Haryana Assembly elections: High on per capita income, low on employment

Its economic character is of a developed state but the investment towards asset creation is unexceptional

Haryana, which will go to Assembly elections on October 1, is a prosperous state but faces a high unemployment rate. Additionally, the state has been spending relatively little on generating assets in proportion to its economic size.

In terms of prosperity, Haryana's per capita income has been lower than only Goa, Sikkim, Delhi, Karnataka, and Telangana in recent years and much higher than the national average over the last decade.

For instance, the state's per capita income has consistently been around 70 per cent higher than the national average each year. The gap was slightly over 70