Overview
- Direct bank transfers covered 6,51,602 families, according to a statement from the Chief Minister's Office.
- Each beneficiary family received Rs 7,000 in immediate relief under the state’s gratuitous assistance program.
- The disbursement was executed at a function at the chief minister’s official residence in Patna.
- Senior officials, including Disaster Management Minister Vijay Kumar Mandal and Chief Secretary Amrit Lal Meena, were present for the proceedings.
- The action follows flooding from torrential rain and rivers in spate, with the chief minister instructing departments to remain alert for expected September rains.