In yet another move to empower Women, the Bihar government has decided to depute women officers on 35% of the field posts of sub-divisional magistrate (SDM), circle officer (CO), block development officer (BDOs) and the station house officer (SHOs) of Police stations.
All these posts are considered very crucial in the lower rung of administration as these officers play the main role in maintaining law and order, solving day-to-day issues of public, upkeep of land records and execution of most of the development works at block and panchayat levels.
Recently, Nitish decided to reserve 33.3% seats for women in admission in all engineering and medical colleges as well as the first proposed Sports university of the state.
Within months of taking oath as the CM in 2005, Nitish reserved 50% seats for women in the panchayat election in 2006. His move resulted in women capturing half of the 2.6 lakh elected posts in the state three-tier institutions.