Will Bihar escape its self-made traps?

that 1 to 3 crore citizens have migrated out of the state. The main causes are unemployment and the state of poverty prevailing in Bihar:

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@ The youth unemployment rate is 10.8%. Paradoxically, the unemployment rate goes up with education levels. Just 1,35,464 persons are employed in industrial enterprises, of which only 34,700 are permanent employees.

WA Niti-Aayog report of 2024 showed that Bihar has the highest poverty rate in India. 64% of families earn less than %10,000a monthand only 4% of households earn above $50,000 a month.

M@ As per the multidimensional poverty index (MPI), Bihar is the worst performing state (33.76%). In every metric of deprivation — child survival, maternal health, clean cooking fuel,sanitation — Bihar ranked highest. Bihar ranked at the bottom of the ‘quality of education’ index and ‘decent work and economic growth’ index. (source: Niti Aayog, Bihar Economic Survey 2024-25, National MPI Index, AICC Research Department).