Bengaluru, June 4 -- Karnataka Minister Eshwar Khandre on Thursday said the newly sworn-in government led by Chief Minister DK Shivakumar has taken key decisions aimed at boosting education and employment, including providing free bus passes to all school students and expediting recruitment to thousands of vacant government posts.

Speaking to ANI, Khandre said the free bus pass scheme would ease the financial burden on families and encourage students to continue their education.

"School children... previously what used to happen is that the school children used to pay some subsidized amount for the bus passes. Now we have decided that all bus passes will be free. They need not pay anything. It is to encourage the students. It will incre...