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Maoist-affected regions remain among India's poorest and most underdeveloped, despite rich natural resources, with ordinary citizens - especially tribal communities- bearing the heaviest burden.

Former Labour MP Baroness Berger said: "It is really unfortunate that the House of Lords is having to interrogate such an underdeveloped piece of legislation that hasn't yet been properly scrutinised."

It’s left to the cast to do the best sales job with this underdeveloped material.

Meanwhile, rural communities fall further behind in the digital economy, creating a commons of connectivity that remains tragically underdeveloped, while urban areas enjoy multiple high-speed options.

Yet much of the American interior, as any intelligent foreign visitor would notice, is economically and culturally backward: systematically underdeveloped, with decaying or inadequate infrastructure and limited educational opportunities.