India Ratings now sees states putting up a slightly better performance on their public finances, with expectations of higher gross domestic product at current prices and revenues in the current financial year than projected earlier, despite the impact of the second wave of Covid-19.

       It analysed 14 states -- Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Rajasthan, Punjab, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka, Jharkhand, Haryana and Chhattisgarh.