Lok Sabha Question No. 2426 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-11
Subject: Per Capita Income
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: VIKRAM USENDI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2426 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.03.2016

## PER CAPITA INCOME

## †2426. SHRI VIKRAM USENDI:

Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there has been disparity in per capita income of many States;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/ UT-wise including Chhattisgarh;
- (c) the difference in urban and rural per capita income in the country during each of the last five years and the current year; and
- (d) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to bridge the differences of per capita income?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE FOR DEFENCE (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 Annexure. The per capita NSDP at current prices is lowest for Bihar (Rs. 34,856) and highest for Goa (Rs. 2,74,939) in 2014-15. The per capita NSDP at current prices is Rs 73,758 for Chhattisgarh in 2014-15.

- (c): The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has been compiling estimates of Rural and Urban income of the Indian economy in terms of Net Value Added (NVA), for the base years of National Accounts Statistics (NAS), since the 1970-71 series. These NVA estimates with rural urban break-up were so far compiled for the years 1970-71, 1981-81, 1993-94, 1999-2000, 2004-05 and 2011-12. In 2011-12, the per capita NVA for rural areas is Rs. 40,772 and that for urban areas is Rs. 1,01,313 at 2011-12 prices. Data for rural and urban per capita NVA is not available after 2011-12.
- (d): The Government have taken several measures to improve the growth performance of all the States in  a  balanced  manner.  The  policy  instruments  in  this  regard  include  plan  and  non-plan  transfer  of resources from Centre to States favouring less developed States, tax incentives for setting up of private industries in the backward regions, etc. The enhanced share of States in Central Taxes from 32% to 42% provides the much needed flexibility to the States for financing and designing of schemes suited to the local needs and to bridge the development deficit in the backward regions of the States. In addition, several  Centrally  Sponsored  Schemes  and  state  specific  schemes  are  being  implemented  which  are expected to improve the per capita income levels in different States.

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## Annexure as referred in reply to part (a) & (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2426 regarding Per Capita Income for answer on 11.03.2016 State/UT-wise Per Capita Income at current prices

| S.No.   | State/UT                  | Per Capita Income   | Per Capita Income   | Per Capita Income   |
|---------|---------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|         |                           | 2012-13             | 2013-14             | 2014-15             |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh            | 74639               | 84579               | 95689               |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh         | 80964               | 91686               | 101033              |
| 3       | Assam                     | 44769               | 48974               | 53618               |
| 4       | Bihar                     | 24647               | 28389               | 34856               |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh              | 61356               | 66438               | 73758               |
| 6       | Goa                       | 237929              | 258856              | 274939              |
| 7       | Gujarat                   | 100821              | 113061              | 124358              |
| 8       | Haryana                   | 122571              | 136734              | 150260              |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh          | 98996               | 110209              | 119720              |
| 10      | Jammu &Kashmir            | 56201               | 63202               | 65598               |
| 11      | Jharkhand                 | 47360               | 51534               | 58344               |
| 12      | Karnataka                 | 101451              | 116238              | 130897              |
| 13      | Kerala                    | 110314              | 123564              | 138390              |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh            | 42631               | 46244               | 51371               |
| 15      | Maharashtra               | 111005              | 125146              | 134081              |
| 16      | Manipur                   | 40169               | 46740               | -                   |
| 17      | Meghalaya                 | 63429               | 68145               | 71101               |
| 18      | Mizoram                   | 65013               | 74846               | 85359               |
| 19      | Nagaland                  | 58727               | 69261               | 76679               |
| 20      | Odisha                    | 53196               | 56941               | 63108               |
| 21      | Punjab                    | 94318               | 105143              | 114561              |
| 22      | Rajasthan                 | 63722               | 69925               | 76881               |
| 23      | Sikkim#                   | 151395              | 176491              | -                   |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu                | 104486              | 120593              | 135806              |
| 25      | Telangana                 | 101602              | 114669              | 129182              |
| 26      | Tripura#                  | 57402               | 69705               | -                   |
| 27      | Uttar Pradesh             | 35358               | 40790               | 44197               |
| 28      | Uttarakhand               | 114878              | 126101              | 139184              |
| 29      | West Bengal#              | 60318               | 70059               | 78903               |
| 30      | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 94002               | 102116              | 108168              |
| 31      | Chandigarh                | 180625              | 206964              | 240687              |
| 32      | Delhi                     | 206407              | 232269              | 252011              |
| 33      | Puducherry                | 130548              | 143045              | 157219              |

Source: Central Statistics Office

#: Estimates for the States of Sikkim, Tripura and West Bengal are at base year 2004-05. Estimates for the remaining States are at base year 2011-12.

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