Prime Minister arrives here on July 17 on a day's visit

Patna, Jul 11 (UNI) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrives here on July 17 to review the agricultural growth in Bihar and implementation of related government schemes.

During his one-day visit, the Prime Minister would be accompanied by Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram, Union Agricultural Minister Sharad Power and Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia among others, official sources here today informed.

Meanwhile, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had held a high level meeting with senior state government officials here to discuss the issue and prepare the groundwork before the proposed visit of the Prime Minister.

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