Socio-Economic Analysis Of Regional Development In Karnataka State

The Regional development of Karnataka was obtained with the help of data based on optimum combination of socio-economic indicators. In the State and district wise data mostly for the recent years with respect of some indicators were included in the study. The level of development has been separately estimated for agriculture, Animal husbandry, industry, transport and communication and socio-economic indicators. In case of transport and communication sector, Bengaluru district ranked first and Chamarajnagar was least in development. Karnataka require improvement in various dimensions for enhancing the level of overall socio-economic development for unified balanced integration of curative, preventive and promotional services. The level of development was examined separately for agricultural. industrial, infrastructural and overall socio-economic developments. There is a wide disparity have been observed in the level of development among different districts of the State. The socio-economic development was positively associated with the growth and progress of overall development. The development does not influence significantly the socio-economic development. For bringing about uniform regional development, potential targets for various indicators have been estimated for low developed district. It requires improvements of various dimensions in some of the indicators for enhancing the level of overall socio-economic development