State reorganization and development

Abstract

The Indian union government created three new states in November 2000. newlineThese were Chhattisgarh from Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand from Uttar Pradesh, newlineand Jharkhand from Bihar. This was the largest reorganization since the postindependence newlinedrawing of the state boundaries in 1956. This event was accompanied newlineby much debate along political and social lines. In the absence of data, newlinethe debate along economic dimension was bereft of much substance. A databased newlinerigorous analysis is important since demands for separate states keep newlinere-emerging from various regions of India, one successful being the creation of newlineTelangana state in June 2014. About two decades have passed since the reorganization newlineof November 2000, allowing us to research into economic facets in some newlinedetail. In this thesis, we focus on three aspects- aggregate economic growth, newlinerural informal enterprises, and household welfare- forming three core chapters newlineof this thesis.