Bihar's poverty problem

Condition will not improve by increasing reservations

The most violent of protests against the alleged irregularities in Railway Recruitment Board exams in January 2022 and also the Agniveer scheme later in June that year were reported from Bihar, reflecting the angst among the state’s youth about the lack of job opportunities within the state. The socio-economic details of the Bihar caste survey, which the state government made public on Tuesday, have again revealed its abysmal job situation and widespread poverty. However, Bihar’s ruling dispensation, the Janata Dal (United)-Rashtriya Janata Dal-Congress grand alliance, which has the outside support of the Left parties, seems to have drawn wrong conclusions