10 states that make India rich
While Maharashtra takes the top slot as the biggest revenue generator in the country, the states that rank second and third will surprise you.
Check out the states that contribute substantially to the exchequer.
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Note: These tax revenues are based on the projections furnished by respective state governments for the five year period between 2010 and 2015. Click here to get the Finance Ministry document.
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Maharashtra
Rank: 1
Tax Revenue: Rs 4,51,800 crore ($76 billion)
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Image: Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty poses outside the Bombay Stock Exchange building.
Photographs: Reuters
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Andhra Pradesh
Rank: 2
Tax Revenue: Rs 3,23,400 crore ($54 billion)
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Image: Hyderabad Metro.
Photographs: Courtesy, L&T Metro Rail
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Uttar Pradesh
Rank: 3
Tax Revenues: Rs 2,96,400 crore ($50 billion)
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Image: A girl cycles on a foggy and cold winter morning in Allahabad.
Photographs: Jitendra Prakash/Reuters
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Tamil Nadu
Rank: 4
Tax Revenues: Rs 2,73,400 crore ($46 billion)
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Image: Employees sew clothes at the Estee garment factory in Tirupur, Tamil Nadu
Photographs: Mansi Thapliyal/Reuters
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Karnataka
Rank: 5
Tax Revenues: Rs 2,52,600 ($42 billion)
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Image: Commuters ride inside a carriage of a Namma Metro train as it travels along an elevated track in the Indira Nagar area of Bangalore.
Photographs: Vivek Prakash/Reuters
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Gujarat
Rank: 6
Tax Revenues: Rs 1,79,600 crore ($30 billion)
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Image: Assembly plant in the Nano factory, Sanand.
Photographs: Amit Dave/Reuters
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West Bengal
Rank: 7
Tax Revenues: Rs 1,69,900 crore ($29 billion)
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Image: A yellow ambassador taxi crosses the Vidyasagar Setu bridge in Kolkata.
Photographs: Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters
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Rajasthan
Rank: 8
Tax Revenues: Rs 1,50,700 crore ($25 billion)
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Image: Jaipur Metro
Photographs: Rohit Jain
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Kerala
Rank: 9
Tax Revenues: Rs 1,38,200 crore ($23 billion)
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Image: Technopark, Thiruvananthapuram
Photographs: Courtesy, Technopark
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