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The northeastern state of Arunchal Pradesh clocked the highest economic growth rate of 22.43 per cent in 2009-10, followed by Mizoram and Goa, according to a government report.
Arunachal Pradesh’s Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) rose by 7.51 per cent in 2008-09.
The Minister of State for Planning, Mr Ashwani Kumar, informed the Lok Sabha that Mizoram and Goa registered a GSDP growth of 13.95 per cent and 13.03 per cent, respectively, in 2009-10.
However, the GSDP growth performance of Rajasthan — at 3.95 per cent — was the lowest among the 32 states and Union Territories in the country last fiscal.
The other two states, where the pace of economic expansion was low, were Andaman and Nicobar and Karnataka, at 4.39 and 4.99 per cent, respectively.
Mr Kumar also said in his reply that as many as 19 states and Union Territories recorded economic expansion at a rate over 8 per cent during the year.
The country’s overall gross domestic product growth during 2009-10 stood at 8 per cent. The Government expects the country to clock a GDP growth rate of 8.6 per cent in the current fiscal.
Data for the states of Manipur and West Bengal was not available.
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