KARNATAKA

TheKarnatakaDigital economy Mission (KDEM) chairmanBV Naidusaid companies should at least adopt the hub-and-spoke model and make Beyond Bengaluru a success.

The Beyond Bengaluru campaign is the state governments effort to move industries to other parts of Karnataka. We tell to create other cities as a spoke like they created hubs. All these places need an initial fillip. And that fillip will create a snowball effect,

Naidu said at the Bengaluru Tech Summit. He added that early results in moving industries to other cities of Karnataka are showing good results. He also said KDEM is interested in developing industry clusters and not just cities.

Some of the cities that have been the focus are Hubballi, Belagavi, and Mangaluru.Naidusaid that fintech companies Razorpay and CashGrow have committed investments in Mangaluru.

TheKarnatakaDigital economy Mission (KDEM) in PARTNERSHIP with Indias top financial technology companies has launched afintechtask group under the Leadership of RazorPay founder and CEO Harshil Mathur. The task group will work towards creating a projected roadmap for the Growth of the , identifying the opportunities and challenges faced by the fintech ecosystem, and leveraging the partnering institutions and government to solve for them.B V Naidu, chairman, KDEM said, India has emerged as one of the worlds fastest-growing tech innovation hubs in the world, with fintech leading the charge as the industry has raised close to $10 billion in Investment. Indias Financial Inclusion and digitisation success story has been made possible by the combined efforts of the government as well as tech innovations, fundamentally disrupting the way masses access financial Services.

Taking a cue from this, KDEM launched the first Karnataka Fintech Task group, bringing together industry leaders to further pave the way for future innovations, founders, and citizens to participate in Indias fintech success story.Reports by FICCI and BCG (Boston Consulting Group) suggest that the Indian fintech sector will attain a valuation of $150-$160 billion by 2025. Karnataka is Home to Indias leading fintech companies like Razorpay,Zerodha, Khatabook, and Cred. These companies are tackling issues ranging from digital payments adoption to offering efficient neo-Banking solutions, investment avenues, access to easy credit. Apart from Mathur, the task group comprises Timmanna Gouda of Whatsloan, Miten Sampat of Cred and Nithin Kamath of Zerodha, among others.

The Karnataka Government has decided to promulgate an ordinance forincreasing reservationfor Scheduled Castes (SCs) from 15% to 17%, and for Scheduled Tribes (STs) from 3% to 7%.

The Cabinet decided to increase the quota based on a report of a committee headed by retired judge H.N. Nagmohan Das, which recommended increasing reservation for SCs from 15% to 17%, and for STs from 3% to 7%.

The has taken up a survey to find out how many Bangladeshi Scheduled Caste (SC) immigrants are staying in various districts to recommend their inclusion in SC list.

According to a circular issued by the Dr BR Ambedkar Research Institute, Bengaluru, recently, all the joint/ deputy directors of the social welfare department have been directed to compile the number of SC Population migrated from Bangladesh.

Farmers who are finding it difficult to avail crop loans and other facilities, can now easily get a loan, without the need to run from pillar to post from banks to the sub-registrars office to furnish details, as theKarnatak Vikas Grameena Bank(KVGB),Dharwad, launched the Farmer Registration and Unified Beneficiary Information System (FRUITS) portal, an e-Governance project of the government ofKarnataka.

This portal has land and other details of farmers in the state. Bankers can get the details of farmers who apply for an agricultural loan or other financial assistance through this portal. KVG is the first bank inNorth Karnatakato launch this portal for the benefit of farmers.

Karnataka School DevelopmentandMonitoring Committee(SDMC)Coordinating Forumhas welcomed the governments order on the standard operating procedure (SOP) and following of ISO norms by those involved in cooking midday meals.

This, they said, would ensure the good Health and safety of children and cleanliness in preparation and serving of the meals in schools.
The rule applies to kitchens that are preparing the meals, theforumsaid, condemning the politicising of the issue. The government should implement the SOP and not give in to any pressure, it added.

The report submitted by the panel led byDr Devi Shettyhas recommended that the decision to reopen schools should be decentralised and left to individual schools and local authorities, a view that has come as a shot in the arm for educationists who have been demanding decentralisation.

The report, which was submitted to the government , said all decisions on reopening schools should be taken by authorities at district, taluk and village levels throughSDMC(School Development and Monitoring Committee) as per broader guidelines laid down by the government.

With the surge in cases in rural Karnataka continuing despite more than 15 days of restrictions, and with villagers not turning out to take the Covid-19 test, the is deploying mobile clinics to conduct tests at doorsteps of villagers.

Daily cases in the rest of Karnataka (other thanBengaluru Urban) has been hovering around the 23,000-mark for the past 15 days, while the number of positive cases in Bengaluru has dropped from over 20,000 to 9,000 in the same period.

To bring the pandemic under control in rural areas, the government has hit on the idea of widespread testing. Each of its mobile clinics will have a doctor, lab technician and nurse, besides Asha and anganwadi workers. They will visit every household in villages and conduct rapid antigen tests (RAT).

ForElecthon2023, a 30-hour offline hackathon for securing electoral future that began on Saturday, 40 of the 67 teams shortlisted by the of India (ECI) are participating in the final session. The hackathon’s objective is to identify glitches or lapses in the voting process and come up with solutions, the poll panel said.

The participation of 2,936 teams and 4,399 individuals. Collectively, 493 ideas were submitted and these were evaluated on several parameters. Out of these entries, ECI had shortlisted 67 teams.

The event is an opportunity for every individual to contribute to the development of the Indian electoral process and make a significant impact on Society.

The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams announced that Anjanadri hill in Tirupati is the birthplace of Lord Anjaneya or Hanuman. The TTD made the formal announcement during Sri Rama Navami celebrations in Tirumala.

The five other places, which too lay claim to Hanumans origins, include the hillock near Anjanadri at Hampi in Karnataka, Anjan village in Jharkhands Gumla district, Anjan mountain in Navsari region of Gujarat, Kaithal region in Haryana, and Anjaneri at Tirambakeswar near Nashik, Maharashtra.

Karnataka claims Hanuman was born on Anjanadri hill in Kishkinda, near Anegundi, in Koppal district, which abuts Hampi. Quoting Ramayana and mythological references, experts said it is believed that Kishkinda is the place where Rama and Lakshmana met Hanuman as they came in search of Sita. It is also believed that Anjanadevi gave birth to Hanuman on a hill in Kishkinda. Hence, the hillock is called Anjanadri.

The scholars of Kannada University at Hampi have affirmed that there is no material evidence to prove that Anjaneya was born in Karnataka. Nevertheless, historians point out that Hampi region was popularly known as Kishkinda in the . Hence, it is possible that Anjaneya could have gone to Hampi from Tirumala which was just 363 km away. As Hampi was 1,240 kms from Gumla, 1626 km from Kaithal, and 616 km from Maharashtra, they ruled them all out and suggested that Hanumans https://exam.pscnotes.com/Migration“>Migration to Hampi is feasible.