Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer Kumara has released the  district credit plan for 2021-22 with a credit outlay of ₹ 18,000 crore. This credit plan includes these priority sectors, a target of ₹ 6,651.07 crore has been earmarked for agriculture, ₹ 4,004.65 crore for micro small and medium enterprises, ₹ 1,000 crore for housing and ₹ 594 crore for export sectors. A target of ₹ 106.5 crore has been earmarked for education, ₹ 96.02 crore for renewable energy and ₹ 82.5 crore for social infrastructure.

As much as ₹ 5,465.26 crore has been earmarked for non priority sector.
These targets have been given to 35 financial institutions that include nationalised banks, private commercial banks and cooperative banks in the district based on their performance in 2020-21. Banks have been informed to promote micro enterprises for food processing and mainstream financially excluded sectors through schemes such as Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana and Joint Liability Schemes.