Административно-территориальные реформы и проблемы развития: на примере создания новых штатов Северо-Восточной Индии

The diversity existing in the population has an effect on the development of the country by operating through various channels some of which were explored in this research. The study employed fixed and random effects regressions on a panel data to look at the trends in development indicators pre and post state reorganization resulting from ethnic diversity. The results pointed out that the formation of the new states improved the share of literate and decreased primary sector employment; as for the share of secondary and tertiary sector workers whether the new states improved their shares over the years is questionable. Other than that the diversity measures based on caste and tribe; religion and languages do not have a very significant role to play for all the development indicators. The state level trends observed in the indicators can be viewed more optimistically as it replicates the trend of a developing state in India with (a) increase in the share of literate and (b) in the employment sector, a fall in the share of primary sector workers and an increase in the share of secondary and tertiary sector workers.