Status of Women and Economic Development A Decadal Analysis Based on Indian States
                        
                    
                    
                                -Nomita P. Kumars,Fellow, Giri Institute of Development Studies, Lucknow                    
                    This paper examines the trends in regional disparity in women’s status and economic development over the past two decades in India, and also the direction of its change. The Indian regional data suggest positive relation between women’s status and economic development. The paper argues that growth and prosperity do automatically translate into
                 
                    
                        Status of Women and Economic Development A Decadal Analysis Based on Indian States