Karnataka has proposed one of the country’s most ambitious research-linked incentives under its draft IT Policy 2025-30, offering companies a reimbursement of up to Rs 50 crore on advanced innovation and R&D spending.

The scheme, which reimburses 40 percent of eligible research and development (R&D) expenditure, is the highest state-level support for technology research in India.

This is important for India because a state-backed R&D subsidy of this scale can accelerate the country’s shift from a services to high-value technology innovation, strengthening its global competitiveness in deep tech and advanced engineering.

In this regard, Karnataka’s Information Technology Minister Priyank Kharge said, on September 12, that the state is mulling a new policy that would allow deep tech sta

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