Bihar citizens seeking legal certificates such as income certificates, caste, residential certificates, and more should visit the RTPS service plus portal. The abbreviation means Right to Public Services (RTPS); the government has invested in the portal to assist many citizens simultaneously. Ad RTPS ...
The article focuses on caste-centered strategy of Amit Shah, president of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), as the only way to win the elections in Bihar, India. Topics discussed include...
The Caste Divide A S THERE were only two parties in the Lok Sabha elections in Bihar this time; the 'backward' castes and the 'forward' castes. The former were represented by the Lok Dal and allies and the latter by the Congress(I) and Janata. It was the mass...
Schedule casteScedule tribeRajbansisRavasOraonM.T ( Municipal townC.T ( Census TownThe study of social structure and ethnic composition of the population in the urban areasleads to an understanding the quality of urban development in the Indian context. Eachsectorial group of population with its...
Bihar state in India has one of the highest rates of maternal and infant mortality in South Asia. Microfinance-based self-help groups (SHGs), involving rural women, are being utilized to improve maternal and child health practice and reduce mortality. SH
Bihar, state of eastern India. Bihar occupied an important position in the early history of India. For centuries it was the principal seat of imperial powers and the main focus of Indian culture and civilization. Its capital is Patna. Learn more about th
Janata Dal (United) is a regional political party in Bihar and Jharkhand states, eastern India. It has also had a presence in national politics and in the central government in New Delhi.
We focus on rural villages because the vast majority of the population (90 %) in Bihar resides in rural areas (Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India 2011). In the second stage, the three villages with the highest number of households were selected in order to ensure...
Caste-Ridden Bihar Welcomes AAP, but Yet to Embrace It WholeheartedlyKumar, Ashutosh
In this chapter, we report on an anthropological study of economy, caste and power struggle in rural Bihar. The economy of the villages that were studied was characterised by a high level of land-based inequality but without landlordism, formally free contract-based sharecropping with increasing ...