Karnataka Administrative Reforms Commission-2 (KARC-2)

Karnataka Administrative Reforms Commission-2 (KARC-2)

News –

• Karnataka Administrative Reforms Commission recommends closure of seven boards and corporations, merger of nine others.

Recommendations

• The boards and corporations whose closure has been recommended are:

1. Karnataka State Social Welfare Board
2. Karnataka State Temperance Board
3. Karnataka Cooperative Poultry Federation
4. Karnataka Pulpwood Limited
5. Karnataka State Agro-Corn Products Limited
6. Mysore Lamp Works Limited
7. Karnataka Agro Industries Corporation Limited.

The boards and corporations whose merger has been recommended are

1. Karnataka State AIDS Prevention Society
2. Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation Ltd
3. Bengaluru Suburban Railway Company Ltd. (B-RIDE)
4. Karnataka Handloom Development Corporation Ltd.
5. Ahara Karnataka Ltd.
6. Karnataka Cashew Development Corporation Ltd.

Karnataka Administrative Reforms Commission-2 (KARC-2)

• Constituted in – January 2021
• Mandate – to recommend comprehensive measures for enhancing transparency, efficiency, and accountability in public administration.
• The commission’s mandate includes restructuring administrative systems, simplifying citizen-centric service delivery, and strengthening institutional governance across departments.
• The current Chairman of the Karnataka Administrative Reforms Commission is Shri R.V. Deshpande, who was appointed in January 2024 with the status of a Cabinet Minister. He took over from the previous chairman, Shri T.M. Vijay Bhaskar

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