Bihar cabinet grants Rs 105 crore for Bihar Mahadalit Vikas Mission

 Context:-

The Bihar cabinet allocated funds worth Rs 105 crore for Bihar  Mahadalit Vikas Mission, which formulates and implements schemes for the most backward  sections among the Scheduled Castes.This was declared in a Bihar cabinet meeting headed by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

In the cabinet meeting, it was also decided to construct a high security jail in Phulwarisharif
block of Patna. The construction of this jail would cost around Rs 56.72 crore. Maoists and dangerous criminals will be held in this jail.

Bihar Mahadalit Vikas Mission :-

For the execution of different schemes for the development of Mahadalits, State Govt. has established a Society called "Bihar Mahadalit Development Mission" under the Societies Registration Act, 1860. A senior IAS officer has been appointed as the Project Director of the Mission.

State Govt. has already provided Rs.17.00 crores to the Mission and Rs.36.80 crores is slated to be provided soon for implementation of different schemes for Mahadalit development. "Bihar Mahadalit Development Mission" has started working on implementation of different schemes. In the first phase it has released a sum of Rs.7.00 crores to all districts for the toilet construction scheme. An Expression of Interest has been published in the News Paper to select good executing agencies for different training programmes in different trades.

The VISION of Bihar Mahadalit Vikas Mission is "To fulfill the basic necessities of all Mahadalit communities by socially, economically & culturally empowerment and ensure full participation of them in the mainstream of development". Bihar Mahadalit Vikas Mission has planned a number of schemes on this guideline targeting Mahadalit section of the society.