1 Regional Disparity in India: An Analysis of Special and Non-Special Category States / Akshay Dhume and Lalitagauri Kulkarni
2 Does Decentralisation Promote Balanced Regional Development? Evidence from Karnataka / M. Devendra Babu, D. Rajasekhar and R. Manjula
3 Regional Imbalances in Karnataka Revisited: Reflections on Financing for a Balanced Regional Development / Vinod B. Annigeri and S.V. Hanagodimath
4 Sustainable Human Development: At Taluka Level in Karnataka / Ashwath Naik and S.T. Bagalkoti
5 Inter-District Regional Income Disparity in Karnataka: Emerging Issues / Shankaranand G. and R.R. Biradar
6 Regional Inequalities: Are these Asymptotic? / R.S. Deshpande and Shiddalingaswami V. Hanagodimath
7 Inter-Taluka Disparities in Development: The Case of Davanagere District / N. Sivanna
8 Rural Non-Agricultural Employment in Karnataka: An Analysis of Regional Variation and Contributing Factors / R.R. Biradar
9 Disparity in Rural Sanitation in Karnataka: Status and Challenges / Arunkumar R. Kulkarni and Narayan Billava

It is quite evident that both policy makers and researchers have recognized the importance of balanced regional development for bringing better fruits of development to the doorsteps of the community at large. Problems of regional disparities in India can be attributed at the outset to our colonial past. However, even in the planned development era, one can witness unbalanced regional development in the present-day context as well. As India is a federation, it is likely to experience certain drawbacks of a federal system. Any federation is likely to experience both vertical as well as horizontal imbalance as far as the flow of resources to the federating units is concerned. The present volume examines regional imbalances in India. The papers also highlight the causes and come out with possible way forward for reducing regional imbalances. ---provided by publisher