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Q.A farmer sells wheat worth ₹40 to a miller, who converts it into flour and sells it to a baker for ₹70. The baker bakes bread from the flour and sells it to a final consumer for ₹100. Using the Value Added Method, calculate the contribution of this chain of production to GDP, and verify your answer using the Expenditure Method.

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Method 1 — Value Added (Product) Method:

Gross Value Added at each stage =Value of Output−Intermediate Consumption= \text{Value of Output} - \text{Intermediate Consumption}:

  • Farmer: sells wheat for ₹40, with no intermediate consumption (assume no purchased inputs) → GVA=40−0=₹40GVA = 40 - 0 = ₹40
  • Miller: buys wheat for ₹40 (intermediate consumption), sells flour for ₹70 → GVA=70−40=₹30GVA = 70 - 40 = ₹30
  • Baker: buys flour for ₹70 (intermediate consumption), sells bread for ₹100 → GVA=100−70=₹30GVA = 100 - 70 = ₹30

Total Value Added=40+30+30=₹100\text{Total Value Added} = 40 + 30 + 30 = ₹100

Method 2 — independent cross-check via the Expenditure Method:

The only sale to a final consumer in this chain is the bread, bought for ₹100; the wheat and flour transactions are between producers (intermediate goods) and are not counted separately in final expenditure. So final expenditure on this chain of production is simply: …

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