ne of the rarest things witnessed during the RJD regime in Bihar was the senior officials arranging combs and scissors, apart from teams of barbers to help ensure success of Mr Lalu Prasads Nahao-bal kato abhiyan, a cleanliness-related programme for under privileged children living in slums and remotest villages that eventually turned out to be mere publicity stunt.
Some 15 years later, the same set of bureaucrats is now busy applying their brains as to how villages should learn to live with computers. Yes, this is technocrat chief minister Mr Nitish Kumars Bihar where every government programme begins and ends with e-governance.
In keeping with his taste for computer technology, the chief minister has drafted a multi-pronged strategy nicknamed aapki sarkar-aapke dwar (government at your doorstep) that features the importance of computers in abolishing unemployment in rural sectors. Mr Kumar himself is scheduled to launch this programme from Jehanabad region, said to be the killing field of Bihar, from 21 January. Drafted under the able guidance of chief secretary and home secretary who were part of CMs 30-member delegation taking part in NRI meet in Hyderabad, the programme focuses on opening a number of computer training centres in rural pockets of the state to help end the stigma of unemployment.
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