Section 241(3) in Karnataka Panchayat Raj Act, 1993
(3)In such budget estimate, the Grama Panchayat shall among other things,-(a)make adequate and suitable provision for such services as may be required for the fulfillment of the several duties imposed on the Grama Panchayat by this Act or any other law;(b)allow for a balance at the end of said year of not less than such sum or percentage of income as may from time to time, be fixed by the Government either generally for all Grama Panchayats or specially for any Grama Panchayat;(c)provide for the payment, as they fall due, of all installments of principal and interest for which the Grama Panchayat may be liable in respect of loans contracted by it.