*Bihar plans Employment Melas to check mass exodus* *Patna:* The Government of Bihar has chalked out a road map to check mass exodus of educated unemployed youth from the state.
As a part of the exercise, Employment Melas would be organised at all the nine divisional headquarters of the state in which large number of private companies are expected to participate. A detailed programme to this effect has already been sent to all the concerned officials. "The idea is to make available various choice of job seekers in one camp itself. If this scheme becomes successful, it would help to a great extent in solving the problem of unemployment in the educated youths in this state," a labour department official said. The Labour Resource Management Department was roping in support of the private sector companies of the country to participate in the mela. Lack of employment opportunities in this investment-starved state is the major cause for large scale exodus of people. Bihar has gradually emerged as one of the most important labour feeder state for Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Gujarat and Maharastra, catering to the needs of agricultural labours as well as IT professionals in these states. But the rising incidents of violence against immigrants from Bihar in many parts of country, especially in Maharastra, have become a matter of great concern for the state government. The poor infrastructure in the state has been the main reason behind the non-industrialisation of this state. Despite the state government's efforts to improve the situation and attract investment, it has failed to click. Out of more than 100 proposals of investments of Rs 40,000 crore, approved by the State Investment Promotion Board (SIPB), no investment has so far been made. Click <http://www.igovernment.in/NewsletterSubscription.aspx> to get the daily dose of news on good governance at iGovernment. -- Dr.V.N.Sharma http://canvas.nowpos.com/vnsharma
