Nitish meets Montek over economic package

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has demanded to continue special economic package to the state for the next five years with an extra assistance of 20 thousand (200 billion) rupees for infrastructure development, in the meeting with deputy chairman of Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia. Talking to mediapersons, Ahluwalia has said that he is expecting that the central government would approve Kumar's demand. Kumar has said that he had urged Ahluwalia to set up an expert committee to monitor the growth of the economically backward state.