Sir,
The decision of the Union Govt. to grant statehood to Telengana, comprising 10 Districts including Hyderabad, out of a total of 23 Districts in Andhra Pradesh, has stirred a hornet’s nest and renewed demand for creation of new states such as Bundel Khand, Gorkha land, Bodoland, Vidarbha etc. The bifurcation of AP, the first linguistic state that was carved out in the 1950’s by merging all the Telugu speaking regions, has been done following widespread protest in the region for a separate state and negates language as the basis for a new state. It is good that with the formation of a new state focused attention will be given to remove backwardness of the region and distinct cultural identity is protected.
The Telengana will be the 29th state of India. The question is: Do we really needs smaller states for focused attention? It is true that small state such as Haryana which was carved out of Punjab has been doing well and its growth rates has substantially improved since it was given the state hood status. But same is not the case with the North eastern States. Creation of new states entails a huge amount of funds for building Adm. Complex, Assembly, Courts and other Adm. units and new states should only be created if they have ample mineral, hydel, petroleum and other resources and are thus economically viable.
It is true that creation of new states results in focused attention, efficient delivery of services, improvement in the socio- economic status of the people in the region as the people of the region get an opportunity to rule the states themselves instead of being dominated by the people belonging to the other regions. Carving out a new state is also likely to speed up the development and address the complaints of disparities in an effective .
Yours etc…….
Sudesh Kumar
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