| Table 2: Relative Rankings of Indian States by Per Capita SDP at Current Prices (1993-2005) | ||||||||||
| 1993-94 | 1995-96 | 1996-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-00 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 |
| CH | CH | CH | CH | GA | GA | GA | GA | GA | CH | CH |
| DI | DI | GA | GA | CH | CH | CH | CH | CH | GA | GA |
| GA | GA | DI | DI | DI | DI | DI | DI | DI | DI | DI |
| AN | AN | AN | PY | PY | PY | PY | PY | PY | PY | PY |
| PB | MA | PY | AN | PB | MA | AN | AN | AN | AN | HA |
| MA | PB | MA | MA | AN | PB | PB | PB | MA | HA | MA |
| HA | HA | PB | PB | MA | AN | HA | HA | HA | PB | PB |
| GT | GT | HA | HA | HA | HA | MA | MA | PB | MA | HP |
| PY | PY | GT | GT | GT | GT | TN | HP | HP | HP | AN |
| ND | TN | KR | TN | TN | TN | KR | TN | KR | GT | GT |
| TN | KR | TN | KR | KR | HP | HP | KR | GT | KR | KR |
| AL | ND | MZ | HP | HP | KR | MZ | GT | MZ | TN | TN |
| SM | AL | HP | ND | KA | KA | GT | MZ | TN | AP | KA |
| MZ | MZ | ND | KA | SM | AP | KA | ND | ND | MZ | SM |
| KR | HP | KA | SM | AP | MZ | ND | KA | SM | SM | AP |
| HP | SM | SM | MZ | WB | WB | AP | AP | KA | TR | TR |
| KA | KA | AP | WB | MZ | SM | SM | SM | AP | ND | AL |
| AP | AP | AL | AP | AL | AL | WB | WB | TR | WB | WB |
| UC | WB | RN | AL | ND | TR | TR | TR | WB | MG | MZ |
| MG | UC | WB | RN | RN | MG | AL | MG | AL | UC | UC |
| WB | MG | UC | MG | MG | RN | MG | AL | MG | KA | MG |
| MP | RN | MG | UC | JK | ND | UC | RN | UC | AL | ND |
| JK | MP | MP | TR | TR | JK | JK | UC | JK | JK | JK |
| CG | JK | JK | JH | UC | MP | RN | JK | MR | RN | MR |
| RN | CG | CG | JK | JH | UC | MR | MR | RN | CG | CG |
| JH | AS | TR | MP | MP | MR | MP | MP | CG | AS | JH |
| MR | OR | MR | CG | CG | CG | AS | CG | AS | MR | AS |
| AS | JH | UP | MR | MR | JH | CG | AS | MP | MP | RN |
| TR | MR | AS | OR | AS | AS | OR | JH | JH | OR | OR |
| UP | TR | JH | AS | OR | OR | UP | OR | OR | JH | MP |
| OR | UP | OR | UP | UP | UP | JH | UP | UP | UP | UP |
| BH | BH | BH | BH | BH | BH | BH | BH | BH | BH | BH |
| Source: author's calculations from Table 4; refer to Table 5 for state codes | ||||||||||