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National Income Accounting

Question
CBSEENEC12013242

Differentiate between National Income and Net National Disposable Income.

Solution

Difference between National Income (NI) and National Disposable Income (NDI).
(i) NI includes only factor incomes whereas NDI includes both factor incomes and current transfers from ROW, and (ii) NI is always at factor cost whereas NDI is at market price.
The following extract from statement-4 of Government of India NAS, 2007 further clarifies the concept of NDI.
Relationship of National Income with NDI (Year 2005-2006)