Karnataka: HR News, Trends & Workplace Insights

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Updated on: Jul 2024

Employment

Why Karnataka Proposed -Hour Work Day for IT Professionals?

Jul 30, 2024

Karnataka -Hour Workday A Strain on Women Professionals

The Karnataka governments proposal to extend work hours for IT and ITeS employees to hours a day...

Labour Law

Jul 24, 2024

Karnataka -Hour Workday A Strain on Women Professionals

Karnataka Plans for a -Hour Workday A Closer Look

Within days of the heated debate over job reservations for locals, Karnataka has found itself embroi...

Employment

Jul 22, 2024

Karnataka Plans for a -Hour Workday A Closer Look

Karnataka launched ERD policy, aims to create , jobs

Karnataka launched Engineering Research amp Development policy, aims to create , jobs The Kar...

Jobs

Mar 2, 2021

Jobs

Aequs, Foxconn of toy world, to create around 1,25,000 jobs in Karnataka

Aequs to set up India’s first toy cluster in Karnataka, to create around 1,25,000 jobs It is Foxconn of the toy world, manufacturing some of the most popular superhero figures and toy dart guns at a factory in Karnataka for some of the biggest names in the global toy industry. And it is now setting up […]

Feb 27, 2021

Jobs

Tesla to set up electric car manufacturing unit in Bengaluru

Tesla to set up electric car manufacturing unit in Bengaluru Billionaire Elon Musk’s Tesla Inc will set up an electric-car manufacturing unit in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, according to a government document seen by Reuters on Saturday. “The U.S. firm Tesla will be opening an electric car manufacturing unit in Karnataka,” the state […]

Feb 14, 2021

Industry

Uflex to invest Rs 850 cr to set up new greenfield plant in Karnataka

Uflex to invest Rs 850 cr to set up new greenfield plant in Karnataka Packaging materials and solution company Uflex Ltd plans to set up a new greenfield plant in Karnataka with an investment of Rs 850 crore. The Noida-headquartered firm has also announced brownfield investment of USD 15 million (approx Rs 109.17 cr) to […]

Feb 14, 2021

Jobs

Karnataka to create 10 lakh jobs in IT and related sectors

Karnataka to create 10 lakh jobs in IT and related sectors by 2025 The Karnataka Digital Economy Mission (KDEM) will create ten lakh jobs by 2025 in the state as it will attract more investments in the information technology sector, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Dr. C N Ashwath Narayan said. “The KDEM will create ten […]

Feb 13, 2021

Jobs

India’s first toy manufacturing cluster in Karnataka wants to create over 1 lakh jobs

India’s first toy manufacturing cluster in Karnataka wants to create over 1 lakh jobs Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Saturday laid the foundation stone for the country’s first ‘toy manufacturing cluster’ in Koppal district’s Bhanapur village where 400 acres of land has been allocated to establish plug-and-play manufacturing units at a cost of $545 […]

Jan 10, 2021

Jobs

Flipkart partners with Logistics Skill Sector Council and KSDC

Flipkart partners with Logistics Skill Sector Council and KSDC Walmart-owned Flipkart on Thursday said it has signed an agreement with the Logistics Skill Sector Council (LSC) and Karnataka Skill Development Centre (KSDC) to set up a Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Bengaluru for building skilled and trained workforce for the e-commerce industry in India. Introduced to augment […]

Jan 10, 2021

Jobs

Karnataka to generate 13,341 jobs, CM B. S. Yediyurappa

Karnataka clears investment proposals with the potential to generate 13,341 jobs, CM B. S. Yediyurappa The State High-Level Clearance Committee (SHLCC) meeting chaired by Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Monday cleared five projects with a total investment potential of Rs 26,659 crore and can generate employment for 13,341 people. Investments cleared in the […]

Dec 26, 2020

Jobs

FMCG cluster in Karnataka to create 5 lakh jobs: Minister

FMCG cluster in Karnataka to create 5 lakh jobs: Industry Minister Jagadish Shettar Bengaluru: The proposed fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) cluster at Dharwad will boost socio-economic activity in northern Karnataka with more investments and employment and create 5 lakh direct and indirect jobs, state Industry Minister Jagadish Shettar said on Friday. “The first FMCG cluster will […]

Oct 3, 2020

Jobs

Karnataka new industrial policy to create 1.2 lakh jobs by 2023

Karnataka’s new industrial policy to push mobile production and create 1.2 lakh jobs by 2023 The new industrial policy of Karnataka is expected to push mobile production in value terms in the state to Rs 30,000 crore and create 1.2 lakh jobs by 2023, mobile handset and electronics body ICEA said on Sunday. In August, […]

Sep 23, 2020

Jobs

Karnataka approves new IT policy, to create 60 lakh jobs

Karnataka cabinet approves new IT policy, to create 60 lakh jobs Karnataka cabinet on Thursday approved the new IT (information technology) policy for 2020 -25 that aims to generate over 60 lakh direct and indirect jobs in the state. The policy would also enable the IT industry contribute approximately 30 per cent to the country’s goal of creating […]

Sep 4, 2020

Labour Law

Karnataka govt notifies ‘fixed-term workman’ and allows flexible hiring

Karnataka govt notifies ‘fixed-term workman’ and allows flexible hiring across industry Karnataka govt notifies ‘fixed-term workman’ on June 30, it has made changes to the Karnataka Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Rules 1961 to introduce fixed-term workmen (FTW) in the model standing orders. Earlier, only the apparel manufacturing sector was allowed to hire employees on fixed-term […]

Jul 7, 2020

Jobs

Cognizant faces legal action from IT Union over layoffs

Cognizant faces legal action from IT Union, KITU over layoffs of bench employees Karnataka State IT/ITeS Employees Union, KITU (the first registered IT union in Karnataka) said it had opened a Help Desk to support the affected employees of Cognizant and initiated the legal action after receiving complaints from dozens of technology workers who had […]

Jul 3, 2020