Number one: US think tank says Gujarat is top state

Amid intense poll-time discourse over claims of development in Gujarat, the latest report on the economic freedom of Indian states has revealed that the western coastal state retained in 2013 the No.1 slot it held in 2011. Gujarat also widened the gap with Tamil Nadu, which lost the top rank in 2011, in what could give ammunition to BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi in the electoral sweepstakes. Bihar continued to languish at the bottom of 20 major states reviewed since 2005 despite...

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