"Though the Centre was giving Rs 10,000 crore annually to Madhya Pradesh, the state growth rate was just 4.9 per cent and it was lagging behind Bihar on this count," the Minister told reporters here.

The state government should study the reasons behind the "dismal" show on the growth rate front and take corrective measure to improve it, he said.

Scindia said that apart from Rs 10,000 crore, Madhya Pradesh was getting tax and royalty money as well from the Centre.

He reminded that during the tenure of NDA government at the Centre, Madhya Pradesh used to get just Rs 2,000 crore as funds for development.