(a) the State-wise details of per capita income during the last three years and the
current year; and
(b) the reasons for differences in the per capita income of various States alongwith
measures taken for raising per capita income of those States which have per capita
income less than national average?
MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE), MINISTRY OF COAL AND STATISTICS & PROGRAMME
IMPLEMENTATION(SHRI SRIPRAKASH JAISWAL)
(a): A Statement containing state-wise per capita income (measured in terms of per
capita net state domestic product) for the years 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08 and
2008-09 is Annexed.
(b) : The differences in the per capita income of various states are due to
differences in initial infrastructure endowments, differences in development
policies pursued, differences in the programme implementation levels and levels of
community participation in development programmes.
The Government has been taking several measures to improve per capita income of the
states through the policy instruments like Plan and Non-Plan transfer of resources
from the centre to the States favouring less developed States, establishment of
public sector units, tax incentives for setting up of private industries in backward
regions etc. A number of programes have been initiated to reduce the income
disparity among states.These include Backward Regions Grant Fund (BRGF), Hill
Area Development Program/Western Ghats Development Programme, Border Area
Development Programme etc.