Bihar is one of the most neglected States Inspite of having high potential

Whenever we talk about Bihar, the only picture comes in our mind is of some labor, illiterate and poor peoples OR our great politician Lalu Prasad yadav. Just for the information that maximum number of IAS officer in India are from Bihar, Maximum IITians from a single state are Bihari. Most of the industries will stop functioning without Bihari labor force and most of the infrastructure projects will come to halt without Biharis. They may not be directly involved in country GDP but without them no industry will work properly and GDP & growth of India will be declined. So my comment on this is Bihar people are contributing most in increasing GDP of India despite of the fact that they are living BPL (Below poverty line).

But one question always arises in my mind that facts says that most IAS and IITians and many IIM students are from Bihar but then why they never look back to their state and try to improve it. They have the power they have the money they have the fresh mind to implement fresh ideas to improve the state. Are they shameful of being Bihari OR they are worried that if they tried to do that then they will be kidnapped by some local mafia and ask for sum of money from their family to release them.

Industries in all parts of India have Bihari labor like Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat etc. But not many industrialists thought to open their factory in Bihar and just exploit them outside their state. We should not just blame them but see the reality on why it is not happening. Most important reason I feel is Law and order condition in Bihar but even worst is nobody is working on it to improve it. Other reason is political condition in Bihar, who controls most of the mafias. We really need to think on this and take few steps to improve it.

One more example on neglecting of the state I remember is Flood in Kosi River. Just take the count of people who are affected by this every year but nobody is pushing to find solution of this problem or planning of some DAM etc. Water is logged in many areas for a month but they are not provided with any help by the government. I am taking this opportunity to compare this flood with flood in Mumbai, the kind of attention people in Mumbai have got. T.V and media also had given focus on Mumbai because of its glamour and to maintain their TRP of their channel.

Government should take strong steps to improve the state. Firstly, Maintain Law and order condition in the state which in turn build confidence in the business community to setup companies. Secondly, govt. should improve the education level in the state. India is saying to the world that India have maximum number of young people so its future is bright but they never publish the figures of people who are educated and will be useful to India growth. Many people in the age group of 20-30 which govt. is claiming to be the young generation are uneducated and not very useful. Thirdly, steps would be taken to control population in the backward areas of Bihar. Because many people in Bihar still think that more the number of children more the working hands in the family but they never plan to feed them food. Once while watching news channel some govt. have installed a condom machines in call centers to control population and HIV disease. I feel why they are installing it in educated community and not in the uneducated community who need it the most.

One final point I want to make is State grows only with good leadership. And country develops not with penetration of TV / Plasma TV, increasing standard of living of people but it should grow if there are less number of people below poverty line and they don’t have to fight for basics (food, cloth, shelter).