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Karnataka Cabinet Clears Public Premises Use Bill
The Karnataka State Cabinet cleared The Karnataka Regulation of Use of Government Premises and Public Property Bill, 2026, on 13 August 2026. The draft law requires prior government...
Karnataka Approves SAMASTA for Health Record Digitisation
Karnataka approved the phased rollout of SAMASTA, an integrated community digital health platform for digitising health records and replacing manual paper-based record-keeping. The platform is linked with the...
Karnataka Launches Sandhya Kiran Cashless Healthcare Cover
Karnataka has approved the Sandhya Kiran contributory cashless healthcare scheme for retired Karnataka State Government employees below 70 years of age, family pensioners, and their eligible dependents. The...
Karnataka Bans Tobacco and Nicotine Products
Karnataka has prohibited the manufacture, storage, distribution, transportation, and sale of products containing tobacco and nicotine, with the restriction covering gutkha, pan masala, and related commercial supply chains....
Karnataka Launches Tathyakosh Public Data Portal
Karnataka launched the public data portal Tathyakosh.in in Bengaluru on 12 August 2026. The portal was developed by the ACSEL Technology Forum, a Karnataka government Centre of Excellence...
Horatti Resigns as Karnataka Legislative Council Chairman
Basavaraj Horatti submitted his resignation as Chairperson of the Karnataka Legislative Council in Bengaluru on 7 August 2026. The Karnataka Legislative Council is the upper house of the...
Karnataka Launches AI-Powered Digital Crop Survey
Karnataka launched the Composite Digital Crop Survey (CDCS) on 6 August 2026 as a state-level initiative for crop data collection and agricultural mapping. The project uses Artificial Intelligence,...
19 Ministers Inducted into Karnataka Cabinet
On 3 August 2026, 19 MLAs were sworn in as ministers in the first expansion of the Karnataka Cabinet led by Chief Minister D. K. Shivakumar. The oath...
APEDA Facilitates First Air Shipment of Karnataka Mangoes to Maldives
The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) facilitated the first-ever air shipment of Neelam and Totapuri mangoes from Karnataka to the Maldives on 30 July...
Karnataka’s Semiconductor Park to Become Operational by December 2026
Karnataka has planned a 200-acre Semiconductor Park at KWIN City near Bengaluru, with operationalisation targeted for December 2026. The park is part of the Knowledge, Wellbeing and Innovation...
Karnataka Announces India’s First Government-Driven AI University
Karnataka announced a plan to establish India’s first government-driven Artificial Intelligence University on 14 July 2026. The announcement was made in Bengaluru during the inauguration of Google I/O...
