Bihar in Bihar, linked to the capital city through the Ganges bridge and good road infrastructure. The state's debt was estimated at 77% of GDP by 2007. The Finance Ministry has given top priority to create investment opportunities for big industrial houses like Reliance Industries. Further developments have taken place in the growth of small industries, improvements in IT infrastructure, the new software park in Patna, Darbhanga, Bhagalpur and the completion of the expressway from the Purvanchal border through Bihar to Jharkhand. In August 2008, a Patna registered company called the Security and Intelligence Services (SIS) India Limited took over the
Provinces of Bulgaria Provinces of Bulgaria The provinces of Bulgaria ( Oblasti na Bǎlgarija) are the first level administrative subdivisions of the country. Since 1999, Bulgaria has been divided into 28 provinces ( – "oblasti;" singular: област – "oblast"; also translated as "regions") which correspond approximately to the 28 districts (in Bulgarian: окръг – "okrags", plural: окръзи – "okrǎzi"), that existed before 1987. The provinces are further subdivided into 265 municipalities (singular: община – "obshtina", plural: общини – "obshtini"). Sofia – the capital city of Bulgaria and the largest settlement in the country, is the administrative centre of both Sofia Province and Sofia