The Raghuram Rajan
panel report has made a case for ending the 'special category' criteria
for providing additional assistance to poorer states, as it ranked Goa and Kerala as the most advanced states and Odisha and Bihar the least. Kerala is the most urbanized state.
The
committee, headed by the then chief economic advisor Raghuram Rajan
(now RBI governor) which was set up by the government amid demand for
"special category" status by Bihar, suggested a new methodology for
devolving funds on states based on a 'Multi Dimensional Index (MDI)'.
The seven most developed status are Goa, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Maharashtra, Uttrakhand and Haryana.
According
to the report, the eleven less developed states are Manipur, West
Bengal, Nagaland, Andhra Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Mizoram, Gujarat,
Tripura, Karnataka, Sikkim and Himachal Pradesh.
India's richest state, Maharashtra is the second most urbanised state. Based on GDP Maharashtra tops the list.
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