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NATIONAL INCOME Meaning ✓ National Income is the money value of all the final goods and services produced

by an economy in a specific period of time.

✓ Since in an economy, different types of goods and services are produced, it is

not possible to physically add them. Therefore, all these goods and services

are measured in terms of money and added together to find the value of

national income or national output.

Definition ✓ According to the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) ‘National income is the

sum total of factor incomes generated by the normal residents of a country in

the form of wages, rent, interest and profit in an accounting year.’

✓ A.C. Pigou, “National income is that part of objective income of the community,

including of course income derived from abroad which can be measured in

money.”

✓ Simon Kuznets,”national income is the net output of commodities and services

flowing during the year from the country’s productive system in the hands of

the ultimate consumers.”

MEASUREMENT OF NATIONAL INCOME IN INDIA Compilation ✓ National Accounts Statistics (NAS) in India are compiled by National Accounts

Division in the Central Statistics Office, Ministry of Statistics and Programme

Implementation.

Publication of

estimates ✓ Annual as well as quarterly estimates are published.

Key Features ✓ This publication is the key source-material for all macroeconomic data of the

country.

✓ As per the mandate of the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act

2003, the Ministry of Finance uses the GDP numbers (at current prices) to

determine the fiscal targets.

Revision in

Base Year ✓ The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has released new

series of national accounts, revising the base year from 2004-05 to 2011-12.

Values at

Basic Prices ✓ In the revision of National Accounts statistics done by Central Statistical

Organization (CSO) in January 2015, it was decided that sector-wise estimates

CHAPTER – 1 : DETERMINATION OF NATIONAL INCOME

UNIT – 1 : NATIONAL INCOME ACCOUNTING

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of Gross Value Added (GVA) will now be given at basic prices.

✓ For any commodity the ‘basic price’ is the amount receivable by the producer

from the purchaser for a unit of a product minus any tax on the product plus

any subsidy on the product.

USEFULNESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF NATIONAL INCOME ESTIMATES National income accounts are fundamental aggregate statistics in macroeconomic analysis and are extremely

useful, especially for the emerging and transition economies.

✓ National income accounts help in analyzing and evaluating the short-run performance of an

economy. The level of national income indicates the level of economic activity and economic

development as well as aggregate demand for goods and services of a country.

✓ The distribution pattern of national income determines the pattern of demand for goods and

services and enables businesses to forecast the future demand for their products.

✓ Economic welfare depends to a considerable degree on the magnitude and distribution of national

income, size of per capita income and the growth of these over time.

✓ The estimates of national income show the composition and structure of national income in terms

of different sectors of the economy, the periodical variations in them and the broad sectoral

shifts in an economy over time. Using this information, the governments can fix various sector-

specific development targets for different sectors of the economy and formulate suitable

development plans and policies to increase growth rates.

✓ National income statistics helps in evaluation of governments’ economic policies and relative

success of economic programmes.

✓ National income estimates throw light on income distribution and the possible inequality in the

distribution among different categories of income earners.

✓ International comparisons in respect of incomes and living standards assist in determining

eligibility for loans, and or other funds or conditions on which such loans, and/ or funds are made

available.

✓ National income data provides a guide to make policies for growth and inflation.

CERTAIN KEY POINTS RELATING TO NATIONAL INCOME Framework ✓ The basic concepts and definitions of the terms used in national accounts

largely follow those given in the UN System of National Accounts (SNA)

developed by United Nations.

✓ It provides a comprehensive conceptual and accounting framework for

compiling and reporting macroeconomic statistics for analysing and evaluating

the performance of an economy.

Economic

Activities

Only

✓ National Income taken into account only the Economic Activities i.e. all human

activities which create goods and services that are exchanged in a market and

valued at market price.

✓ Non-economic activities also produce goods and services, but since these are

not exchanged in a market transaction they do not command any market value;

for e.g. hobbies, housekeeping and child rearing services of home makers and

services of family members that are done out of love and affection.


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Final Vs.

Intermediate

Goods

✓ Only the final goods/ services are taken into account and not the intermediate

goods/ services.

✓ Intermediate consumption consists of the value of the goods and services

which are consumed as inputs by a process of production, however it excludes

the fixed assets as their consumption is recorded as consumption of fixed

capital.

For Example, including the value of an automobile in GDP means we should not

include the value of tyres separately.

Value

Addition

✓ Only the value added must be included in GDP i.e. difference between value of

output and purchase of intermediate goods.

Production

Activities

✓ All production activities recognized by SNA (covering production of almost all

goods and services) are covered. Even the production of agriculture, forestry

and fishing which are used for own consumption of producers is also included.

Flow Measure ✓ National income is a ‘flow’ measure of output per time period; for example, per

year as opposed to Stock measure.

Current Year

Production

✓ National Income includes only those goods and services, which are produced in

the current period.

✓ Exchange of goods which are previously produced, do not enter into the

calculation of national income as these don’t fall under current production.

✓ However, the value of services that accompany the sale and purchase (e.g. fees

paid to real estate agents and lawyers) represent current production and,

therefore, is included in national income.

Type of Goods

Included

✓ Two types of goods are counted :

❖ capital goods (Fixed Assets)

❖ inventory investment (the net change in inventories of final goods awaiting

sale or of materials used in the production)

✓ The net change in inventory may be positive or negative and it is included as it

is currently produced output.

Exclusions ✓ Transfer payments

✓ Financial transactions and non- reported output generated through illegal

transactions such as narcotics and gambling

SOME IMPORTANT CONCEPTS Gross vs. Net ✓ The difference between Gross and Net Product is due to Depreciation.

✓ Gross is inclusive of depreciation whereas Net is not.

✓ In economics, depreciation is the gradual decrease in the economic value of

the capital stock of a firm, nation or other entity, either through physical

depreciation, obsolescence or changes in the demand for the services of the

capital in question.

✓ Net is considered superior to Gross as the portion of capital stock used up in


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the process of production or depreciation must be subtracted from final sales

because depreciation represents capital consumption and therefore a cost of

production.

Domestic vs.

National

✓ The difference between ‘national’ and ‘domestic’ is due to net factor income

from abroad (NFIA).

✓ National is inclusive of NFIA whereas Domestic is not.

✓ NFIA is the difference between the aggregate amount that a country's

citizens and companies earn abroad, and the aggregate amount that foreign

citizens and overseas companies earn in that country.

Market Price

vs. Factor Cost

✓ The difference between Market Price and Factor Cost is due to Net Indirect

Taxes.

✓ Market Price is inclusive of Net Indirect Taxes whereas Factor Cost is not.

✓ Net Indirect Taxes means Indirect Taxes less Subsidies.

✓ Indirect taxes are product taxes (excise duties, customs, sales tax, service

tax etc.,) and taxes on production (factory license fee, taxes to be paid to the

local authorities, pollution tax etc.)

✓ Subsidy is the amount provided by government to assist the people of country.

Current Prices

vs. Constant

Prices

✓ If value of output is at Constant Prices, it’s called Real GDP.

✓ If value of output is at Current Prices, it’s called Nominal GDP.

✓ Real GDP takes into account the prices of Base Year whereas Nominal GDP

takes into account the prices of Current Year.

✓ Real GDP can change only with the change in Output, whereas Nominal GDP can

change even with the change in prices without any change in output.

AGGREGATES RELATED TO NATIONAL INCOME GDPMP ✓ It stands for Gross Domestic Product at Market Prices.

✓ It is a measure of the market value of all final economic goods and services,

gross of depreciation, produced within the domestic territory of a country

during a given time period. or

✓ It is the sum total of ‘value added’ by all producing units in the domestic

territory and includes value added by current production by foreign residents

or foreign-owned firms.

✓ ‘Gross’ implies that GDP is measured including depreciation.

✓ ‘Domestic’ means domestic territory.

✓ ‘Market Price’ means including Net Indirect Taxes.

GDPMP = Value of Output in the Domestic Territory – Value of

Intermediate Consumption

GDPMP = Σ Value Added

GDPFC ✓ It stands for Gross Domestic Product at Factor Cost.

✓ It is called so because it represents the total cost of factors viz. labor, capital


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and entrepreneurship.

✓ ‘Gross’ implies that GDP is measured including depreciation.


✓ ‘Factor Cost’ means excluding Net Indirect Taxes.

GDPFC = GDPMP – Net Indirect Taxes

= Compensation of employees

+ Operating Surplus (rent + interest + profit)

+ Mixed Income of Self-employed

+ Depreciation

GNPMP ✓ It stands for Gross National Product at Market Price.


gross of depreciation, produced with in the domestic territory of a country by

normal residents during an accounting year including net factor income from

abroad.

✓ ‘Gross’ implies that GNP is measured including depreciation.

✓ ‘National’ means inclusion of Net Factor Income from Abroad.


GNPMP = GDPMP + Net Factor Income from Abroad

GNPFC ✓ It stands for Gross National Product at Factor Cost.

✓ It is a measure of the value of all final economic goods and services, gross of

depreciation, produced with in the domestic territory of a country by normal

residents during an accounting year including net factor income from abroad.

✓ ‘Gross’ implies that GNP is measured including depreciation.



GNPFC = GDPFC + Net Factor Income from Abroad

NDPMP ✓ It stands for Net Domestic Product at Market Prices.


produced within the domestic territory of a country by its normal residents

and non-residents during an accounting year less depreciation.

✓ ‘Net’ implies that NDP is measured excluding depreciation.



NDPMP = GDPMP – Depreciation

NDPMP = NNPMP – Net Factor Income from Abroad

NDPFC ✓ It stands for Net Domestic Product at Factor Cost.

✓ It is defined as the total factor incomes earned by the factors of production.

✓ In other words, it is sum of domestic factor incomes or domestic income net of


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depreciation.

✓ ‘Net’ implies that NDP is measured excluding depreciation.



NDPFC = NDPMP – Net Indirect Taxes

= Compensation of employees

+ Operating Surplus (rent + interest+ profit)

+ Mixed Income of Self- employed

NNPMP ✓ It stands for Net National Product at Market Prices.


produced by normal residents within the domestic territory of a country

including Net Factor Income from Abroad during an accounting year excluding

depreciation.

✓ ‘Net’ implies that NNP is measured excluding depreciation.



NNPMP = GNPMP – Depreciation

NNPMP = NDPMP + Net Factor Income from Abroad

NNPMP = GDPMP + Net Factor Income from Abroad – Depreciation

NNPFC /

National

Income

✓ It stands for Net National Product at Factor Cost.

✓ National Income is defined as the factor income accruing to the normal

residents of the country during a year.

✓ In other words, national income is the value of factor income generated within

the country plus factor income from abroad in an accounting year.

NNPFC = FID (factor income earned in domestic territory) + NFIA

OTHER IMPORTANT CONCEPTS Per Capita

Income

✓ The GDP per capita is a measure of a country's economic output per person.

✓ It is obtained by dividing the country’s gross domestic product, adjusted by

inflation, by the total population.

✓ It serves as an indicator of the standard of living of a country.

Personal

Income

✓ Personal Income is the income received by the household sector including Non-

Profit Institutions Serving Households.

✓ It is a measure of actual current income receipts of persons from all sources

which may or may not be earned from productive activities during a given

period of time.

✓ In other words, it is the income ‘actually paid out’ to the household sector, but

not necessarily earned.


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Examples of this include transfer payments such as social security benefits,

unemployment compensation, welfare payments etc.

✓ Individuals also contribute income which they do not actually receive;

For example, undistributed corporate profits and the contribution of

employers to social security.

✓ An important point to remember is that national income is not the sum of

personal incomes because personal income includes transfer payments (eg.

pension) which are excluded from national income.

PI = NI + income received but not earned – income earned but

not received

Disposable

Personal

Income

✓ Disposable personal income is a measure of amount of the money in the hands

of the individuals that is available for their consumption or savings.

✓ Disposable personal income is derived from personal income by subtracting the

direct taxes paid by individuals and other compulsory payments made to the

government.

DI = PI - Personal Income Taxes

THE CIRCULAR FLOW OF INCOME Meaning ✓ Circular flow of income refers to the continuous circulation of

❖ production,

❖ income generation and

❖ expenditure

involving different sectors of the economy.

Interlinked

Phases

✓ There are three different interlinked phases in a circular flow of income,

namely: production, distribution and disposition.

Explanation of Production ✓ In this phase, firms produce goods and services with the


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Phases phase help of factor services.

Income or

Distribution

phase

✓ In this phase, the flow of factor incomes in the form of

rent, wages, interest and profits from firms to the

households occurs.

Expenditure or

Disposition

phase

✓ In this phase, the income received by different factors of

production is spent on consumption goods and services and

investment goods.

✓ This expenditure leads to further production of goods and

services and sustains the circular flow.

These processes of production, distribution and disposition keep going on simultaneously and enable us to look at national income from three different angles namely: as a flow of production or value added, as a flow of income

and as a flow of expenditure. Each of these different ways of looking at national income suggests a different method of calculation and requires a different set of data.

Gist of

Methods

Phase Method Data Requirement What is measured Phase of

Output

Product Method

Sum of net values added by all

the producing enterprises of

the country

Contribution of

production Units

Phase of

income

Income Method

Total factor incomes generated

in the production of goods and

services

Relative contribution

of factor owners

Phase of

disposition

Expenditure Method

Sum of expenditures of the

three spending units in the

economy, namely, government,

consumer households, and

producing enterprises

Flow of consumption

and investment

expenditures

VALUE ADDED METHOD OR PRODUCT METHOD OR INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN

METHOD OR NET OUTPUT METHOD Meaning ✓ National income by value added method is the sum total of net value added at

factor cost across all producing units of the economy.

✓ The value added method measures the contribution of each producing

enterprise in the domestic territory of the country in an accounting year and

entails consolidation of production of each industry less intermediate

purchases from all other industries.

✓ This method of measurement shows the unduplicated contribution by each

industry to the total output.

Steps Step 1 ✓ Identifying the producing enterprises and classifying them into

different sectors according to the nature of their activities

✓ All the producing enterprises are broadly classified into three

main sectors namely:

❖ Primary sector,

❖ Secondary sector, and


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❖ Tertiary sector or service sector

✓ These sectors are further divided into sub-sectors and each

sub-sector is further divided into commodity group or service-

group.

✓ The primary sector may thus be divided into agriculture, animal

husbandry, fishery, forestry etc.

✓ The secondary sector may be divided into consumer goods units

and capital goods units.

✓ The service sector may be divided into trade, transport,

communication, banking finance etc.

Step 2 Estimating the gross value added (GVAMP) by each producing

enterprise

Gross value added (GVAMP)

= Value of output – Intermediate consumption

= (Sales + change in stock) – Intermediate

Consumption

Step 3 ✓ Estimation of National income

✓ For each individual unit, Net value added is found out.

Σ (GVAMP) – Depreciation = Net value added (NVAMP)

✓ Adding the net value-added by all the units in one sub-sector, we

get the net value added by the sub-sector.

✓ By adding net value-added or net products of all the subsectors

of a sector, we get the value-added or net product of that

sector.

✓ For the economy as a whole, we add the net products contributed

by each sector to get Net Domestic Product.

✓ We subtract net indirect taxes and add net factor income from

abroad to get national income.

Net value added (NVAMP) – Net Indirect taxes = Net

Domestic Product (NVAFC)

Net Domestic Product (NVAFC) + (NFIA) = National

Income (NNPFC)

Specific

Inclusions

✓ The values of the following items are also included :

❖ Own account production of fixed assets by government, enterprises and

households.

❖ Production for self- consumption, and

❖ Imputed rent of owner occupied houses.

Advantages ✓ Relative importance of different sectors of economy can be identified.

✓ This method is best w.r.t. Primary sector, where the other 2 methods are

difficult to apply (computation of Factor Income and Consumption).

✓ National Income is computed at the initial stage (production).


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Disadvantages ✓ Figures of production of all industries may not be known.

✓ There is always a risk of Double Counting of intermediate consumption.

INCOME METHOD OR FACTOR PAYMENT METHOD OR DISTRIBUTED SHARE

METHOD Meaning ✓ Under this method, National income is calculated by summation of factor

incomes paid out by all production units within the domestic territory of a

country as wages and salaries, rent, interest, and profit.

✓ Labour gets wages, land gets rent, capital gets interest and entrepreneur gets

profits.

✓ By definition, it includes factor payments to both residents and non- residents.

Insights ✓ Production is carried out by the combined effort of all factors of production.

✓ The factors are paid factor incomes for the services rendered.

✓ In other words, whatever is produced by a producing unit is distributed among

the factors of production for their services.

✓ This method takes into account all such incomes to compute national income.

Formula NDPFC = Sum of factor incomes paid out by all production units

within the domestic territory of a country

NNPFC or National Income = Compensation of employees

+ Operating Surplus (rent + interest+ profit)

+ Mixed Income of Self-employed

+ Net Factor Income from Abroad

Inclusions &

Exclusions

✓ Only incomes earned by owners of primary factors of production are included

in national income.

✓ Transfer incomes are excluded from national income. Thus, while wages of

labourers will be included, pensions of retired workers will be excluded from

national income.

✓ Labour income includes, apart from wages and salaries, bonus, commission,

employers’ contribution to provident fund and compensations in kind.

✓ Non-labour income includes dividends, undistributed profits of corporations

before taxes, interest, rent, royalties and profits of unincorporated

enterprises and of government enterprises.

✓ In many instances, people provide both labour and capital services, and it

becomes difficult to separate labour income from capital income.

Example of this is self-employed people like lawyers, engineers, traders,

proprietors etc and sectors such as agriculture, trade, transport etc. in

underdeveloped countries (including India).

These fall under Mixed Income.

Advantages ✓ This method shows the distribution of income amongst various groups.

✓ It is suitable for those economies where income is reported by all correctly.


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✓ As it takes into account the incomes distributed, it is the most direct and

easiest method to determine national income.

Disadvantages ✓ The income of unorganized sector remains unreported.

✓ Income may not be reported in entirety.

EXPENDITURE METHOD OR INCOME DISPOSAL APPROACH Meaning ✓ Under this method, national income is the aggregate final expenditure in an

economy during an accounting year.

✓ In this approach, value of the goods and services purchased by each type of

following final user is added to measure GDP :

❖ Final consumption expenditure

❖ Gross domestic capital formation

❖ Net exports

Final

Consumption

Expenditure

Private Final

Consumption

Expenditure

(PFCE)

✓ This takes into account the expenditure done by consumer

households and non-profit institutions, on consumption.

✓ It includes :

❖ Value of final sales of goods and services at market prices

❖ value of primary products which are produced for own

consumption by the households

❖ payments for domestic services which one household

renders to another,

❖ the net expenditure on foreign financial assets or net

foreign investment

✓ It excludes Land and residential buildings purchased or

constructed by households as these are included in gross

capital formation.

Government

Final

Consumption

Expenditure

(GFCE)

✓ It takes into account the collective services provided by the

governments such as defence, education, healthcare etc.

✓ As these services are not sold in the market, the only way

they can be valued in money terms is by adding up the money

spent by the government in the production of these services.

✓ This total expenditure is treated as consumption expenditure

of the government.

✓ However, the government expenditure on pensions,

scholarships, unemployment allowance etc. should be excluded

because these are transfer payments.

Gross

Domestic

Capital

formation

✓ Gross domestic fixed capital formation includes

❖ final expenditure on machinery and equipment and

❖ own account production of machinery and equipments,

❖ expenditure on construction,

❖ expenditure on changes in inventories, and

❖ expenditure on acquisition of valuables such as jewellery & works of art.


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Net Exports ✓ Net exports are the difference between exports and imports of a country

during the accounting year.

✓ It can be positive or negative.

Computation

of National

Income

✓ By adding the final consumption expenditure, gross domestic capital formation

and net exports, we reach gross domestic product at market price (GDPMP).

✓ When we add the net factor income from abroad in this, we get Gross National

Product at market price (GNPMP).

✓ By subtracting net indirect taxes from GNPMP, we get Gross National Product

at factor cost (GNPFC).

✓ National income or NNPFC is obtained by subtracting depreciation from Gross

national product at factor cost (GNPFC).

Advantages ✓ It is most suitable where an accurate method of recording the expenditure is

in place.

✓ If the consumption data is easily available, this method is best.

Disadvantages ✓ There is chance of double counting, due to no clear demarcation between the

Final Consumption Expenditure and Capital Formation.

BEST METHOD OUT OF THREE Insights ✓ Ideally, all the three methods of national income computation should arrive at

the same figure.

✓ When national income of a country is measured separately using these

methods, we get a three dimensional view of the economy.

Limitations ✓ Each method of measuring GDP is subject to measurement errors and each

method provides a check on the accuracy of the other methods.

✓ By calculating total output in several different ways and then trying to resolve

the differences, we will be able to arrive at a more accurate measure than

would be possible with one method alone.

✓ Moreover, different ways of measuring total output give us different insights

into the structure of our economy.

Suitability ✓ Income method may be most suitable for developed economies where people

properly file their income tax returns.

✓ As a matter of fact, countries like India are unable to estimate their national

income wholly by one method.

✓ Thus, in agricultural sector, net value added is estimated by the production

method, in small scale sector net value added is estimated by the income

method and in the construction sector net value added is estimated by the

expenditure method.


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THE SYSTEM OF REGIONAL ACCOUNTS IN INDIA Regional Level ✓ Regional accounts provide an integrated database on the innumerable

transactions taking place in the regional economy and help decision making at

the regional level.

✓ At present, practically all the states and union territories of India compute

state income estimates and district level estimates.

Net State

Domestic

Product

✓ State Income or Net State Domestic Product (NSDP) is a measure in monetary

terms of the volume of all goods and services produced in the state within a

given period of time (generally a year) accounted without duplication.

Per Capita

State Income

✓ Per Capita State Income is obtained by dividing the NSDP (State Income) by

the midyear projected population of the state.

Prepared by ✓ The state level estimates are prepared by the State Income Units of the

respective State Directorates of Economics and Statistics (DESs).

✓ The Central Statistical Organisation assists the States in the preparation of

these estimates by rendering advice on conceptual and methodological

problems.

Supra

Regional

Sectors

✓ In the preparation of state income estimates, certain activities such as

railways, communications, banking and insurance and central government

administration, that cut across state boundaries, and thus their economic

contribution cannot be assigned to any one state directly are known as the

‘Supra-regional sectors’ of the economy.

✓ The estimates for these supra regional activities are compiled for the economy

as a whole and allocated to the states on the basis of relevant indicators.

LIMITATIONS AND CHALLENGES OF NATIONAL INCOME COMPUTATION There are innumerable limitations and challenges in the computation of national income. The task is more complex in underdeveloped and developing countries.

Ignorance of

Various key

points

✓ GDP per capita is a completely inadequate measure of welfare. Countries may

have significantly different income distributions and, consequently, different

levels of overall well-being for the same level of per capita income.

✓ Quality improvements in systems and processes due to technological as well

as managerial innovations which reflect true growth in output from year to

year.

✓ Productions hidden from government authorities, either because those

engaged in it are evading taxes or because it is illegal (drugs, gambling etc.).

✓ Non-market production (except in few cases)

✓ Non-economic contributors to well-being for example: health of a country’s

citizens, education levels etc.

✓ Economic ’bads’ for example: crime, pollution, traffic congestion etc. which

make us worse off.

✓ The volunteer work and services rendered without remuneration.


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✓ Many things that contribute to our economic welfare such as, leisure time,

fairness, gender equality, security of community feeling etc.

✓ The distinction between production that makes us better off and production

that only prevents us from becoming worse off, for e.g. defence expenditures

such as on police protection. Increased expenditure on police due to increase

in crimes may increase GDP but these expenses only prevent us from becoming

worse off. However, no reflection is made in national income of the negative

impacts of higher crime rates. As another example, automobile accidents

result in production of repairs, output of medical services, insurance, and legal

services all of which are production included in GDP just as any other

production.

Conceptual

Difficulties

✓ Lack of an agreed definition of national income

✓ Accurate distinction between final goods and intermediate goods

✓ Issue of transfer payments

✓ Valuation of new good at constant prices (sale of final goods and services in

current period)

✓ Valuation of government services

Other

challenges

✓ Inadequacy of data

✓ Lack of reliability of available data

✓ Presence of non-monetised sector

✓ Production for self-consumption

✓ Absence of recording of incomes due to illiteracy and ignorance

✓ Lack of proper occupational classification

✓ Various methods of estimation of consumption of fixed capital

Short Answer Type Questions Question 1 Define national income.

Question 2 What function does the System of National accounts (SNA) serve?

Question 3 Define GDPMP.

Question 4 What do you understand by ‘final goods’?

Question 5 Distinguish between Intermediate goods and final goods.

Question 6 Distinguish between non-economic activities and economic activities.


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Question 7 Distinguish between nominal GDP and real GDP.

Question 8 Draw the basis of distinction between GDP current and constant prices.

Question 9 What is the difference between ‘national’ and ‘domestic’?

Question 10 What do you understand by ‘factor cost’?

Question 11 Differentiate between ‘taxes on production’ and ‘product taxes’.

Question 12 Define ‘mixed income of self- employed’.

Question 13 Define Per Capita Income.

Question 14 How does Personal Income differ from Disposable Personal Income?

Question 15 Define ‘Private income’ as used in India.

Question 16 Illustrate the circular flow of income.

Question 17 How do you arrive at ‘gross value added’?

Question 18 What is meant by intermediate consumption?

Question 19 How is production for self-consumption treated in national income accounts?

Question 20 Define ‘Net Factor Income from Abroad’.

Question 21 What is meant by the term ‘net exports’?

Long Answer Type Questions Question 1 Define national income and explain the usefulness of national income estimates.


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Question 2 Describe the generally used concepts of national income.

Question 3 What are the different methods of calculation of national income?

Question 4 Explain the term Gross Domestic Product (GDP). How is it estimated?

Question 5 Distinguish between GDP current and constant prices. What purpose does real GDP serve?

Question 6 What is the difference between the concepts ‘market price’ and ‘factor cost In national income accounting?

Question 7 Illustrate the circular flow of income and describe its relevance for measurement of national income.

Question 8 Explain Value Added Method as applied in national income? Accounting.

Question 9 How is national income calculated under ‘Income Method’?

Question 10 Explain ‘Expenditure Method’ for calculation of national income.

Question 11 Write notes on the system of regional accounts in India.

Question 12 Explain with illustrations the limitations of national income computation.

Application Oriented Questions Question 1 Compute National income.

Consumption 750

Investment 250

Government Purchases 100

Exports 100

Imports 200

Question 2 Calculate Gross Domestic Product at market Prices (GDPMP) and derive national income from the following data (in Crores of Rupees).

Inventory Investment 100

Exports 200

Indirect taxes 100

Net factor income from abroad -50


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Personal consumption expenditure 3500

Gross residential construction investment 300

Depreciation 50

Imports 100

Government purchases of goods and services 1000

Gross public investment 200

Gross business fixed investment 300

Question 3 Find GDPMP and GNPMP from the following data (in Crores of Rs) using income method. Show that it is the same as that obtained by expenditure method.

Personal consumption 7,314

Deprecation 800

Wages 6,508

Indirect Business Taxes 1000

Interest 1,060

Domestic Investment 1,482

Government Expenditures 2,196

Rental Income 34

Corporate Profits 682

Exports 1,346

Net Factor Income from Abroad 40

Mixed Income 806

Imports 1,408

Question 4 From the following data, calculate the Gross National Product at Market Price using Value Added method.

Value of output in primary sector 500

Net factor income from abroad -20

Value of output in tertiary sector 700

Government Transfer Payments 600

Intermediate consumption in tertiary sector 300

Intermediate consumption in primary sector 250

Value of output in secondary sector 900

Intermediate consumption in secondary sector 300


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