Overview

• Cabinet cleared the Karnataka Platform-Based Gig Workers Bill to convert the May ordinance into law and establish a state welfare fund with insurer cover of up to Rs 4 lakh per worker
• The Prohibition of Child Marriage (Karnataka Amendment) Bill was approved to criminalise both betrothal and marriage of minors with penalties for all participants
• The Karnataka Private Medical Establishments Bill will regulate private ambulance providers and mandate registration of mobile health clinics
• Forty-six life convicts were granted premature release on humanitarian grounds and three more await Union Home Ministry consent under Article 161
• The renewal of the Ranga Shankara theatre lease was approved at a concessionary rate to sustain the nonprofit performing arts venue