International Journal in Management and Social Science
  • Year: 2018
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue: 8

Study of Regional Inequality in India after Reform

  • Author:
  • Guru Prasad Ojha
  • Total Page Count: 15
  • Published Online: Aug 1, 2018
  • Page Number: 58 to 72

*Research Scholar, Govind Ballabh Pant Social Science Institute, Allahabad, (A constituent institute of University of Allahabad)

Abstract

The roots of inequality in India are as deeper as existence of Indian civilization. The causes of inequality are so many but natural and physical imbalance is more important phenomena to existence the regional imbalance. The Indian society was also become more and more mature but there are many social evils exist in the society. Our policy makers also planned many policies to strengthen the marginalized group of our society but the grass root reality was having a very controversial history. This is because insignificant improvement in the social and economical aspects and because political issues. There are two types of regional inequality occurs in the country. The first is state- state inequality and another is rural- urban inequality. Till 1980s, we were achieving sluggish growth about 3.5% per annum which called Hindu rate of growth (Raj Krishna). The policy till 1980s concentrated in the hand of public sector as engine of growth, while the government regulated the private sector and its activities with industrial licensing requirement was under public sector. The efficiency of public sector units was not well and they were trapped in sickness, as government gave relief in the rule of industry policy their efficiency increased resulted there by in 1990s the GDP growth rate of India is approximately 6% per annum. Finally government adopted liberalization policy. This action became very fruitful and called the period of Economic Reform. We saw the inequality in NHDI, Finance commission report and another inequality parameter.