1. Economic Growth and Democracy in India: the beginnings of a `Scissors Crisis´? Mritiunjoy Mohanty Indian Institute of Management Calcutta in Kolkata, India and Institut d'études internationales de Montréal (IEIM) of the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Montreal, Canada

2. Table from Chandrasekhar and Ghosh (2006)

3. Rates of growth of output, income and population

4. Table from Chandrasekhar and Ghosh (2006)

6. Output rates of growth Source: Bhattacharya and Sakthivel (2004) States1980-901990-2000 Assam3.912.47 Bihar5.23.46 Orissa5.853.6 Uttar Pradesh5.884.33 Punjab5.144.63 Andhra Pradesh4.815.12 Madhya Pradesh5.185.45 Kerala4.56 All-India5.66.03 Rajasthan7.176.46 Tamil Nadu6.356.65 Haryana6.686.71 Maharashtra5.986.8 Himachal Pradesh6.16.91 Karnataka6.17.07 West Bengal5.27.24 Goa5.718.23 Gujarat5.718.28 Coefficient of variation0.140.29

7. Population rates of growth Source: Bhattacharya et al (2004) Year 1980-901990-2000 Kerala1.350.9 Tamil Nadu1.441.07 Goa1.571.3 Andhra Pradesh2.191.36 Orissa1.841.49 Gujarat1.941.59 Karnataka1.931.6 Himachal Pradesh1.911.62 West Bengal2.221.67 Assam2.051.74 Punjab1.911.83 All-India2.441.94 Madhya Pradesh2.412.05 Maharashtra2.322.06 UP2.3 Bihar2.142.43 Haryana2.452.5 Rajasthan2.53

8. Per capita output growth rates and rankings States1980-901990-2000per capita SDP rank 2001 HDR ranking 2001 Assam1.740.65 12 14 Bihar2.971.86 15 15* Uttar Pradesh3.461.98 13 13* Orissa3.962.12 14 11 Punjab3.192.71 1 2 M. Pradesh2.743.22 11 12* A. Pradesh2.563.62 8 10 All-India3.364.07 Rajasthan4.414.09 10 9* Haryana4.124.42 3 5* Kerala3.044.78 7 1 Maharashtra3.65.04 2 4* H. Pradesh4.365.11 Karnataka45.27 6 7 Tamil Nadu4.795.4 5 3 West Bengal2.935.41 9 8 Gujarat3.626.38 4 6 Goa4.086.84 CV0.220.43