Glossary
The 23-chapter manifesto names many Karnataka-specific institutions, programmes, and frameworks. This glossary is a one-page reference so a first-time…
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The People’s Model
Manifesto v2026
Volume 0 — Reading Aids
Glossary of Acronyms and Institutions
One-page reference for every Karnataka-specific institution, framework, and acronym used in the manifesto.
Where this glossary sits
The 23-chapter manifesto names many Karnataka-specific institutions, programmes, and frameworks. This glossary is a one-page reference so a first-time reader can land on any chapter and follow what is being referred to without back-paging. Each entry gives the expansion, a one-line description, and the chapter where the term is defined in the body. Cross-references are to the v1.0 chapter set in chapters/v1.0/.
Architecture and Cryptographic Floor
KSSL — Karnataka State Service Log
The single mediation and logging layer that anchors every state transaction on a publicly verifiable append-only structure. Vol I Ch 2.
CSOC — Karnataka Cyber Security Operations Centre
Statutory body with 24/7 operations, compel-patching authority, and audit access independent of the executive. Vol II Ch 15.
KDT — Karnataka Digital Twin
State-wide geospatial digital twin covering road networks, habitations, utility crossings, and building footprints. Vol II Ch 9.
KDTA — Karnataka Digital Twin Authority
Statutory body that operates and audits the KDT.
OCDS — Open Contracting Data Standard
International data standard for publishing procurement contracting; the Karnataka Open Ledger is OCDS-aligned. Vol I Ch 2 / Ch 4.
HSM — Hardware Security Module
State-operated cryptographic hardware fleet supporting KSSL signing, post-quantum primitives, and threshold-cryptography quorum operations. Vol II Ch 15.
PQC — Post-Quantum Cryptography
Quantum-safe cryptography. The state’s commitment: hybrid by default on all new builds from Day 1. Vol II Ch 15.
SBOM — Software Bill of Materials
Documentation of every dependency by version, source, and known vulnerability status for every commissioned system. Vol II Ch 15.
DPI — Digital Public Infrastructure
Shared digital substrate (identity, payments, signing, storage) used across departments. Aadhaar, UPI, DigiLocker, Account Aggregator. Vol II Ch 15.
UPI — Unified Payments Interface
National payments infrastructure used by state payment flows.
API — Application Programming Interface
Machine-readable interface to data and services.
Citizen-facing Surfaces and Public Bodies
JANATA — JANATA People’s App
The citizen-facing front door to the state. One of four front doors — with the Officer Console, Business Portal, and Civil Society Interface. Vol III Ch 22.
KPB — Karnataka Public Broadcaster
Statutorily independent public-service broadcaster on the BBC Trust / NHK Educational model. Civic, educational, and cultural content; no commercial advertising and no ruling-party promotional content. Vol II Ch 7 / Ch 17.
GBA — Greater Bengaluru Authority. The apex urban body for Bengaluru under the Greater Bengaluru Governance Act 2024, which replaced BBMP on 2 September 2025. Bengaluru is now administered through the GBA and five city corporations — Bengaluru North, South, East, West and Central. BBMP — Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, the single municipal corporation that governed Bengaluru from 2007 until September 2025
Bengaluru’s municipal corporation.
BESCOM — Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (the company retains its pre-2014 legal name; the city was renamed Bengaluru)
Bengaluru electricity distribution utility.
GJA — Grievance Justice Authority
Statutory body under the Karnataka Grievance Justice Authority Act; the L4 backstop in the L0–L4 escalation ladder. Vol I Ch 6 / Vol II Ch 12.
Agriculture and Rural Institutions
KAIA — Karnataka Agriculture Integration Architecture
Integrated demand-supply matching system for Karnataka agriculture. Vol II Ch 10 Sec. 10.8.
KFDA — Karnataka Food Demand Authority
Statutory body publishing 3 / 6 / 12-month food-demand forecasts at district-and-crop granularity. Vol II Ch 10.
KCIF — Karnataka Crop Insurance Fund
State-operated parametric crop insurance for slot-booked farmers; no claim form, auto-trigger on weather or yield threshold. Vol II Ch 10.
KAEC — Karnataka Agricultural Extension Cadre
Permanent district-and-block extension service delivering monthly farmer visits and field coaching. Vol II Ch 10.
KSAMB — Karnataka State Agricultural Marketing Board
Modernised state mandi system with electronic auctions, transparent price discovery, and the floor-price offtake mechanism. Vol II Ch 10.
CHC — Custom Hiring Centre
Block-level booking of tractors, harvesters, pump-sets at published per-hour rates. Vol II Ch 10 / Ch 13.
FPO — Farmer Producer Organisation
Farmer cooperative for aggregation, market linkage, and shared-input procurement. Vol II Ch 10.
SHG — Self-Help Group
Women-led savings + livelihood group; one of the role-cards in JANATA. Vol II Ch 10 / Ch 18.
RTC — Record of Rights, Tenancy and Crops (Pahani)
Karnataka land-records system; the source of land linkage in the Farmer role-card.
MSP — Minimum Support Price
Central-government floor procurement price; complements the Karnataka floor-price guarantee for slot-booked farmers.
MGNREGA — Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
Central rural employment guarantee scheme; wage payment lag is a chapter KPI. Vol II Ch 13.
Health Institutions
UMRS — Universal Medical Record System
Citizen-controlled health record on the operating spine. Vol II Ch 8.
KUHE — Karnataka Universal Health Entitlement
Karnataka’s universal health coverage. Vol II Ch 8.
CCF — Catastrophic Care Fund
State-operated fund covering unforeseen serious illness up to a published cap. Vol II Ch 8.
KHPA — Karnataka Health Policy Authority
Statutory body coordinating Karnataka health-policy operations. Vol II Ch 8.
KPHDA — Karnataka Public Health Delivery Architecture
End-to-end public-health delivery architecture. Vol II Ch 8 Sec. 8.9.
KHFA — Karnataka Health Finance Authority
Statutory body managing health-system finance flows. Vol II Ch 8.
KHRA — Karnataka Health Records Authority
Statutory body governing UMRS records and the Consent Ledger’s health surface. Vol II Ch 8.
KPHA — Karnataka Public Health Authority
Statutory body running disease-surveillance and public-health programmes. Vol II Ch 8.
KDCDN — Karnataka Disease Control and Data Network
Real-time disease-surveillance and response network. Vol II Ch 8.
PHC — Primary Health Centre
Lowest-tier public health facility; entry point in KUHE.
ASHA — Accredited Social Health Activist
Frontline community health worker.
ANM — Auxiliary Nurse Midwife
Frontline maternal and child health worker.
FHT — Family Health Team
Multi-disciplinary primary care team.
PMJAY — Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana
Central health insurance scheme; complements KUHE.
NHM — National Health Mission
Central umbrella mission for state-level health programming.
PPE — Personal Protective Equipment
Protective gear for sanitation workers, health workers, frontline staff.
Education and Learning State
KAI — Karnataka Apex Institute
Apex residential-research institute; one of two senior pillars of the Learning State. Vol II Ch 7 Sec. 7.4.8.
DHEC — District Higher Education Campus
31 district-level higher-education campuses; second senior pillar of the Learning State. Vol II Ch 7 Sec. 7.4.7.
FLN — Foundational Literacy and Numeracy
Class 1–3 reading-and-arithmetic competency; a Vol II Ch 7 KPI.
OBC — Other Backward Classes
Constitutional category for backward-class affirmative action.
Justice, Police, Surveillance, and Custody
FIR — First Information Report
Police case-registration document; the starting point of the criminal-case lifecycle. Vol II Ch 12.
CCTV — Closed-Circuit Television
Public-space surveillance under the CCTV Code of Practice Act. Vol II Ch 9 Sec. 9.6.8.
ANPR — Automatic Number Plate Recognition
Vehicle-plate-reading sensors on transit infrastructure; subject to the same custody-transfer rule as CCTV.
DNA — Deoxyribonucleic Acid forensic typing
District forensic capacity for DNA-based evidence. Vol II Ch 12.
RFID — Radio-Frequency Identification
Identification tags used in transit, asset tracking, public toilets.
UDID — Unique Disability ID
Central disability registration; Karnataka outreach closes the registration gap. Vol II Ch 16.
Public Administration and Frameworks
SLA — Service-Level Agreement
Published target time for a service step; binding under the Service Charter. Vol I Ch 3.
KPI — Key Performance Indicator
Headline measurable outcome metric; each chapter publishes six headline KPIs.
RTI — Right to Information
Central RTI Act; Karnataka’s proactive-disclosure architecture aims to render most RTI requests redundant. Vol II Ch 17.
SOP — Standard Operating Procedure
Departmental delivery procedure; published under Vol III App B.
GSDP — Gross State Domestic Product
Karnataka’s annual economic output.
MLA — Member of the Legislative Assembly
Karnataka State Legislative Assembly representative.
MSME — Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Statutorily defined enterprise category; central in the rural-jobs and innovation pathways.
PSU — Public Sector Undertaking
Government-owned enterprise; an anchor apprenticeship provider in the Karnataka Apprenticeship Guarantee. Vol II Ch 14.
SOC — Security Operations Centre
Generic term; in Karnataka context refers to CSOC.
CAPEX — Capital Expenditure
Construction, equipment, and asset-buildout outlay.
OPEX — Operating Expenditure
Recurring operations and maintenance outlay.
SRE — Site Reliability Engineering
Discipline for operating large-scale software systems; the SRE cadre is part of the Project Delivery Cadre. Vol I Ch 5.
SMS — Short Message Service
Mobile text-message channel used for service notifications.
LED — Light-Emitting Diode
Used in streetlight retrofit and energy-efficiency programmes.
GIS — Geographic Information System
Geospatial data infrastructure used for District Climate Risk Plans and the Karnataka Digital Twin.
Procurement and Finance Frameworks
KTPP — Karnataka Transparency in Public Procurements Act
Karnataka’s statutory procurement transparency framework. Vol I Ch 4.
KPPP — Karnataka Public-Private Partnership Authority
Statutory body governing PPP project structuring and oversight. Vol I Ch 4.
External Reference Bodies
BBC — British Broadcasting Corporation
The BBC Trust model is one of two reference points for the KPB structure.
NHK — Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai
Japan’s public broadcaster; the NHK Educational model is the second KPB reference.
IIT — Indian Institute of Technology
Central technology research institutes; reference points for KAI and DHEC academic standards.
ISI — Indian Statistical Institute
Reference for analytical research capacity and statistical-disclosure methodology.
BIS — Bureau of Indian Standards
Central standards body; reference for materials and construction standards in the Structural Rebuild Programme.
GPU — Graphics Processing Unit
Compute hardware used in AI research; relevant for the State AI Compute infrastructure under KAI.
RFP — Request for Proposal
Procurement-process document inviting bids.
PRS — PRS Legislative Research
External research organisation referenced for legislative-tracking practice.
DTH — Direct-to-Home satellite television
Free-to-air distribution channel for KPB.
Reading the manifesto
The 23-chapter manifesto lives in chapters/v1.0/. For a one-page overview, see Vol 0 ExecSummary. For the operating architecture, start with Vol I Ch 2 (Operating System) and Vol I Ch 3 (Governance Engine). For a particular sector, the sectoral chapters in Vol II are self-contained. The Vol III Implementation Handbook carries the programme design sheets and the legislative agenda.
Cross-references in this glossary
Chapter cross-references in this glossary point to the v1.0 chapter set in chapters/v1.0/. Section numbers (e.g. Sec. 7.4.8) are stable across the v1.0 set; older citations in superseded drafts may refer to different numbering.
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