Post-1991, southern States emerged as leaders: EAC-PM
Punjab had a head start due to the Green Revolution in the 1960s and ‘70s, but its performance has consistently declined thereafter. The EAC-PM’s paper questions whether this was a case of excessive focus on agriculture hindering a transition to industrialisation.
Rajasthan and Odisha, which had recorded declines until liberalisation, saw a turnaround thereafter, though the degree of rise in income levels was minimal. The per capita income levels in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh have remained consistently low.
Chart 1 shows the relative per capita income levels. It is a percentage of per capita Net State Domestic Product of a State to the all-India per capita Net National Product or per capita Net National Income.
Chart 2 shows the State’s share in national GDP. It is defined as the ratio of a State’s Gross State Domestic Product to the sum of GSDP of all States. The darker the blue, higher the share in national GDP
Source: The Economic Advisory Council’s paper, “Relative Economic Performance of Indian States: 1960-61 to 2023-24”
Paper was authored by Sanjeev Sanyal and Aakanksha Arora
Published - September 20, 2024 08:00 am IST
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