Siwan Post Office 'Richest' in Bihar,India

The post office in Bihar's Siwan district HQ remained the richest post office for the third consecutive year, receiving the highest number of 35,600 international money orders via western union between April 1, 2010 and March 31, 2011.
Gopalganj was a poor second, receiving 24,800 international money orders while Motihari with 21,000 and Darbhanga with 20,000

international money orders via western union remained at the third and fourth positions respectively. Patna GPO lagged behind all of them and finished fifth.
"In 2008, Bettiah was the richest post office," said postal department director (marketing) . According to him, the postal department received 2,57,674 international money orders for areas under 385 post offices in Bihar. The state postal department ranked fourth in the country in terms of international money order receipts in 2010-11. "But we are nowhere when it comes to sending money orders to other countries. This is obviously because of high rate of migration of Biharis to other countries" .
Under western union international money order facility, the customer gets a code while transferring money. The code can be used by the receiver in India to claim the money from the nearest post office within five minutes of its transfer. The transfer being so fast, the exchange rates are usually the same at the time of transfer and receipt.

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Nitish opens schemes worth Rs 283cr in Siwan

PATNA: CM Nitish Kumar on Friday charged the Centre with giving step-motherly treatment to Bihar to derail its fast march towards progress.
Addressing a huge gathering at the Agriculture Farm at Maharajganj on the concluding day of three-day Seva Yatra of Siwan district after inaugurating 356 schemes worth over Rs 283 crore and laying foundation of 398 schemes worth over Rs 126 crore, Nitish made a scathing attack on the Centre and said that it was not giving special category state status to Bihar. He said that if Bihar gets this status, industrialists from outside would start investing in the state as they would get relief in central taxes.



The CM also charged the Centre with not releasing Bihar's full quota of fertilizers to the state. He alleged that two months quota of fertilizer of the state had been diverted to other states.
"With the growth rate of the state increasing, the Centre has hatched a conspiracy to reduce its agriculture production to bring down the growth rate," Nitish alleged. When the NDA government assumed power in Bihar in 2005, its power generation was zero. The power plants at Kanti and Barauni were shut. The state government initiated steps to generate electricity, he said and added that Bihar State Electricity Board and NTPC will generate 400MW power at Kanti under a joint venture. Efforts are also on to start generation at the Barauni plant, the CM said.
The CM said the state government was building roads to every village having a population of 500. "Now, we are planning to link villages having a population of 250 with main road," he announced. This would help the farmers to take their produce to market and get higher prices for them, he said.
He said bridges were being constructed on several rivers, including the Ganga, Gandak and Sone. Smaller bridges were also being built to facilitate villagers' movement. "Siwan has completely changed due to efforts of the people," he said.
The CM said his Seva Yatra is to get feedback from people about the progress of different welfare schemes. "Secondly, I visit places where anyone has done something wonderful which can be followed by others."
Nitish, who also inaugurated a subdivisional hospital there, said it would help poor in getting free treatment. "I need healthy people as they are my assets," he said. Earlier in the day, the CM held a marathon meeting lasting five hours to review the progress of different schemes in the district.