Fig 1.
a. States of India. b. Districts of India. Source: Authors.
Fig 2.
Maps of satellite-based nightlight digital numbers at (a) New Delhi in 1992 and at (b) parts of Himalaya in 1992. Digital numbers within the marked area are used for further analyses. Source: Authors.
Fig 3.
Annual linear trend of satellite based nightlight for 7010 administrative blocks for 1992–2013.
Source: Authors.
Fig 4.
Scatter plot for gross district domestic product and night time lights for years 1999–2008.
Source: Authors.
Table 1.
OLS regression results for GDDP and NTL.
Table 2.
OLS regression results for GINIConsumption with GININTL.
Table 3.
OLS regression results for GINIGDDP with GININTL.
Table 4.
OLS regression results for GININTL with SPI and SPI2.
Table 5.
OLS regression results for GININTL with QGI and QGI2.
Fig 5.
Trends between GiniNTL and SPI; GiniNTL and QGI.
Fig 6.
GiniNTL heat map for Indian states for 1999–2008.
Source: Authors.