BENGALURU RURAL DISTRICT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2014 Bengaluru Rural Zilla Panchayat And Planning, Programme Monitoring and Statistics Department, Government of Karnataka Bengaluru Rural District Human Development Report, 2014 Copyright : Planning, Programme Monitoring and Statistics Department, Government of Karnataka Published by : Bengaluru Rural Zilla Panchayat, Government of Karnataka First Published : 2014 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored or transmitted in any form by any menas without the prior permission by Bengaluru Rural Zilla Panchayat and Planning, Programme Monitoring and Statistcis Department, Government of Karnataka Printed at : DSMS (Urban), Bangalore-560 027 While every care has been taken to reproduce the accurate data, oversights/errors may occur. If found convey it to the Chief Executive Officer, Bengaluru Rural Zilla Panchayat; and Planning, Programme Monitoring and Statistics Department, Government of Karnataka. VIDHANA SOUDHA BANGALORE 560 001 CM/PS/234/2014 Date : 27.10.2014 SIDDARAMAIAH CHIEF MINISTER MESSAGE I am delighted to learn that the Department of Planning, Programme, Monitoring and Statistics is bringing out District Human Development Reports for all the 30 districts of the State, simultaneously. Karnataka is consistently striving to improve human development parameters in education, nutrition and health through many initiatives and well-conceived programmes. However, it is still a matter of concern that certain pockets of the state have not shown as much improvement as desired in the human development parameters. Human resource is the real wealth of any state. Sustainable growth and advancement is not feasible without human development. It is expected that these reports will throw light on the unique development challenges within each district, and would provide necessary pointers for planners and policy makers to address these challenges. The District Human Development Reports are expected to become guiding documents for planning and implementation of programmes within the districts. I urge the Members of Parliament, Legislators, Zilla Panchayat, Taluk Panchayat and Gram Panchayat members, vis-a vis, representatives of Urban Local Bodies to make conscious attempt to understand the analysis that has been provided in the District Human Development Reports and strive hard to ensure that the identified gaps are bridged through effective planning and implementation. A number of people from many walks of life including administrators, academicians and people representatives have contributed in making of these reports. I commend each and every one associated with the preparation of the District Human Development Reports. I acknowledge the efforts put in by District Committees headed by Chief Executive officers and Officers of the Planning Department in completing this challenging task. It gives me great pride to share with you that Karnataka is the first state in the country to prepare District Human Development Reports for all the districts. I am hopeful that this initiative will spur us to double our efforts to make Karnataka, a more equitable progressive State. (SIDDARAMAIAH) Room No. 444, 445 4th Floor, Vikasa Soudha BANGALORE 560 001 S.R. PATIL Res.No. 080-22343804/22343807 Minister for Planning & Statistics, IT & BT Science & technology And Bagalkot District In charge Minister MESSAGE I am happy to learn that the District Human Development Reports (DHDRs) for all the 30 districts in the State are being placed in public domain shortly. A painstaking and massive effort has gone into the preparation of these reports. I heartily congratulate the Zilla Panchayats and the Planning Department for this commendable work. The reports, I am sure, would help policy makers, administrators, researchers, social organizations and the public at large to understand the critical concerns of human development in the districts and taluks of our State and also to bridge such deprivations by initiating suitable policy and programme interventions. (S.R. PATIL) Telephone No. : 080-22256093 080-22034439 Room No. 244.245, 2nd floor Vikasa Soudha BANGALORE 560 001 KRISHNA BYREGOWDA Date : 23.12.2014 Minister of State for Agriculture No. AM/166/2014 MESSAGE I am extremely happy to learn that Bengaluru Rural District Human Development Report is being brought out along with the other district human development reports of the State. This report presents a critical analysis of various indicators of human development at the taluk level and facilitate intra-district comparison of the same. The preparation of this report reflects the State Government’s commitment towards its people in terms of improving quality of their lives. For this, I commend the efforts of Human Development Division, Department of Planning, officials of Bengaluru Rural Zilla Panchayat and other departments in the district for joining the hands with Centre for Budget and Policy Studies in preparing this report. I am confident that the insights and recommendations contained in this report will be helpful in realizing the full potential of the district along with addressing the challenges of the district in the near future. (Krishna Byregowda) ¨ÉAUÀ¼ÀÆgÀÄ UÁæªÀiÁAvÀgÀ f¯Áè ¥ÀAZÁAiÀÄvï PÀbÉÃj: 22257001 ªÉƨÉʯï: 9880055495 9901833277 ²æêÀÄw ±ÁAvÀªÀÄä PÉA¥ÉÃUÀËqÀ gÀ¸ÉÛ, UÁA¢ü£ÀUÀgÀ CzsÀåPÀëgÀÄ ¨ÉAUÀ¼ÀÆgÀÄ - 560 009 MESSAGE The Bengaluru Rural District Human Development Report embodies the Karnataka government’s efforts to integrate the concept of development into its planning process. The primary reason for the inclusion of development concepts in the planning process is to ensure that benefits from government policies accrue to the people in an equitable manner. This report provides necessary analytical information to the officials of the state at all levels in adopting appropriate strategies to promote sustainable growth with people as central focus. The report provides a comprehensive view of the level of development in the district. In KHDR (2005), Bengaluru Rural district was ranked sixth out of thirty districts, on the basis of human development index- moving up from twelfth rank in 1991. Whilst this movement in ranking indicated impressive performance of Bengaluru Rural district in human development a closer examination of sub-indices revealed that the district had performed poorly under health and education relative to state average. This raises the question why did the high performance under income index not influence performance in other sectors. The identification of such gaps in the district is essential to achieve sustainable development and improve quality of life simultaneously. This Human Development Report highlights the areas of strengths and weakness in each of the four taluks of the district. Further the multi-dimensional approach adopted in this report offers several insights about the opportunities and constraints that exist in the system. In addition to the indices, the report also offers four case studies focusing on issues pertinent to the development of Bengaluru Rural District and also lessons which could be emulated by other districts. Given its importance, the report should be disseminated widely to all stakeholders so that it encourages debate about further course of action and policy interventions to promote sustainable development of Bengaluru Rural district. (Shanthamma) President ¨ÉAUÀ¼ÀÆgÀÄ UÁæªÀiÁAvÀgÀ f¯Áè ¥ÀAZÁAiÀÄvï PÉA¥ÉÃUËqÀ gÀ¸ÉÛ, ¨ÉAUÀ¼ÀÆgÀÄ- 560 009. ¹.¦. ±ÀÉÊ®d, ¨sÁ.D.¸Éà ªÀÄÄRå PÁAiÀÄð¤ªÁðºÀPÀ C¢üPÁj Foreword Development process requires a multi-dimensional approach to improve quality of human life. It should provide for attainment of short-term and long-term goals in a sustainable manner with people at the centre of the entire process. In this regard, the concept of human development and Human Development Index as propounded by Prof. Mahbub–ul-Haq and Prof. Amartya Sen is an important refinement of development theory and evaluation method. It facilitates an analysis and understanding of the degree of human development, based on which appropriate course of action to improve the quality of life can be planned and implemented. Proximity of Bengaluru Rural to Bengaluru city significantly impacts the quality of life of its people. While it offers residents of Bengaluru Rural district greater choice with respect to education, economic and cultural activities, and improved standard of living, it also creates pressure on land use affecting their (especially of marginalized sections) access to houses and land, besides adversely impacting the availability and quality of water, quality of air, food prices and so on. Thus, development policies for Bengaluru Rural district should, while leveraging the advantages bestowed by closeness to Bengaluru city, mitigate its negative impacts. Bengaluru Rural District Human Development Report provides a comprehensive analysis of the status of education, health, gender, urban issues, child development, governance and standard of living in the district through several indices. This is a very useful report for the Zilla Panchyat, Taluk Panchayat, Gram Panchayat and State Government departments in the district in two ways. Firstly, it would sensitize the public and officials to the varied needs of different sections of the populations, and their approach towards planning of policies would be informed by the concept human development. Secondly, as the report provides rich analysis of all the parameters of human development disaggregated at