Few economies in the world have managed to grow at double-digit growth rates for any sustained period of time. When a state’s agriculture sector (usually the slowest segment in an economy) achieves double-digit growth, it boggles the mind. That is what Madhya Pradesh (MP) has done, with an average agricultural growth rate of 13.9 per cent over the five-year period 2010-15 — delivering a cumulative growth of 92 per cent over the period. Among all the current statistics on the economy, the truly jaw-dropping one is MP’s agricultural growth rate.
The state’s record stands out against the backdrop of an all-India
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