Bimaru State

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said Madhya Pradesh has transited to "Bemisaal" (extraordinary) state shedding the tag of "Bimaru" due to the good governance and people-friendly policies of the BJP government.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said Madhya Pradesh became a BIMARU (laggard) state when Congress was in power whereas the BJP ensured development in all sectors through good governance.

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday slammed the Congress and said that the party had made Madhya Pradesh a 'Bimaru Rajya' and his government removed that stigma.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said Uttar Pradesh, earlier known as a 'BIMARU' state, is today known for good governance.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday slammed the previous Bahujan Samaj Party and Samajwadi Party governments for pushing Uttar Pradesh to the category of BIMARU states, saying the "bua-bhatija (aunt-nephew) governments are not good for UP".

The BJP has transformed Rajasthan from a 'BIMARU' state to a developed one and will now make it prosperous, party chief Amit Shah said in Jaipur today while predicting that his party would form a government in Rajasthan with "full majority".

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...

By 2020, India will have the worlds largest working population-- 869 million -- but an IndiaSpend analysis of indicators on literacy, school enrolment, learning outcomes, and education spending across four states -- with 43.6 per cent of Indias school-age population between the ages of five and 14 -- revealed that India is unprepared to educate and...

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...

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.

Noted economist Amartya Sen, author and commentator Gurcharan Das and India-born British politician Meghnad Desai express their views on the contradictions within the Indian society and polity on NDTV Dialogues.

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.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said Madhya Pradesh has transited to "Bemisaal" (extraordinary) state shedding the tag of "Bimaru" due to the good governance and people-friendly policies of the BJP government.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said Madhya Pradesh became a BIMARU (laggard) state when Congress was in power whereas the BJP ensured development in all sectors through good governance.

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday slammed the Congress and said that the party had made Madhya Pradesh a 'Bimaru Rajya' and his government removed that stigma.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said Uttar Pradesh, earlier known as a 'BIMARU' state, is today known for good governance.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday slammed the previous Bahujan Samaj Party and Samajwadi Party governments for pushing Uttar Pradesh to the category of BIMARU states, saying the "bua-bhatija (aunt-nephew) governments are not good for UP".

The BJP has transformed Rajasthan from a 'BIMARU' state to a developed one and will now make it prosperous, party chief Amit Shah said in Jaipur today while predicting that his party would form a government in Rajasthan with "full majority".

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...

By 2020, India will have the worlds largest working population-- 869 million -- but an IndiaSpend analysis of indicators on literacy, school enrolment, learning outcomes, and education spending across four states -- with 43.6 per cent of Indias school-age population between the ages of five and 14 -- revealed that India is unprepared to educate and...

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...

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.

Noted economist Amartya Sen, author and commentator Gurcharan Das and India-born British politician Meghnad Desai express their views on the contradictions within the Indian society and polity on NDTV Dialogues.

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.