Preface

“Puducherry at a Glance 2014” brought out by the Directorate with an intention to provide key statistical information on major sectors of the Union Territory Economy is an annual publication. The Directorate of Economics and Statistics is the nodal agency in the Union Territory of Puducherry for collection, compilation and dissemination of official statistics required for formulation of Economic Plans in the Union Territory of Puducherry. 

 The coverage, content and presentation of the publication in this issue, have been improved with Charts necessary to make it more user friendly. I hope this report would be useful to the Administrators, Research Scholars, Planners, Economists and General Public. 

My gratitude is  to all the data source agencies for  making available the requisite data well in advance which has enabled to bring out the publication in time and I expect similar co-operation from the source agencies in future also. 

I place on record my appreciation  for  Dr.S.Vaittianadane, the Director and Officers and Staff of the Publication/Computer Unit of the Directorate in bringing out this publication.

          Suggestions for improvement of the Publication are welcome.

CHANDRAKER BHARTI, I.A.S.,
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONER
-cum -
SECRETARY (STATISTICS)

Puducherry
August-2014

Puducherry
October - 2013