convergence clubs at 50% and 125% of the national averageincome. Disparities across the states declined over the sixties and then … education, irrigation and literacy inthe formation of the lower convergence club. Parametric analysis establishesirrigation …

This paper documents the convergence of incomes across Indian states over theperiod 1965 to 1998. It departs from … traditional analyses of convergence by trackingthe evolution of the entire income distribution, instead of standard regression and … timeseries analyses. The findings reveal twin-peaks dynamics – the existence of twoincome convergence clubs, one at 50 per cent …