Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has released “Estimates of State Domestic Product – 2012-13” of Delhi brought out by the Directorate of Economics & Statistics, Govt. of Delhi. The estimates have been prepared as per methodology approved by the Central Statistics Office, Govt. of India. The publication will prove to be useful to the policy planners, researchers and analysts.
Dikshit while briefing the media stated that the publication reflects that the economy of Delhi is going forward on the path of sustainable economic growth in a considerable manner. It also reveals dominance of service sector in GSDP of Delhi, which is around 81.54%. This is in tune with the industrial policy of the city government.
Dikshit stated that the GSDP in Delhi at the current prices for the year 2012-13 is estimated at 365726 crores against 310736 crores in 2011-12, registering a growth of 17.70%. As regards the real growth in GSDP at constant prices in Delhi during 2012-13 is 9.00 % as compared to 5.00 % at the National Level.
The ratio of GSDP of Delhi to All India GDP both at current and constant prices has been increasing consistently. The contribution of Delhi in total GDP at the National Level is 3.87% as compared to 1.42% share of Delhi in total population of the country. It may be recalled that GSDP in Delhi during 1998-99 was just 53226 crores against 365726 crores during 2012-13. This reflects 687% increase during the last 14 years of the present government.
The per capita income of Delhi has been fast increasing year by year. It is expected to be 201083 for the year 2012-13 against 173686 during 2011-12. This reveals annual growth of 15.77% over the previous yeara mong all States and UTs Delhi’s rank is 1st.
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