 Inaugurating the   Mukhiya Mantri Kanya Vivah Yojana at
        Shri Krishna Memorial Hall in Patna the   first woman
        President of the country said that the government
        policies and   programmes should be women-centric as no
        country could grow without paying   attention to half of
        its population.
Inaugurating the   Mukhiya Mantri Kanya Vivah Yojana at
        Shri Krishna Memorial Hall in Patna the   first woman
        President of the country said that the government
        policies and   programmes should be women-centric as no
        country could grow without paying   attention to half of
        its population.
 
       State governor R S Gavai, who   also spoke on the
        occasion, said that Bihar was perhaps the first state
        in   the country to give 50 per cent reservation to
        women in the local bodies’   election.
        
        Agreeing with the President’s view the chief minister
        Nitish   Kumar said that he was also in favour of giving
        physical training to the   girls so that they could
        counter the eve-teasers on the street. He said   that
        Bihar was fast heading towards the total empowerment
        of women and   that the Kanya Vivah Yojana was a step in
        that direction. He also cited the   example of 50 per
        cent reservation for women in local bodies’   election.
        
        The President also flew to Shanti Stupa in Vaishali
        district   and later also bowed her head before Takht
        Harmandir Saheb in Patna City. She   also inaugurated
        the the International Conference on Hyperthermia   in
        Mahavir Cancer Sansthan. She left for Delhi late in
        the   evening.