<p>Bengaluru: The state government on Tuesday introduced a Bill in the Assembly mandating 60% use of Kannada in signboards of businesses across the state.</p>.<p>The Kannada Language Comprehensive Development (Amendment) Bill was introduced by Kannada & Culture Minister Shivaraj Tangadagi. The government wanted to promulgate an ordinance for this. However, Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot returned it, asking the government to present the Bill in the legislature. </p>.<p>Currently, the law requires use of Kannada in the “upper-half portion” of boards displaying the names of businesses without specifying the percentage.</p>.<p>The Siddaramaiah administration had decided to take the ordinance route in the wake of violent protests by pro-Kannada outfits that targeted businesses in Bengaluru for not giving prominence to the state language. </p>
<p>Bengaluru: The state government on Tuesday introduced a Bill in the Assembly mandating 60% use of Kannada in signboards of businesses across the state.</p>.<p>The Kannada Language Comprehensive Development (Amendment) Bill was introduced by Kannada & Culture Minister Shivaraj Tangadagi. The government wanted to promulgate an ordinance for this. However, Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot returned it, asking the government to present the Bill in the legislature. </p>.<p>Currently, the law requires use of Kannada in the “upper-half portion” of boards displaying the names of businesses without specifying the percentage.</p>.<p>The Siddaramaiah administration had decided to take the ordinance route in the wake of violent protests by pro-Kannada outfits that targeted businesses in Bengaluru for not giving prominence to the state language. </p>