Formation of High Power Committee of Kalburagi Division

                         

Kalaburagi Division has six districts. They are: Kalaburagi, Bidar, Ballari, Raichur, Koppala and Yadagir. The Kalaburagi division has the lowest place with regard to literacy, per capital income, yield per hectare and life expectancy in the state. In order to understand the reasons for this backwardness, the government of Karnataka had formed a High Power

Committee on Redressal of Regional Imbalances under the chairmanship of Dr Nanjundappa in 2000. As per its report the least developed part of Karnataka state is Kalaburagi Division. In order to provide special grants to the districts of this division, the central government accorded special status to this division under article 371(J) of the constitution.