GNPMP of an economy is Rs 1,50,000 crore and its capital stock is worth Rs 2,00,000 crore. The rate of depreciation is 20 per cent per annum. Indirect taxes amount to Rs 30,000 crore and subsidies to Rs 15,000 crore. What is the national income of the economy?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Rs 95,000 crore
Given:
GNPMP = Rs 1,50,000 crore
Capital stock = Rs 2,00,000 crore
Depreciation rate = 20 per cent
Indirect taxes = Rs 30,000 crore
Subsidies = Rs 15,000 crore
National income is NNP at factor cost. From GNPMP, subtract depreciation, then net indirect taxes.
Depreciation = 20% of 2,00,000 = 40,000
NNPMP = 1,50,000 − 40,000 = 1,10,000
NNPFC = 1,10,000 − (30,000 − 15,000) = Rs 95,000 crore
Option (2) Rs 1,10,000 crore — stops at NNP at market prices.
Option (4) Rs 80,000 crore — takes out the indirect taxes but forgets to add back the subsidies.
NCERT (2026-27): “Gross National Product (GNP) … If we deduct depreciation from GNP the measure of aggregate income that we obtain is called Net National Product (NNP). Thus NNP ≡ GNP – Depreciation” “2.3 Some Macroeconomic Identities It is to be noted that all these variables are evaluated at market prices. Through the expression given above, we get the value of NNP evaluated at market prices. But market price includes indirect taxes. When indirect taxes are imposed on goods and services, their prices go up. Indirect taxes accrue to the government. We have to deduct them from NNP evaluated at market prices in order to calculate that part of NNP which actually accrues to the factors of production. Similarly, there may be subsidies granted by the government on the prices of some commodities (in India petrol is heavily taxed by the government, whereas cooking gas is subsidised). So we need to add subsidies to the NNP evaluated at market prices. The measure that we obtain by doing so is called Net National Product at factor cost or National Income. Thus, NNP at factor cost ≡ National Income (NI ) ≡ NNP at market prices – (Indirect taxes – Subsidies) ≡ NNP at market prices – Net indirect taxes (Net indirect taxes ≡ Indirect taxes – Subsidies)” |