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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | The Indian state where development is more on a par with Pakistan than India -Ratnadeep Choudhary

The Indian state where development is more on a par with Pakistan than India -Ratnadeep Choudhary

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published Published on Nov 13, 2018   modified Modified on Nov 13, 2018
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Like Pakistan, Uttar Pradesh is home to about 200 million people, which it can’t seem to take care of very well.

New Delhi:
The chasm between India and Pakistan on the world’s economic and social indicators is rather wide today. Even though India also struggles on the social front, many Indians tend to draw solace saying “at least we’re better off than Pakistan”.

Yet, there is a part of India — the political heart of the country — that mirrors the arch-rival neighbour’s struggles on many indicators. Like Pakistan, it is home to about 200 million people, and can’t seem to take care of them very well. It is India’s most populous state: Uttar Pradesh.
 
Downward trajectory

In 1947, Pakistan was born with a financial disadvantage — the only money in its coffers was what India transferred under the terms of Partition. But in the first few decades after Independence, its smaller size and population gave it the edge over India and it began doing well both socially and economically.

Uttar Pradesh went in the opposite direction, becoming part of India’s BIMARU grouping of laggard states — Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and UP — which dragged down growth.

Most of the problems that plagued India were magnified in Uttar Pradesh, and even as recently as 2016, the World Bank said this of it: “Uttar Pradesh is home to the largest number of poor in India. Despite improvement in the recent decade, the state has experienced slower growth and poverty reduction than the rest of the country. Consumption inequality, on the other hand, has increased slightly in urban areas.”

While Pakistan and Uttar Pradesh have very similar total populations, the key difference is density — while UP’s 200 million are spread over an area of 2.4 lakh sq km on the Gangetic plains, Pakistan’s 197 million live in an area more than three times as big (7.9 lakh sq km).

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ThePrint.in, 8 November, 2018, https://theprint.in/governance/the-indian-state-where-development-is-more-on-a-par-with-pakistan-than-india/137532/


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