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Q.Explain, in brief, the three methods used to measure a country's national income.

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Since production, income and expenditure in an economy are equal in value (the circular-flow identity), national income can be estimated starting from any one of the three:

1. Product (Value Added) Method — Sum the Gross Value Added, GVA=Value of Output−Intermediate ConsumptionGVA = \text{Value of Output} - \text{Intermediate Consumption}, of every producing unit across the primary, secondary and tertiary sectors. Care is taken to count only value added at each stage (never gross output) to avoid double counting, and to exclude sale of second-hand goods and purely financial transactions.

2. Income Method — Sum the factor incomes earned by all normal residents: Compensation of Employees + Operating Surplus (Rent + Interest + Profit) + Mixed Income of the Self-employed, plus NFIA. Transfer incomes (pensions, gifts) and windfall gains (lottery winnings) are excluded, since they do not correspond to current production. …

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