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Based connected the recommendations of the Karnataka Regional Imbalance Redressal Committee headed by Professor M. Govinda Rao, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has earmarked ₹4,291 crore successful the State Budget presented connected March 6.
In his fund speech, Mr. Siddaramaiah mentioned that the authorities had accepted the committee’s study successful principle, and was committed to implementing the study successful a phased mode from 2026-27.
The committee, successful its report, has recommended further fiscal allocation amounting to ₹43,914 crores for redressal of determination imbalance from 2026-27 to 2031-32. It has recommended large further allocation to healthcare (₹11,770 crore), Irrigation (₹10,000 crore) and schoolhouse acquisition (₹7,840 crore), isolated from different sectors. As per the report, 60% of the backward taluks are concentrated successful north Karnataka.
However, successful the budget, the Chief Minister did not specify the allocation details arsenic it inactive needs to beryllium worked out.
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 Govinda Rao-headed committee successful its study has said that the proportionality of backward taluks successful the full fig of taluks had accrued from 65% successful 2001-02 to 72.8% successful 2022-23, indicating a widening of determination imbalances contempt wide economical progress. It besides pointed retired mediocre implementation of the recommendations of the earlier committee.
Experts person antecedently pointed retired that successive governments person the wont of highlighting adjacent accustomed improvement projects successful backward regions arsenic being portion of peculiar improvement projects, and it has been seen successful the lawsuit of Kalyana Karnataka projects, wherever further funds were not allocated.
Instead those projects were routed done Kalyana Karnataka Region Development Board (KKRDB), thereby utilising funds allocated to the board. In the contiguous budget, respective projects successful Kalyana Karnataka portion are being routed done KKRDB.
