Status of BIMARU States in Socio-Economic Development of India

Abstract

The objective of Socio–economic development in an economy is to increase the standard of living of the persons. Process of planning and different variables decided status of socio-economic development of any nation. In this study we will discuss only difference of socio-economic development status of BIMARU states in major Indian states in 2010-11. We will consider 17 Indian states and 39 variables for this study. This study divides the socio–economic indicators into six segments i.e., Economic Development, Industrial Development, Health Infrastructure Development, Physical Infrastructure Development, Demographic Development and Women Empowerment Development. These segments includes 39 variables of socio- economic development i.e., percentage of poverty, Gross State Domestic Product and Per capita Gross State Domestic Product in Economic Development; Number of Factories, Number of Employees, Invested Capital, Net Fixed Capital formation, Profit and Total Production in Industrial Development; Numbers on Per Lac of Population Doctors, Nurses, Hospitals, Dispensaries, Primary Health Center, Sub Primary Health Center, Beds and  Budgetary expenditure on Health in Health Infrastructure Development; Percentage of Electricity Connected Villages, Per Capita Consumption of Domestic Electricity, Road Length Per 100 Squares kilometers of Area, Railway Route Length Per 1000 Squares kilometers of Area, Number of Banking offices Per Lac of Population, Per Capita Bank Deposit, Per Capita Bank credit and Number of telephones per 100 Population in Physical Infrastructure Development; Decadal Growth Rate of Population, Literacy Rate, Sex Ratio, Birth Rate, Infant Mortality rate, Life Expectancy and Percentage of Working Population in Demographic Development and woman Literacy Rate, Percentage of Woman Working Population, Woman Life Expectancy, Fertility rate, Couple protection Rate and Child Sex Ratio in Woman Empowerment Development are considered and on the basis of these indicators, the gap of socio–economic development amongst the BIMARU states and major states of India is estimated.

Keywords: Socio–Economic Development Index, Regional Disparity, BIMARU States, India.