The relative lack of growth in the poor states like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Odisha over the past 30 years is a major contributor to India’s increasing inequality. Given that India contains nearly 18% of the world’s population, this divergence also has important consequences for global poverty and inequality.
Inter-States Inequality
The inter-State inequalities have been a cause of concern. These have been rising in the last three decades for two reasons. First, the rates of growth of State Domestic Product (SDP) of many of the States in the south, west and northern regions, like Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka ....
