Dimapur, May 7 -- The report on income disparity in Nagaland has indicated a high-income inequality in the state, with a Gini coefficient of 0.46.
According to the report, while the Gini coefficient for rural Nagaland is 0.42, the coefficient for urban Nagaland is 0.44, suggesting that the urban income inequality is only marginally higher than that of rural income inequality.
The report was released by Nagaland chief secretary Sentiyanger Imchen at the Nagaland civil secretariat in Kohima today.
The report on income disparity in Nagaland is the outcome of a project undertaken as part of the central sector scheme of the ministry of statistics and programme implementation, Support for Statistical Strengthening Sub-scheme, which was conduct...