Editing Openai/6916d92e-ede8-8009-8072-4394f89bc700 (section)

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# Economic Growth - Bihar’s Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) has grown very strongly. Forbes reports that between 2005 and 2024-25, Bihar’s economy transformed significantly, diversifying beyond agriculture. Forbes India<ref>{{cite web|title=Forbes India|url=https://www.forbesindia.com/article/news/two-decades-of-growth-how-bihars-economy-transformed-since-2005/2988456/1|publisher=Forbes India|access-date=2025-11-14}}</ref> - According to the Bihar Economic Survey 2024-25, nominal GSDP growth was 14.5% in 2023-24. Drishti IAS<ref>{{cite web|title=Drishti IAS|url=https://www.drishtiias.com/statepcs/04-03-2025/bihar/print|publisher=Drishti IAS|access-date=2025-11-14}}</ref> - Per capita income has also risen: as per the same survey, per capita GSDP (current prices) reached Rs 66,828 in 2023-24. Drishti IAS<ref>{{cite web|title=Drishti IAS|url=https://www.drishtiias.com/statepcs/04-03-2025/bihar/print|publisher=Drishti IAS|access-date=2025-11-14}}</ref>
# Poverty Reduction (Multidimensional Poverty) - According to NITI Aayog data, Bihar’s proportion of people in multidimensional poverty fell from 51.89% in 2015-16 to 33.76% in 2021-22. NITI Aayog<ref>{{cite web|title=NITI Aayog|url=https://www.niti.gov.in/sites/default/files/2024-01/MPI-22_NITI-Aayog20254.pdf|publisher=NITI Aayog|access-date=2025-11-14}}</ref> - That is a very large reduction. As NITI Aayog itself said, Bihar led all states in this poverty reduction during that period. The Times of India<ref>{{cite web|title=The Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/bihar-now-on-top-in-poverty-reduction-niti-aayog-report/articleshow/102028392.cms|publisher=The Times of India|access-date=2025-11-14}}</ref> - A research paper looking at NFHS (National Family Health Survey) data suggests that in 2005-06 around 82.58% of Bihar’s population was “MPI poor” (i.e., multidimensionally poor), and by 2019–20 that had dropped sharply to about 24.87%. iasp.ac.in<ref>{{cite web|title=iasp.ac.in|url=https://iasp.ac.in/media/2022/Souviner_43.pdf|publisher=iasp.ac.in|access-date=2025-11-14}}</ref>
# Health - Maternal mortality rate (MMR) has gone down a lot: from 374 per 100,000 live births in 2005 to around 100 more recently. The Times of India<ref>{{cite web|title=The Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/state-records-sharp-decline-in-mmr/articleshow/121004444.cms|publisher=The Times of India|access-date=2025-11-14}}</ref> - According to the Economic Survey, health-sector spending has increased significantly (health expenditure rose ~13x over last ~18 years per the survey). Forbes India<ref>{{cite web|title=Forbes India|url=https://www.forbesindia.com/article/news/two-decades-of-growth-how-bihars-economy-transformed-since-2005/2988456/1|publisher=Forbes India|access-date=2025-11-14}}</ref>
# Education / Literacy - Literacy has improved. According to a more recent caste survey (quoted by media), literacy is up from about 61.8% (in 2011) to ~79.7%. The Times of India<ref>{{cite web|title=The Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/18-increase-in-literacy-rate-in-over-one-decade/articleshow/105054963.cms|publisher=The Times of India|access-date=2025-11-14}}</ref> - Education spending has also gone up. Per the state’s economic survey, social-sector spending (education, health) has increased strongly over these years. Forbes India<ref>{{cite web|title=Forbes India|url=https://www.forbesindia.com/article/news/two-decades-of-growth-how-bihars-economy-transformed-since-2005/2988456/1|publisher=Forbes India|access-date=2025-11-14}}</ref> - Bihar was once described as “most-improved big state” in education and inclusive development by India Today. India Today<ref>{{cite web|title=India Today|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/magazine/state-of-the-states/story/20211206-bihar-most-improved-big-state-in-economy-education-and-inclusive-development-1880816-2021-11-26|publisher=India Today|access-date=2025-11-14}}</ref>
# Infrastructure - Significant improvement in road infrastructure: for example, rural road density has increased substantially. Drishti IAS<ref>{{cite web|title=Drishti IAS|url=https://www.drishtiias.com/statepcs/04-03-2025/bihar/print|publisher=Drishti IAS|access-date=2025-11-14}}</ref> - Energy consumption is rising (per capita energy consumption has increased). Drishti IAS<ref>{{cite web|title=Drishti IAS|url=https://www.drishtiias.com/statepcs/04-03-2025/bihar/print|publisher=Drishti IAS|access-date=2025-11-14}}</ref> - There have been many investments in social infrastructure (water supply, electricity, etc.). Drishti IAS<ref>{{cite web|title=Drishti IAS|url=https://www.drishtiias.com/statepcs/04-03-2025/bihar/print|publisher=Drishti IAS|access-date=2025-11-14}}</ref>