CM wants Tier 2 and 3 Cities Grow, But where is the growth backbone - Transportation Infrastructure?

kbsyed61 - 18-JAN-2013

Source - New Indian Express

Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar on Thursday asked industry members in the state to invest in tier II and tier III cities, besides Bangalore and especially in North Karnataka.

GIM - Beyond Bangalore, Business World

silkboard - 12-JUL-2010

Read some coverage of GIM in BusinessWorld, (Beyond Bangalore). Must say that beyond Bangalore is a nice topic for the article, here are some intereasting bits:

... projects, if they all take off, will see Rs 4 lakh crore being invested ... Almost 65 per cent of these projects are in the iron and steel sector ... in Bellary.

The stat that Karnataka needs to change is this ...

Karnataka ... single-city economy. Bengaluru ... accounts for over 55-60 per cent of the state’s GDP, according to Aroon Raman, chairman of CII-Karnataka.

An interesting angle on iron ore controversy. Will illegal activity go away, be legalized now!?

A blessing or a curse?

psaram42 - 4-JUN-2010

 The Global Investors Meet (GIM) which concluded on Friday the 4^th June 2010, has thrown up a new monitory scale of lakh crore. With the all too common inflation this is no surprise. It can expand to infinity. The Tata nano has started its production line, when there is no parking space in metros like New Delhi, Bangalore etc.  Unfortunately the space on the planet earth is limited however much we wish it is not true.

New Chennai-Bangalore road

idontspam - 15-FEB-2010

The travelling time between Chennai and Bangalore by road could get shorter with the governments of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka evaluating

Right model from the left?

murali772 - 2-FEB-2010

When even die-hard Socialists seem to be reconciled to letting perennially sick public sector units (PSUs) being either privatised or left to waste away, Kerala is showing another way. The state is not just propping up haemorrhaging PSUs but is pulling them out of the red; some are even making decent profits.

The Mangalore SEZ

tsubba - 28-AUG-2008

Website: http://www.mangaloresez.com/index.php# Launching the website on Tuesday, chairman of the Nitte Education Trust N. Vinay Hegde said: “I am a pro-SEZ person. Mangalore has no future unless we become SEZ friendly.”

Bangalore Non-IT Industries and Economy

tsubba - 23-AUG-2008

KASSIA proposes varsity for small enterprises The Hindu. To create a trained and skilled workforce for small-scale industries, the Karnataka Small Scale Industries’ Association (KASSIA) has suggested to the State Government to establish micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) university on the lines of agricultural university.