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Economic
Indicators
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Sl. No.
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Item
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Unit / Nature
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1.
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Rainfall - (i) In March 2001
(ii) Up to March 2001
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Ø
Less by 83.2% than the normal
rainfall
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Less by 13.2% than the actual
rainfall in March 2000
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Less by 24.0% than the normal
rainfall
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Less by 20.7% than the actual
rainfall recorded up to March 2000.
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2.
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Estimated area under Paddy
i)Area under cultivation (Up to February 2001)
ii)Production (up to February 2001)
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Less 3.66% than the previous
year.
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Less by 8.92% than the
triennium average.
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Higher by 10.55% than the
previous year.
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Higher by 0.65% than the
triennium average.
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3.
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The Wholesale Price Index Number -
January 2001
Percentage change over previous year
(On a point-to-point basis)
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2.99%
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4.
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Consumer
Price Index Number for
Industrial Workers – February 2001
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Ø
Up by 8 points over February
2000
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5.
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Industrial Output
In January 2001
Up to January 2001
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Ø
Up by 4.3%
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Up by 0.9%
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6.
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Power
Generation – up to March 2001
|(provisional)
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Up by 6.79%
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7.
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Revenue
through Sales Tax (Up to March 2001)
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Ø
Up by
17.17%
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8.
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Advance
Estimates of Gross State Domestic Product at Constant(1993-94) prices for
1999-2000
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7.04% Growth over the previous year.
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9.
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Sectoral Contribution to the Total
GSDP – 1999-2000
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
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Ø
18.8%
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34.0%
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47.2%
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10.
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Per-capital Income (1999-2000)
Tamil Nadu
All India
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Ø
Rs. 12,314
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Rs. 10,204
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Review of Tamil Nadu Economy
An
Overview:
A review of the
macro economic indicators for the current month show that under Agriculture, the
rice production has registered an increasing trend with 10% rise as a result of
revisions made in the estimates based on the current results of the Crop cutting
experiments for the Samba season 2000-2001.
The
industrial production measured in terms of index of industrial production,
likewise, has also performed well by slightly advancing its growth to 0.9% in
the general index for the first 10 months period (April 2000 to January 2001) in
the current year.
The
price trend was stable throughout the current year with wholesale price index
showing an increase of 2.99% in January 2001 on a point-to-point reference.
The
growth of G.S.D.P. has also significantly improved in 1999-2000 with
manufacturing, trade, transport, communication and banking sectors recording an
increased performance over the previous year.
The
per-capita income (N.S.D.P.) at constant (1993-94) prices for Tamil Nadu
remained at Rs.12,314/- in 1999-2000 as against Rs. 10,204/- for All India.
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