Question

The first attempt to calculate national income of india was made by in 1867-68

Answer 1

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Since there was no official body in India to prepare National Income estimate before Indian Independence, the same was prepared by some eminent personalities in their personal capacity. Dadabhai Naoroji, fondly called the Grand Old Man of India, was the pioneer in this field. He prepared the first estimates of National income in 1876. He estimated the national income by first estimating the value of agricultural production and then adding a certain percentage as non-agricultural production. However, such method can only been called as a non-scientific method. The first person to adopt a scientific procedure in estimating the national income was Dr. VKRV Rao in 1931. He divided the Indian Economy into two parts

Agricultural Sector which included agriculture, forests, fishing and hunting.

Corporate Sector which included industries, construction, business, transport and public services.

Two different methods were used for estimating the income in the two sectors. Product method was used for estimating income in agricultural sector and income method was used for estimating income in the corporate sector. Finally, Net Factor Income earned from abroad was added to the sum of the above two to obtain national income.