Madhya Pradesh stands eighth among the country’s states in drawing investment proposals, out of a total of 20 industrial states in the country.

             The five toppers in this regard accounting for a total of 54% of all investment proposals, are Gujarat, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and Karnataka.

              Some 59.4% of the investments proposed in MP was in power sector, though this was relatively lesser than in states like Uttarakhand (75.1%), Chhattisgarh (66%), Bihar (65.2%) and Himachal Pradesh (63.2%).