Odisha has registered a gross state domestic product (GSDP) growth rate of 7.94 per cent in 2016-17 against the national average of 7.1 per cent, besides registering a big reduction in the rate of poverty.
The Finance Minister in a written reply said as per CAG's preliminary report, the loan burden on the state by end of August this year was Rs 54,006.20 crore.