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Himachal Pradesh Trade and Commerce Introduction: The Himalayan states of Himachal adjoining the plains of Punjab have for long been considered economicallybackward and based primarily upon a subsistence economy.The belief has been that it was with the coming of theBritish that they were first exposed to the outside worldeconomy. The limited amount of source material has; … Read more
An Introduction to Himachal Pradesh economy The era of planning started in Himachal in 1948 along with the rest of India. The First Five Year Plan allocated Rs.5.27 crore to Himachal. More than 50% of this expenditure was incurred on road construction since it was felt that without proper transport facilities, the process of planning … Read more
Telangana economy updates Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) The Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) of Telangana for 2018-19 (at current prices) is approximately Rs 8,42,631. This is 15% higher than the revised estimate for 2017-18. The Growth in GSDP of Telangana has been increasing from 6.8% in 2013-14 to 10.4% in 2017-18. (Budget 2018-19) Share … Read more
Workers, Peasant And Tribal Movements In British India Indigo Revolt (1859-60) The Indigo revolt of Bengal was directed against British planters who forced peasants to take advances and sign fraudulent contracts which forced the peasants to grow Indigo under terms which were the least profitable to them. The revolt began in Govindpur village in Nadia … Read more
Per capita income The per capita income of Telangana was considerably lower than that of combined Andhra Pradesh State during 1960-1968. Even then, diversion of 4.9 per cent of its annual revenues ensured that the tragedy continued till the mid-seventies. Worst was to follow thereafter. Due to the absence of rural peace, the net sown … Read more
Telangana economy in United AP (1956-2014) Deprivation and Under development The value of the Human Development index at the State level grew at the rate of 8.3 percent per annum between 2004-05 and 2011-12. Nizamabad and Khammam achieved the highest Growth rate of 12 percent during this period. Adilabad, Mahabubnagar, Medak and Rangareddy achieved a … Read more
Urbanisation in Telangana State The urban Population in Telangana is rapidly increasing and it has surpassed the national Average too. About 21 per cent of the State’s population was in urban areas in 1971, as against the national urban population of 18 per cent. However, there was a steep rise in urban population by 1981 … Read more
Telangana planned development Planning department mainly deals with formulation of annual plans and Five Year Plans, preparation of state plan budget and socio-economic survey report, reviewing and monitoring of plan schemes, evaluation of important schemes/ programmes .The department also implements programmes like special development fund for welfare and developmental activities, constituency development programme (MLAs/MLCs), … Read more
Telangana Trade and Commerce Historic View:- The British had set up Hyderabad as the largest state in the Indian subcontinent, but left it with a backward economy. The richer agricultural regions which the Nizam had earlier controlled – Berar (Vidarbha) and coastal Andhra-were annexed to British territories. Based primarily on the Deccan plateau, between the … Read more