NEW DELHI: The Justice B N Srikrishna Committee report doesn’t find much evidence of economic disparities between Telangana and other regions in AP. In its report on regional economic development, the committee found regional variations in the economic development of AP despite 50 plus years of policy protected planning and execution.
According to the report, the rate of growth in the development parameters is found to be robust both in Telangana (even after excluding Hyderabad) and coastal Andhra.
The committee, however, observed disturbing growing levels of inequity within Telangana and Rayalaseema, and within the deprived population groups. Contrastingly, the evidence suggests that the inequity in income has declined in coastal Andhra. The panel said that it was essential to take a note of inequity differentials between the haves and the have-nots in Telangana, especially amongst the SCs, STs and minorities.
“Such deepening inequity in Telangana cannot only sustain the separatist agitation, but it can also carry it further and increase its intensity. The masses, therefore, can be easily used as tools of agitation by motivated groups and even political parties,” it cautioned.