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Karnataka ( / kərˈnɑːtəkə /; ISO: Karnāṭaka, Kannada: [kɐɾˈnaːʈɐkɐ] ), also known colloquially as Karunāḍu, is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed as Mysore State on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, and renamed Karnataka in 1973.
Karnataka is the leader in the information technology sector in India and its capital, Bangalore, is known as the Silicon Valley of India. In the IT sector, Karnataka generated a total revenue of ₹ 516.5 billion in the financial year 2006–07 which included ₹ 487 billion from software exports and ₹ 29.5 billion from hardware exports.
The Government of Karnataka, abbreviated as GoK or GOKA, or simply Karnataka Government, formerly Government of Mysore or Government of Mysore State is a democratically elected state body with the governor as the ceremonial head to govern the Southwest Indian state of Karnataka. The governor who is appointed for five years appoints the chief ...
The southern Indian state of Karnataka consists of 31 districts grouped into 4 administrative divisions, viz ., Belagavi, Bengaluru , Gulbarga, and Mysore. Geographically, the state has three principal variants: the western coastal stretch, the hilly belt comprising the Western Ghats, and the plains, comprising the plains of the Deccan plateau .
The Chief minister of Karnataka is the chief executive officer of the government of the Indian state of Karnataka.As per the Constitution of India, the governor of Karnataka is the state's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister, a template applicable to all other Indian states.
The Karnataka Government issued an order to fix the rates for COVID-19 treatment in private hospitals. The rates range from ₹5,200 to ₹25,000 depending on the category and severity of infection and can be availed by both Ayushman Bharat-Arogya Karnataka (AB-ArK) patients and other insurance/cash paying patients. The State Government also ...
Siddaramaiah (born 3 August 1947), [6] also referred to by his nickname Siddu, [a] is an Indian politician who is serving as the 22nd Chief Minister of Karnataka since 2023. [7] He also held that position previously from 2013 to 2018, being only the second person to hold that office for a full five-year term.
When H. D. Kumaraswamy formed Government in 2018, G. Parameshwara was sworn-in as the Deputy Chief Minister. After which when B.S. Yeddyurappa formed Government in 2019, three Deputy Chief Ministers were sworn-in, C. N. Ashwath Narayan, Govind Karjol and Laxman Savadi. For the first Karnataka witnessed 3 Deputy Chief Ministers in office at the ...