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Getting a hang of the Cs and Ps of governance in Gujarat

Mukul G Asher
Wednesday, January 9, 2008 3:54 IST
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The model is a relevant one for India at large

The social, economic and internal security performance of Gujarat since the late 1990s has been favourably assessed by nearly all objective and serious researchers and observers, whether domestic or international.

Among major organisations, the Reserve Bank of India, Planning Commission, Rajiv Gandhi Foundation and Deutsche Bank have ranked the state highly in socio-economic and infrastructure performance.

There is common consensus that poor quality, low accessibility, and economic inefficiencies associated with goods and services provided by the public sector are primarily responsible for the average Indian household's budget outlays not getting translated into commensurate welfare gains.

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