being bifurcated into Bihar and Jharkhand; Madhya Pradesh being bifurcated into Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh; and Uttar Pradesh being bifurcated into Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. See also Indo-Gangetic Plain Standard of living in India List of Indian states and union territories by GDP Ministry of Rural Development (India) Rural Development Foundation, India Economy of India Indo-Gangetic Plain Green Revolution in India References External links Jeffrey D. Sachs, Nirupam Bajpai, and Ananthi Ramiah. "Understanding Regional Economic Growth in India". CID Working Paper No. 88, March 2002. Center for International Development at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Hindu The Children of Ganga Deurbanisation of Bihar Centrally planned Inequality Economy of India by state or union territory