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TN women top the list of MUDRA loan scheme beneficiaries

August 27, 2020
MUDRA loan scheme
  • Over 15 crore loans amounting to ₹4.78-lakh-crore have been disbursed to women borrowers since the inception of the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) with Tamil Nadu topping the list in availing the loan followed by women in West Bengal and Karnataka.

Price Monitoring and Resource Unit launched by NPPA in Karnataka

August 17, 2020
NPPA
  • Price Monitoring and Resource Unit launched by the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority(NPPA) in Karnataka with the help of the Karnataka State Drug Control Department to help the NPPA in monitoring the prices of drugs and also the availability of such drugs in the state.

A Railway Museum launched at Hubballi in Karnataka

August 10, 2020
Railway Museum
  • A Railway Museum Launched at Hubballi in Karnataka where the artefacts are broadly arranged in three sections, at two cottages named Malaprabha and Ghataprabha and the outdoor section.
  • This museum is launched by Minister of Railways Piyush Goyal and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi virtually.

First-of-its-kind mobile RT-PCR lab developed by IISc

August 6, 2020
mobile RT-PCR lab
  • The latest mobile RT-PCR lab developed by IISc Bengaluru is the country’s only ICMR approved lab which is capable of conducting 9000 RT-PCR tests per month. The first-of-its-kind mobile COVID-19 lab was launched by the Karnataka Education Minister Dr. K Sudhakar.

Karnataka to set up integrated biotech and life sciences park in Bengaluru

July 29, 2020
Karnataka
  • Rs 5,000 crore worth life sciences park to be set up in Bengaluru with an aim to generate employment for 50,000 people.
  • The project is being set up under a public-private partnership with the government of Karnataka and private entity Labzone Corp.
  • The first phase of the project is expected to be completed by December 2022. It will be spread across 9 million square feet in Bengaluru electronic city. 52.27 acres has been allotted.

Flipkart signs MoU with Govt. Of Karnataka To Promote Local Art, Craft and Handlooms Sector

July 11, 2020
Flipkart
  • Flipkart, India’s homegrown e-commerce marketplace, and Department of MSME and Mines, Government of Karnataka have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to promote the state’s Arts, Crafts and Handloom sectors, by bringing them on to e-commerce and providing market access.
  • The partnership will enable local artisans, weavers and craftsmen of Karnataka to showcase their hallmark products to a pan-India customer base.

Karnataka starts Weavers Sammaan Yojana

July 6, 2020
Weavers Sammaan Yojana
  • Karnataka’s Chief Minister B. S. Yediyurappa began Weavers Sammaan Yojana on 6th July. Under this scheme, 19,744 handloom weavers will get yearly financial support of two thousand rupees through Direct Benefit Transfer.