It was told in the report of NITI Aayog that in the last five years, Bihar is at the forefront in the pace of overcoming poverty in the country. The highest decline in the number of poor has been registered in UP, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Rajasthan. NITI Aayog on Monday ‘National Multidimensional Poverty Index: A Progress Review 2023’ Issued. In which this information is recorded. At the same time, as soon as this information came out, there has been a political uproar. Bihar government and BJP leaders are making different claims regarding the progress of Bihar.
Bihar’s Finance Minister Vijay Kumar Chaudhary said..
BollywoodWallah spoke to State Finance Minister Vijay Kumar Chowdhary. Vijay Kumar Chaudhary said that Bihar has established its credibility on the standards of development, even then we are remaining the poorest of the poor. For these reasons, the Chief Minister of Bihar has been continuously demanding to give special status to Bihar. BollywoodWallah has also supported in this campaign. State bureau chief Mithilesh spoke to him.
How much contribution of prohibition?
When Minister Vijay Kumar Chaudhary was asked whether liquor ban also contributed in this, the minister said that it is natural that the data of the period on which comparative conclusions have been made, it is clearly visible that liquor ban has had both direct and indirect influence in this success of Bihar. The family of drinkers has always been troubled and in debt. Now the misuse of money and debt, all this has stopped. Due to this their standard of living has improved and they have also recovered from the burden of debt. Steps have been taken in the direction of employment and self-employment. Such families have got the benefit of the Sustainable Livelihood Earning Scheme and CM Udyami Yojana started by the government for those who give up alcohol. There is no doubt that the positive effect of liquor ban has been shown with these schemes of the government.
Achievement of rural areas proved to be unmatched – said Vijay Chowdhary
Minister Vijay Chaudhary said that it has become clear from the statistics of NITI Aayog that the achievement of rural areas of Bihar has proved to be unmatched. Rural areas have shown the most improvement. Bihar has been estimated to have the highest share in poverty alleviation in rural areas in the country at more than 19 percent. About 16 percent of the people who have come above the poverty line in the whole country are from Bihar. This is a big achievement. The state government has made concrete arrangements for roads, electricity and water for the development of rural areas. All this is the result of this. The government has also improved the Panchayati Raj system. This is also a reason. Apart from these, the betterment of hospitals and schools has also improved the lifestyle of the rural areas of Bihar.
Demand to give special status to Bihar
Minister Vijay Chowdhary said that despite its limited resources, Bihar is continuously running many development schemes on its own, which have become a major factor in removing poverty from the state. If we had more resources then Bihar would have been in a better position in terms of development. That is why we demand special status to Bihar and more central assistance. So that Bihar can meet its needs and stand in the line of developed states.
Minister Vijay Chaudhary surrounded the central government
Minister Vijay Chaudhary surrounded the central government and said that Bihar gets less help from the center and other international institutions. This is the cause of trouble for us. The support of the center is negligible. Bihar itself has to bear the central share for centrally sponsored schemes. Samagra Shiksha Yojana is an example of this. More than three and a half months have passed since 2023-24, the central government has not given a single rupee to Bihar under this head. We are paying salaries to three lakh teachers on time from our own resources.
Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai claims
On the other hand, on this report, Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in the nine years of the central government, many schemes for the welfare of the poor are being run in every state of the country including Bihar. As a result of this, we are seeing that according to the report of NITI Aayog, maximum poverty has decreased in the country by 18.13 percent in Bihar. Due to the policies of the Modi government, 13.51 crore people of the country have come out of the poverty line, out of which 2.25 crore people are from Bihar alone. The welfare of the poor lies at the center of the schemes of the Modi government.
Nityanand Rai gave credit to the policies of the Modi government
Nityanand Rai said that the poor and the deprived have been given priority in the policies of the Modi government. As a result of this, many reports of the world have said that poverty has reduced in India and the standard of living of the poor has improved. That’s why the JDU and RJD government of Bihar should stop patting themselves on the back and taking false credit for reducing poverty. The change in the lives of the poor of Bihar has happened due to the poor-friendly schemes and policies of the Modi government at the Center. Employment and self-employment opportunities have opened up for lakhs of youths under the Mudra Yojana of the Modi government. The benefits of the Modi government’s poor welfare schemes have reached every village and every house in Bihar. He said that the reason for the change in the standard of living of crores of people of Bihar is the last nine years of the Modi government at the Center.
It was possible only because of Prime Minister Modi – claims Sushil Modi
Former Deputy Chief Minister and Rajya Sabha MP Sushil Kumar Modi said that after the formation of the NDA government in 2014, from the very next financial year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi put full force in the development of backward states like Bihar, so 16 percent people came above the poverty line due to generous central assistance and heavy investment in new welfare schemes. Bihar got maximum benefit from this. He said that the report of the NITI Aayog proves that in the nine years of the Modi government, Bihar was at the forefront in eradicating poverty. This change was possible not without the central government, but only because of the central government and Prime Minister Modi. Sushil Modi said that in nine years Grant-in-Aid has increased by 4.5 times as compared to the UPA regime and more than two lakh 35 thousand crores was given under this head. Similarly, the devolution grant was increased by 3.5 times from one lakh 6 thousand crore to 3 lakh 57 thousand crore.