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Nitish Kumar Triples Bihar Social Security Pension to Rs1,100

Higher payments will reach over 1.09 crore beneficiaries from July to bolster the NDA’s women’s vote before the October-November elections.

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Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar with Deputy CMs Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha and others poses for pictures after the 'Mahila Samvad' program in Patna on Saturday. (PTI)
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Overview

  • Under the revised scheme, monthly payments will be credited to beneficiaries’ bank accounts by the 10th of each month starting in July.
  • The pension hike applies to more than 1.09 crore elderly citizens, persons with disabilities and widowed women under Bihar’s Social Security Pension Scheme.
  • RJD leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav accused the government of copying his party’s earlier promise to raise pensions to ₹1,500 per month.
  • The increase forms part of broader pre-election measures that include expanded MGNREGA sanction powers and higher Panchayati Raj allowances.
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent tour of Bihar featured the announcement of Rs5,736 crore in Siwan development projects that align with the state’s election-year agenda.