Invest in human development, President's advice to Bihar, Jharkhand

He said aspirations of the people in Bihar and Jharkhand are much higher than before

President Pranab Mukherjee advised Bihar and Jharkhand to invest hugely in human development. For this, he asked the states to consider investing in heavily education sector.

Addressing an international conference, 'Bihar and Jharkhand: Shared History to Shared Vision', Mukherjee also said not all current development problems lend themselves easily to techno-managerial solutions.

"In most of the developing nations, which attained their independence in the middle of the previous century, the institution of state is considered to be very pervading with very limited space for non-state actors," he said.

The President said international development experience shows in the absence of such