Indian Planning Experience a Statistical Profile

Abstract

This statistical profile attempts to bring together 50 years of planning experience in India. It begins by looking at the trends in macro-economic aggregates. Variables such as the Gross Domestic Product, rate of capital formation, savings and per-capita income and their break-up across sectors provide an aggregative view on our growth attainments. The distributional consequences of this growth across regions and between individuals/households would be a logical issue to follow up. Tables on estimation of incidence of poverty, using quinquennial surveys of National Sample Survey Organisation's on Household Consumer Expenditure, for which Planning Commission is the nodal agency in the Government of India, capture this dimension of our development for the period 1973-74 to 1993-94.