Economic Condition of Eastern Region of India-An Statistical Evaluation
Abstract
The social and economic scenario of the country has changed considerably during the period 1951 to till date. The eastern states of India are burdened population with limited resources. A total of twenty six socio economic indicators comprising of various characteristics of education, agricultural & allied activities, urbanization, electrification, economic prosperity and modernization were examined for classifying the socio-economic status of the states in eastern region of India. The secondary data on these variables were collected from various sources. The variables were normalized to give zero mean and unit variance. The indices of various characteristics of the states as well as over all status of the states have been determined. It was observed that the states like Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand are poor in education, agricultural and allied activity development, Urbanization, electrification and modernization. However, West Bengal is at better position in comparison to the other states of the eastern region of India. The education and modernization of Assam is considerably good. The overall result indicated that the education and electrification as key factors for the socio economic condition of the states
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