CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION
ANALYSIS
INDIA AFTER 20 YEARS
MEASURES FOR GROWTH OF THE COUNTRY









INTRODUCTION
The performance of India depends on the growth of all the states individually.
In the Indian economy, the growth rate has improved significantly but it has not been the same in
all states. If seen on a broader basis the growth and development of the southern states has been
much more than those of the southern states.
I have analyzed the after independence developments in the southern states and the northern
states on the basis of power, social progress, banking infrastructure and sector wise economic
performance, coastline, invasions & attacks, political effect , literacy rate, dependency on
agriculture & tourism, poverty and the role of women.
Though the developments have not been uniform in all states, reforms have seen economic
growth. The states in the south did well as compared to the north .It is very easy for a person to
just visually differentiate the developments of the north and the south. There are various reasons
for the north states not developing. We will see them below.






REASONS
The following are some of the reasons for the southern India being more developed than the
north India.

1) GROWTH

There has been significant deterioration in the growth of the northern states during the
late 1990s.While the other states improved. The southern states gave a good performance
in the service, agriculture and the industry sector during the late 1990s.They improved
from 5% to 6% per annum in the 1990s.
Looking into the north all states except Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir
deteriorated. Except Chandigarh and Delhi all other northern states had a low
urbanization. All were below the national average. This was the time when the south
grew drastically. The industrial growth has suffered in the last decade leaving Himachal
Pradesh & Rajasthan.

2) COASTLINE
The southern states are privileged to have a coastline which also has contributed to their growth.
They could easily be a part of exports and imports that is it had a better exposure to the outside
world as compared to the north.

3) INVASIONS, ATTACKS AND THEIR IMPACT
The north of our country has always been unlucky in reference to the attacks and all. The kargil
war is a big example of it. The afghan invasions was also a contribution. All these things too
didnt allow the north to develop. The southern India has been next to untouched in this aspect.

4) POLITICAL EFFECT
The south has had many influential politicians like J. Jayalalitha who started the cradle baby
scheme in Tamil Nadu , M. Karunanidhi who contributed in improving infrastructure & building
of flyovers. There are many other examples. The north India lacked this. It is now that Uttar
Pradesh, Bihar have started being privileged.

5) LITERACY RATE
The literacy rate of the south is much more than that of the north. Though northern people are
concentrating on the education from the past few years the southern were doing it from long
back. Kerala, a state in the south is the most literate state in our country. Being more literate
people become more aware of the ways and means for development .They have a more number
of industries as they have more educated people.

6) DEPENDENCY ON AGRICULTURE AND
TOURISM
The people in the north majorly depend on agriculture as their source of income. Also in the
states like Jammu and Kashmir tourism is the main source of income which is also seasonal. The
same is not the case with south. The dependency on agriculture is much less as majority of the
people reside in the urban areas. South India also has a lot many of tourism places but still their
percentage of dependency on tourism is lower than the north.

7) POVERTY
Lack of literacy and employment are the major contributors to poverty. The same is with the
northern states. We see that majority of the people in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar etc. are not much
literate and hence are unaware of the changes going around. They rely majorly on agriculture.
Opposite is the case in the south. Because of good percentage of literacy, people are employed
and earning good. There is poverty in south India also but only in the deep rural. Due to rapid
industrialization employment opportunities increased which reduced poverty.
8) ROLE OF WOMEN
Education for women has always been given more importance in the south as compared to the
north. There has been contribution of women in the development of southern states. Majority of
women in the states like UP, Bihar & Rajasthan have never been to school. Also there has been
an impact of culture. It is very sad to say but women are respected less in the states like UP,
Bihar. Also they are not given much of importance.



SCENARIO OF INDIA IN THE NEXT 20 YEARS (SAY
IN 2035).
The following can be the Indian scenario by 2035-
The poverty in the north will be almost negligible.
The north of our country will be developed in the same pace as to that of the
south.
People will not depend on agriculture to the extent they are dependent now.
Industrialization.
South India will get more developed.
After seeing the fast changes happening in Uttar Pradesh and all now, one can
definitely say that there will be negligible factors to differentiate the north
and south India.
No illiteracy.
Full infrastructural development in the north as well as the south.
I feel that north India will surely not be the same as it is now. It will develop at a faster pace
with proper policies being implemented and the people reacting positively to them. The
differentiation of India on the basis of development in the north and the south will not be
possible. They will be equal in respect to the growth.

MEASURES HELPFUL FOR OBTAINING GROWTH
IN THE COUNTRY
In a country like India to achieve the desired growth the first important thing we need to do today
is to appreciate the value of our currency and control inflation.
The RBI AND THE GOVERNMENT should implement the fiscal and the monetary
policy in cooperation with each other.
There should be schemes for improving the investments.
Policies for growth of GDP.
Implementation of the budget that has been estimated.
Money alone cannot stabilize the economic problems. The government efficiency needs
to be increased.
The rural Indian purchasing power needs to be improved.
Development of banking system in the rural areas.