3 There is a regional inequality angle to Gujarat’s success story

A simple way to look at this is to use asset rankings prepared by the fifth round of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS), which was conducted in 2019-21. The NFHS classifies households in asset quintiles (bottom to top 20%). If one looks at the share of households in the top asset quintile, there is a large district-wise disparity in Gujarat. While districts such as Ahmedabad and Vadodara had 50% or more of their population in the top asset quintile, this number was under 5% in districts such as Dahod and Dang.