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India's 13 most debt-ridden states

March 31, 2009

Rank: 13

State: Orissa

Debt position (2006-2007): Rs 39,388 crore (Rs 393.88 billion)

State income (2005-2006): Rs 67,090 crore (Rs 670.90 billion)

Per capita income (2005-2006): Rs 17,299

Population (2001 census): 3.671 crore (36.71 million)

Population below poverty line (2004-2005): 46.4 per cent

Infant mortality rate (2006): 73 per 1,000

Chief minister: Naveen Patnaik

Ruling party: Biju Janata Dal

Image: Devotees gather around the chariots of Hindu gods Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra during the Puri chariot festival. | Photograph: Jayanta Shaw/Reuters

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