THERE is bad news for root-cause theorists in civil society. In what marks a setback for their claims that lack of growth is the principal reason for the Maoist problem, Chhattisgarh, the state which is considered the epicentre of Maoist activities, has posted the highest growth rate.

What is bad news for liberals is good news for the BJP-run state.

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The State Government will initiate on its own a debate in the State Assembly in its ensuing session, on the economic progress made by the State under the present regime. The Government will also ask the departments to make public the rate of progress they have attained under the present Government.

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With the economy likely to perform better in the last quarter of the current fiscal compared with the preceding three quarters, industry body Assocham expects the country to clock a growth rate of 7.4 per cent for the entire fiscal, marginally exceeding the official estimate.