M. Sarmad
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But India's growth has been led by the IT/Service sector, which would favour hyderabad etc. Indian punjab has remained mostly agriculture, with no prospects of driving growth.
As economies develop there is less focus on agriculture and more on service sectors.
East Punjab was divided into Hindi speaking Hindu majority Haryana and Punjabi speaking Sikh majority Punjab in 1966. Punjab and Haryana were similar economies, primarily agricultural, in terms of natural resources like water availability, land quality, other natural resource etc.
Punjab had a higher Per Capita Income than Haryana until early 2000's. Today, not only has Haryana an overall much better economy than Punjab, even agri growth in Haryana is 3 times that of Punjab.
It's basically the mistreatment of Sikh Punjab by the central Hindu government that has slowed down the economic growth in the state. It's 'centrally planned inequality' and the informed Sikhs are well aware of it
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