Regional Disparity in India
Regional disparities in economic development are one of the common features found in all over
the world today.
Regional disparity denotes regional imbalances or regional dualism or growth differentiation.
The coexistence of relatively developed and economically depressed states and even regions with
in each state known as a regional imbalance. The development process nowadays generally
concentrate around the few main territories of a nation and others do not receive the benefits of
such development due to factors like market imperfection, geographical constraints, false
government policies, lack of law and order and other social, political and economic reasons. (1)
The prevalence of regional disparities is a common phenomenon and is present both in
developed and developing countries