The main factor responsible for the sharp rise in per capita income include four
fold increase in the inflows of workers’ remittances, acceleration in real GDP
growth, and stable exchange rate.
• Fixed investment has declined to 20.0 percent of GDP from 21.3 percent last
year.
• Overall Foreign Investment during the first ten months (July-April) of the
current fiscal year has declined by 32.2 percent and stood at $ 3.6 billion as
against $5.3 billion in the comparable period of last year.
• The agriculture growth this year is estimated at 1.5 percent as compared with
3.7 percent during 2006-07.
• The main contributors to manufacturing sector, the 4.8 percent growth during
July-March 2007-08 were beverages (30.5%), sugar (34.0%), beverages
(30.5%),upper leather (13.5%), cement (17.9%), refrigerators (10.7%) , electric
fans (18.3%), TV sets (19.3%), diesel engines (46.0%), buses (32.1%), motor
cycles (28.1%), and LCV’S (60.5%).
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