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Patna,(BiharTimes): On the first day of the Regional Conference of the Planning Commission on Monday Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar proposed to set up a designated port at Paradip in Orissa.
The state government is keen to buy land at Paradip to cater to shipment of goods to and from Bihar. In this regard help has been sought both from the Centre and Orissa government.
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Addressing the representatives from five states, who gathered in Patna to discuss the Approach Paper for the 12th Five-Year Plan the Chief Minister said the port would help fast-track economic activities in the Eastern Economic Corridor right from Raxaul on the border with Nepal to Paradip.
Nitish once again raised the issue of the special category status to Bihar so that it can attract private investment. Referring to the Right to Education Act he asked the Centre to bear full expenditure of the expenses being incurred on the implementation of the compulsory education for the children or at least bear 90 per cent expenditure in view of scarcity of resources in the state.
The Chief Minister said that the Centre should also consider universalization of secondary education to help students of poor socio-economic background complete their education.
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