Overview

• The cabinet adopted a General Administration Department plan to standardize preliminary examination charges across all state recruitment exams.
• The decision formalizes last week’s social-media announcement by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
• Reporters noted its political weight ahead of assembly elections later this year.
• The cabinet also cleared PPP hospitality projects for two five-star hotels in Rajgir and a five-star resort in Vaishali, with the government to provide the land.
• It approved doubling the State Teachers’ Award cash prize to Rs 30,000.