The turnout of female voters has been 59.7% compared to 54.6% of male voters in the Bihar 2020 assembly elections, and the trend of higher women voter turnout has been witnessed in the state for more than a decade.

The state's health programme is well funded, but the main reason for its systemic malfunctioning is that those who are tasked with managing it have no stake in it.

The costs that Ola and Uber inflict on the financial and physical health of their driver-owners, road space and safety and city transport infrastructure are too significant to be left to Silicon Valley-based venture capitalists.