Date: 2026-04-07Category: Press ReleaseState: Union GovernmentCountry: India
Release of Draft Uniform Guidelines for Compilation of Gross State Value Addition (GSVA) Estimates with Base Year 2022-23 and District Domestic Product (DDP) Estimates
**Executive Summary**
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) has released draft uniform guidelines for compiling Gross State Value Addition (GSVA) with a revised base year of 2022–23 and District Domestic Product (DDP) estimates. This initiative aims to align regional economic accounts with updated national and international standards to ensure data accuracy, consistency, and comparability. Stakeholders are required to review the draft guidelines and submit feedback via the MoSPI website by the deadline of April 27, 2026.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Base Year Revision and Alignment**
* The National Accounts base year has been updated to 2022–23 to better reflect the current economic structure and incorporate updated data sources.
* States and Union Territories (UTs) are required to revise their Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) base year to 2022–23 to ensure alignment with national GDP estimates.
* **Refinement of State Domestic Product (SDP) Methodology**
* Integration of new administrative records, sector-specific databases, and survey-based inputs to improve data coverage and reliability.
* Application of refined estimation techniques to capture the dynamics of emerging sectors, particularly within services and the unincorporated economy.
* Standardization of compilation practices across all States to enhance transparency and methodological consistency with National Accounts.
* **Framework for District Domestic Product (DDP)**
* Establishment of a structured framework for States/UTs to compile district-level estimates using standardized concepts, definitions, and procedures.
* Improvement of regional distribution methods by using scientifically derived indicators and proxies to allocate State-level estimates to the district level.
**Impact Analysis**
**States and Union Territories (States/UTs)**
**Impact**
States and UTs are affected by the shift to a new base year and the introduction of standardized guidelines, which will require a change in how they calculate and report their economic performance.
**Action Required**
States/UTs must implement the new uniform guidelines and adopt the 2022–23 base year for the compilation of GSVA and DDP estimates to ensure consistency with national aggregates.
**Economic Stakeholders and Researchers**
**Impact**
These stakeholders are provided with a more granular and comparable view of economic performance at both state and district levels, facilitating better analysis and decision-making.
**Action Required**
Stakeholders are encouraged to review the draft guidelines on the MoSPI website and provide feedback or suggestions by April 27, 2026.
Key Entities Referenced
Draft Uniform Guidelines for Compilation of GSVA and DDP Estimates: A structured framework for States and UTs to compile standardized district and state-level economic estimates using the revised base year 2022-23.
Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI): The primary ministry responsible for revising national accounting standards and issuing guidelines to ensure consistency between national and regional economic data.
Sub-Committee on Regional Accounts: A committee constituted to review concepts, methodology, and data sources for the compilation of State Domestic Product (SDP) and District Domestic Product (DDP).
Prof. Ravindra H. Dholakia: The Chairman of the Sub-Committee on Regional Accounts who led the refinement of estimation techniques for regional economic statistics.
Advisory Committee on National Accounts Statistics (ACNAS): The technical body under which the sub-committee was formed to align regional accounts with the National Accounts' revised base year.
Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation
Release of Draft Uniform Guidelines for
Compilation of Gross State Value Addition
(GSVA) Estimates with Base Year 2022-23 and
District Domestic Product (DDP) Estimates
Posted On: 07 APR 2026 4:03PM by PIB Delhi
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) has revised the base year of National
Accounts to 2022–23, with the objective of more accurately reflecting the current structure of the
economy, incorporating updated data sources and aligning estimation practices with evolving international
standards. In alignment with the GDP at National level, the base year for GSDP will also be revised by
States/UTs to ensure more accurate, consistent and comparable estimates of the States’ economic
performance over time.
Under the ACNAS, a Sub-Committee on Regional Accounts with Prof. Ravindra H. Dholakia, (Retd.)
Professor, IIM Ahmedabad as chairman and members from State Governments, Research Institutions,
Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Academia and NITI Aayog, has been constituted to review concepts,
methodology and new data sources for the compilation of State Domestic Product (SDP) and District
Domestic Product (DDP).
The key focus areas in State Domestic Product (SDP) included:
Identification and integration of new data sources, including administrative records, sector-specific
databases and survey-based inputs, to improve coverage and reliability of estimates.
Refinement of estimation techniques to better capture the dynamics of emerging sectors, particularly
within services and the unincorporated segment of the economy.
Ensuring methodological consistency between National and Regional Accounts to maintain
alignment and comparability with national aggregates.
Enhancing granularity and improving regional distribution methods, especially for allocating State-
level estimates to districts using scientifically derived indicators and proxies.
Standardization of compilation practices across States to promote uniformity, transparency, and
comparability in Regional Accounts statistics.
In addition, Comprehensive Draft Uniform Guidelines for the compilation of District Domestic Product
(DDP) have also been developed. These guidelines provide a structured framework for States/UTs to
compile district-level estimates using standardized concepts, definitions, data sources and estimation
procedures, thereby ensuring consistency, reliability and comparability across districts and States.
The Draft Guidelines are available on the official website of MoSPI (https://www.mospi.gov.in/product/m
ore/6-Documents) for wider dissemination and feedback from stakeholders by 27th April, 2026.
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