Nitish demands additional assistance of Rs 20,000

"The Centre should not only continue with the special package to Bihar to compensate it for losses due to the reorganization of the state over a decade ago, but also provide an additional assistance of Rs. 20,000 over the next five years for infrastructure development in sectors like road, electricity, irrigation," Kumar told reporters.

Kumar indicated that he would raise these demands with the Planning Commission at a meeting a day after tomorrow in New Delhi and between a meeting with the plan panel officials and the state officials tomorrow during discussion over the plan size of Bihar.

He said that the meeting with the Planning Commission would be held for approval of the state's plan size of Rs 28,000 crore for the fiscal year 2012-13 which the state government had already finalized and intimated the plan panel in advance.

The chief minister said that the state's plan size of Rs 28,000 crore for the ongoing fiscal year matched with the discussion between the plan panel and the state finance department officials.