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The Economy of Assam is largely agriculture based with 69% of the population engaged in it. Principal Bhabananda Deka was the first Assamese Economist and Research Scholar to initiate formal extensive research on economy of Assam for five centuries right from the time of Srimanta Sankardev. His research based book ''Asomor Arthaneeti''(Economy of Assam) is acknowledged as the first ever research based Assamese book on Assam Economics. The first edition of this historic milestone book was published in 1963. Over the years, he authored 115(one hundred fifteen) books encompassing economics, heritage, tribal studies and ancient literature of Assam. All the present scholars, teachers and students of economics in Assam read and refer to his books on economics, and follow in the path shown by him till his day of death on 4 December 2006. A documentary film ''Golden Jubilee of Assam Economics Research & Pioneer Assam Economist-Litterateur'' was officially released in 2014 commemorating completion of 50 years of publication of first Assamese book on economy of Assam by the pioneer Assam economist Principal Bhabananda Deka. ==Macro-economic trend== Economy of Assam today represents a unique juxtaposition of backwardness amidst plenty.〔National Commission for Women 2004〕 Growth rate of Assam’s income has not kept pace with that of India’s during the Post-British Era; differences increased rapidly since the 1970s.〔UNDP 2004 p22-23〕 While the Indian economy grew at 6 percent per annum over the period of 1981 to 2000, the same of Assam’s grew only by 3.3 percent.〔UNDP 2004 p22〕 In the Sixth Plan period Assam experienced a negative growth rate of 3.78 percent against a growth rate of 6 percent of India’s.〔UNDP 2004 p22-23〕 In the post-liberalised era (after 1991), the gaps between growth rates of Assam’s and India’s economy widened further. In the current decade, according to recent analysis, Assam’s economy is showing signs of improvement. In the year 2001-2002, the economy grew in 1993-94 constant prices at 4.5 percent, falling to 3.4 percent in the next financial year.〔Government of Assam, Economic Survey of Assam 2004-2005〕 During 2003-2004 and 2004-2005, in the same constant prices, the economy grew more satisfactorily at 5.5 and 5.3 percent respectively.〔 The advanced estimates placed the growth rate for the year 2005-2006 at above 6 percent.〔Government of Assam, Economic Survey of Assam 2005-2006〕 In the 1950s, soon after the independence, per capita income in Assam was little higher than that in India;〔 it is much lower today. In the year 2000-2001, per capita income in Assam was INR 6,157 at constant prices (1993–94) and INR 10,198 at current prices, which is almost 40 percent lower than that in India.〔Government of Assam, Economic Survey of Assam 2001-2002 in Assam Human Development Report, 2003 p25〕 According to the recent estimates,〔 per capita income in Assam at 1993-94 constant prices has reached INR 6520 in 2003-2004 and INR 6756 in 2004-2005, which is still much lower than the same of India. This is a chart of trend of gross state domestic product of Assam at market prices (estimated ) by ''Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation'' with figures in millions of Indian Rupees. Assam's gross state domestic product for 2004 is estimated at $13 billion in current prices. Sectoral analysis again exhibits a dismal picture. The average annual growth rate of agriculture, which was only 2.6 percent per annum over 1980s has unfortunately fallen to 1.6 percent in the 1990s.〔UNDP 2004 p24-25〕 Manufacturing sector has shown some improvement in the 1990s with a growth rate of 3.4 percent per annum than 2.4 percent in the 1980s.〔UNDP 2004 p24-25〕 Since past five decades, the tertiary sector has registered the highest growth rates than the primary and secondary sectors, which even has slowed down in the 1990s than in the 1980s.〔UNDP 2004 p24-25〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Economy of Assam」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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