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The Kalyana Karnataka Region Development Board (KKRDB) volition found a dedicated planning, argumentation and information analytics helping to hole a five-year enactment program (2026-2031) aimed astatine expanding the region’s publication to the State GDP, KKRDB Chairman Ajay Singh has said.
Addressing a property league successful Kalaburagi connected Monday, helium said that the region’s GDP and per capita income stay beneath the State average, necessitating the formulation of improvement policies for agriculture, industry, tourism and the textiles sector.
A connection volition beryllium submitted to the State government, helium added.
Dr. Singh said that balanced determination maturation tin beryllium achieved lone done the improvement of 2nd and third-tier cities, beyond Bengaluru. Under the projected Kalyana Karnataka Economy Mission, efforts volition beryllium made to pull much investments and supply greater enactment to industries and entrepreneurs.
The board, successful its gathering earlier successful the day, unanimously approved the mentation of an enactment program for the effectual utilisation of the ₹5,000 crore allocation earmarked for 2026-27.
In summation to section fund allocations, KKRDB volition supply supplementary grants for cardinal schemes successful health, acquisition innovation, Kalyana Path and hostel infrastructure, helium added.
To fortify employment and accomplishment development, Government Tool Room and Training Centres (GTTCs) volition beryllium established astatine Sedam, Jewargi, Sindhanur and Raichur astatine a outgo of ₹73 crore each, helium said.
Dr. Singh said that aft earmarking funds past twelvemonth for an concern hub successful Kalaburagi and Yadgir districts, the absorption this twelvemonth volition displacement to processing an concern hub successful the Raichur and Koppal region.
On the contented of autobus allocation to the Kalyana Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (KKRTC), helium clarified that the KKRDB volition supply further enactment lone if the State authorities extends adjacent assistance to KKRTC arsenic has already been provided to different transport corporations.
Regarding the projected Karnataka Public Schools infrastructure project, helium said that discussions person been held with School Education Minister Madhu Bangarappa and a process to hole a Detailed Project Report (DPR) is nether way.
Dr. Singh besides referred to a caller study by economist Govind Rao committee that has recommended an concern of ₹43,914 crore implicit 5 years for the region, including ₹12,000 crore each for acquisition and healthcare, ₹10,000 crore for irrigation and ₹2,000 crore for the agriculture sector.
He said that KKRDB has spent astir ₹9,500 crore connected assorted improvement works betwixt 2023-24 and 2025-26 and expressed the assurance that the full ₹5,000 crore allocation made to the committee by the State authorities for 2026-27 volition beryllium afloat utilised wrong the fiscal year.
KKRDB caput Nalin Atul was present.
