Centre Denies Granting 'Special Status To Bihar', RJD Takes Dig

/dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29t/aHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZhbXpuLnRvJTJGM1dxcGxxaw== Centre Denies Granting 'Special Status To Bihar', RJD Takes Dig At Nitish Kumar's JD(U) The centre on Monday denied granting 'special status' to Bihar, which was demanded by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JD(U) in the all-party meeting. JDU MP Ramprit Mandal asked the Finance Ministry if the government has planned to provide special status to Bihar and other most backward states to promote economic growth and industrialisation. In a written reply in the Lok Sabha on the first day of the Monsoon session, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary said "case for Special Category Status for Bihar is not made out". Chaudhary said that the special category status was granted in the past by the National Development Council (NDC) to some states which were characterised by a number of features necessitating special consideration. The centre cited an inter-ministerial group report prepared in 2012 to assert that a case for granting special category status to Bihar is not made out. [Read more](/dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29t/aHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZuZXdzLmFicGxpdmUuY29tJTJGbmV3cyUyRmluZGlhJTJGYmloYXItc3BlY2lhbC1zdGF0dXMtbml0aXNoLWt1bWFyLW5hcmVuZHJhLW1vZGktcmpkLWpkdS0xNzA0NjI4) Â In order to unsubscribe from this mailing list, please click, please Click [here](/dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29t)