Journal of Indian School of Political Economy

S. M. Vidwans

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'It should be obvious that as one sub-divides people into smaller groups for comparison among them, the phenomenon of disparity will stand out with greater sharpness, the magnitude of disparity will be magnified and so will the necessary resources needed to bring about equality among the (smaller) groups or the period that will be taken to eliminate disparity'.

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S. M. Vidwans ¹

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1 Indian School of Political Economy, IN

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In their paper: On the Role of Population in Criterion-Based Revenue Sharing in India, published in this issue of JISPE, D. K. Srivastava and P. K. Aggarwal (SA for short, used in plural hereafter) attempt to show deficiencies of the three major schemes of allocation of revenue among states in India. In fact 'show deficiencies' is an understatement. For, right from the introduction to their paper to its conclusion, they have laced their criticism of these schemes with such words and phrases as distortions, unwarranted distortions, unintended distortions, intended distortions, pervert distortions, pervert features or penalisation.

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S. M. Vidwans ¹

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1 Indian School of Political Economy, Pune, IN

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The paper reviews the work of the Fact Finding Committee (FFC) on Regional Imbalance in Maharashtra, appointed by the Government of Maharashtra in 1983. It brings out the inadequacies of the approach and the procedures for removal of backlog recommended by the FFC and suggests an alternative approach and the necessary procedures for elimination of disparities. The paper analyzes the implications of the new approach for the time-frame and resources for removal of disparities in development, presents certain options in the resolution of the issue of regional developmental disparities and suggests the possible lines on which the issue should be dealt with.

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