Net National Product
Net National Product
Net National Product
Depreciation
Consumption of fixed capital or fall in value of capital due to wear
and tear measures the amount of GNP that must be spent new capital goods to
maintain the existing physical capital stock. We use up some capital, ie.
Equipments. Machinery, etc, in the process of production. The capital goods
like machinery wear out or fall in value as a result of the consumption or use
in the production process. This consumption of fixed capital or fall in value
of the capital due to wear and tear is termed as depreciation.
While the gross national product includes, in addition to final consumer’s
goods and services, all the new capital goods produced in the period in
question without any deduction for the capital goods consumed in the
process, the net national product includes only the final consumption goods
and services, plus the net addition to capital goods, account having been
taken of the capital consumption. Thus suppose that in the year 1977 the
gross national product was Rs 40,000 crores and capital consumption
involved in the production is amount Rs4000 crores. This shows that the net
national income for 1977 was only Rs 36,000 crores