(a) the details of national per capita income as compared to the per capita income of various States during the last three years and the current year, State-wise;
(b) whether there is any disparity in per capita income between rural and urban areas;
(c) if so, the details thereof; and
(d) the action taken by the Government to remove this disparity?
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): As per the latest Press Release of the Central Statistics Office (CSO), the Per Capita Net National Income (NNI) for the years 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 are Rs. 79,118, Rs. 86,647, Rs. 94,731 and Rs. 1,03,870 respectively. As per the reports received from State / UT Directorates of Economics and Statistics, the details of per capita Net State Domestic Product (NSDP) at current prices for the years 2013-14 to 2015-16 are given in the Statement at Annexure.
(b) & (c): The Central Statistics Office has been compiling estimates of rural and urban income of the Indian economy, in terms of Net Value Added (NVA), only for the base years of National Accounts Statistics. Therefore, estimates of annual per capita NVA available separately for rural and urban areas for the latest base year, i.e. 2011-12 are Rs. 40,925 and Rs. 98,435, respectively.
(d): Reduction of rural and urban disparities has always been the priority of the Government’s development policy. The Government has been implementing several programmes for skill development, self-employment, wage employment and creation of assets that aim to promote inclusive growth and thereby bridge the income gaps. These include Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihood Mission (DAY-NULM) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (MHUPA) and various rural development schemes of the Department of Rural Development (DRD), namely, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana Gramin, Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission and Deen Dayal Upadhyaya-Grameen Kaushalya Yojana.
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