City’s per capita income 2nd highest

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 29

Chandigarh registered the second highest per capita income among all states and union territories during 2015-16 at about Rs 2.42 lakh, over 2.5 times the national average, according to the latest official data released in New Delhi today.

The city is behind Delhi, which registered the highest per capita income at Rs 2,80,142, over three times the national average. Sikkim occupied the third spot with Rs 2,27,465.

Chandigarh’s current figure of Rs 2,42,386 is a meagre increase of over Rs 1,699, or 0.7 per cent, compared to the previous year when it was Rs 2,40,687, a statistical handbook released in Delhi showed. Delhi’s current figure increased by over Rs 28,000, or 13 per cent, compared to the previous year when it was Rs 2,52,011.

The per capita income at the national level was found to be Rs 93,293 during 2015-16.