Mohan Guruswamy / First Post
The Prime Minister has announced an Rs 1.25 lakh crores package for Bihar. Just as he announced an Rs.100 lakh crores package for J&K on July 12. The first question one must ask is why just as much for J&K, the state with India’s lowest incidence of poverty than over India's poorest and most backward state? Bihar has a population of over 103 million and J&K has a population of 12.5 million. Bihar is eight times as big as J&K and many times poorer. The per capita income of J&K is approximately Rs.58,000 while it is half that at Rs. 29,000 for Bihar. Where is the justice in this? Is the moral of this is that Bihar too needs to become insurgency ridden before the Central Government takes notice of it.
Quite clearly the hoodwinking of Bihar continues. If the central government were more even handed it would, even if it cannot give assistance at J&K levels, give it as per the national average. In which case we should be looking at a figure nearer Rs. 500,000 crores. more
The Prime Minister has announced an Rs 1.25 lakh crores package for Bihar. Just as he announced an Rs.100 lakh crores package for J&K on July 12. The first question one must ask is why just as much for J&K, the state with India’s lowest incidence of poverty than over India's poorest and most backward state? Bihar has a population of over 103 million and J&K has a population of 12.5 million. Bihar is eight times as big as J&K and many times poorer. The per capita income of J&K is approximately Rs.58,000 while it is half that at Rs. 29,000 for Bihar. Where is the justice in this? Is the moral of this is that Bihar too needs to become insurgency ridden before the Central Government takes notice of it.
Quite clearly the hoodwinking of Bihar continues. If the central government were more even handed it would, even if it cannot give assistance at J&K levels, give it as per the national average. In which case we should be looking at a figure nearer Rs. 500,000 crores. more
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