Karnataka set to open doors for novel innovations

Bengaluru: Fancy getting petrol delivered home? How about delving into cryptocurrency? Karnataka is set to try out disruptive innovations that may lead to policy changes, five years after a law was introduced for this purpose.

The Karnataka Innovation Authority (KIA), which is likely to be operationalised soon, will provide a regulatory sandbox to test ideas, mainly those currently do not have any policy recognition or framework.

IT/BT Minister Priyank Kharge said his department wants to launch operations of the KIA as early as next month.