Maybe it is time India thought of a system by which ailing state governments could be penalised over their term in office if the economic condition did not improve.

If something is not done about the BIMARU states, where most of India's population is concentrated, then the slowest member of the herd is going to slow the whole herd down, and there is going to be an exodus of a magnitude that hasn't been witnessed since the partition. Already, certain prosperous states feel the surge in many of their cities.

Of course, calling someone economically backward is not PC, I presume; therefore nothing has been done about this thus far. But really, how long can this go on?

Maharashtra, Andhra and Karnataka are developing so much that their state coffers are almost empty, then why burden these well-performing states with the BIMARU? As it is, no amount of money pumped in from the richer states has made any effect on development in the BIMARU region.

And if the residents of these richer states are not complaining [rather, are helpless] to stem the tide of the migrants from the BIMARU, then what is the need to bleed the richer states to benefit the BIMARU again? Apply the same yardstick to the BIMARU that is applied to the ST/NT. If they want schools and hospitals, they should come to the civilised zones, the government is not setting up schools and hospitals in forests, is it? Similarly, if the BIMARU want a better quality of life, they also had better start moving. But sitting at home and asking for a better quality for life while your state contributes nada to the national treasury is just asking for it.

Isn't that what we tell people who crib about not having found a good job, or having failed to get into the top schools, or for just not being satisfied with their life. Don't crib, MOVE!