MINISTER OF STATE FOR PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS & PLANNING (SHRI RAJEEV SHUKLA)
(a) & (b): Yes, Madam. As per the World Economic Outlook Database released by the
International Monetary Fund (IMF) in October 2012, the details of the per capita Gross
Domestic Product (GDP) based on Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) for 183 countries for
the year 2012 are given at Annexure I. The per capita GDP on PPP basis for India was
US $ 3,403 in the year 2010 and is estimated as US $ 3,662.69 in 2011 and US $
3,851.31 in 2012. India continues to be a developing economy. The reasons for
differences in per capita income of different nations can be attributed to the different
levels of development besides other factors such as natural resource endowments,
economic policies, political stability, differences in skills & technologies, level of
population etc.
(c): The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has been compiling estimates of rural and urban
break up of Per Capita Net Domestic Product (NDP), for the base years of National
Accounts Statistics (NAS) series. The latest base year is 2004-05. The per capita income
at current prices for the year 2004-05 is estimated as Rs. 16414 in rural areas and Rs.
44172 in urban areas.
(d) & (e): The details of the price rise measured in terms of Wholesale Price Index (WPI)
and percentage change in Per Capita Net National Income (NNI) at constant(2004-05)
prices for the years 2009-10 to 2011-12 are given in the table below.
Years WPI Inflation (%) growth in (%) Per Capita NNI
2009-2010 3.8 6.6
2010-2011 9.6 6.4
2011-2012 8.9 5.2
Source: Office of the Economic Adviser, Ministry of
Commerce & Industry; Central Statistics Office (CSO)
A number of measures have been taken by the Government to improve the growth
momentum and to contain the inflationary pressures. On the growth front, steps have
been taken to increase Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) which would contribute to both
greater capital inflows and over the long run, higher productivity thereby inducing
growth. Measures have been taken for fiscal consolidation through rationalization of fuel
subsidies and disinvestment along with appropriate monetary measures taken by Reserve
Bank of India (RBI) to contain inflation. The tight monetary policy followed by the RBI
has the tendency to typically operate through compression of demand in the short run in
order to contain inflation.
