Bengaluru, July 9 -- Karnataka's Information Technology Minister Priyank Kharge on Wednesday said that the state "lost out on major investments" as the Central government did not allow him permission to visit the United States and secure investment.

"When we say that it could have been successful, what we are saying is that it could have been better. When a high-level delegation goes to meet people, we get better government-to-government engagement, better government-to-institution engagement, and better engagement from the private sector as well. So right now what has happened is decent, but it could have been double or triple as much," Priyanka Kharge told ANI in Bengaluru.

Minister Kharge said that the state has secured around 7,200 ...