july 2018

KARNATAKA   Wipro will start BPO operations in Mysuru by year-end   Information Technology major Wipro is expected to start its BPO operations here by the end of the year, giving IT and ITES (Information Technology-Enabled Services) operations a boost.   Wipro was launching BPO operations in Mysuru under the Centre’s India BPO Promotion Scheme. … Read more

KARNATAKA   Infosys Foundation contribute Rs 200 crore to the Bengaluru Metro   For the construction of Konappana Agrahara Metro Station (Electronics City) as well as for laying railway tracks, Infosys Foundation would contribute Rs 200 croreto the Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. Both parties would sign an MoU on July 19. The estimated cost of the elevated rail … Read more

KARNATAKA   HAL signed MoU with BBMP for the infrastructure project   The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) signed a MoU for facilitating the right of use of land for the corridor for the proposed signal-free corridorfrom Vellara junction to Hope Farm Junction. HAL handed over 3,100 sq.m. to the BBMP for the 17.5-km signal-free … Read more

KARNATAKA   Amend DCRG scheme   The Karnataka State Government NPS (New Pension Scheme) Employees’ Association and Akhila Karnataka State Government Employees’ Federation have urged the government to amend the Death-Cum-Retirement Gratuity (DCRG) scheme so as to extend it to all those employees who have been appointed since April 2006.   The government meted out injustice to … Read more

KARNATAKA     Taiwanese company to invest ₹3,000 crore in State   Taiwan-based company Wistron Technologies has come forward to invest ₹3,000 crore in Narasapura industrial area of Kolar.   The Chief Minister welcomed the idea of this huge investment in the State and asked the company to submit a proposal for grant of land, … Read more

KARNATAKA   Farm loan waiver quantum jumps to ₹40,000 crore   The quantum of the Janata Dal (Secular)–Congress coalition government’s much-discussed farm loan waiver is now about ₹40,000 crore — a jump from ₹34,000 crore announced in the State Budget.   While the budget announcement had set the eligibility of crop loans taken between April … Read more

KARNATAKA   State-run cab service likely   In the wake of rising discontentment among cab drivers attached to private aggregator platforms, the State government is now contemplating starting its own taxi service.   There is a proposal to start a government-owned cab service on the lines of private taxi aggregators such as Ola and Uber, … Read more

KARNATAKA State yet to make no-bag day a must   Students in State syllabus schools will have to continue to bear the burden on their backs as the government is yet to issue an order on making no-bag day mandatory once a week. The Department of Public Instruction in January this year mooted the idea … Read more

KARNATAKA   Belagavi gets K-TECH Innovation Hub   Belagavi moved a step closer to becoming a smart city by getting its own innovation hub.   The government decided to establish these facilities in tier II cities to leverage the existing manufacturing clusters and the local human resource available in the academic and industrial bodies.   … Read more

KARNATAKA   Water projects to be taken up for Ramanagaram, Channapatna   The government would take up projects worth at least ₹700 crore to provide drinking water to all rural households of Ramanagaram and Channapatna, Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswmay.   According to Mr. Kumaraswamy, an order on offering support price to cross breed and bivoltine … Read more