<p>It is seen as an initiative of Nitish Kumar, who declared a war against corruption after becoming the chief minister for the second consecutive term in November last year.<br />"All school teachers have to submit details of their assets to the human resource development (HRD) department," an official told IANS here. <br /><br />The department has set up a special cell for this purpose. "All teachers and officials, except grade four employees, have been asked to submit details of their assets," HRD Principal Secretary Anjani Kumar Singh said Tuesday.<br /><br />According to official sources, nearly three lakh government school teachers, 2,000 grade three officials and 1,500 education officers would have to declare their assets.<br /><br />From next year, all school teachers will have to submit details of their assets by Dec 31.<br />The chief minister and his cabinet colleagues declared their assets Friday. The details are now posted on the state government's official website.<br /><br />Soon after assuming office following a historic poll verdict last year, Nitish Kumar announced that corruption will not be tolerated in the state. In a bid to send a strong message, he asked cabinet colleagues to make their assets public.<br /><br />He also directed the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers of the state to declare their assets and those of their kin by Jan 31.<br /><br />Bihar is also working to confiscate the properties of corrupt officials and turn these into primary schools. <br /><br />Last December, a special court ordered confiscation of property of former motor vehicles inspector Raghuvansh Kunwar. The state government has directed the officials concerned to open a school in Kunwar's house at Chaira village in Samastipur district.<br /><br />Kunwar was allegedly caught accepting a bribe of Rs.50,000 when he was the motor vehicles inspector of Aurangabad district Sep 24, 2008. <br /><br />The state government last year put in place the Special Court Act that will enable the government to confiscate the properties of corrupt officials. <br /><br />Six special courts, two each in Patna, Bhagalpur and Muzaffarpur, were constituted by the state government with the permission of the Patna High Court for speedy trial of cases involving a total sum of over Rs.25 crore.</p>
<p>It is seen as an initiative of Nitish Kumar, who declared a war against corruption after becoming the chief minister for the second consecutive term in November last year.<br />"All school teachers have to submit details of their assets to the human resource development (HRD) department," an official told IANS here. <br /><br />The department has set up a special cell for this purpose. "All teachers and officials, except grade four employees, have been asked to submit details of their assets," HRD Principal Secretary Anjani Kumar Singh said Tuesday.<br /><br />According to official sources, nearly three lakh government school teachers, 2,000 grade three officials and 1,500 education officers would have to declare their assets.<br /><br />From next year, all school teachers will have to submit details of their assets by Dec 31.<br />The chief minister and his cabinet colleagues declared their assets Friday. The details are now posted on the state government's official website.<br /><br />Soon after assuming office following a historic poll verdict last year, Nitish Kumar announced that corruption will not be tolerated in the state. In a bid to send a strong message, he asked cabinet colleagues to make their assets public.<br /><br />He also directed the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers of the state to declare their assets and those of their kin by Jan 31.<br /><br />Bihar is also working to confiscate the properties of corrupt officials and turn these into primary schools. <br /><br />Last December, a special court ordered confiscation of property of former motor vehicles inspector Raghuvansh Kunwar. The state government has directed the officials concerned to open a school in Kunwar's house at Chaira village in Samastipur district.<br /><br />Kunwar was allegedly caught accepting a bribe of Rs.50,000 when he was the motor vehicles inspector of Aurangabad district Sep 24, 2008. <br /><br />The state government last year put in place the Special Court Act that will enable the government to confiscate the properties of corrupt officials. <br /><br />Six special courts, two each in Patna, Bhagalpur and Muzaffarpur, were constituted by the state government with the permission of the Patna High Court for speedy trial of cases involving a total sum of over Rs.25 crore.</p>