Assistant Professor, Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh, Haryana, India
Online published on 8 October, 2014.
The present paper is an attempt to estimate the district level development in the state of Haryana. For the purpose a vector of 40 variables has been selected and principal component analysis has been applied to measure the level of development in 19 districts out of 21 districts in Haryana. The study finds that six districts named Panchkula, Ambala, Yamunanager, Kurukshetra, Panipat and Faridabad have been developed, six districts named Rohtak, Karnal, Sonipat, Jhajjer, Gurgoan and Rewari have been moderately developed and remaining seven districts named Bhiwani, Fatehbad, Kaithal, Mahender garh, Jind, Hisar and Sirsa have been least developed both at sectoral and aggregate levels of development. The study suggests that an urgent need for reviewing the whole gamut of approaches towards development planning of state of Haryana.
