About 60% of the backward taluks are concentrated in north Karnataka: Panel report

Karnataka Regional Imbalances Redressal Committee (2026), headed by economist M. Govinda Rao, which submitted its study to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah connected Saturday, highlighted that 60% of the backward taluks are concentrated successful northbound Karnataka. The astir backward taluks are successful Kalaburagi part (42%), followed by the Belagavi part (34%).

In presumption of the fig of backward taluks, Belagavi part has the largest stock (33.7%), followed by Kalaburagi part (26.1%). Both successful presumption of the numbers and successful presumption of the strength of backwardness, northbound Karnataka has the largest attraction of backward taluks, said the report.

Noting that “Karnataka is simply a State of contrasts,” it said, “Curiously, the precocious maturation show has not afloat translated into commensurate betterment successful societal indicators. This is chiefly due to the fact that the summation successful income is concentrated successful lone a fewer districts, and ample parts of the State inactive endure from acute backwardness.”

Najunadappa panel

The earlier Nanjundappa Committee connected determination imbalance successful 2002 had recommended an outlay of ₹31,000 crore to beryllium spent to flooded the infrastructure shortage successful 114 backward taluks. Until 2022-23, ₹43,453.98 crore was allocated, ₹35,380.24 crore released, and the existent expenditure was ₹32,610.24 crore.

The Rao Committee observed that the sectoral allocation of funds was substantially astatine variance with the recommended allocations. It noted that district-level, not taluk-level, expenditure amounted to 6.1% of the full expenditures. “More importantly, mediocre implementation is seen by the information that accusation relating to astir 11.2% of the funds allocated to the taluks has not been received from the taluks by the Special Development Plan division,” it observed.

Status of caller taluks

Another important uncovering is that of the 61 caller taluks, 51 are successful the astir backward category, 2 successful the more backward category, 5 successful the backward category and 3 successful the developed category.

Among the 20 taluks with the lowest Comprehensive Composite Development Index (CCDI), 17 are caller taluks. Overall, 13 are successful Kalaburagi division, six successful Belagavi division, and 1 successful Mysuru division.

“If we look astatine the taluks with the highest CCDI values, 15 of the 20 taluks are successful either the Mysuru oregon the Bengaluru divisions. Of these, 11 taluks are successful the Mysuru division, and the remaining 4 are successful the Bengaluru division. Of the remaining five, 4 are successful the Belagavi part and lone 1 is successful the Kalaburagi division,” it said.

How they moved

Of the 39 astir backward taluks successful 2001, 24 continued successful the aforesaid category, 11 moved into the much backward category, 3 made a modulation to the backward class and 1 qualified into the developed category.

Among the 40 much backward taluks successful 2001, 13 deteriorated to astir backward, 15 remained successful the aforesaid category, 9 improved to the backward class and 3 qualified arsenic developed.

Among the 35 taluks which were classified arsenic backward successful 2001 by the HPC-I, 16 remained successful the aforesaid category, six became much backward, 3 moved to astir backward and 10 moved into the developed category.

In the lawsuit of the 61 taluks considered developed successful 2001, 47 remained successful the aforesaid category, 10 moved backmost to the backward category, 2 became much backward and 2 deteriorated to the most backward category.

The sheet recommended an further allocation of ₹43,914 crore from 2026-27 to 2031-32 for the backward taluks and districts.

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