Siwan, June 20 (UNI) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday appreciated Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the assistance being given to Bihar by the Centre for execution of

development projects, which has helped the state to move on the fast track of growth at an accelerated pace.

Kumar, addressing a public meeting here in the presence of Prime Minister Modi on the dais, said the Centre was giving all required assistance to Bihar for execution of various development projects, during the tenure of PM Modi. In sectors ranging from infrastructural facilities to tourism and agriculture, the required assistance was being given to Bihar by the Centre, at the initiative of the PM, he added.

"In the 2024 Union Budget after the Lok Sabha elections, financial assistance was given to Bihar for flood control," the Chief Minister said, adding that constitution of the Makhana Board was proposed in the 2025 Union Budget to boost the agriculture sector in Mithila region of Bihar. Airports, Medical Colleges and Road projects were also given the green signal in the Union Budget to boost development and growth rate of Bihar, he added.

Kumar appreciated the decision of Modi to go for a national level caste census along with a general census. It was a big decision having far reaching consequences, he noted.

The Chief Minister said there was complete lawlessness during the RJD regime in Bihar till 2005, when his government was voted to power. The NDA comprising JD(U) and BJP got the opportunity to serve people of Bihar in 2005 and he was making sustained efforts, as head of the government, to ensure qualitative change in all sectors of the state, he added.

"Bihar was the first state to give 50 percent reservation to women in Panchayati Raj and local bodies," Kumar said, adding that the condition of women in Bihar was pathetic during the RJD regime. It was pleasant to see that women were making progress in all sectors with rapid pace, he stated.

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