The rocords of central govt proves liers are Sonia and Manmohan. Ministry of Planning records 12.17% GSDP growth rate in 2006-07 Facts can be stranger than fiction. Several reports by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Government belie his bland statement at a Gujarat election rally that the State had seen no development under Chief Minister Narendra Modi.
From the Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) to employment generation and even the implementation of UPA's own flagship National Rural Employment Guarantee (NREG) scheme, Gujarat is way ahead of other States.
Ministry of Planning, which Dr Singh heads himself, puts GSDP growth rate in Gujarat at 12.17 per cent at the constant prices for 2006-07. It is next only to the BJP-ruled MP (23.05 per cent) and Chhattisgarh (12.30 per cent). In contrast, the GSDP growth rate in Congress-ruled Delhi is 9.18 per cent. The figures for West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, and Kerala are estimated at 8.13, 8.02, 8.05, 4.93, and 8.01 per cent respectively.
Gujarat is not lagging in the implementing the centre's flagship NREG scheme either. According to an estimate of Ministry of Rural Development, as many as 2,26,269 households asked for jobs and got them in the State during 2006-07.
Modi's state is ahead of most other states in the matter of employment generation also. Union Minister for Labour Oscar Fernandes told Rajya Sabha on November 23 this year that 99000 persons were given employment in Gujarat through emplo
