Development Diary Will there be jobs for Bihar’s growing population? By Michael Neri In 2001, Bihar’s population was a bulging 82 million. By 2011, it had jumped toa whopping 103 million people, an addition of a massive 21 million – equal to the entire population of Haryana state in 2001. But that’s not the worst of it. If Bihar continues to grow at its current rate of 2.5 % per annum, its population will double in 30 years, to a staggering 206 million people in 2041, and probably peak at around 218 million by 2050. If it was a separate country, Bihar would rank just after Indonesia...