Poddar, R.S.Nadeerpoor, Mohammad Akbar2022-01-272022-01-272017-06https://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810181232Krishi Bhagya Scheme (KBS) has been an ambitious flagship programme of Government of Karnataka launched during 2014-15. The scheme exhibits special features of convergence and integration of various activities in farming especially water conservation and management. The study aimed at assessing the progress and impact of the scheme on farmer beneficiaries. Primary and secondary data during 2016-17 were used for study. Tabular analysis and Garrett ranking techniques were used to analyze the data. The findings revealed that farmers who constructed farm ponds did not adopt all the schemes. It is also inferred that most of the components have been implemented in the first two years. Construction farm ponds took away a major share in the total amount spent for KBS in the state. An overall picture of distributions of benefits of the scheme revealed that Belagavi district received greater share of benefits within the study area. Performance of Belagavi, Vijayapur and Bagalkote districts was found to be much better compared to Dharwad and Gadag. The scheme had a positive impact in terms of additional water available over a period of time, additional number of irrigations and additional area irrigated. With irrigation facility available from the farm pond, major crops in the study area showed substantial increases in yields. Farmers could realize higher economic benefits in spite of deficit rains in the study area during period. It can safely be concluded that KBS is a potential scheme to improve the economic condition of farm families in dry farming areas. A few constraints like difficulty with supplies and services by the agencies lengthy procedure in project clearance, delay in transfer of subsidy were reported by the respondents. In view of potential financial benefits and popularity of the scheme, it is suggested to strengthen the scheme with adequate budgetary support and overcoming constraints reported in the study.EnglishThesis