About Electronic City
Maintenance of ECity
In 1997, Keonics handed over the maintenance of Electronic City to ELCIA (Electronic City Industries Association), formed by representatives from member companies, for effective local governance. KEONICS continues to approve the building plans and expansion activities. Dodda Thogur and Konappana Agrahara village Panchayats had been authorized to collect property taxes. Industries had been paying property taxes to Panchayats & maintenance charges to ELCIA.
Industrial Township Status
Electronic City has been granted Industrial Township status; A notification by the Urban Development Department has brought 903 acres and 11 guntas ( comprising Electronic City Phases I, II, III) under the E-City Industrial Township Area. A 10 member township authority will have administrative powers including collection of property tax: 5 members nominated by industries and 5 members from the Government departments of industries, town planning, urban development, urban planning etc. will have municipal powers to collect taxes, maintain the region and regulation & construction of buildings. Other functions: economic & social development, industrial / commercial water supply, solid waste management, environmental & ecological aspects, public amenites like street lighting, parking lots, bus stops, gardens and playgrounds. 30% of the property taxes collected by the township authority is to be remitted to the panchayats.
Ref: Articles linked in ECity Press News
Inclusion of Electronic City in GBA (Greater Bengaluru Authority)
In October 2025, Hon.Deputy CM of Karnataka D.K.Shivakumar after visiting areas like Electronics City, Jigani, Anekal etc. in the periphery of Bengaluru South City Corporation limits pointed out the need for GBA inclusion of these developed areas currently within Panchayat limits, to provide civic amenities for over 25 lakhs of people.
Non inclusion within the then BBMP limits had resulted in deprivation of Cauvery water to the resident ECitzens, when Cauvery Phase II Stage 4 was commissioned on 31 October 2012 to the areas added to BBMP.
