Mumbai, June 27 (KNN) The maximum investment, according to a data released by RBI today, from the medium and small scale industries came from Gujarat while the lowest investments were from Lakshadweep, Andaman & Nicobar Island and Sikkim as per the Fourth Census (2006-07).

Today, the Reserve Bank of India released the first edition of its statistical publication titled “Handbook of Statistics on Indian States 2015-16”.

In this publication, the Reserve Bank has aimed at disseminating wide-ranging data on the regional economy of India, it said in a statement.

This publication – the first of its kind – follows the approach of ‘one indicator-one table’ and covers in 125 tables sub-national statistics on socio-demographics, state domestic product, agriculture, industry, infrastructure, banking and fiscal indicators across Indian States over a time period ranging from 1951 to 2015-16.

Meanwhile, the production during the same period from the medium and small scale industries was highest from Maharashtra followed by Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.

According to the data on State-wise medium and small scale units, as per the fourth census (2006-07), investments from Gujarat was Rs 16,67,536 million, while that from Lakshadweep was Rs 173 million.

The production, from Maharashtra was Rs 1268645.5 million while that from UP was Rs 1110896.9 million followed by Tamil Nadu at Rs 1052702.1 million.

The total number of units, according to the data, was maximum in UP with 44.03 lakhs followed by West Bengal at 34.64 lakh units.

Figures are based on Fourth All India Census of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises 2006-07. (KNN Bureau)