October - December 2012 - National Institute of Rural Development

442 M. Mahadeva and K. KeshavamurthyTable 2 : (Contd.)(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)Raichur 0.00 0.00 0.38 0.36 0.03 0.03 0.41 0.39 94.89Chamarajanagar 0.00 0.00 0.29 0.25 0.02 0.02 0.32 0.27 84.57D.Kannada 0.00 0.00 0.19 0.18 0.05 0.03 0.25 0.21 85.05U.Kannada 0.00 0.00 0.38 0.32 0.02 0.02 0.40 0.35 86.58Gadag 0.00 0.00 0.14 0.11 0.05 0.05 0.18 0.16 86.8Chikkaballapur 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 72Directorate 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.76 0.65 0.76 0.65 85.63Total 7.58 4.64 7.96 7.02 2.07 1.82 17.60 13.48 76.58Note :This information is only for schemes namely SUBACS, ICDP. Rice (Work plan paddy)and Foundation and Certified Seed Production of Vegetable crops of MMASs. Theinformation relating to Integrated Nutrient Management (INM) is not maintained bythe Department of Agriculture, GoK for the period under review. The informationregarding the Foundation and Certified Seeds (Development of Vegetable Crops)are considered only for the years 2004-05 and 2005-06.Source : Calculations are based on information provided by the Department of Agricultureand Horticulture, Government of Karnataka.Dharwad, Chikkamagalur and Havery districtshas been contracted from the year 2007-08due to poor performance of these districtsunder the scheme. It is evident from Table 2that the financial target under SUBACS hasbeen gradually increased from ` 0.45 crorein 2004-05 to ` 5.57 crore in 2007-08. Butsignificantly, the target achievement isconsiderably low at 61 per cent, owing toerosion of interest in the crop itself and somedistricts (Dharwad, Havery, Kolar, andChikkamagalur) did not even get theallocation during 2007-08, under the scheme.However, Bagalkote, Shimoga and Mandyahave shown a satisfactory progress under theSUBACS.Integrated Cereal DevelopmentProgramme (ICDP) which was later mergedwith the work plan of paddy has been givena total assistance of ` 7.96 crore during 2004-05 to 2007-08 out of which ` 7.02 crore havebeen spent on various paddy promotionprogrammes with 88.27 per cent of financialachievement. It has been implemented in allthe paddy growing districts of the State inwhich Mandya has got the highest allocationof funds to the tune of ` 0.61 crore followedby Shimoga (` 0.57 crore), Koppal (` 0.51crore) and Mysore (` 0.49 crore). The fundutilisation of these districts also remainsacceptable with ` 0.57 crore, ` 0.51 crore,and ` 0.48 crore, respectively. On the otherhand, districts like Bagalkote (` 0.09 crore),Kodagu (` 0.09 crore), Bijapur (` 0.13 crore),Udupi (` 0.18 crore), Dakshin Kannada(` 0.19 crore) and Dharwad (` 0.21 crore)have lowest allocation of funds under thescheme.In 2007-08, Chikkaballapur has beengiven a separate allocation of ` 1 lakh underJournal of Rural Development, Vol. 31, No. 4, October - December : 2012