july 2018

KARNATAKA   New Electronic Voting Machines manufacturing facility inaugurated   Election Commissioner Sunil Arorainaugurated a new manufacturing facility for EVM (Electronic Voting Machine) production at Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL),in Braille EPI Cards (Electors Photo Identity Card) were distributed for the first time in Karnataka to four visually impaired voters.           INTERNATIONAL     Myanmar joins … Read more

KARNATAKA     Mysuru airport expansion on fast track   Making a strong business case for expanding the Mysuru airport in view of its tourism and investment potential and to provide air connectivity with major commercial cities of Karnataka, the authorities have set August 15 as the deadline for completing a joint survey for land acquisition to … Read more

KARNATAKA   Kumaraswamy announces farm loan waiver in Karnataka Budget   The Karnataka budget has waived all defaulted crop loans of the farmers made upto December 31, 2017, which is termed as Phase I of the loan waiver scheme.   However, the budget has imposed several conditions for the waiver scheme and fixed the maximum principal of … Read more

KARNATAKA   Mysuru’s Film City may go to Ramanagaram   The future of much-talked-about Film City project near Mysuru is hanging in the balance with efforts being made to move the project to Ramanagaram.   Land for the project had been transferred to the Department of Information and Public Relations and the work was supposed … Read more

KARNATAKA   Union govt. defends sugar price control measures   Defending its sugar price control measures, the Union government on Monday told the Karnataka High Court that imposition of stock holding limit on sugar mills along with prescribing the minimum price of ₹29 per kg for sale in domestic market is one of the pillars … Read more

KARNATAKA   Government promises to protect lakes   29,623 lakes across the State come under the Minor Irrigation Department and the government was committed to protecting them and clearing encroachments.   In February, the State government handed over even lakes in Bengaluru, some of which are in deplorable condition, to the Minor Irrigation Department and … Read more

KARNATAKA   Nearly 10,000 applications pending under RTI   The pendency of applications under Right To Information (RTI) Act has been reduced in the State and at present around 10,000 applications are pending.   Earlier in the day he disposed of 16 of 30 cases which came before the commission, most pertaining to officials not providing requisite … Read more

KARNATAKA   Karnataka pips T.N. to become top State in renewable energy   With 27% of its power generation coming from renewable energy, Karnataka has emerged the leading State for renewable energy in India this year, pipping Tamil Nadu. According to a new report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA), the State reached … Read more

KARNATAKA   Mysuru gets hi-tech air quality monitoring station   Unable to get a piece of land in the core of the city for establishing a state-of-the-art air quality monitoring station, the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has now developed the hi-tech station on its premises in Hebbal.   Real-time monitoring of ambient air quality has … Read more

KARNATAKA   Special cover released to mark Global Tiger Day     India Post joined hands in promoting tiger conservation by releasing a special cover to mark Global Tiger Day at Bandipur   In all, 6,500 covers have been printed and will be made available to the public at a cost of ₹25 each. The … Read more