Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar holds review meeting of Rural Development Department



Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar presided over a high level meeting to review Rural Development Department at Samvad, C.M. Secretariat in Patna on December 30 2010.

Reviewing the progress of the department, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar stressed on the need for integrated strategy for constituting Self Help Groups (SHGs) for women's empowerment in the state.

"We should have an integrated strategy for constituting the SHGs for empowerment of women in Bihar," he said. About 27,000 SHGs, set up in 44 blocks spread over eight districts in Bihar have more than three lakh households getting benefits, under them.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

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