How the new states fared in first 15 years

A snapshot of the performance of Jharkhand, Uttarakhand and Chhattisgarh, vis-a-vis India as a whole and their parent states - Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, respectively - in the first 15 years of their existence:

Around the turn of the century, three new Indian states were born after division of three bigger ones — Jharkhand from Bihar, Chhattisgarh from Madhya Pradesh, and Uttarakhand from Uttar Pradesh. As these states turn 15, Business Standard takes a look at their progress on key socio-economic parameters in the first one-and-a-half decades since their formation in 2000.































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