One wonders how the growth rate of Bihar can be 16 per cent in one year that is double than the national average and yet remained unreported? How can Bihar leaves Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka etc so far behind notwithstanding so poor record in food production, almost negligible power generation and industrial growth rate of just 5.4 per cent against the national rate of 20.1 per cent.

According to the Survey "While rice production has fallen by 24.4 percent in comparison to the previous year, production of wheat has fallen by about 19 percent. It is maize which has suffered the most significant fall, with its production falling by almost 47 percent over the previous year." The sugarcane production has also fallen by over seven per cent and there is 7.90 per cent fall in acreage.

The CD ratio of Bihar continues to remain at the bottom. Currently it stands at 31.1 percent, far below the national average of 75 per cent, and way behind the CD ratio of states like Maharastra (98 per cent), Rajasthan (82.5 per cent), West Bengal (62.6 per cent) or even Madhya Pradesh (62.2 per cent).

The CD ratio across districts show wide variations, from 18.8 per cent in Siwan to 57.7 per cent in neighbouring West Champaran. CD ratio of RRBs also show similar variations across different districts with an even wider range, the highest being 63.3 percent for Katihar and the lowest being 19.9 percent for Jehanabad, the Survey said.