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Without Karnataka’s IT & Communication scheme (8)

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I believe the answer is:

sanskrit

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'communication scheme' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'without karnataka's it' is the wordplay.
'without' becomes 'sans' (I've seen this before).
'karnataka' becomes 'kr' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'sans'+'kr'+'it'='SANSKRIT'

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(Other definitions for sanskrit that I've seen before include "Ancient Indo-European language" , "Ancient language of Hindus in India" , "Ancient Indian language" , "Ancient Hindu tongue" , "Ancient official language of India" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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