Kerala with lower per capita income has a better Human Development ranking than Punjab and per capita income is not a useful Criterion at all and should not be used to compare States do you agree discuss
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Per capita income is the average income which a person is likely to earn living in a region. Since economoc development directly influences the rate of development that takes place, criterion like per capita income cannot be ignored.
However, we also cannot say that income is the only factor which decides the development of a region. Other factors like education, health and food safety of people also plays a greater role in improving human resource. Development can only take place when overall development of human takes place first.
Hence, per capita income is an impoetant criterion for measuring development, if combined with other factors also.
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If we compare the per capita income of Kerala and Punjab we can see that the per capita income of Punjab is more.But Kerala is a state with high literacy rate, low infant mortality , less school drop outs, higher life expectancy for women compared .Thus, we can come to the conclusion that inspite of low per capita income, Kerala occupies a better human development ranking than Punjab.Per capita is not the only criteria to judge human development.