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Why Question the Pace of Growth in Gujarat?
To question Gujarat's recent growth record on the ground that it has been based on the petroleum refinery industry, which in the state is import-dependent, capital-intensive, coast-based and export-oriented, is conceptually and factually wrong. A comment and a response to "Have Gujarat and Bihar Outperformed the Rest of India? A Statistical Note" (EPW, 28 September 2013).