Overview
- Tejashwi Yadav announced the Mai-Bahin Maan Yojana promising Rs 30,000 to each woman in Bihar, with disbursals planned to begin on Makar Sankranti, January 14.
- He pledged farmer bonuses above MSP of Rs 300 per quintal for paddy and Rs 400 per quintal for wheat if his party wins power.
- He said an RJD government would reinstate the Old Pension Scheme for state employees.
- He promised to cap postings for all government staff, including police, to within 70 kilometres of their home districts and to recognize PACS and Vyapar Mandal heads as people’s representatives.
- The announcements came on the final day of pre-poll campaigning before phase one voting on November 6, with polling to conclude on November 11 and results due November 14.