What are the Barriers to Development in India (Intrinsic & Extrinsic)?

• Corruption: government corruption is apparently a pervasive problem within India. Economic reforms saw a reduction of corruption, but a recent study by Transparency International found that more than half of Indian governmental officials have been bribed at some point to get a job done in public office. The bottom line, it seems, is that the vast majority of the Indian government is still untrustworthy and convoluted with corruption.

• Unemployment: 6.8% of the population is unemployed (ranks 85th in the world, yet again after much less developed countries). The government has moved to try to fix the problem, but their solution has been to urbanize and relocate people. However, since India's liberalization the problem has been underlined and it has become obvious that the government needs to better education and put political pressure on further reforms. The mass urbanization stems other problems like poverty and overpopulation.

• Regional differences: India's different regions are growing steadily more isolated and sharp regional differences are growing. this is because different regions' economies are changing at different rats in terms of per capita income, poverty, availability of infrastructure, availability of natural resources, and socio-economic development.

• Poverty: A BIG PROBLEM. In 2005, 14.3% of the population earned less than $1 a day. one quarter of the population lives below the poverty line. Thirteen percent of the global poor now live in India.