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DAKSHINA KANNADA DISTRICT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2014 Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat Mangaluru Planning, Programme Monitoring and Statistics Department Government of Karnataka, Bengaluru Dakshina Kannada District Human Development Report - 2014 Title : Dakshina Kannada District Human Development Report: 2014 Copy Right : Planning, Programme Monitoring and Statistics Department, Government of Karnataka Published by : Dakshina Kannada 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 means without the prior permission by Zilla Panchayat and Planning, Programme Monitoring and Statistics Department, Government of Karnataka. Lead Agency : Dr. N. S. Shetty, Emeritus Professor, Justice K. S. Hegde Institute of Management Nitte Printed by : Manipal Technologies Ltd., Manipal While every care has been taken to reproduce the accurate data, oversights/errors may occur. If found, convey it to the CEO, Zilla Panchayat and Planning, Programme Monitoring and Statistics Department, Government of Karnataka. Photos by : Sudhakar Yermal, Vijaya Karnataka, Mangalore D. Manjunath, Nisarga Foundation Mohan Sona, Puttur Lokesh B. N., Shanthala Studio, Subrahmanya GIrish Hemala Dinesh, Disha Studio Sanjay Kumar Shetty, Gonibeedu Designed by : Ultra Design, Mangaluru DAKSHINA KANNDA DISTRICT - HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT - 2014 ii MESSAGE iii DAKSHINA KANNDA DISTRICT - HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT - 2014 Room No. 444, 445 S. R. Patil 4th Floor, Vikasa Soudha Minister for Planning & Bangalore - 560 001 Statistics, IT & BT Res. No. 080 - 22343804 Science & Technology And 22343807 Bagalkot District Incharge Minister M essage 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. DAKSHINA KANNDA DISTRICT - HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT - 2014 iv Room No. 305 - 305 A B. RAMANATHA RAI 3rd Floor, Vidhana Soudha Minister for Forest, Ecology and Bangalore - 560 001 Environment Department And Telephone : 22255023 Dakshina Kannada District Incharge Minister 22033564 M essage The concept of human development does not depend solely on the improvement of facilities such as health, education etc. or increase in per capita income. It includes open atmosphere to get these facilities and attaining the competence of utilizing them. Therefore eminent economists have said, “Human development means extension of choices to the people”. I am happy that the Government of Karnataka has recognized the importance of human development and decided to bring out Human Development Report with the aim of finding out the shortcoming and discrepancies. The reports from all the 30 district has successfully compiled the report. This success is due to the active involvement of institutions like Mangalore University, Justice K. S. Hedge Institute of Management, various NGOs, experts and various department of the government. I hope this report will contribute immensely in framing the policy with regard to human development, in allotting financial resources for the projects and development works in the district. I congratulate all those who are involved in the preparation of this report. v DAKSHINA KANNDA DISTRICT - HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT - 2014 ASHA THIMMAPPA GOWDA KUNDADKA PRESIDENT W/o THIMMAPPA GOWDA DAKSHINA KANNADA ZILLA PANCHAYAT Kundadka House Ashok Nagar Post, Mangalore - 575 006 Kunthuru Village & Post Phone : 0824 - 2220532 Puttur Taluk, D.K. Phone : 08251 - 265153 Mob : 9449103623 M essage It is now well recognized that the mere increase in the Gross Domestic product and per capita income cannot lead to the well being of people. The Human Development Approach of UNDP rightly put the well -being of people at the centre of development. Recognising the critical importance of well-being of people, Karnataka Government brought out two Human Development Reports in 19999 and 2005. Since state – level reports have not brought out disparities in various dimensions of human development at grass root level within the districts, the Government of Karnataka has now decided to bring out District Human Development Reports for all 30 districts in the state. The Zilla Panchayat of Dakshina Kannada was made responsible to coordinate the task of preparation of the Dakshina Kannada District Human Development Report. In the beginning Mangalore University was appointed as the lead agency and subsequently, Justice K S Hegde Institute of Management, Nitte took over as the lead agency for preparing Dakshina Kannada District Human Development Report. The Preparation of the Report was a huge responsibility and challenging task. Human Development being multi- dimensional, the report adopted broad based methodology and a set of taluk-level human development indicators for construction of seven indices to focus on inter-taluk disparities in human development, gender inequality, child development, food security, urban development, deprivation of Dalits and composite taluk development. The Report also discusses meticulously various human development dimensions such as education, health, sanitation, DAKSHINA KANNDA DISTRICT - HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT - 2014 vi livelihood standards, empowerment of women, status of marginalized sections, urban development issues and governance from human development perspective. The Report has twelve chapters focusing on in-depth empirical analysis of all these human development related concerns. The concluding chapter, The Way Forward, charts out thrust areas for intervention policies and strategies for enhancing comprehensive, inclusive, equitable and sustainable human development in the district. The Report is an outcome of collaborative efforts of both the Zilla Panchayat and the Lead Agency. In the initial stage, Smt. Thulasi Maddineni, then CEO, ZP and thereafter, Smt. P.I. Sreevidya who took over from her as the CEO spearheaded the task. The Planning Department of the ZP coordinated the work of compilation of data from the line departments, organization of workshops and collaborating with the Lead Agency in preparation of the Report. All the heads of the line departments and urban bodies have fully cooperated in provision of requisite data. A team of researchers from the Lead Agency worked very hard in computing various indices and in preparing this Report. Without their dedication, commitment and team efforts , this Report would not be in its present scholastic form. I would like to record our deep appreciation of all those involved for their dedication and commitment in producing this Report in time. I sincerely hope that the Dakshina Kannada District Human Development Report would be the basis for our future course of policies, programmes and resource allocation. vii DAKSHINA KANNDA DISTRICT - HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT - 2014 P I SREEVIDYA, I.A.S Chief Executive Officer Phone : 0824 - 2220578 DAKSHINA KANNADA ZILLA PANCHAYAT Mob. : 9480862000 Kottara, Mangaluru - 575 006 Fax : 0824 - 2220538 Email : [email protected] Foreword Dakshina Kannada District Human Development Report 2014 is the outcome of collaborative efforts of a dedicated team of researchers of the JKSH Instituite of Management, Nitte supported by the Planning Department, Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat. The Department of Planning, Programme Monitoring and Statistics, Government of Karnataka undertook a number of preparatory steps like developing Guideline Document, organizing two workshops for sensitizing and technical capacity building and providing technical guidance at every stage of preparation of the Report. I would like to acknowledge their contributions, guidance and support. Special thanks are due to Shri Sanjiv Kumar, I.A.S. former Principal Secretary, Smt. Anita Kaul I.A.S. (Rtd), former Principal Secretary, Ms. V. Manjula I.A.S. former Principal Secretary and Shri Rajiv Ranjan I.F.S. Secretary, Planning, Programme Monitoring and Statistics Department and Dr. H.Shashidhar I.A.S., SLCC (State Level Consultant and Coordinator) for over-viewing the entire process and guiding the preparation of the Report. The DHDR is also supported by UNDP-PCI, under their project HDBI (Human Development: Towards Bridging Inequalities). The entire process of preparation involved close consultation with a large number of experts, line departments of Dakshina Kannada ZP and various institutions. Initially, Smt. Thulasi, CEO, ZP, DAKSHINA KANNDA DISTRICT - HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT - 2014 vi my predecessor, spearheaded the initiative and coordinated the process. The Planning Department of the ZP organized district-level and three taluk-level workshops and collobarated with the Lead agency in compilation and validation of data from the line departments and preparation of the Reprt. The Heads of Departments such as Education, Health and Family Welfare, Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal Husbandry, Women and Child Development, Social Welfare, Urban Local Bodies and others provided required data and participated actively