Dr. Kumar Suneet

Dr. Kumar Suneet: The government needs to shed its approach of ad-hocism.

• 50 percent of Bihar’s police force is utilized for security purposes and only 50 percent is left for the entire state. This demands massive recruitment in the police force.
• The populist schemes like setting up AIIMS in Darbhanga and Patna won’t do much for the healthcare sector of Bihar.
• First, the government should focus on strengthening Primary Health Centres and establishing properly staffed medical colleges in each district.
• Considering public-private partnerships in the healthcare sector would be a great step towards the future of the healthcare sector in Bihar.

Mr. Purushottam Kumar

Mr. Purushottam Kumar: Adapt and learn from the good policies of foreign governments

• There is a need for proper education and mental revolution on the ground level to improve law and order in the state.
• Public and Police relationships should be harmonized. Eradicating fear of police from the minds of the general public will be helpful.
• Conducting a proper RnD on policing systems of other developed countries to adapt their plus points in our policing system would be a great idea.
• There is a severe need for proper equipments, ICUs, and ventilators in Bihar’s hospitals and the huge gap between patient and doctor’s ratio needs to be filled.

Prof. Anshuman Singh

Prof. Anshuman Singh: There is a requirement for breakthrough reforms in the education sector.

• Bihar is undergoing a lack of skilled teachers needed to make the students understand the value of education.
• Online education infrastructure has been missing in most of Bihar’s government schools during the pandemic.
• Education can’t be imparted based on future demands but what we can impart is the ability to teach new things to the students.
• The govt. should think about how the education policy should unfold not only in the state but the whole nation.

Col. Prashant Mishra

Col. Prashant Mishra: Set up food processing industries and revive APMC types markets.

• Bihar has very small farm holdings. And productivity per hectare is very low compared to other states like Punjab.
• Bihar has enough water for irrigation. But we don’t have the channels and canals needed to take them to the right place.
• The government should farmers what to cultivate and how to cultivate and their basic needs like power and water should be fulfilled.
• Farmers need to be incentivized, they should be aware of the benefits of farming a particular crop. Market access and price guarantee are also required.

Mr. Dharam Deepak Vishwas

Mr. Dharam Deepak Vishwas: Provide aids to the farmers in the form of loans and diesel subsidy

• The mediators steal the subsidy of diesel through improper means and do not provide it to the needy farmers.
• The government should help farmers in installing rainwater harvesting systems and groundwater reservoirs so that they can get proper water for irrigation.
• Tons of crops are wasted every year due to the unavailability of the mechanism to store those crops. This should be taken into consideration.
• The behavior of banks becomes a big hurdle for farmers in taking benefit of government schemes. Hence, grievances cells should be introduced for farmers.

Prof. Absar Alam

Prof. Absar Alam: Bihar’s economy is transforming from an agriculture-based economy to a service-sector economy.

• Today the contribution of agriculture is 20 percent in Bihar’s economy and the service sector is above 50 percent. This shows the undergoing change in the economy of Bihar.
• Bihar’s agriculture sector needs to be industrialized. Agro-based industries should be promoted. Food processing industries needs to be established.
• Bihar economy can be benefitted from the upcoming economic as well as transport corridors both at the national and international level.
• The government can develop the logistic sector in such a way that it can meet both the state and international requirements.

Mr. Vivek Kumar

Mr. Vivek Kumar: Bihar can use its tremendous youth energy as a demographic dividend.

• There is a huge gap between the GDP per capita of Bihar and the GDP per capita of India.
• Bihar is lagging in export. The extent of import is huge compared to export. The government needs to increase export preparedness.
• Agriculture has a 20 percent contribution to GDP and employment it generates is 56 percent only. This disguised unemployment results in huge instability in our economy.
• Bihar is the highest egg producer state in India. Hence, setting up meat and poultry farms can be helpful in the economy.

Mr. Sanjeeva Shivesh

Mr. Sanjeeva Shivesh: While other parts of India are growing rapidly Bihar is yet to pick up the pace

• In 10 years the gap between the per capita income of Bihar and Rajasthan has risen from 35000 to 70000. To shorten this gap is a big challenge for the Bihar Government.
• The government needs to increase work participation in Bihar while taking care of the women participation especially.
• Compared to its neighbouring states like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar is severely lacking behind in aspects such as road length, airports, hospital beds, and schools.
• Increasing the credit deposit ratio would be a great step towards increasing the per capita income of Bihar and also the government should focus on making more transactions in the formal economy.

Mr. Rupesh Kumar

Mr. Rupesh Kumar: The newly formed government should invest in educational institutes.

• By providing better education we can provide a better-skilled person to the state. But sadly the education infrastructure is not up to the mark.
• The government should also invest in transportation, be it railway, roads, or through the Ganga waters, as transportation plays a major role in developing a state.
• Industries are required in the state to give it a proper economic boost. This will also deviate Biharis from their typical government job mindset.
• Just like Kerala and Gujarat, the government should promote tourism in Bihar. This will help in developing the tourism infrastructure of Bihar

Mr. Shakir Jameel

Mr. Shakir Jameel: Today entrepreneurship is solving the real-life problems in society.

• There is a need to introduce entrepreneurship at an early stage to students. The government should set up workshops and webinars for these young minds.
• The government received 15000 applications under the Bihar Startup Policy from 2015 but only 90 startups were funded.
• Most of the start-ups fail because they do not have the right mentorship. Setting up advisory centers where they can have access to the best mentors from across India would be a great step.
• Also, launching a startup in Bihar is an extremely difficult task. Hence, ease of business needs to be increased in Bihar.

Ms. Anushka Saha

Ms. Anoushka Saha: Bihar is lacking the much-needed entrepreneurship mindset

• Bihar has sufficient opportunities but people are lacking in entrepreneurship skills. They don’t know how to start.
• The government has issued several fund schemes like Samriddhi Fund Scheme and the Bihar Startup Fund Trust scheme. But the general public isn’t aware of these schemes.
• The government can introduce and promote entrepreneurship among the youth with the help of business plan competitions.
• There should be learning modules for students, like free open courses of entrepreneurship where they can get more exposure to entrepreneurship.