Growth of Small Scale Industrial Units in Bellary District of Karnataka State

ABSTRACT The agricultural situation in our country’s vicious circle in which population density, fragmentation of land, efficiency of labour, lack of capital, low productivity and countless these features, virtually rain force on an-other. The vicious circle cannot be broken by agriculture reform alone. It can be broken by due ex-machine industrialization. In Kar-nataka state, the government has declared 11 districts as industrially backward districts. Since the Bellary district is backward in all sense and experiencing very hot climatic conditions in the state and is rich in human resources. The district has agro-based industries and also mineral-based industries. There is a need for the planning and eco-friendly development by using all possible modern means. The industrial and commercial development in Bellary district appears to be fairly good. Thus the present study is confined only to manufacturing sector, the views expressed here purely based on observations, analysis and findings