AGARTALA / NEW DELHI, March 5 (TIWN): Amid statewide hunger and poverty, Tripura Education Minister Ratanlal Nath has announced that per person income is over 1 lakh in Tripura.Earlier the same Minister had claimed that around 86% of the budget plan is fulfilled in Tripura.Ratanlal Nath said, “There are total sectors including agriculture, animal husbandry, fishery, industry give GST. But per capita is person. Under Left Govt, poor became poorer and rich became richer but we are balancing under Sabka-Sath-Sabka Bikas. That is why we are trying to grow entrepreneurship and people leaving jobs to be independent. By 2022-23 we will be able to 2.5 lakhs per capita. After Goa Sikkim right now, we are in 3rd position”. This statement came after people are dying without food, over 60% people are BPL. However, state also tops in unemployment with 32.7%. According to Tripura Law and Education Minister Ratan Lal Nath, among the eight northeastern states, Sikkim and Tripura have achieved major success in per capita income and GSDP (Gross State Domestic Product).

According to Tripura Law and Education Minister Ratan Lal Nath, among the eight northeastern states, Sikkim and Tripura have achieved major success in per capita income and GSDP (Gross State Domestic Product).

Quoting the government documents and economists, the minister said that the per capita income in Sikkim is Rs 3.17 lakh followed by Tripura with Rs 1.54 lakh, Mizoram Rs 1.41 lakh, Arunachal Pradesh Rs 1.27 lakh, Nagaland Rs 1.02 lakh, Meghalaya Rs 81,000, Assam Rs 74,000 and Manipur Rs 65,000.

"In 2017-18, when the Left Front government ran the state, Tripura''s per capita income was Rs 1.05 lakh. Because of the good governance of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Tripura rose to 16th position from the previous 21st position among the 37 states and union territories in the country," Nath said.

He said that after the completion of the five-year term of the BJP led government, Tripura''s per capita income would be Rs 2.26 lakh in 2022-23 and the GSDP would be Rs 95,46,333 crore.

According to the minister, the state''s current GSDP is Rs 63,466 crore against Rs 44,161 crore in 2017-18, when the Communist Party of India-Marxist led Left Front was in power.

He said Tripura''s current per year growth is 14.45 per cent.

The new government has taken several steps to boost the state''s economy by mobilising available resources.

"The total tax collection has been increased from Rs 1,915 crore in 2017-18 fiscal to Rs 2,338 crore in the current fiscal year (2019-20), a net increase of 21.82 per cent.

"The BJP led government now governing the state had to cope with the Rs 12,902 crore loan burden left by the previous Marxist government. We had to pay Rs 5.56 crore per day to repay the loan and its interest," he added.

On the other side, CMIE monthly data has revealed unemployment rates of all Indian states on Sunday.Following each month, Tripura once again has topped in unemployment rate among all Indian states.In February, 2020, Tripura’s unemployment rate is 28.4%. In second position, Haryana with 25.8%CMIE, or Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy, is a leading business information company. It was established in 1976, primarily as an independent think tank.

On the other side, Tripura is topping at the commodity price rates among all states in India.