Assocham backs special status demand for Bihar

The Assocham official lauded the Raghuram Rajan panel report saying that it would bring about an inclusive growth in the country by providing additional financial devolution to backward states.

Its recommendations would bridge the gap between rich and poor states on long-term basis.  

Underlining that the Nitish Kumar government deserves kudos for recording impressive development on several key indices, Rawat said that Bihar continued to grapple with many challenges with the state having more of poor population at 33 per cent as compared to the national average of 21.9 per cent.  

Bihar had registered negligible growth in the urban road infrastructure even as there had been least improvement in infant moratality rate between 2001-10 requiring urgent improvement in healthcare response system starting from pregnancy to after delivery, he said.