BETTIAH, Dec. 11 -- Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday interacted with rural women and Jeevika Didis, the self-help workers, in the Kesariya block of East Champaran district tocollect feedback on how women have used Rs.10,000 seed money transferred into their accounts to launch their own start-ups.Some of the women whom HT spoke to told the CM about their ventures as vegetable shops and tea joints.

The CM has been touring Bihar districts as part of his post-poll Pragati Yatra to take stock of progress on various projects related to health care facilities, education and tourism among others.

At the Rajkiya Uchh Madhyamik Vidyalaya in Tajpur in Kesariya block, hundreds of women as Jeevika Didis, cooks, Anganwadi workers, Mamata...