1 Average Indians earn much less than official per capita incomes

The average annual per capita income of households interviewed in the

LASI survey conducted in 2017-18 is ₹44,901. This is just about 39% of the per capita income in the same year according to the National Account Statistics (NAS).

While per capita incomes from LASI and NAS diverge widely, the former is not off the mark if one looks at average earnings from the 2017-18 Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS). Annual per capita income from wages of households which had a person aged 45 years or older in the PLFS is ₹29,896.