According to the Economic Survey presented by finance minister Pranab Mujkhrjee on Friday the best performer state all over India in terms of socio-economic development during 2002-03 to 2008-09 is Gujarat.

According to the annual document of the union government scaling country’s growth Gujarat was followed by Bihar, Orissa, Haryana and Uttarakhand in growth.

The last time department of economic affairs, finance ministry made such comparison was in 2007-08.

The survey based on available indicators from various years credits the non UPA states, for tiding over the past misrule and making good development inroads, thereby contributing to the over all growth story of the nation.

Bihar, Chattisgarh, Orissa and Uttarakhand that showed high growth in 2002-03 to 2009-09, witnessed low growth in 1994-95 to 2001-02.