Dec 2018

KARNATAKA   Karnataka refutes Centre’s claim that 2 lakh homes in state powerless   While the Union power ministry says around 2 lakh rural households in Karnataka don’t have electricity connections, the Karnataka government dismisses the data as “old, outdated and erroneous” and says only 4,500 households need to power connections.   The latest data … Read more

KARNATAKA   Women’s National Boxing Championship to begin from 31 Dec in Karnataka   The tournament will be held at the JSW Sports’ Inspire Institute of Sports, which was recently inaugurated by Olympic gold-medallist shooter AbhinavBindra. The championship will feature more the 300 of the nation’s best female boxers, aged between 19 and 40, across … Read more

KARNATAKA     Electric vehicles launched at Nandi Hills   Three electric vehicleshave been launched at the hilltop of Nandi Hills, Karnataka. These electric vehicles are being maintained by a private company in association with the State government. It will take visitors on a 2 km tour of the historic sites as well as sight-seeing of flora … Read more

KARNATAKA     Tamil Nadu to Karnataka: Don’t go ahead with Mekedatu report   Even as Karnataka is determined to go ahead with the Mekedatu reservoir project and preparing a Detailed Project Report (DPR), the Tamil Nadu government on warned the state against going ahead with it.   The request of the Karnataka to discuss with the Tamil Nadu … Read more

KARNATAKA   ·        Karnataka govt likely to exempt IT sector from Employment Act ð  The Karnataka government is likely to exempt IT/ITeS companies from the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act for another five years, providing the sector immunity from the government’s statutory employment terms. ð  The government is looking at ways to proactively engage with IT/ITeS … Read more

KARNATAKA   Kaiga power station-1 creates a world record yet again   Karnataka’s Kaiga has once again made the country proud by creating a world record for the longest uninterrupted operation for 941 days, thereby breaking the earlier record of 940 days by the United Kingdom. Heysham-2 Unit-8 of the U.K. had held the earlier … Read more

KARNATAKA     Monsoons fail, 33% dip in food production likely   Karnataka has had another difficult year with both the southwest and the northeast monsoons failing. It has rendered drinking water scarce and is likely to drag down food production by 33%. Although the summer crop is pending, the state government has already revised its food production target for … Read more

  Bill tabled on recruitment procedure in Karnataka   Laying down the procedure to be followed in recruitments, candidate ratio to be maintained at each stage, and the rules on preparation of list of candidates to be selected under direct recruitment conducted by the Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC).   The Bill lays down the procedure for … Read more

KARNATAKA   North Karnataka forum seeks proper decentralisation of power   The North Karnataka Development Forum has warned of an agitation if its demand for “meaningful decentralisation” of power is not met immediately.   The other demands of the forum include announcing Belagavi as the “second capital” of the State.   It was in 2006 that the … Read more

  KARNATAKA   Only 5% of funds spent under Smart Cities project in two years   Just about 5% of the total allocation for the Smart Cities project has been spent in Karnataka over the last two years. While ₹1,772 crore has been allocated for the project being implemented in seven cities, only ₹91.34 crore has been … Read more