Karnataka plans to formulate a preferential public procurement policy to help local start-ups, said IT and Biotechnology Minister Priyank Kharge in Belagavi on Saturday.
He was speaking at ‘Techceleration 2023’, an event organised by the Karnataka Digital Economy Mission to showcase the State’s thriving IT, ESDM, and S&T sectors in the Hubballi-Dharwad-Belagavi Cluster.
“Along with our sector-specific ease of doing business initiatives, we are trying to develop a preferential public procurement policy that ensures government support for start-ups with unique intellectual property registered with our start-up cell and if invested and engaged in ‘Beyond Bengaluru’ initiative of the Government of Karnataka,“ the Minister said.
