State/UT 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 Andhra Pradesh 6.8 7.1 7.3 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.6 7.5 7.4 7.3 7.3 7.0 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.2 Arunachal Pradesh 6.2 6.0 6.6 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.9 6.1 5.2 5.1 5.0 5.0 4.7 4.7 4.8 5.7 6.0 Assam 6.7 7.1 7.2 7.8 7.9 8.0 8.2 8.4 8.6 8.6 8.7 8.7 8.8 9.1 9.2 9.6 9.6 Bihar 6.0 6.2 6.2 6.6 6.6 6.7 6.8 7.0 7.3 7.5 7.7 8.1 8.1 7.9 7.9 8.2 8.8 Chhattisgarh 7.4 7.5 7.7 7.9 7.9 7.9 8.0 8.1 8.1 8.1 8.1 8.1 7.7 8.5 8.7 8.8 9.6 Delhi 4.0 3.6 3.8 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.2 4.4 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.7 5.0 5.1 5.1 5.1 Goa 6.7 6.4 6.6 6.6 6.6 6.7 6.6 6.7 6.6 7.2 7.4 7.1 7.2 8.1 8.3 7.7 7.4 Gujarat 6.1 6.1 6.2 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.7 6.9 6.9 7.2 7.3 7.1 6.9 7.6 7.7 7.8 7.5 Haryana 5.9 6.1 6.1 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.6 6.9 6.6 6.5 6.7 6.6 7.1 7.1 7.6 7.5 HIMACHAL Pradesh 6.8 6.6 6.7 6.7 6.7 6.7 6.9 7.2 7.4 7.1 6.8 6.9 6.8 7.1 7.5 7.1 7.2 Jammu & Kashmir 5.0 4.9 5.1 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.7 5.7 5.8 5.8 5.9 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.7 6.1 6.2 Jharkhand 5.5 5.8 5.9 6.8 6.8 6.8 7.0 7.0 7.1 7.3 7.5 7.9 8.0 8.0 7.9 8.8 9.0 Karnataka 6.7 6.6 6.8 7.0 7.1 7.1 7.1 7.2 7.4 7.3 7.1 7.1 6.9 7.2 7.2 7.6 7.8 Kerala 7.6 6.6 6.6 6.9 6.9 7.0 7.0 6.8 6.6 6.8 6.7 6.4 6.1 6.3 6.4 6.6 6.4 Madhya Pradesh 7.1 7.5 7.8 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.9 9.0 9.2 9.8 9.8 10.1 10.3 Maharashtra 5.9 5.8 6.0 6.2 6.3 6.3 6.5 6.7 6.6 6.6 6.7 6.7 6.2 7.2 7.3 7.5 7.5 Manipur 4.5 4.0 4.3 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.7 5.0 4.4 4.5 4.1 4.3 4.8 4.6 5.2 5.6 Meghalaya 6.6 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.6 7.8 7.9 8.1 7.9 7.5 8.0 7.5 7.3 7.4 7.7 9.0 9.2 Mizoram 4.2 4.2 4.3 4.3 4.4 4.4 4.5 4.5 5.1 5.2 5.5 5.1 5.2 5.1 4.8 4.4 5.2 Nagaland 4.5 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.6 3.6 4.6 5.0 4.8 3.8 3.7         Odisha 7.8 7.6 7.9 8.4 8.5 8.5 8.6 8.8 9.0 9.2 9.3 9.5 9.6 9.7 9.8 10.4 10.5 Punjab 6.0 6.2 6.4 6.7 6.8 6.8 7.0 7.0 7.2 7.0 6.8 6.7 6.4 7.0 7.1 7.0 7.4 Rajasthan 6.1 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.7 6.6 6.8 6.8 6.9 7.0 7.0 7.6 7.7 8.0 8.5 Sikkim 4.7 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.4 5.6 5.6 5.7 5.2 5.3 5.6 5.1 4.9 5.0 4.9 5.1 5.7 Tamil Nadu 6.4 6.7 7.0 7.3 7.4 7.4 7.6 7.6 7.4 7.2 7.5 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.7 7.9 Telangana 6.1 6.5 6.7                             TRIPURA 5.5 5.2 4.7 4.7 4.8 5.0 5.0 5.1 5.9 6.5 6.3 5.7 5.5 5.5 5.7 5.6 5.4 Uttar Pradesh 6.9 7.2 7.4 7.7 7.7 7.9 8.1 8.2 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 9.5 9.7 10.1 10.3 Uttarakhand 6.7 6.4 6.0 6.1 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.5 6.4 6.8 6.7 7.4 7.2 6.5 6.4 7.8 6.9 WEST Bengal 5.8 5.9 6.1 6.4 6.3 6.2 6.0 6.2 6.2 6.3 6.2 6.4 6.3 6.6 6.7 7.0 7.0 ANDAMAN & Nicobar Islands 5.2 5.0 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.3 4.1 4.8 4.5 5.1 4.7 3.7 5.6 5.5 4.7 5.1 Chandigarh 4.5 4.4 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.1 3.9 3.9 4.4 4.0 4.1 4.5 2.9 3.8 3.4 3.6 3.9 D&N Haveli 4.0 3.9 4.2 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 5.4 4.8 4.8 5.1 5.2 6.1 6.8 6.5 7.8 Daman & Diu 4.6 4.7 4.6 4.9 4.8 4.9 4.9 5.1 5.3 5.5 5.5 5.6 5.8 6.6 6.6 6.7 6.6 Lakshadweep 6.0 6.2 6.1 6.3 6.4 6.4 6.4 5.8 7.1 6.5 6.4 6.3 7.3 5.2 5.2 5.0 6.0 Puducherry 7.2 6.8 6.6 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.4 7.0 7.5 7.7 7.3 7.1 8.0 6.3 6.7 7.0 6.5 India 6.4 6.5 6.7 7.0 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.5Explanation: