This document discusses governance, development, education, health, and employment across several Indian states. It provides statistics on literacy rates, poverty levels, infant mortality rates, and other metrics. Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh generally perform poorly compared to other states on these socioeconomic indicators. The document argues that dividing larger states into smaller administrative units could help address issues of poor governance and development, and enable more equitable and inclusive growth across India.

2. C O N T E N T INTRODUCTION GOVERNANCE DEVeLoPMENT EDUCATION HEALTH EMPLOYMENT

6. GROWTH PERFORMANCE PRIOR AND POST REORGANIZATION Trend Growth in 10 years post reorganization Trend Growth in 10 years period prior to reorganization - Source CSO -

7. GOVERNANCE

8. CRIME RATE REPORT (2007) - SOURCE -NCRB 2007

9. PENDING CASES IN 2009 www.brandbench.com

10. SHORTAGE OF IPS www.pib.nic.in

11. MEMBER OF MP www.rajsabha.gov.in

12. EDUCATION

13. E D U C A T I O N Bihar with 46% literacy rate is the last in terms of literacy. rate in India. Literacy rate in Jharkhand is 59.6% which is better than Bihar. Bihar has drop out rate 59.0%. Jharkhand has drop out rate of 58%.

14. STATE LITERACY RATES (1951-2001) Source: Office of the Registrar General, India - http://indiabudget.nic.in

15. HEALTH

16. H E A L T H * Bihar has the highest infant mortality rate in India. www.indiaat75.in/vision

17. STATE-WISE INFANT MORTALITY RATE 1961 Male Female Avg. 2008 Male Female Avg. 2007 Male Female Avg. www.indiabudget.nic.in

18. Bihar is one of the 3 states yet to achieve the goal of elimination of leprosy. In Bihar ,the infant mortality is 58 and maternal mortality ratio is 312 which are higher than the national average. Population below poverty line in Bihar is 42.60%. The estimate for life expectancy at birth in MadhyaPradesh is 55.2 years. it is far behind the national life expectancy of 60.7 years at birth. MP is one the three worst malaria affected states.

19. Infant mortality rate in Uttar Pradesh is 76 which is quite higher than all India average. every sixth malnourished child lives in Uttar Pradesh . every second adolescent girl is anemic in Uttar Pradesh . In Uttar Pradesh , about 64% girls get married by the age of 18 years.

20. Uttar Pradesh ranks second with respect to prevalent of malnutrition amongst children under 3 years age in India. In Uttar Pradesh, only 47% households have access to iodized salt. In Uttar Pradesh, only 23% mothers undergo health check up after delivery.

21. State wise number of deaths due to Cholera, Viral Hepatitis, Enteric Fever (Typhoid) and Acute Diarrhoel Diseases (ADD) reported during the year 2009

22. EMPLOYMENT

23. LFPRs IN INDIA BY STATE Source – NCEUS

24. STATE-WISE NREGA IMPLEMENTATION Source – Ministry of Rural Development website for column 2 & 3

25. STATE-WISE ST/SC EMPLOYMENT GROWTH PERCENTAGE BY NREGA Source – Ministry of Rural Development website for column 2 & 3

26. Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) www.financialexpress.com

27. POVERTY COMPERISON BETWEEN SMALLER STATE Source - RBI Hand book 2009

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