MY VIEWS IN TIMES OF INDIA ON AMARTYA SEN'S STATEMENT ON BIHAR RESURRECTION

Comments of MILAN K SINHA (PATNA) in  
The Times Of India dt.05.02.13 9:15 PM

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''The said event organised to release the book "Resurrection of the State: A Saga of Bihar" went off well with brief but thoughtful address by Amartya Sen. Undoubtedly, the last couple of years has been very encouraging as far as state GDP growth is concerned as emphatically indicated by N.K.Singh. Rajya Sabha MP from the state and a noted bureaucrat, but the basic ground realities related to most basic needs - food, clothing, shelter, health, sanitation, education for the common man of a progressive state, more particularly the disadvantaged section of society have yet to register perceptible improvements to qualify to be termed as a state with better & improved quality of life matching the GDP growth story. The irony has been that every time the comparison is done with the situation that was prevailing during RJD rule in the state which may be correct politically.The question is why to compare with the past at all which people didn't like and hence effected an electoral change for this government to step in. A period of seven years plus, backed by a huge public mandate is not too short a period to perform and excel in a far better manner on most of the issues of common concern including HDI(Human Development Index). Every one would agree that the state has the huge pool of human resources together with basic natural resources necessary for faster development. Now, if the quality of governance at the bottom of the pyramid is made to improve to a much higher level during the rest of the tenure of the present NDA government so that optimum Resource Management is ensured and fruits of growth is distributed equitably in a fair, quicker and transparent manner, the term resurrection of the state of Bihar will have real meaning.''

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