The Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation has released the new series of national accounts, revising the base year from 2004-05 to 2011-12. The base year of national accounts was last revised in January 2010.

2.    Base year revisions differ from annual revisions in National Accounts primarily because of nature of changes. In annual revisions, changes are made only on the basis of updated data becoming available without making any changes in the conceptual framework or using any new data source, to ensure strict comparison over years. In case of base year revisions, apart from a shift in the reference year for measuring the real growth, conceptual changes, as recommended by the international guidelines, are incorporated.  Further, statistical changes like revisions in the methodology of compilation, adoption of latest classification systems, and, inclusion of new and recent data sources are also made.  Changes are also made in the presentation of estimates to improve ease of understanding for analysis and facilitate international comparability.

3.    Improvements as noted above, especially incorporation of new datasets, have resulted in a correction in the level of GDP, which is likely to affect a wide range of indicators where it is used as a reference point: for instance, trends in public expenditure, taxes and public sector debt that are conventionally analysed in terms of their ratios to nominal GDP. It may be noted that the level of revision in the present base revision is not large enough to affect any of these ratios significantly.

4.    Users are requested to note that Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at factor cost will no longer be discussed in the press releases. As is the practice internationally, industry-wise estimates will be presented as Gross Value Added (GVA) at basic prices, while ‘GDP at market prices’ will henceforth be referred to as GDP. Estimates of GVA at factor cost (earlier called GDP at factor cost) can be compiled by using the estimates of GVA at basic prices and production taxes less subsidies as given in Statement 3.1 of this note. For the years 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14, GVA at factor cost have been compiled and are presented in Statements 10.1 & 10.2.

5.    A brief note on the conceptual and statistical changes made in the new series, and its effect on the key estimates are given in Annex. A short publication giving more details of the revision shall be made available in public domain by the last week of February 2015.

6.    The salient features of the key macro-economic aggregates are indicated in the following paragraphs.

Gross Domestic Product

7.    GDP for the base year 2011-12 is estimated as ₹ 88.3 lakh crore. Nominal GDP or GDP at current prices for the year 2012-13 is estimated as ₹ 99.9 lakh crore while that for the year 2013-14 is estimated as ₹ 113.5 lakh crore, exhibiting a growth of 13.1 percent and 13.6 percent during the years 2012-13 and 2013-14 respectively.

8.    Real GDP or GDP at constant (2011-12) prices stands at ₹ 92.8 lakh crore and ₹ 99.2 lakh crore, respectively for the years 2012-13 and 2013-14, showing growth of 5.1 percent during 2012-13, and 6.9 percent during 2013-14.

Industry-wise Analysis

9.    The percentage changes in the Gross Value Added (GVA) at basic prices in different sectors of the economy are presented in Statements 4.1 and 4.2. At the aggregate level, nominal GVA at basic prices increased by 13.2 percent during 2013-14, as against 12.9 percent during 2012-13 (Statement 1.1). In terms of real GVA, i.e., GVA at constant (2011-12) basic prices, there has been a growth of 6.6 percent in 2013-14, as against growth of 4.9 percent in 2012-13.

10.    The growth in GVA during 2013-14 has been higher than that in 2012-13 due to higher growth in ‘trade & repair services’ (14.3%), ‘communication and services related to broadcasting’ (13.4%), ‘other services’ (10.7%), ‘agriculture, forestry and fishing’ (3.7%), ‘construction’ (2.5%) and ‘public administration & defence’ (4.9%).

Net National Income

11.   Nominal Net National Income (NNI) for the year 2011-12 stands at ₹ 78.5 lakh crore, while the estimates for the years 2012-13 and 2013-14 are ₹ 88.4 lakh crore and ₹ 100.6 lakh crore, showing an increase of 12.7 percent and 13.7 percent during 2012-13 and 2013-14 rsepectively.

Gross National Disposable Income

12.   Gross National Disposable Income (GNDI) at current prices is estimated as ₹ 90.6 lakh crore for the year 2011-12, while the estimates for the years 2012-13 and 2013-14 stand at 102.2 lakh crore and ₹ 116.0 lakh crore, respectively.

Saving

13.   Gross Saving during 2011-12 is estimated as ₹ 29.9 lakh crore, and the estimates for the years 2012-13 and 2013-14 are ₹ 31.8 lakh crore and ₹ 34.8 lakh crore respectively. Rate of Saving to GNDI for the years 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14 is estimated as 33.0 percent, 31.1 percent and 30.0 percent respectively.

14.   The highest contributor to the Gross Saving is the household sector, with a share of 59.4 percent in the year 2013-14. However, the share has declined from 67.3 percent in 2011-12 and 63.4 percent in 2012-13. This decline can be attributed to the decline in household savings in physical assets, which has declined from ₹ 13.4 lakh crore in 2011-12 to ₹ 12.1 lakh crore in 2013-14. On the other hand, the share of Non-Financial Corporations has increased from 29.3 percent in 2011-12 to 34.5 percent in 2013-14. The share of Financial Corporations has been around 9 percent in all these years, while the dis-saving of General Government has decreased from 5.4 percent in 2011-12 to 3.2 percent in 2013-14.

Capital Formation

15.    Gross Capital Formation (GCF) at current and constant prices is estimated by two approaches - (i) through flow of funds, derived as Gross Saving plus net capital inflow from abroad; and (ii) by the commodity flow approach, derived by the type of assets. The estimates of GCF through the flow of funds approach are treated as the firmer estimates, and the difference between the two approaches is taken as “errors and omissions”. However, GCF by industry of use and by institutional sectors does not include “valuables”, and therefore, these estimates are lower than the estimates available from commodity flow.

16.    Gross Capital Formation (GCF) at current prices is estimated as ₹ 33.7 lakh crore for the year 2011-12, while the estimates for both the years 2012-13 and 2013-14 stand at ₹ 36.6 lakh crore. Since GCF did not increase during 2013-14, the rate to GDP declined during the year to 32.3 percent as against 36.6 during 2012-13. The rate of GCF to GDP excluding valuables stands at 33.9 percent and 31 percent during 2012-13 and 2013-14 respectively. The rate of capital formation in the years 2011-12 to 2013-14 has been higher than the rate of saving because of net capital inflow from Rest of the World (ROW).

17.    In terms of the share to the total GCF (at current prices), the highest contributor is Non-Financial Corporations, with the share rising steadily from 46.6 percent in 2011-12 to 51.5 percent in 2013-14. Share of household sector in GCF is also significant, which has declined from 42 percent in 2011-12 to 34.2 percent in 2013-14. The share of General Government in GCF has increased from 10 percent in 2011-12 to 13.2 percent in 2013-14.

18.    The rate of Gross Capital Formation at constant (2011-12) prices has decreased from 37.2 in 2012-13 to 33.4 in 2013-14.

19.    Within the Gross Capital Formation at current prices, the Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF) amounted to ₹ 33.7 lakh crore in 2013-14 as against ₹ 31.4 lakh crore and ₹ 29.7 lakh crore in 2012-13 and 2011-12 respectively.  The change in stocks of inventories, at current prices, decreased from ₹ 2.2 lakh crore in 2011-12 to ₹ 1.8 lakh crore in 2013-14, while the valuables decreased from ₹ 2.5 lakh crore in 2011-12  to ₹ 1.5 lakh crore in 2013-14.

Consumption Expenditure

20.    Private Final Consumption Expenditure (PFCE) at current prices is estimated at ₹ 50.9 lakh crore for the base year 2011-12, increasing to ₹ 58.8 lakh crore in 2012-13 and further to ₹ 67.7 lakh crore in 2013-14. In terms of GDP, the rates of PFCE at current prices during 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14 are estimated at 57.6 percent, 58.8 percent and 59.7 percent respectively.

21.    At constant (2011-12) prices, the PFCE is estimated at ₹ 53.7 lakh crore and ₹ 57.0 lakh crore for the years 2012-13 and 2013-14 respectively. The corresponding rates of PFCE for the years 2012-13 and 2013-14 are 57.9 percent and 57.5 percent respectively.

22.    Government Final Consumption Expenditure (GFCE) is estimated at ₹ 9.9 lakh crore for the year 2011-12. The estimates of GFCE at current prices for the years 2012-13 and 2013-14 stand at ₹ 10.9 lakh crore and ₹ 12.8 lakh crore, respectively. At constant (2011-12) prices, the estimates of GFCE for the years 2012-13 and 2013-14 stand at ₹ 10.0 lakh crore and ₹ 10.9 lakh crore respectively.

Estimates at per capita level

23.    For the purpose of estimation of Per Capita Income and Per Capita PFCE, Population Projections compiled on the basis of Census 2011 have been used. Per Capita Income at current prices, estimated as Per Capita Net National Income at current prices, is estimated at ₹ 64316, ₹ 71593 and ₹ 80388 for the years 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14 respectively.  Correspondingly, Per Capita PFCE at current prices, for the years 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14 is estimated as ₹ 41728, ₹ 47572 and ₹ 54133, respectively.

24.    Details of these estimates are available in Statements 1-10 appended with this Press Note.

25.    The upcoming releases on GDP are indicated below:

i.     Advance Estimates for the year 2014-15 alongwith quarterly estimates for Q1, Q2 and Q3 of 2014-15 on February 9, 2015; and

ii.    Provisional Estimates for the year 2014-15 alongwith estimates for all the four quarters of the year on May 29, 2015.

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