Impact of Krishi Bhagya Scheme on the beneficiary farmers of Karnataka state

India being an agrarian country, the total grain production of our country is 320.21 million tons in 2022, but it has to reach nearly 370 million tons by 2050. However, the major challenge is to stash away the runoff water for agricultural crops during the dry spell. With this insight, the government of Karnataka has started flagship program, in 2014 namely “Krishi Bhagya Scheme” a pivotal step towards achieving sustainability of rain-fed agriculture to store the rainwater in the farm ponds. The scheme had been extended to malnad areas including Shivamogga district. The study was conducted in Karnataka state with the sample size of 120 farmers consisting of 60 beneficiaries and 60 non-beneficiaries from Shivamogga district. The predominant findings of the study revealed that there was change in cropping intensity by 47.00 per cent, majority of the beneficiaries (53.33%) had a medium knowledge, nearly 41.66 per cent have cultivated four to six crops substantiating moderate cropping pattern, 51.67 per cent of beneficiaries had high crop intensity, maximum (55.00%) beneficiaries had an labour days of 100 to 200 days, and prominent beneficiaries 53.33 per cent had Agriculture+ Horticulture + Animal husbandry as an enterprise combination, and the average increased yield of paddy (20.46%), vegetables (18.77%), maize (12.68%), and arecanut (14.76%). This remarkable increase in the yield due to the reasons that availability of the farm pond water during the critical stages of the crops, which impacted on the crop to attain better yield potential. The anecdotal evidence from this research will suggest policy makers a slew of appropriate strategies and interventions can be extended to other parts of the country to improve farmers income and leading to sustainable water usage.