Karnataka is working on India's first-ever circular economy policy: Priyank

Karnataka is working on India's first-ever circular economy policy, said Priyank Kharge, Karnataka Minister for Information Technology & Biotechnology and Science and Technology, on Wednesday.

- NT Correspondent

Circular economy aims to circumvent waste through processes like maintenance, reuse, refurbish, re-manufacture, recycle and composting. This is being increasingly adopted by governments around the world to tackle specifically climate change related challenges.

As part of this policy, 20 per cent of all construction materials will be required to be sustainable, he added. Kharge was speaking at Propagate 2024, the annual flagship event of Brigade REAP, a real estate accelerator program, in Bengaluru.