Bihar election 2025: Free power, cash for youth and women-how much will Nitish Kumar's pre-Poll sops cost?

On September 21, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced a one -time grant of £ 25,000 for more than 10,000 ‘Vikas Mitras’ working in the towns to buy tablets. The Vikas Mitras transport allowance will be increased from £ 1,900 to £ 2500 per month, and their stationery will rise from £ 900 to £ 1,500 per month. The benefits also include £ 10,000 financial aid for over 30,000 Shiksha Sevaks and Talimi Markaz, which connect children belonging to Mahadalit, minorities and extremely backward communities, with formal school education, for the purchase of smartphones. This is not the first soup announced by the Nitish Kumar-led government before the election scheduled later this year. In fact, the state government opened its trunks, focusing on women and youth through a series of new schemes. Here is a list of some of the most important schemes and the costs linked to them: Unemployment allowance for youth according to this sceheme, £ 1000 a month for two years for graduates and those who have completed class 12 but will remain unemployed, the Mukhyamantri Nishchay Swayam Sahayata Bhatta Yojana will get. The Scehem was announced on September 18. With an estimated 12 Lakh youth expected to benefit, the government will spend more than £ 2,800 crore over the next two years, according to media reports. Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana for women’s entrepreneurs The first £ 10,000 installment each under this scheme is handed over this week. Another 50 Lakh female entrepreneurs will also benefit from the scheme in later installments, and within six months the government will grant £ 2 Lakh to each entrepreneur after assessing their business initiatives. The first installment given to 50 lakh women will cost the Exchequer £ 5,000 crore. According to a report in Indian Express, the total cost of the scheme is £ 21,000. Other schemes – £ 5,000 crore is spent to supply 125 MW of free electricity to 1.89 crore consumers. -Another £ 9,300 crore would be spent on extra expenditure to increase the pensions for social security scheme of £ 400 to £ 1,100 per month for 1.11 crore beneficiaries, -£ 800 on a £ 5,000 clothing allowance to 16 Lakh construction workers and has honors to Jeevika, Anganwadi and Asha. increase. In general, these expenses are expected to increase the government’s annual expenses by £ 40,000 crore, the Indian Express report says. The state’s annual turnover is around £ 56,000, with its annual budget at £ 3.2 Lakh Crore in 2025-26. The debt-to-GDP ratio in 2025-26 is 37%, of about 30%-32%in 2021-22 and 2022-23. (With agency input)