Draft Annual Plan 1982-83 Volume II Tamil Nadu

Abstract

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 percent 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.