Authors : Sampada Tikekar
Page Nos : 58-63
Description :
Maharashtra is a well- diversifies State with a strong-growing economy. As a State, we have always reached for the well-being of our people, training our focus on sustained gains in their quality of life. The primary aim of development is the well being of the people which means development in economic, social and cultural spheres. According to UNDP in his first human development report which published in 1990 “The process of enlarging people’s choices.†In this paper to study how geographical factors are affecting to human development and distract wise distribution of human development. Present research paper based on secondary data which collected from Census of India, Human Development Report 2002 and 2012. To facilitate the comparison of HDI at two points of time (2001 and 2011) the PCDDP at constant prices (1999–2000) of 2001 and 2008–09 are taken. Similarly, estimates of life expectancy at the district level for the relevant years were not available and thus estimates of the IMR were utilized to estimate its complement, namely, infant survival rate (ISR). As far as the education component is concerned, data for the total literacy rate was available, while Gross Enrolment Ratios (GERs) for primary, upper primary and secondary levels of schooling were calculated. By using data available for the period from 2001 to 2011, the HDIs for the state as well as the districts were computed for two points of time, namely, 2001 and 2011, and have been presented here. As per 2001 and 2011 Human Development Index Konkan, Western Maharashtra is well developed region and Marathwada, Vidharba, Khandesh except Nagpur district are moderate and low developed.
Key Word: Total Literacy Rate, GER, IMR, HDI
