India’s Best and Worst states: Zone-wise ranking of the states
 
Acceleration
Acceleration
Acceleration
  Acceleration Acceleration Acceleration
 
State
Index 2008
India Rank 2008
Zonal Rank 2008
State
Index 2008
India Rank 2008
Zonal Rank 2008
 
EAST
EAST
E
Orissa
0.12
7
1
Orissa
0.01
2
1
E
West Bengal
0.09
10
2
Assam
-0.01
6
2
E
Assam
0.05
13
3
Bihar
-0.01
7
3
E
Bihar
0.04
14
4
West Bengal
-0.06
16
4
 
NORTH
NORTH
N
Punjab
0.17
2
1
Himachal Pradesh
0.03
1
1
N
Haryana
0.14
4
2
Uttar Pradesh
-0.01
8
2
N
Himachal Pradesh
0.10
9
3
Rajasthan
-0.01
9
3
N
Rajasthan
0.08
12
4
Haryana
-0.01
10
4
N
Jammu & Kashmir
0.04
15
5
Jammu & Kashmir
-0.06
15
5
N
Uttar Pradesh
0.04
16
6
Punjab
-0.07
17
6
 
SOUTH
SOUTH
S
Tamil Nadu
0.16
3
1
Tamil Nadu
0.01
3
1
S
Andhra Pradesh
0.13
5
2
Andhra Pradesh
0.00
5
2
S
Karnataka
0.13
6
3
Kerala
-0.03
12
3
S
Kerala
0.10
8
4
Karnataka
-0.03
13
4
 
WEST
WEST
W
Madhya Pradesh
0.18
1
1
Madhya Pradesh
0.00
4
1
W
Maharashtra
0.09
11
2
Gujarat
-0.02
11
2
W
Gujarat
0.00
17
3
Maharashtra
-0.05
14
3
 
Education
Education
Rank (large only)
Governance
Governance
Rank (large only)
 
Acceleration
Acceleration
Acceleration
Acceleration
Acceleration
Acceleration
 
State
Index 2008
India Rank 2008
Zonal Rank 2008
State
Index 2008
India Rank 2008
Zonal Rank 2008
 
EAST
EAST
E
Orissa
0.13
1
1
Assam
0.09
2
1
E
West Bengal
0.06
3
2
Bihar
0.07
3
2
E
Assam
0.00
7
3
West Bengal
0.04
6
3
E
Bihar
-0.01
8
4
Orissa
0.03
8
4
 
NORTH
NORTH
N
Uttar Pradesh
0.07
2
1
Haryana
0.04
7
1
N
Rajasthan
0.01
5
2
Uttar Pradesh
0.03
9
2
N
Haryana
-0.02
9
3
Punjab
-0.02
13
3
N
Jammu & Kashmir
-0.04
11
4
Jammu & Kashmir
-0.02
14
4
N
Punjab
-0.08
14
5
Rajasthan
-0.04
15
5
N
Himachal Pradesh
-0.14
16
6
Himachal Pradesh
-0.06
16
6
 
SOUTH
SOUTH
S
Andhra Pradesh
0.00
6
1
Karnataka
0.09
1
1
S
Karnataka
-0.06
13
2
Tamil Nadu
0.06
5
2
S
Kerala
-0.09
15
3
Andhra Pradesh
0.03
10
3
S
Tamil Nadu
-0.15
17
4
Kerala
-0.36
17
4
 
WEST
WEST
W
Madhya Pradesh
0.06
4
1
Madhya Pradesh
0.07
4
1
W
Maharashtra
-0.04
10
2
Gujarat
0.02
11
2
W
Gujarat
-0.05
12
3
Maharashtra
0.00
12
3
 
Health
Health
Rank (large only)
Infrastructure
Infrastructure
Rank (large only)
 
Acceleration
Acceleration
Acceleration
Acceleration
Acceleration
Acceleration
 
State
Index 2008
India Rank 2008
Zonal Rank 2008
State
Index 2008
India Rank 2008
Zonal Rank 2008
 
EAST
EAST
E
Orissa
0.03
2
1
West Bengal
0.44
11
1
E
Assam
0.01
5
2
Orissa
0.40
12
2
E
Bihar
-0.02
9
3
Assam
0.37
15
3
E
West Bengal
-0.08
13
4
Bihar
0.36
16
4
 
NORTH
NORTH
N
Uttar Pradesh
0.08
1
1
Punjab
0.64
1
1
N
Haryana
-0.02
8
2
Haryana
0.47
8
2
N
Rajasthan
-0.04
10
3
Rajasthan
0.46
9
3
N
Himachal Pradesh
-0.14
15
4
Jammu & Kashmir
0.39
13
4
N
Punjab
-0.16
16
5
Uttar Pradesh
0.38
14
5
N
Jammu & Kashmir
-0.24
17
6
Himachal Pradesh
0.36
17
6
 
SOUTH
SOUTH
S
Tamil Nadu
0.01
4
1
Tamil Nadu
0.55
2
1
S
Andhra Pradesh
-0.01
7
2
Karnataka
0.55
3
2
S
Karnataka
-0.05
11
3
Kerala
0.54
5
3
S
Kerala
-0.09
14
4
Andhra Pradesh
0.45
10
4
 
WEST
WEST
W
Madhya Pradesh
0.01
3
1
Maharashtra
0.55
4
1
W
Maharashtra
0.00
6
2
Gujarat
0.51
6
2
W
Gujarat
-0.08
12
3
Madhya Pradesh
0.48
7
3
 
Investment
Investment
Rank (large only)
Macro Economy
Macro Economy
Rank (large only)
 
Acceleration
Acceleration
Acceleration
Acceleration
Acceleration
Acceleration
 
State
Index 2008
India Rank 2008
Zonal Rank 2008
State
Index 2008
India Rank 2008
Zonal Rank 2008
 
EAST
EAST
E
Bihar
0.17
2
1
Assam
0.27
1
1
E
Assam
0.13
5
2
Orissa
0.25
2
2
E
Orissa
0.13
6
3
West Bengal
0.18
3
3
E
West Bengal
0.01
13
4
Bihar
0.12
9
4
 
NORTH
NORTH
N
Jammu & Kashmir
0.15
4
1
Jammu & Kashmir
0.15
4
1
N
Rajasthan
0.11
8
2
Uttar Pradesh
0.13
6
2
N
Himachal Pradesh
0.07
11
3
Himachal Pradesh
0.12
8
3
N
Uttar Pradesh
0.01
15
4
Rajasthan
0.08
10
4
N
Punjab
-0.03
16
5
Haryana
0.01
13
5
N
Haryana
-0.12
17
6
Punjab
-0.05
17
6
 
SOUTH
SOUTH
S
Tamil Nadu
0.19
1
1
Kerala
0.12
7
1
S
Karnataka
0.16
3
2
Andhra Pradesh
0.07
11
2
S
Andhra Pradesh
0.11
9
3
Karnataka
0.01
14
3
S
Kerala
0.10
10
4
Tamil Nadu
-0.01
15
4
 
WEST
WEST
W
Madhya Pradesh
0.12
7
1
Madhya Pradesh
0.13
5
1
W
Gujarat
0.03
12
2
Gujarat
0.01
12
2
W
Maharashtra
0.01
14
3
Maharashtra
-0.01
16
3
 
Composite
Composite
Rank (large only)
 
Acceleration
Acceleration
Acceleration
 
State
Index 2008
India Rank 2008
Zonal Rank 2008
 
EAST
E
Assam
0.14
1
1
E
Orissa
0.14
3
2
E
Bihar
0.10
7
3
E
West Bengal
0.09
9
4
 
NORTH
N
Uttar Pradesh
0.09
8
1
N
Rajasthan
0.09
10
2
N
Jammu & Kashmir
0.07
12
3
N
Haryana
0.06
13
4
N
Punjab
0.06
15
5
N
Himachal Pradesh
0.06
16
6
 
SOUTH
S
Tamil Nadu
0.11
4
1
S
Karnataka
0.10
5
2
S
Andhra Pradesh
0.10
6
3
S
Kerala
0.03
17
4
 
WEST
W
Madhya Pradesh
0.14
2
1
W
Maharashtra
0.07
11
2
W
Gujarat
0.06
14
3