INTER-REGIONAL DISPARITIES IN INDIA Hi f Edited by DR. ANIL KUMAR THAKUR and DR. SHYAM SUNDER SINGH CHAUHAN Published on behalf of THE INDIAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION DEEP & DEEP PUBUCATIONS PVT. LTD. F-159, Rajouri Garden, New Delhi-110027
Contents Preface List of Contributors xi xiii Anil Kumar Thakur and Shyam Sunder Singh Chauhan Introduction xvii SECTION I INTER-STATE DISPARITIES IN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT 1. Rekha Mehta and Rakesh Kumar Regional Divergence in Per Capita Income Across Indian States: An Analysis Based on New Series 1999-2000 1 2. Amarjit Singh Sethi and Baljit Kaur Social Sector Expenditure in India: An Examination of Inter-State Divergences 16 3. Shyam Sunder Singh Chauhan, Deepa Rawat and Deepti Sharma Uneven Growth Pattern of Indian Economy: Some Missing Links 37 4. D.K. Nauriyal and Bimal Kishore Sahoo Economic Growth Across Indian States: Role of Education, Infrastructure and Health 61
vi Inter-Regional Disparities in India 5. Gunendra Prasad Pal Inter-State Inequalities in India's Development: Diversification, Instability and Growth 89 6. Sana Naseem State Level Disparities in Fiscal Correction: A Review 110 7. P. Kataria Economic Development Across Indian States: Issue of Convergence' 134 8. Anu Kapil and P.S. Raikhy Role of Infrastructure in Economic Development in India: An Inter-State Analysis 146 9. Prankrishna Pal and Debjani Mitra Trends and Levels of Regional Disparities in India since 1980s 176 10. N.K. Taneja and Sanjeev Kumar Slum Literacy in India: Disparities and Dimension 195 11. SM. Jawed Akhtar and Md. Imdadul Haque Growth Performance and Incidence of Poverty: An Inter-State Study 212 12. Kalpana Singh Disparities in Level of Living of Different Income Groups in India: An Inter-State Analysis 229 13. Md. Quddus and Rajendra Gupta Regional Disparity: A Curse 262 14. Sandip P. Solanki Economic Reforms and Inter-Regional Disparities 271 15. S.V. Hariharan and S. Saravanan Inter-State Variations in the Growth of Agricultural Output in India under the WTO Regime 284 N
Contents vii 16. P.L. Sablok Inter-Regional Growth Disparities in India 294 17. Roli Mishra Eleventh Finance Commission and Inter-State Disparities in the Devolution of Shared Taxes Across Various Finance Commissions 308 18. Aditya Kumar Patra Infrastructure Development and Regional Disparity: An Inter-State Analysis 328 19. Zafar Ahmad Sultan and Mahendra Sah Regional Disparity in India: An Analysis of Post-Reform Period 339 20. Arun Prabha Choudhary Regional Disparities in Educational Development in India Pattern and Policy Issues 348 21. Vivekanand Tizvari and Kamesh Kumar Regional Disparities in India 366 21. KM. Naidu, L.K. Mohan Rao and K. Mahesh Naidu The Effect of Economic Reforms on Regional Inequality in India 397 23. R. Rajkumar and P. Chennakrishnan Regional Disparities in India: Myth and Reality 421 24. Ram Naresh Thakur and Girish Nandan Sharma Rural-Urban Disparities of Development in India 429 25. Dhirendra Nath Konar Inter-State Disparity in Human Development in India 453
viii Inter-Regional Disparities in India SECTION II REGION/STATE SPECIFIC DISPARITIES 26. Dilip Kumar Ghosh and Bishwanath Gupta Accessibility to Basic Minimum Services: The Cornerstone of Sustainable Development 476 27. Samarjit Das Regional Disparities in Indian Special Economic Zones Development: An Overview on Various Issues 496 28. Arun Kumar Nandi and Dipika Basu Inter-District Disparities in Agricultural Income and Employment: An Approach to Frontier Analysis 525 29. Davinder Kumar Madaan Disparity in Growth and Human Development in Punjab vis-a-vis India 538 30. A. Venkateswarlu Regional Variations in Agricultural Development of Andhra Pradesrr 549 31. Gayatri Medhi Regional Disparities and Economic Development of Assam: An Inter-District Analysis 570 32. N.C. Jha and Anirudh Kumar Growing Rural-Urban Work-Force Dispaiity in Jharkhand: An Inter-District Analysis 589 33. Hanumant Yadav Inter-District Disparity in Chhattisgarh 616
Contents ix SECTION III DISPARITIES IN NORTH-EAST REGION 34. Ratan Kumar Ghosal Agricultural Growth and Regional Divergence A Case Study of North-East Region in India 640 35. Abdul Hussain Inter-Regional-cwm-Inter-Ethnic Conflict in North-East India: A Socio-Economic Analysis 662 36. Amalesh Banerjee Towards Resolving the Disparities of the NE-Region 675 Index 686