The Economic Decline of West Bengal: A Structural Analysis of Long-term Stagnation
The Decline of a Regional Economic Powerhouse West Bengal, once a dominant industrial engine of the Indian economy, has seen its national GDP contribution plummet from 10% in the 1960s to approximately 5.6% today. Leading economists, including Maitreesh Ghatak of the London School of Economics and Debajit Jha of the Jindal School of Government and…