The all-India per capita income has registered a sharp drop, with growth dwindling from 4.4 per cent in 1999-2000 to 1.8 per cent in 2000-2001 and recovering to 3.5 per cent in 2001-02, says a study by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham).
While Delhi, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Tripura and Manipur had shown a growth higher than the national compounded annual growth rate, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Har-yana, Assam and Rajasthan had under-performed, the study said.
The factors responsible for the deceleration include economic development policies, level of state reforms, sectoral and political variables.
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The chamber said while Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat were reform-oriented states, Haryana, Orissa and West Bengal were immediate reformers and Assam, Bihar, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh were lagging in reforms.
While Delhi had surged ahead of the other states in terms of per capita growth, Gujarat had registered a decline. The growth rate of per capita income in Gujarat in 2000-01 dropped 0.3 per cent from 1999-2000 against a growth of 4.7 per cent posted by Delhi, it said.
West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Kerala have also registered growth trends.