PATNA, Jan. 28 -- The Bihar health department has constituted a six-member committee to hold consultations with key stakeholders on implementing the state government's proposed policy to ban private practice by government doctors and to introduce incentives for those posted in remote rural areas, officials said on Wednesday.

The move follows the Bihar cabinet's approval on December 16, 2025, to roll out the government's flagship programme 'Saat Nischay-3' (Seven Resolves 3.0) for the 2025-30 period. Under its fifth resolution - "accessible health-secure life" - the state plans to prohibit private practice by government doctors while introducing a separate incentive system to ensure better healthcare delivery in rural and remote regions....