Current Statehood Demands in India
- Vidarbha:
- It comprises the Amravati and Nagpur divisions of eastern Maharashtra.
- Delhi:
- To gain the control of such substantive powers, Delhi government is aspiring for full statehood.
- Harit Pradesh:
- It consists of agriculturally dominated districts of Western Uttar Pradesh.
- Purvanchal:
- It is a geographic region of north-central India, which comprises the eastern end of Uttar Pradesh state.
- Bodoland:
- The Bodos are the largest ethnic and linguistic community in northern Assam.
- Saurashtra:
- Kathiawar Peninsula, also called Saurashtra Peninsula, peninsula in southwestern Gujarat state.
- Gorkhaland:
- It is a proposed state covering areas inhabited by the ethnic Gorkha (Nepali) people, namely Darjeeling hills and Dooars in the northern part of West Bengal.
| Advantages and Disadvantages of Creation of New States | |
| Advantages | Disadvantages |
| Better management of economic resources | Possibility of increase in the inter-State water, power, and boundary disputes |
| More investment opportunities | The feeling of nationalism would diminish in the cries of regional autonomy |
| Faster economic growth | Small states depend to a substantial extent on the central government for financial aid |
| More people of the same small state and same province will have a say in their state affairs | Different statehood may lead to the hegemony of the dominant community |