Patna : Nitish Kumar The government in Bihar has made a new pitch to give special status to the state, a demand it has been making for “last 10-12 years”.
in a letter to NITI Aayog Vice President Rajiv Kumar, Bijendra YadavThe state’s planning and implementation minister insisted that Bihar “meeted all the criteria” set for the special status.
Minister demanded to join this issue Policy The Commission in its recent report on Multidimensional Poverty Index has placed Bihar at the lowest rank in the country.
The report was suppressed by the opposition, which has been using it to debunk the state’s claim of “rapid development” since Nitish Kumar came to power.
In his letter, the minister acknowledged that Bihar is well below the national average in terms of indicators such as per capita income, ease of living and human development.
Yadav blamed the situation for the “strange problems” of “landlocked” Bihar, which had a high density of population with scarce natural resources and was plagued by vicissitudes such as drought and floods that affected more than half of its districts.
The minister also complained of “lack of initiative” on the part of the Center to set up public sector units in Bihar, which could boost “industrial development and technical education” in the state.
Besides, Bihar “had been deprived of the benefits of the Green Revolution”, the minister said, highlighting the sub-farm development in the state.
Yadav said that despite these limitations imposed by geography and history, the state has registered a “strong growth rate in the last one-and-a-half decade” and achieved “growth with justice”.
He also claimed that the overall quality of agriculture, electricity, roads and governance has improved.
Pointing out that NITI Aayog has been set up with the objective of economic “transformation” of the country, Yadav stressed that it cannot be accomplished without transforming Bihar.
The minister said the special category status would reduce the state’s liabilities with respect to welfare schemes and the government would be in a position to offer “tax exemptions” and “financial subsidies” to attract private investment, thereby boosting the growth engine. Can be further accelerated. ,
The demand for special category status got a boost after the creation of Jharkhand In 2000, which snatched Bihar from a region rich in mineral deposits.
Kumar famously announced in 2009 that he would support “any government at the Centre”, which agreed to the demand.
This was followed, a few years later, by a signature campaign involving crores of citizens of the state to suppress the demand for “special status”.
in a letter to NITI Aayog Vice President Rajiv Kumar, Bijendra YadavThe state’s planning and implementation minister insisted that Bihar “meeted all the criteria” set for the special status.
Minister demanded to join this issue Policy The Commission in its recent report on Multidimensional Poverty Index has placed Bihar at the lowest rank in the country.
The report was suppressed by the opposition, which has been using it to debunk the state’s claim of “rapid development” since Nitish Kumar came to power.
In his letter, the minister acknowledged that Bihar is well below the national average in terms of indicators such as per capita income, ease of living and human development.
Yadav blamed the situation for the “strange problems” of “landlocked” Bihar, which had a high density of population with scarce natural resources and was plagued by vicissitudes such as drought and floods that affected more than half of its districts.
The minister also complained of “lack of initiative” on the part of the Center to set up public sector units in Bihar, which could boost “industrial development and technical education” in the state.
Besides, Bihar “had been deprived of the benefits of the Green Revolution”, the minister said, highlighting the sub-farm development in the state.
Yadav said that despite these limitations imposed by geography and history, the state has registered a “strong growth rate in the last one-and-a-half decade” and achieved “growth with justice”.
He also claimed that the overall quality of agriculture, electricity, roads and governance has improved.
Pointing out that NITI Aayog has been set up with the objective of economic “transformation” of the country, Yadav stressed that it cannot be accomplished without transforming Bihar.
The minister said the special category status would reduce the state’s liabilities with respect to welfare schemes and the government would be in a position to offer “tax exemptions” and “financial subsidies” to attract private investment, thereby boosting the growth engine. Can be further accelerated. ,
The demand for special category status got a boost after the creation of Jharkhand In 2000, which snatched Bihar from a region rich in mineral deposits.
Kumar famously announced in 2009 that he would support “any government at the Centre”, which agreed to the demand.
This was followed, a few years later, by a signature campaign involving crores of citizens of the state to suppress the demand for “special status”.
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