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The Karnataka Regional Imbalances Redressal Committee (2026), headed by economist M. Govinda Rao, has reviewed the functioning of determination improvement boards specified arsenic the Malnad Area Development Board, Bayaluseeme Development Board, Karavali Development Board, Karnataka Border Area Development Authority, and Kalyana Karnataka Region Development Board (KKRDB), and recovered that they person not made the desired interaction successful redressing backwardness.
The sheet said the Malnad Board and Bayaluseeme Board, moving for much than 3 decades, person not made contributions to flooded infrastructure issues and recommended their abolition.
The sheet recommended revamping the Regional and District Planning units successful the Planning Department to enactment with the Zilla Panchayats successful preparing the District Development Plans to redress the backlog successful antithetic societal and carnal infrastructure wrong the adjacent 5 years.
KKRDB overhaul
The sheet said that KKRDB, established successful 2013 nether Article 371 (J) of the Constitution to code determination imbalances, should beryllium overhauled successful presumption of operational failures and mediocre money allocation.
It said that assorted apex-level committees nether it are non-functional, and determination was inordinate hold successful the works’ implementation. “The advertisement hoc quality of readying and the Annual Action Plan submitted by KKRDB to the authorities has not specified targets to beryllium achieved,” the study added.
The sheet opposed the Board’s allocation of funds to the universities and said the Higher Education Department should guarantee funds to universities. The sheet besides noted superior shortcomings successful the allocation to projects made by the Board during the play from 2013-14 to 2024-25.
Key proposal to KKRDB
Make changes successful industrial, agricultural, quality development, tourism, ecology and vigor policies
Fill vacancies with regular, well-trained teachers
Work with afloat capableness of 29 people, including 5 experts
Have advisory assembly successful spot to instrumentality decisions connected projects
Board Secretary should program and transportation retired the functions
Discontinue discretionary allocations
Take up accomplishment improvement connected priority
Funds allocation
The study noted that of the full allocation of ₹19,694.31 crore during this period, 50.8% was for roads and bridges. The stock of acquisition was 29.3%, wellness 6.9%, and h2o proviso 2.1%. All different sectors received little than 1%. The stock of irrigation was arsenic debased arsenic 0.7%, agriculture 1% and tourism 0.6%.
It said the KKRDB’s spending program had nary transportation with the prioritisation indicated successful the Dr. D.M. Nanjundappa committee study (2002).
On schools and teachers
On schools, it said Kalaburagi part has 6,590 schools and astir 17,274 teacher vacancies successful simple schools and 4,107 vacancies successful secondary schools. “It is important to rationalise those schools having nary enrolment and consolidate those with little than 25 children,” the Rao sheet suggested.
More funds
In 2025-26, the authorities allocated ₹5,000 crore to the KKRDB, and their productive usage volition beryllium connected beforehand readying and implementation of projects, the sheet said.
The sheet besides recommends that the assistance should proceed to beryllium provided to the Kalaburagi part successful the adjacent 5 years to get comparable presumption successful infrastructure development.
The sheet said the assistance of ₹5,000 crore to KKRDB should beryllium accrued by 5% each twelvemonth to set for ostentation truthful that by 2030-31, the assistance magnitude increases to ₹6,381 crore, totalling ₹29,009 crore from 2026-27 to 2030-31. The sheet said, “This expenditure should beryllium successful summation to the regular expenditure connected assorted services incurred by the State.”
