Economy of Rajasthan-Macro Indicators 2018 - RajRAS

These are Macro Indicators of State of Economy 2018 which are published in 2019. This is based on data published in Economic Review of Rajasthan 2018 and State Budget 2019-20.

Gross State Domestic Product of Rajasthan at:

Economic Growth Rate as per GSDP at:

Sectoral Contribution of GVA at Current Prices by

Net State Domestic Product at

Per Capita Income at

The Directorate of Economics and Statistics (DES) has been collecting the wholesale and retail prices of the essential commodities regularly, since 1957 from selected centres across the State on weekly basis.
The Consumer Price Indices for industrial workers are prepared and released by the Labour Bureau, Shimla for Jaipur, Ajmer and Bhilwara centres of the State.
The DES also prepares Building Construction Cost Index for Jaipur Centre.

Base Year 1999-2000=100
The primary use of the state level WPI is in computation of GSDP as an indicator.
WPI serves as an important determinant in formulation of trade, fiscal and other economic policies by the government.
It is also widely used by the banks, industries and business circles. It is released on monthly
It covers 154 commodities, of which 75 are from ‘Primary Articles’ group, 69 fromManufactured Products’ group and 10 from ‘Fuel and Power’ group.
The Wholesale Price Index for ‘All Commodities’ moved from 290.79 in the year 2017 to 300.27 in the year of 2018, registered an increase of 3.26 per cent.

At present there are four different types of Consumer Price Indices are being constructed every month. They are Consumer Price Index for
- Industrial Workers (CPI-IW)
- Agricultural Labourers (CPI-AL)
- Rural Labourers (CPI-RL) and
- Rural, Urban (CPI-R&U).
The first three indices are constructed and released by the Labour Bureau, Shimla and the fourth one by the Central Statistical Office (CSO), New Delhi.