Rich country poor people. Unity in diversity..
Rich/Foreign rulers and Poor/indigenous Population.
A quest of the contrasts and the same contrasts can be seen in the way different states of India Perform..
Lets just see how..when we look at Per Capita GDP of these states
So where you find absolutely no surprise at the bottom, there is even lesser surprise at the Top. Goa riding on lower base population and the Capital on basis of high growth due to real estate and burgeoning peripherals of Gurgaon and other sub cities leave the rest of the country behind..and by quite some distance.
The regional disparity is very evident in the next 2 members with Haryana which is next to Delhi and Maharashtra which is next to Goa and is further bouyed by Mumbai the fiancial capital fo India..
Except Bihar, UP and J&K, all the Northern states are amongst top performers. All the Southern states perform well in parameters but eastern and Northeastern states end up with a below par performance.
States with lot of political problems like Insurgency (J&K and North East) and naxalism (MP and Orrisa) are the obvious laggards. Probably a strong argument can be made in favour of PEACE .........as Goa, a state which is definitely not the most industrialised and is extremely Tourism( a seasonal industry) dependent ends up at the top of the list as it has replaced Kashmir as the Top toursim destination for both Indian and Foreign Tourists ...
Mssrs Gilani and Lone.. are you listening..?
In fact even North east with its beautiful landscapes can take a leaf out of Goan book and prove that Industry or agriculture is not the only way to higher economic growth and terrorism or insurgency is definitely not the way forward..
Both Kashmir and North east are potentially strong Tourism destinations. Its time for the leaders of these states to rise above petty insidious politics and actually work to make the life of a common man better..
A case in point of Bihar which for many years has been at the bottom of the pile. Last 5 years have seen amazing growth rates for Bihar(economic growth, not population) and with all inclusive guidance of Nitish Kumar we may be very surprised in a couple of years and see Bihar rising from the current bottom of the grid postiton.
Top 5 states in terms of Total GDP are
Maharastra
UP (more due to extremely high population, than actual growth)
Andra Pradesh
Tamil Nadu
Gujarat
Lowest 5 states in terms of Total GDP
Sikkim
Mizoram
Arunchal
Nagaland
Manipur
An interesting Observation.
All the 3 recently created states (Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Chattisgarh) have done much better than their erstwhile parent states of UP, Bihar and MP.
and not just better, new states are league ahead.
for eg. Uttarakhand is 2.5 times better than UP in per capita GDP ie an improvement of 150 %
Jharkhand is almost double that of Bihar in per Capita GDP i.e. An increase of 90% and even Chattigarh with all its problems is 40 % better than MP.
The fact that all the new states have done much better cannot be a simple coincidence.
Maybe a smaller state is practically easier to manage economically as well as politically....May be, Just maybe..
Does this give new credence to Telangana creation? More than just political agenda for few politicians, it may actually make some sense?
Disclaimer- All the data has been culled from different sources so a few errors may have crept in. The motive of the blog is just to be an educational aid and not to be statement against an individual , company, caste or state. Any error/omission/insinuation is unintentional.
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