August 2018

KARNATAKA   Technology to be used to tackle corruption in Home Guards, Karnataka   Roopa D, Inspector-General of Police, Home Guards and Civil Defence, announced that the department is to introduce technologies such asbiometric and automated duty rotation systems in the Home Guards organisation in Karnataka. It is to wipe out corruption in the department. It has been decided … Read more

KARNATAKA   APY Strategy cum Review Meeting for FY 2018-19 for South Based Banks held at Bengaluru   Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) organised a Regional Atal Pension Yojana (APY) Strategy cum Review Meeting for FY 2018-19 at Bengaluru yesterday for South Based Banks (Karnataka and Kerala) and DOP-Circles with an objective to … Read more

KARNATAKA     MoD agreed to handover land for 10 infrastructure development projects in Bengaluru   The Ministry of Defence(MoD) Nirmala Sitharamanagreed to hand over land for works on ten infrastructure development projects in Bengaluru. In exchange, the State government will have to sanction land of equal value in other parts of the State. TheState cabinet is yet to … Read more

KARNATAKA   Karnataka Government launches Swachhameva Jayate   In order to achieve the status of Open Defecation Free (ODF), Karnataka launched “Swachhameva Jayate” a rural cleanlinessand sanitation  This campaign will aim to boost the Swachh Survkekshan Grameenin all the districts with the help of school children. Since the inception of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, the government of Karnataka has … Read more

KARNATAKA   MRPL is set up the floating solar power plants   Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd(MRPL) is setting up the floating solar power plants on the three water storage reservoirs on its premises. Floating solar power plants would not only generate around 6 MW of energy but also minimise water evaporation from the reservoirs. The 6 … Read more

KARNATAKA   Karnataka made Yoga mandatory for all colleges and universities in the State   The Karnataka governmenthas made Yoga mandatory for all colleges and universities in the State. It was decided at a meeting of Vice-chancellors and other officials of state universities which was chaired by State Higher Education Minister G T Devegowda. According to the officials, all … Read more

KARNATAKA   Karnataka States Higher Education Council approved in-principle education policy for the State   TheKarnataka State’s Higher Education Council approved the recommendations of the Karnataka State Education Policy. Karnataka Knowledge Commission submitted few in-principle recommendations in the State education policy. Some of the recommendations are: ♦ monitoring the fixation of fees ♦ encouraging technology-enabled learning ♦ giving an … Read more