Bengaluru Mission 2022

The Chief Minister of Karnataka B S Yediyurappa recently launched the “Bengaluru Mission 2022”. The mission aims to provide necessary infrastructure and basic amenities to people of Bengaluru to resolve their day-to-day problems and challenges. It basically plans to overhaul city infrastructure. The mission is to work in making Bengaluru “one of the best in ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020

Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs • States Current Affairs

Topics: Bangalore Metro • Bengaluru Mission 2022 • BS Yediyurappa • Connectivity • Electric vehicles • Forest cover • Highest forest and tree cover • solid waste management • Tree Cover • urban forest

What are deemed forests? Why is Karnataka Government releasing 6.64 lakh hectares of deemed forests?

The State Government of Karnataka recently announced that it will soon declassify 6.64 lakh hectares of 9.94 hectares of deemed forests in the state. This is around 67% of the deemed forest land. What are deemed forests? Deemed Forests are land tracts that appear to be forest but have not been notified as forest in ..

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020

Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs • States Current Affairs

Topics: bellari • BS Yediyurappa • deemed forest • Forest Conservation • Forest Conservation Act 1980 • Karnataka • Land management • Supreme court • Vijayanagar

What is Mahajan Commission report on Karnataka-Maharashtra border dispute?

On November 18, 2020, the Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa condemned the comments made by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar over the border dispute between the two states. Pawar mentioned the dispute as an attempt to incite fire. What is the border dispute between Maharashtra and Karnataka? The border dispute between the states ..

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020

Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs • Legal & Constitution Current Affairs • States Current Affairs

Topics: article 131 • Belgaum • Belgaum district • Belgaum division • BS Yediyurappa • Mahajan committee • State Reorganisation Act • Supreme court

First ever RORO service flagged off

Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa recently flagged off first-ever Roll-On-Roll-Off (RORO) service of South Western Railway between Nelamangla in Bengaluru and Bale near Solapur in Maharashtra through video-conferencing. What is RORO service?          Abbreviated form of Roll On Roll Off service, RORO service is combination of best features of road and rail transport. It is ..

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020

Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs

Topics: BS Yediyurappa • Indian Railway • Railway • RORO Service • South Western Railway

Karnataka amends its Industries (Facilitation) Act for Attracting Investments

On 25th June 2020, Under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister of Karnataka BS Yediyurappa the State Cabinet of the Karnataka state government has made amendments to sections of ‘The Karnataka Industries (Facilitation) Act, 2002’.  An ordinance will be issued by the state government soon for the amendments to come into effect. The amendment was made ..

Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020

Topics: BS Yediyurappa • Chief Minister of Karnataka • Gujarat • Industries (Facilitation) Act • Karnataka • Rajasthan