Patna, June 16 -- Reiterating government's commitment to empower the poor, deprived and backward, Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Monday that all out efforts are being made to empower the last person standing in the rung.

Addressing a function organised to celebrate Amar Shaheed Buddhu Nonia's birth centenary here, Chauhan said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar have taken up unprecedented measures for development of poor, backward and deprived sections of the society.

He said every eligible poor of Bihar will get a house under PM Awas Yojana.

Outlining the steps taken for women empowerment, he said that women got respect under the ND...