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Even arsenic the Karnataka authorities passed a solution seeking matching assistance for Kalyana Karnataka Region Development Board (KKRDB) from the Centre, connected the Vidarbha Model, during the just-concluded Winter Session of the State legislature successful Belagavi, a request for a akin improvement committee for Kittur Karnataka is present getting louder.
There are 56 Assembly constituencies successful the Kittur Karnataka portion and a petition with the request for a board, with signatures of each the MLAs, barring the 8 Ministers from the region, was submitted to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah during the Winter Session.
The petition demands enactment of Kittur Karnataka Development Board and an yearly assistance of ₹5,000 crore for facilitating broad improvement of the region.
Kittur Karnataka (earlier known arsenic Bombay Karnataka) comprises the districts of Dharwad, Belagavi, Gadag, Haveri, Bagalkot, Vijayapura, and Uttara Kannada districts.
Legislators of Kittur Karnataka similar Navalgund MLA N.H. Konaraddi, who has taken the inaugural of mustering enactment for the demand, argues that this portion requires peculiar assistance.
Why the need
“Compared to different areas, Kittur Karnataka portion figures debased successful presumption of economical and quality improvement indices. The mean per superior income of this portion is little than that of the State. There is request for giving boost to concern improvement and infrastructure here,” said Mr. Konaraddi.
As per the Economic Survey of Karnataka (2024-25), the per capita income of Belagavi part is ₹2,00457 and that of Kalaburagi ₹1,73,226, portion it is ₹5,01,383 for Bengaluru region, and ₹3,59,177 for Mysuru region. The per capita income of Bengaluru portion without Bengaluru Urban territory is ₹2,71,519.
The KKRDB, which present exists, covers 42 Assembly constituencies (as per the caller restructuring of Assembly constituencies) successful the districs of Bidar, Ballari, Kalaburagi, Koppal, Raichur, Yadigiri, and Vijayanagara.
The portion being the 2nd largest arid portion successful the state has already been fixed peculiar presumption nether Article 371-J of Indian Constitution and the committee receives grants from the State authorities for taking up assorted developmental initiatives.
The State has allocated funds to the tune of ₹5,000 crore to KKRDB, and present wants the Centre to springiness matching assistance connected the lines of peculiar grants fixed to Vidarbha successful Maharashtra.
Measure of backwardness
The Dr. Nanjundappa-led committee connected determination imbalance had utilized assorted indicators connected 5 antithetic sectors to get astatine Comprehensive Composite Development Index (CCDI) for 175 taluks of the State successful 2002.
Based connected CCDI, it had identified 114 taluks arsenic backward, grouped into 4 categories of backwardness.
The Dharwad-based Centre for Multi Disciplinary Research, which carried retired a captious investigation of Dr. Nanjundappa Committee Report and its implementation successful 2014, brought down the fig of backward taluks to 109.
According to the 2014 analysis, portion bulk of the taluks of Kalyana Karnataka portion stay successful the astir backward category, determination were immoderate from Kittur Karnataka portion besides successful the aforesaid category. The different taluks of Kittur Karnataka are distributed among the much backward and backward categories.
Report successful January
The State-level Regional Imbalance Redressal Committee, headed by M. Govinda Rao, is apt to taxable its study successful January 2026 and its investigation and recommendations are apt determine the destiny of the caller request for abstracted board.
