Per capita income has grown 120% between FY'05 and FY'11:Government

Print 04-Aug-2011 , 10:15:19 pm | By CASANSAAR

The per capital income in the country has jumped over two-folds between 2004-05 and 2010-11 to touch Rs 54,835 per annum, Parliament was informed today.

In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Statistics and Programme Implementation Srikant Jena said that Delhi, Chandigarh, Puducherry and Haryana are the top states and union territories with regard to per capital income in 2010-11.

However, the provisional data for 2010-11 from a few states including Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, West Bengal and Gujarat are yet to be released.

"The per capita income at the national level, which was Rs 24,143 in the year 2004-05, stands at Rs 54,835 in the year 2010-11, showing an increase of more than 120 per cent," the minister said.

As per privisional data for 2010-11 provided by Directorate of Economics and Statistics of respective state governments and the Central Statistical Office, Delhi had the highest per capital income of Rs 1,35,814 annually, followed by Chandigarh at 1,28,634 and Poducherry at Rs 98,719.

Haryana had a per capital income of Rs 92,327 in 2010-11. Among other states Sikkim (Rs 81,159), Tamil Nadu (Rs 72,993), Uttarakhand (Rs 68,292), Punjab (Rs 67,473) and Andhra Pradesh (Rs 60,458) has good income levels. At the bottom of the list are Bihar (Rs 20,069), Uttar Pradesh (Rs 26,051), Manipur (Rs 29,684) and Jharkhand (Rs 29,786).

The minister said the government has been taking several measures to increase the per capita income of states in a balanced manner.

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