Gujarat slides, Kerala keeps top spots in both rural and urban spending

Gujarat has slid from fourth to eighth in the ranking of states for rural spends, and from seventh to ninth in urban expenditure, according to a comparative analysis of data on monthly per capita spending between 2011-12 and 1999-2000, both of which are put out by the National Sample Survey Organisation.

Gujarat may be the poster boy of development and economic growth, but is one of the few states that have slid in economic rankings. Consumption expenditure of people in Gujarat is growing at a slower rate than the national average, according to a comparative analysis of data on monthly per capita spending between 2011-12 and 1999-2000, both of which are put out by the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO).

The best-performing state is Andhra, which has dramatically improved from 11th place in 2000 to fifth in 2012 in rural households and from 11th to sixth in urban households.

Another state that has shown major movement in rankings is Tamil Nadu, moving down from second to seventh place in urban per capita expenditure but improving from sixth to fourth in rural.

Kerala, Punjab, Haryana, TN and AP are the top five states in rural households; Haryana, Kerala, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Punjab are the top five in urban households.