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Patna, Feb 22 (IANS) Bihar's economy has registered an annual growth rate of 11.36 percent from 2004-05 to 2010-11, says Bihar's economic survey for 2011-12, tabled in the state assembly Wednesday. The state's economy grew only 3.5 percent per year during the previous five years.
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According to the survey, growth rate of the state economy in 2010-11 was 14.8 percent.
After tabling the survey, Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi, who also holds the finance portfolio, told media persons here that it is a record in itself and a positive sign for the development of the state.
An upbeat Modi said that high growth rate is a matter of satisfaction that the state is moving forward.
He said the average productivity during 2007-10 of three important cereals was 1,353 kg per hectare for rice, 2,208 kg per hectare for wheat and 2,629 kg per hectare for maize.
In the last kharif season, a farmer in Nalanda district created a world record by achieving a productivity level of 22.4 tonne per hectare for rice, he said.
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