68 SOCIAL SCIENTIST Table IX indicates that judged by different criteria, the two sub-regions, Western, and Inland Western, are relatively more prosperous compared to the Eastern and Inland Eastern regions. The Eastern region includes eight districts of Chhatisgarh region of the state and the Inland Eastern region includes districts mostly belonging to the former Vindhya Pradesh and three districts of Mahakoshal region. These two sub-regions were mostly former princley state areas. The Western region includes 11 districts of Malwa region and the Inland Western region includes 10 districts mostly of former Bhopal and Mahakoshal regions. The Northern region includes districts of Gwalior division. Let us have a look at the cropping pattern of the different regions and see how favourable terms of trade would affect regional disparties (Table X). ' TABLE x CROPPING PATTERN OF DIFFERENT REGIONS Percentage Percentage Percentage ef total area under cereals Region of area under of area food grains under non- Paddy Wheat Jowar Bajra Maize Ko don kutki foodgrains Eastern 91 9 80 3 0.4 — 2.2 12.0 Inland Eastern 90 10 37 22 4.0 — 4.0 21.0 Inland Western 79 21 8 51 25.0 — 3.0 10.0 Western 70 30 5 24 48.0 3 16.0 1.0 Northern 85 15 7 46 26.0 9 3.0 3.0 Let us take two important crops of Madhya Pradesh, wheat and rice, and sec how the movement of terms of trade in favour of agriculture has favoured certain regions and disfavoured others and thereby accentuated regional disparities. In respect of production and consumption, rice is the predominant crop of Eastern region and to a large extent of Inland,Eastern region, whereas wheat is the predominant crop of Inland Western, Northern and to some extent of Western regions. The yield per hectare of almost all crops has gone down since 1960-61, with the exception of wheat, cotton and sugarcane. The output of wheat has registered a much greater increase than that of rice. In the Eastern and Inland Eastern regions nearly 33 percent of area under cereals is under kodon kutki, an inferior grain mainly consumed by the tribals and the poorer sections of the rural community. The yield per hectare of this crop has come down from 223 kg in 1960-61 to 155 kg in 1976-77. Given the disparity in the growth rate and greater concentration of assets and other inputs in wheat growing areas, the large cultivators of these regions must have benefited more than