MP, Rajasthan: How they fare on growth, indicators & who has escape velocity out of 'BIMARU’ status

Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, two of India’s original ‘BIMARU’ states, are set to go to polls later this year. In episode 1310 of #CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta analyses how these ‘laggard’ states fare on economic and social indicators and can they escape the BIMARU trap.
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[@praveenkamat6663]

Rajasthan opted for tourism that is service sector and reaped high benefits. MP lacked leadership vision. Now they started with religious tourism. UP invested in infra, tourism and defense corridor. It is nice to see India growing. Except Bihar

[@mohinish2273]

Well someone has to provide labour,too.

[@MAC-vi7fy]

MP has done a great job in agriculture and irrigation too. MP is one of the highest wheat producers in country.

[@DailyHacksAlpha]

Religious tourism also gonna happen in UP..

[@Ritik-d8q]

ST factor

[@varoonnone7159]

​@@MAC-vi7fy Isn't Indore the most developed city in India ?

[@kumarsubham3357]

The passion with which Shekhar Ji presents development and political analysis is inspiring and energizing :)

[@wisdomhighschool9975]

WOW such an Extraordinary BIASED presentation, Two Most Important Factors Determining a State's Future Growth are CAPEX(Building Roads,Schools, Hospitals, Railroads etc) And Fiscal Prudency(Low Debt), MP a BJP Ruled State has been Spending a Massive 18% on Capex while khangress ruled Raj. Only&ONLY spends a Punic 4%, And MP Debt to GDP is only 22.4% while Rajasthan is at 39%, Becoz MP is Focusing on Generating Massive Sustainable Growth with Low Debt with Massive Infra Building, Narrow minded Raj. Is Focusing on Short term growth with Massive Debt and Simply Distributing it to People as Freebies

[@tigerking2742]

​@@wisdomhighschool9975you hit 🎯 the Bulls eye 😂😂

[@Rahulkhinchi12]

@@wisdomhighschool9975 he had to satisfy you ... hmm 😂... GDP of Rajasthan = 200 billion$ ( population 7crore ) GDP of Mp = 180 billion $ ... ( population 9 crore )

[@anilbhat91]

@@wisdomhighschool9975 well SG tried hard tp defame bjp as always

[@kumar.193]

@@anilbhat91 Yeah facts and numbers usually works against bjp. Only emotions work for bjp.

[@CR-bi9ug]

In addition to possessing oil royalties and tourism, Rajasthan is close to the NCR. Jaipur has helped Rajasthan to bring in high service sector investments.

[@whitebarackobama7999]

Refinery isn't even completed

[@joyclearly]

Abe up toh sabse jyada pass hai ncr k akal k andhe

[@RajasNadkarni]

Mp is a large state but population density is 1/4 of UP. So improvement in agriculture has far more impact.

[@TheAb9211]

Agriculture will never ever bring increased per capita income to any state or country. Services brings the highest money while manufacturering provides the most jobs.

[@parvadhami980]

​@@TheAb9211India has to move from Agriculture to manufacturing to services

[@TheAb9211]

@@parvadhami980 I partially agree with you. I think previous countries have used this path. However, they did this in a less globalized world and China did it in the aftermath of the Cold War when globalization was being pushed. India is very late in the scene. Better to jump to services, also easier since education and research is much needed for services, most of indian people are educated that are looking for employment.

[@DebasisShee]

I am wondering why West Bengal is still not considered a "Bimaru" state. From the data shown , the state's GDP per capita is little higher than MP and the way it is growing, its GDP per capita should surpass WB within 2 years!!

[@bloodwargaming3662]

Per capita income isn't everything, WB social indicators are even better than gujrat that makes up for low pci

[@fangdog29]

​@@bloodwargaming3662that's true. Gujarat has Sub-Saharan hdi

[@DannycageGhostrider]

​​@@bloodwargaming3662illiterate Bengali, which social indicator your talking about? 😂 in every indicator Bengal is lower than Gujarat. Gujarat human development index is higher than Bengal. Literacy rate is higher than Bengal. Law and order is better than Bengal. Only the life expectancy of bengali's is better than Gujarati's.

[@DannycageGhostrider]

​​@@fangdog29Gujarat HDI is better than Bengal🤡 Bengali is 28 state in terms of human development index. You illiterate Bengalis are floating on air😂

[@bloodwargaming3662]

@@DannycageGhostrider lmao bro is living another world . Go see the video of shekhar Gupta on how bengal has overtaken gujrat in almost every social aspect even though it's pci is 1/2 . 😂. WhatsApp University propoganda doesn't break real facts

[@kksat2013]

It was socialist Marxist rate of growth wrongfully attribute to hindu , hindu had lead the country as first or second largest economy in the world till 1800 ad after that brtisher and later socialist Marxist let down the country by choking hindu entrepreneurship now after liberalization when socialist slightly losen grip india is growing much faster and if provided full economic freedom india will grow much faster So notion of so called term hindu rate of growth is coined by same Marxist economist to cover-up there sin make hindu scapegoat So pls be more judicious in using term

[@hawkingdawking4572]

Hindu had a country ???? 😂😂😂😂 when was that? Your Hindu leader Modi had said that you were under 1000 year slavery. When were you first or second economy in the world? 😂😂😂 Tanatan Drama with full of lies!!

[@pratiush1000]

Andar ka bhakt jaag gaya bhai ka... Modi sararara!

[@varoonnone7159]

Even if the total GDP of the Indian subcontinent was huge, the per capita income was never higher than elsewhere Some also say that the size of the subcontinent's economy in the 1700s was because of the merging of the Indian economy with the larger Islamic empires from Morocco to Indonesia

[@atulchalbaaz]

For MP you used growth in percentage and for Rajasthan you took absolutes

[@atulchalbaaz]

@@carnotengine4334 i live in Rajasthan. I don't see such massive growth here

[@iotasymbol8498]

​@@atulchalbaaz then think what will be condition of madhya pradesh bihar uttarpradesh for that matter

[@atulchalbaaz]

In Rajasthan the base was higher as compared to MP(, gehlot govt has given freebies 4 times the revenue. Ultimately future generations will repay the loan.) Rajasthan was above bimaru level 5 years back also

[@whitebarackobama7999]

​@@atulchalbaazCompare gdp when gehlot came and now

[@atulchalbaaz]

@@whitebarackobama7999 that's because they have taken loan 30 times of GDP and are investing that into economy and freebies

[@SangbaranDasgupta]

this is one of the best videos I have seen in a long time. one request, can we have a similar video on bengal? especially how it fared in the last 2 decades? 1st one under left and now under TMC?

[@indian9632]

What do you think would happen when companies were kicked out?

[@SangbaranDasgupta]

@@indian9632 I have seen reports that on the contrary to current narrative Bengal gdsp us growing pretty fast

[@indian9632]

@@SangbaranDasgupta what's the primary industry?

[@SangbaranDasgupta]

@@indian9632 I think services...the sheer population matters

[@ThePrintIndia]

That is a very good suggestion, Sangbaran. We will certainly try to take this up. Thank you and best wishes, Shekhar

[@TheMemeGuy124]

One conclusion can be made - Rajasthan’s gamble with alternate terms for Congress & BJP seems to be paying off. Healthy competition in politics eventually works for people!!

[@parvadhami980]

🧐

[@jikkkjvghj]

Dude these figures are useless. Ground reality will be always different. Now matter how single state does inflation will fuck every one. Rajasthan tourism is on shaky ground we all saw that in covid.

[@tathaYm]

Include Bengal as the top bimar state....it crossed these states in poor financial condition

[@nitinpatel1039]

Rajasthan has no reason to remain backward, with so much revenue coming from oil loyalty and tourism

[@vishwanathasharma1409]

What is oil loyalty

[@ExploreIndia_ByRajeev]

It's not just oil royalty but Royalties of several minerals , Rajasthan has huge mines but so much corruption existed in mining . Search the number of minerals Rajasthan has.

[@zojozojo-ox6wj]

​@@ExploreIndia_ByRajeevagree 👍🏻 so much corruption 😢

[@anirbanbhattacharya2146]

Rajasthan is a hub of cyber criminals. A new type of employment in digital India. It mints huge revenue

[@Gazaslayer1]

​@@anirbanbhattacharya2146literally our country is called scammers in west becuz of you bengalis who have huge offices in Kolkata to cheat people digitally

[@nikhilsingh6243]

I am from MP, main difference I have seen in the state is infra development and lower crime than what used to be (crime is still high but in comparison to past it reduced by a lot). But I have to say that it stands nowhere when it comes to industrial growth and both BJP and congress have no vision or idea for future, both are interested in giving free things to win election.

[@drarunselvakumar5009]

Uttarpradesh started to develop & grow much faster in the last 6-7 years

[@chaitanyasharma812]

But people donot care for human development

[@bloodwargaming3662]

Post 2015 i would say

[@harshrawat7392]

Uttarakhand was never BIMARU to begin with , different culture, language, geography,political history until being merged in United Province in 19th century. (same can be said about Rajasthan )

[@wisdomhighschool9975]

WOW such an Extraordinary BIASED presentation, Two Most Important Factors Determining a State's Future Growth are CAPEX(Building Roads,Schools, Hospitals, Railroads etc) And Fiscal Prudency(Low Debt), MP a BJP Ruled State has been Spending a Massive 18% on Capex while khangress ruled Raj. Only&ONLY spends a Punic 4%, And MP Debt to GDP is only 22.4% while Rajasthan is at 39%, Becoz MP is Focusing on Generating Massive Sustainable Growth with Low Debt with Massive Infra Building, Narrow minded Raj. Is Focusing on Short term growth with Massive Debt and Simply Distributing it to People as Freebies

[@dkblaze9072]

​@@wisdomhighschool9975The video isn't about the future but present.

[@Rahulkhinchi12]

@@wisdomhighschool9975 Rajasthan vs mp Rajasthan ... GDP = 200 billion $ GDP per capita = 2200$ population= 7 crore Poverty = 15% Note:- Rajasthan is desert state Mp .... population = 9 crore GDP = 180 billion$ gdp per capita = 1600$ Poverty = 22.7 % Note:- Mp is a fertile land state

[@MAC-vi7fy]

Mountainous and coastal regions are never poor

[@owlfactory-cs]

@@MAC-vi7fy rajasthan is neither, it sureley has hot climate ,2nd longest border with enemy state, still they have done great with tourisim and promoting art and crafts. Green agriculture is limited to south + south east rajasthan but even north east rajasthan bordering with new delhi and haryana are lush with soyabean/sunflower plantation.

[@AnkitKumarsaini-y6d]

KOTA AND JAIPUR Were the biggest Industrial Hubs of Rajasthan

[@avijaiswal5819]

I can tell there is a very big difference when you compare east mp with western mp. Western mp for sure will be much better of it was independent state.

[@tarunyadav3567]

true for up as well

[@prateeksahni2524]

Lol, mind your thoughts, bro.

[@Ritik-d8q]

Mp is the highest ST community that is the reason for agriculture growth & below for social indicators

[@NishadKelkar]

grt perspective....

[@ajaria]

In a video of 25 mins only 6 mins are given to Rajasthan which is in turn doing better. Being a Rajasthani I want the national media to give Rajasthan the attention it deserves.

[@jikkkjvghj]

What about child marriage

[@whitebarackobama7999]

​@@jikkkjvghjWest Bengal and Jharkhand tops the chart

[@jikkkjvghj]

@@whitebarackobama7999 those are reported numbers bro. Just go to rajasthan where it is more prevalent like in middle east.

[@whitebarackobama7999]

​@@jikkkjvghjWhy don't you come and and report?

[@jikkkjvghj]

@@whitebarackobama7999 coz I am not whore of establishment thts what these so called journalist are

[@jagdishjhawar1400]

Despite having so much mineral wealth and tourism, Rajasthan is still unable to break the shackles of BIMARU tag and it's entirely the fault of political leadership of both the parties. What Rajasthan needs is a powerful leader which can take it to 1 trillion dollar economy in next 10 years

[@iotasymbol8498]

Bro it has !! Aapne dekha nhi shyd dhang se

[@gayatricasey6618]

Did u even see the video ??

[@varoonnone7159]

Ressource trap

[@whitebarackobama7999]

Kuch pata bhi hai?

[@srikar2311]

Elections should be stopped in Bihar and president rule should be imposed. Only then there will be drastic changes. The states no matter which party comes, it always performed bad. The people are suffering because of the local politicians.

[@mayurkanth6987]

Problem is lack of Megacity Up, bihar, mp, rajasthan, chattisgarh, jharkhand, Assam, Odisha hardly have any Megacity (10M+) city. Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Pune, Chennai are Economic powerhouses. Bimarou states lack megacities. Kanpur, lucknow, Indore, bhopal, Patna, ranchi, guwahati etc need to be made into Megacities.

[@ravinunna1168]

Unfortunately, the most incapable chief minister of BMARU Bihar state want to become the Prime Minister of this country. Maybe his lifetime target is to push the entire nation into BMARU state. All political parties, national regional media have to start calling Nithish Kumar as BMARU Nitish Kumar whenever they referred to him. At least that way he will feel ashamed and start doing something for that state.

[@satgubi]

I don't understand this constant reference to BIMARU and Hindu rate of growth in present day and age...by implication, does it mean right now as the fastest growing large economy, India is witnessing a non-Hindu rate of growth?

[@betterbhagalpur8837]

While not many people acknowledge the fact that Coastal States do benefit from being more exposed to the world through sea lanes. Similar is the case with Landlock Vs Maritime Countries.

[@vishwanathasharma1409]

What is the case for telangana it is not costal state

[@dkblaze9072]

​@@vishwanathasharma1409It was a coastal state till it got partitioned.

[@ParthPant25]

@@vishwanathasharma1409 only recently it is not

[@tarunyadav3567]

good policy is just as important as good geography, bengal is coastal, haryana and telangana are not. if took current bihar and moved it to the coast it would still be at the bottom

[@parvadhami980]

Odisha and Bengal?

[@Rahulkhinchi12]

Rajasthan is growing so fast sir ... and most important thing is two third of Rajasthan is desert ... and in mp up Bihar ... they have fertile land ... so they can grow crops ... still they are behind .... If you want to establish a factory you need water .... but in Rajasthan now ... for drinking there is enough water but not like you use it in factories ... within 2 year Rajasthan's gdp per capita will be more than national average ... industrial area also making rapid growth here ... tourism is growing .. 💌

[@avijaiswal5819]

Mp too is very deserty. The development project on the narmada is the reason for the agricultural growth in mp.

[@Harsh-rf9k]

Desert is now blessing. Solar energy comes from the lands which were considered useless till now

[@offred6013]

Rajasthan has tourism including int tourists. It is close to ncr It has jaipur nd service sector. These r factors for raj growth. But Rajasthan has highest debt. More freebies means more debt. With congress Rajasthan is going down the hill.

[@indian9632]

Agriculture means more growth, that's a dumbest statement I heard recently

[@veerswami7175]

​@offred6013 if these freebies continue for next 10 years rajasthan is doom I hope people in Congress's understand nonsensical freebies is just a pure mess with state economics

[@shubhamsingh-nl4fu]

Although I am from Raj I'll take this analysis with a grain of salt cos Raj = Congress ruled while MP = BJP As for better performance I think the big reasons are 1) Forts & Tourism 2) Minerals 3)Education hubs like KOTA. 4) Approximity to high performing ambitious states like - Delhi , Haryana & Guj 5) Relatively peaceful. Also , Raj may have been poor but it has never been weak or unambitious ,they have always been adventurous & entrepreneurs , even the richest people in Bengal are Marwaris. Paliwal jains are no less known in Mumbai.

[@dayanand649]

After Barmer refinery, Uranium excavation, and potash remains in Hanumangarh, Ganganagar belt Rajasthan growth will skyrocket in the future! Moreover ,Rajasthan's Alwar district is bordered with Haryana and Delhi which is again an advantage!! ashok gehlot achievement is in improving the social sector especially healthcare! Rajasthan will have medical college in every district which is great! He also invest much more in Education also! But Rajsthan is disastrous in Law and order!

[@arkabanerjee1627]

V important for india..bimaru should be..out of poverty and social indicators...to india be a developed country.

[@rahuldadoo]

Hello sir, I think there is some spurious analysis towards the end of this video. If Rajasthan does not figure in the highest GSDP growth rate states (as shown at the start of the video) and yet it is close to national average; shows to me that the starting point in 2010/11 was already reasonably good for Rajasthan. What Madhya Pradesh has done in terms of the GSDP growth (albeit from agriculture) is commendable. I would also question the metric on 10 year+ education percentage. The initiatives run by the Shivraj government are barely 10 years old focusing on primary and secondary education. It’s not mathematically possible for those schemes to improve the metric under question. I come from the state and it is astonishing how much transformation has happened not just in cities but deep inside villages.

[@shivamraj1753]

I am a follower of print for a long time but I have one complain that I find the reporting always biased against Bihar. You use the phrase “Bihar which ranks at the bottom of everything that we know “ when you very conveniently hid the growth rate of Bihar in the first chart. We all know that the state has been growing consistently at around 10% for the past one decade but no appreciation for that fact. Recent Niti Ayog’s report also praised the state for highest reduction in poverty percentage but all you cared about in that episode was UP couldn’t do better and again a biased remark against Bihar. Sir being a journalist and with some common sense you should be aware of the fact that a small appreciation for the weaker section is like thunderstorm of motivation but a constant rebuke is just like another nail in the coffin. I hope you take this comment in good stride and do a series on the achievements in Bihar like immensely successful immunization program. Also do a fact check Bihar’s mater mortality ratio is much better than Madhya Pradesh, I hope this was just a mistake on your part and not a result of your clouded views against one state and it’s people.

[@Pranav.videolife]

This video should be shown publicly to the INDIA collision of Bihar.

[@rajulutg2167]

its disappointing that the programme is poorly edited. Lots of repetitions and reading from obvious graphs. No consistancy in graphs across various indicators and data is not comprehensive. For example, Rajasthan growth rate in last decade is not mentioned any where. Similarly is the agriculture growth is catching up with other states by per acre productivity or just that past backlogs are getting set right. If the growth is through better productivity or better irrigation we should compliment the government, otherwise not. One more issue we need to see is whether this growth is good for the country. Central government is already telling in loud voices, of course not in last 6 months, that we should move away from rice/wheat to pulses, whereas MadhyaPradesh seems to have done exactly reverse. This may be brought out clearly for better perspective.

[@bekaradami6178]

MP is known for Wheat these days better than Punjab any day.

[@soumensarkar8585]

Madhyapradesh growth are most impressive.

[@jaydeepgadhavi5465]

Thanx a lot for updating this early on. Atleast upload the topic early on from now

[@trideep220280]

It may be seminal if Madhya Pradesh is further segregated to Bhopal Indore Belt and East MP Belt. I am sure the graphs will skew very badly. On one hand we have a city with an IIT+IIM+Highcourt. The other hand there is a region which has an AIIMS on an overnight journey ( Raipur, Bhopal or Delhi). Chattisgarh started to grow only after it got out of the Bhopal Indore political Trap.

[@yourneighbour304]

True, and the agony of east mp is the result of systematically ignoring and sidelining Jabalpur by the malwa Pradesh government

[@AbhishekINDIA]

Another selective data interpretation master class from Soros Gupta ji . Very smoothly cherry pick data where MP has not done well and Raj has done well. Great work...

[@chinmay4331]

What data should be picked though? He went through GDP growth, per capita income, Poverty alleviation metrics etc all from Government published data only. Do you think any particular dataset was missed?

[@varoonnone7159]

Your paranoia is laughable

[@ssb9054]

​@@chinmay4331 Capex spending of Rajasthan is 4% and for MP it's 18% and Rajasthan's debt to GDP is more than 40% , don't you think these are relevant informations as to how welfare programmes are running solely on debt not growth ?

[@veerswami7175]

​@@ssb9054 it is but people in India are pretty dumb they never care about these debt ratio even in school ignore

[@whitebarackobama7999]

​@@ssb9054and still behind Rajasthan?Corruption?

[@krishna649]

One of the most informative pieces of journalism! Textbook inspiring stuff Shekhar Gupta!

[@youdekho]

In first graphic at 6.09 , you don't even mention Rajasthan......if you are comparing two states in graphic in later half of episode..... doesn't look fair to not compare where MP did better in last 10 years

[@NishadKelkar]

i hope bihar ppl r watching dis.....its like all ppl hav jus dont expect anything from bihar

[@SandeepReddy-c]

Did not expect this type of comparison from you guptaji, atleast you should have fair comparison of these states showing 10yr growth prospects of mp and avoiding that of Rajasthan, and lot of things left out how capex expenditure is being done, which state is giving more freebies and comparing the growth demographics properly, what is debt to gdp ratio before 5 yrs and 10 yrs compared to now and how that effects future generations. What was education disparity before 10yrs 5 yrs and now how did both the govts perform. How raj govt going back to old pension scheme ( biggest point missed that need to be opposed nation wide) will pull back the state into greater bimaru state, preferred sided comparison is not good journalism.

[@suhashg8664]

Tamil Nadu has the highest number of (in your words) ' Freebies' .....it's the pioneer of many schemes like mid day meals....look where that state is now..... Freebies are not important. Delivering the schemes accurately to the right beneficiaries......More income....more spendable income ...... economy will be robust.....so called freebies should be done right that's it......

[@SandeepReddy-c]

@@suhashg8664 do you really think these people will deliver them to right people if so why do so many scams occur? yes poor people need proper upliftment with government help but so called making people lazy schemes are not required. We also want governments to work on education system which can make the upcoming citizens of the country ready for future, we also want roads, railways, airways that can compete the logistics market of the world and also spend proper amount to avoid malnutrition in the so called worlds most populated country. All the governments have many bakwaas schemes which are not required that has to be pointed out.

[@Random-pk7sl]

The problem with Bimaru is that the people there mostly don't care about development...they care more about gomata etc. and the burden falls on South states to feed them. Then also they waste money instead of developing.

[@shiv6680]

Very informative as always...Please make a similar video for UTTAR PRADESH economy.

[@gotfan7743]

Rahulji has given detailed blue print on how to develop Rajasthan. Rajasthan is growing at such a speed that economists cannot keep up. Investment is pouring into Rajasthan. The clerks cannot count the wads of cash fast enough. Vadraji is buying off more and more land in anticipation that he will hit it big and he has never been wrong. People of Rajasthan worship Rahulji as their responsible son, brother and father. People of Rajasthan are seeing they will be the most developed state in India by the end of this year. They will vote for Rahulji again knowing they all will get incredibly rich to afford Rolls Royce. This is Rahulji's power and genius. I hope people of Rajasthan will surrender their land to Rahulji for the contribution he has made to their state.

[@ohboeeboee]

😂😂😂😂😂😂 bro..savage..all hail rahulji 😂😂

[@Rahulkhinchi12]

I think .. you are from mp ... I know its hurts 😂

[@ohboeeboee]

@@Rahulkhinchi12 dude if you assign the progress Rajasthan made to 5 years of ghelot..then U r from Madhepura.. Bihar

[@udaychalasani]

One common thing in the BIMARU states is they election national parties more than the best performing states in the country.

[@TheShanky777]

Before Yogi, UP was under Mulayam-Maya nexus for 2 decades. Bihar has been under the Lalu-Nitish axis for 3 decades now. Jharkhand under JMM. The North-East has regional parties only, they just jump parties. While regional parties give more imp to state politics as they only have one focus, states like WB still got the worst of governments back to back.

[@sreekr]

Control your population and everything else will follow. No surprise that bihar is at the bottom with the highest population growth.

[@tarunyadav3567]

that is not how it works. its the inverse if you have good growth population comes under control

[@sreekr]

​@@tarunyadav3567 The inverse is true as in it happens naturally. A wealthier population tends to have lesser children. But where the state actively intervenes, by carrot or stick or spreading awareness or introducing welfare measures, lower population is followed by progress. How it happened in states like Kerala, TN and likely in Bangladesh as well.

[@Maratha1990]

Both states should take maximum benefits of upcoming Delhi Mumbai expressway.

[@amitshukla4794]

Although the analysis was very fair but one important aspect everyone including government failed to notice that rajasthan could have easily been on bottom on every perimeter and wouldn't be a shock because it has natural disadvantages Desert, lack of water, no sea connectivity under development in border region, active border with pakistan also not much of political represtation or favourism like gujrat, UP gets by centre in terms of scheme and investment after all this if rajasthan is doing great than it has to be one of the great models for moden india

[@anshul9462]

Just visit Rewa satna singrauli belt in MP. The hell of a place with lawlessness, poverty and corruption breed like anything. I think the situation here is worse even compared to Bihar

[@parvadhami980]

MP got agriculturised instead of becoming more industrial

[@varoonnone7159]

It depends what you grow. France is an agricultural powerhouse because its fine wine and cheese sell for a hefty prize

[@Rising._.Thunder]

​@varoonnone7159 what you conviniently didn't state is the fact that France is one of the very few countries which have highly advanced manufacturing (jet engines). Agriculture can never be the way forward for a state or country to become richer

[@varoonnone7159]

@@Rising._.Thunder I never said agriculture suffices but what you grow matters. Wine exports bring more money to France than Airbus sales

[@elvishshow5027]

Man you are real champion...

[@LeoDas688]

UP need to be further split into 4 so they can achieve the same growth as Uttrakhand

[@ipikluninja91]

In 6:45 Shekhar sir explained that MP per capita income is second only to Gujarat but the graph shows 4th after Maharashtra and Rajasthan. Can you clarify?

[@atulchalbaaz]

Why have not you compared the same graphs for two states.

[@miaomeow69]

Not sure if uttarakhand has ever been a bimaru state on its own. It has done reasonably well in its 20 years as a seperare state. Its hdi is one of the highest india by nsc method.

[@10p11ep0021]

For all the indicators it's better if you compare with where the states started and where they have reached in last say 10 to 20 years. Like you used GDP figures from last 10 years to show the growth rate. # For comparing between states raw number along with percentage makes more sense e.g. RJ MP GSDP per capita @constant (62907 to (43022 to (2011 to 2019) 88463) 70015) %increase. 40% 62% So basically we may perceive all BIMARU states to be at the same level but it is never the case. Btw very intriguing episode of ctc

[@ArjunSharma-ez9zu]

Amazing, Shekhar Ji A beautiful explanation You gave a very holistic view of the state of the 2 states. Thank you

[@wisdomhighschool9975]

WOW such an Extraordinary BIASED presentation, Two Most Important Factors Determining a State's Future Growth are CAPEX(Building Roads,Schools, Hospitals, Railroads etc) And Fiscal Prudency(Low Debt), MP a BJP Ruled State has been Spending a Massive 18% on Capex while khangress ruled Raj. Only&ONLY spends a Punic 4%, And MP Debt to GDP is only 22.4% while Rajasthan is at 39%, Becoz MP is Focusing on Generating Massive Sustainable Growth with Low Debt with Massive Infra Building, Narrow minded Raj. Is Focusing on Short term growth with Massive Debt and Simply Distributing it to People as Freebies

[@tigerking2742]

What amazing? This is called majburi ka Naam Mahatma Gandhi 😂 waqt aane par gadhe ko bhi baap bolna padega this SG is now this category

[@ThePrintIndia]

Thank you, Arjun. I'm glad you liked this episode. Do keep watching and writing in...best wishes, Shekhar

[@gbpkumar2844]

It us nehrus rate if growth now it us PVN rate of growth

[@ns4543]

You should have drawn comparisons between BIMARU states. Why compare it to Maharashtra?

[@sudharrsunnd3113]

Amazing analysis and presentation. As always given by Mr. Shekhar

[@smullick2703]

This analysis is what we want from the Media. And more so by comparing the promises made by a political party during election and the true results after being in Government. True on the ground change in the standard of life, of the People. Good analysis of MP.

[@advaityachandhoke1406]

Expect States like UP & MP to do a lot better over the next 5-7 years specially in Services & UP to an extent in manufacturing too. Reason behind this is the coming of age of multiple Tier 2 cities like Indore, Bhopal in MP & Lucknow-Kanpur along with NCR Cities of Noida-Gr.Noida & Ghaziabad as upcoming IT & Manufacturing Hubs. We might see the impact over the next 5-7 years. Not to forget both UP & MP are now actively turning towards Religious Tourism which is expected to further help the Per Capita Income. Another kind of Tourism that they could focus on could be Fort Tourism where both MP & UP can together develop Bundelkhand region which has a lot of historical forts. Most people in India know that Rajasthan is famous for its Forts & Culture but Bundelkhand region also has a lot of forts with immense tourism potential, only if connectivity is improved, this Bundelkhand-Chambal belt can prosper immensely & help both MP & UP. MP needs to also take a little cue from UP & initiate programmes like One District-One Product (ODOP), focus on Infrastructure connectivity to reduce cost of logistics, ensure more Women get educated uptill Class 10 over the next 5 years (target 40% & atleast 50% for men), ensure each District gets a Medical College which could greatly help improve the Maternal Mortality Indicators etc. Maybe incentivise women who are in college to start their own businesses by offering subsidized loans so that they become independent. Overall MP needs to focus on getting manufacturing upto 25% over the next 5 years if it wants to achieve a good ranking in Prosperity Index.

[@venkatkrishnamurthy3454]

Just on a lighter note: 24:47 - 24:57 "Odisha is the 10th poorest state in the list... but it is less poor than the 9 states before Odisha" 😂😂 When SG makes such a revelation, it means we are close to finishing the CTC episode 😅

[@arijitsaha557]

Why West Bengal is excluded from biramru states

[@parvadhami980]

Bhadralok nahi manenge 😢

[@veerswami7175]

​@@parvadhami980 bhai unka dard hi alag hai garbi mai rehana hai usko fantasies karna aur koi Garibi se bahar nikale usko gaali bhi deni aur free mai bhi chiye

[@victor256in]

His master uses the same language: ‘India has the escape velocity of Jupiter’. No wonder where the dolt RaGa gets his ideas from

[@eldamarmaiar2457]

1. There is a explanation for agrarian growth in Madhya Pradesh. That is the enormous growth of dalit/tribal farmers. These communities historically make major portion of landless labourers of India and now they own farmlands which is contributing to agricultural growth in M.P. 2. Rajasthan has done fairly better than M.P. for a long time in terms if economy. Its not a recent trend. 3. Difference between in how two states are doing shown parameters is directly influenced by where respective govts are focusing their budget on. In M.P. budget focuses on traditional growth based on welfare policies for rural areas. Its necessary because thats where poor people live. 3. The term BIMARU was a biased term then and it is even now. It makes fun of poorness of northern states. 4. BJP got the reign of state in 2003-04, a decade after near collaspe of indian economy thanks to Congress govt. In terms of fiscal years, thats not many years ago. I would say bimaru state has done well under BJP. 5. You can show support to your favourite party without hiding. Its not a bad thing. No one will judge you.

[@chinmay4331]

Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh are not the only two BIMARU states to go to polls. Chhattisgarh is going to polls as well!

[@sanjaye.v.3220]

Wah wah Guptaji …. What an analysis … Next Padma Vebhushan to you …. Read it as the Congi want to to be heard … Keep going

[@turtleintelligence]

Wow. Great research

[@mvkudva]

It is a pity that there is no chart to compare the growth of per capita income in the Bimaru states over the past decade. That is the most important figure, not merely comparing GDP or per capita incomes as these depend on the population.

[@varoonnone7159]

Growth of GDP per capita also depends on population

[@nandkishoreprakash9417]

Exactly which webpage of MOSPI did ThePrint get that last infographic on top 10 poorest states in India from? And based on which indicator? A quick internet search shows up mixed results

[@ks20234]

Sir, you have to show the growth rates of the individual sectors and not just their contribution. In case of MP - initially you rightly said that contribution of agriculture increasing doesn't mean manufacturing and services declined. But later in 14th min you contradicted yourself. Also interesting would be to see the CAGR of the Rs per tonne of agriculture output. Did that increase or decrease.

[@ArreSidu]

Bihar will never escape BIMARU

[@patmclaughlin107]

Never say never! 10 years of good growth-oriented governance can do wonders.

[@tejesheconomics4072]

😂😂 So is Uttarpradesh or MP or Rajasthan….Southies and West Indians are pressured to feed this chutiyas

[@ayush885]

​@@patmclaughlin107as long as criminals like RJD rule, bihar can never develop.

[@kakun63]

rename bimaru to biharu then i think people will start electing good people

[@payaltales0101]

​@@kakun63LOL exactly😂

[@roshantrinay8844]

Even Rajasthan tops bimaru state, still SG magnifies MP most why?

[@whitebarackobama7999]

What?

[@ssb9054]

Disagree with Shekhar with this one, MP is focusing on high capex and low debt, where as Rajasthan spends only 4% where as for MP its 18% on capex and Rajasthan's debt to Gdp is approaching 40%, projected to cross 45% in 26-27. The whole analysis is short term and might I say non-economic in some sense.

[@whitebarackobama7999]

So even after MP spending so much in CAPEX,still is behind Rajasthan?Corruption?

[@ssb9054]

@@whitebarackobama7999 Mahindra spent more on capex than Tata but it's still a smaller company than Tata Motors. Corruption ?

[@whitebarackobama7999]

@@ssb9054 We are not discussing corporate companies as it's depends on people.. If MP is spending much more on capex then why it is still behind? And can you share the source of the claim that MP is spending more than Rj?

[@ssb9054]

@@whitebarackobama7999 This is not about your sentiments or emotions, finance applies the same, which I think you don't have good grasp of, because you don't know the difference between absolute & percent figures. KZbin does not let you post links anymore because of scammers, Google "state wise capex data from bank of baroda", they have a very simple 2 page report.

[@mg.f.9023]

“There remains a considerable gap in the quality of education between Pakistan, Bangladesh and India compared with China and other peers in South East Asia, which contributes to labour force participation imbalances,” - Moody’s

[@shubhamjain9470]

Sir I was a BJP supporter but I need to tell u that we in MP are not happy with this govt. We need development, our capital Bhopal doesn't have any capability of being a job provider.. we are forced to go to Pune, Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Ahmadabad. No industries are here

[@Victor-y9g1w]

good. why don't you open the industry, you will employ lots of people.

[@shubhamjain9470]

@@Victor-y9g1w sure buddy. I will one day, but tumne meri baat buri kyu lag rehi hai ? Maine kutch galat bola kya

[@harishprabhakar9744]

Vote congress in this time

[@Victor-y9g1w]

@@shubhamjain9470 mujhe to teri baat achhhee lagee. Grab the opportunity for starting the industry in MP. Cheaper labour, big profit.

[@Victor-y9g1w]

@@harishprabhakar9744 bring pappu as pm.

[@ranjankumarmalla8406]

Sorry, your analysis is heavily loaded against MP. Comparing a BIMARU state with Maharashtra, Gujarat to drive your point. This is not independent journalism.

[@ankur.mahajan]

Trends for Debt/GSDP, Capital Expenditure, Revenue Expenditure, Fiscal Deficit as %age of Budget should also be looked at.

[@krackr6618]

Irrespective of corruption in projects of telangana. There is a definite growth in telangana

[@sigmaTrader3]

Meanwhile, people of Bihar in next rajya sabha election will again elect people of their caste 😂 Caste - 1 , development -0

[@Rahulkhinchi12]

Rajasthan ... GDP = 206 billion $ GDP per capita = 2300$ population= 7 crore Poverty = 14% Note:- Rajasthan is desert state Mp .... population = 9 crore GDP = 174 billion$ gdp per capita = 1600$ Poverty = 22.7 % Note:- Mp is a fertile land state ..

[@utkarshchoudhary9459]

Shekhar sir, please do an episode on Chhattisgarh’s performance indicator analysis and contrast 3 terms of bjp rule governance vs Congress.

[@mg.f.9023]

India’s Female work participation rate According to World Bank indicators: FWPR (%) China - 62 Indonesia- 54 Brazil - 49 South Africa - 46 Saudi Arabia - 31 India - 19

[@mvkudva]

The low growth rate was a gift to India by the Congress and the Gandhi family. Their experiment on socialism and the license raj was a disaster.

[@akshaypandey5576]

Thank you SG.

[@satishthatte6904]

Dear Mr Gupta, you have really insightful content an I enjoy listening to you and learn a lot. One thing though is that you repeat yourself too much. Just listen to the first third of this blog to see what I mean.

[@subyjerrin5837]

Looks like Rajasthan the list for the top 10 poorest states in India list.Congratulations to the Indian National Congress for giving stellar governance to the people of Rajasthan.

[@santhoshrgopal]

If you look at the graph you'll realise that improvement in health indicators start in 2005 2006. That's because IN UPA they started the National Health Missiion. Give appreciation where it's due

[@utkarshchoudhary9459]

Why Chhattisgarh is always neglected, no one talks about how Chhattisgarh has changed over the last two decades.

[@TerraIncognitaz]

Madhya Pradesh needs to elect Congress to get out of "BiMaRU" tag. Uttarakhand and Rajasthan has performed very well as data shows since there has been Congress govt on rotation basis. Interestingly, if you notice all the BiMaRu states except Rajasthan (which is pulling itself out of the tag) didn't not have Congress govts for long, be it UP, MP or Bihar. Chhattisgarh which is also performing well has Congress govt in its side.

[@divya9951]

Lol Even up is growing so what is the point here

[@whitebarackobama7999]

​@@divya9951UP has second lowest per capita and hdi

[@divya9951]

@@whitebarackobama7999 that what I am saying

[@jerrinjoevarghese]

Sir ji why are you posting old videos again

[@KaliaMohapatra-zp9vn]

Great sir.. come with more time series analysis of economic indicators for more States

[@someshjain1178]

Tejaswi yadav just said Bihar has the highest GDP😂 please don't include Bihar in BIMARU

[@dennisvazquez2140]

I saw a KZbin video of a world traveler who happened on a group of young South East Asians in Armenia and he asked them if they were studying medicine in Armenia and they said yes and then he asked them if they were from Bihar and they said yes. As the world traveler walked away from the Bihar students he spoke to the camera and said almost every country he goes he runs into medical students from Bihar. If true it looks like Bihar is suffering a brain drain. Thailand became a successful example of good medical tourism. Because the state of MP suffers greatly in health related issues maybe they should focus on educating and training their people in the medical professions and building medical tourism facilities.

[@ExploreIndia_ByRajeev]

Coupta ji smartly giving gali to Bjp ruled M.P and avoiding Rajasthan which under present worse govt has gone backwards, gehlot is giving only freebies to muslims and slum people to get votes, every pole has pamphlet of gehlot daily full page ads in news paper, free rewri culture.and women rape cases which never existed previously at this rate.

[@ZainAli-yz3yo]

Well explained with an interesting set of graphics!👍

[@harishprabhakar9744]

I don't know why rajasthan, mp ,odissa not growing having political stability

[@manilalgohil]

Yes - You are right

[@Ravi-jt6jt]

Gupatji , Khabi Kerala model and Waste Bengal have the lowest growth rate even lower than Bihar explain karo .