Delhi's per capita income rises over 14% to more than ₹4.4 lakh, ‘highest in India’: Report

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₹3,89,529 to ₹4,44,768 in the current financial year," the Arvind Kejriwal government said as the Statistical Handbook-2023 was released on Saturday. “This is 158 per cent higher than the national average," he added. It was reportedly the highest among all states and union territories in 2023.

"This is a huge increase in per capita income in any state in any single year," Kejriwal said in a tweet on Sunday. The handbook containing data on socio-economic parameters of the national capital was released by the Economic and Statistics department of the Delhi government. The figure of ₹4,44,768 is based on the Advance Estimate of Per Capita Income of Delhi at current prices during 2022-23 and will be revised in the 2023-24 Economic Survey of Delhi which is likely to be presented in Delhi assembly in February, 2024, the Hindustan Times reported.

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