For the last four years, it is the last named of the above sectors that has held growth up. Agricultural growth has fluctuated wildly. Industrial growth, which had been underperforming through 1996-99, picked up last year and even though things are looking bright this year also, the slightly longer term prospects are wide open. This is like the all-rounders and the bowlers mostly scoring the runs while the specialist batsmen let you down. As in cricket so also in growth, the long run consequences can only be harmful if those who are supposed to perform don

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First Published: Aug 24 2000 | 12:00 AM IST

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