Oct 20, 2020 · India’s JEEViKA program (literally translating to livelihoods), financed by the World Bank, is the country’s largest state-level program working exclusively with women from poor rural families across the State of Bihar.

Bihar’s commitment to empowering women and girls is evident from its robust policy programming, which seeks to address diverse aspects of their lives, by enhancing their capabilities and challenging normative constraints.

Mar 2, 2025 · A day before the Nitish Kumar government in Bihar is scheduled to present its last budget ahead of the assembly elections this year, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday demanded an increase in social security pensions and …

Mar 2, 2025 · Tejashwi Yadav urges the Bihar government to hike social security pensions and provide Rs 2,500 monthly aid to poor women ahead of the budget. He also demands 200 units of free electricity and restoration of quotas for marginalized groups, emphasizing the RJD's commitment to these promises if elected.

During this 1-year completed project, ASS has trained 180 poor rural women in tailoring skills, so that they can become self-employed after the training, which would improve their financial situation.

Bihar has India’s worst female labour force participation, and as with the rest of India--as our ongoing, nationwide investigation has discussed; today’s story is the eighth in the series--women have been dropping off the employment map despite rising …

Union Minister Nityanand Rai said on Monday that the State Budget presented in the Bihar Legislative Assembly has focused on education and the welfare of women, the poor, and the youth.

Civic and community engagement is often crucial for the successful development of rural areas and a catalyst of personal transformation. This article examines changes in civic and community engagement among women in rural Bihar, India.

This article presents a critical commentary on the implementation of a graduation approach-based poverty alleviation scheme for transforming the lives of poor, marginalised communities (i.e., erstwhile toddy tappers and women-headed households).

dhi Gyan Pandey, Research Associate, IWWAGE BIHAR Bihar is one of the poorest states in India, and lags behind other as health and nutrition, education, fo. d security as well as gender development indices. The sex ratio of Bihar is 916 per 1,000 males.