The estimated per capita income in the capital of India, Delhi, was around *** thousand Indian rupees in the financial year 2024. There was a consistent increase in the income per capita in the union territory of Delhi the financial year 2012 till 2020.

As of 2024, Mumbai had a gross domestic product of *** billion U.S. dollars, the highest among other major cities in India. It was followed by Delhi with a GDP of around *** billion U.S. dollars. India’s megacities also boast the highest GDP among other cities in the country. What drives the GDP of India’s megacities? Mumbai is the financial capital of the country, and its GDP growth is primarily fueled by the financial services sector, port-based trade, and the Hindi film industry or Bollywood. Delhi in addition to being the political hub hosts a significant services sector. The satellite cities of Noida and Gurugram amplify the city's economic status. The southern cities of Bengaluru and Chennai have emerged as IT and manufacturing hubs respectively. Hyderabad is a significant player in the pharma and IT industries. Lastly, the western city of Ahmedabad, in addition to its strategic location and ports, is powered by the textile, chemicals, and machinery sectors. Does GDP equal to quality of life? Cities propelling economic growth and generating a major share of GDP is a global phenomenon, as in the case of Tokyo, Shanghai, New York, and others. However, the GDP, which measures the market value of all final goods and services produced in a region, does not always translate to a rise in quality of life. Five of India’s megacities featured in the Global Livability Index, with low ranks among global peers. The Index was based on indicators such as healthcare, political stability, environment and culture, infrastructure, and others.

GDP per capita of NCT of Delhi surged by 9.29% from 471,691 INR, lakhs in 2022 to 515,520 INR, lakhs in 2023. Since the 7.88% slump in 2020, GDP per capita soared by 41.40% in 2023. A lakh is a unit in the Indian numbering system equal to one hundred thousand (100,000)

The Gross Domestic Product per capita in India was last recorded at 9817.07 US dollars in 2024, when adjusted by purchasing power parity (PPP). The GDP per Capita, in India, when adjusted by Purchasing Power Parity is equivalent to 55 percent of the world's average. This dataset provides - India GDP per capita PPP - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Gross State Domestic Product Contribution to National Gross Domestic Product (GDP): Delhi data was reported at 3.695 % in 2024. This records a decrease from the previous number of 3.718 % for 2023. Gross State Domestic Product Contribution to National Gross Domestic Product (GDP): Delhi data is updated yearly, averaging 3.330 % from Mar 1981 (Median) to 2024, with 44 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4.003 % in 2017 and a record low of 2.358 % in 1984. Gross State Domestic Product Contribution to National Gross Domestic Product (GDP): Delhi data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by CEIC Data. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s General Election – Table IN.GEI003: Memo Items: State Economy: Gross State Domestic Product: Contribution: National Gross Domestic Product. Data prior to 2012 is based on GDP at Factor Cost

515,520 (INR, lakhs) in 2023. A lakh is a unit in the Indian numbering system equal to one hundred thousand (100,000)

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The estimated per capita income across Sikkim was the highest among Indian states at around *** thousand Indian rupees in the financial year 2024. Meanwhile, it was the lowest in the northern state of Bihar at over ** thousand rupees. India’s youngest state, Telangana stood in the fifth place. The country's average per capita income that year was an estimated *** thousand rupees. What is per capita income? Per capita income is a measure of the average income earned per person in a given area in a certain period. It is calculated by dividing the area's total income by its total population. If absolute numbers are noted, India’s per capita income doubled from the financial year 2015 to 2023. Wealth inequality However, as per economists, the increase in the per capita income of a country does not always reflect an increase in the income of the entire population. Wealth distribution in India remains highly skewed. The average income hides the disbursal and inequality in a society. Especially in a society like India where the top one percent owned over ** percent of the total wealth in 2022.

The table presents Per Capita Research And Development expenditure, Per Capita GDP expenditure and Research And Development expenditure as percentage of GDP figures for select countries. The data are taken from the UNESCO, World Bank and DST, New Delhi.

UNDP first published the Human Development Report in 1990 in collaboration with economist Mehboob Haque, who is credited as the promoter of the HDI Index. The most important aspects of the HDI Index are longevity, healthy living, educational attainment, and quality of life as well as other important factors such as political independence, human rights, and self-respect. UNDP's Human Development Report is a combination of three principles. That is. 1) Life expectancy at birth. 2) Level of education. (Rate of adult education, rate of primary, secondary, higher education) 3) The standard of living. (GDP per capita based on USD) The HDI index is averaged based on the maximum and minimum values ​​of these three elements. According to the report, India was ranked 126th in the HDI Index in 2006. In 2008, Maxine Olson, UNDP Representative in India, and Motek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, published the Human Development Report in Delhi, in which India was ranked 128th (Value 0.619). Compared to 2006, India has slipped two places.

UNDP first published the Human Development Report in 1990 in collaboration with economist Mehboob Haque, who is credited as the promoter of the HDI Index. The most important aspects of the HDI Index are longevity, healthy living, educational attainment, and quality of life as well as other important factors such as political independence, human rights, and self-respect. UNDP's Human Development Report is a combination of three principles. That is.1) Life expectancy at birth.2) Level of education. (Rate of adult education, rate of primary, secondary, higher education)3) The standard of living. (GDP per capita based on USD)The HDI index is averaged based on the maximum and minimum values of these three elements. According to the report, India was ranked 126th in the HDI Index in 2006. In 2008, Maxine Olson, UNDP Representative in India, and Motek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, published the Human Development Report in Delhi, in which India was ranked 128th (Value 0.619). Compared to 2006, India has slipped two places.

Gross State Domestic Product Contribution to National Gross Domestic Product: NCT of Delhi在2024达3.695%，相较于2023的3.718%有所下降。Gross State Domestic Product Contribution to National Gross Domestic Product: NCT of Delhi数据按每年更新，1981至2024期间平均值为3.330%，共44份观测结果。该数据的历史最高值出现于2017，达4.003%，而历史最低值则出现于1984，为2.358%。CEIC提供的Gross State Domestic Product Contribution to National Gross Domestic Product: NCT of Delhi数据处于定期更新的状态，数据来源于CEIC Data，数据归类于India Premium Database的General Election – Table IN.GEI003: Memo Items: State Economy: Gross State Domestic Product: Contribution: National Gross Domestic Product。

In 2022, the registered number of private cars in Delhi, India, amounted to over two million. The exponential increase in the number of private vehicles and the consequent emissions had contributed to making the air quality in Delhi very poor in recent years.

In 2022, ****** was home to the highest number of millionaires, followed by India’s capital New Delhi, and the IT capital - Bengaluru. This comes as no surprise since all three cities have the largest share of high net worth households along with a booming economic outlook. Overall, India had around *** billionaires as of March 2023, and ranked third globally in terms of its ultra-net-worth individuals. A growing wealth gap Despite this, India also has a very high wealth inequality with millions of people living below the poverty line. In fact, according to the last census, the state of Maharashtra (with Mumbai as its capital city) had the highest number of slums across the country with over *** million households. Furthermore, according to a 2015 study on the geography of the super-rich, Bangalore was ranked first in terms of the inequality between its rich and poor, with the wealth of the city’s billionaires being ******* times that of the average per capita GDP in the city. Mumbai came second in this listing, while Delhi was ranked fifth. It's a rich man's world As of 2018, the richest ** percent of Indians owned **** percent of the country’s wealth. The Indian economy was also seen to be one of the fastest growing economies across the world. This indicates the level of unequal distribution of wealth in the country. This is a matter of grave concern and has several implications in terms of the country’s development and progress.

In 2022, the majority of Indian adults had a wealth of 10,000 U.S. dollars or less. On the other hand, about *** percent were worth more than *********** dollars that year. India The Republic of India is one of the world’s largest and most economically powerful states. India gained independence from Great Britain on August 15, 1947, after having been under their power for 200 years. With a population of about *** billion people, it was the second most populous country in the world. Of that *** billion, about **** million lived in New Delhi, the capital. Wealth inequality India suffers from extreme income inequality. It is estimated that the top 10 percent of the population holds ** percent of the national wealth. Billionaire fortune has increase sporadically in the last years whereas minimum wages have remain stunted.

Per capita carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions in India have soared in recent decades, climbing from 0.4 metric tons per person in 1970 to a high of 2.07 metric tons per person in 2023. Total CO₂ emissions in India also reached a record high in 2023. Greenhouse gas emissions in India India is the third-largest CO₂ emitter globally, behind only China and the United States. Among the various economic sectors of the country, the power sector accounts for the largest share of greenhouse gas emissions in India, followed by agriculture. Together, these two sectors were responsible for more than half of India's total emissions in 2023. Coal emissions One of the main reasons for India's high emissions is the country's reliance on coal, the most polluting of fossil fuels. India's CO₂ emissions from coal totaled roughly two billion metric tons in 2023, a near sixfold increase from 1990 levels.

In a country with the ************* road network in the world, the total number of vehicles in fiscal year 2022 stood at *** million. Road travel seemed to be the preferred choice in India with around ** percent of the population who used personal or shared vehicles for commute. Not only public commute, the industrial movement of goods through roads has also been on the rise with nearly *** billion metric tons per kilometer of freight transported through roads in the financial year 2020. Demographics The youth in the capital city of Delhi prefer to use public transport, and it is known to be one of the best public transport networks in the country. In the southern cities of Hyderabad and Chennai, however, personal two-wheelers were vehicles of choice for the young generation. This affection towards the easily navigable two-wheelers was reflected in the sales volume, with an approximate ** million two-wheelers sold in the country in financial year 2024. Road accidents With the increase in motorbike sales in India, there was also a rise in the risks involved with them. With over ****** road accidents by two-wheelers in 2022, each year, about ***** to **** percent of the GDP of the country was invested in road accidents. Despite the downside, the number of motorcycles was likely to increase to make travelling within a mercilessly congested and not easily accessible network of roads within the large cities. Moreover, with continued urbanization and a consumer sector that continues to burgeon, the development of the automotive industry was expected to see continued growth.