Karnataka govt announces ICT and KEH policies

Intends to position Bangalore as IT R&D and product hub, maintain Karnataka's leadership in outsourced IT services and enable it as most preferred destination for MSME

PTI | June 21, 2011



Karnataka Government on Monday announced two new policies- the Information and Communications Technology Policy and the Karnataka Electronics Hardware  Policy-- aimed at further growth of the industry.

"The aim of the ICT policy is to position Bangalore to be the IT R&D and product hub, to maintain Karnataka's leadership in outsourced IT services and to enable it to be the most preferred destination for MSME," Murugesh R Nirani,minister of industries of Karnataka, said in the state capital while announcing  the launch of Bangalore IT biz 2011.

Policy highlights include setting up IT investment region (ITIR) near BIAL, establishing research hub in Bangalore along with a prototype and testing
laboratory, encouraging academia industry partnership, setting up an Innovation Park on PPP mode for MSMEs (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) in Bangalore, encouraging SEZ for MSMEs and development of Tier II and III cities.

The Karnataka Electronics Hardware Policy aims at facilitating, promoting and developing Electronics hardware manufacturing sector to make Karnataka preferred destination for investments in high-value added electronics manufacturing.

Salient features include setting up Karnataka Electronics Innovation with an initial corpus of Rs 25 crore to aid entrepreneurs and setting up of four
electronics manufacturing hubs (Bangalore-Tumkur Shimoga-Hassan, Hubli-Dharwar, Mysore-Nanjangud). Each hub shall feature 500 acres, he said.

The policy also envisages setting up a mobile handset manufacturing cum assembly hub in 100 acres in ITIR.

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