State of the States (2007)

Ranking,

Economy,

Agriculture,

Health,

Business,

Prosperity,

Bureaucracy,

Governance,

Indicus Analytics,

Laveesh Bhandari,

An annual feature of India Today since 2003 the State of the States is an attempt to find out which of India's many states offer its citizens the best opportunities both at work and outside it. The study ranks states across various parameters such as prosperity, governance, health, education, consumer market, agriculture, infrastructure, and investment. Apart from inter-state comparisons the study is also an analysis of which states made the most of liberalization and which fell away.. Every year the study adds to the ranking interesting aspects of development such as district rankings in 2003, 2020 forecasting of states development in 2004, inclusive inequality in 2007.