MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE), MINISTRY OF STATISTICS & PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
AND MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS (SHRI SRIKANT KUMAR JENA)
(a) The estimates of Per Capita Income (measured as Per Capita Net National Income) and
National Income (Net National Income) for the current year are not available. These
estimates at current prices, during the last four years are as under:
Year Per Capita Income National Income (in `) (` in crore)
2009-10 46,249 54,11,104
2010-11 54,15 164,22,359
2011-12 61,56 473,99,934
2012-13 68,75 783,67,706
(b) & (c) Yes, Madam. An increase has been registered during each of the above years
as detailed below:
Year Percentage growth over previous year in Per Capita Income National Income
2009-10 13.4 15.0
2010-11 17.1 18.7
2011-12 13.7 15.2
2012-13 11.7 13.1
(d) The Government has been taking a number of initiatives for increasing the growth
of the overall economy and thereby increasing the per capita national income. The various
steps taken by the Government to revive growth in the economy that, inter alia, include
measures to speed up project implementation via the creation of the Cabinet Committee on
Investment (CCI); boost to infrastructure financing by encouraging Infrastructure Debt
Funds, enhancement of credit to infrastructure companies; provision of greater support
to MSMEs; strengthening of financial and banking sectors, etc. Initiatives by the
Government also include liberalisation of FDI norms in several sectors including telecom;
deregulation of the sugar sector; decision to launch inflation indexed bonds to incentivize
households to save in financial instruments; fiscal consolidation through fiscal reforms
viz. reduction in the subsidy of diesel, cap on the number of subsidised LPG cylinders;
new gas pricing guidelines, etc. Various measures to attract foreign investment and
contain the current account deficit have also been undertaken. For accelerating the
industrial growth, the National Manufacturing Policy (NMP), 2011 has been announced
with objectives of, increasing the share of manufacturing in GDP to 25% over a decade.
For generation of employment, the schemes such as Mahatma Gandhi National Employment
Guarantee Scheme and Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) are being implemented.
The Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), Indira Awas Yojana (IAY) and the time bound
scheme ‘Bharat Nirman’ are undertaken in the areas of irrigation, roads, housing, water
supply, electrification and telecommunication for strengthening the infrastructure for
economic growth which in turn will increase the per capita national income.
