RANCHI, Feb. 25 -- The state government was targeting to double up the gross state domestic product (GSDP) in the next five years, finance minister Radha Kirshna Kishore said on Tuesday, even as the Congress leader accused the Centre of stepmotherly treatment to Jharkhand by not providing adequate financial assistance to it.

Speaking about the prevailing state of the Jharkhand economy, the finance minister said the GSDP of the state was Rs.5.16 lakh crore in 2024-25 and the government was making all efforts to double it in the next five years, for which the state economy would have to grow at 14 per cent on current prices, and around 9-10 per cent at constant prices. To be sure, the budgetary proposals have pegged a growth rate of 6.90 p...