The present study challenges the negative and static stance of the recent literature on Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state of India, and espouses a balanced and moderate approach. The existing literature focuses only on human development and ignores the underlying social, political and...

The economic reforms introduced in India in 1991 following the neo-liberal approach, have sparked a debate on regional inequalities and the uneven progress of the states. Uttar Pradesh, which is the most heavily populated having 16 per cent of the country's population, is also a less developed...