Bihar Bimaru

By Prachi Salve and Alison Saldanha/ IndiaSpend In 2016, some learning outcomes for 111 million school-age students between ages six and 15 remained mostly unchanged in BIMARU states (Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh), when compared to 2014, after declining for four years, according to the 2016 Annual Status of Education Report (A...

Khushboo Balani/ IndiaSpend By 2020, India will have the world’s largest working population — 869 million — but an IndiaSpend analysis revealed that India is unprepared to educate and train its young population. The study is based on indicators on literacy, school enrolment, learning outcomes, and education spending across four BIMARU states...

Children have been out of focus in recent debates on public policy in India. Even when budget cuts threaten to undermine child nutrition programmes, the mainstream media barely takes notice.

For many experienced and qualified professionals who have a keen interest in politics but have to work in a corporate or other non-political set up, getting an opportunity to play a significant role in one of the most critical elections in India doesn't come easy.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced a mega package of Rs 1.25 lakh crore in central funds for Bihar, raising the stakes in the battle for the state which votes for a new government by November.

Even after two decades, acronym 'BIMARU' used to define underdevelopment and poor social indices in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh seems to ring true as a recently published study by IIM Ahmedabad has picked holes in the health care facilities provided by the states.

In a huge turnaround, Bihar has emerged as the fastest growing state in the country with figure of 10.9 per cent, overtaking Gujarat whose growth has dipped.

By Prachi Salve and Alison Saldanha/ IndiaSpend In 2016, some learning outcomes for 111 million school-age students between ages six and 15 remained mostly unchanged in BIMARU states (Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh), when compared to 2014, after declining for four years, according to the 2016 Annual Status of Education Report (A...

Khushboo Balani/ IndiaSpend By 2020, India will have the world’s largest working population — 869 million — but an IndiaSpend analysis revealed that India is unprepared to educate and train its young population. The study is based on indicators on literacy, school enrolment, learning outcomes, and education spending across four BIMARU states...

Children have been out of focus in recent debates on public policy in India. Even when budget cuts threaten to undermine child nutrition programmes, the mainstream media barely takes notice.

For many experienced and qualified professionals who have a keen interest in politics but have to work in a corporate or other non-political set up, getting an opportunity to play a significant role in one of the most critical elections in India doesn't come easy.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced a mega package of Rs 1.25 lakh crore in central funds for Bihar, raising the stakes in the battle for the state which votes for a new government by November.

Even after two decades, acronym 'BIMARU' used to define underdevelopment and poor social indices in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh seems to ring true as a recently published study by IIM Ahmedabad has picked holes in the health care facilities provided by the states.

In a huge turnaround, Bihar has emerged as the fastest growing state in the country with figure of 10.9 per cent, overtaking Gujarat whose growth has dipped.