Role of Infrastructure in the Industrial Development of Karnataka: A District Level Analysis

Industrial development of a region is guided by various factors of which infrastructure facilities play a key role, of a catalytic nature, in the industrial development and performance of a region. The high positive correlation observed in the case of Karnataka between the Infrastructure and Industrial development highlights the need for the availability of adequate infrastructure facilities In promoting industry. Concentration of industrial development in four districts - Bangalore, Dakshina Kannada, Belgnum and Mysore, in tenns of the value added, dispite the continued measures of government to disperse industrial development across all districts also speaks of the importance of infrastructure facilities.