Nitish steals Modi’s growth thunder, but Guj still miles ahead

Bihar is India’s new growth tiger. Thanks to the return of the rule of law under Nitish Kumar and steadily rising investments in infrastructure, Bihar clocked a superfast 14.15 percent state GDP growth rate in 2010-11, topping Tamil Nadu’s 11.74 percent and Gujarat’s 11.58 percent. Chhattisgarh, with 11.57 percent, and Maharashtra with 10.47 percent, are the other two states with double-digit growth rates last year.

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