May 2012 Economic Affairs

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) formed an Eminent Persons Advisory Group (EPAG) on 7 May 2012. The group is constituted to give advice to CCI, on issues impacting markets and competition. The group comprise Infosys founder N.R. Narayana Murthy, former Comptroller and Auditor General V.N. Kaul, former Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India Rakesh Mohan, Biocon Chairman and MD Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, former Director, of IIM-Ahmedabad Bakul Dholakia, former Chairman of CERC S.L Rao, former Vice-Chancellor of NLSIU, Bangalore N.L Mitra. The Group will have interaction/meetings with the Commission two to three times a year.

Goa gained top rank with highest per capita income in the country with a total per capita income of 192652 rupees in 2011-12. The national average was estimated at 38005 rupees in 2011-12 against 35993 rupees in 2010-11.Delhi has the second position with a total per capita income of 1.75 lakh rupees. Haryana with per capita income of 109227 rupees positioned third. The estimates were prepared as per methodology prescribed by the Central Statistical Organisation based on provisional data provided by it