The
Minister of Mines and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region Shri B.K. Handique has said that the per capita income of the North Eastern
States has not been on a downward spiral for the last 15 years. The per capita
income of the North Eastern States has, in fact, been growing consistently
during the last 15 years. However, the growth rate of the national average was
higher than the growth rate of the North Eastern States except that of Tripura. In a written reply in the Rajya
Sabha today, he said, this has resulted in the per
capita income of these States trailing behind the per capita income of the
country. The position in this regard is summarized in table 1 given below:
Table 1: Per Capita Net State Domestic Product (NSDP)
|
States
|
1993-94
(1993-94 base) (Rs.)
|
2007-08
(1990-00 base) (Rs.)
|
Compound
annual growth rate (%)
|
|
1. Arunachal Pradesh
|
8,733
|
20,570
|
5.88
|
|
2. Assam
|
5,715
|
15,857
|
7.04
|
|
3.
Manipur
|
5,846
|
15,270
|
6.61
|
|
4. Meghalaya
|
6,896
|
20,094
|
7.39
|
|
5. Mizoram
|
NA
|
19,750
|
2.06#
|
|
6. Nagaland
|
9,129
|
18,318*
|
5.50
|
|
7. Sikkim
|
8,402
|
23,684
|
7.15
|
|
8. Tripura
|
5,534
|
22,987$
|
10.71
|
|
India per capita NNP (at factor cost)
|
7,690
|
24,295
|
7.97
|
*. The figure
pertain to 2005-06. $. The figure pertain
to 2006-07.
#. Compound
annual growth rate for the period 1999-00 to 2007-08.
Note:
1. The State of Mizoram had not compiled NSDP at constant prices prior to
1999-2000.
2. Per capita NSDP and per
capita NNP at constant prices are obtained from CSO.
Since
the Union Budget of 1997-98 all Central Ministries/Departments, excepting few
exempted ones, are required to earmark atleast 10% of
their annual gross budgetary support towards development of the North Eastern
States.
The
total outlay and expenditure of Central Ministries/Departments in the North
Eastern States during the first 2 years of the Eleventh Five-Year Plan is given
below:
Table 2: Outlay and expenditure of Central
Ministries/Departments
in NER from earmarked 10% GBS
(Rs. in crores)
|
|
Outlay
(RE)
|
Expenditure/
Re-appropriation
|
|
2007-08
|
12,417.48
|
10,863.94
|
|
2008-09
|
14,219.14
|
10,738.90
|
|
2009-10 (BE)
|
16,341.68
|
-
|
Note:
1. Outlay figures are
based on Expenditure Budget Vol. 2 Demands for Grants for
revelvant years published by Ministry of
Finance.
2. Expenditure/Re-appropiration, as reported by Ministries/Departments.
While
increased expenditure and improvement in the implementation of schemes of
Central Ministries/Departments are, no doubt, important for higher income level
in the North Eastern States they are not, by themselves, sufficient to ensure
faster economic growth of the region. The expenditure of Central
Ministries/Departments in the North Eastern Region given in table 1 above
comprise just about 40 percent of the annual investment requirements for 11th
Plan period to achieve accelerated growth estimated in NER Vision 2020
Document. The expenditure of Central Ministries/Departments alone is not
sufficient to ensure higher growth rate unless accompanied by robust private
and State sector investments.
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