Overview

• The Assembly-approved Karnataka Fire (Amendment) Bill authorises a 1% cess on property tax for new multi-storey buildings to upgrade urban fire infrastructure.
• Aggregators will pay a quarterly welfare fee of 1–5% of payouts into a government-managed fund tracked by a new digital verification system as the gig worker ordinance moves into a full bill.
• A Centre of Excellence in Space Technology will be established as a Section 8 company in Bengaluru with a Rs 10 crore budget over five years and SIA-India as its implementing partner.
• Rs 50 crore in funding has been released to set up a peripheral cancer treatment unit under Kidwai Memorial Institute at Raichur’s Rajiv Gandhi Super Specialty Hospital.
• Budgetary approval of Rs 62 crore paves the way for a 450-bed Indira Gandhi Children’s Health Institute in Bengaluru to expand paediatric care.