoured contractors from outside Karnataka. </p><p>The commission will also investigate any lapses in the tender processes. </p>
