4 percent), GMR Infrastructure (67.9 percent), Lanco Infratech (182.1 percent) and Supreme Infrastructure (85.7 percent).

'In order to drive the Indian economy on a serious institutional reform-led growth, infrastructure still remains one of the most critical issues requiring a fresh look at the core level,' said Assocham president Sajjan Jindal.

According to the study, on the interest cost parameter the real estate sector has been found to be in maximum divergence.

The hospitality sector, which is among the severely hit sectors due to the global economic downturn, is next to the real estate sector on the basis of divergence in growth rate of interest cost. The growth in the financing cost of hotels stood at 86 percent.