Gujarat Model Of Development
Friends, many people of our nation believe that Gujarat is the most developed state of India
From last 22 years, BJP has its rule out of which
our Prime Minister Narendra modi ji has been Chief minister of Gujarat for 12 years
Consequently, he boasts in his speeches of spreading Gujarat Model of development to the entire India
So, friends , in this video, I would like to tell you about the truth of Gujarat Model of development.
After all, how much Gujarat has developed in various factors in comparison to India's other states?
Come, let's see.
Starting with GDP growth rate
As of 2017, Gujarat's GDP growth rate in comparison to other states has 5th rank i.e. 5th best GDP growth rate across India
5th best GDP growth rate across India
So, it can be said to be above average (Moderate).
but looking at chart of 1990's, Gujarat's GDP growth rate has been extremely impressive.
i.e. it has been good from the beginning itself so, no drastic increase happened due to Narendra Modi ji.
infact when you look at comparison b/w India's & Gujarat's GDP growth rate
then you'll see that during 1990's
Gujarat's GDP was much elevated in comparison to India
Subsequently, the gap between the two has been similar.
So, we can say tat from then till now, Narendra Modi ji has constantly maintained that growth rate.
Talking about Unemployment rate,
It's 1.2% which is the lowest in the entire nation
which is a good thing
but when we talk about debts i.e. borrowings on the entire state
then Gujarat is the 5th most indebted state in India
Gujarat's debt is approx. equal to 25% of its GDP i.e. 2.48 lakh crores
This figure is as of 2017 depicting total debt on Gujarat which needs to be repaid
while this amount was only 10,000 crore when BJP first came into power.
Normally, debt itself cannot be compared with GDP, so we take debt:GDP growth rate ratio
which makes Gujarat 9th worst GDP-debt rank i.e below average
This is so because money is not properly managed & funds are not utilised towards appropriate schemes.
As per CAG report, 60,000 crore rupees were unspent for over 7 years in Gujarat
Going further, let's talk about sex ratio i.e. male : female ratio
According to 2011 census, 883 females : 1000 males under 6 childen
which is the worst ratio.
It is also 6th worst ratio in India in terms of sex ratio.
so, where PM boasts of Save Girl Child Andolan at some places & Girl Child development at some other places
It is merely a declamation since Gujarat Model Of Development has fared extremely badly
in terms of girl chils sex ratio
Incase of farmer suicides, Maharashtra is one of the worst state
Gujarat does not has similar bad condition but it is 7th worst state in India i.e. below average
564 farmer suicides in year 2012
While talking about roads, road density is a criteria to measure how much road is constructed per thousand kilometers
so, in comparison to all other states, Gujarat has 4th rank which is a good rank.
Moving ahead & going by other factors where Gujarat has better rank involves Per Capita Income
where Gujarat has 3rd rank & electrification of households i.e. how many households get electricity is 96%
which again gives 3rd rank all over India.
Kerala is better than this with 1st rank where 99% households get electricity
but friend, the individual criteria's quoted by me here for measurement have a small minute problem
we do not know how many such individual factors should be taken to compute a final figure
so, I would like to use some world famous indexes
like Human Development Index
These indexes source their information from various criteria's & give weightage
like Human Development Index considers
how much development has been done on human
such as how much is the life expectancy of human
then we'll see how much knowledge is gained by human during his life
level of education, which turns out to be second criteria
Thirdly, we'll consider the standard of living of that person
So the criteria of per capita income will turn out.
So, the index formed by combining these 3 factors is the Human Development Index
which shall be a better measure for comparison with other states
so, in Human development Index, Gujarat has 9th rank out of 20 states
which lies in middle, almost average rank.
and there are similar other indexes
like Multi dimensional Poverty Index
which takes food, shelter, schooling, sanitation, healthcare factors amongst poor people
i.e. Poverty Index taken from different dimensions
so, for multi dimensional poverty index, Gujarat has 9th rank out of 20 in comparison to other states
which again is average as it lies in middle
Another similar index is Composite development Index
which is computed by Raghuram Rajan's committee
This looks into health, education, urbanisation, connectivity and financial inclusion
So, by combining these many factors, single index is computed
Again, Gujarat has 9th rank out of 20 in comparison to other states, which again is average and lies in middle.
so friends, by combining all these indexes
almost each aspect of development gets covered
whether seen from this angle or the other,
If development has to be brought into single figure then these indexes play an important significant role
and keeping into consideration the earlier criterias
we can say that Gujarat is a middle state
an average state and definitely NOT a model state
since Gujarat has a middle rank almost in each index
but it can be said truly that in certain criterias
like electrification, road infrastructure
and some economic factors like GDP growth rate in which Gujarat excels
but some economic aspects like debt in which Gujarat has a bad condition
in almost all social aspects like poverty, farmer suicides, sex ratio
in which it is below average
So, it is good in economic aspects but bad in social aspects
which provides inequality in state's development
Economic development is majorly taken by rich people while
poor people dont get benefit of such development
So, certainly Gujarat can not be considered as Model state
because if Gujarat is said as Model state then
Kerala and Tamil Nadu shall be said to be Super model states
since their rank is better than Gujarat in indexes
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