Data suggests some states saw growth amid pandemic

Analysis of data since2011-12, the year from-which state GSDP data for the base 2011-12 is available, shows that in the past, the combined GSDP of 26 large states and UTs ranged between 97% and 99% of the country’s GDP. In 2019-20, this increased to 99.9% of the national GDP but for 2020-21 it was 104% of India’s GDP.

- Atul Thakur

This means the aggregate of these state economies is larger than the economy of the country, clearly not possible.

Many of the state GSDP numbers are quick estimates and are likely to be revised in the future. But as they stand, they suggest that some states actually witnessed economic growth even in the midst of the pandemic even as the Indian economy as a whole shrunk by 6.6%.