News published on Bihar Times (Online news of Bihar) on 7th of Oct 2009
Bihar to dissociate teachers from Mid-Day Meal Scheme
Patna, (BiharTimes): The state government is planning to completely dissociate teachers from the Mid-Day Meal Scheme as it is taking a huge toll on the education of the children. It is also working on alternative
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81.4 percent of Bihar population is poor says UN report
Patna,(BiharTimes): Now the bad news for Bihar. It is as poor as and as backward as strife-torn African countries like Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda. It continues to occupy the bottom place in India with Jharkhand slightly better.
The new Multi dimensional Poverty Index (MPI) puts proportion of poor in Bihar 81.4 percent of
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