Title: Assessing regional competitiveness in the five regions of India

Authors: Khee Giap Tan; Kartik Rao; Sasidaran Gopalan

Addresses: Asia Competitiveness Institute, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, Singapore ' Asia Competitiveness Institute, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, Singapore ' Asia Competitiveness Institute, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Abstract: This paper analyses the relative competitiveness performance of the five regions of India. The 35 states and union territories of India are grouped into five regions to analyse how each region can pursue its own more stratified, diversified and tailored strategies based on their comparative advantages. The results highlight a distinct pattern of high competitiveness in the Southern and the Western region while the Eastern and the North Eastern regions remain relatively underdeveloped. The paper also advances a masterplan for regional economic development that would promote and achieve inclusive economic growth and balanced development. With the Indian Government embarking on a strategy of competitive federalism, this paper aims to contribute to the policy discourse from a bottom-up economic development perspective.

Keywords: regional competitiveness; India; sub-national competitiveness; economic development; regional development; economic growth.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBCG.2015.075284

International Journal of Business Competition and Growth, 2015 Vol.4 No.3/4, pp.192 - 219

Received: 20 Nov 2015
Accepted: 24 Nov 2015
Published online: 09 Mar 2016 *

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