Lok Sabha Question No. 1708 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-09
Subject: Categorisation of States
Ministry: STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
Asked by: RAJENDRA AGRAWAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1708

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 9 th  DECEMBER, 2015

## CATEGORISATION OF STATES

## 1708. SHRI RAJENDRA AGRAWAL:

Will the Minister of STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the yardsticks/parameters taken into consideration while categorising a State as backward State;
- (b) whether  the  average  per  capita  income  of  such  States  is  less than the national average;
- (c) if  so,  the  details  thereof,  State-wise  including  Uttar  Pradesh along  with  the  human  development  indicators  of  these  States; and
- (d) the  details  of  States  lagging  behind  in  human  development indicators along with the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  FOR  MINISTRY  OF STATISTICS  AND  PROGRAMME  IMPLEMENTATION,  MINISTER  OF STATE  FOR  MINISTRY  OF  EXTERNAL  AFFAIRS  AND  MINISTER  OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF OVERSEAS INDIAN AFFAIRS [GENERAL (Dr.) V.K. SINGH (Retd.)]

- (a)
- States have not been categorised as backward states.
- (b)
- & (c) Do not arise.
- (d) State-wise  Human  Development  Index  (HDI),  alongwith  their rankings, is given in annexure. Inter-State disparities in HDI are a  result  of  complex  factors  such  as  difference  in  resource endowment, geographical and historical factors and availability of socio-economic and physical infrastructure.

Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (d)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  1708 regarding categorisation of states for answer on 9 th December, 2015

## State-wise profile of Human Development

|                    | HDI Value   | HDI Value   | HDI Rankings   | HDI Rankings   |
|--------------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|----------------|
| State              | 1999-2000   | 2007-08     | 1999-2000      | 2007-08        |
| Kerala             | 0.677       | 0.790       | 2              | 1              |
| Delhi              | 0.783       | 0.750       | 1              | 2              |
| Himachal Pradesh   | 0.581       | 0.652       | 4              | 3              |
| Goa                | 0.595       | 0.617       | 3              | 4              |
| Punjab             | 0.543       | 0.605       | 5              | 5              |
| NE excluding Assam | 0.473       | 0.573       | 9              | 6              |
| Maharashtra        | 0.501       | 0.572       | 6              | 7              |
| Tamil Nadu         | 0.480       | 0.570       | 8              | 8              |
| Haryana            | 0.501       | 0.552       | 7              | 9              |
| Jammu and Kashmir  | 0.465       | 0.529       | 11             | 10             |
| Gujarat            | 0.466       | 0.527       | 10             | 11             |
| Karnataka          | 0.432       | 0.519       | 12             | 12             |
| West Bengal        | 0.422       | 0.492       | 13             | 13             |
| Uttarakhand        | 0.339       | 0.490       | 16             | 14             |
| Andhra Pradesh     | 0.368       | 0.473       | 15             | 15             |
| Assam              | 0.336       | 0.444       | 17             | 16             |
| Rajasthan          | 0.387       | 0.434       | 14             | 17             |
| Uttar Pradesh      | 0.316       | 0.380       | 18             | 18             |
| Jharkhand          | 0.268       | 0.376       | 23             | 19             |
| Madhya Pradesh     | 0.285       | 0.375       | 20             | 20             |
| Bihar              | 0.292       | 0.367       | 19             | 21             |
| Orissa             | 0.275       | 0.362       | 22             | 22             |
| Chhattisgarh       | 0.278       | 0.358       | 21             | 23             |
| All India          | 0.387       | 0.467       |                |                |

Source:  India Human Development Report 2011, Institute of Applied Manpower Research, Planning Commission, Government of India.

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