Bengaluru: Priyank Kharge, Minister for IT/BT, on Wednesday reviewed the regulatory sandbox framework under the Karnataka Innovation Authority, including the overall design, operational workflows, implementation mechanisms, legal analysis and global benchmarking.
“We discussed some crucial amendments to the existing KIA Act that will help operationalise and implement the regulatory sandbox framework. This will allow innovative technologies to be tested in a controlled environment, with reasonable relaxation of state regulations where required, so that genuine innovation is not held back by regulatory barriers,” Kharge said.
The final framework will be opened up soon for consultation with startups, industry, state departments and think tanks before it is formally introduced.
The government intends to make the framework decisively pro-technology while remaining accountable and safe, he added.