The name of the state, Bihar, comes out of Vihara– a word from Sanskrit and Pali monastic literature meaning abode. However, for several of Bihar’s–more than 100 million– people, the goal of life has become to settle elsewhere. It’s not only an etymological tragedy to start with but also a way of pain that folks from the state have, over the years, normalized. they need to acquiesce to the actual fact that the worth of success begins with the loss of home.

If Bihar was a rustic it’d be the 12th most populous country in the world, sandwiched somewhere between Japan and Ethiopia. If time will be a measure, Bihar’s per-capita income today stands at but the per-capita of India in 2009-10.

One in three Bihari lives under the yoke of the poverty level. Unemployment reigns high. Factories are scarce. The FDI percentage of Bihar vis-a-vis the national average appears like the passing percentage of candidates within the UPSC exams. It stands at a meager 0.01%. One struggles to seek out a corporation from Bihar trading on the securities market.

Bihar ranks lowest amongst all the states on the Human Development Index. It is also the worst within the child index. Maternal morbidity within the state is alarming and its health infrastructure is dismal. it’s rock bottom hospital bed-population ratio within the country. augment that the shocking figure of but 50,000 registered allopathic doctors to require care of a state that has possibly the maximum amount people because of the combined population of the UK and France.

The lack of law and order situation within the state has earned the status of literature. There’s a prevalent social sanction of criminals. It’s no surprise that Bihar is also a laggard within the justice index.

This is a tragedy. For, the state has & have always had such a lot potential. within the 1980s Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and the province were roughly at the identical income level because of Bihar. They, however, extremely did a better performance. Bihar also missed liberalization despite having stable governments. Jharkhand’s loss and together with it the loss of industries also hit its economy right at the center. The obsession with socialism wasn’t of much help either and neither is the unsustainable policy of prohibition which has led to a parallel economy within the state.

However all isn’t gone, if one has the resolve to reform. The state is sitting on its deep asset: kinsfolk. Biharis make their state proud once they move out of it to try to do wonderful things. There’s no dearth of talented people within the state. In fact, Bihar is India’s youngest state. It doesn’t, therefore, behoove an area like that to possess one in all very cheap labor-force participation rate within the country. It doesn’t behoove a state like that to possess only 11% of its people in salaried employment.

The solace of this election, in an exceeding state with such embedded caste identities, was the campaigning around jobs. The political parties in Bihar have, over the years, achieved tremendous results when it involves catapulting people from the marginalized sections into the societal mainstream. Considering Bihar, Bihar has been the hotbed of India’s political revolution. It is quite evident from history.it’s put itself second to none when it involves the task of keeping India’s democracy intact.

However the main target now also must shift to revolutionizing its economy. after you have a coffee base, quoting high GDP growth numbers can’t be the tip of your promise Bihar is crying for a serious overhaul. it’s to form itself and learn the worth of capital. it’s no option but to find out making money.

Poverty is terror. So is the loneliness of a place where you’ll be able to call nobody your own.

It’s necessary to understand one thing that no person should be forced to barter home for hope, especially not the people of Bihar—the land of gods and kings. Manifestos aren’t enough to measure. For, in between the guarantees of elections, in places like ours, generations wander off. The new government must include a replacement deal.