This paper' analyses the trends and structure of regional disparities in India over the period 1950-51 to 1967-68 and contrasts the Indian pattern with those analysed by Williamson (1965) . A relative low degree of regional inequality in India in per capita income and a decline in it up to 1960-61 were accompanied by a small decline in the regional disparity in the Primary sector, but an increase in disparity in the Secondary sector. Regional disparity in the Secondary sector was higher than in the Primary sector in 1951 and in 1961 . Regional disparity in income per worker was higher than in per capita income in 1951 and 1961 . The pattern of regional disparity at sectoral level thus differs from the patterns analysed by Williamson . An explanation of regional income differentials in India must besought in factors relevant to the development process there . The pressure of labour on land, the literacy rate, the concentration of manufacturing activity, the regional labour participation rate and natural endowment are in this paper considered significant factors, in the context of national economic development prior to 1950-51 as well as over the study period.
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