{"id":"in-arunachal-pradesh","country":"in","kind":"state","name":{"en":"Arunachal Pradesh","local":"अरुणाचल प्रदेश"},"languages":["en","hi"],"currency":"INR","symbol":"₹","fxPerUsd":94,"cities":{"T1":"Itanagar","T2":"Pasighat","T3":"Ziro"},"basket":{"teaCup":15,"simpleMeal":120,"haircutMen":100,"milkLitre":70,"breadLoaf":50,"unskilledDayWage":550,"minWageMonthly":10000,"shopRentSqftMonth":{"T1":70,"T2":35,"T3":20},"electricityCommercialKwh":5.65,"lpgCommercialCylinder":3079,"petrolLitre":97.96},"tax":{"salesTax":"GST 5/18% (national)","smallBizThreshold":"₹20 lakh goods / ₹20 lakh services (special category); composition ₹75 lakh","localLevies":"No professional tax; Arunachal Scheduled Tribes are exempt from income tax (s.10(26))"},"licences":[{"name":"Trade licence, Itanagar Municipal Corporation / Deputy Commissioner (outside municipal areas)","fee":"By trade; not published (est. ₹500–2,000/yr)","authority":"Itanagar Municipal Corporation / district administration","source":"https://qwikfilings.com/?p=374119"},{"name":"Inner Line Permit (for non-resident owners and staff)","fee":"About ₹100–400 per permit (est.); online e-ILP","authority":"Deputy Commissioner / Resident Commissioner","source":"Est.: Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation 1873; e-ILP portal fees vary by permit type"}],"festivals":[{"name":"Solung (Adi)","dates2026_27":"1–7 Sep 2027","effect":"Main festival in Pasighat/East Siang; feasting, meat and rice-beer demand; offices shut 1 Sep"},{"name":"Nyokum (Nyishi)","dates2026_27":"26 Feb 2027","effect":"Itanagar/Papum Pare celebrations; state holiday"},{"name":"Mopin (Galo)","dates2026_27":"5 Apr 2027","effect":"West Siang; feasts"},{"name":"Losar (Monpa, Tawang)","dates2026_27":"about 7 Feb 2027","effect":"Tawang/West Kameng; winter tourists"},{"name":"Dree (Apatani) and Ziro Music Festival","dates2026_27":"Dree 5 Jul 2027; Ziro festival late Sep 2027","effect":"Ziro tourism and food stall surge"},{"name":"Christmas","dates2026_27":"25 Dec 2026","effect":"Large Christian population (~30%); church events, food and clothing demand"}],"seasons":[{"months":"Jun–Sep","what":"Very heavy monsoon; landslides on the Trans-Arunachal and Frontier highways; supply trucks from Assam delayed"},{"months":"Oct–Apr","what":"Tourist season (Tawang, Ziro, Mechuka); snow on high passes Dec–Feb"}],"payments":{"digitalShare":"about 50–65% in Itanagar; 25–40% in district towns (patchy mobile data)","credit":"udhaar common; government salaries dominate the cash economy"},"notes":"Arunachal is a high-income (₹3.1 lakh per head), thinly populated, government-salary economy where nearly all goods come up from Assam. Non-residents need an Inner Line Permit to enter, and land and trade licences are effectively reserved for Arunachal Scheduled Tribes, so outsiders work as employees or in arrangements with local licence-holders. The legal wage floor is stale (₹10,000/month from 2019; older 2016 daily rates of ₹200–220 still quoted) while market wages are higher. Hydro-rich power is very cheap (₹5.65/unit flat, no fixed charge) and petrol is the cheapest in the region (₹97.96), but LPG is ₹3,079. There is no professional tax. Monsoon landslides cut roads for days and each tribe has its own festival calendar.","factors":[{"id":"P01","cat":"Wages","name":"Minimum wage, unskilled","value":"₹10,000/month (WageIndicator, w.e.f. 1 Jan 2019; ₹10,000–16,000 by years of service)","role":"HV","source":"https://wageindicator.org/en-in/ai/work-in-india/minimum-wage/14043-arunachal-pradesh/","estimate":false},{"id":"P02","cat":"Wages","name":"Older daily schedule still quoted","value":"₹200/day (Area I) / ₹220 (Area II) unskilled from 1 Apr 2016 — conflicts with the 2019 monthly schedule","role":"HV","source":"https://www.keka.com/library/minimum-wages/arunachal-pradesh","estimate":false},{"id":"P03","cat":"Wages","name":"Minimum wage, skilled","value":"About ₹12,000–13,000/month (est. from 2019 schedule steps)","role":"HV","source":"Est.: WageIndicator lists only unskilled; skilled set ~25% above unskilled following other NE schedules","estimate":true},{"id":"P04","cat":"Wages","name":"Typical informal shop helper pay (T2)","value":"₹9,000–12,000/month (Pasighat); helpers often migrants from Assam","role":"HV","source":"Est.: informal helpers commonly paid at or below the state floor; based on the state unskilled minimum and the national informal-helper presets in the BizGame shared constants (T2 ₹9–13k)","estimate":true},{"id":"P05","cat":"Rent","name":"Small shop rent, T1 (Itanagar)","value":"₹70/sq ft/month","role":"HV","source":"Est.: no 2026 high-street rent survey found for this city; reasoned from the BizGame national presets (T1 ₹80–150, T2 ₹35–70, T3 ₹15–30 per sq ft/month) and the city's size and land scarcity; Itanagar/Naharlagun commercial space is limited and largely owned by APST landlords","estimate":true},{"id":"P06","cat":"Rent","name":"Small shop rent, T2 (Pasighat)","value":"₹35/sq ft/month","role":"HV","source":"Est.: no 2026 high-street rent survey found for this city; reasoned from the BizGame national presets (T1 ₹80–150, T2 ₹35–70, T3 ₹15–30 per sq ft/month) and the city's size and land scarcity; Itanagar/Naharlagun commercial space is limited and largely owned by APST landlords","estimate":true},{"id":"P07","cat":"Rent","name":"Small shop rent, T3 (Ziro)","value":"₹20/sq ft/month","role":"HV","source":"Est.: no 2026 high-street rent survey found for this city; reasoned from the BizGame national presets (T1 ₹80–150, T2 ₹35–70, T3 ₹15–30 per sq ft/month) and the city's size and land scarcity; Itanagar/Naharlagun commercial space is limited and largely owned by APST landlords","estimate":true},{"id":"P08","cat":"Energy","name":"Commercial electricity, small shop (~200 units/month)","value":"₹5.65/unit flat (LT commercial), no fixed charge; meter rent ₹20–50/month (APSERC FY 2026-27)","role":"HV","source":"https://thediscombill.com/tariffs/arunachal-pradesh/","estimate":false},{"id":"P09","cat":"Energy","name":"Commercial LPG 19 kg cylinder","value":"₹3,079 (25 Oct 2026; national Delhi reference ₹2,810)","role":"HV","source":"https://www.goodreturns.in/lpg-price.html","estimate":false},{"id":"P10","cat":"Energy","name":"Domestic LPG 14.2 kg (illegal for commercial use)","value":"₹1,007.50","role":"HV","source":"https://www.goodreturns.in/lpg-price.html","estimate":false},{"id":"P11","cat":"Energy","name":"Petrol, per litre","value":"₹97.96 (25 Oct 2026)","role":"HV","source":"https://www.goodreturns.in/petrol-price.html","estimate":false},{"id":"P12","cat":"Tax","name":"Professional tax","value":"No professional tax levied (not listed among PT states)","role":"HV","source":"Est.: Arunachal Pradesh is absent from the state PT list in https://calcguru.in/professional-tax-india-state-wise-guide-fy-2026-27/ and is not known to levy PT","estimate":true},{"id":"P13","cat":"Tax","name":"GST registration threshold / composition","value":"₹20 lakh for goods and services (special category); composition limit ₹75 lakh","role":"PD","source":"https://cleartax.in/s/special-category-states-in-gst","estimate":false},{"id":"P14","cat":"Prices","name":"Cup of tea, roadside (T2)","value":"₹15","role":"HV","source":"Est.: Pasighat roadside tea ₹15; national chai notes put a tapri cup at ₹10–15 with milk ~55% of cost; set from the state milk price and wage level","estimate":true},{"id":"P15","cat":"Prices","name":"Simple veg meal / thali (T2)","value":"₹120","role":"HV","source":"Est.: Pasighat rice-dal-meat thali ₹100–150; scaled from the national street-food meal band (₹60–120) by state wage and rent level","estimate":true},{"id":"P16","cat":"Prices","name":"Men's haircut, basic salon (T2)","value":"₹100","role":"HV","source":"Est.: Pasighat ₹80–120; scaled from the national salon notes (basic men's cut ₹80–150 urban, ₹50–80 T3)","estimate":true},{"id":"P17","cat":"Prices","name":"Packet milk, per litre (toned/standard)","value":"≈₹70/L (packet milk trucked from Assam)","role":"HV","source":"Est.: Purabi/Amul ₹62 in Guwahati plus 10–15% freight to Itanagar/Pasighat","estimate":true},{"id":"P18","cat":"Prices","name":"Bread loaf, 400 g (T2)","value":"₹50","role":"HV","source":"Est.: Pasighat ₹45–55 (freight from Assam); national branded 400 g loaf ₹40–50 plus freight to the state","estimate":true},{"id":"P19","cat":"Wages","name":"Casual unskilled day wage, open market (T2)","value":"₹550/day","role":"HV","source":"Est.: Pasighat casual labour ₹550/day; open-market casual rates run at or slightly above the notified unskilled floor in towns (MGNREGA and construction rates as lower/upper anchors)","estimate":true},{"id":"P20","cat":"Demographics","name":"Per-capita income (GSDP per capita, current prices)","value":"₹3,09,994 (2025–26); about 1.2× national","role":"HV","source":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_states_and_union_territories_by_GDP_per_capita","estimate":false},{"id":"P21","cat":"Demographics","name":"Urbanisation (Census 2011; Census 2027 pending)","value":"22.9% urban","role":"HV","source":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_and_union_territories_of_India_by_urban_population","estimate":false},{"id":"P22","cat":"Language","name":"Business languages","value":"English (official); Hindi as lingua franca; 26+ tribal languages (Nyishi, Adi, Galo, Apatani, Monpa)","role":"HV","source":"Est.: state official language is English; Hindi widely used in markets (Census 2011 language data)","estimate":true},{"id":"P23","cat":"Payments","name":"Digital (UPI) share of small-shop takings","value":"about 50–65% in Itanagar; 25–40% in district towns (patchy mobile data)","role":"HV","source":"Est.: national UPI is 86.8% of retail payment volume (Q1 FY27, CareEdge) but street/kirana merchant shares are far lower; scaled down for this state's income and urbanisation — https://www.outlookbusiness.com/amp/story/news/upi-emerges-as-dominant-retail-payment-system-with-transaction-volume-share-at-87-careedge","estimate":true},{"id":"P24","cat":"Payments","name":"Credit culture","value":"udhaar common; government salaries dominate the cash economy","role":"HV","source":"Est.: kirana/udhaar pattern from BizGame kirana notes, adjusted for state income level","estimate":true},{"id":"P25","cat":"Currency","name":"INR per USD","value":"₹95.7 (RBI reference, Sep 2026)","role":"HV","source":"https://www.wisemonk.io/blogs/indias-minimum-wage-guide-in-usd","estimate":false},{"id":"P26","cat":"Licences","name":"Inner Line Permit","value":"Non-residents need an ILP to enter and work; employers sponsor staff permits","role":"HV","source":"Est.: Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation 1873; e-ILP system","estimate":true},{"id":"P27","cat":"Licences","name":"Trade licence eligibility","value":"Trade licences and land ownership largely restricted to APST; outsiders run shops in arrangements with local holders (benami risk)","role":"HV","source":"Est.: state practice reported widely; no 2026 source found","estimate":true},{"id":"P28","cat":"Tax","name":"Income-tax exemption for APST","value":"Scheduled Tribe members residing in the state are exempt from income tax (s.10(26))","role":"HV","source":"Est.: long-standing statutory exemption for STs in NE areas; not re-verified under the Income-tax Act 2025","estimate":true},{"id":"P29","cat":"Rules","name":"Prohibited area rules for foreigners","value":"Protected Area Permit needed for foreign tourists — limits foreign tourist demand","role":"HV","source":"Est.: Foreigners (Protected Areas) Order 1958","estimate":true},{"id":"P30","cat":"Schemes","name":"Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Swavalamban Yojana","value":"State capital-subsidy scheme for local entrepreneurs (about 30–40% back-ended)","role":"PD","source":"Est.: scheme terms from 2018–24 announcements; 2026 status unverified","estimate":true},{"id":"P31","cat":"Festivals","name":"Solung","value":"1–7 Sep 2027: Pasighat feasting; offices closed 1 Sep","role":"HV","source":"Est.: fixed date each year","estimate":true},{"id":"P32","cat":"Festivals","name":"Nyokum","value":"26 Feb 2027: Itanagar celebrations, state holiday","role":"HV","source":"Est.: fixed date each year","estimate":true},{"id":"P33","cat":"Festivals","name":"Christmas","value":"25 Dec 2026: significant Christian population; demand up, closures","role":"HV","source":"Est.: Census 2011 shows ~30% Christian","estimate":true},{"id":"P34","cat":"Climate","name":"Monsoon landslides","value":"Jun–Sep: highway blocks of days; goods arrive late and dearer","role":"RE","source":"Est.: annual pattern on NH-13/NH-415","estimate":true},{"id":"P35","cat":"Risk","name":"Road cut-off / supply shock","value":"Assam floods or landslides stop trucks; prices of staples up 10–25% for 1–2 weeks","role":"RE","source":"Est.: reasoned from dependency on Assam supply routes","estimate":true},{"id":"P36","cat":"Risk","name":"Bandh by student unions","value":"AAPSU or community bandhs (e.g. over PRC/ILP issues) close Itanagar markets for 1–3 days","role":"RE","source":"Est.: 2019 PRC unrest precedent","estimate":true},{"id":"P37","cat":"Risk","name":"Earthquake","value":"Seismic Zone V","role":"RE","source":"Est.: BIS seismic zoning","estimate":true}]}