Not China but other states main competition: IT min

Bengaluru: The state’s new IT & BT minister Priyank Kharge said he wants to take Karnataka’s innovation ecosystem to a higher trajectory. Kharge was the IT & BT minister from 2016 to 2018 and was instrumental in bringing Wistron to Karnataka. In an interview to TOI, he talks about policy changes he’s looking at, skill development and wooing investors back to the state. Excerpts:
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arnataka’s tech industry has morphed into an innovation and R&D powerhouse. How does your government intend to help to keep the momentum going?

The IT sector is self-propelling right now, but there is a lot of potential in tier-2 towns.