Lok Sabha Question No. 1746 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: Per Capita Income
Ministry: STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
Asked by: VEENA DEVI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1746

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 13 TH  FEBRUARY, 2019

## PER CAPITA INCOME

1746.  SHRIMATI VEENA DEVI:

Will  the  Minister  of  STATISTICS  AND  PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether per capita income in the country from 2013-14 till the end of 2018-19 has been estimated to be 1,809 US dollar;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the said income is very less as compared to the average per capita income at the world level;
- (d) if  so,  the  details  of  the  average  per  capita  income  at  the  world level; and
- (e) the reasons for lower per capita income in spite of India being the fastest growing economy in the world?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME  IMPLEMENTATION  AND  MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE MINISTRY OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS (SHRI VIJAY GOEL)

(a): The details of the per capita income in the country measured as per capita  Net  National  Income  (NNI)  at  current  prices  from  2013-14  to 2018-19 is given in the Table 1 below:

| Table 1: Per capita NNI at current prices (Rs.)   | Table 1: Per capita NNI at current prices (Rs.)   | Table 1: Per capita NNI at current prices (Rs.)   |
|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                            | Year                                              | Per capita NNI (Rs. current prices)               |
| 1                                                 | 2013-14                                           | 79,118                                            |
| 2                                                 | 2014-15                                           | 86,647                                            |

|   3 | 2015-16   | 94,797           |
|-----|-----------|------------------|
|   4 | 2016-17   | 1,04,659         |
|   5 |           | 2017-18 1,14,958 |
|   6 | 2018-19   | 1,25,397         |

(b), (c) and (d): The per capita income in dollar terms and the per capita income  of  different  countries  are  not  maintained  in  the  Ministry. However, as per the World  Bank 's World Development Indicator database (last updated on 30-01-2019), the per capita income of India and  the  average  per  capita  income  of  the  world  measured  as  Gross National Income (GNI) per capita in current US$ for different years from 2013 to 2017 are given in the Table 2 below:

| Table 2: Per capita GNI of India in current US $   | Table 2: Per capita GNI of India in current US $   | Table 2: Per capita GNI of India in current US $   | Table 2: Per capita GNI of India in current US $   |
|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                             | Year                                               | GNI per capita (current US$)                       | GNI per capita (current US$)                       |
|                                                    |                                                    | India                                              | World                                              |
| 1                                                  | 2013                                               | 1520                                               | 10833                                              |
| 2                                                  | 2014                                               | 1560                                               | 10938                                              |
| 3                                                  | 2015                                               | 1600                                               | 10604                                              |
| 4                                                  | 2016                                               | 1680                                               | 10338                                              |
| 5                                                  | 2017                                               | 1800                                               | 10371                                              |

(e):  From  Table  2  above  it  is  seen  that  the ratio  of  India's  per  capita income  to  that  of  the  World  average  has  consistently  improved  from 14% in 2013 to 17.4% in 2017. *****