India is a large federal nation and it is well known that there are widespread disparities in the levels of economic and social development between the different states of the Indian nation. It is generally recognized that inter regional economic disparities increases at least in the initial stages of national economic development. Regional imbalances in a country may be natural due to unequal distribution of natural resources and or man-made in the sense of neglect of some regions and preference for others for investment and infrastructural facilities. India’s successive five year plans have stressed the need to develop backward regions of the country. This article studies the level of disparities across different states of India with the help of various economic and non economic factors. The study has brought out that huge disparities exist among the states which have accentuated over a period of time. In order to find out the magnitude of interstate disparities, all the Indian states and union territories for the period 2001 and 2011 have been examined. An attempt was also made to trace the causes and indicators of interstate disparities in India. Disparity is a social stigma and it must be nipped in the bud if sustained economic growth is to be realized.
KEY WORDS: Disparity, Gross State Domestic Product, Net State Domestic Product.
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