Lok Sabha Question No. 79 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-16
Subject: Imbalance in the per capita Income between inter-state states
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: RAJU ALIAS DEVAPPA ANNA SHETTI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 79 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.11.2016

## IMBALANCE IN THE PER CAPITA INCOME BETWEEN INTER-STATE STATES 79. SHRI RAJU SHETTY:

Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there is imblance in the per capita income between inter-state and States;
- (b) if so, the per-capita income of each state and the reasons therefor; and
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to increase the per capita income of every State?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND MINISTRY OF HOUSING & URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION

## (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

(a)  & (b): The per capita income level of States depend on a number of factors which include resource endowments, historical background of development, availability of socio-economic and physical  infrastructure,  demographic  features  and  various  other  state  specific  factors.  The State/UT-wise estimates of Per Capita Income (measured as Per Capita Net State Domestic Product (NSDP)) at current prices for the last three years are given at Annex.

(c): The Government has taken several measures to improve the growth performance of all the States in a balanced manner. Some of the policy initiatives in this direction include: transfer of resources  from  Centre  to  States  favouring  less  developed  States;  incentives  for  setting  up  of industries in the backward regions; etc. The enhanced share of States in Central taxes from 32 per cent to 42 per cent provides flexibility to the States for designing and financing schemes suited to the local needs and to bridge the development gaps in the backward regions of the States through the  framework  of  co-operative  and  competitive  federalism.  In  addition,  several  Centrally Sponsored  Schemes  and  state-specific  schemes  are  being  implemented  which  are  expected  to improve the per capita income of different States.

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## Annex as referred in reply to part (a) & (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 79 regarding Imbalance in the per capita Income between inter-state states for answer on 16.11.2016

State/UT-wise Per Capita Income at current prices

| S. No.                   | State\UT                 | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   |
|--------------------------|--------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1                        | Andhra Pradesh           | 84579     | 95689     | 107532    |
| 2                        | Arunachal Pradesh        | 91990     | 101100    | 117178    |
| 3                        | Assam                    | 49734     | 54618     | NA        |
| 4                        | Bihar                    | 26948     | 31380     | 34168     |
| 5                        | Chhattisgarh             | 69863     | 78495     | NA        |
| 6                        | Goa                      | 258856    | 274939    | NA        |
| 7                        | Gujarat                  | 113139    | 124518    | NA        |
| 8                        | Haryana                  | 136734    | 150260    | NA        |
| 9                        | Himachal Pradesh         | 114095    | 124500    | NA        |
| 10                       | Jammu &Kashmir           | 63202     | 65598     | NA        |
| 11                       | Jharkhand                | 50006     | 56737     | 62816     |
| 12                       | Karnataka                | 119160    | 132749    | 148485    |
| 13                       | Kerala                   | 123387    | 139382    | NA        |
| 14                       | Madhya Pradesh           | 51639     | 56516     | 65388     |
| 15                       | Maharashtra              | 125146    | 134081    | NA        |
| 16                       | Manipur                  | 47852     | 52436     | NA        |
| 17                       | Meghalaya                | 65118     | 67082     | 75232     |
| 18                       | Mizoram                  | 77581     | 85659     | NA        |
| 19                       | Nagaland                 | 71511     | 78526     | NA        |
| 20                       | Odisha                   | 56941     | 63108     | 66890     |
| 21                       | Punjab                   | 105143    | 114561    | NA        |
| 22                       | Rajasthan                | 69925     | 76881     | NA        |
| 23                       | Sikkim                   | 194624    | 210394    | 227465    |
| 24                       | Tamil Nadu               | 116583    | 130197    | 143547    |
| 25                       | Telangana                | 114669    | 129182    | 143023    |
| 26                       | Tripura                  | 61570     | 71666     | NA        |
| 27                       | Uttar Pradesh            | 40306     | 43861     | 48520     |
| 28                       | Uttarakhand              | 126957    | 134784    | 151219    |
| 29                       | West Bengal              | NA        | NA        | NA        |
| 30                       | Andaman &Nicobar         | 109787    | 121954    | NA        |
| 31                       | Islands Chandigarh       | 203377    | 225369    | 242386    |
| 32                       | Delhi                    | 232269    | 252011    | 280142    |
| 33                       | Puducherry               | 148147    | 158830    | 172143    |
| All-India Per Capita NNI | All-India Per Capita NNI | 79412     | 86879     | 93293     |

Source: Central Statistics Office

Note: The estimates for the State West Bengal have not been finalized for new series with base year 2011-12.

NA: Not Available