India own poverty index & holds the “Bimaru states” mirror for us & has surprises, good & bad

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As NITI Aayog releases National Multidimensional Poverty Index, Shekhar Gupta dives into this report with some surprises on nutrition, education and quality of life- state by state. And Is the BIMARU tag for Bihar, MP, Rajasthan & UP justified as per numbers and data? Episode 887 of CutTheClutter

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[arkatalukdar]

West Bengal doing better than "BIMARU" states, that's a very wrong way to see it. It is a "miracle" for a state with such fertile land, sitting close to mineral belt, access to plentiful water and having it's own ports, to rank bellow average. We also had the head start in rail infra, education and heavy industry sector prior to independence.

Our state has 2 major agro exports, tea and jute. Abundance of skilled and unskilled labour and raw materials nearby.

Yet due to the constrains of our politics we are relegated to the bottom half of the table. Bangladesh has 15% more gdp per capita than WB. That shows the real rot. WB is punching way bellow it's weight class.

[minku]

Kottayam in kerala is the only district in india with no poor people -Proud to be a kottayam guy 😊🙏Well we were also the first 100 percent literate district in india long back 😎.

[bhavesh]

This is probably the best cut off clutter ever. This is how journalism should be, no biased sides, just data and breakdown of data, let people understand what their local leaders are doing for them .

[akashdobhal]

My state Uttrakhand was carved out of U.P. in 2000 and i am not saying that it has become rich like Sikkim and Goa but still it is easy to manage and govern.
I don't know why people in U.P. take it as offense when someone talk about bifurcation of the state. It's for there own good.

[jaideepg]

For Haryana, I know we keep throwing the richest state bogey. Remove Gurgaon’s numbers from Haryana and you will get a true reflection of overall situation in Haryana. One mega city and warehouses along highway do little for the overall state.

[deliciousredmango]

Not only the people from UP and Bihar, but people from the entire country should demand that these two states be broken down into smaller states. The progress of these states is crucial and will expedite the progress of the entire nation.

[sanjayh]

Kudos to Niti Ayog. Thanks to print media for sharing this report.

[rohanindra]

We always talk about the need for reform but sometimes good data itself is as impactful. Thanks Shekhar for covering this interesting report. One of the features of a sophisticated country is one that can collect proper and useful data on its citizens, along with tax collecting powers and a monopoly on law and order. India should revamp its data collecting abilities starting with census, ASI and reaching into village level. Modern tech allows dashboard based reporting like has happened with Covid figures - lets scale that across other indicators. While land, labour and power reform may be seen as the need of the hour. Changes to soft structures like the judiciary and data collection agencies are as important.

[PurnenduSabar]

Odisha was one of the poorest States. If I'm not wrong it was 2nd or 3rd most poorest States after Bihar. After 20 years of Naveen Patnaik Govt ruling.I think it has performed well. Where As MP and Chhattisgarh couldn't performed well even after long stable governments.

[destinyissomething]

As the saying goes about India. "The south feeds, while the North Breeds".

[prasnair]

Dear Shekhar, it is a very good analysis. In my humble opinion, it is important to split UP, Bihar, MP and Rajasthan into smaller states for better governance as some of their districts have more population than a few countries. Also, access to sea routes for the landlocked states and access to the sea via Bangladesh for the North Eastern states should be thought about.

[thechosenone]

It would be interesting to see Delhi compared with other Indian metros like Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and Banglore. The only reason Delhi is here is because it's a union territory. If Delhi's figures are indicative of our metros as a whole then that could be a bad sign.

[ichandranath]

It’s 😄 funny when politicians from the worst performing states come around and try to sell their worst performing state’s model to better performing states.

[harisundar]

Data is so revealing. Hope the study continues consistently.

[its_swrj]

Kerala is performing on another level, out of this league

[deshdunya]

India's strength has always been about vibrant opposition & transparency. Even lord Ram won't be able to save us if media & civil society continue to speak language of those in power. India never had a weaker opposition to check and balance a powerful govt. If we are to make government and bureaucracy accountable, its high time that every Indian speak truth to the power & flag out wrong things happening around them.

[Users_w]

Being from Bihar, I think division of state will be destined for development of the people and districts. The population is getting out of hand. Nitish Kumar is the Chief Minister since 2005. But the only city developed during his regime is Patna that too is below par as compared to other cities in India. The hospitals, transportation, airports, industries are nowhere to be found apart from Patna which none can go during the rainiy season.

[rohitbasak]

Wow, the bureaucracy is actually doing something.

[pardeeptandon]

The Hindi heartland where caste politics and Manu Smriti prevails and religion play an important role in politics are the poorest states. For how long will the rest o India carry this burden?