Abstract: The study attempts to examine the growth performance and inter-state disparity across India by analyzing growth rates in terms per capita GSDP. The disparity in terms of GSDP per capita widened across the states. The advanced states like Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal have performed well in term of per capita GSDP growth over 5 per cent per annum, with West Bengal recording the highest at over 6.15 per cent while the backward states like Bihar, Chhattisgarh, J&K, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Uttar Pradesh have performed below average during 1993-94 to 2002-03. This shows that the disparity in terms of their GSDP per capita has widened across the states during the reform period. During the Post-Reform period 2003-04 to 2012-13 the performance of some of the poorly performing states has improve like Bihar, Odisha Maharashtra and Haryana etc. but disparity has further widened. However, the overall performance during 1993-94 to 2012-13 shows that there is high degree of disparity across states in terms of growth in GSDP per capita. The disparity was higher during 20s as compared to 90s as the value of coefficient of variation during the period of 1993-94 to 2002-03 is 0.46 and during 2003-04 to 2012-13 it is 0.34 which means that the disparity during post-reform period has widened across states and is a matter of serious concern.
Keywords: Growth, Disparity, Post-Reform, GSDP per capita, Backward States, etc.
Title: Growth and Inter-State Disparity in India
Author: Prof. Effat Yasmin, Fayaz Ahmad Bhat
International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research and Innovations
ISSN 2348-1218 (print), ISSN 2348-1226 (online)
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