Draft Annual Plan 1982-83 Volume II Narrative Notes on Programmes (Tamil Nadu)

Abstract

From Growth of State Income: According to Quick Estimate for 1979-80, the Net State Domestic Product for Tamil Nadu in real terms, i.e. at 1970-71 prices, stood at Rs. 33,06.51 crores as against Rs. 3,130.26 crores in the previous year, registering a growth of 5.6 per cent. The per capita income in real terms during the year (1979-80) stood at Rs.711, registering 4.3 per cent increase over the previous year. The primary sector generally determines the trend in State Income accounting for 37.4 per cent of total Net State Domestic Product during the year, 1979-80 with a growth of 7.32 per cent over the previous year. This is mainly attributed to the better performance in the agricultural front. A fairly good harvest of food grains with 10.5 per cent increase during the year supplemented by an increase of 8.3 per cent in sugarcane and 12 per cent increase in gingelly have been mainly responsible for the increase in the primary sector. The secondary sector also performed well during the year with an increase of 4.5 per cent over the previous year. Of these, the manufacturing sector which is the major one among the secondary sectors moved ahead with an increase of 4.7 per cent during 1979-80. The income from Electricity Gas and Water-supply also continued to register a marked increase of 8.5 per cent during 1979-80. The tertiary sector continued to maintain sizable increase during 1979-80.