Nitish-led NDA government completes four years

Nitish Kumar led NDA Government in Bihar completed its four years.
A state function was organized in Patna on November 24, 2009 to celebrate the occasion.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar released a report card of his government in the last four years.

Highlighting the achievements, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said that his government had made Bihar preferred destination for investors.
“Restoration of rule of law, decline in cases of kidnapping besides communal and caste harmony during the NDA rule have made Bihar a preferred destination for investors,” he said.

Achievements
*A joint report of the World Bank and International Finance Corporation had appreciated the condition of Bihar for investment.

*All the 209 private investment proposals have been sanctioned. Of those, 22 were implemented and 74 in advanced stage of implementation involving Rs 1,033 crore.

* Government has done concrete efforts to make Bihar as a developed state by 2015 by ensuring signification progress in the fields of agriculture, health, rural development, education and tourism.

*The development measures taken by the government had also been appreciated by the Centre such as 50 per cent reservation for women in pacnahayats and urban bodies, besides appointment of ex-servicemen as special auxiliary police, among others.

*State government had taken a number of steps to weed out corruption. The number of registration of anti-corruption cases under Nitish rule had increased substantially.
Chargesheets had already been submitted against 595 gazetted officers, 632 non-gazetted public servants and 302 other persons from 2006 to September 2009.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui