(a) The concept and methodology to measure the State Domestic Product;
(b) the per capita income of each State during 1998-99;
(c) whether there is huge gap between net State Domestic Product and comparable to State Domestic Product;
(d) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
(e) whether the Government are aware of the weaknesses in the concept and methodology to measure State Domestic Product; and
(f) if so, the corrective steps being taken to rectify the weaknesses?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING, MINISTER OF STATE
IN THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTION AND
MINISTER OF STATE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS AND
PUBLIC GRIEVANCES IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES
AND PENSIONS.
(SHRI ARUN SHOURIE)
`A statement is laid on the table of the House`
Statement referred to in reply to parts (a) to (f) of Lok Sabha
Starred Question No.448, by SHRI TRILOCHAN KANUNGO, for answer on
26.4.2000
(a) State Domestic Product (SDP) is a measure, in monetary
terms, of all goods and services produced within the
geographical boundary of the State during a given
period of time (generally a year). The estimates of
SDP are compiled following income originating approach
for all the economic activities undertaken in the
state. For the commodity producing sectors like
agriculture, forestry, fishing, mining and
manufacturing, the SDP is estimated by production
approach, i.e. measuring the value of output and
deducting therefrom the cost of material inputs used in
the process of production. In the services sectors
like trade, transport, restaurants and other services,
the estimates for the unorganised segments are prepared
following income approach, i.e. by multiplying the
value added per worker by the number of workers in each
segment. For the organised segments, the estimates are
prepared on the basis of analysis of budget
documents/annual reports. For the supra-regional
sectors like railway, communication, banking and
insurance and Central Government administration, the
estimates of SDP are obtained by allocation of the all-
India level estimate.
(b) Estimates of per capita Net State Domestic Product (per
capita income) of various States are given in Statement
I, annexed.
(c)& (d) The difference between Net State Domestic Product
(official estimates prepared by the States) and
Comparable State Domestic Product (prepared by the
Central Statistical Organisation) are set out in
Statement-II annexed.
(e)& (f) Concepts and methodology employed to estimate the State
Domestic Product are in accordance with the
recommendations of the Regional Accounts Committee and
are consistent with national and international
standards. Differences arise because of the varying
reliability and coverage of data collected by different
states and organisations. Last year, the States have
revised their SDP series to the new base 1993-94 from
the earlier base 1980-81 and effected improvements in
the estimates of various sectors. In particular,
improvement in workforce estimates has been made
(i) by
using the results of Employment and unemployment
surveys conducted by the National Sample Survey
Organisation instead of the earlier practice of using
the workforce estimates based on population census
results and
(ii) by improving the coverage of select
sectors, like agriculture, fishing, communication,
business services and other services.
The Government is aware of the weaknesses in the Indian
Statistical System including the statistical system at the State
level. The weaknesses in the present datasets (both at national
and State level) are of the nature of data gaps, timeliness, non-
response and quality of data, such as respondent biases, not
fully validated administrative data, etc. In order to critically
examine the deficiencies of the present statistical system and to
recommend measures to correct the deficiencies and revamp the
statistical system, the government has recently set up a National
Statistical Commission. It is expected to submit its report
within one year.
Statement -I in respect of part(b) of Lok Sabha Starred Q.No. 448
for 26.04.2000 regarding State Domestic Product
Estimates of Per Capita Net State Domestic Product
(per capita income) for 1998-99
(Rs.) Sl. State/UT at at No. Current Prices 1993-94 Prices
1 Andhra Pr. 13853 9118 2 Arunachal Pr. 12929 8979 3 Assam 8700 5942 4 Bihar 5923 4411 5 Goa+ NA NA 6 Gujarat 18792 13709 7 Haryana 19773 13084 8 Himachal Pr. 12692 8864 9 J & K+ NA NA 10 Kartnataka 15889 11153 11 Kerala 17756 9807 12 Madhya Pr. 10147 7350 13 Maharashtra 23849 16217 14 Manipur+ NA NA 15 Meghalaya 11382 8252 16 Mizoram+ NA NA 17 Nagaland+ NA NA 18 Orissa 8719 5648 19 Punjab 21863 NA 20 Rajasthan 11045 7694 21 Sikkim+ NA NA 22 Tamil Nadu 17525 12267 23 Tripura 8669 6637 24 Uttar Pradesh 9261 5890 25 West Bengal 12961 8622 26 Delhi 27693 19091 27 Pondicherry 22956 13111 All-India 14682 9739
: At 1980-81 Prices, Rs. 4627 + : State DES has yet not prepared the estimates NA : Not Available Source : For Sl. No. 1-27 Directorate of Economics & Statistics of respective State Governments, and for All-India Central Statistical Organisation
Comparable Official Percentage Difference Estimates of NSDP Estimates of NSDP Sl. State//UT 1995-96 1996-97 1995-96 1996-97 1995-96 1996-97 No.
1. Andhra Pr. 73250 84376 71944 81643 1.8 3.3
2. Arunachal Pr. 1050 1043 1067 1078 -1.6 -3.2
3. Assam 17634 18623 17170 18465 2.7 0.9
4. Bihar 42440 50104 39978 51051 6.2 -1.9
5. Goa 2833 3957 2756 3323 2.8 19.1 6. Gujarat 62928 71240 64370 75164 -2.2 -5.2
7 Haryana 26445 32381 25983 31386 1.8 3.2
8. Himachal Pr. 6273 7894 5640 6368 1.8 3.2
9. J & K 7961 8769 6766 7529 17.7 16.5 10. Kartnataka 53962 65103 52841 63342 2.1 2.8 11. Kerala 37001 43135 35087 40819 5.5 5.7 12. Madhya Pr. 61928 70845 57374 65676 7.9 7.9 13. Maharashtra 152383 163682 146010 161470 4.4 1.4 14. Manipur 1570 2016 NA NA - - 15. Meghalaya 1863 1944 1805 2034 3.2 -4.4 16. Mizoram 937 1114 NA NA - - 17. Nagaland 1695 1921 NA NA - - 18. Orissa 25009 25357 23862 23174 4.8 9.4 19. Punjab 36024 42291 34516 40496 4.4 4.4 20. Rajasthan 44068 55998 41154 49680 7.1 12.7 21. Sikkim 477 543 459 545 3.9 -0.4 22. Tamil Nadu 72758 84377 70671 82465 3 2.3 23. Tripura 2213 2782 2103 2589 5.2 7.5 24. Uttar Pradesh 101138 122709 102478 120955 -1.3 1.5 25. West Bengal 69571 76725 66239 73976 5 3.7 26. Delhi 25829 32533 24564 28371 5.1 14.7 27. Pondicherry 1062 1650 1085 1593 -2.1 3.6
NA : Not Available Source : Directorate of Economics & Statistics of respective State Governments