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Special status for Bihar
December 21 , 2021
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- Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has again raised his nearly 15-year-old demand for the status of special category state for Bihar.
- The latest report of the NITI Aayog puts Bihar among the bottom states in terms of growth rate and human development indices.
- Bihar’s annual per capita income lags the national figure by a significant distance.
- According to the report, 51.91 percent of the state’s population lives below the poverty line.
- Bihar is also doing badly in terms of school dropouts, child malnourishment, maternal health, and infant mortality.
- There is no provision of Special Category Status in the Constitution.
- The Central government extends financial assistance to states that are at a comparative disadvantage against others.
- This classification was done on the recommendations of the Fifth Finance Commission in 1969.
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