2. Economic Infrastructure-Impressive Performance

1. There has been marked expansion and diversification of production. New technologies and modern management techniques are increasingly employed. There are marked advances in Science, Technology, Medicine, Engineering and Information Technology.

2. Between 1950-2000, the index of agricultural production increased from 46.2 to 176.8.

3. Between 1960-2000, wheat production went up from 11 million tonnes to 75.6 million tonnes.

4. Between 1960-2000, rice production went up from 35 million tonnes to 89.5 million tonnes.

5. Impressive expansion of industrial and service sectors has taken place.

6. Index of industrial production went up from 7.9 in 1950-51 to 154.7 in 1999-2000.

7. Electricity generation has increased from 5.1 billion KWH in 1950-51 to 480.7 billion KWH in 1999-2000.

8. 6 to 8 per cent annual growth of GNP between 1994-2000 (except in 1997-98) was achieved.

9. Revenues from Information Technology industry have grown from $ 150 million in 1990 to $ 4 billion in 1999.

10. India’s per capita Net National Product (NNP) in 1999-2000 was more than 2.75 times than what it was in 1951.