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Bihar to ensure Banking in all villages by this quarter end Posted: 10 Feb 2012 06:03 PM PST Bihar will ensure that all 9,213 villages in the state with a population of 2,000, would have banking facility through bank correspondent (BC) model by the end of the current fiscal, ending March 31. Here a person so deputed carries a handset to carry banking transactions. About 7988 Villages have already been covered and remaining 1225 will be covered by March 31. In the next phase of this development, all villages with population above 1000 shall be connected via BC model. However, each village with a population more than 5,000 would have an independent banking facility through fully functional brick and mortar branch by September this year Also See Bank of India to take banking to 400 villages in Bihar Public sector lender, Bank of India has decided to take banking facilities to 400 villages in Bihar as part of the financial inclusion plan of … 451 Bihar villages under financial inclusion scheme Patna, Jan 13 (PTI) The Bank of Baroda (BOB) willprovide banking facilities to 451 villages in Bihar by March2012 under a financial inclusion scheme. “Our … Bank of India to expand its operation in Bihar Bank of India Zonal Manager PK Bansal said that BoI would provide computerized banking infrastructure in 100 villages of Bihar which have population of 2000 … Centre released Rs 55 crore under Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana The Centre today released 55 crore rupees to Assam, Bihar and Rajasthan under centrally sponsored Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAGY). The implementation of this … CIMP marching forward for Rural Bihar Development CIMP, Chandragupta Institute of Management Patna has recently developed a model for ensuring overall development of rural Bihar using IT (Information Technology) based tools. It …

Bihar Girls impress former Nobel Laureate Posted: 10 Feb 2012 02:06 AM PST Efforts of few Girls in Phulwar village of Patna have impressed The Elders, a visiting group of world leaders led by Nobel laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Elders is a group of independent global leaders brought together by former South African president Nelson Mandela — to create awareness on the ills of child marriage. Tutu was also impressed by the political will being shown by the Bihar CM to end discrimination prevalent in the society against the girl child “It was a positive sign that girls were against child marriage as they understood the risks of getting married before adulthood and boys were also not ready to support child marriage,” said Gro Harlem Brundtland, former Norway prime minister and director general of WHO, after visiting Phulwar village in Patna district. Tutu, along with former Irish president and UN high commissioner for human rights, Mary Robinson, and Gandhian social activist Ela Bhatt, interacted with 20 young boys and girls at the village. Robinson pointed out that another important element was the rising trend of education among girls. “Most of the girls told members of The Elders that they were eager to pursue studies and wanted to join college before marriage,” she said. Also See US official praises Bihar village record on female feticide July 22 (Express India): Washington Praising a village in Bihar for its track record on female feticide and dowry deaths, a top US official has … CM praises Dharhara natives for planting trees Bhagalpur: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today hailed the villagers of Dharhara for setting a positive example to their fellow countrymen to treat the girl … Trees planted for every born girl child in this village of Bihar Bhagalpur: India has the worst record in South Asia when it comes to the sex ratio. Its 914 girls for every 1000 boys under the … On gender ratio, country has to emulate Bihar village Bhagalpur, June 6 (PTI) If the country has to gain significantly on gender ratio, here is an example to follow — a village in Bihar … Plan to welcome 7 billionth baby in the world with a girl child India must urgently tackle its ‘vanishing’ girl population as the nation awaits the birth of the world’s 7 billionth baby, says child rights organisation Plan …

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