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PROSPECTS ON BALANCED REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN KARNATAKA. GOPAL K KADEKODI. FRAMEWORK OF PRESENTATION BALANCING WHAT? WHAT HAS NANJUNDAPPA COMMITTEE REPORT TO OFFER? FOLLOW-UPS FROM RECENT KARNATAKA DEVELOPMENT REPORT AND KARNATAKA HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT
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PROSPECTS ON BALANCED REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN KARNATAKA GOPAL K KADEKODI
FRAMEWORK OF PRESENTATION • BALANCING WHAT? • WHAT HAS NANJUNDAPPA COMMITTEE REPORT TO OFFER? • FOLLOW-UPS FROM RECENT KARNATAKA DEVELOPMENT REPORT AND KARNATAKA HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT • APPROACHES TOWARDS 11TH FIVE YEAR PLAN • 5. SOME MAJOR STEPS TOWARDS BALANCED REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
BALANCING WHAT? • BALANCING CAPABILITY BE A PRIORITY • BALANCING DOES NOT MEAN EQUAL OUTCOMES OR INCOME • BALANCING RESOURCE ALLOCATION WITH ATTAINMENT • IDENTIFICATION IS NO MORE AN ISSUE • NANJUNDAPPA COMMITTEE HAD IDENTIFIED 35 INDICATORS AS MOST RELEVANT • GUIDELINES FOR BALANCING: • MAXIMIZING FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES • MATTERS OF JUSTICE AND EQUITY
MAJOR FEATURES OF NANJUNDAPPA COMMITTEE REPORT • TALUKA AS A UNIT OF SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT • REGIONS WITH HIGH AND GOOD INFRA STRUCTURES CAN ATTAIN MORE BALANCED DEVELOPMENT • REGIONS WITH LOW INFRASTRUCTURE AND LOW CAPACITY OF DEVELOPMENT PERFORMANCE NEED SPECIAL ATTENTION TO BUILD CAPABILITY • DEVELOPMENT FOCUS SHOULD BE BEYOND AGGREGATE DEVELOPMENT: • SOCIAL AND HUMAN SECTORS, • IMPROVING FUNCTIONALITIES: REQUIRES CAPABILITY AND MOTIVATION • DECENTRALIZED PROCESS AND EMPOWERMENT • REDUCING RURAL-URBAN DIVIDE
Aggregate Development Index
Clustring of Talukas according to Performance and infrastracture in industrial Sector in Karnataka
MAJOR FINDINGS FROM KHDR AND KDR SECTORAL PERFORMANCE SHOULD BE ANALYSED AT THE REGIONAL LEVELS. RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND SECTORAL PERFORMANCE ARE UN-CORRELATED. (See next table)
Correlation Coefficients Between Resource Allocations and Performance Indicators Source: Own calculations on the data from Budget Documents of Government of Karnataka.
NEED TO CHANGE THE RESOURCE ALLOCATION FORMULA: Second Finance Commission’s Awards Source: Second Finance Commission, Government of Karnataka. Very little of weightage is given on HUMAN CAPABILITY BUILDING.
Source: Plan Documents, Government of Karnataka. THE FORMULA CAN INCLUDE WEIGHTAGE FOR EDUCATION, GENDER BALANCE IN RESOURCE ALLOCATION
TALUKA AS A UNIT OF ENQUIRY • REVISION IN RESOURCE ALLOCATION PATTERN: MORE FLEXIBILITY BASED ON REGIONAL CHARACTERISTICS. • ASSESSING RESOURCE CAPABILITIES • ENHANCING CAPABILITIES: HUMAN, NATURAL AND INSTITUTIONAL • BALANCING REGIONAL CLUSTERS IN TERMS OF CAPABILITIES AND DELIVERIES • STRENGTHENING ZP, TP AND GP IN LEADERSHIPS, TECHNOLOGY AND PLANNING • DEVELOPING DISTRICT LEVEL INCOME MEASURES
SOME MAJOR STEPS TOWARDS BALANCED REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT • CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT APPROACH: ONE CLUSTER ONE PRODUCT • IMPOSING STRICT GOVERNANCE MEASURES: • GOOD PUBLIC FINANCE APPROACH (FRBM): BUDGET RELEASE ON INCENTIVE BASIS • INVOLVEMENT OF NGOs • STRENGTHENING LOCAL CAPABILITIES: Stree Shakti, SHGs
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