2nd June KPSC Current Affairs

Green property tags

Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) to award ‘green property tags’ to promote sustainable practices in Mysuru.

Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has formally introduced a budget allocation for awarding ‘green property tags’ to residential and commercial properties in Mysuru to encourage environmentally sustainable living.
This initiative aims to address ongoing resource and energy strains by motivating citizens to convert their homes into self-sustaining ecosystems.

Properties adopting decentralized green technologies like rainwater harvesting (RWH), solar energy systems, biogas production, and on-site waste composting will qualify for the tag.
To promote a “bottom-up” approach where individual citizens take responsibility for reducing fossil fuel dependency, conserving water, and managing household waste right within their compounds.
The initiative aligns with other MCC green measures, such as developing Miyawaki forests in local parks and issuing Green Wedding Certificates to reward zero-waste, eco-friendly public celebrations.

State government issues order constituting Quantum Task Force.

The Government of Karnataka recently constituted a 16-member “Quantum Task Force” to establish the state as a national hub for quantum technology, research, and innovation.
Chaired by IISc Professor Arindam Ghosh, the committee will guide state policy and oversee infrastructure projects, including the proposed mega Quantum City at Hesaraghatta.
About Members

Key Details:

Objective: To implement the strategic vision of the Karnataka Quantum Roadmap.
Chairperson: Arindam Ghosh, JRD Tata Chair Professor, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru.
Member-Secretaries: The Director of the Department of Science and Technology (Govt. of Karnataka) and Managing Director of KSTEPS.
Composition: A 16-member committee comprising experts from academia (IISc, Raman Research Institute, ICTS), private industry, and senior government officials.

Year-long events to mark 75th anniversary of Kagodu Satyagraha.

Activists from several progressive organisations have decided to observe the 75th anniversary of the historic Kagodu Satyagraha considered the first peasant movement in independent India through a series of programmes spread across this year.
The initiative aims to revive public memory of a movement that shaped the course of land reforms in the country.

The year-long observation features several grassroots and state-level initiatives:

Commemorative Rallies & Gatherings: Public conventions held across the Shivamogga district, paying homage to the tenant farmers who fought for land rights and fairer harvest-sharing terms.
Historical Exhibitions: Educational displays and photo exhibits showcasing the roots of the 1951 movement, detailing how local farmers revolted against landlords in Sagar taluk over the unilateral alteration of the kolaga (the grain measuring container).
Seminars and Symposia: Discussions led by progressive thinkers, scholars, and activists aimed at reflecting on how the Kagodu Satyagraha shaped the course of post-independence land reforms across the nation.
Awareness Campaigns: Dedicated drives focusing on the agrarian legacy of the region and ongoing rural socio-economic issues to inspire younger generations.
Shivamogga Rangayana, the State government’s theatre repertory, has proposed to adapt novelist Na. D’Souza’s celebrated novel Kolaga which is based on the Kagodu Satyagraha for the stage this year.

In March 1951, tenant farmers of Kagodu village in Sagar taluk revolted against landlords over a dispute regarding the size of the kolaga (a container used to measure and divide agricultural produce).
Dissatisfied with the landlords’ unilateral changes to the terms of yield-sharing, the tenants refused to comply.
The landlords retaliated by barring them from entering the very land they had tilled for generations.
When the farmers defied the order, they were beaten up by the police and landlord supporters.
Mass arrests followed, and the unfolding events drew nationwide attention.
Ganapathiyappa, a schoolteacher who played a central role in organising the movement, is remembered as one of its key architects. Prominent socialist leader Ram Manohar Lohia visited Kagodu and expressed solidarity with the tenants.
He was subsequently arrested at Sagar railway station and lodged in the Central Prison in Bengaluru.
Though land rights were not granted to the tenants immediately, the movement laid the foundation for the landmark land reform legislation in the decades that followed.