Shweta RANI, Department of Geography, Dyal Singh College, University of Delhi, India
Urbanization and Economic Growth are the two key driving forces to attain swift growth and development. The present study is an attempt to unravel and examine the changing nature of relation between urbanization and economy on one hand and among the various urban components and economic indicators for the 35 States and UTs in India. A combination of 7 variables is chosen to explore the inter-state associations in terms of composition and trends for different group of states/UTs in India from 1981-2011. The study is based on secondary sources of data, obtained from various government agencies for the census years 1981, 1991, 2001 and 2011. The method of factor analysis has been chosen to identify the most significant factors affecting the status of urban and economic development. Three dominant factors have been identified. The result shows wide regional disparities in the level of growth and development both spatially and temporally across the Indian states and UTs. It varies from a high factor score of 3.640 for Delhi NCT and a low of -2.069 for the north-eastern state of Tripura. These key factors are addressed to achieve significant growth in the economy. Developed states/UTs like Delhi (NCT), Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa, Puducherry and Tamil Nadu are classic example to this. The paper also suggests that knowledge and the skills to produce and process a wide variety of industrial and consumer products and quality services can continue to drive the growing outward orientation of the Indian economy. The finding suggests that significant and rising part of the value additions by manufacturers predominantly consists of services and service sector.
Keywords: Economic Sectors|Inter-State|India|Multivariate Analysis|Urbanization
A103870SR