Delhi a saga of wealth & woe
New Delhis economic growth in the past decade has pushed its per capita income to more than double the national average but Indias capital has failed to provide basic services to millions, a report said on Thursday.
The Delhi Human Development Report 2006 by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the city government also said economic progress in the city of 14 million people had come hand-in-hand with rising crime, especially against women.
Despite the expanding opportunities, the city-state has largely neglected street and working children, the homeless, the disabled and the concerns of girls and women, said the report.
The capital, which has seen multinationals flocking to set up offices and stores to cater to a fast-growing consumer class, has an average per capita income of 54,000 rupees, the third highest in India.
The federal enclaves of Chandigarh in north India and Pondicherry in the south have higher per capita incomes than New Delhi, with Chandigarh leading the country.