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Bihar Cabinet Sanctions 24-Point Pre-Election Welfare and Development Package

Implementation panels will oversee the package aimed at bolstering youth employability, preserving cultural heritage, expanding tourism, modernizing key sectors ahead of the state polls.

Students are cheering during convocation function of Nalanda Open University at Samrat Ashoka Convention Centre in Patna. (HT File)
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Overview

  • Formal budgets and oversight panels have been set up to implement all 24 schemes approved on July 1 under Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s leadership.
  • The Mukhya Mantri Pratigya Yojana will provide ₹4,000–₹6,000 monthly stipends to interns aged 18–28 with extra allowances for placements outside home districts.
  • The Mukhya Mantri Kalakar Pension Yojana guarantees a ₹3,000 monthly pension for senior artistes while the Guru-Shishya Parampara Yojana funds traditional arts training with a ₹1.11 crore outlay.
  • Rs 882.87 crore has been allocated for the integrated development of Punaura Dham in Sitamarhi to create a major religious tourism destination.
  • The state transferred 20.60 acres for a new medical college in Araria and amended the Bihar Factory Rules 1950 to allow women, excluding pregnant and lactating mothers, to work in hazardous factories.