Bihar’s development: a miracle of GDP numbers
Bihar’s economy is apparently a miracle, with its gross domestic product (GDP) growing by 11.44% in 2008-09, according to the statistics made available by the state’s Directorate of Economics and Statistics, and reproduced on the website of the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO). That’s not all. The state’s GDP at constant (1999-2000) prices also increased by 22% in 2006-07 and by 8% in 2007-08, according to the same source. Is this growth for real? Has the Nitish Kumar government actually done wonders for the state?
Bihar : Towards a Development Strategy
The challenge of development in Bihar is enormous due to persistent poverty, complex social stratification, unsatisfactory infrastructure and weak governance; these problems are well known but not well understood. The people of Bihar - civil society, businessmen, government officials, farmers, and politicians - also struggle against an image problem that is deeply damaging to Bihar's growth prospects. An effort is needed to change this perception, and to search for real solutions and strategies to meet Bihar's development challenge.
The main message of this report is one of hope. There are many success stories not well known outside Bihar that demonstrate it strong potential, and could in fact provide lessons for other regions. A boost to economic growth, improved social indicators, and poverty reduction will require a multi-dimensional development strategy that builds on Bihar's successes and draws on the underlying resilience and strengths of its people.
Improvement in human development in Bihar: Report
The primary results of Bihar's first Human Development Index (HDI) indicate that there has been improvement in the human development compared to the past due to better facilities created in the education and health sector.
The HDI value has gradually increased since 1981, but Bihar has been lagging far behind among the 15 major states. The indicators used for districts in Bihar to construct composite index are per capita district domestic product, adult literacy and infant survival rate, said project head Jagdish Prasad who is a senior faculty member of A N Sinha Institute of Social Studies (ANSISS).
Global Bihar Summit 2012: Nitish Kumar talks tough for Bihar's development
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, in a speech that could match any of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's orations in its lyrical quality, on Sunday put the onus of the state's development at the Centre's doorstep.
Speaking at the closing session of Global Bihar Summit 2012, Kumar deftly, but determinedly, blamed the Centre's policies for stalling Bihar's development. For the state to quickly catch up with the national averages on key parameters of living standards, he said, the Centre would have to loosen its purse strings.
At the same time, he gave a new dimension to the often-used term of inclusive growth, which has become something of a mantra for the United Progressive Alliance.
Development Index: Bihar Almost Same To Somalia, Goa To Indonesia
Development of Kerala and Goa are similar to Indonesia and that of Jharkhand and Bihar, it is similar to Democratic Republic of Congo. It is revealed from a recent data released of comparison of state-level and country-level multi-dimensional poverty index. Indonesia is termed as ‘middle-income country’ and Democratic Republic of Congo falls in ‘least-developed countries’.
The multi-dimentional poverty index was released by the UK-based Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) along with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) earlier this month. This new measure gives a broader understanding apart from income poverty. It measures education, health, standard of living and other factors in the list of ten.
Bihar sees reverse brain drain
Patna: It was perhaps the worst of times. With the fall of night, Patna would blanket itself in a pall of darkness, interrupted occasionally by traffic thinning rapidly with each passing hour. Downed shutters in shops would signal fearful business, rickshaws would accept no late evening passengers and women and children would be home before sunset. It was, for all practical purposes, a self-willed curfew.
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As a painful memory of his growing up days, Sumit Prakash still has this vivid remembrance of his home town: notorious, lawless and hopeless about the status quo like a defeated warrior. “Six-seven years ago when I would go visit my parents in Patna, I wouldn’t be moving around without a bodyguard; I wouldn’t even be allowed to walk up to an ATM alone!” he recalls.
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Comment by Shalu Sharma on February 10, 2013 at 5:48pm Manoj Kumar, building roads provides infrastructure. Its creates employment to people.
Comment by MANOJ KUMAR SINGH on February 10, 2013 at 5:21pm gareebo ko free khana dene se bihar develop nahin karega.
rojgar badane se bihar develop karega.
Comment by MANOJ KUMAR SINGH on February 10, 2013 at 5:19pm We are working in other states and we know how we want to go back to bihar. But what I will do in bihar.
I am earning out side bihar and spending also outside bihar only. Earning members of bihar staying outside only. how bihar can develop. People who has money spend their money outside bihar. If there is no cash flow, there will not be any development.
Comment by MANOJ KUMAR SINGH on February 10, 2013 at 5:11pm Till the time employements condition improves in bihar, nothing can change
Mere building road and giving free electricity to poors is not going to generate any income for the people.
We bihari has to work in other state. Here we see every where job is there. But Our leaders are not thinking to generate jobs.
Comment by Bhujangi Thakur on February 4, 2013 at 11:32am I disagree. Things are not rosy in US & Europe.
Comment by Sarfuddin Ansari on January 21, 2013 at 8:39pm Most of the Bihari Engineer & doctor moving to US & UK for better opportunities due to lack of job in bihar, every one want to work in own city but our government is just playing political game and no one is giving attention to come a industry in bihar...
Comment by sonu on December 6, 2012 at 11:58pm Illiteracy is the cause of Ignorance.....most of the people in villages r deprived of education ,they became victim of Laloos Jungle Raj...for mere one blanket and lantern they voted corrupt and comedian monsters.They even don't have the knowledge about whom they r voting .what progress their politician doing ..These politicians who always thought of themselves and their personal benifit and never thought of others or the future of coming generation..the status of state and reputation..... Laloo never emphasized on education because he already knew that once people will become educated they will not support him...Nice move by Nitish who stressed on primary and higher education....distributed bicycles to girls....It will be far greater if he plans to distribute Tablet PC with wifi and 3G cards to the poor students who cannot afford to buy laptops...at least it will help them in studies....and compete ....they also have the rights to do internet, google, youtube....except only the richer and affordable one......Education and Litracy can save Bihar nothing more than this.....
Comment by sonu on December 6, 2012 at 3:01am Rohini Plz dont take charge of all Biharies.....u marry be there only eating Obamas food...u will be really burden to Bihar being big size and weight better u eat english " " with ur husband......Laloos buffaloes better than u they dont criticize who doing good gives milk at least... u seems to be useless....
Comment by Rohini on December 6, 2012 at 1:50am If we can have IT hub in Bihar than that will so cool. we got lots of biharis in USA and wanna come back.
Comment by sonu on December 6, 2012 at 1:38am What this Nitish Kumar can do?....Laloo is his intense political rival who r provoking privately hired teachers to come on street and fight against Nitish....Nitish is not a magic stick or a money factory that he can make all the teachers permanent and pay in the scale of 30,000 to 40,000 may be state govt is out of fund thats y demanding special staus. Before hiring these many teachers there was some terms formed by the govt and Nitish has not moved away from it... Instead of criticizing and doing havoc in Nitishs Adhikar Yatra these pity teachers should understand the problem......we favor Nitish for right initiatives in every field of development......may be he is out of fund demanding special status for Bihar and is justified too...
Comment by sonu on December 6, 2012 at 12:49am ..... It will be great Idea if Nitish govt. distributes some like Akash tabs to the village students in Bihar with 3G ,wifi features and internet sim too.....just like what Modi doing.....because every one have the right to access internet.... youtube ,google....Really it will tremendous help for youngsters to study and compete ........
Comment by Anup Kumar Sinha on October 6, 2012 at 3:41pm of late, there seems to be stagnancy setting in now. bihar needs to evolve a strong growth philosophy and yes it is time taking and difficult.
Comment by Aijaz Haque on September 17, 2012 at 3:51pm Hi dear all,
Bihar ko Lagam chahiyee agar develope karna hai otherwise leave as it is.
How many percentage increase in Dessal ? But how many percentage increases at all of consumer goods and transporatation no any father mother of the market or unions ?????
I suggest as under:- SAME AS MY PREVIOUS MAIL MAY BE YOU HAVE NOT SEEN IT :--- RESEND FOR YOU ALL:----
Respected all,
Thanks for your discussion and advises all are rights upon their points but we are till theory discussion and debates only now is time to act practically; i suggest as:
1. Ms Shalu Ji lead as team leader
2. We must donate some to organisation for strugle
3. She make a task force / members
4. We meet to all of trade union and discuss the matter one by one how to solve the problem
5. We must spend some valuable time to make strong beautiful and new attarcive Bihar
6. Our dream should fulfil otherwise next genaration will blame upon us we will be enemy-1 that time
7. This Organisation should be as one of the best NGO registered in State (If not registerd must be, as i have no knowledge)
8. If we are serious upon the subject matters; otherwise do discuss and write your easy upon the subject we will read and increase our knowledge from yours script
9. If you are ready to think i propose donation for this society Rs 1000.- in starting my name should be first doner for the society
10. Kindly send your comments for practically way
11. Better life should be in progressiveBihar
12. Your reply should be appriciated
WITH BEST REGARDS,
Aap sabhoon ka bhai,
Azad hindi
(AIJAZ HAQUE)
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Comment by Aijaz Haque on September 17, 2012 at 3:48pm Hi dear all,
Bihar ko Lagm chahiyee agar develope karna hai otherwise leave as it is.
How many percentage increase in Dessal ? But how many percentage increases at all of consumer goods and transporatation no any father mother of the market or unions ?????
I suggest as under:- SAME AS MY PREVIOUS MAIL MAY BE YOU HAVE NOT SEEN IT :--- RESEND FOR YOU ALL:----
Respected all,
Thanks for your discussion and advises all are rights upon their points but we are till theory discussion and debates only now is time to act practically; i suggest as:
1. Ms Shalu Ji lead as team leader
2. We must donate some to organisation for strugle
3. She make a task force / members
4. We meet to all of trade union and discuss the matter one by one how to solve the problem
5. We must spend some valuable time to make strong beautiful and new attarcive Bihar
6. Our dream should fulfil otherwise next genaration will blame upon us we will be enemy-1 that time
7. This Organisation should be as one of the best NGO registered in State (If not registerd must be, as i have no knowledge)
8. If we are serious upon the subject matters; otherwise do discuss and write your easy upon the subject we will read and increase our knowledge from yours script
9. If you are ready to think i propose donation for this society Rs 1000.- in starting my name should be first doner for the society
10. Kindly send your comments for practically way
11. Better life should be in progressiveBihar
12. Your reply should be appriciated
WITH BEST REGARDS,
Aap sabhoon ka bhai,
Azad hindi
(AIJAZ HAQUE)
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Comment by Vijay pandey on June 18, 2012 at 8:12pm Hello dear friends,
Very 2 important in our state INTERNATIONAL AIR PORT if it come lots of problam will solve only we can just have a hope on our HONABLE Mr,Nitesh kumar-------Please send some commants
Comment by Mohammad Jakir Hussain on June 17, 2012 at 4:36pm there is no any doubt our present cm mr. nitish kumar is the best cm of bihar
the growth of bihar going up in his time .when he will be solve the problem of electricity in
bihar that time bihar will be develope more.
Comment by ravi816k on April 14, 2012 at 1:24pm i just want to see people like raj thakrey begging in front of biharis for allowing him to bihar once in my life time
Comment by Shankar Kumar on April 7, 2012 at 4:10am Plz.Try to gave the ideas to raise the Own fund for developing the bihar's economy. The all thereafter..
Comment by vishwajit kumar on March 24, 2012 at 9:49am We should never ignore the importance of Information Technolozy, if it's true Our organisation have an idea. it's the time to think relatively women empowerment with IT (Sills with Tools) & micro opportunities to develop their Income. We are working through these ideas and invite likeminded person too.
Welfare Society & Human Development,
Comment by shyam sundar kumar on March 22, 2012 at 4:16pm 1st off all, i want to say that regarding the improvement of bihar. we must have to improve our villages. if villages r not improve then how can bihar improve. so please think about villages n villagers. and i know its not so far when we do.
thanks to our cm. he did a great job.
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