Rs 2,000 crore 'reward' for New Bihar

The change in the style of governance in Bihar has had its effect - not only do doctors of Indian origin in the US want to set up health facilities in Bihar, but also the country's apex cooperative bank Nabard announced on Tuesday it would invest Rs 2,000 crore in the state over the next three years. The reason? To reward change.
"Conditions in Bihar were absolutely different earlier. But now a sense of change is clearly visible and we want to extend a helping hand in the process of development by investing Rs 2,000 crore over the next three years in the fields of agriculture, health, education and revival of cooperative institutions," National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development Chairman YSP Thorat told reporters in Patna after an hour-long meeting with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
Thorat said, "Earlier, the state government showed little interest in attracting Nabard investments, but now after talks with different banks and through our own assessment, we see a positive interest in development and so we have decided to pump money in the state's progress."Non-resident Indian physicians also want to set up health facilities. The American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin is set to launch a pilot project in Bihar to set up early detection clinics, especially for diseases that are the biggest killers in the country.