the relationships between the indicators and national income on the one hand, and I .... A/C.5/38/SR.l4 English Page 10 (Mr. Ali) among the economic and social indicators themselves, on the other. The Committee had been asked to make an effort to avoid "double counting" and to ensure that low per capita income developing countries would not be adversely affected by the use of additional economic and social indicators. 40. The subject which seemed to arouse strong feelings and on which Member States had expressed their firm positions of principle was the use of "pseudo" rates. The technical questions posed by the representative of Bulgaria in that respect would be carefully considered by the Committee on Contributions at its next session. 41. With regard to the statistical base period, many delegations had expressed their preference for a shorter period, on the ground that better reflected a country's economic realities. Some others wanted to retain the currently used 10-year base period. He was happy to note that, irrespective of their preferences, all speakers had stated that, once the base period was established, it should not be subject to frequent changes but should be maintained for two or three consecutive scales. 42. Some speakers had been in favour of adjusting the low per capita income limitJ others had reiterated their view that any modification of the formula should aim at reducing the burden on the low-income, rather than the middle-income, countries. Replying to the representative of India, he said that the low per capita income allowance formula as currently applied did provide for progressive relief for countries at different per capita income levels. Under the current formula, the relief received by Member States with per capita incomes of $200, $800 and $1,700, for example, was 77, 53 and 16 per cent of national income, respectively. 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the technical aspects of calculating national income and the impact of economic and social indicators on it. The language used is formal and technical, suggesting a discussion within a specialized group or committee. The indicators mentioned are related to economic and social development, and the text touches on issues of fairness and burden-sharing among countries with different per capita incomes.

**Category**
Economic development, International trade