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4. Regional Inequality and Convergence in Economic Growth in India

Authors : Arpita Banerjee, Pravat Kumar Kuri

Published in: Development Disparities in India

Publisher: Springer India

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The accentuation of regional income inequality, particularly during the period of liberalization and globalization in India, has been a major policy concern for Indian policymakers. After nearly 20 years of performance in a neoliberalized environment, the debate continues about whether excessive reliance on market creates development distortion by aggravating inequality. Against this backdrop, this chapter makes a renewed attempt to evaluate the growth performances and the trends and patterns of inequality in the per capita net state domestic product (PCNSDP) of India. This chapter also examines the nature of convergence of PCNSDP of Indian states using panel data framework for a period of nearly 40 years (1970–1971 to 2009–2010).

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Urban Amenity Index is constructed by taking the indicators like Percentage of urban population in a particular state. (PUP), Percentage of urban household getting safe drinking water (PHSD, Percentage of urban household getting electricity connection (PHELEC), Percentage of urban household having toilet facility (PHTF) and Percentage of urban household having pucca houses (PHPH). The methodology of constructing the index is provided in Chap. 3.

Industrial infrastructure index is constructed by taking the indicators like Percentage share of secondary sector in PCNSDP in a particular state (PSSES), Road length per lakh population in a particular state (RL) and Per capita consumption of electricity in a particular state (PCELEC). The methodology of constructing the index is provided in Chap. 3.

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Title: Regional Inequality and Convergence in Economic Growth in India
Authors: Arpita Banerjee
Pravat Kumar Kuri
Publisher: Springer India
Book: Development Disparities in India
Print ISBN: 978-81-322-2330-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-81-322-2331-3

Copyright Year: 2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2331-3_4

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