Impact Assessment of National Food Security Mission (NFSM) on Pulses Production in Karnataka, India - An Economic Analysis

The present study was conducted to examine the economic impact of NFSM on pulses economy in the selected districts of Karnataka state. The study period was divided into Period-I (Pre NFSM)from 1998-99 to 2007-08, Period –II (Post NFSM) from 2008-09 to 2015-16 and Period-III (Overall
period) from 1998-99 to 2015-16. Primary data for Pigeonpea and chickpea crops were collected from Kalaburagi and Vijayapur districts of Karnataka respectively. The results of the compound growth rate analysis showed that during Period-III both area and production of selected pulses
exhibited significant positive growth. The sources of change in the variance of selected pulses production revealed that the change in residual and change in area variance contributed the majorshare towards destabilizing the production of Pigeonpea and chickpea respectively in the state. The results of the budgeting technique revealed that the profit per rupees was more in beneficiary farms
as compared to non-beneficiary farms in the cultivation of both the selected pulses.