A Study of Bidar District Industrial Economy in Closed Economy (1980-1990)

The Main purpose of this study is to examine the industrial economy of Bidar, which was considered a “NO Industry District” in 1980 in the northern part of Karnataka, which is a part of the Hyderabad-Karnataka region. It is very important to note that the formation of the Bidar district in 1956 by the State Reorganization Committee (SRC) formed the state of Mysore (currently called Karnataka), which was under the provenance of the Nizam of Hyderabad. This later created the Karnataka state by the SRC based on the Kannada-speaking language. The Bidar district is a drought-prone area. However, after two and a half decades of independence Bidar is still very much backward in terms of industries. Hence, it is regarded as an industrially backward district. A large number of people are engaged in agricultural activities. The study of the Bidar district mainly concentrates on agro-based industries and agriculture and also analyses various economic variables such as population, agriculture and cropping pattern, irrigation process, occupational structure, communication and transport, socio-economic background of the district, and development of industries and infrastructure in the Bidar district from 1980 to 1990.This includes the socio-economic, political, and cultural aspects of the region. The above variables are discussed in detail below.