Governance Challenges & Solutions - Traditional governance faced issues like bureaucratic delays, lack of transparency, and citizen disconnection, leading to corruption and barriers in good governance [6][8] - The Karnataka government implemented the Sakala Act (Right to Citizen Services Act) to prescribe time limits for service delivery, impacting 350 million people over the last decade with 98% of services delivered within the set time [9][12][13] - Technology, with empathy as the compass, is key for inclusivity, transparency, and trust in public services [5] Agricultural Transformation - Farmers face uncertainty in pricing and market inefficiencies, leading to exploitation [4][15][16] - The government introduced an online electronic market platform to redesign APMC markets, enabling statewide and nationwide competition, benefiting 51 lakh (5.1 million) suppliers and resulting in a turnover of 75,000 cr (750 billion) rupees last year [17][22] - Farmers receive mobile SMS updates on commodity prices and market information, addressing information asymmetry [20][21] Disaster Management & COVID-19 Response - Karnataka has a real-time monitoring system with 6,500 telemetric rain gauges and 850 weather monitoring stations, receiving 27 cr (270 million) data points every 15 minutes [26] - The state uses technology for early warning systems, including lightning sensors, and disseminates information to 20 lakh (2 million) farmers through a call center [27][28][29] - Technology aided COVID-19 management through KPME app, tracking pharma sales, establishing fever clinics, and assessing readiness indicators [32][33][34] Data & Social Registry - Karnataka has a social registry of 5.4 cr (54 million) people, enabling business process re-engineering and informed decision-making for government schemes [37] - The state maintains a fruits database for farmers, tracking land records and benefits received, to ensure equitable distribution of resources [38] - Electoral role management system was implemented to standardize electoral roles, removing around 50 lakh (5 million) duplicate names [39][40] Elephant Conservation - Karnataka, with the highest elephant population in the country (6,500 elephants, 20% of Asian elephants), uses technology like smart barriers, radio collaring, and thermal drones to mitigate human-elephant conflict [43][44]