UPSC Prelims 2000·GS1·economy·economic sectors and development

The first Indian State to have its Human Development Report prepared and released by Amartya Kumar Sen in Delhi is

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  1. AWest Bengal
  2. BKerala
  3. CMadhya PradeshCorrect
  4. DAndhra Pradesh

Explanation

Madhya Pradesh was the first state in India to publish a State Human Development Report in 1995. While the initial state report was released earlier, the specific 1998 Madhya Pradesh Human Development Report was released by Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen in Delhi. This initiative was significant because it shifted the focus from purely economic growth to human development indicators like health and education at the state level. West Bengal and Kerala followed later with their own reports, but Madhya Pradesh pioneered the process in the mid-1990s.
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